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East Lansing Educational Foundation

AwardsEleventh Annual

Golf Outing Dinner

and

Recognition

Eagle Eye Golf and Athletic CenterThursday, May 12, 2011


Congratulates the 2011 ELEF Honorees

Keith GrangerLibby Keenan

Mark MeadowsTaylor NicholsWill Paddock

Joshua RobertsonAbu Towghi

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Today’s schedule:5:30-6:30 pm: Cocktail Hour and Silent Auction Music provided by East Lansing High School Jazz Ensemble, David Larzelere, Director 6:30-7:15 pm: Dinner Service 7:15 pm: Welcome: Dennis Hamilton, Event Chairman Drawing First Place Raffle Drawing Jack Bamford, Golf Chairman - Golf Awards Jane Bitsicas & Joan Berardo, ELEF Co-Presidents Dorsey Gude, ELEF Endowment Update and Clicker Demonstration Dave Chapin, Superintendent of East Lansing Public Schools

Jason Colthorp, Master of Ceremonies

Presentation of Awards • Outstanding Alumni Honor Roll Keith Granger, ELHS ‘85 • East Lansing Educational Foundation Award Abu Towghi, ELHS ‘80 • Theda Assiff Award Representative Mark Meadows • Distinguished Alumni Award Taylor Nichols, ELHS ‘77 • Excellence in the Art of Teaching Awards Libby Keenan (Elementary schools) Will Paddock (Secondary schools) • Spartan Village Global Award Josh Robertson

9:00 pm: Dennis Hamilton – Raffle Second and

Third Place Drawings Closing Remarks

Thank you for supporting East Lansing’s children through your generous donations to the East Lansing Educational Foundation!

Welcome!

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A letter from

ELEF ★

Welcome to our 11th annual Awards Dinner celebration! The East Lansing

Educational Foundation is so proud to honor our 2011 awardees; they are

reminders that our education community is a community of excellence.

Sitting around you tonight are

teachers and students, business

leaders and neighbors, all united

by the desire to keep East Lan-

sing public education strong.

Tonight is about stories. Listen

to our honorees’ stories as they

receive their awards. Read the

stories around the room that

tell how money raised tonight has real impact in EL classrooms. Tell your story; how

has education impacted your life and the lives of those you love? Are you an ELEF

donor? Tell us why. Are you a teacher who has received an ELEF grant? Tell us about

the difference it made for your teaching. Are you a business leader? Tell us about

your Trojan employees or why you are an ELEF Business Partner for Education.

We hope you enjoy your evening and remember, especially in these unstable

economic times, how important it is to raise private money for East Lansing public

schools. Today’s Trojans will be hosting the 30th Annual Awards Dinner in 2030…

what stories will they tell?

With warmth and gratitude,

Joan Berardo (left)

Jane Bitsicas

ELEF Board of Directors

Co-PresidentsELEF co-Presidents Joan Berardo (L) and Jane Bitsicas

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Joan Berardo, Co-President

Jane Bitsicas, Co-President

Jack Bamford

Julie Cawood

Mary Crawford

Linda Grua

Dennis Hamilton

Wanda Lipscomb

Ann McDaniel

Barbara McMillan

Jill Mittleman

Jim Papazian

Kathy Rodgers

Eric Rosekrans

Eric Schertzing

Carol Staton

Mary Strolle

Amy Uecker

Liaisons

George Brookover, Board of Education

Dave Chapin, Superintendent

Staff

Dorsey Weber Gude

Michele Huisgen

2010 - 2011

The East Lansing

Educational Founda-

tion was established

in September 1984

to raise, receive and

distribute private

funds for projects that

benefit the students

within the East

Lansing Public School

District. Ann McDaniel, Dorsey Gude and Joan Berardo

ELEF Board of Directors

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Good evening, and thank you for coming. This day has been

designated as the day to give thanks to all of you gathered

here tonight, and to take the time to shine the light on a few

honorees that have made unique contributions to our schools.

We are nearing the end of a significant year in our schools. A year

in which our student body experienced the loss of one of their own;

experienced controversy; academic and athletic success; witnessed

huge political battles in Lansing concerning school funding; watched

the emerging democratization of the Middle East , and the unspeakable

losses caused by the earthquakes and tsunami in Japan. It is a full life

for our young people, and they have consistently shown themselves to

be curious, enthusiastic and resilient.

