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A     Publication     for    Alumni     and     Friends     of    Maryville     College 


VOLUME  ONE-HUNDRED  ONE,  NUMBER  THREE 
SPRING  2001 

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Greetings 


MESSAGE    FROM    THE    PRESIDENT 


from  the  Maryville  College  Campus 


Readers  of  FOCUS  are  likely  to  be  very 
familiar  with  the  phrase  "the  best  possible  col- 
lege." This  phrase  has  been  the  theme  ot  the 
MC2000  Plan, 
the  strategic  plan 
that  set  direc- 
tions for 

Maryville  College 
from  1994 
through  the  turn 
ot  the  century.  At 
first  blush  it  may 
sound  like  a 
boastful  claim, 
but  we  chose  this 
phrase  to  express 
an  aspiration  for 
Maryville's  future 
and  to  provide 
an  inspiration  for 
the  work  that  lay 
ahead.  We  chose 
it,  too,  as  a 
means  of  con- 
necting the  her- 
itage of  our  col- 
lege with  a  vision 
for  its  future. 

"...  the  best 
possible  college"  is  an  old  phrase;  the  author  was 
Maryville's  fifth  president,  Dr.  Samuel  Tyndale 
Wilson,  who,  in  writing  the  centennial  history 
of  the  College,  held  up  the  ideal  for  Maryville's 
second  century.  "[T]o  be  beyond  all  question 
the  best  possible  college."  That  was  the  full 
phrase,  and  although  Sam  Wilson  penned  it  78 
years  before  the  MC  Board  of  Directors  estab- 
lished the  MC2000  Plan,  it  served  us  well 
throughout  the  six  years  of  that  plan. 

How  far  toward  "the  best  possible  college" 
ideal  did  Maryville  progress  during  the  MC2000 
period?  In  this  issue  of  FOCUS  you  will  hear 
various  voices  from  the  MC  community  answer- 
ing that  question  from  their  own  points  of  view. 

From  my  own  vantage  point,  1  take  satis- 
faction and  pride  in  the  wotk  done  by  so  many 
citizens  of  this  college  in  pursuit  of  ambitious 


MC2000  goals  and  in  what  that  work  has  pro- 
duced. 

I  can  stand  at  my  office  window  and  see 
clear  confirma- 
tion of  the 
progress  in  walks 
and  campus 
lighting  -  and  in 
the  numbets  of 
students  in  evi- 
dence. I  can  stroll 
across  the  campus 
of  spring  2001 
and  see  new  and 
testored  buildings 
that  weren't  there 
in  1994. 1  can 
drive  down  Court 
Street  and  see 
athletic  facilities 
that  now  repre- 
sent Maryville 
well  to  passetsby. 
My  first  view 
of  the  Maryville 
College  campus 
came  in 
December  of 
1992,  when  I 
drove  through  it  prior  to  meeting  with  the  presi- 
dential search  committee.  Honesty  about  that 
first  impression  requires  me  to  report  a  mixture 
ot  appreciation  and  depression.  I  saw  a  beautiful 
natural  setting  but  a  series  ot  historic  buildings 
in  disquieting  condition.  I  took  encouragement 
from  observing  that  one  building,  old  Carnegie 
Hall,  was  being  renovated.  A  good  sign,  but 
there  was  clearly  a  major  challenge  represented 
by  the  remaining  needs  of  the  physical  plant 
alone. 

It  brings  great  satisfaction  in  2001  to  wit- 
ness the  transformation  ot  the  physical  campus 
that  has  taken  place  duting  the  MC2000  period 
-  and  particular  satisfaction  to  see  that  Bartlett 
Hall,  with  crumbling  steps  in  1992,  is  now  a 
splendid  student  center  and  major  asset. 
It  is  not,  of  course,  the  physical 


campus  alone  that  has  been  changed  by  the 
MC2000  Plan.  The  student  body  and  faculty 
and  staff  ranks  have  all  grown  significandy. 
Academic  preparation  of  students  has  improved. 
The  financial  health  of  the  College  has 
advanced.  Great  strides  have  been  made  in  tech- 
nology for  instruction  and  communication.  We 
have  a  new  Maryville  Curriculum  that  has 
brought  recognition  from  the  Templeton 
Foundation  for  its  character-building  value.  The 
College  has  been  named  as  a  top- 10  southern 
liberal  arts  college  six  times  by  U.S.  News  & 
World  Report  and  has  been  included  in  Peterson's 
Guide  to  Competitive  Colleges. 

Dt.  Chad  Berry,  Elton  Jones,  Jennifer 
Cummings  West  '95,  Dr.  Bill  Meyer  and  MC 
Board  of  Directors  Chairman  Dick  Ragsdale  all 
give  you  in  this  issue  their  observations  about 
this  era  of  change. 

Maryville  has  been  blessed  during  the 
MC2000  period  by  an  able  and  dedicated  facul- 
ty and  staff,  by  a  corps  of  loval  and  enthusiastic 
alumni,  by  generous  benefactors  who  believe  in 
its  mission  and  by  a  Board  ot  Directors  of 
exceedingly  high  quality. 

One  of  Maryville's  directors,  the  late  Baxter 
Lee  (with  whom  I  happen  to  share  a  great-great 
grandfather!),  gave  us  the  name  of  our  next 
strategic  plan:  The  MC  Window  of 
Opportunity  Plan. 

"Every  college,"  he  said,  "has  a  window  of 
opportunity.  If  it  takes  advantage  of  that  win- 
dow, it  goes  on  to  gteatness.  If  it  fails  to  take 
advantage  of  the  window,  it  slides  back  into 
mediocrity.  I  believe  this  is  Maryville's  window 
of  opportunity." 

I  believe  that,  too.  I  believe  that  the 
MC2000  Plan  has  given  us  that  window,  and 
that  we  have  only  to  take  full  advantage  of  it  to 
go  on  to  greatness.  I  invite  all  the  readers  of 
FOCUS  to  join  us  as  we  move  Maryville 
through  that  window  and  into  the  21st  century. 

The  best  possible?  Not  yet.  But  we  have 
surely  come  a  long  way  -  and  the  journey  isn't 
over. 


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Maryville  College  FOCUS  magazine  2001  (issn  309) 

Published  three  times  a  year 

Maryville  College 

502  E.  Lamar  Alexander  Parkway 

Maryville,  TN  37804-5907 

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PRESIDENT: 

Dr.  Gerald  W.  Gibson 

EDITORIAL  BOARD: 

Mark  E.  Cate,  Vice  President  for  College  Advancement 

Karen  Beafy  Eldridge  '94,  Director  of  News  and  Sports  Information 

Laurie  Lyza,  Director  of  Public  Relations 

Libby  Welsh  '59,  Director  of  Donor  Records 

Ned  Willard,  Director  of  Campaigns  and  Development 


DESIGN  AND  LAYOUT: 

Tracy  N.  Wiggins,  Publications  Manager 


Greetings 


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Readers  of  FOCUS  are  likely  to  be  very 
familiar  with  the  phrase  "the  best  possible  col- 
lege." This  phrase  has  been  the  theme  of  the 
MC2000  Plan, 

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that  set  direc- 
tions for 

Maryville  College 
from  1994 
through  the  turn 
of  the  century.  At 
first  blush  it  may 
sound  like  a 
boastful  claim, 
but  we  chose  this 
phrase  to  express 
an  aspiration  for 
Maryville's  future 
and  to  provide 
an  inspiration  for 
the  work  that  lay 
ahead.  We  chose 
it,  too,  as  a 
means  of  con- 
necting the  her- 
itage of  our  col- 
lege with  a  vision 
for  its  future. 

"...  the  best 
possible  college"  is  an  old  phrase;  the  author  was 
Maryville's  fifth  president,  Dr.  Samuel  Tyndale 
Wilson,  who,  in  writing  the  centennial  history 
of  the  College,  held  up  the  ideal  for  Maryville's 
second  century.  "[T]o  be  beyond  all  question 
the  best  possible  college."  That  was  the  full 
phrase,  and  although  Sam  Wilson  penned  it  78 
years  before  the  MC  Board  of  Directors  estab- 
lished the  MC2000  Plan,  it  served  us  well 
throughout  the  six  years  of  that  plan. 

How  far  toward  "the  best  possible  college" 
ideal  did  Maryville  progress  during  the  MC2000 
period?  In  this  issue  of  FOCUS  you  will  hear 
various  voices  from  the  MC  community  answer- 
ing that  question  from  their  own  points  of  view. 

From  my  own  vantage  point,  I  take  satis- 
faction and  pride  in  the  work  done  by  so  many 
citizens  of  this  college  in  pursuit  of  ambitious 


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And  the  Award 
Goes  To... 

Do  you  know  someone  deserving 
of  an  alumni  award? 

The  privilege  of  making  nominations  for  any  alumni  award  is 
given  to  alumni,  past  and  present,  faculty  and  staff  members  and 
friends  of  Maryville  College. 

Simply  read  the  descriptions  printed  below  and  see  which  award 
is  most  fitting  for  your  nominee.  A  reply  card  is  printed  in  the 
back  of  this  publication.  You  may  fill  out  the  card  and  drop  it  in 
the  mail  to  us  or  enclose  the  card  in  an  envelope  with  other 
materials  (vitae,  newspaper  clippings,  commendatory  letters,  etc.) 
that  support  your  nomination. 


Alumni  Citation 


An  award  known  as  an  "Alumni  Citation"  may  be  made  to  any 
alumnus  of  Maryville  College  (alumnus  to  be  defined  according 
to  the  Constitution  of  the  Alumni  Association)  who  has  rendered 
such  service  in  professional,  business,  civic,  social  or  religious 
endeavor  as  to  benefit  humankind  and  bring  honor  to  the 
College,  or  who  has  rendered  unusual  service  in  any  capacity  on 
behalf  of  the  College. 


Kin  Takahashi  Award 
for  Young  Alumni 


An  award  known  as  a  "Kin  Takahashi  Award  for  Young 
Alumni"  shall  be  given  to  any  alumnus/alumna  ("alumnus"  to  be 
defined  according  to  the  Constitution  of  the  Alumni  Association) 
who  has,  within  15  years  of  his/her  graduation  of  Maryville 
College,  lived  a  life  characteristic  of  College  legend  Kin 
Takahashi,  who,  in  his  36  years  of  living,  worked  tirelessly  for 
the  betterment  of  his  alma  mater,  his  church,  and  his  society. 


Wall  of  Fame 


The  purpose  of  the  Wall  of  Fame  is  to  recognize  outstanding 
individuals  who  have  contributed  to  Maryville  College  athletics. 
Recognition  is  in  two  categories:  "Regular  membership"  is 
reserved  for  those  student-athletes  who  competed  for  Maryville 
College,  displaying  excellence  in  athletic  competition.  Nominees 
for  regular  membership  must  be  graduates  of  the  College. 
"Special  membership"  is  granted  to  those  people  who  have  been 
of  outstanding  value  to  the  Maryville  College  Athletic  Program. 


A  Publication  for  Alumni  and  Friends  of  Maryville  College 

FOCUS 


Maryville  College  FOCUS  magazine  2001  (issn  309) 

Published  three  times  a  year 

Maryville  College 

502  E.  Lamar  Alexander  Parkway 

Maryville,  TN  37804-5907 

(865)981-8100 

www.maryvillecollege.edu 

subscription  price  -  none 


ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION 
EXECUTIVE  BOARD 

Tim  Topham  '80 

Maryville,  Tennessee 

President 

James  Campbell  '53 

Maryville,  Tennessee 

Vice  President 

Denise  Smith  Vogado  '74 

Maryville,  Tennessee 

Recording  Secretary 

Jan  Rickards  Dungan  '65 

Louisville,  Tennessee 

Past-President 

CLASS  OF  2000 

Martha  Bess  Ellis  DeWitt  '64 

Russell  Gibson  '82 

David  King  '93 

Roger  Nooe  '62 

Judy  Penry  73 

CLASS  OF  2001 

Jonathon  Allison  '90 

Robert  Beam  '58 

Priscilia  Book  Campbell  '79 

DeAnn  Hargis-Kaminski  '85 

3renda  Babb  McCroskey  '8, 

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CLASS  OF  2002 

F 

Marcia  Williams  Kling  '56 

David  Russell  '72 

Joe  Gilliland  '55 

iebeccah  Kinnamon  Neff  '6 

William  Lukens  '91 

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Mapping  Our  Progess  Page  2 

The  MC2000  Period  brought  about  eight  years  of  change  ot 
Maryville  College.  From  conception  to  completion,  the  MC2000 
Plan  has  been  chronicled. 

Real  Stories  and  Happy  Endings  Page  6 

An  adaptation  of  "The  MC2000  Campaign  Story"  delivered  by 
Maryville  College  President  Dr.  Gerald  Gibson  during  the 
Founder's  Day  Celebration,  October  14,  \ 


MC  Report  Card  Page  8 

How  did  Maryville  College  meet  the  strategic  goals  set  in  the 
MC2000  Campaign?  Various  groups  of  "stakeholders"  gathered  on 
campus  for  collaborative  grading  exercises. 

What's  Next?  Page  9 

Maryville  College ...  the  view  is  opportunity!  Read  about  steps 
taken  for  the  next  strategic  plan. 


MC  Window 
^Opportunity 


The  Harwell  W.  Proffitt  Boardroom        Page  13 

The  pride  of  Fayerweather,  this  beautiful  boardroom  will  serve  the 
MC  Board  of  Directors.  A  photographic  diary  shows  the  boardroom 
in  progress. 


Campus  News Page  10 

Alumni  Profile:  Jennifer  McCafferty  Grad Page  11 

Class  Notes Page  16 

Letter  from  the  Alumni  President Page  25 


ABOUT   THE   COVER 

Using  a  real  map  of  the  Blount 
County/Smoky  Mountain  region,  roads 
depicting  MC's  journey  of  success  were 

drawn  in  over  exisiting  roads. 
Each  "road"  is  a  result  of  the  MC2000 

Plan  ...  the  "capital"  of  our  map. 


PRESIDENT: 

Dr.  Gerald  W.  Gibson 

EDITORIAL  BOARD: 

Mark  E.  Cate,  Vice  President  for  College  Advancement 

Karen  Beaty  Eldridge  '94,  Director  of  News  and  Sports  Information 

Laurie  Lyza,  Director  of  Public  Relations 

Libby  Welsh  '59,  Director  of  Donor  Records 

Ned  Willard,  Director  of  Campaigns  and  Development 

DESIGN  AND  LAYOUT: 

Tracy  N.  Wiggins,  Publications  Manager 


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"Travel  with  me,  if  you  will,  to  a  time  that  seems  so  close,  yet  so  far  away:  August  30,  1995. 
A  brief  stroll  across  campus  treats  your  eyes  to  the  rundown  tennis  courts,  the  unpainted 
tower  atop  Anderson  Hall,  broken  sidewalks  and  streaks  of  mildew  across  the  tops  of  Davis, 
Copeland,  Gamble  and  Sutton  Science  Center. 

These,  to  list  a  few,  are  things  that  have  changed  at  Maryville  —  right  before  our  very  eyes. 
Throughout  that  year  we  heard  of  many  things;  the  largest  one  that  comes  to  mind:  MC2000.  A 
plan  that  called  for  things  like  more  campus  lighting,  a  student  center,  residence  hall  renova- 
tion, the  remodeling  of  the  CCM  and  a  number  of  other  campus  improvements  ..." 

—  Ryan  Stewart, 

President  of  the  Class  of  1999 

in  a  letter  to  the  editor  of  the 

Highland  Echo, 

April  27,  1999 

CCM 

Restoration 


Ryan  Stewart  '99  graduated  before  the  cere- 
monial yellow  ribbon  was  cut  on  Bardett 
Hall.  He  moved  off  campus  before 
ground  was  broken  on  the  new 
Fayerweather  Hall.  He  wasn't  one  of  the 
1,001  students  who  made  enrollment  history  at 
Maryville  College. 

Yet  Stewart  -  and  others  of  the  Class  of  1999  - 
saw  other  dramatic  changes  during  the  four  years 
they  called  Maryville  home. 

Arguably,  MC  students  haven't  been  a  part  of 
this  much  change  in  such  a  short  period  of  time  since 
the  early  years  of  Dr.  Samuel  T.  Wilsons  presidency. 

Had  Stewart  graduated  73  years  earlier,  he  might 
have  written  a  similar  letter  for  publication  in  the 
Echo.  But  instead  of  campus  lighting  and  renovation 
of  the  Center  for  Campus  Ministry,  he  might  have 
mentioned  the  completion  of  Thaw  Hall  and  a  new 
Alumni  Gymnasium  or  Maryville's  official  accredita- 
tion by  the  Southern  Association  of  Colleges  and 
Secondary  Schools.  He  might  have  said  that  he  was 
enjoying  the  nearly-new  faculties  of  Carnegie  Hall 
and  the  swimming  pool. 

And  he  might  have  heard  Dr.  James  H. 
McMurray  say  in  a  lecture  that  history  does  repeat 
itself. 


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The  Plan ^mS  by  the  Plan. 


Before  his  inauguration  as  Maryville  College's 
10th  president,  Dr.  Gerald  W.  Gibson  knew 
changes  would  have  to  take  place  on  campus  -  a 
quickly  -  if  Maryville  were  to  survive. 

He  knew  the  College  had  made  significant 
progress  during  the  Vision  '94  period  and  cam- 
paign, but  he  believed  momentum  had  to  contin- 
ue, and  he  believed  the  College  needed  focus. 

Almost  immediately,  Gibson  set  into  motion  a 
course  of  action  for  a  new  strategic  plan.  Board 
minutes  from  Sept.  1993  show  adoption  of  the 
"Maryville  College  2000"  planning  processes.  By 
his  inauguration  in  October  1993,  Gibson  already 
was  calling  on  people  to  help  make  Maryville  "the 
best  possible  college." 

The  MC2000  period  began  in  1993,  when  vari- 
ous campus  constituents  gathered  for  aspiration 
exercises  and  began  asking  themselves  "What 
would  we  like  Maryville  College  to  look  like  in  the 
year  2000?"  The  period  ended  in  December  2000, 
when  those  same  constituents  evaluated  the 
progress  for  themselves. 

Aspiration  exercises  revealed  that  the  College 
needed  improvement  in  1 1  areas:  reputation, 
enrollment,  students,  faculty,  staff,  curriculum, 
financial  resources,  campus  facilities,  the  College 
community,  the  College  in  the  external  community 
and  the  College  of  faith  and  learning.  Listed  under 
these  areas  were  specific  objectives,  such  as:  enroll- 
ment of  1 ,000  students,  a  new  student  center,  a 
$17-million  endowment. 

Under  1 1  strategic  goals  were  60  objectives.  No 
small  feat. 

Faculty  and  staff  members  were  pleased  with  the 
planning  process  and  resulting  MC2000  Plan, 
which  was  more  specific  than  Vision  94  and  pro- 
vided quantifiable  numbers. 

While  certainly  comprehensive,  the  MC2000 
Plan  did  have  holes. 

There  were  no  goals  for  alumni  involvement, 
few  aspirations  for  Student  Development  and  ath- 
letics and  no  section  detailing  what  the  MC  Board 
of  Directors  would  look  like,  act  like  or  support 
during  the  seven  years. 

The  holes  concerned  Gibson,  but  he  was  hope- 
ful that  MC2000  successes  would  have  "ripple 
effects"  across  a  campus  that  was  intertwined  in 
many  ways.  He  had  to  believe  that  the  entire 


College  would  be  positively  impacted 
by  the  Plan 
The  ripples  were  felt 


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d      The  best  possible  (looking)  college 

One  of  the  first  MC2000  Plan  objectives  was 
achieved  in  fall  1994,  when  U.S.  News  and  World 
Report  ranked  Maryville  among  the  10  best  liberal 
arts  colleges  in  the  South. 

Members  of  the  Board  of  Directors  celebrated 
the  U.S.  News  recognition  with  Gibson,  but  with  a 
tour  of  campus  and  an  up-close  look  at  deferred 
maintenance  during  the  October  Board  meeting, 
many  Board  members  recognized  just  how  much 
work  was  needed  to  improve  first  impressions  and 
"curb  appeal,"  which  mattered  greatly  to  Gibson  - 
and  to  prospective  students. 

In  obvious  disrepair  was  Bartlett,  but  other  criti- 
cal restorations  and  repairs  were  needed,  as  well. 
Water  damage  from  leaky  roofs  was  common.  The 
Anderson  bell  tower  had  missing  or  damaged  slats 
and  needed  a  new  coat  of  paint.  The  ornate 
columns  that  supported  Pearsons  and  Thaw  halls 
were  cracked  and,  in  some  cases,  appeared  gored. 
Desks,  chairs,  beds  and  couches  in  most  residence 
halls  were  years  beyond  their  life  expectancies. 

During  a  Board  retreat  in  April  1995,  Gibson 
and  members  took  an  intensive  look  at  the 
MC2000  Plan.  With  the  help  of  a  facilitator  from 
the  Association  of  Governing  Boards,  Gibson  out- 
lined major  goals  and  strategies  and  identified  how 
the  Board  could  help  make  the  Plan  successful.  The 
president  asked  for  members'  enthusiasm  and 
financial  leadership. 

Board  chairman  Dick  Ragsdale  knew  MC2000 
would  be  an  ambitious  undertaking,  but  he  already 
had  confidence  in  the  new  president.  Ragsdale  was 
impressed  with  Gibson's  clear  impressions  of  the 
College  -  its  assets  and  its  needs  -  and  with 
Gibson's  well-organized  and  specific  plan. 

Rejuvenated  in  1995,  the  Board's  Building  and 
Grounds  Committee  went  to  work  to  prioritize 
projects  enumerated  on  the  long  list  of  mainte- 
nance needs.  Proposals  went  to  the  Planning  and 
Budgeting  Advisory  Committee,  and  major  work 
began  the  following  year. 

Major  improvements  were  soon  seen  in  the  first 
and  second  floors  of  Fayerweather  Hall,  tapped  as  a 
temporary  student  center.  Gifts  from  the  Class  of 
1946  funded  fresh  paint,  couches  and  chairs. 


Eventually,  unused  space  on  the  second  floor  was 
reclaimed  for  student  publications  and  Residence 
Life  employees.  A  fitness  center  was  added  to  the 
first  floor  in  1996. 

While  supportive  of  a  new  student  center  and 
interested  in  goals  for  enrollment  growth  and  cam- 
pus diversity,  many  students  grew  impatient  with 
conditions  of  campus  facilities.  In  1995,  The 
Highland  Echo  featured  photographs  of  rain  buck- 
ets in  the  Fine  Arts  Center  hallways,  potholes  in 
campus  roads  and  water-damaged  walls  in  the 
Center  for  Campus  Ministry  -  all  under  the  head- 
line "the  best  possible  college  ..." 

The  MC2000  capital  campaign  brought  to 
fruition  the  most  ambitious  visions  for  campus 
repair  and  restoration:  the  Bartlett  Hall  Student 
Center  and  the  restored  Center  for  Campus 
Ministry.  Roughly  $7  million  was  raised  for  those 
projects,  but  during  the  MC2000  period,  several 
other  improvements  were  made  to  campus 
facilities. 

A  new  physical  plant  building  was  constructed 
on  the  east  end  of  campus,  giving  maintenance  and 
grounds  crews  modern  office  space  and  storage 
facilities.  When  the  College  celebrated  a  $1.75  mil- 
lion Title  III  grant  from  the  U.S.  Department  of 
Education  for  instructional  technology  in  1999 
(another  MC2000  Plan  objective),  office  space  was 
allocated  in  the  new  physical  plant  facility  for  grant 
and  technology  directors. 

Title  III  money  proved  to  be  a  boost  in  the  arm 
of  faculty  morale.  With  it,  new  computers 
appeared  on  desks  and  several  classrooms  were 
made  "smart"  by  installing  Internet-accessible  com- 
puters, high  tech  projectors  and  screens  that  made 
PowerPoint  and  digital  videos  teaching  tools. 
Furthermore,  faculty  members  had  access  to  quality 
printers,  scanners  and  other  software  programs  spe- 
cific to  their  disciplines.  Interested  instructors 
could  enroll  in  on-campus  instructional  technology 
workshops  and  apply  for  FIT  fellowships  that 
allowed  for  travel  and  further  study  as  it  related  to 
technology. 

Less  glamorous  -  but  equally  important  -  proj- 
ects like  roof  repair,  ttim  painting,  pressure  wash- 
ing, campus  lighting,  sidewalk  pouring,  furniture 
replacement  and  adding  ramps  and  elevators  to 
comply  with  ADA  regulations  were  checked  off 

under  the  "Campus  Facilities"  strategic  goal. 

continued  on  page  4 


FOCUS  Spring  2001 


3 


Dr.  Chad  Berry 

Assistant  Professor 

of  History 


Setting  out  from 
Indiana  for  Maryville 
College  and  my  on- 
campus  interview  in 
1995, 1  had  had  six 
hours  to  wonder 
about,  among  other 
things,  what  the  cam- 
pus would  look  like. 
Because  these  were  the 
days  before  websites,  I 
had  no  real  idea  what  to  expect. 

As  I  drove  through  the  gates  of  campus 
that  first  time,  I  must  confess  that  I  was  dis- 
appointed. Everywhere  I  looked,  it  seemed, 
there  was  work  to  be  done. 

The  Anderson  bell  tower  looked  as 
though  it  were  rusting  away.  Fresh  paint 
seemed  a  scarce  commodity,  since  the  exteri- 
ors of  Anderson,  Fayerweather,  the 
International  House,  Pearsons,  Crawford 
House  and  Thaw  Hall  were  peeling  like  aging 
onions.  Bartlett  Hall  looked  as  though  it  were 
about  to  implode.  The  old  tennis  courts 
looked  tired  and  out  of  place,  stuck  as  they 
were  in  prime  campus  real  estate. 

As  I  drove  around  the  ring  road,  it 
seemed  to  me  that  an  advancing  film  of 
mildew  was  poised  to  overtake  the  newer 
dorms  and  even  Sutton  Science  Center. 
Sidewalks  were  a  hodgepodge  of  concrete, 
asphalt  and  bare,  cattle-like  paths.  Fluorescent 
light  strips  adorned  the  inside  of  the  CCM. 

Celebrating  history  while  making 
history 

Alumni,  parents  and  friends  who  participated  in 
the  first  Kin  Takahashi  Week  during  the  summer  of 
1997  completed  select  maintenance  projects.  The 
brainchild  of  Board  member  Dan  Greaser  '60  and 
then  Vice  President  and  Treasurer  Ron  Appuhn, 
"K.T.  Week"  revived  the  spirit  of  an  1890s-era  stu- 
dent from  Japan  who  seemed  to  live  by  the  motto: 
"Where  there's  a  will,  there's  a  way." 

Takahashi,  although  long  considered  a  legend  of 
the  campus  for  his  spearheading  the  building  of 
Bartlett  Hall,  was  more  frequently  discussed.  His 
name  rolled  off  the  tongues  of  MC2000  period 
students,  who  shared  the  Takahashi  story  in  cam- 
pus tours,  student  publications  and  at  student 
gatherings. 

With  the  formation  of  a  committee  on  the 
College's  spirit  and  traditions  in  1996,  student 
interest  in  College  history  increased.  Gibson  began 

4  FOCUS  Spring  2001 


But  there  were  jewels. 

Carnegie  Hall  stuck  out  like  a  cocktail 
dress  at  a  Sadie  Hawkins  dance.  And  the  natu- 
ral beauty  of  the  view  from  Lloyd  Beach,  cou- 
pled with  wonderful  old  cedars,  and  sugar 
berries,  ash  and  magnolia  trees  evoked  a  strength 
that  comes  with  age.  There  were  a  few  brick- 
lined  sidewalks  and  a  few  old  lighting  fixtures 
that  dotted  the  center  of  campus. 

And  I'll  never  forget  how  bold  I  was  with 
Dr.  Gerald  Gibson  during  my  interview  when 
he  asked  for  my  impressions. 

"Well,"  I  said,  feeling  as  if  I  were  about 
to  jump  out  of  a  cockpit,  hoping  my  para- 
chute were  properly  packed,  "the  people 
inside  these  buildings  are  wonderful,  but 
these  buildings  really  need  some  attention." 

To  my  shock,  Gerald  was  in  total  agree- 
ment, promising  that  within  a  few  years,  the 
campus  would  be  transformed. 

Transformed  it  has  become.  New  build- 
ings have  arisen,  new  paint  has  been  applied 
(although  still  more  is  needed)  and  new  side- 
walks and  light  fixtures  have  been  installed. 
Even  flowerbeds  have  been  edged  and  mulched. 

Scientists  refer  to  kinesis  as  the  move- 
ment of  an  organism  in  response  to  a  stimu- 
lus. Maryville  College  has  responded  to  the 
work  of  thousands  of  people  just  in  the  time 
that  I've  been  here,  and  I  am  confident  that 
the  momentum  of  progress  will  continue  to 
propel  MC  into  an  even  more  favorable  posi- 
tion in  the  near  future. 

using  Convocation  addresses  to  tell  student  bodies 
of  record-breaking  numbers  the  Maryville  College 
story  and  educate  them  on  historical  topics  such  as 
the  College  legends,  buildings,  and  rules. 

Just  as  Kin  Takahashi's  story  intensified  during 
the  restoration  of  Bartlett  Hall,  so  did  stories  sur- 
rounding the  CCM  during  its  restoration.  And 
when  Fayerweather  Hall  was  struck  by  lightning  in 
May  1999,  students  read  or  heard  about  -  many 
for  the  first  time  -  its  age,  origination  as  a  science 
building,  third-floor  addition  in  1913  and  its 
namesake,  Daniel  Fayerweather. 

Along  with  the  history  of  the  College,  people 
across  campus  were  thinking  and  talking  about 
mission. 

While  acknowledging  incredible  growth  in 
enrollment,  many  administrators  and  faculty  mem- 
bers became  concerned  that  more  diversity  -  racial, 
geographic  and  socio-economic  -  was  not  reflected 
in  the  growth. 


As  fees  for  tuition,  room  and  board  increased 
from  $15,408  for  the  1994-1995  school  year  to 
$21,1 10  in  1999-2000,  the  campus  consensus  was 
to  remain  committed  to  the  College's  long-stand- 
ing mission  of  providing  a  quality  education  to 
those  who  otherwise  couldn't  afford  it.  Maryville's 
"sticker  price"  placed  it  in  categories  alongside 
model  colleges  Centre,  Davidson,  Wooster, 
Rhodes  and  Sewanee,  but  the  College's  tuition  dis- 
count rate  soared  above  the  top-tier  liberal  arts 
institutions.  Gains  in  net  revenue  were  never  quite 
what  administrators  hoped  for  during  the 
MC2000  period. 

Frustrations  arose  when  operational  budgets  did 
not  keep  pace  with  enrollment,  and  there  were 
many  who  believed  the  College  and  its  students 
would  be  better  served  if  more  students  with  a 
higher  ability  to  pay  -  and  less  financial  need  - 
enrolled. 

It  was  a  dilemma  not  solved  in  the  MC2000 
period. 

True  to  the  liberal  arts 


In  the  long  history  of  the  College,  faculty  staff 
and  administrators  had  never  strayed  from  its  liber- 
al arts  roots.  When  the  time  came  for  a  revision  of 
the  general  education  curriculum  in  1994,  mem- 
bers of  a  task  force  started  with  the  question  "What 
does  a  liberal  arts  graduate  look  like?"  From  the 
answers,  a  curriculum  was  adopted  that  featured 
more  integrated  ireshman  courses  and  heavier 
emphases  on  values,  ethics  and  vocation.  Capstone 
courses  developed  for  the  senior  year  provided 
opportunities  to  reflect  on  and  put  together  the 
elements  of  a  liberal  arts  education. 

