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PRES IDEN TDr. Tom Bogart

EDITO RIAL BO AR

Chloe Kennedy, EditoAssistant Director of Commu

Karen Beaty Eldridge Executive Director for Marketing and

Suzy Booker Vice President for Institutional A

Angela Miller Director of Alumni Affairs and S

ART D IRECT ION & DMary Workman

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MARYVILLE COLLEGE BOARD O

Rev. Dr. Emily J. Ander

Dr. William T. “Tom” BoMs. Elizabeth A. Bulet

Mr. Hulet M. ChaneDr. Bryant L. Cureton ’6Mr. C. Michael Davis, J

Mr. Joseph M. Dawson ’Ms. Jenny Jett Erwin ’

Mr. William E. Harmon ’Mr. G. Donald Hickman

Ms. Diane Humphreys-BarloMr. Mark S. Ingram

Mr. J. William JohnsonMr. Rufus B. King

Mr. Wayne R. Kramer ’7Ms. Sherri P. Lee

Ms. Cheryl S. MassingaMr. Adriel McCord ’00Ms. Virginia K. MorroMr. Alvin J. Nance ’7

Mr. J. Douglas OverbMs. Judith M. Penry ’7Dr. Timothy A. Poole ’8

Ms. Ann L. Rigell ’69Dr. T. Bryson Struse, III ’

Dr. Mary Kay SullivaMs. Kristine Tallent ’96Dr. Kenneth D. Tuck ‘

Ms. Debra WillsonMr. Charles Wright

Rev. Sharon K. Youngs ’

Dr. C. Edward Brubaker *H

OUR LAST MYSTERY PHOTO must have stumped everyone; we did not receive any

responses. We found the photo in the collection of historical images donated to the

College by the late Ken Kribbs ’68, who wrote The History of Athletics at Maryville

College 1866-1968 as his Independent Study. In the process, he amassed a l arge

collection of sports photos.

We checked with Martha Hess ’67, MC archives volunteer and former MC

registrar, and she had a few ideas. She thought she recognized the smoke stack in the

background as the one on the practice house that was behind Thaw Hall, so the photo

could have been taken on the old football field.

“I assume the gentleman in the middle is her father but maybe not,” Hess said. “If

she is the Homecoming Queen, why isn’t the

president doing the honors? And the most

curious question: who are those six young men

behind the three in the foreground? Maybe she

is presenting the trophy to the young man on

the right, and the young men in the back were

receiving some kind of athletic recognition. So

many possibilities...”

She also wondered whether the photo is ahigh school picture – and that Kribbs was

perhaps a photographer for local football

games when he was a student? Maryville High

School also has a smoke stack that looks like

the one in the picture, she said.

For now, the photo is still a mystery.

LAST FALL, HOLLY GIBSON YALOVE, daughter

of President Emeritus Dr. Gerald W. Gibson and

Rachel Gibson, traveled to Boston for a conference. While there, a business associate gave her this jug and

explained that she had purchased it in a Bostonian

antique shop. Returning to Tennessee with it, Holly

showed her dad, who said he had never seen a piece

like it. Holly donated the jug to the College’s archives,

mystifying the volunteers

who work there, as well.

So, our first question has

to do with this newest

gift to the archives: Does anyone know if these were

produced en masse and if so, when were they

made, who made them and for what occasion?

Our second question has to do with the

Maryville College seal printed on the jug. Without

a doubt, this insignia has evolved over the years,

but does anyone know the history of the Maryville

College Seal? What symbols are featured, and how

were they chosen? Can anyone explain the seal’s

evolution?

Email us at [email protected] or

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2 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

6 OPERA TAKES CENTER STAGE MC’s January Term Opera Scenes course gives students an

opportunity to work with professionals – and talented MC alumni –

to learn about performing opera.

10 COOPER WEIGHT ROOM UPGRADED Cooper Athletic Center recently received an

upgrade with the complete overhaul of the entire

weight room.

12 A NEW ERA FOR AN OLD ICON Twenty months after it was closed for a major interior

renovation, Anderson Hall reopened for the start of

the 2015 spring semester on Jan. 28.

18 1907 SCHOLARSHIP INSPIRES DONOR,HELPS STUDENTS

A scholarship from a generous donor allowed

Nell Ross Kirkpatrick to attend Maryville

College in 1907. Over 100 years later,

the gift is still inspiring others.

| COVER PHOTO BY BRUCE COLE |

ABOUT THE COVER: Students use

the staircases in the newly renovated

Anderson Hall. Aesthetically, the

renovation preserved many of the

building’s historic and iconic features,

including wide, open staircases.

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MESSAGE from THE PRESIDENT

At Maryville College, we believe strongly in the importance of direct interaction among p

use online communications and other technologies to enhance face-to-face contact rather

replace it. It is vital, therefore, for the campus to be an inviting, comfortable and effective

environment for our students.

A major improvement is the completely renovated Anderson Hall. This state-of-the-art ac

facility is once again full of students and faculty. Renovating rather than demolishing and

has multiple benefits, although it is admittedly a challenging approach. By keeping the fam

beloved exterior, we emphasize the continuity

of Maryville College through the years,

showing to the surrounding area and to our

returning alumni that the institution continues

in a familiar way. In addition, there is nothing

more environmentally friendly than reusing an

existing building, giving us the opportunity to

showcase how we live our ethos of

environmental stewardship.

Another comprehensive renovation project is Pearsons Hall. Again, we are keeping the ou

building while completely rebuilding the interior. I like to tell people that in 2015, Maryv

will have two brand-new buildings – each over 100 years old! We emphasize our residenti

a key dimension of educating the whole person. Pearsons Hall, as the main dining room o

provides a space for the community to enjoy fellowship over food, and thus a chance to m

develop relationships that will last a lifetime.

Because we continue to be ambitious in providing the best possible experience for our stu

natural to look at what is on the horizon too. Last summer, we worked with an architect t

the campus master plan and identify priorities for improvements that would contribute to

wellness, recreation and athletics. This spring, we are working with an architect to review

Science Center and identify what renovation, expansion or new construction will be neede

serve the academic program. This is the same approach that resulted in such a positive out

Anderson Hall, as faculty and staff who are experts in education worked together with des

professionals. I am grateful to the donors who underwrote the costs of collaborating with

professional partners. The early support for planning these projects is imperative to help u

the most effective ways of accomplishing the College’s mission.

Although actual construction projects at Cooper or Sutton are likely to take time to fund

organize, we have been able to make important enhancements recently. In February, a tot

renovated weight room opened in Cooper. This facility serves all of our student-athletes,

being a resource for students who are following a fitness regimen. Also in February, we de

more than 60 new microscopes and three completely upgraded computer labs in Sutton. T

improvements were made possible by generous donations from people who understand th

investment is to help talented and hardworking individuals reach their full potential.

INVESTING IN THE PLACE for People

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PRESIDENT OBAMA shares MC STUDENT’S STORY She’ll remember it forever.

Mentioned by name by

the President of the United

States and presented as a stellar

example of what investments

in education and self can

mean for the future of the

U.S., Caitlin McLawhorn

’16 broke down in tears when

she heard Barack Obama share

her story.

“It was amazing. Absolutelyamazing,” said the Maryville

College senior. “It was an

unforgettable experience. I

never expected this would

happen.”

During President

Barack Obama’s address at

Pellissippi State Community

College (PSCC) on Jan.

9, McLawhorn was sitting in the Goins Auditorium on the Hardin Valley campus,

the place where the Halls High School graduate got her start in higher education in

2012. Transferring to Maryville College last January, she is completing a writing/

communication major and business minor.

A first-generation college student who was reared by a single mother, McLawhorn said

higher education was always a goal but one she never thought would become reality.McLawhorn, who has been an advocate for access to higher education, said she was

contacted by the White House the week before and asked about her educational path in

anticipation of President Obama’s trip and promotion of “America’s College Promise,”

a matching grant program that would make two years of community college free for

qualifying students. The program is modeled on Gov. Bill Haslam’s “Tennessee Promise”

initiative that, starting in the fall of 2015, will make the first two years of community

college or college of applied technology free for high school graduates of the state. The

funding source is the Tennessee lottery reserve. Tennessee Promise is modeled after

tnAchieves, which McLawhorn took advantage of as a PSCC student.

Much of Obama’s talk centered on the importance of community colleges in helping

citizens achieve middle-class status, and he praised the work of PSCC students, faculty

and staff – including McLawhorn.

“… I just want to use one person’s story as an example, Caitlin McLawhorn,” Obama

said. “She was raised by a single mom. She helped make ends meet, getting her first job

almost the minute she could – two days after her 16th birthday. When it came time for

college, the money wasn’t there. But Caitlin lives in Tennessee, so she knew she had a

great, free option.

“She completed two years at this institution. Now she’s a senior at Maryville

College,” the president continued. “She’s working full-time, just like she has since her

first day of college. And Caitlin says, ‘A lot of people like me got discouraged. I get

discouraged. But I can look back and say, you’ve made it so far. I’ve learned that things

aren’t always what you want, but you can make them what you want.’ That’s wisdom. …

That’s what America is about. We can make of our lives what we will.”

A reporter interviews Caitlin McLawhorn ’16 prior

to President Barack Obama’s address at Pellissippi

State Community College on Jan. 9.

MC announces NEW MINORS,CHEMISTRYDEGREEStarting in fall 2015, Maryville College will offer a

bachelor of science degree in chemistry and two

new minors: outdoor studies and tourism, andsustainability studies.

The College already offers a bachelor of artsin chemistry, which meets the requirements of

many graduate school programs and for studentswho would like to have some flexibility to double

major or have minors. The bachelor of science inchemistry is geared to students who are heading

to graduate school in chemistry or the chemical

workforce and requires hours in all five of the majorchemistry disciplines, allowing students to get both

depth and breadth in the major, explained Dr. MaryTurner, associate professor of chemistry.

“Many of our students did all of the requirementsfor the B.S. degree already, but they received the

B.A. degree,” Turner said. “The new B.S. degreewill hopefully encourage our higher achieving

students to push themselves in chemistry, and it is

better preparation for a career in chemistry.”The new minor in outdoor studies and tourism

responds to a growing interest in sustainabletourism and outdoor studies.

“The impact of the outdoors on humanwellbeing is an emerging area of interest,” saidBruce Guillaume ’76, founder and directorof Mountain Challenge. “Connected to that,

tourism, especially outdoor sustainable tourism,

is a fast-growing industry. Managing travel andadventure with their impacts on the environment

is becoming increasingly more important in themodern economy.”

The new minor in sustainability studies isdesigned to complement any major and provides

a lens into the economic, environmental and

social tiers of any field of study.

“This minor provides the opportunity forstudents to pursue a major field of study andthen richen it with a sustainability perspective,

which will make them more sought-after in the job market as an increasing number of companies

and organizations are seeking employees whoare socially responsible and well-versed in

sustainability principles,” said Adrienne Schwarte,

associate professor of design and the coordinatorfor the new minor.