Throughout the year, our East Lansing community has let us know that

they will always be in our corner supporting our efforts to impart the

highest quality education to each and every one of our students. We

hear and appreciate your voices of trust and support, and it is to each

East Lansing student, every day, that we dedicate our best efforts and

our highest hopes.

Thank you again for keeping the needs of our students firmly in your

sights, and for your tireless support of the East Lansing Public Schools.

Rima Addiego

President

East Lansing Board of Education

A letter from our

BOARD of Education

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The purpose of the East Lansing Basketball Club

is to foster, encourage and promote the playing of the sport of basketball for the

children, families and residents of the East Lansing School District

(public, private and home-schooled).

East Lansing Basketball Club is proud to work alongside the East Lansing Educational Foundation

to support and encourage East Lansing kids!

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ELEF is proud to introduce our

2011 honorees

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Outstanding Alumni Honor Roll

Keith GrangerDistinguished Achievement in the Community

Keith, a 1985 graduate of East Lansing High School,

is CEO of Granger III & Associates, responsible for

leading the comprehensive environmental manage-

ment services firm responsible for the recovery of resourc-

es through landfill management, recycling, composting and

landfill gas conversion to energy. Keith holds an MBA from

the University of Michigan and a BA in Business Adminis-

tration/Economics from Hope College. He is committed to

his community and has served on various boards and committees. He lives in East

Lansing with his wife, Lisa, and their children Jessica, Lydia and Preston. Keith is an

enthusiastic downhill skier and enjoys boating. Keith attributes his success to his

Christian beliefs, which provide him with wisdom and understanding to help him

keep the activities of each day in perspective.

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East Lansing Educational Foundation Award

Abu Towghi Service to East Lansing Public Schools

Abu, a 1980 graduate of ELHS, was born in Pakistan,

spending his early years there and in Iran. He immi-

grated to Michigan with his family when he was 13.

Abu began working for ELPS when he was 16 years old as a

work-study assistant. His service to the district spanned 30

years with the majority of his time spent running the print

shop and coaching both boys’ and girls’ soccer. He became

the head girl’s coach in 2009. Abu earned a degree in Mas-

sage Therapy in 2008 and, now that he has retired from ELPS, plans to pursue a de-

gree in Radiology Technology at LCC. For fun, Abu is a biker and runner, competing in

the Capital City River Run half marathon and the Mackinac Island half marathon. He

loves spending time with his nieces and nephew, cooking, playing chess, watching

foreign films and listening to world music.

Distinguished Community Service (Theda Assiff) Award

Mark MeadowsService to East Lansing Public Schools and the Community

Mark is currently serving his 3rd term in the Michi-

gan House of Representatives where he is the

Assistant Democratic Leader and Vice Chair of

the House Judiciary Committee. Mark earned his undergrad

degree at Western Michigan and law degree at the Detroit

College of Law, now at MSU. He was appointed Assistant

Attorney General in 1975, elected to the East Lansing City

Council in 1995, and Mayor in 1997, a position he held for

two terms. In 2006, he was elected State Representative for the 69th District.

Mark’s community commitment includes serving on many boards, including: the

EL Commission on the Environment, the Planning Commission, Burcham Hills, EL

Soccer Club, Michigan Works, National Folk Festival, Tri County Office on Aging, Tri

County Regional Planning Commission. He is a shareholder at EL’s Willingham Cote.

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Distinguished Alumni Award

Taylor Nichols Distinguished achievement at the national or international level

Taylor is a film, television and theatre actor who

graduated from ELHS in 1977. His film credits include

Barcelona, Metropolitan, Congo, Jurassic Park 3 and

the HBO production Norma Jean and Marilyn. He currently

has recurring TV roles in Criminal Minds, Friday Night Lights

and Jericho, and has guest starred in Murder She Wrote,

Chicago Hope, Grey’s Anatomy, Las Vegas, The Practice,

Without a Trace, 24, The Larry Sanders Show, and was a

series regular on Man of the People. Onstage, Taylor worked in Boy Gets Girl at the

Geffen Playhouse, Plunge at Playwrights Horizons, Lonely Planet at Matrix Theatre

L.A., Rosencrantz & Guildenstern at Schreiber Studio in New York City. Taylor earned

his bachelor’s degree at the University of Michigan, met his wife, Margarita de

Eguilior, while filming Barcelona and has two daughters, Alexandra and Lee.