The  new  general  education  curriculum  was 
implemented  in  the  fall  of  1996.  Faculty  members 
reported  to  the  Boatd  that  the  new  curriculum  had 
a  rejuvenating  effect  on  professors  and  instructors. 
At  times  calling  itself  the  "guinea  pig  class,"  the 
Class  of  2000  sometimes  voiced  frustration  at  the 
kinks  and  snafus  as  the  first  group  to  experience 
the  new  curriculum.  As  the  largest  graduating  class 
in  MC  history,  however,  the  students  also  took 
great  pride  in  their  collective  accomplishments  as  a 
class  and  demonstrated  a  great  affinity  for  the 
College. 

Students  were  not  the  only  ones  exposed  to  the 
liberal  arts.  In  1996,  staff  and  faculty  members 
enrolled  in  the  first  "Liberal  Arts  Institute."  Over 
several  days,  staff  and  faculty  learned  the  history 
and  philosophy  behind  the  liberal  arts.  Gibson,  a 
self-described  "patriot"  of  the  liberal  arts,  took  seri- 
ously the  need  to  enlist  other  patriots  in  the 
College  ranks. 


A  changing  faculty 

While  the  College  enjoyed  a  positive  track 
record  of  hiring  quality  faculty  members  dedicated 
to  the  ideals  of  the  liberal  arts,  an  increase  in  both 
teaching  positions  and  starting  salaries  resulted  in 
the  hiring  of  even  more  highly  qualified  faculty 
members  whose  doctoral  degrees  came  from 
Syracuse  and  Texas  Tech  and  various  universities  in 
between.  In  April  of  2000,  more  than  half  of  the 
faculty  had  been  employed  at  the  College  for  five 
years  or  less.  Orienting  new  professors  to  the  liberal 
arts  -  and  to  Maryville  College  -  became  a  priority 
during  the  MC2000  period. 

The  new  faculty  members  seemed  enthusiastic 
about  the  liberal  arts  education  and  close  relation- 
ships with  the  students.  Many  became  heavily 
involved  in  the  College's  service-learning  initiatives, 
traveling  with  students  on  MOOSE  (Maryville 
Outdoor  Outreach  Service  Experience)  trips  to 
national  parks  in  the  west  and  helping  organize 
campus  labor  for  a  Habitat  for  Humanity  house. 

Salary  plans  that  would  bring  both  faculty  and 
staff  into  the  pay  ranges  of  similar  institutions  were 
objectives  of  the  MC2000  Plan.  In  1997,  a  staff 
compensation  plan  was  approved  by  the  Board, 
and  by  the  end  of  the  MC2000  period,  all  staff 
salaries  were  significantly  above  minimum  wage. 
Several  positions  saw  substantial  salary  upgrades. 

The  objective  for  faculty  salaries  called  for  wages 
to  be  "at  or  above  the  means  in  each  rank  for  all 
baccalaureate  colleges."  The  College's  faculty 
salaries  reached  the  mean  for  church-related  col- 
leges in  1994,  but  fell  short  of  the  MC2000  Plan 
goal:  to  reach  the  average  for  all  baccalaureate  col- 
leges. Salary  levels  remained  at  competitive  levels, 
however  (third-highest  of  private  colleges  in  the 
state),  and  veteran  professors  serving  on  faculty 
search  committees  were  continually  surprised  and 
impressed  by  the  caliber  of  candidates  Maryville 
attracted  for  tenure-track  positions. 

Opportunities  for  faculty  development  improved 
under  the  MC2000  Plan.  The  Parker  Fund  for 
development  grants  and  professional  travel  grew, 
and  the  Dean  Bolden  Faculty  Travel  Fund  was 
established  for  overseas  sabbaticals.  Earnings  from 
the  Ruth  Lloyd  Kramer  Memorial  Fund  grew  and 
offered  faculty  members  additional  funds  for  off- 
campus  research.  The  College's  membership  within 
the  Appalachian  College  Association  provided 
additional  grant  opportunities  for  faculty  develop- 
ment and  collaborative  research. 

A  staff  development  plan  was  created,  budgeted 
in  1994,  but  eventually  cut.  Progress  was  made  in 
2000,  when  the  staff  development  plan  was  funded 


at  a  higher  level. 

Different  perspectives 

Though  not  directly  linked  to  staff  develop- 
ment, some  departments  on  campus  did  receive 
advice  during  the  MC2000  Plan.  In  order  to  meet 
the  goals  of  enrollment  and  fund-raising, 
Admissions  and  Advancement  contracted  with  out- 
side consultants  for  help. 

George  Dehne,  renowned  author,  lecturer  and 
marketing  consultant,  was  hired  to  conduct  market 
research  and  formulate  a  marketing  and  position- 
ing theme  for  Admissions  in  1994.  A  year  later, 
Doug  Mason,  a  partner  with  Chicago-based 
Gonser,  Gerber  Tinker  Stuhr  LLP  consulting  firm 
began  working  closely  with  Gibson  and  the 
Advancement  team. 

Mason  pushed  for  strong  Board  development 
and  involvement,  building  meaningful  relation- 
ships with  the  College's  constituents  and  expanding 
the  circle  of  friends.  Visiting  campus  for  a  few  days 
every  six  weeks,  Mason  suggested  programs  and 
initiatives  that  began  to  pay  off  almost  immediately. 

The  Advancement  team  began  hosting  outreach 
events  for  alumni,  parents  and  friends  in  cities 
across  the  country.  The  Alumni  Board  set  its  own 

Though  I  was  not 
here  at  the  beginning 
of  MC2000,  it  is  evi- 
dent that  the  College 
has  taken  fruitful 
N>^j  strides  in  the  area  of 

faith  and  learning 
over  these  past  eight 
years. 

One  of  the  goals 
of  the  plan  was  to  reexamine  and  rejuvenate 
our  church-related  identity  as  we  prepared  to 
enter  the  new  century.  We  have  successfully 
accomplished  this  goal  in  four  ways. 

First,  our  new  general  education  cur- 
riculum includes  not  only  a  required  course 
in  biblical  studies  but  also  includes  a  special 
emphasis  on  values  and  vocation  in  our 
freshman  seminar  and  senior  ethics  courses. 

Secondly,  we  held  a  series  of  valuable 
campus-wide  discussions  about  the  meaning 
and  future  of  our  church-related  identity. 
The  discussions  stemmed  from  Dr.  Peggy 
Cowans  participation  in  the  Rhodes 
Consultations  on  the  Future  of  Church- 
Related  College. 


Dr.  Bill  Meyer 
Associate  Professor  of 
Religion  and  Philosophy 


goals,  and  Alumni  Board  members  were  called  on 
frequently  to  explain  the  various  ways  alumni 
could  get  involved  in  the  life  of  the  College.  Class 
reunions  were  moved  to  Homecoming,  which 
improved  attendance  to  the  campus  in  the  fall. 
Alumni  Board  members  volunteered  to  be  present 
for  activities  and  encourage  other  graduates  to  get 
involved. 

During  the  MC2000  period,  alumni  present  at 
Homecoming  celebrated  not  just  the  get-together 
of  old  friends,  but  the  dedication  of  beautiful  and 
functional  facilities  such  as  the  Beeson  Residential 
Village  and  the  Bartlett  Hall  Student  Center. 
Spirits  ran  high  during  Alumni  Weekends. 

Members  of  the  Board  ol  Directors  became 
more  visible  on  campus,  and  their  dedication  to 
the  College  and  the  MC2000  Plan  was  rarely  in 
doubt.  In  1995,  the  Board  voted  to  contribute  10 
percent  of  the  College's  Annual  Fund.  It  became  a 
yearly  goal  through  the  MC2000  Period. 

Some  members  committed  themselves  to  specif- 
ic projects:  improving  areas  like  the  dining  room, 
providing  internships  for  current  students,  endow- 
ing scholarships  for  studies  abroad. 

In  expanding  the  circle  of  friends,  Mason 
advised  college  administrators      continued  on  page  24 

Thirdly,  we  established  a  Board  of 
Church  Visitors,  which  consists  of  clergy  and 
lay  leaders.  The  BCVs  inaugural  meeting 
was  held  last  Spring,  and  we  value  members' 
input  as  well  as  the  opportunity  to  reinvigo- 
rate  our  ties  to  the  Presbyterian  Church 
(USA). 

And  lastly,  Dr.  Gerald  Gibson  commis- 
sioned a  new  Faith  and  Learning  Committee, 
which  was  charged  with  articulating  a  guid- 
ing vision  that  would  entail  practical  ways 
Maryville  College  could  live  out  its  church- 
related  identity.  The  committee  submitted  its 
report  to  the  president  in  December  2000, 
and  in  the  coming  months,  faculty  members 
and  other  College  constituencies  are  expected 
to  discuss  the  report's  suggestions. 

Just  as  the  report  was  being  completed, 
the  College  was  invited  by  the  Lilly 
Endowment  to  submit  a  major  grant  propos- 
al as  part  of  the  foundation's  initiative  on 
"Theological  Explorations  of  Vocation."  (See 
page  12  for  story.) 

Needless  to  say,  such  opportunities  raise 
exciting  possibilities  for  the  future  of  faith 
and  learning  at  Maryville. 


FOCUS  Spring  2001 


By  Dr.  Gerald  Gibson 

Adapted  from  "The  MC2000  Campaign 

Story"  as  delivered  during  the  Founder's  Day 

Celebration,  Oct.  14,  2000 

The  MC2000  Campaign  story  is  one  I've  lived 
-  not  alone  -  but  with  a  great  team  of  staff  and 
volunteers.  The  campaign  has  occupied  many 
hours  of  our  lives.  Together  we  have  brainstormed 
and  traveled  and  drafted  proposals  and  strategized 
and  worried  and  hoped  and  endured  disappoint- 
ments and  made  calls  and  celebrated  successes. 
Together  we  have  seen  ambitious  dreams  become 
satisfying  reality. 

This  is  a  real  story  with  visible  outcomes,  a 
good  story  with  a  happy  ending. 

The  story  starts,  not  with  committees  or 
fundraising,  but  with  the  MC2000  Plan.  As 
everyone  is  probably  aware,  the  MC2000  Plan  is 
the  strategic  plan  developed  during  the  1993-94 
year  and  approved  by  the  Board  of  Directors  in 
April  of  1994. 

This  plan  was  an  effort  of  the  Maryville 
College  community  -  faculty,  staff,  students, 
alumni,  directors  -  to  shape  the  future  of  the 
College  in  a  very  purposeful  way.  Dreaming, 
planning  and  acting  -  these  are  the  three  steps  to 
progress  that  we  have  followed. 

We  began  with  what  I  called  aspiration  exercis- 
es. I  invited  a  wide  variety  of  constituent  groups 
to  dream  about  Maryville  College  as  they  wished 
it  to  be  in  the  year  2000.  Out  of  those  dreams 
came  a  set  of  "directions  statements,"  which  were 
brief  narrative  descriptions  of  where  the  College 


campaign 


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Thermometer  signs 

like  this  one  at 

the  Center  for 

Campus  Ministry, 

kept  campus 
constituents  and 
visitors  abreast 
of  fund-raising 
progress  toward 

bticks  and 

mortar  projects 

during  the 

MC2000 

Campaign. 


proposed  to  go  over  the  next  six  years. 

Organized  under  1 1  headings  -  reputation, 
enrollment,  students,  faculty,  staff,  cutticulum, 
financial  tesources,  campus  facilities,  the  College 
community,  the  College  in  the  external  commu- 
nity, and  a  college  of  faith  and  learning  -  I  pre- 
sented these  directions  statements  to  the  Board  of 
Directors  in  January  1994.  Members  gave  enthu- 
siastic endotsement. 
Ftom  there  we  devel- 
oped sets  of  specific 
goals  to  accompany 
the  directions  state- 
ments, and  in  April 
1994  the  Board 
approved  these  to 
give  the  final 
MC2000  Plan  that 
has  served  as  our 
guide  ovet  these  six 
years. 

At  this  point,  we 
had  the  dreaming 
and  planning  checked 
off.  It  was  time  then 
for  acting.  We  knew 
where  we  wanted  to  go;  we  knew  what  we  want- 
ed to  accomplish.  But  a  lot  of  wotk  remained  to 
be  done  to  get  Maryville  College  to  the  year  2000 
condition  that  we  had  dreamed  of. 

The  MC2000  Plan  included  60  goals.  Many 
of  these  would  require  mostly  will  and  wotk,  but 
some  would  tequite  substanrial  funding.  That's 
where  the  MC2000  Campaign  came  in.  The 
Advancement  and  Finance  Committees  of  the 
Board  of  Directots  held  a  joint  meeting  and 
determined  that  a  campaign  should  focus  on 
a  few,  high-priority  goals.  These  would  be  the 
cteation  of  a  new  student  centet  for  students, 
the  restoration  of  the  Center  for  Campus 
Ministry,  growth  of  the  endowment  of  the 
College  and  the  sustaining  of  an  ambitious 
Annual  Fund  during  the  campaign  period. 
The  original  campaign  fundraising  goal 
approved  by  the  Board  of  Directors  was  $14 
million. 
There  were  generals  who  answered  the 


Ryan  Stewart  '99  presents  Dt.  Gerald  Gibson  with  a  check 

fot  $5,985.  The  money,  given  by  the  Class  of  1999,  went  to 

putchase  materials  and  supplies  for  sidewalk  construction 

between  Beeson  Village  and  Fayerweather 


call  to  lead  the  MC2000  Campaign.  Their  names 
are  on  the  rosters  of  the  MC2000  Campaign 
Steering  Committee  and  Campaign  Council.  Let 
me  note,  though,  that  the  five-star  general  who 
headed  the  Steering  Committee  was  Fred 
Lawson.  What  a  great  leader  he  proved  to  be! 
Fred's  petceptiveness,  knowledge  and  enthusiasm 
were  all  tremendous  assets  that  were  instrumental 
in  achieving  the  ulti- 
mate victory. 

That's  not  to  say 
that  victory  came 
easily  or  swiftly. 
Boatd  Chaitman 
Dick  Ragsdale  and  I 
put  in  a  few  miles 
by  plane  and  car  to 
call  on  out-of-town 
directors  and  get 
things  going  during 
that  first  year  of  the 
campaign.  Fred 
Lawson  and  other 
members  of  the 
Steering  Committee 
accompanied  me  on 
visits  to  local  ditectors.  Rachel  and  I  joined 
Advancement  staff  members  for  gatherings  with 
alumni  and  friends  in  Atlanta  and  San  Francisco 
and  Phoenix  and  Washington,  D.C.,  and  Tampa 
and  Los  Angeles  and  other  locations  around  the 
country. 

The  BankFirst  boatdtoom  became  the  "war 
room"  for  the  Steering  Committee.  We  met  there 
for  hours  to  review  lists  of  prospects,  agree  on 
additional  prospecrs,  talk  about  strategies  and  get 
reports  on  progress  toward  campaign  goals. 

On  some  afternoons  in  the  war  room  there  was 
elation,  as  a  committee  member  brought  a  report 
of  a  large  gift  secured  or  an  encouraging  response 
from  a  prospective  donor.  On  some  afternoons 
there  was  discouragement,  as  we  learned  that  a 
prospective  donot  had  declined  to  support  the 
campaign  or  had  made  a  smaller-than-anticipated 
gift.  On  some  afternoons,  we  experienced  both 
emotions  within  a  few  minutes  of  each  othet. 
Honesty  tequires  we  admit  that  the  campaign 


FOCUS  Spring  2001 


After  more  than  a  year  of  viewing  architect's  renderings  of  the  new 

student  center,  reality  replaced  dreams  in  1999,  when  ground  was 
broken  and  a  new  addition  rose  where  o  parking  lot  was  once  located. 


goals  seemed  large  and  distant  in  the  early  days. 
But  Campaign  Director  Anna  Graham  kept  the 
numbers  before  us,  and  in  time  clear  progress 
could  be  read  in  her  reports. 

The  time  came  when  it  was  clear  that  the 
endowment  growth  goal  of  $2.2  million  would 
be  surpassed.  With  the  Board's  approval,  the 
overall  goal  was  increased  from  $14  million  to 
$16  million,  and  we  continued  with  fundraising. 

The  endowment  front  was  moving  well,  but  by 
1998,  we  were  unquestionably  bogged  down  on 
the  Bartlett  Hall  Student  Center  front.  Over  the 
entire  year  only  about  $200,000  came  in  against 
the  $6.3-million  goal.  A  lot  was  at  stake;  the 
Kresge  Foundation  (from  whom  we  hoped  to 
secure  an  award  of  $500,000),  required  evidence 
of  good  progress  toward  that  goal.  Movement  was 
slow,  indeed,  as  we  held  a  Knoxville  gathering  in 
April  to  show  the  MC2000  Campaign  video  and 
talk  about  progress  and  needs  with  alumni  and 
friends.  At  the  end  of  the  evening,  Harold 
Lambert  '50  asked  me,  "Will  you  be  in  your 
office  tomorrow  morning?" 

When  we  met  the  next  morning,  Harold  told 


me,  "Jean  and  I  want  to  see  this  thing 
happen."  Harold's  and  Jean's  $1  million 
commitment  was  just  what  the  doctor 
ordered. 

On  June  17,  Kresge  notified  us  that  a 
$500,000  grant  was  on  its  way  -  provid- 
ed we  were  successful  in  raising  the 
remaining  $1.9  million  that  would  be 
needed  to  build  the  new  student  center. 
That  incredible  gift  from  the  Lamberts 
seemed  to  inspire  other  donors,  and  the 
needed  gifts  began  to  come  in. 

The  MC2000  Campaign  has  given  me 
many  wonderful  memories,  but  this  was 
the  biggest  single  turning  point.  The  $1  million 
commitment  that  Harold  and  Jean  made  to  the 
Bartlett  Hall  Student  Center  project  produced  a 
surge  toward  the  finish  line  and  provided  inspira- 
tion and  confidence  in  a  victorious  outcome. 

Other  wonderful  moments  came  when  Dick 
and  Anne  Ragsdale  made  the  first  $1  million 
commitment  to  the  campaign,  when  Baxter  and 
Sherri  Lee  pledged  $500,000,  when  the 
Thompson  Charitable  Foundation  gave  a 
$300,000  boost  to  the  student  center  drive  and 
when  the  Lucille  Thompson  Foundation's 
$300,000  gift  took  us  over  the  top  and  assured 
the  Kresge  gift. 

I  wish  there  were  space  here  for  me  to  go  on 
listing  names,  for  success  wasn't  the  result  of  6- 
and  7-figure  gifts  alone.  There  were  altogether 
1,412  gifts  for  the  capital  projects,  most  of  them 
modest  in  size,  but  adding  up  to  victory. 

Be  assured  that  we  who  gathered  for  those 
BankFirst  meetings  are  deeply  grateful  for  every 
single  person  and  every  single  dollar  that  pro- 
duced the  new  Bartlett  Hall  Student  Center,  the 
restored  Center  for  Campus  Ministry,  the  growth 


in  endowment  and  the  resounding  Annual  Fund 
attainments  over  the  four  years  of  the  MC2000 
Campaign.  I  am  sincere  when  I  say  that  it  is  truly 
impossible  to  express  that  gratitude  adequately. 

Well,  that's  the  story,  except  for  the  ending.  At 
the  final  meeting  of  the  Steering  Committee  and 
Campaign  Council  in  the  BankFirst  conference 
room,  we  looked  together  at  the  final  official 
report  on  the  MC2000  Campaign. 

On  the  Bartlett  Hall  Student  Center  project, 
we  had  gifts  and  pledges  totaling  $6,750,094. 

On  the  Center  for  Campus  Ministry  restora- 
tion, the  total  was  $701,541. 

Endowment  growth  came  to  $5,341,939. 

And  the  Annual  Fund  total  was  $8,241,020. 

On  the  bottom  line,  where  the  goal  had  been 
increased  a  second  time  along  the  way,  the  grand 
total  came  to  $21,034,  595,  putting  the 
Campaign  as  a  whole  at  1 18  percent  of  the 
revised  goal.  And  this  was  all  "real  money"  -  real 
gifts  and  pledges,  not  deferred  gifts. 

The  story  of  the  MC2000  Campaign  is  over. 
We  celebrate  all  it  has  produced  and  all  those  who 
made  it  a  success. 

But  the  story  of  Maryville  College  is  not  over. 

We  have  more  to  do. 

We  are  already  at  work  on  fundraising  for  what 
we're  calling  the  MC2000  Plus  Projects  and  ini- 
tiatives that  promise  to  transform  this  campus 
further.  We're  already  at  work  to  develop  the  next 
strategic  plan.  It  will  be  called  the  "MC  Window 
of  Opportunity  Plan,"  and  that  plan  will  build  on 
the  accomplishments  of  the  MC2000  period,  on 
the  foundation  that  many  alumni,  parents  and 
friends  have  provided. 

May  God  bless  all  of  those  who  helped  during 
the  last  six  years,  and  may  His  blessings  follow 
this  College  into  the  new  millennium. 


I  served  on  the  Colleges  Board  of  Directors  back 
in  1994  when  it  approved  the  MC2000  Strategic 
Plan.  Never  could  I  have  imagined  then  how  this 
innocent  compilation  of  words  and  aspirations  would 
impact  my  future. 

This  was  also  about  the  time  that  I  elected  to  take 
early  retirement  from  my  previous  employer.  President 
Gibson  declined  my  offer  to  resign  from  the  Board  to 
make  room  for  somebody  else.  A  few  days  later,  he 
asked  about  my  plans,  which  were  not  yet  certain. 

Surprise,  surprise!  Gerald  had  a  plan-one  that  did,  after  all,  involve  my 
resigning  from  the  Board  and  then  joining  the  College  fundraising  staff.  These 
last  six  years  have  been  incredibly  rewarding,  occasionally  frustrating,  definite- 
ly challenging,  and  a  wonderful  learning  experience. 

In  no  special  order,  here  are  a  few  thoughts  that  come  to  mind  as  I  reflect 


Ehon  Jones 

Assistant  to  the  President 


on  the  successful  conclusion  of  the  MC2000  Capital  Campaign.  I  am  grateful: 

•  To  Richard  Ferrin  for  getting  Dick  Ragsdale  involved  with  MC. 

•  To  the  late  Harwell  Proffitt  for  inviting  Fred  Lawson  to  join  the  Board. 

•  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ragsdale  for  the  first  seven-figure  campaign  commitment. 

•  To  Harold  and  Jean  Lambert  for  the  second  -  it  made  a  dream  come  true. 

•  To  dedicated  faculty  and  staff  who  make  Maryville  College  the  exceptional, 
beloved  place  that  it  is. 

•  To  all  my  associates  in  Advancement.  Successful  homecomings  and  record- 
breaking  fundraising  are  not  automatic,  but  you  make  it  appear  that  way. 

•  To  every  donor  for  every  gift,  and  to  every  volunteer,  especially  Fred 
Lawson,  Chair  of  both  the  Advancement  Committee  and  the  Campaign 
Steering  Committee,  for  great  leadership  and  for  truly  "expanding  the 
circle." 

It  will  be  thrilling  to  see  where  the  next  plan  takes  this  very  special  place 
of  learning! 


FOCUS  Spring  2001 


MC2000  Receives  High  Marks  from  College 


Various  groups  of  "stakeholders" -faculty,  staff,  vice  presidents,  alumni  and  communi- 
ty members  -  recently  gathered  on  campus  for  collaborative  grading  exercises. 

For  every  strategic  goal  of  the  MC2000  Plan,  a  directions  statement  detailed  overall 
visions.  Below  is  the  consensus  grade  of  progress  made  on  those  directions  statements,  as 
determined  by  people  participating  in  the  grading  exercises.  (Key:  A  =  Goals  met  or  near- 
ly met;  B  =  Significant  progress;  C  =  Some  progress;  D  =  Little  progress;  F  =  No  progress.) 

v  Points  of  Pride:  Recognition  by  U.S.  News  &  World  Report's 
annual  college  rankings;  better  media  coverage  in  local 
rtf'v^    markets. 

Still  needing  work:  The  development  of  a  specific  mes- 
sage and  marketing  plan  that  accurately  portrays  Maryville's 
distinctive  features. 

Points  of  Pride:  The  total  enrollment  of  1,001  in  the  fall  of 
1999. 
Still  needing  work:  Retention  issues;  recruitment  of 
more  part-time  students  and  adult  learners. 

Points  of  Pride:  Retention  rates  for  the  freshman  class; 
recruitment  of  students  with  stronger  academic  backgrounds. 
\   Still  needing  work:  Financial  aid  funds  to  ensure  a 
diverse  student  body;  increasing  and  improving  the 
promotion  of  student  achievement. 

Points  of  Pride:  Recruitment  of  faculty  members  who  are 
enthusiastic  about  the  liberal  arts;  maintenance  of  low 
student-teacher  ratio. 

Still  needing  work:  Salary  plans;  a  first-rate  faculty 
development  plan. 

Points  of  Pride:  Recruitment  of  staff  members  who  are 
enthusiastic  about  the  liberal  arts;  development  of  staff 
compensation  plan. 
^3  Still  needing  work:  A  first-rate  staff  development 
plan;  improved  promotion  of  staff  achievements,  involvement. 


Points  of  Pride:  Growth  of  on-campus  residence  population; 
,      improvements  in  community-building  initiatives  with  the 
reopening  of  Bartlett  Hall. 

Still  needing  work:  Implementation  of  regular,  campus- 
wide  town  meetings,-  full  realization  of  the  MC  Covenant. 

'oints  of  Pride:  Greater  student  involvement  in  community 
service;  improved  town-gown  relationship. 
Still  needing  work:  A  model  program  of  internships, 
practica  and  employment  opportunities  with  help  from 
friends  and  alumni. 

Points  of  Pride:  The  restoration  and  expansion  of  Bartlett  Hall 
qv3$   \  for  use  as  a  student  center;  the  restoration  of  the  Center  for 
^°  \\\\'\§f  \  Campus  Ministry;  a  fully  integrated  computer  system  and  a 
r\~^  state-of-the-art  instructional  technology  center. 

Still  needing  work:  Improvements  to  the  Fine  Arts  Center; 
resources  for  deferred  maintenance;  campus  landscaping  plan. 

Points  of  Pride:  Implementation  of  a  new  and  distinctive 
General  Education  curriculum;  the  creation  of  a  Liberal  Arts 
\  Institute  to  orient  new  faculty  and  staff  to  the  liberal  arts. 
Still  needing  work:  A  comprehensive  advising  program. 

Points  of  Pride:  12  successive  years  of  operation  in  the  black; 
caq\      endowment  growth  that  reached  and  surpassed  goal. 
^^oOT^f  \  Still  needing  work:  Dependence  on  tuition  revenue  and 
unrestricted  gifts;  increased  budgets  for  instruction  and 
academic  support. 


^f^ 


Points  of  Pride:  Educational  experiences  that  explain  the 
,  Christian  tradition;  an  atmosphere  of  diversity  and  freedom 
^^R+\  m  expression  of  spirituality  and  faith. 

Still  needing  work:  Support  from  the  Presbyterian 
Church  (USA);  the  College's  support  for  churches. 


Ask  Dick  Ragsdale 
what  he  wishes  the 
College  could  have 
achieved  during  the 
MC2000  period,  and  he 
mentions  -  first  -  the 
unbelievable  strides 
Maryville  College  has 
made  since  1993. 
Improvements  in  reputation.  More  students. 
Curriculum  revision.  Deferred  maintenance. 

Ragsdale,  who  brought  his  son  Kevin 
Ragsdale  '93  to  campus  in  the  late  1980s  as  a 
freshman,  walks  around  campus  today  and  phys- 
ically sees  the  differences.  And  as  chairman  of 
Maryville  College's  Board  of  Directors  since 
1992,  he  sees  the  differences  on  paper. 


Dick  Ragsdale,  Chairman 
MC  Board  of  Directors 


But  as  a  businessman  and  CEO,  Ragsdale  also 
knows  what  "robust  fiscal  health"  means.  And 
the  College  isn't  there,  he  said,  despite  a  success- 
ful MC2000  Capital  Campaign  that  resulted  in 
more  gifts  to  the  College's  endowment,  continu- 
ing support  for  the  Annual  Fund  and  money  to 
fund  much-needed  deferred  maintenance  proj- 
ects like  Bartlett  Hall  and  the  Center  for 
Campus  Ministry. 

"We're  not  quite  robust,"  Ragsdale  said.  "The 
College's  budgets  are  tight,  and  we  depend  sig- 
nificantly on  annual  fundraising.  We  need  an 
endowment  of  about  $100  million." 

(Currendy,  the  College  has  a  market-value 
endowment  of  $24  million  -  up  $10  million 
since  1993.) 

Ragsdale  said  he  wishes  the  College  could 


have  made  major  improvements  to  other  facili- 
ties on  campus  (namely,  the  Fine  Arts  Center) 
during  the  MC2000  period,  adding  that  he's 
hopeful  those  projects  will  "get  a  good,  hard 
look"  in  the  next  strategic  plan  and  campus 
master  plan. 

"The  CCM  and  [Bartlett  Hall]  Student 
Center  exceeded  our  hopes,"  he  said.  "Before 
the  renovation,  the  CCM  was  dark  and  had 
paint  peeling  off  the  walls.  1  think  that  project 
turned  out  beautifully.  What  architects  did  with 
the  student  center  preserved  the  character  of  the 
building  and  gave  us  a  wonderful  facility  inside. 

"I  would  like  to  have  endowed  maintenance  so 
that  continual,  regular  maintenance  is  performed 
on  all  of  our  facilities,"  he  said.  "Of  course, 
almost  all  of  our  initiatives  require  funding." 


8 


FOCUS  Spring  2001 


CAMPUS      NEWS 


Next  Strategic  Plan  Already  in  the  Works 


HilKilll    COLLEGE 


Work  has  already  begun  on  a  plan  that  will  guide 
Maryville  College  into  the  new  millennium.  A  strate- 
gic planning  commit- 


tee, co-chaired  by  Vice 
President  and  Dean  Dr. 
Nancy  Sederberg  and 
Professor  of  Chemistry 
Dr.  Robert  Naylor,  was 
formed  last  year. 


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Several  campus  groups  met  last  fall  for  SWOT 
(strengths,  weaknesses,  opportunities  and  threats) 
analyses. 

The  name  for  the  new  strategic  plan  -  "The  MC 
Window  of  Opportunity  Plan"  -  came  from  the  late 


Baxter  Lee,  a  former  member  of  the  MC  Board  of 
Directors  who  believed  the  College  was  poised  on  a 
.  .LirviuL.  iln.lssll     windowsill  of  greatness  and 
should  take  advantage  of 
the  momentum  and  oppor- 
tunities provided  by  the 
MC2000  Plan. 

Five  theme  commissions 
have  been  formed  to  develop  over-arching  goals  of 
the  new  strategic  plan.  These  commissions  will  evalu- 
ate the  educational  experience,  faculty  and  staff,  stu- 
dents and  the  college  environment,  resources  for 
excellence  and  outreach  and  partnerships.  Five 
"weaver"  commissions  focused  on  community,  diver- 


MC  Window 
of  Opportunity 


sity,  faith  and  mission,  stewardship  and  technology 
will  ensure  that  broad-based  themes  are  integrated 
into  all  of  the  goals. 