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MCBRAYER ’86 is commencement

speaker W. Neal McBrayer ’86, a judge for the

Tennessee Court of Appeals, will deliver the

commencement address to Maryville College’s

Class of 2015 during a ceremony

scheduled for 6 p.m., Sun., May 17

on the Anderson Hall lawn. During

the ceremony, McBrayer will also

receive the honorary doctor of laws

degree from the 196-year-old liberal

arts college.

McBrayer was appointed to the

bench by Gov. Bill Haslam and sworn

in on May 5, 2014. He was elected to

a full eight-year term in August of 2014.

Previously, McBrayer practiced law for 25 years in

Nashville, representing clients in commercial

litigation, bankruptcy and aviation matters. As a

partner with Butler Snow LLP, he was listed in

The Best Lawyers in America® and recognized as

a Mid-South Super Lawyer®.

McBrayer graduated in 1989 from the College

of William & Mary’s Marshall-Wythe School of

Law, where he was an editor of the William &

Mary Law Review . He currently serves as a

delegate to the Tennessee Bar Association House

of Delegates and is a fellow of the American Bar

Foundation and the Nashville Bar Foundation.

He is also a member of the Belmont UniversityCollege of Law American Inn of Court.

NOSW TO HOST SECONDPROGRAM THIS SUMMERThe New Opportunity School for Women(NOSW) at Maryville College is accepting

applications for its second program to be held

on the MC campus July 12 through Aug. 1.The school, which was established at

Maryville College in 2014, is designed toimprove the educational, financial and

personal circumstances of low-income,under-educated, middle-aged women

in the Appalachian region. NOSW willaccept 14 women into the 2015 program,

which is offered at no cost to the participants.

The Women’s Fund of East Tennessee and thePresbyterian Women in the Presbyterian Church

(USA), along with donors, are providing supportfor the 2015 program.

FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS learn tnetwork , GET CAREER ADVICEThis year’s freshman class, the Class of 2018, is the first class to participate in Maryville

Works, a new comprehensive career preparation program designed to help all MC stud

college and career. Newly integrated into Maryville College’s four-year, liberal arts cur

and launched on Sept. 10, the program delivers career preparation, professional experiementoring to all MC students.

On Jan. 15, approximately 300 students had the opportunity to network with local p

and business and community leaders – including several MC alumni – during a network

which was a requirement of students enrolled in FYS 120: Communications Strategies , a

January Term course that explores human communication in theory and practice.

“Our goal was to have students understand that networking is an essential communi

strategy they will need outside of – and after – college,” said Christy McDonald, direct

career resources. “In this course, professors shared personal

experiences of networking, instructed students in networking

protocol and provided an outlet for ‘peer networking’ to

practice for the event. “They came prepared to speak to

professionals about their career paths and interests,” she

continued. “The event was a success by connecting students

to professionals to help lead into careers.”

On Jan. 20, first-year students heard valuable career advice

from Ben Carpenter, Wall Street veteran, entrepreneur and

author of The Bigs: The Secrets Nobody Tells Students and Young

Professionals About How to Find a Great Job, Do a Great Job,

Be a Leader, Start a Business, Stay Out of Trouble, and Live a

Happy Life .

During his presentation, Carpenter told students about

how he progressed from a naïve liberal arts graduate to the

CEO of a major international investment company, and he

shared advice he learned along the way.

“We found Ben through a New York Times op-ed piece,

where he argued that colleges should offer a four-year

developmental program focused on getting students from

college to career,” said Dr. Karen Beale, associate professor of

psychology and chair of the Maryville College Works program. “As soon as we saw thasaid ‘He has got to know about Maryville College. He has got to know what we’re doi

contacted him, and he offered to come speak, which I thought was incredible.”

Carpenter concluded his presentation with the announcement that all MC first-year

who wanted a copy of his book would receive one free of charge.

“Maryville College is the only college that I know of in the country that is saying tha

important for us to give our students the tools to be able to translate this fantastic liber

education that they’ve been given into the commercial world and how they can help th

both sell themselves into the job and then to do the job,” Carpenter said. “I think that

College is specifically addressing a crying need at a liberal arts college, and I applaud th

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MC announces NEW BOARD MEMBERS Maryville College’s Board of Directors recently

approved four new board members during the

fall meeting: Emily Anderson, Mary Kay Sullivan,

Ken Tuck ’54 and Charles Wright.

Anderson, who was previously on the board

from 2000 until 2011, has served as pastor of

New Providence Presbyterian

Church in Maryville since

1999. After graduating

from Vanderbilt University

and Princeton Theological

Seminary, she went on to earn

a doctor of ministry degree

from Columbia Theological

Seminary. Active in various

church and community initiatives, she is a

member of Maryville College’s Faith and

Learning Committee, a vice moderator for the

Presbytery of East Tennessee and a member

of Columbia Theological Seminary’s board of

trustees.

Sullivan, professor emerita of business at

Maryville College, retired from the College in

2010 after 21 years of teaching.

She is a member of the board

of Helen Ross McNabb Center.

She is the author of Study Guide

to Finance and has published a

number of articles in academic

journals and textbooks.

She holds degrees from the

University of Arkansas, Bryn

Mawr College and the University of Tennessee.

She and husband William live in Knoxville.

Tuck, who recently retired after a 50-year

career as an ophthalmologist, previously served

on the board from 2004 until 2014. After

graduating from MC, he earned his medical

degree from the University of Virginia School

of Medicine. In 2004, he was awarded Maryville

College’s Alumni Citation, and in 2010, he

received the Maryville College Medallion –

Maryville College’s highest

honor. He and wife Sara live in

Roanoke, Va., and have three

daughters, 11 grandchildren,

including Peter Coats ’09 and

two great-grandchildren.

Wright is vice president and

associate general counsel for A&E Networks in

New York. After graduating

from Vanderbilt University,

he went on to earn bachelor’s

and master’s degrees from

Oxford University and a law

degree from the University

of Pennsylvania. A member

of Drama Desk, Inc.’s board

of directors, he has served as

an adjunct faculty member at the Metropolitan

College of New York and as a Maryville College

National Advisory Council member. He and wife

Anne have one daughter.

DONORS help with upgrades , PLANS FOR SUTTONSutton Science Center now has high-tech upgrades, and plans are being

made for the future of the building, thanks to the generosity of two donors.

Steve West, former board member and longtime supporter of the

College, and Dr. Ken Tuck ’54, current board member, funded the cost of

a master plan to outline priorities for improvements for the sciences. This

spring, the College is working with an architect to review Sutton Science

Center and identify what renovation, expansion or new construction will be

needed to best serve the academic program.

To help meet immediate needs in the 47-year-old building, Tuck made a

donation to fund the purchase of 62 new microscopes, four HDMI

television displays, 64 desktop computers and eight laptop computers.

“I get excited about opportunities to help faculty and students, especially

when it comes to students having a more meaningful academic experience,

and it is well known that math, science and technology are huge

opportunities now and in the future,” said Tuck, who toured Sutton

Science Center to see the new equipment during a recent visit to campus.

The computers were installed in three computer labs, which are used bystudents for labs, projects and Senior Study work. The new microscopes

have LED illumination, which is brighter, uses less energy and lasts longer

than the light bulbs of the old microscopes. A new, user-friendly

fluorescence microscope was also acquired.

HD cameras are mounted on the teaching microscopes, which are

connected to HDMI television displays. The televisions also have a split

screen feature, which allows faculty to compare the image on the

microscope to an image that was previously captured.

“We now have the ability to show students what they should be seeing

with their own scopes, we can show demonstrations in lecture of what we

have on the scope in real time, we can create videos of what’s happening

under the microscope with the HD camcorder attachment, and we can

grab pictures from the scope cameras that can be used for lectures and

testing purposes,” said Dr. Jerilyn Swann, associate professor of biology and

chair of the Division of Natural Sciences. “The set-up enhances our ability

to create an effective and engaging learning environment for students.”

PHASE II OF PEARSONS HALL RENOVATION UNDERWA

In response to growing enrollment and the need for more on-cam

living spaces for students, Maryville College has begun Phase II ofrenovation of 105-year-old Pearsons Hall. When completed, the

second and third floors should provide rooms and suites for 78students. The large dining hall kitchen will also be totally gutted a

replaced, brought up to code and outfitted with new appliances a

equipment. The building will open for the fall 2015 semester.



op Era sC E Ne sOPERA takes CENTER STAGE

Taking notes on a yellow pad, Delores Bowen

Ziegler ’73 nods her head in approval and

mouths the words as two students rehearse a

scene from Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.”

“That was very good! You both have plenty of

volume,” Ziegler said at the end of the scene,

stepping on the stage in the Clayton Center for

the Arts’ Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall

to move a bench two inches to the right.

It’s a cold morning in early January, and Ziegler

is working with students in Maryville College’s

January Term Opera Scenes course. They are

rehearsing selections from several operas for a Jan.

29 performance of “An Evening of Mozart.”

The three-week course gives students an

opportunity to work with professionals to learn

about the complex process of performing opera while preparing for a public performance of opera

scenes. Due to the challenge of producing a stage

program in less than one month, students in the

course have a rigorous rehearsal schedule that

often includes 12-hour days. In addition to

staging, vocal coaching sessions, choreography

and other musical essentials, the students are

responsible for researching the history of the

opera, the scenes and the characters involved.

Ziegler, an American mezzo-soprano with a

repertoire that extends from bel canto to verismo,

has performed in the world’s greatest opera

houses. She is a professor of vocal per formance at

the University of Maryland School of Music.

Ziegler and MC Coordinator of Choral Music

Stacey Wilner came up with the idea for the Opera

Scenes course three years ago, when Ziegler was

on campus to deliver the Commencement address

to the Class of 2012. Together, they came up with

an outline for a course that mirrored an artist-in-

residence program offered when Ziegler was an

MC student.

The first Opera Scenes course was held in

2013, and several Maryville College alumni and

friends have provided support for the course.

For this year’s class, several MC alumnae returned

to campus to assist the 10 students enrolled in the

course. Melanie Kohn Day ’75, who also helped

with the course in 2013, served with Ziegler as

artistic director. Day, who has performed inCarnegie Recital Hall, the Athenaeum in Boston,

the National Cathedral and the French Embassy, is

an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth

University, where she directs the VCU Opera.

Jennifer Olander Anderson ’05, who teaches

at LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, served as

collaborative pianist, and Ashley Abbott ’12,

choral assistant and fine arts recruiter at MC, was

the production manager. “It’s rejuvenating for me

to work with these students,” Anderson said.

“We come here for the students,” Ziegler

added. “We want to share our experience with

them, but we also get a lot from them.”