Excellence in Teaching Award, Elementary

Libby KeenanRecognizes the art of teaching in East Lansing Public Schools

Libby is currently the school social worker for East Lan-

sing’s Marble Elementary School. She has worked in

the district since 1985, helping children in Red Cedar

and Glencairn schools as well as Marble. Libby was born

in Detroit, received her elementary education degree from

the University of Michigan and her Masters in Social Work

from the University of Wisconsin. She taught in St. Louis

and Detroit public schools on her way to our East Lansing

classrooms. Libby loves snow and Michigan winters, cross country skiing on most

snowy days. You can see her commuting to school and running errands around town

on her bike in nicer weather, and she loves to read, cook and bake. Libby says her

family is her highest priority; she and her husband have two children, a son-in-law,

and an almost two-year-old granddaughter.

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Excellence in Teaching Award, Secondary

Will PaddockRecognizes the art of teaching in East Lansing Public Schools

Will is a Biology, Chemistry and AP Chemistry

teacher at East Lansing High School, and is the

school’s current Curriculur Chair for the sci-

ences. Will got his Bachelor of Science degree from Grand

Valley State and his Master of Science degree from MSU.

In East Lansing schools, Will has served on the districts’

technology committee and was the faculty advisor for

Students for Environmental Action. He helped develop

the AP Chemistry course curriculum for ELHS, an advanced course first offered in

2006. His teaching goal is to “engage high school students in biology and chemistry

through active, experiential learning.”

Spartan Village Global Education Award

Josh RobertsonWorks with Students to Actively Participate in a Global Society

Josh is a 3rd grade teacher at Donley Elementary.

After graduating from MSU, he taught in Houston

through Teach for America and then moved, with his

wife, Karla (who is also a teacher), back to mid-Michigan. In

four years in ELPS, John has coached two Odyssey of the

Mind teams to the State Finals, has been a part of Don-

ley’s Building Leadership Team, and has worked to infuse

technology into not just his classroom but into every third

grade classroom in the district. At Donley you can often find Josh rewriting a song

from the radio with reading or Donley Pride lyrics, or dressed up like a leprechaun

reading books to his students using lots of different voices. Josh would like to thank

ELEF “not only for this honor, but also for the support that ELEF has provided buying

books for his students and supporting Odyssey of the Mind.”

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We would like to acknowledge and thank those who generously support the Foundation through their sponsorship of our Golf Outing and Awards Dinner:

A special THANKSto our sponsors

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Jack Bamford and Tomie Raines

Brogan, Reed, VanGorder & Assoc.

Brookover, Carr & Schaberg, PC

Brookshire Inn and Golf Club

Buddies Pub and Grill-Lake Lansing Road

Chartwells

Church Wyble, PC

Coral Gables of East Lansing

Eagle Eye Golf & Athletic Center

East Lansing Basketball Club

Five Sisters Corporation

Flagstar Bank, Wayne Lacy-Mortgage

Dept.

Grand Traverse Resort

Grua, Jamo & Young

H & H Mobil, Jim Little

Hamilton Meetings & Incentives

Mike Harp

Herff Jones

Inn at Bay Harbor

Jane Bitsicas, Doncaster Clothing

Jani-King

The Lipscomb Family

Representative Mark Meadows

Musselman Reality

Michael K. Peters, DDS, MS, PC

Craig Spencer, DDS

Summit Community Bank

TechSmith

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Outstanding Alumni Honor RollELHS Grad with distinguished achievement and community service

Jim Adams (2001), Honorable David McKegue (2001), Dr. Mary Sharp

(2001), Linda Grua (2002), Tim Staudt (2003), Jim Brandstatter (2004), Bob

Blackman (2005), Dr. Richard Johnson (2006), Paul Fagon (2007), Diego

Rivera (2008), Julie Mehretu (2008), Judith Brown Clarke (2009), Van Martin (2010)

ELEF Foundation AwardAccumulated service to ELPS or the ELEF

Lynn Adams (2001), William Burgess (2001), Charles Seim (2001), William

Steiner (2001), Dr. Al Jacobs (2002), Dr. Clarence Underwood (2002), Jane

and Ed Outslay (2003), Opal Wong (2003), Jeff Smith (2004), Debby Harrison

(2005), Sue Calverley (2006), June and George Szypula (2007), Amy Uecker (2008),

Jill Young (2009), The Ballein Family (2010)