"This  is  an  exciting  time  for  Maryville  College," 
said  Maryville  College  President  Dr.  Gerald  W 
Gibson.  "The  MC2000  Plan  has  given  us  our  win- 
dow of  opportunity,  and  we  are  poised  to  take  full 
advantage  of  it.  Goals  set  during  the  MC  Window  of 
Opportunity  Plan  are  to  assure  that  the  College  cap- 
tures the  moment  and  reaches  new  heights  of  accom- 
plishment and  reputation." 

The  first  commission  meetings  were  held  April 
27-28,  coinciding  with  a  kick-off  dinner.  Subsequent 
meetings  are  scheduled  for  June  1 5  and  Sept.  27-28. 


"MC2000  Plus"  Will  Fund  Needed 
Enhancements,  Improvements 


In  April  of  2000,  the  College  community  began 
work  on  a  new  strategic  plan  that  will  develop  goals 
and  objectives  leading  to  the  next  major  fundraising 
campaign.  The  Board  of  Directors,  however,  recently 
authorized  the  fundraising  for  three  very  specific 
projects  related  to  the  MC2000  Plan.  Dubbed  the 
"MC2000  Plus  Projects,"  these  fundraising  initiatives 
hope  to  capitalize  on  the  momentum  built  through 
the  MC2000  Campaign. 

The  overall  goal  for  the  MC200  Plus  Projects  is 
approximately  $4  million  and  plans  call  for  raising 
the  money  by  the  end  of  2002. 
Fayerweather  Hall  enhancements 

The  fire  of  May  23,  1999,  left  many  people  on 
campus  wondering  if  the  College  would  ever  recover 
from  such  a  tragedy.  Intense  negotiations  with  the 
College's  insurance  provider  netted  a  $5.7  million 
settlement,  forming  the  basic  budget  for  rebuilding 
Fayerweather.  But  after  a  thorough  study  by  the 
College's  architects,  it  became  clear  that  additional 
funds  would  be  needed  to  complete  the  building  to 
fulfill  current  needs. 

Currently,  approximately  $345,000  has  been 
raised  on  a  $500,000  goal.  More  than  $200,000  has 
been  given  or  pledged  to  the  Harwell  W  Proffitt 
Boardroom,  which  will  be  located  on  the  top  floor  of 
the  new  building. 

"The  Harwell  Proffitt  Boardroom  is  going  to  be 
unbelievable,"  noted  Mark  Cate,  Vice  President  for 
College  Advancement.  "We've  had  so  many  folks  get 
behind  this  project  because  of  their  love  and  appreci- 


ation for  Harwell.  He  truly  was  a 
great  man." 

Board  Chairman  Dick  Ragsdale 
and  his  wife  Anne  joined  MC2000 
Campaign  Chair  Fred  Lawson  and 
his  wife  Sharon  in  providing  $100,000  to  fund  the 
President's  Suite.  The  Admissions  offices  and  a  tech- 
nologically savvy  tiered  classroom  are  also  on  the  list 
of  projects  in  need  of  funding.  Diane  Humphreys- 
Barlow  70  has  pledged  $50,000  toward  the 
Admissions  Office  project. 

A  special  "brick  campaign"  is  being  planned  so 
that  interested  donors  will  have  an  opportunity  to 
buy  and  personalize  a  brick  for  commitment  of 
$1,000,  payable  by  the  end  of  2001.  Money  raised 
from  the  brick  campaign  will  be  used  for  furnishings, 
equipment  and  to  begin  an  endowment  for  building 
maintenance. 
Campus  Beautification  and  Improvement  Plan 

Last  year,  Ruby  Tuesday's  provided  funding  for  the 
development  of  a  landscaping  plan.  The  plan,  which 
had  heavy  input  from  campus  constituents  and  the 
local  community,  was  later  merged  with  the  College's 
1997  master  plan  to  capture  the  major  landscaping, 
roadwork  and  infrastructure  needs  most  pressing. 
The  Campus  Beautification  and  Improvement  Plan 
(CBIP)  has  an  approximate  $3  million  price  tag  and 
could  take  a  couple  of  years  to  implement  depending 
on  funding. 

"In  my  opinion,  this  is  without  a  doubt  our  most 
pressing  capital  need,"  said  President  Gerald  Gibson. 


The  Campus  Beautification  and  Improvement  Plan  (CBIP)  has  an 

approximate  $3  million  price  tag  and  could  take  a  couple  of  years  to 

implement  depending  on  funding. 

"We  have  made  major  progress  on  our  physical  plant 
in  the  past  five  years  and  most  of  the  buildings  are 
looking  great.  But  we  must  get  the  grounds  and 
roadways  looking  good  as  well." 

While  helping  to  create  a  more  aesthetically 
appealing  environment  for  current  students,  faculty 
and  staff,  the  plan  is  targeted  more  at  improving  the 
"first  impressions"  that  directly  impact  student 
recruiting. 
Fine  Arts  Music  Hall 

The  future  of  the  Fine  Arts  Center  and  Wilson 
Chapel  are  major  issues  to  be  dealt  with  in  the  new 
strategic  planning  process.  But  until  that  can  be 
determined,  the  Board  noted  the  need  to  raise 
money  for  basic  improvements  to  the  Music  Hall  in 
the  FAC. 

The  Music  Hall  gets  much  use  from  both  on  and 
off  campus  constituents.  Concerts,  lectures,  commu- 
nity forums  as  well  as  local  community  meetings  fre- 
quently occur  in  this  51 -year-old  building. 
Fundraising  will  focus  on  basic  renovations  like  seat- 
ing, flooring,  lighting,  disability  access  and  rest- 
rooms.  The  fundraising  goal  is  $500,000. 

For  more  information  regarding  any  of  the 
MC2000  Plus  Projects,  please  contact  Mark  Cate  at 
(865)  981-8199. 

FOCUS  Spring  2001 


CAMPUS      NEWS 


Alumni.. .Participate  to  Help  Break  a  Record! 

lating  overall  rankings.  In  last  year's  report, 
Maryville  College  finished  fourth  in  alumni  giv- 
ing among  all  colleges  in  the  southern  regional 
liberal  arts  area. 

"Alumni  participation  has  obviously  helped  us 
maintain  our  prominence  as  a  'top  10'  Southern 

^^^^^^         ^^^       regional  liberal  arts  college  in  U.S. 

■  4k    ^     News,"  Willard  said. 

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^^BLliilB     fll       /  u\   ar>d  the  bricks-and-moi 
l^^flV'V^^V  projects  included  in 

^        ^^      ^^    ^p       that  fundraising  effort  has  been  sig- 
nificant, Willard  added,  but  donors  can- 
not forget  the  Annual  Fund. 

"We  celebrated  some  great  successes  with  the 
recent  renovations  of  our  Center  for  Campus 
Ministry  and  Bartlett  Hall  and  the  growth  of  our 
endowment,"  he  said,  "but  without  a  strong  base 
of  support  for  the  Annual  Fund,  we  would  be 
unable  to  provide  the  quality  instruction,  pro- 


The  Maryville  College  Alumni  Association's 
Executive  Board  is  hoping  2000-2001  will  be  a 
banner  year  for  the  College's  Annual  Fund. 

Board  members  set  a  goal  of  50  percent  partic 
ipation  among  alumni  in  support  of  the  College. 
A  record  46.1  percent  of  all  alumni  contributed 
last  year,  but  Board  President 
Tim  Topham  '80  and  others 
would  like  to  see  the  record 
shattered. 

"The  Annual  Fund  is  a  crit 
ical  component  to  the  on- 
going successes  of  the 
College,"  said  Ned  Willard, 
Director  of  Development.  "Year  in  and  year  out 
the  College  seeks  support  from  alumni,  parents 
and  friends  to  offset  the  cost  of  attendance  for 
current  students." 

A  student  paying  the  tuition  "sticker  price" 
and  receiving  no  financial  aid  to  attend  Maryville 
pays  only  two-thirds  of  the  actual  costs.  The 
remaining  one-third  comes  from  alumni  and 
friends  through  fundraising  efforts.  Add  to  this 
the  fact  that  more  than  90  percent  of  MC  stu- 
dents receive  scholarships  and  grants  to  make  col- 
lege more  affordable,  and  one  can  see  that  sup- 
port from  all  constituents  is  needed  to  meet  the 
demands  of  a  quality  education. 

Participation  from  all  of  Maryville's  con- 
stituents is  important,  but  alumni  participation 
carries  significant  weight.  U.S.  News  &  World 
Report,  which  annually  ranks  colleges  and  univer- 
sities, considers  support  from  alumni  when  calcu- 


grams  and  services  that  are  offered  in  those  build- 


With  the  May  31  end-of-fiscal-year  deadline 
looming,  alumni  can  make  their  gift  through  the 
Internet.  On-line  giving  provides  a  safe,  secure 
and  immediate  way  to  participate  in  the  Annual 
Fund. 

Other  options  include  sending  gifts  before 
Mav  M  or  calling  Advancement  staff  members 
(865/981-8200)  who  can  process  a  credit  card 
gift  over  the  phone.  Remember,  unpaid  pledges 
will  not  count  when  the  final  figures  are  tallied. 


On-line  Giving... 


Make  Your  Donation  Now 


It's  a  SNAP! 

Colleges  around  the  nation  have  implemented 
safe,  secure  ways  to  allow  donors  to  make  gifts 
online,  and  Maryville  College  is  pleased  to  offer 
alumni,  parents  and  friends  the  same  opportuni- 
ty to  support  the  College  via  the  Internet,  said 
Director  of  Development  Ned  Willard. 

Making  a  gift  through  the  MC  website  is  con- 
venient, and  makes  an  immediate  impact.  It 
eliminates  the  need  for  pledge  reminders  or 
phone  calls. 

"Just  like  phonathon  and  direct  mail  appeals, 
on-line  donations  allow  supporters  to  designate 
their  support  to  specific  areas,"  Willard  said. 

Selection  of  a  web-based  company  that  could 
provide  security  of  constituent's  credit  card  num- 
ber was  of  utmost  importance,  Willard  said. 

All  on-line  gifts  are  protected  by  VeriSign,  a 
company  that  encrypts  card  numbers  to  ensute 
the  privacy  and  protection  of  credit  card  infor- 
mation. 

"While  we  will  continue  to  make  appeals 
through  student  callers  during  our  phonathon 
campaign  and  by  sending  direct  mail,  we  look 
forward  to  the  new  possibilities  that  this  creates," 
Willard  added. 

To  make  a  gift  on-line,  check  out 
www.maryvillecollege.edu.  On  the  alumni  page, 
click  on  "Making  a  Gift."  Instructions  follow. 


Bruner  is  Director  of  Alumni,  Parent  Relations 


Helen  Bruner 
didn't  graduate  from 
Maryville  College, 
but  she  has  long  felt 
a  part  of  the  MC 
family. 

As  the  daughter 
of  Lottie  Lavender 
Dean  '47,  Bruner  says  she  understands  the  histo- 
ry and  tradition  of  the  College,  and  is  looking 
forward  to  her  new  position  in  Willard  House  as 
director  ot  alumni  and  parent  relations. 

Bruner  began  working  at  the  College  as  direc- 
tor of  annual  giving  back  in  October  2000. 


Enumerating  teamwork,  sharp  students  and  con- 
stituents' shared  commitment  to  the  College  and 
its  mission,  Bruner  said  she  has  been  impressed 
in  the  last  seven  months. 

A  graduate  of  the  University  of  Tennessee,  the 
new  director  has  a  history  of  work  with  several 
non-profit  boards  and  civic  clubs,  including  East 
Tennessee  Children's  Hospital,  the  Knoxville 
Civitan  Club,  Knoxville  Juniot  League  and  local 
chambers  ot  commerce. 

"I  think  this  job  is  important  because  we 
want  the  alumni  to  feel  like  they  continue  to  be  a 
part  of  the  school  and  hopefully,  they  will  want 
to  be  a  part  of  what  is  happening  on  campus," 


she  said. 

Bruner  said  she  is  looking  fonvard  to  working 
with  parents,  as  well. 

"As  a  patent  of  two  college  graduates,  I  remember 
how  much  I  enjoyed  parent  activities  on  campus," 
she  said.  "I  think  it  is  very  important  to  have  the 
parents  involved  as  much  as  possible." 

Mark  Cate,  vice  president  for  college  advance- 
ment, said  he  is  pleased  to  have  Bruner  assume 
the  job. 

"Helen  has  many  connections  to  MC  and  a 
true  love  for  the  school,"  he  said.  "She  has  a 
warm  and  ftm-loving  personality  that  I  think  will 
be  well  received  bv  our  alumni  and  parents." 


10 


FOCUS  Spring  2001 


ALUMNI      PROFILE 


Alumna  Remembers  Service  on  MC2000  Committee 


As  a  student  representative  on  the  MC2000  Steering 
Committee  in  1993, 1  was  not  very  clear  what  my  role  would  or 
should  be. 

I  recall  going  into  the  first  meeting  completely  intimidated 
and  sure  that  the  other  committee  members,  mostly  faculty  and 
administrators,  would  have  a  fairly  uniform  view  of  the  future  of 
MC.  Moreover,  since  most  of  the  committee,  myself  included,  had 
not  worked  closely  with  Dr.  Gerald  Gibson  yet  (he  had  only  been 
inaugurated  that  fall),  I  remember  being  a  bit  unsure  at  how  we 
would  interact  as  a  group.  The  first  meeting  was  essentially  a  no- 
holds-barred  brainstorming  session  the  likes  of  which  I  had  never 
experienced. 

In  contrast  to  my  pre-conception  of  a  uniform  view  for  the 
College,  as  I  left  the  meeting,  I  was  not  certain  that  we  would  ever 
reach  a  consensus.  It  was  clear,  however,  that  this  committee  was 
charged  with  an  amazing  responsibility:  to  steer  the  College  into 
the  next  century. 

Two  aspects  of  the  MC2000  planning  process  have  stayed 
with  me  since  that  year  and  still  stand  out  as  the  most  inspiring 
parts  of  the  process.  First  is  the  fact  that  a  student  was  able  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  process  at  all.  I  did  not  feel  as  if  I  was  a  token  stu- 
dent representative.  I  was  never  asked  to  leave  the  room  when 
potentially  sensitive  matters  arose;  I  was  truly  an  equal  member  of 
the  committee.  I  had  responsibilities  to  write  sections  for  discussion 
and  was  expected  and  encouraged  to  offer  my  perspective  on  any 
topic.  Faculty,  administrators,  staff  and  board  members  alike  solicit- 
ed my  opinion  on  obvious  matters  like  student  life  issues  as  well  as 
more  delicate  topics  like  scholarship  allocations  and  overall  fiscal 
goals. 

Many  times  I  have  heard  the  phrase  "the  Maryville  College 
Community."  Participating  in  the  MC2000  planning  process  pro- 
vided me  with  tangible  evidence  of  the  place  students  hold  at  MC. 
Although  MC  students  are  probably  still  concerned  about  rising 
tuition  costs  and  insufficient  scholarship  monies,  I  hope  that  they 
also  realize  the  dedication  of  the  staff,  faculty  and  administrators  to 
address  student  concerns  and  ensure  that  students  are  actively 
involved  in  the  governance  processes  of  the  College.  In  that  sense, 
MC  enjoys  a  rare  and  precious  community  that  requires  patience 
and  understanding  on  all  sides. 

The  second  aspect  of  the  planning  process  that  continues  to 
resonate  with  me  is  the  leadership  of  Dr.  Gibson.  When  the 
MC2000  Steering  Committee  first  met,  few  people  had  had  the 
opportunity  to  work  closely  with  Dr.  Gibson.  Since  the  former  pres- 
ident left  rather  abruptly,  the  College  community  needed  a  steady 
hand  to  take  the  helm. 

From  the  beginning,  Dr.  Gibson  displayed  true  vision  for  the 


By  Jennifer  McCafferty  Grad  '94 

future  while  continually  offering  links  to  the  rich  history  of  our 
College  through  anecdotal  references  to  past  presidents.  One  theme 
in  particular  began  to  shape  our  shared  goals,  namely  to  make  MC 
"the  best  possible  college."  Dr.  Gibson  guided  the  committee  to  be 
mindful  of  MC's  strong  tradition  of  stewardship.  This  concept  of 
stewardship  and  the 
challenge  to  be  skill- 
ful stewards  of  our 
resources  -  be  they 
financial,  human,  or 
otherwise  -  pervaded 
the  MC2000  Plan  in 
the  early  stages. 

The  MC2000 
planning  process  was 
a  huge  undertaking 
with  outcomes  that 
could  not  always  be 
anticipated.  From  a 
student's  perspective 
the  renovation  of 
Bartlett  Hall  as  a  new 
student  center  was 
central  to  the  growth 
of  the  College  and 
the  MC2000  Plan. 
Many  students  did 
not  believe  enroll- 
ment would  reach 
the  projected  1,000 
students  without  a  student  center. 

While  on  campus  for  my  class  reunion  in  1999, 1  had  the 
chance  to  witness  the  incredible  growth  since  my  graduation.  The 
construction  of  Beeson  Village,  the  renovation  of  the  CCM  and  the 
restoration  of  Bartlett  are  true  testimonies  to  the  strength  of  the 
MC  community. 

All  in  all,  taking  part  in  the  MC2000  planning  process  was  an 
incredible  experience  for  me,  almost  like  a  personal  capstone  to  my 
MC  education.  The  strategic  planning  process  was  a  real  life  lesson 
about  setting  goals  and  attaining  them.  As  a  community,  we  were 
charged  with  taking  stock  of  where  we  were  as  an  institution,  form- 
ing a  consensus  about  where  we  wanted  to  be  and  formulating  a 
strategy  on  how  to  get  there.  Few  undergraduate  institutions  offer 
such  opportunities  to  their  students,  and  MC  can  be  proud  of 
maintaining  a  heritage  of  setting  the  standard  for  trends  in  higher 
education. 

FOCUS  Spring  2001 


11 


CAMPUS      NEWS 


Lilly  Endowment  Awards  MC  Planning  Grant 


The  Lilly  Endowment  of  Indianapolis,  Ind., 
named  Maryville  College  a  recipient  of  a  $46,100 
planning  grant.  The  grant,  awarded  in  mid-January, 
is  currently  funding  the  tesearch  and  planning  for 
an  implementation  grant  proposal  that  could 
translate  into  an  award  worth  between  $500,000 
and  $2  million. 

The  Lilly  Endowment  is  a  private  philanthrop- 
ic foundation  that  supports  the  causes  of  religion, 
education  and  community  development.  Colleges 
and  universities  are  selected  and  invited  to  submit 
proposals  for  grants  to  fund  the  foundation's 
specific  initiatives. 

The  Lilly  Endowment's  invitational  gtants  program 
in  which  MC  administrators  hope  to  be  included  - 
"Ptogtams  for  the  Theological  Exploration  of 
Vocation  2001"  -  seeks  to  "identify  and  nurture  a 
new  generation  of  highly  talented  and  religiously 
committed  leaders,"  stated  Christopher  Coble,  reli- 
gion program  director  of  the  Lilly  Endowment,  in  a 
letter  to  MC  President  Dr.  Gerald  W.  Gibson. 

"We  seek  to  support  selected  colleges  and  uni- 
versities in  establishing  or  strengthening  programs 
that  (1)  assist  students  in  understanding  their 
future  work  in  light  of  their  faith  commitments 
and  in  terms  of  vocation,  (2)  identify  talented 
young  people  and  provide  them  with  opportuni- 
ties to  explore  ministry,  either  lay  or  ordained,  as 
their  life's  work,  and  (3)  enhance  a  school's  capac- 
ity to  draw  on  the  resources  of  its  mission,  her- 
itage and  religious  tradition  in  preparing  a  new 
generation  of  leaders  for  church  and  society," 
Coble  wrote. 

Dr.  Bill  Meyer,  associate  professor  of  religion 


and  philosophy  at  MC,  has  been  named  project 
director  of  the  grant  proposal.  Meknie  Rasnake 
'00  has  been  named  project  assistant. 

Maryville  was  one  of  35  colleges  and  universities 
across  the  country,  and  one  of  only  two  institu- 
tions located  in  Tennessee,  invited  to  participate  in 
the  Lilly  Endowment's  second  round  of  grant 
applications.  Duke  University,  the  University  of 
the  South,  Wake  Forest  University,  College  of  the 
Holy  Cross  and  other  similar  institutions  were  all 
awarded  planning  grants  in  January. 

The  $46,100  planning  grant  is  funding  collab- 
orative meetings,  outside  consultants  and  inves- 
tigative travel,  according  to  Meyet. 

"This  money  provides  us  with  the  resources  to 
put  together  a  comprehensive  proposal  for  the 
implementation  grant,"  he  said.  "We  hope  to  put 
together  a  proposal  that  will  be  fitting  to  our  mis- 
sion and  effective  in  helping  meet  the  goals  of  the 
Lilly  Endowment." 

Meyer  said  he  believed  the  "inner  calling"  of 
ministers  was  important,  but  added  that  the 
"outer  call"  is  important,  as  well. 

"'Calling'  is  the  idea  of  viewing  one's  work  as 
serving  the  public  good;  'career'  is  more  of  a  pri- 
vate connotation,"  he  explained.  "We  do  that 
kind  of  reflection  -  finding  one's  calling  in  life  - 
in  our  freshman  seminar  courses  and  then  in  the 
senior  ethics  course. 

"We  can  influence  the  lenses  through  which 
students  view  their  future  work,"  he  said. 

Proposals  are  due  Sept.  1,  2001.  Notification 
of  grant  proposal  acceptances  are  expected  Dec. 
1,2001. 


Campolo  is  February 
Meetings  Speaker 


Dr.  Tony 

Campolo 
speaks  with  a 
student  after 

his  final 
presentation 
during  MC's 

February 

Meetings  held 

Feb.  20-21. 


Dr.  Tony  Campolo,  popular  author,  profes- 
sor, ordained  Baptist  minister  and  social  evangelist, 
was  the  guest  speaker  for  MC's  February  Meetings, 
held  Feb.  20-21  on  the  campus. 

The  theme  of  Febr uary  Meetings  was 
"Engaging  Students  in  the  Year  2001." 

To  packed  audiences  in  the  Fine  Arts  Center 
Music  Hall,  Campolo  challenged  students,  faculty 
and  staff  members  and  members  of  the  communi- 
ty to  reject  the  consumet-driven  world  and  to 
"commit  [themselves]  to  that  which  is  significant." 

Detailing  stories  of  his  mission  work  in 
Third  World  countries,  Campolo  told  people  in 
attendance  that  being  a  Christian  and  following 
Jesus  Christ  meant  responding  to  the  needs  of  the 
poot  and  oppressed. 

"Let  your  heart  be  broken  by  the  things  that 
break  the  heart  of  Jesus,"  he  told  the  audience 
gathered  fot  the  Feb.  21  lecture.  "Be  instruments 
of  radical  change  and  agents  of  transformation." 


College  Welcomes  McKee,  New  Campus  Minister 


On  June  1,  the 
Maryville  College  com- 
munity will  welcome  the 
Rev.  Anne  D.  McKee  as 
campus  minister.  McKee 
fills  the  position  vacated 
by  the  former  chaplain, 
the  Rev.  Stephen  Nickle,  who  left  in  May  2000  to 
assume  the  chaplaincy  at  Trinity  University  in 
Texas. 

As  campus  minister,  McKee  will  provide  pas- 
toral counseling  to  students,  lead  campus  worship 
services,  supervise  the  Center  for  Campus 
Ministry  staff"  and  provide  leadership  for  volunteer 

12  FOCUS  Spring  2001 


services  and  church  relations  initiatives.  In  addi- 
tion, she  will  coordinate  February  Meetings  and 
serve  as  advisor  to  student  teligious  organizations. 

McKee  graduated  from  Rhodes  College  in 
Memphis  with  a  bachelor  of  arts  degree  in  reli- 
gion. She  earned  the  master's  of  divinity  degtee 
from  Yale  Divinity  School  and  is  currently  work- 
ing on  completing  the  doctor  of  ministry  degree 
from  McCormick  Theological  Seminary  in 
Chicago.  She  was  ordained  by  the  Presbyterian 
Church  (USA)  in  1985. 

A  pastot  for  1 5  years,  McKee's  most  recent 
role  has  been  that  of  associate  pastor  at  Farragut 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Farragut,  Tenn.  She  serves 


on  several  committees  for  the  Presbytery  of  East 
Tennessee. 

McKee  is  married  to  Mark  Hulsether,  an 
associate  professor  in  the  University  of  Tennessee 
Religions  Studies  Department.  They  have  three 
children. 

"I'm  excited  about  my  new  role  as  campus 
ministet  and  I  look  forward  to  serving  not  only 
students,  but  faculty  and  staff  as  well,"  she  said.  "I 
value  preaching  and  worship  in  my  ministry  and 
look  forward  to  developing  the  worship  life  of  the 
Center  for  Campus  Ministry,  both  through  weekly 
chapel  services  and  through  helping  the  students 
grow  in  their  spiritual  lives  and  commitments." 


MARYVILLE     COL  LEGE 


FACULTY       SCHOLARSHIP        2000-20    0    1 


When  the  subject  of  research  is  discussed 
among  faculty  members  at  Maryville 
College,  the  point  is  invariably  made 
that  projects  undertaken  in  the  realm  of 
research  should  always  complement  teach- 
ing and  learning.  The  faculty  consensus 
is  that  research  enhances  the  professional 
and  personal  experiences  of  the  professor, 
and  also  enhances  the  educational  expe- 
riences of  the  students  they  teach.  The 
tesearch  and  professional  activities  out- 
lined in  this  edition  of  Laurels  demon- 
strate these  convictions. 

Over  the  past  year,  the  faculty  at 
Maryville  College  have  represented  the 
research  interests  of  the  College  to  the 
academic  and  professional  world,  through 
presentations  at  conferences  and  meet- 
ings, publication  of  papers  in  numerous 
scholarly  journals,  and  service  on  many 
boards  and  editorial  review  panels.  Just 
as  important,  faculty  members  have  intro- 
duced to  our  students  the  importance  of 
research  as  a  means  to  expand  their  own 
educational  horizons. 

I  commend  our  faculty  members  on  the 
comprehensive  body  of  research  repre- 
sented in  this  edition  of  Laurels  and 
for  their  dedication  to  the  students  they 
teach. 

Nancy  C.  Sederberg 

Vice  President  and  Dean  of  the  College 


Faculty    Laurels 


f    I 


DR.  SUSAN  H.  AMBLER,  Associate 
Professor  of  Sociology,  while  on  a 
semester  sabbatical  during  Spring  2000, 
working  with  George  Loveland,  Librar- 
ian, Ferrum  College,  wrote  and  obtained 
a  three-year  ACA  Teaching  &  Technol- 
ogy Grant  on  "Participatory  Research 
Across  the  Curriculum"  in  conjunction 
with  Dr.  Kathie  Shiba,  Maryville  Col- 
lege, and  representatives  from  Emory  & 
Henry  College,  Union  College,  Carson- 
Newman  College,  Big  Creek  People  in 
Action,  and  the  Woodland  Community 
Land  Trust.  The  project  involves  devel- 
oping resources  for  faculty  and  com- 
munity members  to  teach  and  conduct 
community-based  participatory  research, 
which  focuses  on  issues  and  problems  in 
the  community.  One  of  the  goals  of  the 
project  is  to  create  a  nonprofit  organiza- 
tion called  Just  Connections  to  serve  as  a 
networking  mechanism  between  colleges 
and  communities.  Dr.  Ambler  serves  as 
coordinator  of  the  ACA  grant  project. 
Dr.  Ambler  and  George  Loveland  pre- 
sented at  Loka's  Third  Annual  Commu- 
nity Research  Network  Conference.  Dr. 
Ambler  planned  and  held  the  first  work- 
shop on  "Participatory  Research  Across 
the  Curriculum"  in  July  at  Union  Col- 
lege, Kentucky.  In  October,  Dr.  Ambler 
and  George  Loveland  were  presenters  at 
the  annual  ACA  Conference,  "Making 
Connections:  Teaching,  Learning,  Tech- 
nology" in  Knoxville,  Tenn.  Dr.  Ambler 
wrote  a  work  plan  for  Just  Connections 
to  receive  and  administer  funding  from 
the  Bonner  Foundation's  Learn  &  Serve 
Grant  for  a  "National  Higher  Education 
Community-Based  Research  Project — 
Phase  II."  Just  Connections  is  serving 
as  the  subgrantee  for  the  Appalachian 
region.  Maryville  College  will  receive 
some  money  from  this  grant  to  support 
workshops  on  doing  community-based 
participatory  research.  Dr.  Ambler,  JEN- 
NIFER WEST  '95,  Bonner  Coordina- 


tor, and  others  in  the  grant  project  will 
develop  these  workshops  this  spring  for 
Maryville  College  faculty  and  students. 
Money  will  also  be  used  to  support 
faculty  and  student  community-  based 
research  projects.  Dr.  Ambler  attended 
a  conference  on  the  "National  Higher 
Education  Community-Based  Research 
Project."  In  November  Dr.  Ambler 
hosted  the  second  workshop  on  "Partici- 
patory Research  Across  the  Curriculum" 
at  Maryville  College.  At  the  workshop 
the  grant  participants  signed  incorpora- 
tion papers  for  Just  Connections,  formed 
its  board  of  directors,  and  hired  its  first 
staff  member  to  serve  as  Coordinator. 
Dr.  Ambler  is  serving  as  Treasurer  of  Just 
Connections.  Dr.  Ambler  attended  the 
Appalachian  Studies  Association  Annual 
Meeting  and  the  Southern  Sociological 
Society  Annual  Meeting.  Dr.  Ambler 
serves  as  the  Archivist  for  The  Sociolo- 
gists for  Women  in  Society 

DR.  JEFF  BAY,  Assistant  Professor 
of  Statistics,  attended  the  Joint  Statis- 
tical Meetings  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana, 
August  13-17,  2000  where  he  presented 
the  paper  "Adjusting  Data  for  Measure- 
ment Error  to  Reduce  Bias  when  Esti- 
mating the  Coefficients  of  a  Quadratic 
Model."  The  paper,  which  was  pub- 
lished in  the  American  Statistical  Associ- 
ation 2000  Proceedings  of  the  Section  on 
Survey  Research  Methods,  covers  recent 
work  extending  the  research  completed 
for  his  Ph.D.  dissertation.  While  at  the 
Joint  Statistical  Meetings,  Dr.  Bay  par- 
ticipated in  a  roundtable  discussion  enti- 
tled "Getting  the  'Learning'  into  Co- 
operative Learning  Groups"  and  took 
a  half-day  continuing  education  work- 
shop on  developing  a  capstone  course  for 
undergraduate  statistics  majors.  Immedi- 
ately preceding  the  Joint  Statistical  Meet- 
ings, he  attended  the  two-day  workshop 
"Improving  the  Workforce  of  the  Future: 


Opportunities  in  Undetgraduate  Statis- 
tics Education"  sponsored  by  the  Under- 
graduate Statistics  Education  Initiative. 
Last  summer  also  saw  the  publication  of 
a  paper  for  which  he  was  a  co-author, 
entitled  "Assessment  of  the  Condition 
of  Agricultural  Lands  in  Six  Mid-Atlan- 
tic States."  This  paper  summarizes  find- 
ings of  the  Environmental  Monitoring 
and  Assessment  Program's  Agricultural 
Lands  Resource  Group,  with  whom  Bay 
worked  before  joining  Maryville  Col- 
lege. 