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Top to bottom: Students in the 201

Scenes course pose for a photo

rehearsing “An Evening of Moz

students rehearse a scene from M

“Don Giovanni” in January 2015; s

give a toast prior to a performance

Fledermaus” in January 201



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Top: Fifteen students were selected for the first Opera Scenes course in 2013. Seated on the couch are (L-R) Stacey Wilner, Michael Sakir, Delores Bowe

and Melanie Kohn Day ’75. Above: Students rehearse scenes from (L-R) “The Magic Flute,” “The Mikado,” “Così fan tutte” and “La Clemenza d

Below: 2014 Opera Scenes performers get hair and make-up ready in the Clayton Center’s Fred and Sharon Lawson Make-Up Room.


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BY THE NUMBERS

FULL-TIME 78.6%

PART-TIME 8.9%12.5% REPORT FULL-TIME GRADUATE SCHOOL

ENROLLMENT OR “OTHER”

EMPLOYMENT

93.2%

of survey participantseither completed an

advanced degree or

were pursuing one

would “absolutely”

or “very likely”

choose MC again

Of those who pursue

advanced degrees, 97.

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Master’s degrees,

including MBAs = 66.9%

Doctoral degrees,

including medical = 21.8%

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Hallmarks of MC educa

deemed “very importa

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IN A SURVEY conducted

last fall, young alumni of

Maryville College gave their

alma mater high marks in

graduate school preparation,career preparation and other

skills needed to succeed in

the workforce.

The survey was emailed to

2,359 alumni who graduated

in the last 15 years. A healthy

31 percent responded. Some

statistics from the surveyare presented at right. Visit

maryvillecollege.edu for more

on the survey and its findings.

Editor’s Note: “By the Numbers” is a new feature that presents statistical information about Maryvil


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BOOKS BY FACULTY

MEMBERS published Three MC faculty members are celebrating

the publication of their research.

Dr. Aaron Astor, Civil War expert and

associate professor of history, wrote The

Civil War Along Tennessee’s Cumberland

Plateau , which will be published by the

History Press in May. Astor, who has

written extensively on the Civil War

era, is also the author of Rebels on the

Border: Civil War, Emancipation and the

Reconstruction of Kentucky and Missouri,

1860-1872 .

“The people of the Cumberland Plateau experienceda civil war within a civil war,” Astor said. “No area

in Tennessee encountered more divided loyalties

or guerrilla conflict during the Civil War than the

Cumberland Plateau.”

In December, New City Press released Structures

of Grace: The Business Practices of the Economy of

Communion by Dr. John Gallagher, professor of

management at MC, and Dr. Jeanne Buckeye of the

University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.

The book, which is the result of a multi-

year research project involving more than

a dozen companies in both the U.S. and

Canada, explores the business practices of

a group of companies “who are dedicated

to changing the world.” The companiesparticipate in the Economy of Communion

(EOC), an initiative of the international and

ecumenical Focolare movement that began

in Brazil in 1991. Gallagher and Buckeye

focused on the day-to-day business practices

of the participating businesses, finding that EOC

companies are indeed different.

Dr. Jason Troyer, associate professor of psychology,

wrote Counseling Widowers , which is part of The

Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with

Boys and Men . The book, published in May

2014, builds on the latest developments in

grief research and men’s studies to bridge

the gap between counseling practice and

the needs of bereaved men. Written for

therapists, the book includes tools for

adjusting clinical strategies to work more

effectively with bereaved men.

Troyer, whose research focuses on the

grief experiences of widowers, has taught

college courses on death and dying and has

provided individual and group counseling for bereaved

college students and older adults.

BRUCE leads study OF

ASIAN CATHOLICS IN U.S.Dr. Tricia Bruce, associate professor of sociology at Maryville College, is assisting the

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) with a project that will help inform

the development of a broader national pastoral plan for Asian and Pacific Island (API)

Catholics.

Bruce is working with the USCCB’s Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Island

Affairs and the Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church to conduct a nationwide

assessment of the pastoral needs of API Catholics. Maryville College is the “home”

for the project, said Bruce, who is leading the assessment. She also has involved

Georgetown’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), Dr. Jerry Park

of Baylor University and Dr. Stephen Cherry at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Changes in immigration law

after 1965 introduced higher

numbers of migrants from around

the world, and the U.S. CatholicChurch has seen a rise in Asian

migration, Bruce said.

“In more recent years, the

rate of Asian migration has

surpassed the rate of Latino

migration, so this is a moment

that is introducing new challenges

for the church,” said Bruce,

whose research interests include

the sociology of religion, social

movements, Catholicism,

immigration, organizations

and applied sociology. “While

the U.S. Catholic Bishops have

acknowledged the numerous

and diverse contributions of Asian and Pacific Islanders, they would like to move from

awareness to action with a national plan identifying strategies to meet the needs of API

Catholics. They need social scientific research to help identify those needs and new

demographic realities.”

The team formulated questions for the survey, which was translated into 14

languages and launched online. For the survey translations, Bruce, who often provides

her students with opportunities to assist with her research, also enlisted the help of MC

international students and alumni. Students in Bruce’s research methods course helped

enter the survey into Qualtrics, an online survey platform, and helped field test it.

Sophomore Halle Hill ’17, who is double majoring in sociology and religion,

assisted with the development of the survey, online survey entry and outreach efforts.

“Working with Dr. Bruce on this research project has been a wonderful, informative

and encouraging experience,” Hill said. “Seeing that I am studying religion and

sociology, being able to see firsthand how the two co-exist in this research is such a

rare and awesome experience, and I am very thankful. I am encouraged to see that

what I am passionate about and love to study has serious application in the real world

and is much needed.”

This spring, the research team has been following up with focus groups and

interviews with key leaders.

Bruce will submit a report to USCCB in August 2015, and the team will present its

findings during the USCCB conference in Baltimore in November. “The USCCB will

take the results and get a sense of how best to minister to this community, and they’ll

write the pastoral plan from there,” Bruce said. “That’s the end goal of this project.”

Dr. Tricia Bruce (right) is leading a nationwide

assessment of the pastoral needs of Asian and

Pacific Island Catholics. Halle Hill ’17 (left)

assisted with the development of the survey,

online survey entry and outreach efforts.



COOPER WEIGHT ROOM upgraded Cooper Athletic Center recently received an upgrade with

the complete overhaul of the entire weight room.The weight room, which reopened in February, includes

power cages, three-way benches, bumper plates, Olympicgrip plates, dumbbells, kettle bells, medicine balls, a glute/

ham machine, a Vertimax speed and jump training systemand battle ropes. An Everlast Infinity flooring surface was

installed, as well as a special turf inset for speed, agilityand quickness drills. The upgrades meet new safety

standards and equip the facility for elite training.

“The weight room is a space utilized by all student-athletes and other students, so there was a great need

to update the space and equipment,” said MC AssociateAthletics Director Heather Mathis Bryan ‘06. “The

College works diligently to recruit and retain talentedstudent-athletes, and we were eager to upgrade the

facility to attract future students and provide a well-equipped training facility for our current students.”

MC Athletics Director Kandis Schram ’85 said the

weight room project had three goals:

■To be more efficient with space. “Unfortunately we

could not add square footage, but we were able tobe much more efficient with the space that we do

have. The new cages along the wall give each

adequate space with weights that allow for gusers to work at an efficient pace and the are

middle for agility training,” Schram said.

■Equipment that allowed for more programm

addition of a Vertimax, rower, pull-up bars anpulley devices allows for creative programmin

■Safer environment for users. “The Infinity floprime example of how much safer the weight

for our users. This, in addition to the cages thfor safety, are all added enhancements,” Sch

Members of the Maryville College Gridiron Cmany generous donors contributed to the proje

exceeded the $105,000 goal.

“As an athletic department, we wanted to raiand renovate the space within a short timeframesaid. “We met with several alumni and alumni g

order to raise the $105,000 needed for the projeraised $115,000 through cash and pledges in ab

months. The response from our MC alumni is a m

boost for our department, and we are looking fomore projects in the future.”

The upgrades in Cooper Athletic

Center’s weight room include all

new equipment, an Everlast

Infinity flooring surface and a

special turf inset for speed,

agility and quickness drills.

sportsNEWS

KELLEY NAMED head softball coach Leah Kelley ’11 was named Maryville College head softball

coach in December.

Kelley was previously an assistant softball coach at MC.

A stellar student-athlete at Chattanooga State Community

College (CSCC) and Maryville College, Kelley also has

served in assistant coaching positions at CSCC and East

Carolina University.

After receiving her associate’s degree in allied health from

CSCC, where she was a two-time all-conference selection

for the Tigers, Kelley chose to conclude her playing career at

Maryville College, earning a bachelor of arts degre

education. As the Scots’ shortstop, Kelley earned a

Great South Athletic Conference all-conference acc

and was named the league’s player of the year follow

senior season in 2011. The 1st Team All-Region ho

finished her senior year ranked in the top 10 within

Division III in seven different offensive categories,

leading the nation with her .522 batting average.

Kelley’s staff includes assistant coaches Taylor D

and Courtney Elrod.


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HAYES named

HEAD FOOTBALLCOACHShaun Hayes ’06 has beennamed the 29th head football

coach in Maryville College’s

storied 122-year collegiatefootball history. He will begin

his eighth season with the Scotsin the fall of 2015. He replaces

Mike Rader, who left in Februaryfor a coaching position at East

Tennessee State University.Hayes, a native of Rutledge,

Tenn., and former Scot standout on thegridiron, was a seven-year member of theScots’ coaching staff, serving as the running

backs coach, quarterback coach, recruitingcoordinator, video coordinator, offensive

coordinator, and, most recently, as assistanthead coach, co-offensive coordinator and

director of player personnel.“We make this announcement after a

thorough process that gathered input from

staff, players, alumni, boosters and communityleaders on a tight timeframe,” MC Athletics

Director Kandis Schram ‘85 wrote in a memoto the campus on Feb. 18. “With recruiting

underway and spring practices around the

corner, it was important to fill the positionquickly – but fill it with the right person. Thissearch revealed that we already have the right

leader within the program. Shaun has the

dedication and passion to lead the programand the knowledge of what type of student-

athlete will thrive within the Maryville Collegecurriculum while excelling within the football

program.”Hayes has appointed Ryan Hansen as the

program’s co-offensive coordinator, director of

player development and wide receivers coach;and Zach Hufford as co-defensive coordinator

and linebackers coach.Philip Bailey will begin his fourth season with

the Scots this fall as co-offensive coordinator,strength and conditioning coordinator and

offensive line coach; Paul Humphries will enterhis third year with the Scots as co-defensive

coordinator and special teams coordinator; and

Ian Harris continues as defensive line coachand recruiting coordinator.

The Scots will open the 2015 campaign onHonaker Field on Sept. 5, when they host

Berry College.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM

makes history WITH 26-4 RECORDThe Maryville College women’s basketball team finished the season with a No. 15 national ranking

from the USA TODAY Sports Division III women’s basketball coaches poll.