Diane Tarpoff AwardDistinguished service to the East Lansing Educational Foundation

Diane Tarpoff (2001), Lola O’Meara (2002), Denise Carr (2003), Gerry Oade

(2004), Tammy Averill (2005), Charles Hackney (2006), Lee Griffin (2007),

Kevin Kelly (2007), David Brogan (2008), David Ledebuhr (2009)

Theda Assif AwardOngoing, consistent, and outstanding service to the East Lansing community

Theda Assiff (2001), Al White (2002), Bill Sharp (2003), Vic Loomis (2004),

Susan Schmidt (2005), Mary Alice Stollak (2006), Marilyn and Rollie Ledebuhr (2007),

Mary Spirito Hennessey (2008), Roderick Ritchison (2009), Lauree Cushion Roney (2010)

PastAwardrecipients

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Distinguished Alumni AwardELHS grad with distinguished achievement at national or international level

Todd C. Martin (2001), Jack Patriarch (2002), Ed Jenkins (2003), Amy Taran

Astley (2004), Dr. Jeffery Docking (2006), David Heeke (2007), Major General Robert

Neller (2008), Dan Gross (2009), Molly West Fletcher (2010)

Excellence in the Art of Teaching AwardRecognizes the art of teaching in East Lansing Public Schools

Bob Ulrich (2004), Jackie Tooman Fuller (2005), Jack Johnson (2005), Thomas Dye

(2006), John Plough (2006), Marge Andrews (2007), Dorothy

McDonald (2008), Paula Scrimger (2008), Mike Berry and John Brandenberg (2009),

Lauren Fordell (elementary) and Barry Holcomb (secondary) (2010)

Spartan Village Global AwardBill Gale (2004), Sue Ziara (2005), Casey Bain (2006), Sandy Geber (2007),

Joanne Preston (2008), Mary Lou Turnbull (2009), Mindy Emerson (2010)

2010 honorees (L – R): Van Martin, Mindy Emerson, Lauren Fordell, Barry

Holcomb, Lauree Cushion Roney, Molly West Fletcher, Howard Ballein

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ELEF is set to launch a Business Partners in Education campaign, a multi-year program

to ally local businesses with public education in East Lansing. The campaign will be led by

a group of Founding Partners, with Summit Community Bank’s John Abbott as chairman.

“As a locally owned and managed community bank, we take our community involvement

seriously,” commented Summit Community Bank President and CEO John W. Abbott. “We

believe it’s important to give back to the community that supports us. The East Lansing

Education Foundation and the East Lansing Public Schools are truly a solid part of this com-

munity.” One annual contribution to the campaign supports all eight schools.

For more information on how to ally your busi-

ness with the Foundation and become a Business

Partner for Education, please call Dorsey Gude,

517-333-7413 or email: [email protected]

Your investment will fund ELEF’s Grants for

Teachers program: Straight-forward, effective,

and immediate impact!

ELEF thanks these Founding Partners who believe a thriving public education system leads

to a stronger workforce and a more attractive community for customers and employees:

GOLD PARTNERS• Summit Community Bank

• East Lansing Basketball Club

• Grua, Jamo & Young

• Musselman Realty

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• Crippen Buick GMC Mazda Volvo

• Thrun Law Firm

BRONZE PARTNERS• Jane Bitsicas Doncaster Clothing

• Brookover, Carr & Schaberg

• Church Wyble

• Coral Gables of East Lansing

• Craig Spencer, DDS

BusinessPartnersin Education

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Jani-King provides janitorial services to East Lansing Public Schools — keeping its

schools clean for the past seven years.

Our company and its employees fully support the work of the East Lansing

Educational Foundation in its service to the students of East Lansing schools.

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We hope you’ve read the stories -- placed on displays around the room -- about the real impact ELEF grants make for students and teachers.

What stories will we be able to tell next year? That’s up to you.

Real stories. Real impact. Real success.

Celebrating Grants for TeachersPrize Patrol!

Chemistry experiments can now be finished within one class period because of the “Stir Station,” funded by ELEF.

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What did ELEF do with money raised at last year’s awards dinner?

Through our Grants for Teachers Program, we funded:

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