DR.  CHARLOTTE  H.  BECK,  Pro- 
fessor of  English  in  the  Division  of 
Humanities,  has  published  an  essay, 
"Caroline  Gordon  and  Flannery 
O'Connor:  An  Enabling  Anxiety  of 
Influence"  in  the  Flannery  O'Connor 
Bulletin.  She  organized  and  chaired  a 
session  on  Robert  Penn  Warren's  literary 
criticism  at  the  1 999  convention  ot  the 
South  Atlantic  Modern  Language  Asso- 
ciation ,  and  at  the  2000  convention  she 
was  the  respondent  to  the  papers  read  in 
the  Warren  session.  Dr.  Beck  is  currently 
chairing  the  Program  Committee  of  the 
South  Atlantic  Modern  Languages  Asso- 
ciation and  will  publish  a  paper  entitled 
"Robert  Penn  Warren's  Critical  Anxiety 
of  Influence"  in  the  first  issue  of  the 
Robert  Penn  Warren  journal.  Her  book, 
The  Fugitive  Legacy:  A  Critical  History 
was  released  in  January  by  the  LSU  Press. 

DR.  CHAD  BERRY,  Assistant  Profes- 
sor of  History,  spent  a  week  at  Vander- 
bilt  University  in  May  2000  as  part  of  his 
Maryville  College  FIT  (Faculty  Instruc- 
tional Technology)  Fellowship.  He  par- 
ticipated in  a  New  Media  Classroom 
workshop  entitled  "The  Blues,  Bluegrass, 
and  Blue  Suede  Shoes:  Southern  Culture 
in  the  New  Media  Classroom,"  where  he 
learned  about  the  latest  ways  to  incor- 
porate instructional  technology  in  the 


classroom.  He  began  the  academic  year 
by  attending  a  Salzburg  Seminar  in  Aus- 
tria on  Youth  and  Civic  Participation; 
he  will  use  some  of  the  insight  gained 
in  a  senior  seminar  he  will  teach  next 
year  on  youth  and  the  1960s.  In  Octo- 
ber, he  appeared  on  C-SPAN's  Book 
TV  program  as  part  of  the  Southern 
Festival  of  Books  in  Nashville.  He  pre- 
sented an  overview  of  his  book,  South- 
ern Migrants,  Northern  Exiles.  In  Febru- 
ary, he  presented  a  paper  entitled  "Speak 
Easily:  Using  an  Interactive  Writing  Pro- 
gram to  Enhance  Communication  in 
a  Small  Liberal  Arts  College  Environ- 
ment" at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
American  Association  for  History  and 
Computing  in  Indianapolis.  His  panel, 
entitled  "Broadening  the  Base  of  the 
Mountain:  Placing  Appalachia  in  a  Wider 
Regional  and  Intellectual  Context,"  was 
accepted  for  the  March  annual  meeting 
of  the  Appalachian  Studies  Association 
in  Snowshoe,  West  Virginia;  he  will 
serve  as  chair  and  as  a  commentator  on 
the  panel.  In  April,  he  was  a  featured 
speaker  at  the  South  Central  Kentucky 
Festival  of  Books  in  Bowling  Green, 
and  later  that  month,  he,  along  with 
MC  FIT  Fellows  PEGGY  COWAN, 
MARK  O'GORMAN,  and  CHRIS 
NUGENT  (accompanied  by  Instruc- 
tional Technology  Initiative  Staff  GINA 
ROBERTS  and  KAREN  WENTZ)  pre- 
sented "Instructional  Technology  Inno- 
vation in  the  Liberal  Arts  Classroom:  A 
Conversation  with  the  Maryville  Col- 
lege Faculty  Instructional  Technology 
(FIT)  Fellows"  at  the  Sixth  Annual  Mid- 
South  Instructional  Technology  Confer- 
ence in  Murfreesboro,  Tennessee.  His 
article,  "Southern  White  Migration  to 
the  Midwest,  An  Overview,"  the  lead 
essay  in  Appalachian  Odyssey:  Historical 
Perspectives  on  the  Great  Migration, 
appeared  in  July.  This  spring  his  article, 
"UponWhat  Will  I  Hang  My  Hat  in  the 


Future?  Appalachia  and  Awaiting  Post- 
Postmodernity,"  will  be  published  in  the 
Journal  of  Appalachian  Studies.  He  also 
reviewed  the  book  Barrios  Nortenos:  St. 
Paul  and  Midwestern  Mexican  Commu- 
nities in  the  Twentieth  Century  for  the 
American  Historical  Review.  Dr.  Berry 
has  recently  been  asked  to  contribute  to 
a  roundtable  in  the  Appalachian  Journal 
on  Rory  Kennedy's  recent  documentary, 
American  Hollow.  He  has  continued  to 
review  grant  proposals  for  the  National 
Endowment  of  the  Humanities  and  to 
serve  on  the  Editorial  Board  of  De  Sur 
a  Norte:  Perspective  Sudamericanos  sobre 
Estados  Unidos,  published  in  Buenos 
Aires. 

DR.  ROBERT  BONHAM,  Professor 

of  Music,  made  a  presentation  in  April 
to  the  student  chapter  of  the  Chatta- 
nooga Music  Teachers  Association  about 
the  work  of  Dorothy  Taubman,  with 
particular  emphasis  on  means  of  increas- 
ing keyboard  facility  and  avoiding  injury. 
He  presented  a  multimedia  piano  recital 
designed  around  musical  and  visual 
images  of  fire  and  water  on  February  25 
for  the  college,  repeating  it  for  Maryville 
High  School  in  April,  and  again  for  a 
college  Community  Forum  in  Septem- 
ber. He  participated  as  a  teacher  in  the 
first  annual  Piano  Wellness  Seminar  held 
at  Gardner- Webb  College  in  North  Car- 
olina during  August.  He  is  on  sabbati- 
cal leave  for  the  current  academic  year 
exploring  various  uses  of  sound.  Activ- 
ities include  two  trips  to  South  India 
(July  and  December)  to  study  Sanskrit 
mantras. 

DR.  SCOTT  BRUNGER  presented  his 
interactive  CD-ROM  on  African  Art  to 
the  Technology  Summit  of  the  Appala- 
chian College  Association  on  October 
13  and  to  the  African  Studies  Associ- 
ation meeting  in  Nashville  on  Novem- 
ber 17,  2000.  He  also  attended  the 
Southeast  Region  Symposium  on  Afri- 
can Studies  October  27-28  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Tennessee.  As  an  economist, 
he  participated  in  the  Sixth  Interna- 
tional Post  Keynesian  Workshop,  June 
23-28, 2000  in  Knoxville  and  the  Allied 


Social  Sciences  Association  annual  meet- 
ing, January  5-7,  2001  in  New  Orleans. 

DR.  BEN  CASH,  Assistant  Professor 
of  Biology,  attended  the  Society  of  Inte- 
grative and  Comparative  Biology  annual 
meeting  in  Chicago  in  January  2001  and 
participated  in  a  symposium  on  stress 
in  animal  populations.  His  presentation 
entitled,  "Stress  and  the  Slider  Turtle" 
recounted  a  significant  portion  of  his 
recent  dissertation  from  the  University 
of  Mississippi.  Dr.  Cash  also  presented 
the  results  of  the  first  year  of  a  research 
project  at  the  annual  All  Taxa  Biodi- 
versity Inventory  meetings  in  Gatlin- 
burg,  TN  .  The  research  project,  funded 
by  the  National  Park  Service  and  Dis- 
cover Life  in  America,  involves  the  bio- 
logical inventory  of  reptile  species  in 
Great  Smoky  Mountains  National  Park. 
Dr.  Cash  has  also  initiated  life  history 
and  ecological  research  on  two  species 
of  salamanders  in  Cherokee  National 
Forest,  including  submitting  a  grant  pro- 
posal to  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey,  Species  at  Risk  Program. 

DR.  MARGARET  PARKS  COWAN, 
Associate  Professor  of  Religion  and 
Philosophy,  Ralph  W.  Beeson  Chair 
in  Religion,  and  Coordinator  of  Gen- 
eral Education,  received  a  Faculty 
Instructional  Technology  Fellowship  for 
2000-200 1  to  create  a  website  to  enhance 
teaching  in  Biblical  Studies  courses. 
Her  project  focused  on  helping  students 
bridge  the  historical  and  cultural  gap 
between  their  own  social  and  religious 
context  and  the  context  in  which  the 
biblical  texts  were  written.  As  part  of 
the  project,  she  attended  an  Appalachian 
College  Association  Religion  and  Philos- 
ophy Technology  Workshop  at  Cumber- 
land College,  Williamsburg,  KY,  May 
21-23,  2000,  and  the  ACA  Technology 
Summit  at  the  University  of  Tennessee 
Conference  Center,  October  13,  2000. 
As  a  member  of  the  planning  commit- 
tee for  the  Consultation  on  the  Voca- 
tion of  the  Presbyterian  Teacher,  held 
in  Louisville,  KY,  August  10-13,  2000, 
Dr.  Cowan  collaborated  with  Dr.  Roger 
Ebertz  of  Dubuque  University  and  Dr. 


Mary  Shields  of  Trinity  Lutheran  Sem- 
inary to  present  a  paper  entitled  "The 
Vocation  of  Teaching:  Themes  and 
Models  from  the  Presbyterian  Tradition." 
During  2000-2001,  Dr.  Cowan  served 
as  an  associate  regional  director  for  the 
southeast  group  of  the  Rhodes  Consul- 
tations on  the  Future  of  the  Church- 
Related  College.  The  group  met  on 
the  Maryville  College  campus  October 
27-29,  2000,  and  Dr.  Cowan  attended 
a  meeting  of  directors  at  Rhodes  Col- 
lege in  Memphis,  February  16-18, 2001. 
She  attended  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
American  Academy  of  Religion  and  Soci- 
ety of  Biblical  Literature  in  Nashville, 
November  18-21,  2000  and  attended 
the  Best  Practices  in  General  Education 
Conference  sponsored  by  the  American 
Association  of  Colleges  and  Universities, 
February  22-24, 2001  in  Atlanta. 

DR.  DREW  CRAIN,  Assistant  Profes- 
sor of  Biology,  has  published  3  papers 
in  the  last  year  on  the  subject  of  his 
research — the  way  that  environmental 
contaminants  alter  the  endocrine  system 
of  animals.  One  paper  entitled  "Alliga- 
tors and  endocrine  disrupting  contami- 
nants: A  current  perspective"  was  pub- 
lished in  American  Zoologist,  whereas 
another  paper  entitled  "Plasma  dihy- 
drotestosterone  concentrations  and  phal- 
lus size  in  juvenile  American  alligators 
(Alligator  mississippiensis)  from  contam- 
inated and  reference  populations"  was 
published  in  the Journal of Herpetology,  A 
third  paper  entitled  "Endocrine-disrupt- 
ing contaminants  and  hormone  dynam- 
ics: Lessons  from  wildlife"  was  published 
in  a  textbook.  All  of  these  publications 
were  co-authored  with  Dr.  Crain's  col- 
laborators at  the  University  of  Florida. 
During  the  year  2000,  Dr.  Crain  and 
colleague  Dr.  Louis  Guillette  co-edited 
a  book  entitled  "Endocrine  Disrupting 
Contaminants:  An  Evolutionary  Perspec- 
tive" that  was  published  by  Taylor  and 
Francis  Publishers.  During  the  summer 
of  2000,  Dr.  Crain  and  Maryville  Col- 
lege alumnus  Elizabeth  Hewitt  submit- 
ted a  paper  for  publication  in  the  jour- 
nal Chemosphere.  The  Hewitt  and  Crain 
submission  is  based  on  Hewitt's  senior 


thesis  research. 

DR.  CARL  GOMBERT,  Associate  Pro- 
fessor of  Art,  exhibited  paintings  in 
three  national  juried  exhibitions:  the 
Grand  National  Exhibition  sponsored  by 
the  Akron  Society  of  Artists,  where  his 
painting  Big  Yellow  Roger  won  second 
prize,  Red,  a  thematic  exhibit  at  Concor- 
dia College  in  Ann  Arbor,  and  Face  to 
Face  II,  at  the  Stage  Gallery  in  Merrick, 
New  York,  where  his  piece  was  reviewed 
by  the  New  York  Times.  He  was  also 
invited  to  exhibit  in  a  group  drawing 
show  at  Sinclair  Community  College  in 
Dayton,  Ohio  in  October.  In  December 
and  January  he  exhibited  works  at  the 
Scapular  Nomad  Gallery,  an  intimate 
gallery  worn  by  the  curator,  Judy  Freya 
Sibahan.  Based  in  Manila,  Ms.  Sibahan 
invites  artists  to  create  small  works 
that  she  carries  with  her  in  a  pair  of 
small  pouches  worn  over  her  shoulders. 
Gombert  s  piece  consisted  of  four  fic- 
tional self-portraits  exhibiting  different 
racial  characteristics.  Each  painting  was 
cut  into  quarters;  viewers  were  encour- 
aged to  experiment  with  various  combi- 
nations of  reassembled  pieces.  In  April, 
Gombert  exhibited  recent  paintings  and 
drawings  at  Berea  College  in  Kentucky. 
Finally,  Gombert's  work  was  featured  in 
the  January-February  issue  of  Rubber- 
stampmadness  magazine. 

DR.  SARAH  (SALLY)  E.  JACOB,  Pro- 
fessor of  Psychology,  attended  a  work- 
shop titled  "A  Conceptual  Framework 
for  Interpreting  Intracognitive  and  Abil- 
ity-Achievement Discrepencies  in  the 
Assessment  and  Identification  of  Learn- 
ing Disabilities"  which  was  presented 
by  Drs.  Dawn  P.  Flanagan  and  Michael 
E.  Gerner  (National  Association  of 
School  Psychologists)  March  28,  2000 
in  New  Orleans.  Dr.  Jacob  also  attended 
the  2000  Annual  Convention  of  the 
National  Association  of  School  Psychol- 
ogists, March  29— April  1 ,  2000  in  New 
Orleans,  and  the  Tennessee  Association 
of  School  Psychologists'  Workshop  on 
"Identifying  Students  with  Dyslexia  with 
the  Processing  Deficit  Model"  held  in 
Knoxville,  TN,  November  4,  2000,  and 


presented  by  Center  for  the  Study  and 
Treatment  of  Dyslexia,  Middle  Tennes- 
see State  University.  On  Nov.  26-29, 
Dr.  Jacob  attended  the  Mid-South  Bien- 
nial School  Psychology  Conference  in 
Point  Clear,  Alabama. 

DR.  SHERRY  KASPER,  Associate 

Professor  of  Economics,  attended  the 
annual  meetings  of  the  Allied  Social  Sci- 
ences Association  in  New  Orleans,  Janu- 
ary 5-7,  2001,  where  she  chaired  a  ses- 
sion entitled  "The  Distributional  Con- 
sequences of  Internationalized  Markets." 
At  that  meeting,  she  also  completed  her 
term  as  a  Trustee  for  the  Association  for 
Social  Economics.  Finally,  she  published 
an  entry  entitled  "Eveline  Mabel  Burns" 
in  the  Biographical  Dictionary  of  Female 
Economists,  edited  by  Robert  Dimand, 
Mary  Ann  Dimand,  and  Evelyn  Forget, 
Cheltenham,  UK:  Edward  Elgar,  2000. 

DR.  MARCIA  J.  KEITH,  Professor  of 
Education,  attended  a  conference  enti- 
tled "Strengthening  Faculty  Develop- 
ment at  Liberal  Arts  Colleges"  at  Rollins 
College,  Winter  Park,  Florida,  March 
2-3, 2000.  The  conference  was  designed 
to  consider  several  questions:  what  is  the 
role  of  faculty  developers  at  the  liberal 
arts  college?  how  are  successful  programs 
organized?  why  is  faculty  development 
important  in  our  setting?  how  can  we 
collaborate  and  learn  from  each  other? 
This  conference  provided  a  follow-up 
to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Profes- 
sional and  Organizational  Development 
Network  in  Higher  Education  (POD), 
held  at  Split  Rock  Lodge  in  Lake  Har- 
mony, Pennsylvania,  October  12-17, 
1999,  which  was  also  attended  by  Dt. 
Keith. 

DR.  KRISTI  KNEAS,  Assistant  Pro- 
fessor of  Chemistry,  attended  the  27th 
Annual  Conference  of  the  Federation 
of  Analytical  Chemistry  &  Spectroscopy 
Societies  in  Nashville,  TN  during  Sep- 
tember 2000.  There  she  presented  her 
invited  paper  entitled  "The  Use  of  Con- 
ventional, Confocal,  and  Multi-photon 
Fluorescence  Microscopy  in  Photochem- 
ical and  Photophysical  Investigations  of 


Luminescence-based  Oxygen  Sensors." 
A  portion  of  Kneas'  work  was  published 
in  the  November/December  2000  issue 
of  Microscopy  and  Microanalysis  as  "Flu- 
orescence Microscopy  Study  of  Hetero- 
geneity in  Polymer-supported  Lumines- 
cence-based Oxygen  Sensors."  Kneas 
also  attended  the  January  2001  Interna- 
tional Biomedical  Optics  Symposium  of 
the  Photonics  West  Meeting,  sponsored 
by  the  Society  for  Optical  Engineering, 
in  San  Jose,  CA,  where  she  presented 
her  invited  paper  entitled  "Comparison 
of  Conventional,  Confocal,  and  Two- 
photon  Microscopy  for  Detection  of 
Microcrystals  Within  Luminescence- 
based  Oxygen  Sensor  Films."  The  paper 
will  appear  in  the  2001  Proceedings  of  the 
Society  for  Optical  Engineering.  During 
the  Fall  of  2000,  Kneas  was  awarded 
a  Faculty  Instructional  Technology  Fel- 
lowship from  Maryville  College  for  a 
project  to  be  completed  this  year. 

MS.  PEGGY  MAHER,  Assistant 
Professor  of  Sign  Language  Interpret- 
ing, attended  the  Conference  of  Inter- 
preter Trainers  Convention  in  Portland, 
Oregon,  October  19-21,  2000.  She  par- 
ticipated in  the  Educational  Standards 
Committee  events  and  shared  historical 
documents  as  part  of  her  subcommittee 
responsibilities.  Throughout  the  Fall 
2000  semester,  Ms.  Maher  and  repre- 
sentatives from  Aikens  Public  Strategies, 
the  East  Tennessee  Foundation,  Tennes- 
see School  tor  the  Deaf,  and  Maryville 
College  implemented  grant  activities  to 
encourage  interaction  between  Maryville 
College  and  Tennessee  School  for  the 
Deaf  students.  Events  included  having 
eight  Tennessee  School  for  the  Deaf  Stu- 
dents attend  the  College  Open  House 
and  stay  on  campus  Sept.  29-Oct  1. 
Ms.  Maher,  the  Sign  Language  Club, 
and  SHERI  MORAN  planned  activi- 
ties for  the  visit.  Ms.  Maher  and  the 
Sign  Language  club  also  presented  two 
dramatic  literature  adaptations  at  Ten- 
nessee School  fot  the  Deaf  to  middle 
school  and  elementary  school  students, 
on  October  29  and  November  5,  respec- 
tively. These  included  adaptations  of 
excerpts  from  Shelley's  Frankenstein,  Poe's 


"The  Telltale  Heart,"  and  "The  Greedy 
Cat"  video  from  Billy  Seago.  She,  along 
with  MORAN,  Tennessee  School  for  the 
Deal  representatives  and  Aikens  Public 
Strategies,  presented  a  Christmas  party 
in  Willard  House  for  12  indigent  Ten- 
nessee School  for  the  Deaf  students  on 
Dec.  20. 

DR.  SHERI  L.  MATASCIK,  Assistant 
Professor  of  Music  and  Chair,  Division 
of  Fine  Arts,  attended  a  t'ai  chi  retreat 
on  June  9-15  in  Blowing  Rock,  NC 
with  Master  Yang  Yang,  one  of  the  top 
Chen  stylists  in  the  world.  In  other  t'ai 
chi  developments,  Dr.  Matascik  and  her 
associate,  Keith  Boswell,  Director  of  5 
Elements  T'ai  Chi  School,  began  to 
teach  a  new  T'ai  Chi  for  Seniors 
curriculum  at  Outlook  Pointe,  an  assisted 
living  community  in  Knoxville.  Dr. 
Matascik  also  participated  in  a  Microsoft 
Office  Seminar,  September  13  with 
her  secretary,  Heather  Sowders.  She 
attended  a  Spring  semester  2001  class  at 
Pellissippi  State  on  Macintosh  computer 
graphic  technology.  Dr.  Matascik  was 
also  awarded  a  FIT  Fellowship  for 
Summer  2001  to  develop  a  computer 
software  product  tor  music  theory  study. 
In  administrative  work,  Dr.  Matascik 
attended  the  National  Association  of 
Schools  of  Music  (NASM)  meeting 
for  music  executives  in  Chicago  on 
November  18-21, 2000.  She  participated 
in  a  panel  discussion  on  women  as 
music  executives,  sessions  on  the  role 
of  music  in  the  liberal  arts  education 
and  the  special  aspects  of  heading  a 
smaller  music  unit,  as  well  as  a  one-day 
seminar  on  preparing  tor  an  NASM 
accreditation  visit.  As  a  composer,  Dr. 
Matascik  submitted  a  composition  that 
was  chosen  for  performance  on  March 
3,  2001  at  the  Southern  Association 
Meeting  of  the  College  Music  Society. 
The  work,  Three  Sketches,  is  scored  for 
flute  and  soprano  saxophone. 

MS.  DORI  MAY,  Instructor  and  Public 
Services/Acquisitions  Librarian,  gave 
a  presentation  at  one  of  the  TENN- 
SHARE  Summer  Workshops  held 
August  4,  2000  at  the  University  of 


Tennessee.  The  title  was  'Acquisitions 
using  Web-Based  Resources."  In 
September  she  and  MS.  CHOI  PARK, 
Associate  Professor  and  Catalogue 
Librarian,  traveled  to  Bluefield  College 
to  attend  an  Appalachian  College  Associ- 
ation (ACA)  Technical  Services  Confer- 
ence focusing  on  collection  development 
issues.  Ms.  May  applied  for  and  received 
an  ACA  LET  (Librarian  Experience/ 
Training)  in  Technology  Grant  to  attend 
the  Charleston  Conference  in  Acqui- 
sitions Nov.  1-3,  2000  in  Charleston, 
SC. 

DR.  WILLIAM  J.  MEYER,  Associate 
Professor  of  Religion  &  Philosophy, 

presented  a  paper  entitled  "The  Plight 
of  Modern  Theism:  An  Alternative  to 
Stout's  Diagnosis,"  at  the  Southeast 
Regional  Meeting  of  the  American  Acad- 
emy of  Religion  in  Charlotte,  NC, 
March  16-18,  2001.  He  chaired  a  ses- 
sion at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Soci- 
ety of  Christian  Ethics  in  Chicago,  Jan- 
uary 5-7,  2001.  He  served  as  an  edi- 
torial reviewer  for  the  2000  edition  of 
the  Annual  of  the  Society  of  Christian 
Ethics.  He  attended  the  Annual  Meeting 
of  the  American  Academy  of  Religion  in 
Nashville,  November  18-21,  2000. 

MR.  SHANE  MICKEY,  Adjunct  Pro- 
fessor of  Art,  attended  the  Utilitarian 
Clay  Conference  in  Gatlinburg,  TN 
in  September.  He  also  attended  the 
National  Council  for  the  Education  of 
the  Ceramic  Arts'  Conference  in  Char- 
lotte, N.C.,  March  24  -  30,  where  he 
participated  in  topical  discussions  and 
breakout  groups.  Mr.  Mickey  was  cur- 
rently part  of  the  national  invitational 
exhibit,  "CLAY/WOOD/FIRE/SALT," 
at  the  Southern  Highland  Craft  Guilds 
Folk  Art  Center  in  Asheville,  NC  from 
November  17  -  January  20. 

MS.  SHERI  T.  MORAN,  Assistant 
Professor  of  American  Sign  Language 
and  Deaf  Studies,  attended  the  bi- 
annual meeting  of  the  National  Associa- 
tion of  the  Deaf  and  participated  in  the 
American  Sign  Language  Teachers  Asso- 
ciation (ASLTA)  workshops  in  Nortolk, 


Virginia,  July  4-8, 2000.  The  Deaf  Stud- 
ies VII  conference  was  held  in  Orlando, 
Florida  April  19-21  which  she  attended. 

MR.  ROGER  MYERS,  Instructor  and 
Reference  Librarian,  along  with  a  team 
of  five  librarians  from  the  Appalachian 
College  Association,  is  working  on  a 
grant  project  for  the  Appalachian  Library 
Cooperative  and  Exchange  to  develop 
an  online  library  instructional  toolbox  of 
research  instruction  materials  for  the  33 
member  institutions  of  the  Appalachian 
College  Association.  A  Mellon  Founda- 
tion Grant  funds  the  project.  As  part  of 
the  project,  Mr.  Myers  visited  the 
Five  Colleges  Inc.  in  Massachusetts 
to  study  methods  of  collaboration 
between  the  librarians  in  that  consor- 
tium. The  toolbox  may  be  viewed  on 
the  Internet  at  http://www.acaweb.org/ 
Vcenter/toolbox.  Also,  in  May  2000,  Mr. 
Myers  served  as  panelist  and  presented 
"Information  Literacy  in  the  Freshman- 
Year  Seminars  at  Maryville  College" 
for  the  Tennessee  Library's  Instruction 
Round  Table  program  "Programs,  Chal- 
lenges, and  Solutions  in  Library'  Instruc- 
tion" at  the  Tennessee  Library  Associa- 
tion's Annual  Conference  in  Kingsport, 
Tennessee.  Mr.  Myers's  review  of  Near 
You:  Francis  Craig— Dean  of  Southern 
Maestros  by  Dr.  Robert  W.  Ikard  is  forth- 
coming in  the  Tennessee  Librarian. 

DR.  JOHN  NICHOLS,  Professor  of 

Mathematics,  completed  his  first  year 
as  Chair  of  the  Division  of  Mathematics 
&  Computer  Science.  He  replaced  Dr. 
Bill  Dent  who  served  in  this  capacity  for 
several  years.  Dr.  Nichols  spent  much  of 
this  year  performing  a  five-year  review 
of  the  division.  Every  major  has  been 
thoroughly  reviewed  with  recommenda- 
tions for  change  forthcoming.  Dr.  Nich- 
ols also  attended  the  joint  meeting  of 
the  American  Mathematical  Society  and 
the  Mathematics  Association  of  America 
in  New  Orleans  in  January  2001.  While 
there  he  attended  numerous  lectures  on 
a  wide  variety  of  topics. 

MS.  CHRIS  NUGENT,  Assistant  Pro- 
fessor and  Director  of  the  Library, 


received  one  of  the  first  four  Faculty 
Instructional  Technology  (FIT)  fel- 
lowships through  the  Title  III  Instruc- 
tional Technology  Initiative.  Her  proj- 
ect includes  the  development  of  a  course 
web  site  for  Freshman  Research  Semi- 
nar 1 40.  The  grant  also  supported  atten- 
dance at  the  Syllabus  2000  Conference 
on  instructional  technology,  held  from 
July  22-28  in  Santa  Clara,  CA  July  22  to 
28.  The  project  can  be  viewed  at  http:// 
www.maryvillecollege.edu/nugent/.  Ms. 
Nugent  showcased  her  website  at  the 
Technology  Summit  of  the  Appalachian 
College  Association,  held  in  Knoxville 
from  October  12-14, 2000.  She  received 
a  LET  (Library  Experience  Training  in 
Technology)  grant  from  the  Appala- 
chian College  Association  to  attend  a 
workshop  on  virtual  collection  develop- 
ment at  the  University  of  Tennessee  on 
December  5,  2000.  Her  article,  "Learn- 
ing by  Doing:  The  Freshman  Year  Cur- 
riculum and  Library  Instruction,"  co- 
authored  with  Roger  Myers,  is  forth- 
coming in  a  special  issue  of  the  journal 
Research  Strategies. 

DR.  MARK  O'GORMAN,  Assistant 
Professor  of  Political  Science  and 
Coordinator,  Environmental  Studies 
Program,  together  with  senior  Envi- 
ronmental Studies  (ENV)  and  Political 
Science  (PLS)  double  major  student 
KATRINA  ATCHLEY  gave  a  presenta- 
tion on  internet  voting  at  the  Appala- 
chian College  Association  (ACA)  Tech- 
nology Summit  2000  held  in  Knoxville, 
TN  on  Saturday  October  14, 2000.  The 
presentation,  titled  "The  Politics  of  Get- 
ting Out  the  E-Vote,"  reviewed  the  con- 
struction and  results  from  the  Maryville 
College  online  internet  voting  site  cre- 
ated by  Katrina,  Mark  and  Mark's  PLS 
321:  The  American  Political  Process 
class.  The  online  site — the  first  of  its 
kind  at  the  College — was  active  in  Octo- 
ber and  November  2000  as  Katrina  and 
the  PLS  321  class  used  the  site  to  create 
questions  to  survey  Maryville  College 
student  views  on  the  2000  election  and 
the  impact  of  environmental  issues  on 
the  election.  The  site  was  created  by 
support  from  the  Faculty  Instruction 


Technology  (FIT)  Fellowship  won  by 
Dr.  O'Gorman — one  of  four  fellowships 
awarded  to  faculty  on  campus — as  part 
of  the  funding  from  the  MC  Instruc- 
tional Technology  Initiative  (ITI)  at  the 
College.  The  results  of  the  online  site 
predicted  that  Al  Gore  would  barely 
beat — by  one  vote — George  W.  Bush 
among  MC  students.  These  results  accu- 
rately mirrored  the  national  outcome 
in  the  2000  election,  where  Gore 
won  the  popular  vote,  while  Bush 
became  President-elect  with  a  majority 
of  Electoral  College  votes.  The  Online 
Polling  Project  site  can  be  found  at 
http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/ 
ogorman/VotingProiectMain.htm 

DR.  ALESIA  H.  ORREN,  Assistant 
Professor  of  Education,  was  awarded  a 
Faculty  Instructional  Technology  (FIT) 
Fellowship  to  be  implemented  in  the  fall 
of  2001.  Through  the  implementation 
of  this  fellowship,  preservice  teachers  in 
Maryville  College's  Division  of  Educa- 
tion will  create  electronic  portfolios  to 
be  accessed  on  the  Internet.  In  the  spring 
of  2001,  Dr.  Orren  will  visit  the  Univer- 
sity of  Virginia's  Education  Department 
to  consult  with  them  on  the  integration 
of  electronic  portfolios  into  their  curric- 
ulum. In  June  2000,  Dr.  Orren  attended 
the  conference,  Teacher  Candidate  Assess- 
ment: Changing  Perspectives.  This  confer- 
ence was  sponsored  by  Partnerships  for 
Excellence  in  Teacher  Education,  a  proj- 
ect funded  by  the  Ford  Foundation  to 
Improve  Teaching. 

DR.    BRIAN    K.    PENNINGTON, 

Assistant  Professor  of  Religion,  pub- 
lished the  article  "Renaissance  or 
Retrenchment?  Hindu-Christian  Dia- 
logue at  a  Crossroads"  in  the  Indian 
Journal  of  Theology.  The  at  tide  describes 
the  historical  roots  of  the  current  crisis 
in  Hindu-Christian  relations  in  India. 
His  article  "Rev.  William  Ward  and  His 
Legacy  for  Christian  (Mis)perceptions 
of  Hinduism,"  detailing  common  Chris- 
tian misunderstandings  of  Hindu  belief 
and  practice,  appeared  in  the  Hindu- 
Christian  Studies  Bulletin.  In  May  he 
attended  a  workshop  in  Chicago  con- 


ducted by  the  United  Board  for  Chris- 
tian Higher  Education  in  Asia,  on  meet- 
ing the  needs  of  visiting  foreign  schol- 
ars, and  in  November  he  attended  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  American  Acad- 
emy of  Religion  in  Nashville.  In  March, 
he  attended  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Southeastern  Commission  for  the  Study 
of  Religion,  on  which  he  serves  as  chair 
for  the  History  of  Religions  section.  He 
continues  to  regularly  review  books  on 
Hindu-Christian  relations  and  Christi- 
anity in  India  for  the  Religious  Studies 
Review  and  the  International  Journal  for 
Hindu  Studies. 