Recording the most wins in the history of the program and finishing the season with a 26-4

record, the Scots claimed their third consecutive USA South Southern Division regular season

title. The team returned to the NCAA tournament for the 21st time in program history, but it was

defeated by the DePauw University Tigers by the score of 76-53 in the second round of the post-

season in Greencastle, Ind.

In his fifth season, MC Women’s Head Basketball Coach Darrin Travillian became the first

in school history to attain 100 career victories in five seasons and the first to collect USA South

Coach of the Year honors. Named one of the 2015 Uni ted States Marine Corps/Women’s

Basketball Coaches Association NCAA Division III Regional Coaches of the Year, he is now a

finalist for the Pat Summitt Trophy and national Coach of the Year honors.

Junior guard Mackenzie Puckett ’16 led the Maryville College Scots with 415 points on the

year, averaging 13.8 per game – a statistic that ranked her fifth within the USA South AthleticConference. She eclipsed her 1,000th career point on Feb. 21 with an offensive put back at the

14:00 mark against the Huntingdon Hawks. She

was named a member of the 2015 WBCA Division

III Coaches’ All-America Team and was named

to the 2014-15 D3hoops.com All-South Region

Team following her stellar junior campaign.

Above: Junior guard

Mackenzie Puckett ’16

led the Scots with 415

points on the year,

averaging 13.8 per game.

She eclipsed her 1,000th

career point on Feb. 21.

Top: MC women’s head

basketball coach Darrin

Travillian was named USA

South Coach of the Year

and claimed his 100th

career coaching victory.

Left: Senior captain Alex

Bond ‘15 earned second

team All-USA Southhonors this season.



O NE YEAR , eight

months and one

day after it was closed

to the Maryville College

community for a major

interior renovation, Anderson Hall reopened

for the start of the spring

semester on Jan. 28.

A NEW ERA FOR AN

To commemorate the historic moment,

faculty, staff and students gathered outside that

day at noon to hear the Anderson Hall bell ring

145 times – a toll for each academic year the

building has served the campus.

This semester, the majority of the College’s

1,213 students will take at l east one class inside

the newly renovated building, which now has 31

offices, 11 classrooms, three seminar rooms, three

team rooms, a student lounge and a faculty lounge.

The $7.6 million renovation, funded with

donations from alumni, friends and bequests,strengthened the foundation and took the

interior back to the supporting structure. Interior

walls were removed, as well as existing flooring

and all ceilings. An elevator, sprinkler system,

security system and high-efficiency heating

and cooling system were installed. Johnson

Architecture designed the 25,500-square-foot

interior space; Joseph Construction ha

demolition and construction; and Law

LLC, was hired as the owner’s represen

the project.

Aesthetically, the renovation preserv

of the building’s historic and iconic fea

including wide, open staircases, tall wi

wide baseboards, transom windows an

entrances.

“Faculty and staff who had not seen

building since its interior demolition h

me that the renovated Anderson exceehighest expectations,” said Dr. Barbara

vice president and dean of the College

general, I think everyone knew it woul

updated and functional, but they did n

would be what many describe as ‘beau

The College’s iconic building will b

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“It was a challenging, fun project.It’s rare to save a building of this ageand vintage. Most buildings thatwere in this state get razed,not saved. Now, the College has a

19th-century building with a21st-century interior.”

– Barry Brooke

Executive Vice President of

Lawler-Wood, LLC(owner’s representative for

Anderson Hall renovation)

WE ASKE D Maryville College

alumni, faculty, staff and students

to tell us what they think about the

renovation. Some had spent years in

the building, while some, includingmost freshmen and sophomores,

walked through the building for the

first time this semester. Read their

responses here.

“Walking up to Anderson for the firsttime, it felt like the same old buildingit was before, but as soon as Iopened the first door, that feelingwent away. Everything—from the

stairs, to the walls, to the desks insidethe classrooms—felt brand new andclean. Anderson Hall is definitelymuch improved and has a verymodern feel to it while still beinghistoric on the outside.”

– Sierra Siegel ‘16

Hannah Sharp ’17 (left) talks toDr. Alesia Orren, associate

professor of elementary education,in Orren’s new first-floor office in

Anderson Hall.



“I like the fact that the exteriorlooks almost exactly the same asthe original, and the interior hasbeen transformed, yet it retains theessential structure, specifically thehigh ceiling and windows that let inlots of light.”

– Kim TrevathanAssistant Professor of Writing/

Communication

“I love the seamlessly integratedtechnology in Anderson. We don’tneed to spend precious class timetrying to get the system poweredup and working. The volunteers inthe campus archives have createda fabulous display of artifacts from

Isaac Anderson himself. It is nice toremember these beginnings as weuse this new and high-tech space.”

– Diana Curtis

Instructor, Division of Languagesand Literature

“I’m so happy that the architectsaw fit to keep the integrity ofbuilding. Even though everythis new, you can still see the oldAnderson in the stairs, the cromoldings and the transoms. Theven left a little peep hole to s

old brick, and in the main entris even a display case crafted the old flooring.”

– Dr. Karen

Associate Professor of PsycholoChair of Maryville College



(Clockwise from far left) Dr. Terry

Simpson, professor of secondary

education, teaches a class in one

of the new first-floor classrooms;

the building’s new features

include an elevator; Kim

Trevathan, assistant professor of

writing/communication (left),

talks to student Emilie Perez ’16

from his third-floor office.

Bottom: A cutout in the wall

on the first floor shows the

building’s original brick structure.

“I like that they left the piece ofexposed brick in the wall.”

– Taylor King ’15

“I’ve been amazed with the newAnderson Hall’s beauty and a senseof familiarity. I recall the first timeI stepped into the building in thespring of 2006. The spirit of the oldAnderson Hall remains, even thoughthe building looks new. Here is an

old soul.” – Dr. Phillip Sherman

Associate Professor of Religion

“It feels like coming home to a newand improved house. I like the factthat the building is now structurallysound and the fact that so muchof the architectural integrity waspreserved, with the staircases, thetransoms over the doorways, the

big wide windowsills and the deepbaseboards. There’s so much ofAnderson still here, and that’s one ofthe most important things.”

– Bonnie West ‘13

Administrative Assistant,

Division of Education



(Clockwise from left)

The renovation preserved some of

the building’s familiar features,

including the windows and landing

on the third floor; a student lounge

on the second floor gives students

a place to take a break between

classes; new technology, including

wireless internet, allows people to

connect anywhere in the building.

I think it’s been very tastefully doneand seems to be very appropriatefor a building of this age – the colorsand the fact that the moldings havebeen kept or replicated in variousplaces. One thing I laughed aboutis that the stairs no longer squeak.I am very happy that Anderson isbeing taken care of and cherished.It’s important to me that the College

is still respecting what we did when itwas placed on the National Registerof Historic Places.”

– Dr. Sarah ‘Sally’ Brown McNiell ’53

Professor Emerita of History

“The first thing I did when I toured thenew building was ride the elevator.I spent many semesters makingarrangements for students whocouldn’t climb the stairs by movingclasses from second and third floorclassrooms to the ground floor or tobuildings with elevators. It means somuch to me that now these studentsand faculty members who could not

climb the steps can now get to thesecond and third floor. I miss the oldbuilding, but it’s part of my heart.I can appreciate the new buildingbecause of what it provides.”

– Martha Hess ’67 , Former Registrar

“It’s up to date, which is importAnd the fact that they could dowith a building this old … it’s ex

– Jane Huddles

Former Assistant to the Academ

“It has that ‘new’ building smelEverything is fresh, new and rereally pretty. All the philosophhistory professors are all toget

one space (in the Humanities sBefore the renovation, you’d hgo to two different floors to visSo the faculty facilities are my fpart – faculty deserve a nice sp

– Nick Ro



DISPLAY CASE showcases MC HISTORY

While it was important to preserve many of Anderson Hall’s historic and iconic features

during the renovation, it was also important

that the plans included a way to showcase

Maryville College’s rich history.

The College’s team of dedicated archives

volunteers, which includes Polly Cox Bowers

’58, Julia Bird Cooper ’72, Charles Craven

’77, Gail Bradley Hafner ’60, Martha

Hess ’67, Jane Huddleston ’49 and Rob

Kennedy ’71, requested a display case for

the building. The volunteers spend hours

every week in the basement of Fayerweather

Hall, responding to requests and sorting

through the College’s extensive archives

collection, which includes a variety of uniqueitems, including MC publications, diaries,

photos, catalogs, blueprints, art collections

and meeting minutes. The display case would

give them the ability to display these items for

the entire MC community to see, because “a

lot of people don’t realize that the archives

collection is here,” Hafner said.

“We wanted a chance to show the MC

community some of the things that we

have in our collection,” Kennedy said. “It’s

our collective heritage, and it belongs to

everyone.”

Unbeknownst to the volunteers, Jim

Merritt, general superintendent of JosephConstruction (which handled demolition and

construction during the project), had decided

to take it on as a side project.

Using original heart pine flooring that

was removed from the building during

demolition, he spent several afternoons in

his shop at home, refinishing the wood and

preparing it for installation in the building.

The result is a 3-by-7-foot display case,

located on the first floor of Anderson Hall.

When the volunteers saw the display case

for the first time, they were thrilled – and

immediately put it to use. The first display

focused on the building’s namesake, Isaac

Anderson, and the current display is about theCollege and the Civil War.

“I wanted to help out, and it made the

project more personal for me,” said Merritt,

who admits that he likes to add personal

touches to all of the construction projects he

oversees. “It was an honor to be able to do

this project.”

The first archives display focused on the

building’s namesake, Isaac Anderson, and

included his Bible, communion set, powder

horn, sermons and photos. Archives

volunteers plan to create new displays

throughout the year.

“It’s really well renovated. It’straditional and historic, yet it haselements that are modern. It’s nice toreflect that things change and evolveto accommodate the now.”

– Aley Goodlett ’18

“As a historian, I’m so happy to behere again. The new design pays

tribute to the College’s legacy whilebringing us to the present.”

– Dr. Doug Sofer

Associate Professor of History

“Maybe like any of the classroombuildings, we have Anderson Hall inour minds as a symbol of all of theprecious interactions with studentsover the years – students whose livesand careers we’ve tried to nourish,foster and cherish. So this is continuitywith a great tradition of the past, goinginto the future, and rebuilt new so as tohelp us do the job really well. The fact

that it’s the same building gives usthe continuity with a tradition that weshould be proud of.”

– Dr. Sam Overstreet

Chair, Division of Languages

and Literature

“Anderson Hall has vastly improvedsince my first year at MaryvilleCollege. The interior is now bothtasteful and practical. Despite themodern design, relics from the past,such as the bell out front and theportion of exposed brick inside, area reminder of the building’s rich past.And while I acknowledge that therenovation was absolutely necessary,

I still sometimes miss the creakystairs and confusing layout of myfreshman year.”

– Evy Linkous ’16



C L A S S note

EDITOR’S NOTE:

The College received information printed below between July 1, 2014 andDec. 31, 2014. Class notes received after Dec. 31, 2014 should appear in the

next issue of FOCUS. Notes have been edited for space; to view full notes orsubmit a class notes item, please visit maryvillecollege.edu/alumni-notes.

the importance, purponobility of a career as

servant in the United S

Rebecca Reed has retire

the healthcare service

taken on a new adven

moved to Cascade, C

enroll in Charis Bible C

study Scripture and is

about her new advent

1971

Suzanne McCulloch Frie

has now retired and is

this new adventure.”

James Showalter just co

his 25th year teaching

Langston University, a

Historically Black Coll

University in Oklahom

remains the sole histo

for 1,500 students and

elected by fellow facu

the interim faculty

1963Dorothea Saint Hanton submitted

news about her sister, Hazel

Saint Kolb Collins ’67. Hazel’s

husband John passed away on

Nov. 15.

1965

Carol Sue McNabb Hutchinson

and husband Robert

Hutchinson ‘64 have relocated

to Winter Haven, Fla. Carol is

the pastor at Asbury United

Methodist Church in Bartow,Fla., and has retired from the

Florida Methodist Conference

as assistant director of ministry

to small churches after 15 years.

Robert retired from the United

States Air Force after 24 years,

last worked as a bus driver for

Disney World and is now the

Methodist Christian educator

and program director.

1953Richard Kerr became a great-

great-grandfather on April 17,

2014. His oldest grandson Jason

Brasel and wife Carolyn gave

birth to Hope Elizabeth.

1966Sue Haldeman Bergman and

husband Eric are the proud

grandparents of 34 grandchildren

ranging from age 21 to one born

in January 2014.

1969

June Rostan was awarded the

Lifetime Achievement Long

Haul Award by the Tennessee

Alliance for Progress on May 15

in Nashville. This award is given

to those who have made asignificant contribution over a

period of years to social change

in Tennessee.

1970

Robert Durant released a book,

Why Public Service Matters:

Public Managers, Public Policy,

and Democracy , which conveys

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Corita Erwin Swanson ’58 received a 2014 Spirit of

GoodNeighborslifetime

achievementaward for herwork withBlountCounty GoodNeighbors,

which she started in 1996and served as directorfor nine years.

1907 SCHOLARSHIP inspires donor , HELPS STUDENThe amount was only $50, but it meant so much more.

The check came in at the last minute – just before the start of the 1907-

08 academic year – from a Mrs. George Jones of Massachusetts. Maryville

College Scholarship Secretary Margaret Henry asked Jones to provide a

scholarship for Nell Ross Kirkpatrick of Mooresburg, Tenn., who wanted to

enroll at the College but couldn’t afford it.

In 1907-08, tuition was $18, room was $36, and it cost $1.50

per week for meals through the Cooperative Boarding Club. A $50

scholarship and a work-study position on campus would pay for a

year at MC. Jones’ scholarship gave Kirkpatrick a foot in the door –

and a chance to start a college education.

Kirkpatrick was 19 when she arrived on the MC campus in 1907.

At 6 feet tall, she played on the basketball team and was “one of

the tallest girls in college and towers above almost every other girl

in Baldwin Hall,” Henry wrote in a letter to the scholarship donor.

Throughout her time at MC, Kirkpatrick continued to receive

scholarship support, thanks to the hard work of Henry, who was

dedicated to the education of children in the Appalachians and would

go out into the field to raise money for scholarships.

The oldest of three sisters, including Marivine Kirkpatrick (MC class

of 1912), she took a break in the middle of her college career to work to

support her family but returned to complete her teaching degree in 1914.

Her 1914 classmates included Edwin R. Hunter, former dean of the

College, and Wiley Rutledge, former Supreme Court Justice.

After graduation, Kirkpatrick accepted a job at Nicholas Coun

School in Summersville, W.Va., teaching home economics and G

married Charles Alexander Marshall, and the couple had a daugh

Jones Marshall – named after Jones, the woman who made Kirkp

MC education possible in 1907. Last year, Marshall, inspired by h

mother’s story, decided to send a gift to financially support two M

College students with financial need.

One of the student recipients, Loudine Louis ’16, said Marsh

made it possible for her to attend Maryville College this academi

without paying any money out of pocket.

“It’s been almost a year since I found out about the

gift, and I am still in awe that someone wanted to pay

forward the gift that her mother received while she was

a Maryville College student,” said Louis, a theatre and

psychology double major from Fort Myers, Fla. “I can’t

believe that the person who received the blessing was me.

The gift means more than I can say in words, but what I

can say is that I can’t wait until I have the opportunity to

pay forward this blessing from a stranger.”

Editor’s Note: Sadly, the College learned that Nell Jones

Marshall passed away in December.



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MARRIAGES

& UNIONS

Jean King ’71to Victoria Riccitiello

June 1, 2014

Jackie Dye ‘83to Joe Sprigg ‘80

Aug. 30, 2014

Julia Hurley ’03

to James DalrympleSept. 21, 2014

Amy Norris ’04to Chad Richards

July 13, 2014

Jessica Pope ‘05to Scott Flinchum

June 22, 2012

Anthony Bennett ’08to Kayla HaysJuly 12, 2014

Emily Headrick ’11to Eric JohnsonJune 28, 2014

Amanda Lawhorn ’13to James Dallas Clark III

March 31, 2014

Brittany Self ’13to Steven Purdy

Oct. 12, 2013

representative to the President’s

Administrative Council in 2012,

the first elected representative

of the LU faculty in the history ofthe school.

G. Marcus Woodward was

recently appointed by Kentucky

Governor Steve Beshear to the

Board of Directors for the

Kentucky Health Benefit

Exchange, which is Kentucky’s

state-based exchange for health

insurance under the Affordable

Care Act. Marcus continues to

lecture and oversee training of

insurance agents on the

exchange as well as promoting

KYnect across Kentucky inaddition to running his own

insurance agency, Woodward &

Associates.

1972

Nancy Kennedy Wallace signed a

multi-book contract with Harper

Collins’ UK office for an adult

fantasy series. The first book,

Among Wolves, will be released

in May 2015. Her second series

of Readers’ Theater books, A

Year of Holiday Scripts for

Schools and Libraries, will be

released Sept. 1, 2015. She has

a total of 13 published children’s

books, including The Christmas

Cats and Abby and the Book

Bunch.

1973

Carol Newill retired from the prac-

tice of internal medicine in June2013. Since then she has been

traveling all over the U.S. with

her husband for his contracts in

architectural photography, enjoy-

ing museums, gardens, arbore-

tums and good food along the

way. In September she started

helping (part-time) as a visiting

scholar at the Johns Hopkins

School of Public Health, where

she earned her Ph.D.

Diane Wood has had a lot of

changes in the past year. Her

mother’s health had deteriorated

to the point that she had to go

into a nursing home but she has

welcomed her niece and her

8-year-old daughter into a new

home she bought in August. She

enjoys time spent with her

4-year-old kitty, Maynard, and

her herding breed mix, Katie.

Her transcription job is

improving all the time.

1974

Carolyn Graham Bradley recently

retired after a 40-year career ineducation. Currently still active

as a business owner, she looks

forward to connecting with

friends during alumni weekends

and being involved as an alumna.

Assistant Director of Financial Aid Barbara Cloud Hutchison ’71 retiredfrom Maryville College in January, aftera decade of service. During her time at

the College, Barbara helped manystudents find work-study jobs andreceive the aid they needed to thrive intheir studies and complete degrees.The Maryville College communitygathered to bid farewell to Barbara

during a reception on Jan. 5.

Carol Veltman Kariotis took an

early retirement from her

position as director of

residential life at the University

of Missouri - Kansas City at the

end of 2007. She has since

served as the executive director/

CEO of two arts organizations:Kaw Valley Arts and Humanities

and The Writers Place. Carol has

now left working for pay and is

volunteering as a grant writer for

the Liberty Arts Foundation, Inc.

Jean Erhardt ’76 is theauthor ofthe KimClaypoole

mysteryseries, whichis largely setin the Great

Smoky Mountains. Herprotagonist is a MaryvilleCollege graduate whofrequently wears her MCScottie Dog t-shirt. Thefirst book in the series,Small Town Trouble, wasreleased in paperbackand e-book in 2013. DeepTrouble was released inMay 2014 and is nowavailable everywhere ine-book and paperback.

ZANE WINDERS ’13

& CALLIE BLACKFORD ‘1

July 4, 2014



classNOTES

1976

G. Sutton Brown Jr. owns a gro-

cery and hardware store recentlyfeatured in the Johnson City

Press due to the environmental

updates to his unique store.

While the inside of the hardware

section of the store looks like it is

still the 1950s, the store’s roof is

definitely 21st century – its solar

panels can generate 44 kilowatts

of electricity from the sun. That

means that the store can have a

big impact on the market for

1930s implements, while its

carbon footprint leaves a small

impact on the environment.

Lori Schirmer ‘94and husbandDavid Couch,

a daughter, Nova Leah,May 22, 2014

Daniel Simmons ‘98and wife Brandi,

a daughter, Emma Kate,

April 9, 2014 Sarah Stutzman Ray ‘02

and husband Justin,triplets,

Layton Charles,Pressley Caroline and

Emery Catherine,May 12, 2014

BIRTHS &

ADOPTIONS

1977

E. Keith Goodwin and wife

Annalisa Goodwin ‘79 havereturned to the U.S. after

spending two years as an

administrator and volunteer

working for HOPE worldwide at

the Sihanouk Hospital Center of

HOPE in Phnom Penh,

Cambodia. Now living atop a

mountain in Sylva, N.C., Keith

will continue to work for the

Health and Social Services

Division of HOPE worldwide,

and Lisa will enjoy the peace

and serenity of mountain living.

1980

Virginia Andrews has ju

the graduate programTennessee State Unive

working toward an M.

public history.

1981

David Evans retired in 2

the USAF/ANG follow

years of service. Post

he has joined Profess

Project Services (Pro2

serves as vice preside

National Security Prog

IMBERLY MILLARD LOVINGOOD ‘05AND HUSBAND

CRAIG LOVINGOOD ‘06,A DAUGHTER,AVERY GRACE

OCT. 27, 2014

ALUMNA publishes book , USED IN MC CLASS

Career success in sign language interpreting combined

with a passion for academic work resulted in an

opportunity for Robyn Dean ’90 to give back to a next

generation of interpreters – including those studying at

Maryville College, her alma mater.

Dean has helped pioneer the demand control

schema for interpreting, a tailored variation of existing

occupational research that studies the balance between

job demands and the powers that workers are granted to

fulfill them.

Peggy Maher ’78, associate professor of sign language

and interpreting at the College, uses Dean’s most recent

book, The Demand Control Schema: Interpreting as a

Practice Profession , to teach AEI 303: American Sign

Language - English Interpreting Skills II.