DR.  ELIZABETH  PEREZ-REILLY, 
Associate  Professor  of  Spanish,  pre- 
sented a  paper  entitled  "Direct  Exchange 
Programs:  How  Could  Your  Institution 
Benefit?"  at  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Association  of  Academic  Programs 
in  Latin  America  and  the  Caribbean 
(AAPLAC),  which  was  held  in  Oaxaco, 
Mexico,  February  23-26,  2000.  Dr. 
Perez-Reilly  received  a  travel  grant  from 
the  Appalachian  College  Association  to 
attend  the  conference.  She  is  currently 
serving  as  Treasurer  of  AAPLAC  and  is  a 
past  president  of  the  organization. 

DR.  DANNY  PIERCE,  Assistant  Pro- 
fessor of  Physical  Education,  Health 
and  Outdoor  Recreation,  received  a 
51,000  Faculty  Stipend  from  the  East 
Tennessee  Consortium  for  Service  Learn- 
ing. This  award  was  based  on  the  devel- 
opment of  the  B-HEAlthy  program  in 
conjunction  with  the  Blount  County 
Home  School  Association  (B.H.E.A.). 
The  purpose  of  this  program  created  an 
opportunity  for  Maryville  College  phys- 
ical education  majors  to  provide  instruc- 
tion in  fitness,  exercise,  health  and  sports 
fundamentals  to  over  250  BHEA  stu- 
dents from  grades  K-12.  Dr.  Pierce  made 
a  presentation  to  the  Consortium  at  the 
annual  award  dinner,  which  was  hosted 
by  Maryville  College  on  April  26, 2000. 
Dr.  Pierce  was  a  co-facilitator  for  the 
Maryville  College  MOOSE  (Maryville 
Outdoor  Outreach  Service  Experience) 
program.  This  three-week  (July  2-26, 
program  involved  12  students  in 


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a  tour  of  the  American  West  while  pro- 
viding service  work  in  Yellowstone  & 
Grand  Teton  National  Park.  Dr.  Pierce 
was  an  invited  guest  speaker  for  a  panel 
discussion  at  the  9th  Annual  Adventure 
Education  conference  held  on  Novem- 
ber 3, 2000,  at  Montreat  College,  Mon- 
treal North  Carolina.  Six  Outdoor  Rec- 
reation majors  attended  the  conference. 

DR.  MARGIE  RIBBLE,  Assistant  Pro- 
fessor of  Mathematics,  received  the 
1999-2000  Helen  B.  Watson  Outstand- 
ing Dissertation  Award  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Tennessee  College  of  Edu- 
cation for  her  work  entitled,  "Finding 
Fibonacci:  An  Interdisciplinary  Liberal 
Arts  Course  Based  on  Mathematical  Pat- 
terns." In  July  2000  she  attended  the 
third  annual  "Bridges"  conference  on 
mathematical  connections  in  art,  music, 
and  science  at  Southwestern  College, 
Winfield,  Kansas.  An  article  by  Dr. 
Ribble  entitled  "In  Memoriam:  Herta 
Taussig  Freitag,"  was  published  in  the 
Fibonacci  Quarterly  Journal  in  Novem- 
ber, 2000. 

DR.  LORI  SCHMIED  attended  the 
Southeastern  Psychological  Association 
meeting  March  21-24  in  Atlanta,  GA 
where  she  gave  an  invited  paper  on 
the  "History  of  the  Psychology  Depart- 
ment at  Maryville  College."  She  has 
also  contributed  an  invited  chapter  on 
the  biography  of  Jasper  Converse  Barnes 
(1861-1931),  Professor  of  Psychology 
and  Dean  of  Maryville  College.  This 
chapter  will  be  included  in  a  book  edited 
by  James  Pate  on  presidents  of  the  South- 
ern Society  of  Philosophy  and  Psychology. 

DR.  KATHIE  SHIBA,  Associate  Pro- 
fessor of  Psychology,  attended  the  2000 
convention  of  The  Society  for  the  Psy- 
chological Study  of  Social  Issues  in  Min- 
neapolis, MN,  June  16-18, 2000,  where 
she  facilitated  a  roundtable  discussion, 
"Re-conceptualizing  the  Introductory 
Course:  Teaching,  Technology,  &  Social 
Issues."  Dr.  Shiba  attended  the  annual 
ACA  conference,  "Making  Connec- 
tions: Teaching,  Learning,  Technology" 
in  Knoxville,  TN,  October  12-14, 2000. 


She  and  her  colleagues  presented  a  paper, 
"Transforming  the  Teaching  of  Intro- 
ductory Psychology  Using  Technology" 
and  received  the  2000  ACA  Cutting 
Edge  Award  in  Technology.  Dr.  Shiba 
attended  the  12th  Annual  Thomas  Jef- 
ferson District  Antiracism  Conference 
in  Savannah,  GA,  February  23-24, 2001 
in  Atlanta,  GA. 

DR.  TERRY  L.  SIMPSON,  Associate 
Professor  of  Secondary  Education, 

completed  a  Fulbright  appointment  as 
a  lecturer  to  Tartu  University  in  Tartu, 
Estonia  during  the  2000  Fall  Semester. 
During  this  appointment  he  taught  two 
courses  in  the  Department  of  Educa- 
tion. On  November  3,  2000,  Dr.  Simp- 
son presented  a  paper  entitled  "Moral 
Discourse  in  the  Humanities  and  Social 
Sciences:  A  Model  for  Addressing  Moral 
Dilemmas  in  an  Academic  Setting"  at 
the  6th  annual  conference  Education 
and  Social  Reality  sponsored  by  the  Esto- 
nian Academic  Education  Association, 
Department  of  Education  and  Depart- 
ment of  Special  Education  at  Tartu  Uni- 
versity. On  November  6,  2000,  he  pre- 
sented a  lecture  entided  "Education  in 
the  United  States:  The  Role  of  the 
School  in  Determining  Social  Mobility" 
at  the  United  States  Embassy  in  Tallinn, 
Estonia.  On  November  10  and  Decem- 
ber 8,  2000,  Dr.  Simpson  participated 
in  the  training  of  mentors  for  student 
teachers  and  first-year  teachers  that  will 
be  placed  in  local  schools  from  Tartu 
University.  On  December  1 1 ,  2000,  he 
visited  Annelinna  Gymnasium,  a  school 
(grades  1-12)  for  Russian  students  in 
Tartu,  and  lectured  on  the  American 
Civil  War  to  an  American  Studies/ 
English  Language  class.  Dr.  Simpson 
presented  a  session  entitled  "The  Way 
We  Are"  to  Leadership  Blount  at  High- 
land Presbyterian  Church  on  January 
11,  2001.  He  presented  a  session  enti- 
tled "Teaching  About  Estonia  in  the 
Social  Studies  Classroom"  at  the  Ten- 
nessee Council  for  the  Social  Studies 
Spring  Conference  on  March  23,  2001 
in  Gatlinburg. 

DR.  MARY  KAY  SULLIVAN,  Pro- 


fessor of  Management,  attended  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Academy  of  Man- 
agement in  Toronto,  August  7-9,  2000, 
where  she  chaired  a  session  for  the  Divi- 
sion of  Entrepreneurship  on  Venture 
Capital.  She  also  served  as  a  reviewer 
of  academic  papers  for  the  Entrepre- 
neurship Division.  She  attended  the 
joint  national  conference  of  the  United 
States  Association  for  Small  Business  and 
Entrepreneurship  and  the  Small  Busi- 
ness Institute  Development  Association 
in  Orlando,  FL,  February  7-9,  2001, 
and  reviewed  papers  for  this  meeting.  A 
highlight  of  that  meeting  was  a  work- 
shop by  Ambassador  John  Bryant,  CEO 
of  Operation  HOPE,  Inc.,  a  non-profit 
investment  banking  organization  that 
is  developing  new  banking  models  lor 
underserved  communities.  She  also  con- 
tinues as  a  reviewer  and  member  of  the 
editorial  board  of  the  Journal  of  Small 
Business  Management.  In  the  summer  of 
2000,  she  was  appointed  as  the  first  Joe 
D.  Eakes  Professor  of  Business. 

DR.  BILL  SWANN,  Instructor  of 
Music  Theory  and  Improvisation  Stud- 
ies, finished  and  successfully  defended 
his  dissertation  ("An  Aural  Approach 
to  Teaching  the  Fundamentals  of  Jazz 
Theory")  during  the  Fall  semester  of 
2000.  In  the  fall  he  also  participated  as  a 
mentor  in  the  Youth  Leadership  Blount 
mentor  program.  He  performed  as  a  cli- 
nician at  the  All-State  East  High  School 
Jazz  Band  Clinic  in  January.  He  recorded 
a  CD  with  the  Knoxville  Jazz  Orchestra 
and  plans  to  tour  with  the  orchestra  in 
Europe  in  the  Summer  of  200 1 .  He  also 
presented  a  Maryville  College  faculty 
recital  on  February  20, 2001  in  the  Fine 
Arts  Music  Hall. 

DR.  JEFF  TURNER,  Assistant  Pro- 
fessor in  Theatre,  had  his  essay  "No 
Curtain.  No  Scenery:  Thornton  Wilder's 
Our  Town  and  the  Politics  of  Whiteness" 
selected  as  one  of  the  best  papers  read  at 
the  2000  Theatre  Symposium  in  Knox- 
ville this  past  April.  Dr.  Turner  was  asked 
to  read  it  again  at  the  Southeastern  The- 
atre Conference  (SETC)  in  Jacksonville 
in  March  2001.  Furthermore,  this  essay 


has  been  selected  to  be  included  in  an 
anthology  to  be  published  by  the  Uni- 
versity of  Alabama  Press  in  the  summer 
of  2001.  Also  at  the  Jacksonville  SETC 
in  March,  Dr.  Turner  presented  a  paper 
entitled  "Transition  andTransformation: 
1930s  American  Culture  and  the  Broad- 
way Stage"  for  a  panel  he  organized  enti- 
tled, "(Re)reading  1930s  Broadway  The- 
atre. 

DR.  BARBARA  WELLS,  Assistant 
Professor  of  Sociology,  attended  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  American  Socio- 
logical Association  and  the  concurrent 
summer  meeting  of  the  Sociologists  for 
Women  in  Society  in  Washington,  D.C., 
August  12-15,  2000.  At  the  latter  meet- 
ing, Dr.  Wells  was  a  panelist  for  a  ses- 
sion titled:  "The  Light  at  the  End  of  the 
Tunnel:  Post-Ph.D.  Career  Issues."  She 
also  attended  the  "Christianity,  Gender, 
and  the  Family"  conference  at  Eastern 
College,  St.  Davids,  PA,  May  22-23, 
2000.  The  book  chapter,  "Diversity 
within  Latino  Families:  New  Lessons  for 
Family  Social  Science"  (co-authored  with 
Maxine  Baca  Zinn),  from  The  Hand- 
hook  of  Family  Diversity,  was  reprinted  in 
Family  in  Transition  1 1th  edition,  edited 
by  Skolnick  and  Skolnick  (Allyn  and 
Bacon,  2001).  The  book  review  essay, 
"Christian  Thinking  About  Poverty  and 
Policy"  (co-authored  with  Ronald  Wells) 
appeared  in  the  November  2000  issue 
of  Perspectives:  A  Journal  of  Reformed 
Thought. 

DR.  CRYSTAL  WRIGHT,  Assistant 
Professor  of  Psychology,  was  inducted 
into  the  Alpha  Gamma  Sigma  honor 
society  in  the  fall  of  2000.  She  was  also 
awarded  a  Faculty  Instructional  Technol- 
ogy (FIT)  Fellowship.  Dr.  Wright  con- 
tinues to  serve  as  a  Media  Contact  and 
Mentor  for  the  Social  Psychology  Net- 
work and  was  an  ad  hoc  reviewer  this 
year  for  Division  9  of  the  American 
Psychological  Association  Convention 
(Society  for  Psychological  Study  of  Social 
Issues),  the  journal  Group  Dynamics,  and 
the  Winter  2001  conference  of  the  Soci- 
ety for  Consumer  Psychology.  In  Octo- 
ber, Dr.  Wright  attended  the  meeting  of 


Society  of  Experimental  Social  Psychol- 
ogy in  Atlanta,  as  well  as  the  Person 
Memory  Interest  Group  preconference 
in  Helen,  Georgia.  In  November,  she 
presented  a  talk  (co-authored  with  Diane 
Mackie  of  the  University  of  California, 
Santa  Barbara)  entitled,  "Entitivity  and 
Shared  Emotions  in  Groups"  to  the  Soci- 
ety for  Southeastern  Social  Psychologists 
in  Macon,  Georgia.  At  the  same  con- 
ference, she  served  on  a  panel  entitled, 
"Surviving  and  Thriving  at  Liberal  Arts 
Colleges."  In  Febtuary,  Dr.  Wright  pre- 
sented a  talk  entitled,  "If  It  Ain't  Broke, 
Don't  Practice  Fixing  It:  The  Impact  of 
Preparation  on  the  Ingratiation  Success 
ol  High  and  Low  Self-monitors"  to  the 
meeting  of  the  Society  tor  Personality 
and  Social  Psychology  in  San  Antonio, 
Texas. 

JOINT  PROJECTT 

DR.  SUSAN  AMBLER,  Associate  Pro- 
fessor of  Sociology  and  DR.  MARK 
O'GORMAN,  Assistant  Professor  of 
Political  Science,  completed  an  evalua- 
tion research  project  during  the  summer 
of  2000  for  Blount  County  Drug  Court. 
The  Blount  County  Drug  Court  is  a  new 
program  aimed  at  reducing  the  recidi- 
vism (returning  to  prison  over  and  over 
again)  of  individuals  who  have  com- 
mitted drug-related  crimes  and  face  jail 
sentences.  The  Drug  Court  offers  the 
option  of  receiving  group  counseling 
and  other  human  services  to  eliminate 
the  addiction  rather  than  going  to  jail. 
The  review  found  that  Blount  County's 
Drug  Court  Program  provides  a  good 
model  tor  a  drug  court  in  a  non-metro- 
politan setting.  The  final  report  is  avail- 
able on  Dr.  Ambler's  web  site  at  http:// 
www.maryvillecollege.edu/ambler/ 

ROGER  MYERS,  Instructor  and 
Reference  Librarian,  and  CHRIS 
NUGENT,  Assistant  Professor  and 
Director,  Information  Resources  & 
Services,  presented  a  program  tided 
"Experience  with  Assessment  Using  the 
ACRL  Standards"  at  the  Library  Admin- 
istrative Retreat  of  the  Appalachian  Col- 
lege Association,  held  at  Kentucky  Chris- 


tian College  in  Grayson,  KY,  October 
15-16. 

DR.  BARBARA  WELLS,  Assistant 
Professor  of  Sociology,  and  CHRIS 
NUGENT,  Assistant  Professor  and 
Director,  Information  Resources  & 
Services,  in  preparation  for  a  review 
ot  the  General  Education  course  Fresh- 
man Research  Seminar  140,  attended  the 
American  Association  ot  Colleges  and 
Universities  (AAC&U)  conference  on 
"Diversity  and  Learning:  Identity;  Com- 
munity, and  Intellectual  Development" 
in  Pittsburgh,  PA,  October  26-29. 

Together  with  the  1999  FIT  Fellows, 
MARK  O'GORMAN,  PEGGY 
COWAN  and  CHAD  BERRY,  CHRIS 

NUGENT  participated  in  the  Sixth 
Annual  Mid-South  Instructional  Tech- 
nology Conference,  held  at  Middle  Ten- 
nessee State  University,  April  8- 1 0, 200 1 . 
The  conterence  was  entitled  "Teaching 
and  Learning:  Today's 

Successes/Tomorrow's  Horizons."  The 
group  presented  the  program:  "Instruc- 
tional Technology  Innovation  in  the  Lib- 
eral Arts  Classroom:  A  Conversation  with 
the  Mam'ille  College  Faculty  Instruc- 
tional Technology  (FIT)  Fellows." 

DR.  DANNY  PIERCE,  Mr.  Derrick 
Stowell  (MC  2003),  Mr.  David  Ruble 
(MC  2002),  Mr.  Ben  Fentress  (MC 

2001)  and  Ms  Corey  Shubert  (MC 

2002)  presented  a  workshop  entitled 
"Practicum  &  Internships:  Gaining  the 
Experience  You  Need,"  at  the  9th  annual 
Adventure  Education  Conference  held 
November  3,  2000,  at  Montreat  Col- 
lege, Montreat,  North  Carolina. 

DR.  DANNY  PIERCE  and  DR.  JOHN 

PERRY,  Associate  Professor  of  Physical 
Education,  attended  the  Tennessee  Asso- 
ciation of  Health,  Physical  Education, 
Recreation  and  Dance  at  Middle  Ten- 
nessee State  University  in  Murfreesboro, 
Tennessee  on  November  10,  2000.  Six 
physical  education  majors  traveled  with 
them  to  the  conference. 

DR.  LORI  SCHMIED,  Professor  of 


Psychology,  has  made  several  presen- 
tations with  DR.  KATHIE  SHIBA, 
Associate  Professor  of  Psychology,  and 

colleagues  from  Emory  &  Henry  and 
Carson-Newman  Colleges  regarding  the 
Mellon  Teaching  &  Technology  granr 
project  on  "Re-conceptualizing  Intro- 
ducton'  Psychology,"  funded  through 
the  Appalachian  College  Association. 
They  presented  a  poster,  "Re-conceptu- 
alizing Introductory  Psychology,"  at  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  American  Psy- 
chological Society,  June  8-11,  2000,  in 
Miami,  FL.  Schmied  and  Shiba  also  co- 
facilitated  a  roundtable  discussion  on 
"Using  Technology  to  Re-think  Intro- 
ductory Psychology."  The  grant  team 
also  presented  "Transforming  the  Teach- 
ing of  Introductory  Psychology  Using 
Technology:  The  PsychVista  Project" 
at  the  Appalachian  College  Association 
Technology  Summit  2000,  October 
12-14,  2000,  in  Knoxville,  TN.  At  that 
meeting  the  grant  tram  was  named  the 
recipient  ot  the  "Cutting  Edge  Award 
2000"  from  the  Appalachian  College 
Association.  During  January  3-6,  2001 
at  the  National  Institute  on  the  Teach- 
ing of  Psychology  in  St.  Petersburg 
Beach,  FL,  the  grant  team  presented  a 
poster  entided,  "Re-Designing  Introduc- 
torv  Psychology,"  and  hosted  a  round- 
table  discussion  on  "The  Psychological 
Study  of  Social  Issues:  Teaching,  Tech- 
nology, and  Introductory  Psychology." 

DR.  KATHIE  E.  SHIBA,  Associate 
Professor  of  Psychology,  began  the 
second  year  of  a  3-year  Appalachian  Col- 
lege Association  (ACA)  Teaching  and 
Technology  grant  with  DR.  LORI  A. 
SCHMIED,  Professor  of  Psychology 
and  Chair  of  Behavioral  Sciences  Divi- 
sion, Dr.  Celeste  Gaia  (Emory  &  Henry 
College),  and  Dr.  Guy  L.  Osborne 
(Carson-Newman  College).  The  project 
involves  the  re-design  ot  the  Introduc- 
tory Psychology  course  and  implemen- 
tation of  integrated  thematic  units  using 
collaborative  methods  and  new  tech- 
nologies. Work  on  their  website  contin- 
ues <http://www.PsychYista.org>.  Dr. 
Shiba  attended  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  American  Psychological  Society  in 


Miami  Beach,  FL,  June  7  -  11,2000, 
where  she  presented  a  poster,  along 
with  DR.  LORI  A.  SCHMIED  and 

colleagues,  entitled  "Reconceptualizing 
Introductory  Psychology."  In  addition, 
they  facilitated  a  Participant  Idea 
Exchange,  "Using  Technology  to  Re- 
Think  Introductory  Psychology."  In 
addition,  Dr.  Shiba  attended  the  23rd 
annual  National  Institute  on  the  Teach- 
ing of  Psychology,  in  St.  Petersburg 
Beach,  FL,  January  3  -  6,  2001.  She, 
along  with  her  colleagues,  presented  a 
poster,  "Redesigning  Introductory  Psy- 
chology" and  facilitated  a  Participant  Idea 
Exchange,  "The  Psychological  Study  of 
Social  Issues:  Teaching,  Technology,  and 
Introductory  Psychology."  Dr.  Shiba, 
along  with'  DR.  SUSAN  AMBLER, 
Associate  Professor  of  Sociology,  Dr.  Ste- 
phen Fisher  (Emory  &  Henry  College), 
Mr.  George  Loveland  (Ferrum  Col- 
lege), Dr.  G.  Larry  Osborne  (Carson- 
Newman  College),  and  Ms.  Deborah 
Thompson  (Union  College)  received  a 
3-year  ACA  Teaching  and  Technology 
grant  for  their  collaborative  project, 
"Participatory  Research  Across  the  Cur- 
riculum." They  continue  work  on 
their  website  <http://www.terrum.edu/ 
aca/jcl.html>.  Their  group,  Just  Con- 
nections, also  received  a  Learn  &  Serve 
America  Grant  by  the  Bonner  Foun- 
dation, and  conducted  a  workshop  at 
Maryville  College,  November  10  -  12, 
2000. 

DR.  MARY  KAY  SULLIVAN  and 

two  other  members  ot  the  Maryville 
College  Social  Sciences  faculty-,  DR. 
JOHN  GALLAGHER,  Assistant  Pro- 
fessor of  Management,  and  DR.  DEAN 
BOLDON,  Professor  of  Sociology, 
have  been  asked  to  sen'e  as  the  aca- 
demic team  tor  the  East  Tennessee  Foun- 
dation as  it  participates  in  a  nation-wide 
research  project  on  social  capital  headed 
by  Robert  D.  Putnam,  Ph.D.,  author  of 
Bowling  Alone:  The  Collapse  and  Revival 
of  American  Community.  In  this  capac- 
ity, Dr.  Sullivan  attended  a  workshop 
led  by  Dr.  Putnam  in  Washington.  D.C. 
in  October,  2000. 


CAMPUS      NEWS 


Fayerweather  II  is  New  and  Improved 

To  freshmen  and  sophomores,  as  well  as  first-time  visitors,  it 
looks  like  any  other  building  under  construction.  But  to  juniors  and 
seniors,  faculty  and  staff,  alumni  and  other  veteran  members  of  the 
Maryville  College  community,  it  is  a  memory  brought  back  to  life. 
Just  a  few  weeks  away  from  completion,  the  new  Fayerweather  Hall 
bears  an  uncanny  resemblance  to  the  original  Fayerweather  Science 
Hall,  which  stood  on  the  same  spot  for  more  than  100  years  before 
being  destroyed  by  fire  in  May  1999. 

Because  of  Maryville's  strong  sense  of  history  and  dedication  to 
preservation,  the  new  building  -  from  the  outside  -  looks  almost 
exactly  as  it  did  before  the  fire.  Architects  with  Knoxville  architec- 
tural and  interior  design  firm  McCarty  Holsaple  McCarty  studied 
old  photos  of  the  original  building  and  went  to  great  lengths  -  even 
brick-counting  -  to  ensure  the  replication.  Arched  windows,  with 
their  beige  brick  accents,  are  back,  as  are  the  "dental"  accents  along 
the  roofline. 

In  late  April  2001,  a  few  college  administration  and  business 
services  began  relocating  to  Fayerweather,  with  more  scheduled  to 
relocate  following  Commencement  exercises  in  May. 

"For  more  than  a  century,  Fayerweather  Science  Hall  was  treas- 
ured by  members  of  the  College  community,"  said  MC  President 
Dr.  Gerald  W.  Gibson.  "Alumni  and  friends  of  the  College  -  as  well 
as  the  current  students,  faculty  and  staff  -  had  so  many  memories 
tied  to  the  building,  that  there  was  certainly  a  great  sense  of  loss  following 
the  fire. 

"We  lost  a  part  of  our  history  that  a  new  building  can  never  replace, 
but  we  are  very  fortunate  in  that  we  are  able  to  rebuild  in  a  manner  that 
both  pays  homage  to  our  heritage  while  providing  a  fine  facility  that  will 
serve  us  well  into  the  future,"  he  added. 

Although  the  exterior  of  the  building  will  be  an  almost  exact  replica  of 
the  original  turn-of-the-century  Fayerweather  Science  Hall,  the  interior  will 
be  thoroughly  modern,  from  the  furnishing  to  the  functionality  of  the  meet- 
ing spaces  and  classrooms. 

Meaningful  items  salvaged  from  the  fire,  such  as  the  three  marble 
nameplates  bearing  the  words  "Fayerweather  Science  Hall"  will  be  integrated 
into  both  the  interior  and  exterior  designs. 


Construction  on  Fayerweather  Hall 

proceeded  through  the  winter  and  early 

spring,  with  some  space 

occupied  by  mid-April.  Front  views 

(above)  bear  an  uncanny  resemblance 

to  the  original  Fayerweather  Science 

Hall;  the  back  of  Fayerweather  (right) 

was  designed  with  an  attractive 

entrance,  as  well. 


As  the  new  building  will  be  named  Fayerweather  Hall,  the  nameplate 
with  the  word  Science  will  be  put  on  display  in  the  building's  entryway, 
along  with  other  mementos  from  the  building's  earlier  days.  The  remaining 
two  plates  will  be  used  on  the  facade,  reflecting  the  hall's  new  name  and 
purpose. 

While  Fayerweather  will  be  occupied  this  spring,  the  official  dedication 
will  be  held  during  Homecoming  2001. 


Offices,  Departments  and  Services  Located  in  Fayerweather 


Academic  Vice  President  •  Admissions  •  Archives  •  Business  Services  •  Financial  Aid 

Information  Systems  and  Services « Instructional  Technology  Initiative 

President's  Office  •  Public  Relations  •  Registrar's  Office  •  Student  Health  Services 

Classrooms  •  One  Tiered  Classroom  •  Meeting  Rooms  *  Harwell  W.  Proffitt  Boardroom 


The  Progression  of  a  Boardroom: 

(Far  left):  After  assembling  the  table  in 

the  room ,  the  Corian®  table  pieces  are 

placed  into  the  table. 

(Middle):  The  table  fully  completed,  with 
microphones  in  place. 

:  The  chairs  are  in  place  „ 
the  Boardroom  is  ready! 


FOCUS  Spring  2001 


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CAMPUS      NEWS 


Albert  Brown  Named  Vice  President  and  Treasurer 


Albert  F.  Brown 
has  been  named 
Maryville  College 
Vice  President  and 
Treasurer  by  the 
College's  Board  of 
Directors. 

Brown,  previously 
the  business  manager  and  director  of  personnel 
services  at  Washington  and  Jefferson  College  in 
Washington,  Penn.,  assumed  his  new  role  May  1. 
As  vice  president  and  treasurer  at  the  College, 
Brown  will  have  oversight  of  the  College's  annual 
budget  and  endowment  as  well  as  business  servic- 
es and  human  resources.  In  his  capacity  as  Vice 
President  and  Treasurer,  he  will  also  be  responsi- 
ble for  physical  plant  operations,  which  include 


all  new  construction  and  renovation  projects  on 
the  Maryville  College  campus,  including  a 
planned  campus-wide  landscaping  and  beautifica- 
tion  effort  and  proposed  renovations  of  campus 
buildings.  He  will  serve  as  staff  to  the  Finance 
Committee  and  Buildings  and  Grounds 
Committee  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

A  certified  public  accountant,  Brown  holds  a 
bachelor's  degree  from  the  University  of  Denver 
and  a  master's  degree  in  business  administtation 
from  Oregon  State  University  He  has  taught  col- 
lege-level courses  in  economics,  microcomputers, 
finance,  and  employee  relations. 

Prior  to  his  1 5-year  post  as  business  manager 
and  director  of  personnel  services  at  Washington 
and  Jefferson,  Brown  was  director  of  financial 
systems  for  the  Pennsylvania  college. 


He  is  a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Institute 
of  Certified  Public  Accountants  and  several  pro- 
fessional organizations. 

"In  our  search  for  a  new  vice  president  and 
treasurer,  we  were  looking  for  an  individual  with 
a  strong  financial  background  in  an  academic 
setting  combined  with  a  history  of  leadership  and 
genuine  commitment  to  excellence,  as  well  as 
someone  with  utmost  integrity  and  respect  for 
the  liberal  arts  tradition,"  said  Maryville  College 
President  Dr.  Gerald  W.  Gibson.  "We  sincerely 
believe  Albert  possesses  these  qualities  in  abun- 
dance and  that  he  will  be  an  excellent  addition 
not  only  to  Maryville  College  but  to  the  sur- 
rounding community,  as  well." 

Brown  and  his  wife  Merrin  have  three  chil- 
dren. The  family  resides  in  Maryville. 


Teagle  Grant  Will  Help  Open  'Window  of  Opportunity' 

ing  for  the  initiatives  is  recent,  the  relationship 
between  Maryville  College  and  the  Teagle 
Foundation  goes  back  several  years.  In  1991,  the 
foundation  provided  funding  for  the  establishment 


"Maryville  College  is  a  very  good  college  poised 
to  reach  the  next  tier." 

So  reads  a  segment  of  a  grant  proposal  submit- 
ted to  the  Teagle  Foundation  in  New  York  late  last 
year.  Happily,  the  decision  makers  at  the  charitable 
foundation  agreed,  and  provided  funding  that  will 
help  make  reaching  that  next  level  an  attainable 
goal. 

In  March,  the  President's  office  received  word 
that  the  proposal  would  be  funded  in  the  amount 
of  $440,000  over  a  three-year  period.  The  grant 
will  fund  specific  areas  identified  by  the  College 
that  will  allow  it  to  take  advantage  of  a  "window  of 
opportunity"  that  many  College  leaders  believe 
exists  right  now  for  Maryville  to  become  the  best 
possible  college. 

In  fact,  "MC  Window  of  Opportunity"  is  the 
title  chosen  for  the  next  Maryville  College  strategic 
planning  initiative,  which  will  be  funded  in  large 
part  by  the  Teagle  grant.  The  title  was  from  a  state- 
ment made  by  the  late  Baxter  Lee,  a  former  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

"When  we  presented  the  proposal  to  the  Teagle 
Foundation,  we  shared  the  idea  that  this  is  indeed 
MC's  window  of  opportunity,"  Gibson  said.  "We 
had  great  confidence  that  we  could  achieve  great 
successes  and  attain  a  new  level  of  excellence  if  we 
had  the  resources  to  meet  certain  objectives. 

"The  leaders  within  the  Teagle  Foundation  for- 
tunately shared  that  confidence  and  agreed  to  fund 


many  of  those  objectives,"  he  added.  "I  appreciate 
their  generosity  and  their  faith  in  MC.  I  look  for- 
ward to  sharing  our  success  with  them  throughout 
the  period." 