In Maher’s course, students use Dean’s book to prepare

for their off-campus internships, in which they practice

interpreting in walk-in customer service businesses such as

stores, banks, real estate offices and visitor’s centers.

“Learning demand-control strategies before an

internship is essential to students’ skills and wellbeing,”

Maher said. “Interpreting is highly demanding –

interactively, cognitively, interpersonally, emotionally and

intellectually.”

Dean, who co-authored the book with fellow

University of Rochester researcher Robert Pollard,

recently returned from the Heriot-Watt University in

Edinburgh, Scotland, where she finished her Ph.D.

dissertation in Translation & Interpreting Studies.

VITAL TOOLThe demand control schema helps interpreters multitask

and carry out mental processes necessary for them to

work efficiently. Dean’s approach is uniq

draws on an interdisciplinary approach,

isn’t surprising for a Maryville College g

“One of the things I did early on that

work stand out is I took an interdisciplin

recognizing collaboration and borrowin

disciplines. Really, I would say that appr

early on at Maryville College.”

Having spent a significant portion of

working as a staff interpreter at the Univ

Rochester Medical Center in New York,

publishing academic articles on the side

familiar with psychiatric practice.

“I started looking at American Sign L

interpretation outside of the sociologica

sociolinguistic framework because I was

Department of Psychiatry, working with

training to be psychologists and psychiat

Dean added that psychologists and ps

to constantly reflect on their work.

“In the textbook, we talk about the im

interpreters going through a similar proc

are asked to reflect on their decisions. W

certain way? How did they understand a

said. “You have that extra layer of ‘Are y

work?’”

The demand control schema provides

with a framework of thought for analyzi

effectiveness before and after a job.

“The job of an American Sign Langua

to meet a Deaf individual in what we cal

world’ and try to bring the other individ

‘thought world’ as well,” she said.



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more recently as interim

executive director, since 2007.

Prior to joining the SC-SIC staff,

Tom had a 20-plus-year career in

communications, public

information and media/

constituent relations in the

public, private and education

sectors. He and wife Alisha live

in Columbia, S.C., with daughter

Emily (18). Tom’s sons, Matthew

(26) and Palmer (26), live in

Athens, Ga., and Lancaster, S.C.

1987Norehan Abdullah has been

named associate professor of

economics at the University of

Northern Malaysia.

1994

Joseph McCay recently graduated

from Southern New Hampshire

University with an M.S. in

information technology.

1995Amy Lee Baggett just moved from

Bangkok, Thailand, to Lusaka,

Zambia, with husband Kip and

three children, Elisi (9), Selah (7)

and Isaac (4). Kip works for the

CDC, and Amy continues to work

part-time as a physical therapist

for American Embassy employees

and their family members.

1996Christopher Noe received a

doctorate of philosophy in global

leadership from Lynn University

in Boca Raton, Fla., in May 2014.

His dissertation research was in

corporate social responsibility

by small business for economic

value. He began his own global

management consulting firm,

CNoeLimits, LLC, in 2014 as a

nonprofit and social enterprise

advisor working with corporate

and non-profit enterprises.

1999Adam McCall is president and

CEO of TennEra LLC, a for-profitsubsidiary of the University of

Tennessee Research Foundation.

He was featured in a September

2014 Knoxville News Sentinel

article about the company’s use

of advanced separation technol-

ogy to convert streams of bio-

mass into high-value products

such as carbon fiber, plastics and

other advanced materials.

BIRTHS &

ADOPTIONS

Amy Ralston Vagnier ’86 isprincipal at Foothills

Elementary School, whichwas recently named a 2014National Blue Ribbon Schoolby the U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan inSeptember, based on its overall academic excellence orprogress in closing achievement gaps among studentsubgroups. The school is the first Maryville school toreceive the award in a decade and the first BlountCounty school to receive it in four years.

Charles Davis II ‘03and wife

Lora Brandt Davis ‘05,a son, Liam,July 24, 2013

Eric Weatherbee ‘06and wife Brittany,

a son,

Brooks Taylor,July 10, 2014

Lindsey Brown Adams ‘07and husband Corey,

a daughter,Emma Mae,Jan. 26, 2014

Marilu Ladd Brewer ‘07and husband Kyle,

twins,Harper Rose andHazely Elizabeth,

Nov. 13, 2013

HEATHER MATHIS BRYAN ‘06AND HUSBAND MARK,

A DAUGHTER,HADLEY NORA

OCT. 24, 2014

1981

Timothy Sasscer teaches intro and

advanced Spanish in a middleschool by day, but music, art,

history and culture are his night-

time passions. He wants to say

hello to past friends, acquain-

tances and ships in the night.

1983

Thomas Hudson has been named

executive director of the South

Carolina School Improvement

Council (SC-SIC). He served as

SC-SIC associate director, and

Robyn Dean ’90 co-authored

The Demand Control Schema:

Interpreting as a Practice

Profession with Robert Pollard.

Published in 2013, it is now

being used in an upper-level

interpreting class taught by

Peggy Maher ’78.



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MIKE MINNIX ’74Major at MC: Philosophy and

Religion

Senior Thesis Topic: History and

Religion in the Time of the Judges

Current Town/City of Residence: Carlisle, Pa.

Occupation: Pastor

Family: wife, Wendy Pehl Minnix;

son, James Minnix; and daughter,

Kelly Minnix Evans

Describe your career path since graduating from MC. After graduating in 1977 from The Divinity School at Duke University

with a master of divinity degree, I returned home to Central Pennsylvania

to take my first appointment as associate pastor in a large congregation in

Lemoyne, Pa. Since that time I have served the United Methodist Church

in local, regional and international roles. I have served as pastor of four

congregations, a term as district superintendent, elected as delegate to two

general and three jurisdictional conferences, chaired three conference agencies

(Committee on Camping and Related Ministries, Board of Trustees and

Council on Finance and Administration), and served on two general agencies

of our church (General Commission on the Status and Role of Women and

General Council on Finance and Administration). I have also had many

opportunities to serve on boards of directors of local agencies; most notably I

was the founding president of the board of directors of Parents’ Anonymous

of Central Pennsylvania and currently serve on the board of directors of the

United Methodist Home for Children in Mechanicsburg, Pa.

What has been your most exciting/enjoyable professional experience to date?

From 1980 until 1988 I served as a member of the United Methodist

Church’s General Commission on the Status and Role of Women. This is a

body that pulls its membership from all around the world and seeks to have

an impact on the lives and ministries of women globally. I was privileged to

be one of the few men at that table. During that time I had the opportunity

to meet women from many countries who are working diligently and

sacrificially in their nations and regions to be in viable ministry and to make

that ministry significant, relevant and helpful to women.

How did your MC experience prepare you for your vocation and/or life?

After 40 years I still find that the courses I took and the things I learned

at MC are an essential resource each day. Among the most important waysthat MC prepared me for vocation and life was in giving me the opportunity

to know, interact with and learn from the incredible faculty.

What are your hobbies?

I restore antique furniture, making repairs, refinishing and recaning the

seats of chairs. I have rebuilt many pump organs from the mid-19th century

and have furnished my house (and as much of my children’s houses as they

will allow) with my projects. I have a large workshop at my home filled with

tools and projects, where I plan to spend many hours after I retire.

FOCUS on Alumni

STEVEN RODNEY DIGGS ’88Major at MC: Business

Management

Senior Thesis Topic: M Youth from a Christia

Perspective

Current City: Knoxvill

Occupation or Title: Pr

CEO of Emerald Yout

Foundation

Family: wife, Sabrina

Diggs ’90; son, Adam

and daughter, Abby D

Describe your career path since graduating from MC.

I have worked with non-profits, Christian youth and communi

development. My current job consists of external facing with the

community, donors, organization leaders and stakeholders; devel

new initiatives; and most recently, supporting the launch of Knox

public charter school.

What has been your most exciting/enjoyable professional experien

Watching our current team grow together and assume more o

leadership of Emerald Youth.

How did your MC experience prepare you for your vocation and/or

MC helped me establish a foundation for understanding comm work ethic, social capital, and most important, spiritual and life d

from faculty, coaches and friends.

Since graduating from MC, what has made you the most proud?

My family is special and the best at supporting my community

organizational role.


Youth sports coaching and playing with my children, but not e

little racquetball too.

Professionally or personally, what’s still on your “bucket list?”

Simply trying to enjoy everyday.

What’s your best memory from your years as a student at MC?

Meeting my wife is #1!

Complete this sentence: I’m glad Maryville College still …

holds to Christian values and high expectations for learning.

Complete this sentence: My classmates may be surprised to learn t

will have a son beginning this fall at Maryville College.

New Feature for

Be sure to check out the

online at maryvilleco

alumni/stay-connected/

a suggestion for a “FOCU

profile? Email Angel

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LAURA GIBSON OWENS ’97Major at MC: Psychology

Senior Thesis Topic: Dating Violence on College

Campuses

Current City: Alcoa, Tenn.

Occupation: Production Manager, Mary Beth West

Communications

Family: husband, Casey Owens; parents, Gerald and

Rachel Gibson; daughter, Annabelle (due July 2015);

sister, Holly Yalove; brother, Paul Gibson ’00; and

sister-in-law Amanda Smeltzer Gibson ’01.

Describe your career path since graduating from MC. After graduating I began working as a relationship manager at a major

credit card processing company. I left there to pursue my marketing

dream at a not-for-profit professional association. I then moved on to

be the eCommerce manager at Maggie Bags. In 2012-13, I earned my

certificate in social media marketing from the University of Tennessee and

my certification in inbound marketing from HubSpot. In October 2014, I

joined Mary Beth West Communications as the production manager.

Describe your job or a typical day “in the office.”

In my role as production manager, I enjoy working with clients,

brainstorming with my team and acting as an internal agency liaison with all

departments in an effort to keep projects on time and on budget. Most days

I am putting together timelines, working with staff on creative problem-

solving, obtaining estimates and procuring services from third party vendors.

What has been your most exciting/enjoyable professional experience to date?

Though I haven’t been in my current role for long, I’ve had the

opportunity to work on several campaigns for United Way of Greater

Knoxville. In working with United Way, I’ve learned so much more about

the lives they touch through the agencies they support. It’s been rewarding

to see them succeed in their fundraising goals because I now know how

many people benefit from their financial support.


I’ve been practicing yoga for over seven years and truly enjoy the balance

and awareness that brings to my everyday life. I also enjoy reading - no one

can pry my Kindle away from me! My most favorite “hobby,” however, is

spending time with my two smart nieces.

How did your MC experience prepare you for your vocation and/or life?

Because of my liberal arts education, I’ve been able to quickly adapt to

changing work environments.


I made such dear friends at MC, and I’m so thankful for that! Probably

my best memory was Spring Fling 1997.

PETER COATS ’09Major at MC: International Business

Minor: Spanish

Senior Thesis Topic: The Recession and

Its Effect on Dubai

Current City: Salt Lake City, Utah

Occupation: Business Development for

InsideOut Development

Family: mother, Kathryn Coats; and

grandparents, Ken Tuck ’54 and

Sara Tuck.