The  Teagle  grant  was  given  to  the  College  to 
meet  very  specific  needs  and  will  not  be  used  for 
general  operations,  scholatships,  building  projects 
or  any  other  "routine"  expenses.  Those  identified 
areas  of  funding 


of  the  Institutional  Research  and  Planning  Office, 
and  in  1993  contributed  to  the  automation  of  the 
library.  In  1996,  an  additional  grant  was  given  for 
institutional  tesearch  initiatives. 


include  certain  parts  of 
the  MC  Window  of 
Opportunity  strategic 
planning  process,  mar- 
ket research,  and  a  for- 
mal church  relations 
program.  Initiatives 
within  those  areas 
include  surveys  of 
potential,  current,  and 
former  students;  market 
positioning  and  mes- 
sage development; 
strategic  planning 
meetings;  communica- 
tions reviews;  curricu- 
lum and  program 
reviews;  and  a  Director 
of  Church  Relations 
position. 
Although  the  fund- 


Banner  Year  for  Scots,  Lady  Scots 

Two  more  NCAA  banners  will  go  up  in  Boydson  Baird  Gymnasium. 

For  the  Lady  Scots  basketball  team,  the  banner  will  show  a  22-5  record.  For 
the  Fighting  Scots,  a  23-5  record  and  an  NCAA  tournament  showing,  too. 

The  2000-2001  basketball  season  proved  to  be  another  red-letter  -  or  is  that 
garnet-letter?  -  year  for  basketball  at  Maryville. 

Both  teams  were  undefeated  in  conference  play  and  won  their  first-ever  Great 
South  Athletic  Conference  championship  titles,  and  coaches  Randy  Lambert 
and  Dean  Walsh  were  named  "Coach  of  the  Year"  in  their  respective  categories. 

MC  hosted  the  first  round  of  both 
the  women's  and  men's  NCAA  tourna- 
ment teams.  The  Lady  Scots  defeated 
Christopher  Newport  University  (Va.) 
77-65  on  Feb.  28,  only  to  fall  to  rival 
Centre  College  at  home  57-63  three 
days  later. 

The  men  defeated  MacMurray 
College  (111.)  during  the  first  round, 
85-69.  The  Scots  were  defeated  51-71 
by  Wittenberg  (Ohio)  during  second- 
round  play. 


14 


FOCUS  Spring  2001 


CAMPUS      NEWS 


Fine  Arts  Has  Busy  Spring 

The  Fine  Arts  Division  enjoyed  a  very  busy  spring,  with  at  least  one  stu- 
dent art  exhibit  ot  recital,  choir  concerts  or  theatre  production  occurring 
almost  every  week  from  February  until  the  first  week  of  May. 

The  Maryville  College  Theatre  Department  produced  "Medea"  as  its 
spring  show  March  8-10.  Directed  by  Assistant  Professor  of  Theatre  Dr.  Jeff 
Turner,  the  2,500-year-old  Greek  tragedy  featured  several  theatre  majors  and 
involved  members  of  the  at-large  campus  community.  MC  Playhouse  favorite 
Robert  Hutchens  played  the  Messenger,  and  three  children  of 
MC  faculty  and  staff  members  assumed  the  roles  of  Medea's  and 
Jason's  ill-fated  children.  Maryville  College  Associate  Professor  of 
Art  Dr.  Carl  Gombert  designed  the  stage  set. 

The  annual  Choir  Tour  took  Maryville  College  singers  and 
musicians  to  New  Orleans,  La.  Churches  in  Tennessee,  Alabama 
and  Mississippi  hosted  the  choir,  and  in  New  Orleans  the  group 
enjoyed  a  clinic  with  world-renowned  pianist,  conductor  and 
arranger  Moses  Hogan.  Among  the  musical  selections  in  the 
Choir  Tour  repertoire  were  Hogan's  "Elijah  Rock"  and  "The 
Battle  of  Jericho." 

"I  thought  [the  clinic  with  Mr.  Hogan]  was  the  highlight  of 
the  tour,"  said  freshman  Lydia  Edrington,  an  alto  from  Bradenton,  Fla.  "Mr. 
Hogan  was  so  nice  and  so  down  to  earth.  The  two  hours  with  him  was  all 
about  the  music  and  helping  us  love  and  appreciate  music  the  way  he  does." 


Above:  The  Maryville  College  Choir  Tour 

poses  with  Moses  Hogan 

(far  Left,  front  row). 

Students  attended  a  workshop  with  him  while 

they  were  in  New  Orleans. 

Left:  Medea  is  performed  by  the  MC  Theatre 
Department. 


Edrington  said  Hogan  was  very  complimentary  of  the  choir,  but  helped 
improved  the  group's  technique  for  communicating  the  message  of  his  songs 
to  audiences. 


The  Maryville  College  Equestrian  Team  is  Riding  High! 


The  Maryville  College  Equestrian  Team  held 
its  inaugural  Intercollegiate  Horse  Show 
Association  (IHSA)  Hunter  Seat  Horse  Show 
March  3-4. 

The  show,  which  featured  109  riders  from 


seven  colleges  and  universities  in  the  IHSA's  Zone 
5,  Region  1  area,  was  held  at  Penrose  Farm  in 
Knoxville  and  hosted  by  Maryville  College  Board 
Member  Teenie  Hayworth. 

The  equestrian  team  isn't  exactly  a  neophyte 
on  the  campus,  but  com- 
pared to  baseball  (125  years 
old),  it's  in  its  infancy,  for 
sure. 

In  1994,  student  Christen 
McCammon  Khym  '96, 
then  a  sophomore,  rode  for 
and  coached  the  College's 
first  equestrian  team.  While  a 
freshman,  Khym  generated 
interest  and  petitioned  the 
student  government  associa- 
tion for  some  funding. 
Approved  as  a  club  sport  in 
the  spring  of  1993,  the  team 
had  five  female  riders  and  the 
use  of  horses  and  a  local  barn 
by  the  fall  of  1994. 
As  the  IHSA  Hunter  Seat 


Maryville  College  Equestrian  Team 
members  and  coaches  (above) 
enjoyed  home  field  advantage  recent- 
ly at  an  IHSA  Horse  Show.  MC  sopho- 
more Sara  Moore  (left)  and  horse 
Skeeters  complete  a  jump  in  the 
March  3  show. 


Horse  Shows  at  Penrose  Farm  indicate,  the  team 
has  come  a  long  way  in  seven  years. 

Still  considered  a  club  sport  by  the  College, 
this  year's  team  consists  of  1 5  coeds.  The  coach- 
ing staff  has  doubled  in  size.  (Sarah  Owen,  a  local 
resident  who  has  a  degree  in  horsemanship, 
joined  Khym  in  1996.)  With  the  team  competing 
at  several  IHSA  horse  shows  each  year,  word  has 
gotten  out  about  the  program  and  as  a  result, 
Khym  said,  the  quality  of  riders  who  are  joining 
the  program  has  improved. 

To  join  the  equestrian  team,  students  pay  a 
lump  sum  fee  for  riding  lessons,  the  lease  of  a 
barn  and  horses  and  entry  fees,  transportation 
and  boarding  costs  for  horse  shows.  A  small 
amount  of  funding  comes  from  the  College's  stu- 
dent government  association,  which  allocates  stu- 
dent activities  fees  to  various  campus  clubs  and 
organizations. 

"There  is  a  quality  riding  experience  here," 
said  Leigh  Ann  McDowell,  a  junior  from  Florida 
and  equestrian  team  member.  "You  can  ride  as 
much  as  you  want,  and  you  learn  to  ride  on  mul- 
tiple types  of  horses.  There's  good  support." 


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CLASS      NOTES 


Isabelle  Harrison  Uhrich  '34,  is  now  89  years  old  and 
legally  blind.  She  lives  in  a  retirement  home  in  San 
Antonio,  TX.  She  has  5vo  daughters,  three  step-chil- 
dren and  five  great-grandchildren. 

Estelle  Greene  Carhart  '36,  is  88  years  old  and  a 
widow,  living  in  Norris,  TN.  She  has  five  children,  12 
grandchildren  and  5  great-grandchildren.  She  writes 
that  "just  keeping  up  with  mv  family  keeps  me  hopping!" 

Robert  R.  Smyrl  '36,  and  Marie  Jensen  Smyrl  '40,  cele- 
brated their  60th  wedding  anniversary  on  Oct.  12,  2000. 

Helen  Ridenhour  Goodman  '38,  writes  that  her 
great-granddaughter  is  working  on  her  Master's  degree 
at  UNC-Charlotte.  Her  youngest  great-grandson  will 
graduate  from  NC  State  in  2001. 


Irma  Souder  Baker  '39,  continues  to  teach  dance  les- 
sons. She  and  her  daughter,  Denise,  own  and  operate  a 
school  of  dance  in  Scotia,  NY.  The  company  presented 
a  dance  recital  "Life  is  a  Game,"  in  April  2000.  Irma, 
who  had  severe  rheumatism  as  a  child,  originally  took 
dance  lessons  in  hopes  of  improving  her  health.  Today, 
at  age  82,  she  can  still  easily  perform  a  split  in  her  stu- 
dio. An  article  about  her  life's  work  in  dance  appeared 
in  the  Scoria  "The  Daily  Gazette,"  in  June,  2000. 

John  Magill  '39,  and  Louise  Wells  Magill  '41,  are  the 

proud  great-grandparents  of  tour  great-grandchildren. 
John  and  Louise  are  active  in  the  life  of  Gulf  Coast 
Village,  a  retirement  facility  in  Cape  Coral,  FL.  He  is 
secretary  of  the  executive  board  and  also  of  the 
Independent  Residents'  Council.  Louise  is  chairman  of 
the  decorating  committee  of  the  council.  Both  were 
invited  to  share  in  the  50th  anniversary  of  an  interfaith 
community  Thanksgiving  service  in  their  former 
church  in  Abingdon,  PA. 

Sam  Kyle  Taylor,  Jr.  '39,  and  his  wife,  Pattie,  met 
Nancy  Muller  Zitzner  '66,  and  her  husband,  while  on 


a  tour  of  the  Canadian  Rockies  and  British  Columbia 
during  the  summer  of  2000.  The  four  shared  many 
memorable  experiences  and  enjoyed  being  together  so 
much  that  they  continue  to  correspond.  The  Taylors 
live  in  Whitesburg,  TN.  The  Zitzners'  home  is  in  Glen 
Ridge,  NJ. 

E.  B.  Smith  '40,  was  a  panel  discussant  on  "The 
Future  of  International  Education"  at  the  annual 
Washington,  DC  conference  of  the  U.  S.  Fulbrighr 
Association  in  Nov.  2000.  He  has  recently  been 
appointed  to  serve  on  a  Fulbright  Senior  Specialist 
Advisory  Panel  by  the  Council  for  the  International 
Exchange  of  Scholars,  which  manages  the  Fulbright 
programs.  He  has  been  a  Fulbright  professor  in  Japan, 
Russia  and  China  and  has  served  as  national  president 
of  the  Fulbright  Association. 

Thelma  Ritzman  Hood  '41,  and  her  husband  trav- 
elled by  ship  last  year,  visiting  the  Scandinavian  coun- 
tries, northern  Germany,  Estonia  and  Russia.  They  live 
in  Allentown,  PA. 

Aline  Campbell  Moss  '41,  is  on  the  General  Board  ot 
the  American  Baptist  Churches/USA.  She  also  serves  on 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Essex  Association  of 
ABC/NJ  and  in  various  capacities  in  het  local  church  in 
Kearny,  NJ.  She  celebrated  her  80th  birthday  in  2000. 

Lily  Pinneo  '41,  and  het  sister,  Rose  Pinneo  '43,  are 

enjoying  retitement.  They  are  very  much  involved  in 
the  life  of  the  SIM  (Mission)  Retirement  Village  where 
they  live,  and  in  the  local  Presbyterian  church. 

Eloise  Zimmerman  Rogers  '41,  received  a  pin  recog- 
nizing 12,000  hours  of  volunteer  service  to  Alachua 
General  Hospital  in  Florida  in  May  2001. 

Helen  Cameron  Young  '42,  worked  on  two  programs 
celebrating  the  100th  anniversary  of  Court  Street 
United  Methodist  Church  and  Hattiesburg  Methodist 
Hospital  in  Hattiesburg,  MS. 
Her  mother  was  superin- 
tendent of  nurses  at  the  hos- 
pital for  more  than  six  years. 

Ellis  Burcaw  '43,  is  the 
author  of  "Introduction  to 
Museum  Work,"  known  and 
used  throughout  the  world. 
A  Chinese  edition  of  the 
book  was  published  in  Taipei 
in  2000.  Butcaw  plans  to 
attend  MC  Homecoming 
2001. 


PH0I0  COURTESY  OF  THE  DAILY  TIMES 

Nancy  Baird,  wife  of  Boydson  Baird  '41,  was  surprised  by  family  members  Feb.  17, 

when  a  classroom  in  Cooper  Athletic  Center  was  dedicated  in  her  name.  The  Bairds' 

children  donated  money  for  furniture  and  refurbishment  of  the  room.  MC  Athletic 

Director  Randy  Lambert  76,  left,  leads  friends  in  a  round  of  applause. 


Cecil  O.  Eanes  '43,  has 

recendy  retired  after  55  years 
in  the  ministry  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  He 
was  recently  married  to  a 
high  school  classmate.  They 


will  live  in  her  home  in  Danville,  VA  during  the  spring 
and  summer  months  and  in  his  Costa  Mesa,  CA  home 
during  the  fall  and  winter.  They  expect  to  do  a  lot  of 
traveling  and  will  welcome  friends  to  visit  at  any  time. 

Joseph  E.  Huskey  '43,  demonstrated  Metrigrid  games 
for  Dr.  Davis  and  his  13  interns  at  University  of 
Tennessee-Knoxville  in  Oct.  2000.  Four  carloads  of 
students,  parents  and  teachers  from  Ducktown 
Elementary  School  helped  with  the  project. 

Ted  Pratt  '43,  traveled  with  his  8-year-old  grand- 
daughtet  to  Scandanavian  ports,  St.  Petersburg  and 
Paris  in  August  2000,  and  writes  that  "it  was  a  moun- 
taintop  experience,  including  climbing  266  steps  to  the 
top  of  Notre  Dame!" 

Robert  Schwarzwalder  '43,  recently  took  a  "Roots" 
trip  to  his  ancestral  home  in  Germany.  He  was  accom- 
panied by  his  son  Curt. 

Winifred  Hart  Van  Cleve  '44,  has  remained  in  her 
home  in  Belton,  TX,  following  her  husband's  death. 
She  does  volunteer  work  at  a  local  hospital,  is  acrive  in 
her  church  and  has  travelled  all  over  the  world. 

Jane  Hays  Swartzback  '45.  and  Ray  Swartzback  '47, 

continue  to  enjoy  retirement  in  SE  Ohio.  Ray  pteaches 
occasionally  and  also  carves  and  paints  song-birds 
indigenous  to  the  area.  Jane  is  busy  with  quilting  and 
grandchildren  and  recently  helped  Women  of  Athens 
County  build  a  house  for  Habitat  for  Humanity.  Both 
ate  active  in  their  church  where  they  sing  in  the  choir. 

Rosalind  Garges  Watlington  '46,  was  a  founding 
member  of  the  orchestra  of  the  Bermuda  Philharmonic 
Society  and  has  played  the  violin  in  the  orchestra  for  40 
years.  She  has  completed  her  25th  year  as  a  trustee  of  the 
Menuhin  Foundation,  of  which  she  is  also  a  founding 
trustee.  They  employ  six  string  teachers  from  England. 

Lois  Thomas  McGarity  '48,  and  Owen  McGarity 

'47,  are  active  in  church  and  community  work  and 

enjoy  good  health.  They  still  live  in  their  home  in 
Gonzales,  TX. 

Phyllis  Rainard  Haxton  '49,  lives  in  Harrisonburg, 
VA,  where  she  is  now  an  ESL  tutor 

Carl  M.  Lazenby  '49,  continues  his  daily  half-hout 
magazine-type  radio  program,  "This  Morning  with 
Carl  Lazenby,"  on  WAPF  in  McComb,  MS. 

Joyce  Hampton  Pullan  '50,  had  a  great  time  at  the 
50th  class  teunion  in  Octobet  and  enjoyed  seeing  her 
classmates  and  the  "new"  Bartlett  Hall.  She  continues 
to  make  het  home  in  Northfield,  NJ,  where  she  is 
Projects  Ditector  for  the  Northfield  Cultural  Community. 

Wanda  Onifer  Ryan  '50,  and  her  entite  family  vaca- 
tioned at  Martha's  Vineyard  in  August  2000.  The  group 
included  two  daughters  and  their  spouses,  two  sons  and 
their  spouses  and  nine  grandchildren. 


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CLASS      NOTES 


Lambert  E.  Stewart  '50,  attended  two  training  classes 
at  Peace  Presbytery  River  Leaderfest  in  October,  2000, 
at  Venice  (FL)  Presbyterian  Church.  He  still  does  com- 
puter work  as  a  volunteer  for  the  church. 

Ruth  Humes  Folta  '51,  and  her  husband  have 
returned  ftom  their  semester  of  mission  work  in  China 
and  write  that  there  was  an  adventure  every  day.  They 
are  now  in  their  home  in  Ashburn,  VA. 

David   Grubbs  '51,  and  Sue  Summers  Grubbs  '53, 

visited  London,  Paris,  Berlin,  St.  Petersburg  and  four 
Scandinavian  capitals  in  July  2000. 

Rev.  Henry  W.  Heaps  '51,  retired  in  1990,  and  is  com- 
pleting his  fourth  interim  ministry  at  the  Little  Britain 
Presbytetian  Church  in  Peach  Bottom,  PA.  He  and  his 
wife  have  five  sons,  four  daughters-in-law  and  eight 
grandchildren. 

Edna  Floy  Brown  Vas  '51,  is  occupied  full-time  caring 
for  her  quadraplegic  brother  in  her  home  in  Bartow, 
FL.  She  is  looking  forward  to  the  50th  reunion  of  her 
MC  class,  which  will  be  held  in  October. 

William  Wagner  Willingham  '51,  is  now  in  his  27th 
year  of  teaching  English  at  Fruitland  Baptist  Bible 
Institute  at  Hendersonville,  NC. 

Charles  W.  Holsinger  '52,  came  out  of  tetirement  to 
serve  as  head  of  staff  and  tempotary  Stated  Supply 
Pastor  of  the  Eastminster  Presbyterian  Church  in  York, 
PA,  in  order  to  give  the  church  more  interim  time  to 
select  a  new  pastor,  head  of  staff. 

Robert  Osborn  '52,  and  his  wife  travelled  to  Italy  and 
to  the  Passion  Play  in  August  2000,  with  a  NARFE 
tour.  They  then  stayed  on  for  several  weeks,  visiting 
friends  and  family  in  Germany,  Hungary  and  Slovakia. 
They  also  have  a  new  grandson,  who  was  born  in 
August. 

Neale  Pearson  '52,  returned  from  two  and  a  half  months 
in  Chile  and  Argentina  in  Dec.  2000.  He  exploted 
what  the  provincal  governments  and  city  governments 
in  the  four  provinces  he  has  been  studying  for  the  past 
four  years  have  been  doing  about  three  public  policy 
problems:  (1)  police  and  public  safety;  (2)  garbage  col- 
lection and  street  cleaning;  (3)  budget  and  fiscal  con- 
trols. He  is  Professor  Emeritus  at  Texas  Tech  University. 

Mary  Jo  Pribble  '52,  recently  completed  a  term  as  chair 
of  the  Western  Carolinas  Section  of  the  Ametican 
Chemical  Society.  She  is  now  serving  as  president  of  the 
American  Association  of  University  Women-North 
Carolina  and  enjoys  ttaveling  about  the  state  and  meet- 
ing members  in  the  various  branches  of  the  organization. 

Ken    Upham  '52,  and  Joy  Hickman  Upham  '52, 

attended  an  Elderhostel  on  classical  music  at  Mo  Ranch 
in  Hunt,  TX  Feb.  4-9,  2001 .  They  are  looking  forward 
to  the  50th  reunion  of  their  MC  class  and  hope  many 
classmates  will  attend. 


Ruth  Burgos-Sasscer  '53,  has  retired  and  is  now 
Chancellor  Emeritus  of  the  Houston  Community 
College  Systems.  Part  of  her  "free"  time  will  be  spent  as 
a  Senior  Fellow  at  the  University  of  Houston  Law 
Center,  Institute  of  Higher  Education  Law  and 
Governance. 

Grace  Greenawalt  Nieto  '53,  and  her  husband  trav- 
elled in  Spain  for  six  weeks  in  the  summer  of  2000.  Her 
husband  was  invited  to  participate  in  the  International 
Symposium  honoring  the  500th  anniversary  of  the  birth 
of  Charles  V.  The  symposium  was  held  in  Madrid. 

Florence  Clark  Raynal  '53,  is  a  stained  glass  artist 
with  Raynal  Studios,  owned  by  her  son,  John.  Her  son, 
Clark,  recently  received  his  Master  of  Divinity  degree 
and  is  in  Nicaraqua  for  a  year,  sponsored  by  UP(USA)'s 
"Reconciliation  and  Mission"  project. 

Robert  Worthington  '53,  has  been  named  to  the 
board  of  DeCorp  Americas  Inc.  in  Nashville.  He  is  sen- 
ior partner  with  the  law  firm  of  Baker,  Donelson, 
Bearman  and  Caldwell  in  Knoxville. 

The  Rev.  Bryan  Ernst  '54,  continues  to  make  his 
home  in  Balwyn,  VIC,  Australia.  At  age  76  he  assists 
the  Patish  ministet  in  a  service  from  time  to  time  and 
plays  the  organ  for  the  Sunday  service  once  a  month. 

Emily  Smith  Hoyer  '54,  and  her  husband  have  moved 
back  to  het  childhood  home  in  Hardy,  VA.  Al  Hoyer 
'56,  recently  retired  after  33  yeats  of  ministry  in 
PCUSA 

Homer  T.  Rickabaugh  '54,  retired  from  his 
Worldwide  Ministries  Division  PC  (USA)  staff  position 
as  of  Jan.  2,  2001.  He  has  been  designated  as  an  "hon- 
orably retired"  minister  by  the  Presbytery  of  Western 
North  Carolina.  He  and  his  wife  will  continue  to  live  in 
LaGrange,  KY  for  the  present. 

Alice  Buchanan  Smith  '55,  is  completing  a  three-year 
term  as  president  of  Values  Realization  Institute,  a  nation- 
al nonprofit  organization.  She  lives  in  Newport  News,  VA 

Betty  Cutler  Boggs  '56,  was  on  campus  for 
Homecoming  2000  with  her  older  daughter,  Robyn 
DeMaat  Boggs  '80.  She  writes  that  "it  makes  a  body 
feel  old  when  their  child  attends  het  20th  reunion  as 
Robyn  didl" 

Madlon  Travis  Laster  '56,  retired  in  June  2000,  from 
the  Winchester  (VA)  Public  Schools.  Jim  Laster  '56, 
has  been  named  Professor  Emeritus  at  Shenandoah 
Univetsiry.  He  played  the  role  of  Scrooge  in  "A 
Christmas  Carol"  at  Wayside  Theatte  in  December, 
2000,  and  the  role  of  F.  Alexander  in  "A  Clockwork 
Orange"  at  Studio  Theatre's  Second  State  in 
Washington,  DC,  Feb.  1  -  Mar.  4,  2001.  He  was  com- 
missioned to  write  a  piece  which  was  the  opening  num- 
ber for  a  concert  by  the  St.  John  Neumann  RCC  choir's 
trip  to  Rome  in  Feb.  2001. 

Maryel  Vogel  Smith  '56,  and  her  husband  have  moved 


to  a  ranch  home  in  Village  Meadows,  a  part  of  Elyria 
United  Methodist  Retirement  Community  in  Elyria,  OH. 
She  has  retired  from  teaching  elementary  vocal  music. 

Margaret  Blackburn  White  '56,  retired  in  September, 
2000.  She  continues  to  write  and  consult  to  the  journal, 
"The  Diversity  Factor,"  of  which  she  had  been  editor. 
She  also  continues  as  president  of  theTeaneck  Community 
chorus,  a  multi-cultural  chorus  in  Teaneck,  NJ. 

The  Rev.  George  H.  Hardy  '57,  has  retired  to 
Salisbury,  MA,  but  is  currently  serving  as  Stated  Supply 
Pastor  of  The  First  Presbyterian  Church  (Old  South)  of 
Newburyport,  MA. 

Ann  Yater  Moen  '57,  has  retired  from  her  position  as 
librarian  at  Notre  Dame  High  School  in  Peoria,  IL. 

Isabel  Easley  Northcutt  '57,  is  retired  after  30  years  as 
a  Family  Therapist,  Master  Social  Worker.  She  has 
recently  enoyed  trips  to  Alaska  and  mid-South  America. 

Virginia  Marshall  Ramsey  '57,  is  retired  from  the 
Cobb  Count)'  School  Ssytem  in  GA.  She  is  now  prac- 
ticing her  art  work  and  enrering  art  shows.  She  is  secre- 
tary of  the  Cobb/Marietta  Retired  Teachers  Association 
and  of  Delta  Kappa  Gamma. 

Robert  F.  Baker  '58,  has  accepted  a  position  as 
Director  of  Music/Associate  Organist  at  Fitst 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Brunswick,  GA. 

Jay  W.  Bollman  '58,  retired  from  Wesley  Homes  in 
Seattle,  WA,  in  January  2001.  He  had  been  a  social 
worker  there  for  14  years, 

Mary  Walker  Huxtable  '58,  is  still  enjoying  retirement 
and  "lots  of  traveling  to  exotic  places!"  She  is  still  a 
Medicate  counselor  and  involved  in  Sun  City- 
Summerlin  (Las  Vegas)  activities.  She  and  her  husband 
have  a  third  granddaughter,  born  in  March  2000. 

Gerald  R.  Platz  '58,  has  served  five  churches  in  New 
Jersey  and  New  York  since  beginning  specialized  inter- 
im ministry  in  1992. 

Jon  D.  Shafer  '58,  is  retited,  and  he  and  his  wife  are 
realizing  their  long-time  goal  of  traveling.  They  have 
taken  trips  to  China,  Turkey,  Europe,  Spain,  Africa, 
Canada  and  numerous  places  in  the  US. 

Donald  Vandenberg  '58,  and  Erma  Pinkston 
Vandenberg  '58,  have  moved  back  to  the  United  States 
from  Austtalia  and  will  be  purchasing  a  home  in 
Eufaula,  AL. 

Dorothy  Hembree  Schubert  '59,  and  her  husband 
have  moved  from  New  Jersey  to  Lenoit  City,  TN.  She 
is  Directoi  of  Christian  Education  at  the  Loudon 
Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church. 

The  Rev.  Bob  Smith  '59,  is  pastor  of  State  Stteet 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Schenectady,  NY,  and  Christ 
Church  of  the  Hills  in  Duanesburg.  He  is  involved  in 
community  organizing  and  with  Vale  Village,  proposed 
for  the  neighborhood  of  State  Street  church.  An  article 


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CLASS      NOTES 


about  his  work  appeared  in  the  "Times  Union"  of 
Albany,  NY  in  Nov.  2000. 

Rufus  Bowers  '60,  is  serving  as  Honorary  Mayor  of 
Fallbrook,  CA,  for  one  year.  His  term  ends  in  Oct.  2001. 

Robert  G.  Davies  '60,  has  retired  after  29  years  of 
teaching  and  coaching  at  Woodberry  Forest  School. 
Upon  retirement  he  was  awarded  a  distinguished  serv- 
ice award  by  the  school.  He  and  his  wife,  Bobbye 
Carson  Davies  '58,  will  be  living  in  Orange,  VA  and 
invite  MC  friends  and  classmates  to  visit. 

Richard   Gossweiler  '63,  visited  John  Vordonis  '63, 

at  his  home  in  Glyfada,  Greece  in  May  2000.  They 
enjoyed  remembering  their  days  at  MC  and  recalling 
their  classmates. 

Ron  Wolf  '63,  is  retiring  as  executive  vice  president/ 
general  manager  of  the  Green  Bay  Packers  on  June  1, 
2001.  He  joined  the  Packers  in  1991. 

Chris  Carlisle  '64,  had  surgery  for  prostate  cancer  in 
the  summer  of  2000.  He  reminds  all  men  age  fifty  and 
over  to  have  the  annual  test.  The  day  following  his  sur- 
gery, his  fifth  grandchild  was  born.  Chris  returned  to 
Haiti  for  his  9th  mission  trip  in  April  2001. 

Janet  Dearcopp  '64,  was  one  of  the  60  women  hon- 
ored by  being  "women  who  made  a  difference"  during 
the  first  50  years  of  the  LPGA.  She  attended 
Celebrating  Women  in  Golf:  An  LPGA  50th 
Anniversary  Event,  held  at  World  Golf  Village  in  St. 
Augustine,  FL.  At  the  kick-off  dinner  of  the  3  1/2  day 
event,  each  of  the  60  women  was  given  a  brick  dedicat- 
ed in  her  name  in  the  World  Golf  Village  Walk  of 
Champions.  Dearcopp  is  a  Master  Life  Professional  of 
the  LPGA. 

Dr.  Harold  Cones  '65,  was  selected  by  the  Virginia 
State  Council  of  Higher  Education  as  a  Virginia 
Outstanding  Professor  of  the  Year.  The  award  carried  a 
trophy  and  a  $5,000  prize.  He  is  a  professor  at 
Christopher  Newport  University.  His  latest  book,  coau- 
thored  with  John  Bryant  of  Oklahoma  State  University, 
was  recently  released  by  the  Naval  Institute  Press. 
Titled  "Dangerous  Crossings,  The  First  Modern  Polar 
Expedition,  1925,"  it  was  written  chiefly  from  previ- 
ously unpublished  participant  log  books. 

Kay  Barbour  Main  '65,  is  teacher/director  at 
Sunflower  Montessori  Preschool  in  Anchorage,  AK. 
She  has  authored  and  illustrated  her  first  published 
book,  "Baby  Animals  of  the  North,"  for  preschoolers. 

Gary  Dutton  '66,  has  been  appointed  department 
chair  for  Education  Administration  and  Supervision  in 
the  Graduate  School  of  Education  at  Lincoln  Memorial 
University.  The  department  currently  has  approximate- 
ly 450  students. 

Richard  Reed  '66,  was  recently  given  the  Teaching 
Excellence  Recognition  Award  at  Indiana  University  for 


his  work   in   the  graduate  school   of  G 


ounseling 


Psychology. 

Judith  Hannah  Bright  '67,  retired  at  the  end  of  May, 

1999.  She  and  Russell  J.  Bright  '68,  have  their  first 
granddaughter,  Delaney  Corinne,  born  June  1,  2000, 
to  their  son  Paul. 

Marilyn  Caldwell  Cotton  '67,  retired  on  Apr.  28, 

2000,  after  27  years  of  service  with  Munich  American 
Reassurance  Company.  She  and  her  husband  are  look- 
ing forward  to  travelling  and  working  on  the  7.5  acres 
of  property  they  bought  in  Palmetto,  GA. 

Joyce  Pigge  '67,  participated  in  the  Oxford  Roundtable, 
held  at  Somerville  College,  Oxford  University,  Oxford, 
England,  July  20-24,  2000.  The  focus  of  the 
Roundtable  was  on  Higher  Education  Law.  After  the 
conference,  Joyce  spent  five  days  in  London,  with  a  day 
trip  to  Bath,  England. 

Ed  Smith  '67,  worked  for  26  years  in  medical  X-ray 
research  for  several  different  companies,  including 
Dupont,  Sterling  and  Agfa.  He  has  now  retired  and  has 
enjoyed  several  visits  to  the  MC  campus. 

John  Murray  Smoot  '67,  has  retired  from  the  FBI  and 
is  now  a  financial  advisor  with  Allmerica  Investments  in 
Tarrytown,  NY. 