Describe your career path since graduating from MC. After graduating, I began working with several nonprofits in a variety of

roles: fundraising; shooting documentaries; and leading large expeditions

of young and seasoned professionals to Kenya, Guatemala and Peru to

provide sustainable humanitarian service in remote communities. In 2009, I

worked in Ghana with the Carter Center and Rotary International, shooting

documentaries on the eradication of the Guinea Worm Disease in Ghana (it

was eradicated from the country the next year) and providing training on

water sanitation and well maintenance. I worked with a man named Walter

Hughes, a Methodist pastor who worked at AOL until it was bought out and

he decided to retire at age 39 to focus on humanitarian projects. The two

of us worked in over 30 villages across Ghana, traveling in a UN vehicle and

eating nothing but bread and water for weeks at a time. I was then recruited

by InsideOut Development, a leadership training company focused on helping

organizations increase the engagement, accountability and performanceof their teams. Over the last five years, I have seen incredible change in

organizations as I have watched leaders learn how to strategically navigate

performance conversations with individuals on their teams. It has given me

invaluable experience in understanding organizational development as well as

phenomenal experience in marketing and selling to Fortune 1000 companies.


Sailing, snow skiing, wake surfing and scuba diving.

Professionally or personally, what’s still on your “bucket list”?

1. I’d like to get my captain’s license and sail through the Panama Canal.

2. Go salsa dancing in Cuba.

3. Start a school or university in a developing country so that more

young people can have access to better opportunities.


My favorite memory is likely of riding horseback for 12 hours in a

wooden saddle with Dr. Scott Henson as we studied nomadic yak herding life

on the Tibetan plateau. Blake Chasteen ’10 and Blake Vandevender ’10 had

the incredible ability to catch flies with chopsticks during our picnic on the

way to the camp. Once we arrived, we watched with fascination as the yak

herders used every part of the yak to make clothes, leather, food, utensils,

and even a fire. I’ll never forget eating a roll stuffed with blue wild flowers

and yak cheese cooked over a “yak chip” fire. Best class ever!



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BIRTHS &

ADOPTIONS

Kenny Saffles began working in

the U.S. Attorney’s Office in

Knoxville in December 2014. He

was previously a lawyer in

Knoxville with Baker Donelson.

2000

Folami Ford holds an M.A. in

interpretation from Gallaudet

University and is continuing

work on her dissertation in the

Gallaudet Ph.D. program with

concentrations in interpreting

pedagogy and research. This is

the first and only Ph.D. program

in the field of sign language

interpreting. She continues to

work full-time with Gallaudet

Interpreting Services.

2000

Paul Gibson, VIEO Design’s princi-

pal, founder, lead designer and

lead developer, was voted

“Knoxville’s Best Web Program-

mer” for the 4th time. The Amer-

ican Advertising Federation of

Knoxville’s “Big Wig Awards”

recognizes the people behind

the best marketing and advertis-

ing in East Tennessee. Winners

were announced at an awards

gala in October.

2001

Kathryn Ayers has recently

accepted the position of the

lead props technician for Cirque

Du Soleil’s Michael Jackson

ONE in Las Vegas, Nev.

Amy Reed recently completed her

first short film, “Southern Fried

Thanksgiving,” which is

available to view on YouTube. A

special showing of the film took

place at the Maryville PFLAGchapter’s meeting in November.

Amy is also writing a series of

monologues for either a live

performance or web shorts.

2002

Jason Day was promoted to

co-director in the Center for

Academic Technology

Educational Resource

University of Cincinna

of Nursing in June 201role, he is enjoying th

opportunity to lead th

adoption of eLearning

technology at the coll

influencing the use of

across the university. I

December, Jason not

College about the pas

grandfather, Isaac And

who was the closest liv

relative to Maryville C

founder.

2003Julia Hurley has been e

the Tennessee State E

Committee, Senate D

covering Anderson, Lo

Knox Counties. She is

commercial Realtor fo

Williams Realty.

Mark Libell began a job

Hill liaison to the Fede

Reserve’s Legislative A

Office in December 20

that point, he had bee

legislative director for

Rockefeller, who recen

Nicholas Smith received

promotion at Norfolk

Railroad in March 201

relocated with his wife

daughters from the Tu

Ala., area to West Lafa

2004

Erica Johnson Beck, a g

designer for Knoxville

relations firm Moxley

Carmichael, displayed

collection that represeillustration style at the

Center’s Blackberry Fa

in October 2014. She

her work with fellow a

Mary Louise Sullivan

Paul Reed is in the Ph.D

at the University of So

Carolina. His research

on the sociophonetic

MICHELLE WILSONBAILEY ‘08

AND HUSBANDKEVIN J. BAILEY ‘08,

A SON,RYAN MARK

OCT. 10, 2014

Christopher Asquith ‘08and wife

Kathleen WarnerAsquith ‘08,

a daughter, Lillian Virginia,Aug. 4, 2014

Myranda Austin

Bertrand ‘09

andMatthew Bertrand ‘09,

a son, Austin Theaux,Sept. 21, 2014

MC FOOTBALL TEAMS

celebrate 50-YEAR REUNIONMembers of the 1960-64 Maryville College football teams returned

to the College on Nov. 1 to celebrate their 50-year reunion. They

were honored at halftime of MC’s 42-28 victory over N.C. Wesleyan.

The former players also raised over $14,000 to donate toward the

campaign for the new weight room in Cooper Athletic Center (see

story p. 10). During the reunion events, John Forgety ’68, who

has been a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives since

2011, donated a cast of the Tennessee State Seal to the College. He

also donated an American flag, which flew over the Tennessee State

Capitol in Nashville, to the 2014-15 football team.

Other team members present were: Clint Abbott ’66, Archie

Anderson ’67, Kenneth Berry ’65, Ken Christy ’67, Bill Cochran

’64, Mike Dalton ’66, Gary Dutton ’66, Frank Eggers ’67,

Lewis Masingo ’64, Roland McClanahan ’65, Denny Mobbs ’64,

Benny Monroe ’65, William Napier ’65, Jim Renfro ’62, John

Stafford ’63, Don Story ’67, Roger Thompson ’64 and David

Wayland ’65. Former MC Football Coach Lauren Kardatzke, who

coached at the College between 1961-1973, was also present.



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and change in the English

varieties of the American South,

particularly of the Appalachian

region. His ongoing dissertationwork centers on the intersection

of monophthongization,

intonation and place-based

identity in East Tennessee.

Michael Rickman recently traveled

to the remote Cook Islands in

the South Pacific with Global

Volunteers. While there, he

taught literacy and math to

elementary-aged children and

volunteered at a center for

disabled adults.

2005

Marshall McCauley has received

his M.A. and M.S.S.W. and is

director of operations at Home

Helpers of East Tennessee,

which provides professional

in-home care for seniors,

recuperating moms and

patients, as well as those facing

lifelong challenges.

2008

Megan Wylie Potts works in

Knoxville with Sorenson VRS,KCD and other agencies as an

interpreter and at Maryville

College as an interpreter and

AEI interpreting skills mentor

with interpreting students. She

is now NIC (National Interpreter

Certification) Certified.

Sarah Turner Smith works in

Morganton, N.C. as a community

and educational interpreter and

is NIC (National Interpreter

Certification) Advanced.

Emily Winsauer, content

marketing manager at VIEODesign, was nominated for the

“Best Blogger” award during

the American Advertising

Federation of Knoxville’s “Big

Wig Awards” in October.

2009

Diana Getzlaff completed legal

interpreter training and passed

the national written legal inter-

preting test in spring 2014. She

is now NIC (National Interpreter

Certification) Advanced Certi-fied. She continues to work as a

contract interpreter in Minne-

sota in legal and medical set-

tings, among others.

2010

Jessica Melton Tate began work

as an outpatient therapist at

Ridgeview Psychiatric Hospital

in December 2014.

2011

Rebecca Baker is enrolled in UT’s

School of Information Sciences

and is in a scholarship program

called ITRL2 for rural librarians.

She also recently was promoted

to youth services manager at

the Blount County Public

Library.

Austin Riley Finch has accepted a

position as an academic advisor

at Middle Tennessee State

University.

2012

Rachel Bossard is currently staff

interpreter/educational

interpreter at Sign Language

Specialists of Western PA, Inc.

and has interpreted at

Overbrook Regional High

School.

Nikki Wilks graduated from Union

University in May 2013 with a

master’s degree in urban

education through the Memphis

Teacher Residency. She is about

to go into her second year of

teaching English at Kingsbury

High School in Memphis, Tenn.

Shelby Edwards is living and

interpreting in New York City.

She is currently interpreting for

New York’s Department of

Education and freelancing with

Empire Interpreting Services.

She is also assistant stage

FLORIDA AND ARIZONA ALUMNI EVENTS held in January The annual Maryville

College Florida Alumni

Reunion was held on Jan.

17 in Tampa, Fla. The

gathering was co-hosted

by Jim Demer ‘55, Linda

Demer, Ronald “Dock”

Jennings ‘55 and Marilyn

Baumgartner Jennings

‘57. Also attending were

Elizabeth Barrie ‘81, Betty

Lou Cutler Boggs

‘56, Elizabeth Lee Burke ’65, Ruthanne Campbell Chase ‘61, RichardChase, James Cummings ‘56, Alan Davis ‘87, Donna Franklin

Davis ‘83, Sarah Pledger Fechter ‘55, Judith Strahorn Flanigan

‘58, Rosemary Lee Potter ‘60, Anne Childress Ruggiero ‘49, Daniel

Ruggiero ‘50, Katherine Kerns Vousden ‘56, Carol Lee Lacy Wathen

‘57 and Jo Parris. During the event, attendees heard about MC news

from MC Office of Advancement staff members Diana Canacaris ‘02 and

Angela Miller and received a letter of gratitude from a student recipient

of the Florida Alumni Scholarship.

The first-ever gathering of the “MC in AZ” alumni chapter was held Jan.

24 at the home of host Jenny Jett Erwin ’68 and John Malillo in Anthem,

Ariz. Erwin, who is a member of the Maryville College Board of Directors,

had seen exciting movement of the other MC alumni chapters and

wanted to help bring that to Arizona. Those in attendance included

Judith Smith Begun ’63,

Barbara Berg Rago ’64,

Steven Rago ’64, T.

Bryson Struse ’61,

Christine Wald-Hopkins

’68, David Hopkins,

Christian Kaijser ’89, Julie

Kaijser and Jennie Ryan.Also in attendance were

Ann Little Rigell ’69,

representing the Maryville

College Alumni Association

as board president, and

Angela Miller and Suzy

Booker, representing MC’s

Office of Advancement.



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manager for the New York Deaf

Theatre. Their first show, Jekyll

and Hyde, opened Nov. 7, 2014.