Beverly  Minear  Atkinson  '68,  and  her  husband,  Steve, 
live  in  Minneapolis,  MN  and  write  that  they  have  a 
guestroom  for  visitors,  but  "call  or  email  first!"  Their 
son  has  graduated  from  college  and  is  a  software  tech- 
nician for  PPT  Vision. 

Meta  Robinson  Braymer  '68,  has  been  named  Vice 
President  of  Graduate  and  Professional  Studies  at  Mary 
Washington  College.  She  also  serves  as  Dean  of  the 
Faculty  at  the  college's  James  Monroe  Center. 

Dean  E.  Clark  '68,  was  recently  appointed  by  Illinois 
Governor  Ryan  as  the  business  representative  to  the 
Education  Funding  Advisory  Board.  Clark  is  President 
of  Graphic  Chemical  &  Ink  Company  in  Villa  Park,  IL. 

Diane  Hall  Edwards  '68,  recently  retired  after  31  years 
with  the  Metropolitan  Davidson  County/Nashville 
Public  Schools.  She  is  now  working  part-time  at  First 
Presbyterian  Pre-School  in  Murfreesboro,  TN. 

Bob  Lucas  '68,  is  now  pastor  of  St.  Andrews 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Panama  City,  FL. 

Richard  R.  Stevenson  '68,  was  recently  inaugurated  as 
State  Representative  tor  the  8th  District  of 
Pennsylvania.  The  ceremony  was  attended  by  his 
daughter,  Sarah  Stevenson  Hatfield  '97. 

David  A.  Taylor  '68,  has  retired  after  30  years  in  the 
juvenile  justice  system  and  is  now  an  investment  repre- 
sentative with  Edward  Jones  Investments.  He  also 
farms  1400  acres  in  Eden,  MD.  His  older  son  is  a 
Junior  at  Mary  Washington  College.  His  younger  son 


accepted  early  admission  to  Salisbury  State  where  he 
will  be  goalie  for  the  lacrosse  team,  which  won  a 
national  championship  in  1999. 

George  V.  Wood  '68,  and  Elizabeth  Abrahamson 
Wood  '68,  write  that  both  of  their  children  will  gradu- 
ate from  college  this  year,  one  from  Rutgers  University, 
the  other  from  Barnard  College. 

Joe  Dawson  '69,  has  been  appointed  to  serve  a  three- 
year  term  on  the  Tennessee  Health  Facilities 
Commission.  He  is  administrator  of  Blount  Memorial 
Hospital  in  Maryville. 

Chip  Slaybaugh  '69,  and  his  wife  note  that  travel  has 
become  a  major  interest  of  theirs.  They  have  recently 
spent  two  weeks  in  Venice  and  Tuscany  in  Italy  and 
took  a  short  trip  to  France.  Thev  are  planning  to  take 
their  son,  daughter  and  daughter-in-law  to  the  British 
Isles  for  an  extended  trip.  Chip  is  vice  president  of 
PNC  Bank  in  Delaware. 

Mary  Lois  Brugler  70,  is  a  registered  nurse  at  the  VA 
Medical  Center  in  Lexington,  KY.  She  serves  as  Vice 
President  for  Membership  for  the  University  of  KY 
Friends  of  Music.  She  and  her  husband  enjoy  their 
three  grandchildren  and,  in  her  free  time,  she  does  fab- 
ric design  and  quilting. 

Eileen  Myers  Zimmerman  '70,  has  returned  to  teach- 
ing 8th  grade  English  and  reading  at  Belleview  Middle 
School  in  Belleview,  FL.  Previously,  she  had  worked  for 
seven  years  in  various  capacities  in  the  mental  health 
field.  She  and  her  husband  live  in  Ocala,  FL.  They  have 
two  sons  and  three  grandchildren. 

Dr.  Ann  Todd  Abel  '71,  is  now  principal  of  Watauga 
Elementary  School  in  Abingdon,  VA.  She  received  her 
doctorate  in  education  from  Virginia  Tech  in  2000. 
Her  daughter  is  at  Union  Seminary/PSCE  working  on 
a  Master's  in  Christian  Education.  One  son  is  a  senior 
at  King  College.  The  othet  is  a  senior  in  high  school. 

Alice  Lewise  Strohmeyer  Bryan  '71,  will  retire  from 
the  Fulton  County  (GA)  school  system  at  the  end  of 
this  academic  year.  She  has  been  teaching  for  30  years. 

Linda  Rowe  Jennings  '72,  is  a  K- 12  classroom  teacher 
in  an  Alutiig  Native  Alaskan  Village  (accessible  by  air  or 
water)  on  the  Alaska  Peninsula  in  rural  Alaska.  She  also 
teaches  violin,  piano  and  guitar  lessons  after  school  hours. 

Larry  W.  Frye  '73,  is  now  posted  at  the  U.  S.  Embassy 
in  Pretoria,  South  Africa,  where  he  and  his  wife  have 
served  for  four  years. 

EmiJy  Hager  Morgan  73,  is  chairman  of  the  SW 
Florida  Episcopal  Diocese  Third  Age  Committee, 
which  addresses  issues  of  spirituality  and  aging  within 
the  society  and  institutional  church.  She  lives  in  St. 
Petersburg,  FL. 

Thomas  A.  Radice  74,  and  his  wife,  who  is  from 
Hawaii,  bought  a  house  that  was  built  in  1 894,  in  Long 


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Branch,  NJ.  He  has  also  finished  a  CD  of  poetry,  his 
own  and  a  few  musicians. 

Thomas  Leonard-Martin  75,  is  now  Director  of 
Evaluation  Services  for  Inoveon  Corporation  in 
Nashville,  TN. 

Charlene  Reams  Reinauer  75,  is  employed  by 
Carlson/GMAC  Real  Estate  in  Nashua,  NH.  David 
Reinauer  75,  is  with  3-Com. 

Jean  D.  Erhardt  76,  signed  copies  of  her  new  book, 
"She  Loves  Me,  She  Loves  Me  Not,"  at  Books-a- 
Million  in  Knoxville  in  February  2001.  She  is  a  private 
investigator  and  author  of  a  mystery  series  set  in 
Gatlinburg,  TN. 

Kevin  0.  Heflin  76,  would  like  to  "talk"  with  other 
classmates  via  email.  His  email  address  is 
kevin_heflin@hotmail.com. 

Charles  J.  Craven  77,  has  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Tennessee  Library  (Information  Science) 
School.  He  is  now  a  part-time  reference  assistant  at  the 
Maryville  College  Library. 

George  J.  Naron  77,  has  been  named  Director  of 
Development  at  New  York  Military  Academy  in  New 
York.  He  has  previously  been  Director  of  Admissions. 

Elspeth  Robertson  Blakeman  78,  and  her  husband 
have  moved  from  a  two-story  house  into  a  one-story 
home,  where  she  writes  that  it  is  easier  for  her  to  get 
around.  She  has  had  surgery  for  a  torn  rotator  cuff,  but 
is  "on  the  mend."  She  lives  in  San  Antonio. 

Gary  A.  Elrod  78,  has  retired  from  Naval  Reserve  and 
is  now  attending  Athens  State  University. 

Grace  Riley  Price  78,  opened  Price  Counseling 
Center  on  Feb.  1,  00,  in  Canton,  GA.  Her  web  page 
(www.gracerileyprice.com)  features  Grace's  workbook 
"A  Woman's  Journey."  She  and  her  husband  have  two 
children,  ages  12  and  7. 

Cheryl  Thompson  Waite  78,  is  now  working  at 
CIGNA  Healthcare  as  a  Senior  Procedures  Analyst. 
She  and  her  husband  have  three  children,  one  attend- 
ing the  University  of  North  Texas,  one  a  junior  in  high 
school  and  one  in  third  grade. 

Phillip  B.  Loyd  79,  received  the  M.  Ed.  degree  in 
Instructional  Technology  in  August  2000.  He  is  cur- 
rently working  extended  active  duty  in  Seoul,  Korea 
with  the  50th  Anniversary  of  the  Korean  War 
Commemoration  Committee. 

Alvin  Nance  79,  was  recently  named  president  and 
chief  executive  officer  of  Knoxville  Community 
Development  Corporation.  He  was  previously  vice 
president  of  community  relations  for  SunTrust  Bank. 

Keith  Williams  79,  and  his  family  live  in  Melbourne, 
FL,  where  he  serves  as  chairman  of  Faith  Fellowship 
Church.  He  also  coaches  youth  football  in  Greater 


West  Melbourne  Youth  Football  program.  He  received 
his  law  degree  from  the  University  of  Florida  and  is  in 
private  practice  in  Melbourne. 

Stephen  Danna  '80,  now  works  as  a  curriculum  coor- 
dinator for  the  Glens  Falls  City  School  District  in 
Upstate  New  York. 

Peter  M.  Gardzina  '80,  has  received  his  Master's 
Degree  in  Public  Administration  from  Northern 
Michigan  University.  He  is  Associate  Professor  of 
Aerospace  Studies  with  the  US  Ait  Force.  His  wife  is  a 
registered  dietitian. 

Maggie  ('lies mitt  '81,  received  her  master's  degree  as 
a  family  nurse  practitioner  from  Emory  University.  She 
is  employed  by  St.  Joseph's  Mercy  Care  Services  in 
Atlanta,  providing  primary  care  to  homeless  and 
Hispanic  patients. 

Cathy  Angell  '82,  was  recently  recognized  by  the 
Governor  of  Washington  for  an  award-winning  nation- 
al curriculum  addressing  non-point  source  pollution. 
She  is  Project  Specialist  with  the  Dept.  of  Ecology. 

Doug  Berry  '82,  has  joined  Hodge  Engineering  Co. 
of  Knoxville  as  senior  vice  president  of  business  devel- 
opment. He  will  be  working  with  officials  in  Cocke 
County,  TN  to  attract  tenants  for  an  industrial  devel- 
opment in  the  county. 

Janet  Helwig  Fortney  '82,  and  her  family  moved  to 
New  Jersey  in  August  2000.  They  live  on  the  campus  of 
The  Lawrenceville  School,  where  she  is  a  faculty  mem- 
ber in  the  math  department. 

Angela  Murphy-Walters  '82,  notes  that  2000  was  a 
busy  year.  She  had  successful  cancer  surgery,  moved 
back  to  Virginia,  took  a  new  job  and  had  an  article 
published  in  "School  Library  Journal."  She  is  now 
Subject  Cataloger-Children's  Literature  with  the 
Library  of  Congress.  She  and  her  husband  live  in 
Alexandria  where  he  designs  and  constructs  sets  for  a 
nearby  theater. 

John  M.  Sanders  '82,  is  now  the  Business  Director  of 
TtiHealth  Graduate  Medical  Education  in  addition  to 
being  Director  of  TriHealth  Perinatal  Services  at  Good 
Samaritan  Hospital  in  Cincinnati. 

Tom  F.  Hudson  '83,  has  been  Advertising  Account 
Representative  with  BellSouth  Advertising  & 
Publishing  Corporation  in  Columbia,  SC,  since  1995. 
He  was  recently  named  as  a  Job  Steward  by 
Communications  Workers  of  America  Local  #3706. 
He  and  his  wife,  Jane,  live  in  Irmo,  SC,  and  have  four 
children  between  them. 

Bill  Muller  '83,  has  been  awarded  lisiting  in  "Who's 
Who  of  Professionals"  as  of  November  2000. 

Amy  Nicholson  Figgs  '84,  is  now  working  at  Snow 
Hill  High  School  in  Worcester  County,  MD,  as  Sign 
Language  Educational  Interpreter. 


Brian  K.  Gunter  '85,  is  Directot  of  Consumer  Affairs 
for  the  Wake  County  (NC)  Department  of  Human 
Services.  He  lives  with  his  long-time  girlfriend  in  a 
house  on  ten  acres  on  the  banks  of  the  Neuse  River  in 
Raleigh.  The  house  was  damaged  by  flood  waters  in 
1996  and  1999,  but  has  been  rebuilt  and  remodeled. 

Michael  C.  Kennedy  '85,  has  been  promoted  to  Chief 
Petty  Officer  in  the  United  States  Navy.  The  advance- 
ment ceremony  took  place  on  Sept.  1 5,  2000.  Kennedy 
writes  that  he  is  also  officially  engaged  to  be  married. 

Mary  Padget  Eckwall  '86,  has  been  promoted  to  the 
position  of  assistant  night  manager  with  the  Quick  Trip 
Service  Center  in  Duluth,  GA.  This  summer  she  will 
take  a  leave  of  absence  to  spend  with  her  daughters, 
ages  10,  6,  4  and  three-year-old  twins. 

Mark  Womack  '86,  has  been  promoted  to  the  posi- 
tion of  Program  Manager  and  Director  of  Clinical 
Operations  for  Sunshine  Behavioral  Health  Services,  a 
private  psychiatric  clinic  in  Decatur,  GA.  He  has  been 
a  psychotherapist  for  the  past  10  years. 

Steve  Katz  '87,  has  been  named  head  varsity  football 
coach  at  Winter  Springs  (FL)  High  School. 

John  Wesley  Wright  '87,  won  the  first-place  gold 
medal  at  the  American  Traditions  national  vocal  com- 
petition in  Savannah,  GA  in  March  2000.  He  also 
became  the  first  American  to  sing  for  the  royal  family 
of  Belgium  during  a  holiday  concert  held  at  the  Royal 
Palace  in  Brussels.  He  met  King  Albert  and  Queen 
Paolaon.  Dec.  21,2000. 

Wendi  Katzman  Ely  '88,  and  her  family  have  built  a 
new  home  in  Eldersburg,  MD.  She  continues  inter- 
preting and  scheduling  interpreters  for  Montgomery 
Co.  Public  Schools. 

Andy  Walker  '88,  has  completed  work  for  his  master's 
degree  and  is  now  working  on  the  EDS.  Melodie 
Sedgwick  Walker  '88,  is  working  on  her  master's 
degree.  Both  teach  in  Blount  Co.,  TN.  They  have  two 
daughters,  ages  4  and  2. 

Lars  Farmer  '89,  now  lives  in  Wichita,  KS,  after  ten 
years  in  the  Navy  (Desert  Shield/Storm,  Bosnia  in 
1993;  Kosovo  in  1998).  He  has  taken  a  job  in  Cessna 
Aircraft's  experimental  department  and  is  working  on 
his  Master's  degree  as  a  manufacturing  engineer. 

Tracy  Armstrong  Faucette  '89,  recently  became  a  lim- 
ited partner  with  Edward  Jones  Investments.  She  and 
her  family  live  in  Rutherfordton,  NC. 

Jeff  Reichert  '89,  and  his  family  live  in  Acworth,  GA. 
He  has  received  his  MBA  in  Finance  and  is  Senior 
Manager  of  Strategic  Planning  &  Internal  Systems  for 
MCI  WorldCom,  Inc. 

K.  C.    Cross  '90,  and  Melissa  Combest  Cross  '91, 

have  four  daughters  and  live  in  Davie,  FL.  K.  C.  is  the 


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CLASS      NOTES 


Chief  Executive  Officer  of  Epworth  Village  Retirement, 
Inc.,  a  retirement  corporation  headquartered  in  Miami. 

Jacquelyn  Athan  Bailey  '91,  and  her  husband  both 
teach  at  Fulton  High  School  in  Knoxville. 

Karin  M.  Rhodes  '91,  has  moved  back  to  Maryland 
from  Houston,  TX,  to  attend  the  University  of 
Maryland's  art  history  program.  She  is  taking  the 
required  courses  in  order  to  attend  graduate  school  in 
that  field. 

John  Worth  '92,  is  a  strategic  copywriter  for 
Broadchoice,  Inc.,  a  full-service  interactive  agency  in 
San  K4ateo,  CA.  He  and  his  family  live  in  Berkeley,  CA, 
where  his  wife  is  a  Ph.  D.  student. 

Ted  Belflower  '93,  is  now  teaching  physical  science  at 
Macon  County  High  School  in  Montezuma,  GA.  He  is 
also  the  assistant  football  coach  and  head  boys'  track 
coach. 

Jessica  Roitman  de  Kok  '93,  is  a  research  associate 
with  Forrester  Research  European  Hqs.  in  Amsterdam. 
She  and  her  husband  recently  bought  a  condo  in 
Amsterdam. 

Julie  Dingels  '93,  is  now  a  territory  manager  for  Frito 
Lay.  She  works  out  of  her  home  in  Maryville. 

Douglas  A.  Justice  '93,  is  teaching  and  coaching  foot- 
ball at  Sequoyah  High  School  in  Monroe  County,  TN. 

John  Tanner  '93,  recently  joined  the  Securities 
Litigation  Practice  Group  of  Alston  &  Bird,  LLP  in  the 
Atlanta  office. 

Eric  D.  Booth  '94,  is  currently  working  on  completing 
his  MBA  in  International  Business  from  the  University 
of  Kansas  at  the  Consortium  International  University 
campus  in  Asolo,  Italy.  He  expects  to  complete  the  pro- 
gram in  June  2001. 

Julie  Walker  Danielson  '94,  is  currently  pursuing  a 
Master's  degree  in  Library  and  Information  Science  at 
the  University  of  Tennessee-Knoxville. 

April  Millsaps  Gonzalez  '94,  completed  her  Master  of 
Education  degree  at  Ohio  University,  Athens,  OH,  in 
June  2000.  She  is  now  employed  in  the  Career  Services 
Office  at  Philadelphia  University. 

Bradley  S.  Thomas  '95,  recently  accepted  a  position  as 
senior  sales  consultant  with  Marc  Taylor  Design  in 
Knoxville. 

Jennifer  Wells  '95,  is  Vice  President  of  Sales  with 
VideoLink  in  Denver,  CO. 

Rachel  Elizabeth  Winter  '95,  was  ordained  to  the 
ministry  on  Dec.  17,  2000,  at  Second  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Birmingham,  AL. 

Kelli  Jackson  Graham  '96,  is  a  flight  attendant  with 
Delta  Air  Lines.  She  and  her  husband  currently  live  in 
Atlanta.  He  was  recently  hired  by  ASM,  a  semiconduc- 


tor firm,  as  a  field  process  engineer.  They  will  be  mov- 
ing to  Portland,  OR. 

Rachelle  Wells  Grigor  '96,  graduated  from  the 
Georgia  School  of  Professional  Psychology  in  Oct. 
2000,  with  a  master's  degree  in  psychology  and  a  spe- 
cialization in  professional  counseling.  She  is  now  a  psy- 
chometrist  at  Inner  Harbour  Hospital  in  Marietta,  GA. 

Douglas  Parris  '96,  is  the  financial  manager  of  MCJ 
Solutions,  a  technical  training  company  in  Durham, 
NC.  He  and  Jennifer  LaForest  '96,  are  engaged  to  be 
married  in  June  2001. 

Russell  E.  Perry  '96,  is  Head  of  Products  and  Services- 
DATA,  with  ONE  in  Vienna,  Austria.  ONE  is  a  two- 
year-old  nationwide  GSM  1 800  mobile  operator  and 
ISP  with  over  1  million  subscribers  in  Austria.  Russell 
also  teaches  a  course  on  e/mCommerce  at  the  Austrian 
Executive  Management  Academy. 

Sarah  West  Davis  '97,  has  passed  the  Tennessee  Bar 
Exam  and  is  now  an  assistant  district  attorney  in 
Tennessee. 

Chee  Hill  '97,  has  decided  to  "settle  down"  after  work- 
ing for  a  year  and  a  half  as  a  wildland  firefighter  for  the 
National  Park  Service.  She  is  now  in  technical  sales  for 
Ben  Meadows  Company  and  writes  that  "I  now  live  a 
stress-free  life  in  a  new  house  in  Northwest  Georgia, 
but  I  still  dream  of  western  forest  fires." 

Douglas  R.  Mathews  '97,  and  his  wife  recently  moved 

to  42  acres  in  Roane  County,  TN,  and  "started  living  in 

the  country."  He  writes  that 

they  have  two  hotses,  a  goat 

and  three  dogs  so  far.  He  is  an 

investment       representative 

with  Edward  lones. 


and  his  family  will  be  moving  to  Nashville. 

Funmi  Eke  '98,  has  graduated  from  the  University  of 
South  Carolina  with  a  Master's  degree  in  Music  for  Arts 
Administration.  She  is  working  with  the  School  Arts 
Program  and  Fulton  County  (GA)  to  develop  programs 
that  will  infuse  arts  into  the  classroom.  She  will  pursue 
doctoral  studies  in  the  fall  of  2001. 

David  Franklin  '98,  and  Yvette  Prinsloo  Franklin 
'98,  live  in  Brooklyn,  OH.  He  is  is  a  student  at  Ohio 
College  of  Podiatric  Medicine.  Yvette  is  a  6th  grade 
teacher  in  Parma,  OH. 

Jim  Lummus  '98,  now  lives  in  Adanta,  where  he 
works  in  sales  for  Centex  Home  Team  Services. 

Kimberly  Whitaker  Miller  '98,  is  Vice  President  of 
the  South  Carolina  Registry  of  Interpreters  for  the 
Deaf.  She  is  staff  interpreter  for  Richland  County  (SC) 
School  District  One. 

Amy  Caroline  Snider  '98,  is  a  wildlife  officer  with  the 
Tennessee  Wildlife  Resource  Agency.  She  was  hired  in 
August  2000. 

Richard  Taeuber  '98,  began  working  in  tech  support 
with  NOVA  Information  Systems  in  August,  2000.  He 
married  Karin  Rosenvinge  in  1999,  and  they  will  be 
moving  to  Maryville. 

Richelle  Sissom  Turner  '98,  and  her  husband  live  in 
Falmouth,  KY.  She  teaches  4th  grade  at  Gallatin 
County  Upper  Elementary  School  in  Warsaw,  KY. 

Lee  A  Clevenger  '99,  is  a  pharmacuetical  sales  con- 


Kerry    L.    O'Keeffe    '97, 

received  a  BS  in  Nursing  from 
University  of  Tennessee- 
Knoxville  in  1999,  and  is  a 
registered  nurse  in  the 
Intensive  Care  Nursery  at  UT 
Medical  Center. 

LeAndra     Barriage  '98,  is 

attending  the  University  of 
Tennessee  and  will  receive  her 
Master's  degree  in  education 
in  August.  She  is  also  intern- 
ing at  Farragut  High  School 
in  Knoxville,  where  she  teach- 
es 9th  and  10th  grade  Biology 
and  Physical  Science. 

Daniel    Bechman  '98,  is  in 

his  final  semester  of  the  MBA 
program  at  the  University  of 
Tennessee-Knoxville. 
Following  his  graduation,  he 


Dorothy  Horn,  Former 
Music  Prof,  Dies  at  94 

Dr.  Dorothy  Horn,  associate  professor  of 
music  at  Maryville  College  from  1936  to 
1954,  died  Feb.  18  in  Maryville.  She  was  94. 
Horn  first  came  to  Maryville  College  in 
1936  to  join  the  faculty  of  the  newly  created 
Fine  Arts  Division.  A  native  of  Independence,  Mo.,  she  was  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  Eastman  School  of  Music  in  Rochester,  N.Y.,  where  she 
received  her  doctorate  in  music  theory  and  was  a  teaching  fellow. 
She  held  bachelor's  degrees  in  piano  and  violin,  and  a  master's  in 
music  from  the  American  Conservatory. 

During  her  tenure  at  Maryville  and  throughout  her  teaching 
career,  Horn  was  considered  to  have  been  among  the  best  music 
theory  teachers  in  the  country.  She  retired  from  Butler  University  in 
Indianapolis. 

For  nine  years,  Horn  served  on  the  Citizens  Advisory 
Committee  of  the  Department  of  Human  Services  and  belonged  to 
the  American  Association  of  University  of  Women.  She  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Maryville-Alcoa  Music  Club,  the  League  of  Women 
Votets  and  New  Providence  Presbyterian  Church  in  Maryville. 


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CLASS      NOTES 


sultant  with  Professional  Detailing  Inc.  He  writes  that 
he  loves  having  a  family  and  "my  kids  teach  me  some- 
thing new  each  day."  He  and  his  wife,  Natalie,  have  two 
children,  Alex,  born  July  10,  1998;  and  Olivia,  born 
June  22,  2000. 

Carleton  P.  Ken  ham  III  '99,  is  a  second  year  law  stu- 
dent at  the  University  of  Alabama. 

Brian  O'Connor  '99,  has  received  his  Masters  in 
Chemistry  from  the  University  of  California-Riverside 
and  is  now  supervising  the  Quality  Control  Chemistry 
lab  of  Alpha  Therapeutics.  The  biologies  company,  locat- 
ed in  Los  Angeles,  manufactures  products  derived  from 
human  plasma  to  aid  patients  such  as  hemophiliacs. 

Sherry  D.  Oden  '99,  is  working  on  her  Ph.D.  at  Wake 
Fotest  University. 

Joel  S.  Shields  '99,  has  recently  been  appointed 
Graduate  Assistant  to  the  Music  History  department  at 
the  University  of  South  Carolina.  He  also  works  and 
teaches  at  The  Classical  Guitar  Studio  in  Columbia. 

Brooklyn  White  '99,  was  recently  promoted  to  the 
position  of  Marketing  Coordinator  of  Baptist  Health 
Centers,  Inc.,  the  largest  network  of  primary  care 
physicians  in  Alabama.  She  moved  to  Birmingham  in 
August,  2000,  when  she  accepted  a  position  with  BHC. 

Christopher  T.  Moore  '00,  has  moved  to  Ely,  MN, 
where  he  is  insttuctot,  naturalist  and  wilderness  ttip 
leader  at  YMCA  Camp  Widjiwagan.  He  writes  that  he 
is  exploring  graduate  school  options. 

Melissa  Marie  Walker  '00,  was  recently  promoted  to 
the  position  of  Human  Resources  Coordinator  at  Intex 
Supply  Co.  in  Alcoa. 


IN    MEMORIAM 


Mildred  Belder  '28,  on  Nov.  19,  2000,  in  Milwaukee, 
WI.  She  had  gone  into  nurse's  training  after  two  years 
at  MC.  The  College  was  notified  of  het  death  by  het 
sistet,  Ellen  Petkins  of  Alamo,  TX. 

Barbara  Lyle  McCann  Heisey  '32,  on  Dec.  19,  2000, 
in  Lancastet,  PA.  She  was  a  school  nurse  for  22  years  for 
the  School  District  of  Lancastet,  tetiring  in  1973. 
Survivors  include  two  sons  and  their  wives,  three 
grandchildren  and  three  great-grandchildren. 

Marjorie  Gould  Welch  '32,  on  Feb.  11,  2001,  in  St. 
Petetsbutg,  FL.  Survivors  include  two  daughtets,  four 
grandchildren  and  one  great-grandchild. 

John  T.  Burns  '33,  on  Nov.  4,  2000,  in  Medford,  OR. 
He  had  been  a  Presbyterian  minister,  high  school  coach 
and  teacher  and  retired  from  Medply.  Survivors  include 
three  sons  and  a  daughtet  and  their  families;  sistet,  Inez 
Burns  '29;  and  brother,  Herbert  Burns  '34. 

Mary  M.  Cornwell  '33,  on  Jan.  8,  2001,  in  North 
Carolina.  She  taught  in  Tennessee  and  Notth  Carolina 


Dr.  Charles  DeSanto  Dies  at  Age  75 


«-  • 


Dr.  Charles  P. 
DeSanto,  who 
taught  in  the 
Maryville  College 
Department  of 
Bible,  Religion  and 
Philosophy  for  two 
years  in  the  early  1960s,  passed  away  August  8, 
2000,  in  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  following  a  stroke.  He 
was  75  at  the  time  of  his  death  and  was  retired 
from  LockHaven  University  in  LockHaven, 
Penn.,  where  he  had  taught  for  20  years. 

DeSanto  earned  a  bachelor's  degree  from 
Temple  University  in  1949.  In  1952,  he  received 
a  master's  of  divinirv7  from  Louisville  Presbyterian 


Seminary  and  was  ordained  to  the  Presbyterian 
Ministry  that  same  year.  He  received  a  doctoral 
degree  in  biblical  and  philosophical  studies  ftom 
Duke  University  in  1957.  He  also  earned  a  mas- 
ter's degree  in  sociology  from  Ball  State 
University. 

In  addition  to  MC,  DeSanto  also  taught  at 
Wheaton  College  and  at  Huntington  College  in 
Indiana.  From  1975  to  1985,  he  served  as  the 
Chairman  of  the  Department  Sociology/ 
Anthropology  and  Social  Wotk  at  LockHaven 
University. 

The  author  of  five  books,  DeSanto  is  survived 
by  his  wife,  Norma,  their  four  children  and 
several  grandchildren. 


and  later  became  a  home  demonstration  agent.  She 
retired  as  Home  Demonsttation  Agent  in  Haywood 
County,  NC  in  1976.  She  was  a  ttustee  of  Haywood 
Technical  Community  College  and  The  Village  of 
Yesteryear  at  the  NC  State  Fair  was  organized  under  her 
direction  in  1951.  She  had  received  many  local  and 
national  awards  and  honors.  She  is  survived  by  a  cousin. 

Phoebe  Underwood  Kinnick  '34,  on  Aug.  13,  2000, 
in  Piano,  TX.  She  was  buried  in  Jefferson  City,  TN,  but 
had  lived  in  Texas  neat  het  daughtet  for  almost  five 
years.  She  is  survived  by  her  husband  of  59  years,  Roy 
Kinnick,  one  daughter  and  two  gtandchildten. 

Edna  Haas  Desnoyer  '35,  on  Aug.  10,  2000,  in 
Schenectady,  NY.  She  had  taught  kindergarten  thete  for 
many  years  and  later  taught  in  the  local  literacy  pro- 
gram. Survivors  include  a  nephew,  John  E.  Seymour, 
who  norified  the  College  of  het  death. 

Lurline  McFarland  Burns  '36,  on  Dec.  2,  2000,  in 
Maryville.  She  taught  many  yeats  in  the  Alcoa  School 
System.  Survivors  include  her  husband  of  66  years, 
Herbert  Burns  '34;  and  two  sons  and  their  families. 

Rev.  Walter  K.  Maude  '37,  on  Feb.  1 8,  2001 .  He  was 
a  resident  of  Lake  City  (TN)  Health  Care  Center  and 
was  a  retired  ministet.  Survivors  include  his  wife, 
Frances  Perrin  Maude  '38. 

Mary  Frances  Dunlap  Shields  '37,  on  Dec.  28,  2000, 
in  Maryville.  She  was  a  retired  City  of  Maryville  school 
teacher.  Survivors  include  her  husband,  Stanley 
"Skeeter"  Shields  '37,  former  Maryville  mayor; 
daughter,  Karen  Lee  Shields;  son,  Steve  Shields  and  his 
family. 

Lucie  Katherine  Montgomery  Slawson  '37,  on  Nov. 
7,  2000,  in  San  Antonio,  TX,  following  a  brief  illness. 


She  was  rhe  widow  of  Lt.  Col.  Merritt  O.  Slawson 
'35.  Survivors  include  a  son,  daughter  and  their  families. 

Grace  Hitch  Speer  Wood  '37,  on  Jan.  31,  2001,  in 
Sevierville,  TN.  She  was  a  member  of  the  prominent 
John  S.  Hitch  family  of  Blount  Co.  She  had  worked  at 
Alcoa  and  retired  from  the  University  of  Tennessee  as 
secretaty  for  the  Animal  Science  Deparrment. 
Survivors  include  a  daughter,  son,  stepdaughter  and 
stepson,  four  grandchildren,  two  gteat-gtandchildren 
and  nieces  and  nephews. 

Glenn  C.  Evers  '38,  in  November  2000.  He  was  a 
retired  high  school  principal  and  lived  in  Lithia,  FL. 
The  College  was  notified  of  his  death  by  his  wife. 