Shaynie Palisano Gray works full-

time in educational technology

services at East Tennessee

Technology Access Center

(ETTAC) in Knoxville and does

contract interpreting for

Knoxville Center of the Deaf.

Tyler Herron completed the

national highly competitive

School to Work program at the

Video Relay Interpreting Institute

in spring 2014. He works as a

video relay interpreter with

Sorenson Video Relay in New

York, previously interpreted with

Knoxville Center of the Deaf,

and has interpreted in a local TN

school system. He moved in fall

2014 to New York State and is

interpreting for Empire

Interpreting Service and A la

Orden in Syracuse. He works

among the languages of spoken

English, Spanish, American Sign

Language and English sign

forms.

Hannah Rector spent a year

working as an intern at

SharpTop Cove, a Young Life

camp. She is moving on to a

part-time Young Life staff

position in Peachtree City, Ga.,

where she will be working with

young people at the high school

from which she graduated.

2014

Kathryn Collins was accepted to

the industrial/organizational

psychology master’s degree

program at Austin Peay StateUniversity and will start in spring

2015.

Houston Davis is currently

interpreting at Pellissippi State

Community College and visual

communication interpreting in

Knoxville and East Tennessee. In

the past, he has interpreted at

Maryville College and mentored

interpreting students

study jobs as a studen

Taylor Emerson is now t

coordinator for Birth t

Blount County, an ear

intervention agency se

children between the

birth to 3 who have sp

needs and their peers

Errol Hughes is currently

public policy at Georg

Law School.

Chasity Melton has take

coordinator for the Gr

Communities Coalitio

coalition that targets u

drinking, tobacco usemedical prescription d

Grundy County, Tenn.

Gretchen Schmidt is a fu

interpreter in the Knox

Tenn., school system.

worked at Visual Com

Interpreting (VCI), han

requests and other tas

spring and summer 20

A LUMNI AS SOC IAT IONLEA D ERSH I P

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Ann Little Rigell ’69President

Jason Brooks ’97 Vice President

Martha Cook ’65Recording Secretary

Ross Hamory ’70Chair – Resource Development

Committee

Eric Weatherbee ’06Chair – Marketing & Promotions

Committee

Janet Helwig Fortney ’82Chair – Educational Programming

Committee

2014-15 BOARD MEMBERS

CLASS OF 2015

Amber Burley ’04

Jeff Coghill ’70

Sarah Winbigler DeYoung ’74

Susan Spence Hill ’83

Nichole Johnson McCord ’02

Mary “Sissy” Gravely Reinhardt ’82

Marquita Porter Smith ’03

Staci Kerr Stalcup ’98

Clint Wight ’97

CLASS OF 2016

Adlai Boyd ’57

Lynn Ramsey Cole ’68

Alan Cropper ’69

Ed Hawkey ’70

Marcia Kilby Rethwilm ’89

Dan Rineer ’65

Sue Van Aken ’83

CLASS OF 2017

Pat Dobbin Chambers ’65

Steve Dockery ’68

Diane Hall Edwards ’68

Evan Giordano ’08

Mike Garrett ’63

Tonya Briggs Gossett ’00

Colber Prosper ’08Stephanie Fugate Teague ’95

Rachel Rushworth-Hollander ’08Blount County Chapter President

Wade Knapper ’04Knox County Chapter President

Marissa McInnis ’04DC Chapter Representative

SULLIVAN IS artist-in-residence Mary Louise Sullivan ’06, a bookbinder, printmaker and artist from Nashville, Tenn., was the Mar

College Division of Fine Arts’ artist-in-residence in March. Sullivan, who is the founder and owner

Hens Bindery in Nashville, held workshops for students, covering topics such as bookbinding, linol

carving and letterpress printing. During a letterpress workshop, Sullivan used the College’s Excelsio

The press, which was patented in 1873, was donated to the College in 2010 by brothers Mike and L

along with a Chandler & Price letterpress and complete print shop.

While on campus, she also displayed her

recent work in the Clayton Center for the

Arts’ Blackberry Farm Gallery and gave a

public presentation titled “Crowing Hens

Bindery: Luddite, Meet the Cloud” as part

of the College’s Community Conversations

lecture series.

Sullivan earned a bachelor of arts degree

in art from MC and a master of fine arts

in book arts from the University of Iowa

Center for the Book. She has worked as a

designer and printer at Hatch Show Print,

a historic letterpress poster print shop in

downtown Nashville, and she was a graduate

research assistant to Timothy Barrett at the

University of Iowa Oakdale Paper Research

and Production Facili ty.



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MEMOR I AM SCLASS notes

John Fisher ’40Feb. 17, 2015, in Knoxville, Tenn. A renowned

teacher, scholar and medievalist, he specialized in

the study of Geoffrey Chaucer and the 14th-century

poet John Gower. He taught at universities in New

York, North Carolina, Indiana, Texas and Tennessee.

Maryville College awarded him the Alumni Citation

in 1963. He also served on the Maryville College

Board of Directors from 1972 until 1975. Survivors

include wife Audrey, three children and their families.

J. Edward Kidder, Jr. ’43

Nov. 30, 2014, in Crossnore, N.C. He served on the facultyof International Christian University for 37

years, specializing in Japanese archaeology

and art history. In 1977, Maryville College

awarded him an honorary degree. Survivors

include brothers David H. Kidder ’42 and

Paul S. Kidder ’51, four sons, including

David D. Kidder ’74 and James Kidder ’84,

and their families.

Mary ElizabethMcKnight Jackson ’46

Jan. 1, 2015, in Maryville, Tenn. Active in

volunteer work and civic affairs for most of heradult life, she served on many boards, including the

Maryville College Board of Directors from 1983

until 1990. She was president of the Maryville

College Alumni Association. Survivors include four

children, including Nanci Jackson ’81, nephew

John Price ’75, and their families.

Henry Callaway, Jr. ’50 Aug. 14, 2014, in Maryville, Tenn.

He practiced general, thoracic and

vascular surgery in Maryville for 34

years, and he and his brother helped

start the Vascular Lab at BlountMemorial Hospital. In 1979, he was

inducted into the Maryville College

Wall of Fame. Survivors include wife

Martha, brother James Callaway ’52, one sister, four sons,

nieces Margaret Callaway Ramsey ’87, Carrie Callaway

’92 and Carol Callaway-Lane ’92, and their families.

1936 Elizabeth McMurray Felknor July 15, 2014

1938 Annie Raper Berrier Nov. 21, 2014

1941 Roland Anderson Nov. 16, 2014

1942 Odis Abbott, Sr. July 14, 2014

Mary Karg Adams June 29, 2014

1943 Hal Lloyd Oct. 12, 2014

Irma Russell Miser Aug. 5, 2014

Mary Jane Person Walton Nov. 5, 2014

1944 Marion Schanck Houser Aug. 18, 2014

1945 John Kirstein Aug. 10, 2014

L. Lisette Gessert Pemberton July 17, 2014

1946 Sue Clarke Cox Oct. 3, 2014

Catherine Crothers Hodges Oct. 5, 2014

1947 Ann Anderson Moody Nov. 19, 2014

Barbara Wells Pate Dec. 11, 2014

William Sidner Dec. 1, 2014

1949 Mary Wooldridge Gravely Nov. 15, 2014

Katherine Boyer Moore Nov. 7, 2014 Maryjane Blizzard Thurston Oct. 2, 2014

1950 Frank Craig Fisher Oct. 26, 2014

Edwin Jackson Sept. 11, 2014

Herbert McCallum Sept. 2, 2013

Charles Reneau Sept. 21, 2014

1951 George Barber May 15, 2014

Alita Bryant June 25, 2014

John Jordan Nov. 8, 2013

John Moore Oct. 5, 2014

James Thurston July 24, 2014

1952 Mary Lee Snoderly Coleman June 3, 2014

James Kren Dec. 15, 2014

Robert Sprague March 14, 201

1953 G. Edward Scott June 27, 2014

Anne Snider Walton Aug. 6, 2014



classNOTES

Wayne Dunn ’78Dec. 8, 2014, in Denville, N.J. He worked at

Maryville College from 2000 until 2007 as assistant

dean of admissions, director of

intramurals, Cooper Athletic

Center building supervisor and

head wrestling coach. In 1990,

he was inducted into the MC

Athletic Wall of Fame. Most

recently, he was an assistant

football coach at Morris Knolls

High School in New Jersey. Survivors include wife

Mary Lou, parents, two children, including Matthew

Dunn ’05, and their families.

Eldria “Chief” HurstFeb. 27, 2015, in Maryville, Tenn.

A member of Maryville College’s

security staff for 36 years, he retired

in 1998 as chief of security. From

1967 until 1998, he and his family

lived in Alexander House on the

MC campus. Survivors include wife

Etta Sue Hurst, who was a member of the College’s

housekeeping staff; five children, including Carolyn

Hurst Ierulli ’80 and Teresa Hurst Volkodav

’85; son-in-law Tony Ierulli ’80; and severalgrandchildren, including A.J. Ierulli ’04, Katie

Ierulli Dowis ’07 and Kelli Ierulli Nehf ’10 and

their families.

Jane RichardsonNov. 4, 2014, in Knoxville, Tenn. She worked for

21 years in student development at Maryville and

served many roles, including dean

of students. She also co-founded

the Townsend Artisan Guild.

Survivors include three brothers,

two daughters, one son and their

families, including grandchildren

Chester Richardson ’01 and

Kelley Clark Harris ’05.

1954 Leo Tolliver Armstrong Feb. 21, 2006

William Dartnell March 20, 2014

Carl Drescher June 22, 2014Richard Erickson March 2, 2014

Wayne Feehrer Oct. 24, 2014

Helen Seay Stubblefield July 10, 2014

1955 William Breen Oct. 29, 2014

Herbert Catlin Oct. 12, 2014

1956 Charles Greathouse July 11, 2014

Mary Brasfield Wheatley July 13, 2014

1957 Alice Blackburn Ayers Oct. 7, 2014

P. Ann Yater Moen May 21, 2014 Douglas Stubblefield May 13, 2014

1958 H. Gail Wathen Grady Oct. 6, 2014

1960 Julia Sanderson Smith July 3, 2014

1961 William Crisp Aug. 22, 2014

1962 Robert Johnston Oct. 11, 2014

Donald Stupak Sept. 19, 2014

1964 Ann Thomas Bird Aug. 15, 2014

1965 Jacqueline Lundgren Hubscher May 9, 2014

Kay Rose Main Sept. 23, 2003

Lemuel Swisher Cookman Dec. 8, 2011

1966 Theodore Putnam Aug. 23, 2014

1968 Wanda Hannah Ramage Aug. 2, 2014

Sandra Boatman Wright Nov. 8, 2014

1969 Hugh Livingston, Sr. Oct. 6, 2014

David Ronco Jan. 14, 2014

1972 Kenneth Murr Jan. 11, 2014

2014 Andrew O’Neil Sept. 9, 2014



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