Janet  Talmage  Keller  '38,  on  Nov.  14,  2000.  She  and 
her  late  husband  were  medical  missionaries  in  Korea.  In 
1977  she  was  diagnosed  with  Multiple  Sclerosis  and 
retired  to  Black  Mountain,  NC.  In  1980,  she  moved  to 
a  retitement  community  in  Hendersonville,  NC,  and 
lived  thete  for  the  temaindet  of  her  life.  Survivors 
include  her  son  and  grandchildren;  brorhers,  John 
Talmage  '34,  William  Talmage  '35,  Roy  Talmage 
'38,  and  David  Talmage;  and  a  sistet,  Mariella  Provost. 

Jane  Brunson  Oakes  '40,  on  Nov.  22,  2000.  She  lived 
in  Ellenboro,  NC.  Survivors  include  her  daughter  and 
son-in-law,  who  notified  the  College  of  her  death. 

Earl  Allen  Tweed  '40,  on  Feb.  25,  2001 ,  in  Oak  Ridge, 
He  was  retited  from  Union  Catbide.  Survivors  include 
his  wife,  Glendora  Johnson  Tweed,  several  grandchil- 
dren, nieces  and  nephews,  two  sistets,  and  special  MC 
friend  Ned  Sams  '41. 

Eldon  L.  Seamans  '41,  on  Dec.  18,  2000.  He  lived  in 
Norman,  OK,  and  was  retired  from  the  faculty  of 
Cameron  University.  The  College  was  notified  of  his 
death  by  his  daughter. 


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Rev.  John  H.  Thompson,  Jr.  '41,  on  Dec.  3,  2000,  in 
Orlando,  FL.  He  had  an  active  ministry  for  50  years 
and  served  churches  in  Pennsylvania,  and  Florida. 
Survivors  include  his  wife,  Charlotte  Sherrod 
Thompson  '50;  a  son  and  daughter  and  their  families. 

Christine  Fritz  Trinter  '42,  in  December,  2000,  ar  her 
home  in  New  Jersey  of  cancer.  The  College  was  notified 
ot  her  death  by  Edythe  Mae  Persing  '42. 

Dr.  Glenn  LeRoy  Winkle  '43,  on  Nov.  19,  2000,  in 
Cincinnati,  OH.  He  practiced  medicine  for  38  years, 
retiring  in  1989.  Following  retirement  he  enjoyed  trav- 
elling with  his  wife,  oil  painting  and  spending  time 
with  his  grandchildren.  Survivors  include  his  wife  of  53 
years;  a  daughter;  two  sons,  one  of  whom  is  Mark 
Winkle  77;  and  five  grandchildren. 

Walter  Davis  Proffitt  '46,  on  Nov.  10,  2000.  He  lived 
in  Alcoa,  TN,  and  was  retired  after  28  years  as  a  man- 
ager of  the  feeds  division  of  Tennessee  Farmers 
Cooperative.  He  served  in  the  armed  forces  during 
World  War  II.  Survivors  include  his  wife,  Bobilee 
Knabb  Proffitt  '44;  daughters,  Kathleen  Proffitt  and 
Ginger  Proffitt  Futcher  71;  sister,  Charlotte  Proffitt 
Paxton  '47;  and  several  nieces  and  nephews. 

Charles  H.  Hildreth  '47,  on  Feb.  13,  1998,  in  Ocala, 


FL.  He  taught  at  several  colleges  prior  to  entering  gov- 
ernment service.  He  was  a  retired  Air  Force  Historian. 
Survivors  include  his  wife,  Carol  Hall  Hildreth  '49,  a 
daughter  and  a  son.  The  College  was  notified  of  his 
death  by  MC  friend,  John  R.  Moore  '47. 

Marjorie  Pritchett  Hatfield  '48,  on  Jan.  30,  2001,  in 
Tulsa,  OK.  She  was  a  retired  teacher.  Survivors  include 
two  sisters,  Margaret  Pritchett  Longmire  '49  and 
Laura  Pritchett  Rogers  '52;  and  a  great-niece,  Laura 
McMahon  '00. 

Rebecca  Maddux  Robertson  '48,  on  Jan.  29,  2001,  in 
Birmingham,  AL  She  was  a  retired  school  teacher  and 
active  in  her  church.  She  is  survived  by  her  husband, 
Jim,  a  daughter,  a  son,  two  sisters  and  a  brother. 

Marjorie  McCaleb  Sapp  Thomas  '48,  on  Oct.  27, 
2000.  She  was  a  retired  teacher.  The  College  was  notified 
of  her  death  by  her  son,  Samuel  Sapp,  of  Macon,  GA. 

Eleanor  Hawley  Hoover  '49,  on  Nov.  16,  2000,  in 
Arvada,  CO.  Survivors  include  her  husband,  Donald  G. 
Hoover,  who  notified  the  College  of  her  death. 

Lt.  Col.  Ivan  Vincent  Chambers  '50,  on  Nov.  7,  2000 
in  Maryville.  He  was  retired  from  the  Tennessee  Army 
National  Guard  and  from  Alcoa.  Survivors  include  two 


Maryville  College  Family  Loses  One  of  Its  Own 


In  February,  Maryville  College  lost 
a  member  of  its  campus  family 
with  the  death  of  Sherry  Murrell, 
who  had  served  as  admissions 
record  coordinator  since  July 
1995.  In  addition  to  her  role 
in  the  Office  of  Admissions, 
she  was  pursuing  a  degree 
in  business  by  taking  classes 
as  a  part-time  student. 

For  seven  years  prior  to 
joining  the  MC  staff,  Murrell 
had  worked  at  Braun  and 
Associates  Appraisal  Company. 

A  native  of  Maryville, 
Murrell  was  married  to  John  Murre 
In  addition  to  her  husband,  she  is  survived  by 
her  sons  Garrett,  7,  and  Landon,  19  months. 
Daughter  Laney  passed  away  shortly  after  her 
birth  in  1998. 

At  the  time  of  Laney's  death,  Maryville 
College  staff  members  planted  a  weeping 
cherry  tree  on  campus  in  her  memory.  This 
spring,  tor  the  first  time,  the  tree  is  full  of 
pink  blooms,  a  beautiful  and  fitting  tribute  to 


Murrell's  life,  noted  long-time  friend 
Cheryl  Frow,  who  worked  with  her 
n  the  Office  of  Admissions. 
In  a  memorial  service 
held  on  campus,  friends, 
family  and  colleagues  gath- 
ered to  pay  tribute. 
Without  exception,  the 
many  speakers  recalled 
Murrell's  kindness,  her 
friendship,  her  serenity  and 
her  great  sense  of  hope  and 
Jh  positive  outlook  even  in  times 

of  great  sorrow. 

"Sherry  was  one  of  those 
thoughtful,  kind  friends  that  you  are 
so  glad  to  have  just  one  of  in  your  life.  She 
was  extremely  well  loved  by  her  coworkers, 
family  and  friends,"  Frow  said.  "She  loved  her 
family  so  very  much.  We  talked  about  that 
every  day  and  about  our  dreams  for  the 
future. 

"She  so  looked  forward  to  finishing  her 
degree  and  to  the  day  her  sons  would  graduate 
from  Maryville  College,  too." 


sons,  two  daughters  and  their  families,  and  three  sisters. 

Fred  A.  Morton  '51,  on  Dec.  17,  2000,  in  Maryville. 
An  educator  in  Blount  County  for  42  years,  he  had 
been  teacher,  principal,  supervisor  and  superintendent. 
He  was  superintendent  of  Blount  Co.  Schools  from 
1982  to  1986.  Survivors  include  his  wife,  Aileen 
Owenby  Flynn  Morton;  brothers,  Bob  Morton  and 
John  Morton  '53;  sister,  Wilma  Morton  '57;  and  sev- 
eral step-children  and  rheir  families. 

Ralph  Graf  Thiesse  '52,  on  Jan.  16,  2001,  in 
Fayetteville,  AR.  He  was  President  of  the  MC  Class  of 
1952.  He  had  served  Presbyterian  churches  in  Texas 
and  Arkansas  since  his  ordination  in  1955,  and  was 
treasurer  of  the  Presbytery  of  Arkansas  for  the  past  35 
years.  Ken  Upham  '52,  and  Joy  Hickman  Upham 
'53,  attended  the  memorial  service  on  Jan.  23,  2001,  in 
Fayetteville.  Survivors  include  his  wife  and  two  sons. 

Charles  LaRue  Pierpont  '53,  on  Dec.  1,  2000,  in 
Uvalde,  TX.  He  was  retired  from  the  faculty  of 
Southwest  Texas  Junior  College  and  had  been  in  ill 
health  for  some  time.  The  College  was  notified  of  his 
death  by  the  executor  of  his  estate. 

Carolyn  Beatty  Howard  '54,  on  Apr.  17,  2000,  from 
pancreatic  cancer.  She  was  predeceased  by  her  husband, 
Gregory  Howard  '51,  who  was  killed  in  a  plane  crash 
in  1996.  Survivors  include  a  daughter,  Melva  Zanella, 
who  notified  her  mother's  MC  roommate,  Naomi 
Burgos  Lynn  '54,  of  her  death. 

Elizabeth  S.  Hoaster  '56,  on  Jan.  26,  2001,  ot  cancer, 
in  Toronto,  where  she  had  lived  for  many  years. 
Survivors  include  her  daughter,  Heather  Walsh;  son, 
lian  Walsh,  and  two  sisters.  The  College  was  informed 
of  her  death  by  her  MC  roommate,  Janet  Whitmore 
Thompson  '56,  and  Janets  husband,  Joe  Gilliland  '55. 

Ruth  Keene  Lancaster  '57,  on  Jan.  19,  2001,  at  her 
Maryville  home.  She  was  retired  from  the  Knox 
County  School  System.  Survivors  include  two  daugh- 
ters and  their  families. 

Robert  J.  Berg  70,  on  Dec.  1 1 ,  2000.  The  College  was 
notified  of  his  death  by  Rick  Ziegler  70. 

Dr.  William  S.  Morrison  78,  on  Dec.  26,  1999.  He 
had  been  employed  at  Cochise  College  in  Sierra  Vista, 
AZ.  The  College  was  notified  of  his  death  by  his  mother. 

Carrie  Hendricks  Wallace  '80,  on  Oct.  21 ,  2000,  fol- 
lowing a  two-year  battle  with  colon  cancer.  She  lived  in 
Oakboro,  NC,  and  was  a  member  of  Locust 
Presbvterian  Church.  Survivors  include  her  husband, 
David,  and  children,  William,  6,  Rachel,  4,  and  John,  2. 

Scott  F.  Cinnamon  '87,  on  Jan.  1,  2001,  in  Granville, 
NC,  where  he  taught  at  South  Granville  High  School 
and  was  assistant  football  coach.  He  previously  taught 
at  West  High  School  in  Knoxville.  Survivors  include  his 
parents,  grandmother  and  his  sister  and  her  family. 


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CLASS      NOTES 


MARRIAGES 


Casey  L.  Anderson  '00,  to  Andy  Bartow  '00, 

July  1,2000. 

Todd  Edwin  Davis  '00,  to  Whitney  Ann 
Potter,  Dec.  16,  2000. 

Jodi  Lloyd  '00,  to  Alan  Archbold  '00,  Oct. 

7,  2000. 

Courtney  Marie  Lowe  '00,  to  Matthew  Niles 
Whitehead,  Dec.  16,  2000. 

Natasha    Smith  '00,  to  Bartley  McMurray, 
Aue.  5,  2000. 


Ceril  0.  Eanes  '43,  to  Edith  Sutphin,  Jan.  7,  2001. 

Jacquelyn  Athan  '71,  to  Gregory  Lee  Bailey,  Feb.  14, 
2000. 

Jessica    Roitman  '93,  to  Maarten  de  Kok,  Oct.  7, 
2000. 

Karen  Elizabeth  Beaty  '94,  to  Mark  Eldridge,  Dec. 
16,  2000. 

Sarah   Elizabeth   Smith   '95,   to   Christopher   F. 
Thompson,  Aug.  5,  2000. 

Kelli  Jackson  '96,  to  Simon  Graham,  Sept.  30,  2000. 

James  C.  Engel  '81,  and  his  wife,  Laura,  a  son,  Jack 
Deborah  Shewfelt  '96,  to  Robert  Halcrow,  Nov.  20,       james,  Oct.  11,  2000,  their  fifth  child. 
1999. 

Amy  Blanc  Lacy  '85,  and  her  husband,  a  son,  Adrian 
David   Franklin  '98,  to  Yvette  Prinsloo  '98,  July  1 5,       Richard  Leif,  May  20,  2000,  their  second  child. 
2000. 

Jody  Mullen  Katz  '87,  and  Steve  Katz  '87,  a  son, 

Douglas  Stewart  Perry  '98,  to  Rachel  D.  Lankford,       Samue'  Mever>  Sept-  9.  2001,  their  second  child. 


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BIRTHS 


Laura    Starkey  '87,  a  daughter,  Sofia  Ariel  Ramirez 
Starkey,  Feb.  9,  2000. 

Heather  Farrar  Kiernan  '88,  and  her  husband,  John, 
a  son,  Max,  their  fourth  child. 


July  22,  2000. 

Richelle  Sissom  '98,  to  Steve  Turner,  Nov.  4,  2000. 

Jeanna    Beck  '99,  to  J.  Ryan  Stewart  '99,  Jan.  i 
2001,  in  Jamaica. 

Tracy  Armstrong  Faucette  '89,  and  her  husband, 
Gwen  Keyset '99,  to  Adam  Adkisson,  Aug.  19,2000.       Frank,  a  daughter,  Jordan  Norine,  Jan.  22,  2001,  their 

second  child. 
Jason  Keith  Reagan  '99,  to  Valerie  Elaine  Kozel,  Oct. 

18-  2000.  Jeff  Reichert  '89,  and  his  wife,  Terri,  a  son,  Kyle,  Oct. 

27,  2000,  their  third  child. 
Jennifer  A.  Windrow  '99,  to  Michael  Forehand,  Jr., 

June  3,  2000.  Clare  Jacobs  Dannenberg  '92,  and  her  husband, 

Dave  Dannenberg  '91,  a  son,  Houlton  Alexander, 
Nov.  5,  2000. 


Karen  Beaty  '94  and  Mark  Eldridge  were  married  Dec.  16  in  the  Center 

for  Campus  Ministry.  Karen's  sister,  Ann  Beaty  Damron  '91,  was  a  matron  of 

honor,  and  Jerry  Sullivan  II  '99  provided  musical  accompaniment. 


Charles  E.  Wiggins  '92,  and 

his  wife,  Tracy,  a  daughter, 
Ashton  Elizabeth,  on  Dec.  1, 
2000. 

John     Worth  '92,  and  his 

wife,  Hanako,  a  son,  Joe, 
Nov.  28,  1999. 

Sara  Townsend  Luchuk  '93, 

and  her  husband,  Alan,  twin 
sons,  Patrick  James  and 
Nicholas  Peter,  Sept.  19, 
2000,  their  second  and  third 
children. 


Tina  Walker  Hackney  '94,  and  Keith  Hackney  '94,  a 

son.  Trey  Palmer,  Dec.  18,2000. 

Jason  K.  Reed  '94,  and  his  wife,  Dawn,  a  son,  Ian 
Thomas,  Nov.  28,  2000,  their  second  child. 

Jennifer  Hearon  Wells  '96,  and  her  husband,  David, 
a  son,  Carson  David,  June  3,  2000. 

Daniel  Bechman  '98,  and  his  wife,  Suzanne,  a  daugh- 
ter, Anna  Katherine,  Dec.  6,  2000. 

Rebecca  Lill  Derrick  '98,  and  Brandon  Heath 
Derrick  '98,  a  daughter,  Riley  Cate,  Nov.  22,  2000. 

Wendi  Katzman  Ely  '99,  and  her  husband,  Ted,  a 
daughter,  Kati,  May  1999,  their  second  child. 


We  want  to  hear  from  you!  If  you  have  recently 

married,  celebrated  a  birth,  or  reached  another 

milestone  in  your  life  send  us  a  photograph  that 

captures  the  moment!  You  can  mail  a  quality 

color  photo  to  us.  This  photo  will  be  kept  on  file, 

but  will  not  be  mailed  back  to  you.  (We  request 

that  you  not  send  Polaroid  pictures.) 

You  may  also  e-mail  digital  photos  to  us. 

These  must  be  300  dpi,  color  images. 

Whether  you  mail  or  e-mail  photos  to  us,  please 

be  sure  to  include  identification  of  folks  in  the 

image  and  a  brief  description  of  the  occasion. 

Due  to  limited  space,  the  editorial  staff  may  not 

be  able  to  include  all  submissions. 

So  get  out  your  camera ... 

and  send  in  those  pictures! 

Mail  photos  to:  Alumni  Office,  Maryville 

College,  502  E.  Lamar  Alexander  Parkway, 

Maryville,  TN  37804 

E-mail  photos  to: 

wigginst@maryvillecollege.edu 


FOCUS  Spring  2001 


23 


Jenny  West 
Director  of  Volunteer  Services 


My  own 
Maryville  College 
service  experiences 
began  with  my 
enrollment  in  the 
first  class  of  Bonner 
Scholars  in  1991,  and 
those  experiences 
have  continued  into 
my  professional  life 
as  the  Director  of  Volunteer  Services.  As  I 
reflect  on  the  changes  that  have  come  to  our 
campus  since  1993, 1  am  deeply  moved  by 
the  progress  that  has  been  made. 

In  1993,  there  were  only  two  classes  of 
Bonner  Scholars  on  the  campus.  There  were 
few  established  partnerships  with  communi- 
ty agencies,  and  campus-wide  volunteerism 
was  minimal.  Service  programming  and 
leadership  has  exploded  on  the  campus,  due 
in  large  part  to  the  efforts  of  Bonner 
Scholars  and  their  dedication  to  service. 

The  Student  Literacy  Corps  began  in 
1994  as  a  small  group  of  students  commit- 
ted to  improving  the  lives  of  others  by 
means  of  empowerment  through  education. 
Today  it  has  become  a  model  program  for 
student  autonomy  and  leadership,  and 
Maryville  students  regularly  tutor  in  local 
service  organizations,  jails  and  at-risk  family 
programs. 

The  Student  Literacy'  Corps  helped 
form  a  strong  foundation  for  creating  the 
Bradford  Scholars  Program,  which  is  named 
for  MC  friend  Lib  Bradford.  Fifteen 
Bradford  Scholars  work  each  year  as  adult 
literacy  education  teachers  in  local  service 
agencies.  Many  of  our  students  participate  in 

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through  the  formation  of  a  National  Advisor)' 
Council  and  Board  of  Church  Visitors.  With  inau- 
gural meetings  in  the  fall  of  1997  and  May  of 
2000,  respectively,  the  groups  involved  persons 
who  might  not  have  had,  otherwise,  a  connection 
to  the  College  but  who  could  offer  needed  expert- 
ise, resources  and  connections. 

Attracting  students,  keeping  students  — 

Full-time  enrollment  during  the  MC2000  peri- 
od grew  50  percent.  Meeting  the  MC2000  Plan 
goal  for  1 ,000  students  meant  a  campus  full  of 
activity,  parking  lots  full  of  cars  and  residence  halls 
full  of  coeds.  Growing  pains  existed,  but  college 

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MC  Families,  a  literacy  program  that  helps 
young  mothers  attain  a  GED  and  learn  par- 
enting skills  and  assists  children  in  their 
physical,  educational  and  emotional  develop- 
ment. 

In  1993,  the  words  "Alternative  Break" 
were  unknown  on  the  campus.  Today, 
Alternative  Fall  Break,  Spring  Break, 
Alternative  Weekends,  and  MOOSE 
(Maryville  Outdoor  Outreach  Service 
Experience)  are  hallmarks  of  the  College's 
volunteer  service  programs.  During  these 
trips,  students  travel  to  various  destinations 
to  meet  needs  that  range  from  repairing 
homes  to  befriending  the  homeless;  from 
providing  after-school  programs  for  inner 
city  children  to  volunteering  at  state  and 
national  parks. 

In  1997,  students  formed  a  campus 
chapter  of  Habitat  for  Humanity,  and  in 
December  2000,  the  College  witnessed  the 
culmination  of  that  leadership  at  the  dedica- 
tion ceremony  of  the  first  Maryville  College 
home. 

Students  and  faculty  members  are  also 
connecting  academics  and  service;  they  are 
integrating  learning  into  meaningful  projects, 
studies  and  papers.  Last  fall,  a  discussion  of 
American  economics  could  be  overheard  as 
students  sat  atop  a  roof  and  pounded  shingles 
into  place  on  Maryville's  Habitat  House. 

Now  that  the  groundwork  has  been  laid 
and  the  infrastructures  are  in  place,  we  can 
begin  to  move  our  service  ethic  to  the  next 
level.  We  hope  to  transform  our  student 
body  into  a  sweeping  force  for  social  justice 
in  all  of  the  communities  in  which  they  will 
live  and  work 

administrators  considered  overbooked  halls  and 
tight  classroom  scheduling  as  good  problems  to 
have. 

The  College's  Office  of  Institutional  Research 
reported  increases  in  student  quality  as  well  as  stu- 
dent numbers.  Test  score  averages  and  high  school 
GPAs  of  incoming  freshman  rose,  and  some  facul- 
ty reported  noticeable  differences  in  the  classroom. 

The  number  of  student  organizations  grew  in 
number  and  variety,  and  students  were  given  a 
larger  voice  and  more  responsibility  in  campus 
governance  through  the  Student  Government 
Association,  judicial  boards,  steering  committees 
and  budgetary  council.  In  early  1994,  student  rep- 
resentation on  the  Board  of  Directors  was 


approved,  and  later  that  year,  the  College's 
Covenant,  which  held  students  and  other  campus 
constituents  to  ideals  of  scholarship,  respect  and 
integrity,  was  approved  by  the  Board.  By  the  fall  of 
1996,  freshmen  were  participating  in  a  Covenant 
ceremony  and  asked  to  sign  the  document. 

With  enrollment  and  retention  issues  ever 
before  college  administrators,  faculty  and  staff 
members  took  measures  to  enhance  the  Maryville 
College  experience.  For  on-campus  students,  that 
meant  refurbishment  of  all  residence  halls,  but  also 
amenities  like  cable  television,  Internet  hook-ups 
in  the  rooms,  a  closed-circuit  movie  channel. 

The  president  lamented  the  changing  times, 
concerned  that  students  rarely  had  reason  to  leave 
their  rooms  for  anything  other  than  class.  He 
often  told  alumni  and  parents  that  he  believed  vis- 
its to  the  library  were  inherently  good,  but  com- 
peting for  students  meant  offering  some  of  the 
same  perks  other  institutions  offered. 

New  student  orientation  became  serious  busi- 
ness. Upperclassmen  took  on  the  role  of  peer  men- 
tors with  every  Orientation  class.  An  enrollment 
management  team  was  organized  in  1995,  and 
plans  were  put  in  place  to  identify  and  help  at-risk 
students. 

An  October  1999  progress  report  showed 
improvements  in  fall-to-fall  freshmen  retention 
and  overall  retention  -  sometimes  meeting 
MC2000  Plan  goals.  But  overall  retention  rates 
never  made  the  85  percent  goal,  and  all  retention 
rates  starting  slipping  after  1997.  In  a  summary  to 
the  straregic  planning  committee  in  August  2000, 
Gibson  addressed  retention  as  one  of  10  remaining 
areas  of  "unfinished  work"  from  the  MC2000 
Plan. 

Historic  strength 

In  the  same  summary  to  the  steering  committee 
in  August  of  2000,  Gibson  wrote:  "By  any  meas- 
ure, the  MC2000  Plan  has  broughr  us  to  a  point 
of  historic  strength."  Few  could  argue  the  state- 
ment's validity.  During  the  MC2000  period,  the 
College  became  better  known  and  respected, 
financially  stable,  lareer  in  student  numbets  and 
physical  plant  and  more  in  tune  to  student  needs. 

In  closing  his  1999  letter  to  the  editor,  senior 
Ryan  Stewart  wrote:  "We  have  laughed,  cried, 
sung,  danced,  learned,  fought,  rejoiced,  loved,  lost. 
We  have  dreamed  and  we  have  grown.  In  short, 
we  have  changed." 

Of  course,  Stewart  was  speaking  of  his  class- 
mates. But  the  same  words  applied  to  thousands 
linked  through  the  MC2000  period:  We  have 
dreamed  and  we  have  grown  ...  We  have  changed. 


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MARYVILLE,  TN  37804-5907 


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MARYVILLE,  TN  37804-5907 


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LETTER    FROM    THE    ALUMNI    PRESIDENT 


When  I  graduated  in  1980,  I  focused  on  finding  a  job  and  mov- 
ing to  the  next  phase  of  my  life.  I  wasn't  aware  of  an  Alumni 
Association... primarily  due  to  my  lack  of  interest  and  involvement. 
After  graduation,  I  chose  to  remain  in  Maryville,  so  1  maintained 
connections  and  interest  in  MC  through  athletic  events. 

In  the  late  1980s,  however,  I  began  participating  in  business  and 
career  services  seminars,  and  in  1994, 1  joined  the  Maryville  College 
Alumni  Association's  Executive  Board. 

My  service  on  the  Board  coincides  with  the  MC2000  period,  so 
it  goes  without  saying  that  my  service  coincides  with  a  period  ot 
incredible  change  on  the  MC  campus  -  the  likes  of  which  my  alma 
mater  has  not  seen  in  decades. 

Perhaps  living 
in  Maryville  has 
enabled  me  to 
observe  the  changes 
gradually,  making 
some  of  these  changes 
seem  rather  subtle  to 
me.  However,  once 
involved  in  the 
Alumni  Association,  I 
have  seen  the  not-so- 
subtle  improvements 
in  facilities  and  repu- 
tation, increases  in 
enrollment  and 
enhancements  in  aca- 
demic instruction.  It 
is  when  I  look  back 
to  my  own  era  -  the 
late  1970s -that  I 
am  most  struck  by 
the  differences. 

Of  course,  one 
of  my  more  vivid 
memories  as  a  stu- 
dent includes  living 
in  a  not-so-livable  Carnegie  Hall  from  1977  until  1980.  I  recall 
naked  light  bulbs  strung  on  wire  between  Pearsons,  Thaw  Hall, 
Anderson,  Fayerweather  and  Sutton  Science  buildings. 

The  renovation  of  Carnegie  in  1993  was  certainly  noticeable  to 
me,  and  the  addition  of  Beeson  Village  -  adding  beds  for  84  addi- 
tional coeds  -  wasn't  too  subtle,  either. 

There  are  now  sidewalks  throughout  campus  with  nice  lamp- 
posts lighting  the  way. 

I  have  observed  and  enjoyed  the  major  improvements  made  to 
the  athletics  facilities:  from  the  early  1990s  improvements  made  to 
the  Cooper  Athletic  Building  (dedicated  in  1991  as  the  Boydson 
Baird  Gymnasium),  the  Lloyd  L.  Thornton  Stadium,  men  and 
women  soccer  fields,  the  women's  Softball  field,  the  baseball  field 
and  dugout  improvements,  new  tennis  courts  and  many  others. 


The  1998  relationship  formed  with  Ruby  Tuesday  gave  the 
College  much  exposure  while  making  a  major  change  for  our  com- 
munity with  the  renovation  ol  Morningside  Inn  for  use  as  Ruby 
Tuesday's  private  training  facility. 

The  Center  for  Campus  Ministry,  renovated  in  late  1999,  was 
the  post  office  when  1  attended  Maryville  College.  It  was  undergo- 
ing renovation  when  I  heard  the  sirens  and  activity  from  my  home 
as  local  fire  departments  struggled  to  save  Fayerweather  Hall  from  a 
fatal  strike  of  lightning.  Today,  MC  students  are  fortunate  to  have 
such  an  impressive  building  as  Bartlett  Hall,  which  contains  the  post 
office,  the  student  center  and  book  store,  to  name  just  a  few  of  the 
amenities.  And  though  1  haven't  toured  it  yet,  Fayerweather  looks 
like  it  will  be  another  architectural  showpiece  on  the  campus. 

Maryville  College  has  been  listed  six  times  in  the  last  seven  years 
as  a  "top  10"  Southern  liberal  arts  college  by  U.S.  News  and  World 
Report  and  in  1998,  the  college  was  named  to  theTempleton 
Foundation's  Honor  Roll  for  Character-Building  Colleges. 

And  then  there  are  the  improvements  that  aren't  so  easily  seen  in 
a  drive-thru  of  campus  ... 

One  of  our  priorities  in  the  Alumni  Association  has  been  to 
increase  the  interaction  between  alumni  and  students  and  improve 
the  involvement  of  alumni  in  providing  internships,  summer/part- 
time  jobs  and  employment  upon  graduation  for  Maryville  College 
students.  1  believe  that  we  still  have  work  to  do  in  these  areas,  but  I 
think  we  have  made  great  strides  in  the  last  several  years. 

Alumni  participation  in  the  Annual  Fund  has  increased  to  46 
percent,  placing  us  near  our  goal  of  50  percent.  More  than  50  alum- 
ni and  friends  participate  as  speakers  during  the  Freshman 
Orientation  each  fall. 

Since  my  involvement  in  the  Alumni  Association,  I  have  wit- 
nessed the  coming  together  of  alumni,  parents  and  friends  of 
Maryville  College  to  raise  in  excess  of  $20  million  during  the 
MC2000  Campaign  ...  a  remarkable  effort  and  success  for  the 
College. 

All  of  these  changes  that  1  mention  have  been  made  possible 
through  the  generous  donations  and  time  spent  by  alumni  and 
friends  of  the  College.  In  combining  Alumni  Weekend  with 
Homecoming  each  year,  we  have  experienced  enormous  growth  in 
interest  and  attendance  in  the  last  four  years.  Dr.  Gibson  always 
seems  to  say  that  spirits  are  never  higher  at  Maryville  College  than 
they  are  at  Homecoming,  and  from  my  own  personal  observations,  I 
have  to  agree  with  him. 

As  I  write  my  final  feature  for  FOCUS  as  the  Alumni  Board 
President,  I  realize  how  much  I  have  enjoyed  being  a  part  of  the 
alumni  and  friends  who  have  helped  to  make  these  changes.  I  feel 
strongly  that  the  Alumni  Board  will  flourish  and  continue  to  make  a 
positive  contribution  to  the  success  of  Maryville  College. 

And  one  more  thing:  You're  holding  what  I  think  is  one  of  the 
most  noticeable  improvements  at  the  College  in  the  last  six  years  - 
our  new  and  greatly  improved  magazine-style  FOCUS.  I  hope  you'll 
keep  reading! 


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Detailed  schedules  and 

registration  materials  will  be  sent  in 

'  >      August.  If  you  are  a  reunion  class  (if  your 

graduation  year  ends  in  a  1  or  6),  make  sure  to  send  in  your 

biographical  information  form  before  July  31! 


OCTOBER  19-21 -20C 


Associations  annual  meeting 


Stanley  "State  Shields  '37  Frank  Cross '42 


Ctflbid  "Bo"  Henry  '50 


John  Heidelberg '  87  forlo  Beard  Heidelberg  '88 


ong  those 

receiving  the  Alumni  Citation  are 

Stanley  "Sinter"  Shields  '37, 

Frank  Cross  '42,  and  Clifford  "Bo" 

Henry  '50.  Husband  and  vnkjobn 

Heidelberg  $7and  Karla  Beard 

Heidelberg  '88  will  receive  the  Kin 

Takahashi  Award  for  Young  Alumni. 


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