It is my privilege and honor to write to you for the first time as

Chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Monticello. I am excited by the challenges and

opportunities that await and look forward to building on a wonderful legacy of achieve-

ment.

One of the first things that drew me to this campus was its sense of community and I

want to thank everyone for making me feel so welcome. UAM is a great place to be and we

have a wonderful story to tell. I hope you, as alumni, will join me as we move forward to

write a new chapter in the history of a great institution. UAM

cannot be great unless we work together to achieve our goals.

As one of the few remaining open admissions universities

in the region, UAM has a proud history of offering educational

opportunities to those who might be unable to attend college

anywhere else. Like the vast majority of our graduates, I am a

first-generation college student who understands the impact a

higher education can have on someone’s life. That’s why I am

committed to student success and to making this university a

model open admissions institution equal to or better than its peer institutions.

Over the next few months, I hope to meet and get to know many of you and learn more

about the unique and fascinating history of UAM. Please stay in touch and make plans to

visit your campus!

Best Wishes,

Karla Hughes

Chancellor

ON THE COVER: Dr. Karla Hughes, UAM’s new chancel-lor, during her first week on the job.

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All That Jazz!Rodney Block is fast becoming one of the South’s hottest jazz musicians, performing as many as 100 gigs a year with his band, The Rodney Block Collective . . . all while working full-time as a pharmaceutical sales rep. Meet the man with the golden horn.

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Saying Goodbye To A LegendJimmy “Red” Parker was born to coach. He was part of a Fordyce coaching fraternity that included Paul “Bear” Bryant, Willis “Convoy” Leslie, Larry Lacewell, and Tommy Barnes. Rex Nelson looks back on the life of an Arkansas legend.

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Music MeetsTechnologyA new piano and music technology laboratory becomes a reality forUAM’s music majors

NATIONAL WINNER Accounting student honored

TTHE DIVISION OF MUSIC AT THE University of Arkansas at Monticello has a new piano and music technology laboratory, thanks in part to a $20,000 donation from the school’s Centennial Opportunity Fund. UAM recently spent $40,000 total to purchase 12 student pianos, one instructor piano, and a lab controller that allows the teacher to communicate with all students in the class through headphones indi-vidually or in groups. The purchase also included 12 Dell Optiplex 9020 computers and monitors, which are connected to the pianos, allowing the students to compose

and arrange while transferring the music directly to the computers. In addition to the $20,000 provided by the Centennial Opportunity Fund, the remaining funds were provided by the School of Arts and Humanities and the Division of Music. “This lab is easily the most current, up-to-date lab in the region,” said Dr. Paul Becker, professor of music. “It will be used mainly to teach piano but will also provide a place for our students to learn, write, compose, arrange and print music. I would like to thank the Centennial Op-

MUSIC TECH Dr. Paul Becker (seated) and Linda Yeiser in UAM’s new piano / music technology lab funded in part by the Centennial Opportunity Fund.

portunity Fund Committee for approving our request for the lab and the Centennial Circle donors who made this gift possible. I’d also like to thank (Arts and Humani-ties) Dean Mark Spencer for his continued support of the music program. It’s exciting to have the best tools available for faculty and students to use. The lab will be an asset to the music program for years to come.” The Centennial Opportunity Fund was created during UAM’s centennial celebra-tion in 2009-10. The fund is the result of the Centennial Circle Campaign, which consisted of 100 donations of $10,000 each to create a $1 million unrestricted endow-ment to be used to fund various campus projects. Funds may not be used to provide stipends, augment faculty salaries, or fund recurring expenses of the university. “The Centennial Circle endowment supports wonderful projects that we would be unable to fund otherwise,” said Linda Yeiser, vice chancellor for advancement and university relations. “We asked students, faculty and staff to submit thoughtful and creative proposals that would benefit the University at large. The rule of thumb was ‘Ten years later, can we say that the project made a substantial difference to the Uni-versity and/or to many students?’ I want to commend the committee for their diligence and hard work in selecting a project that promises to do just that.”

Nikki Mullen of Green Forest, a senior accounting major, was recently selected from a nationwide pool of applicants to receive the 2015 Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Memorial Educational Fund Scholarship. The scholarship is worth $2,500 and is presented annually to an outstanding ac-counting student. In addition to her work in the classroom, Mullen is a three-year letter winner for the UAM basketball team and was an honorable mention All-Great American Conference selection last season. “We are so excited to have a UAM student win this national award,” said Becky Phillips, assistant professor of business. “Nikki is an outstanding example of the students that we have at UAM and is very deserving of this scholarship.” Phillips and Mullen attended the IMA National Conference in Los Angeles. The IMA was founded in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1919 as the Na-tional Association of Cost Accountants (NACA) to promote knowledge and professionalism among cost accountants and foster a wider understanding of the role of cost accounting in management. In 1991, the organization became the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA).

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Upcoming Alumni Events

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MEET the new ASSOCIATE VC DALE BOWER

Debate TeamGoing StrongA traditionally strong program is in position to compete for the school’s first national title since 2007-08

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Dr. Dale Bower, associate dean for ex-tended learning services at Central Com-munity College in Hastings, Neb., has been named associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. Bower will work with UAM’s concurrent enrollment program, existing program assessment and new program development, strategic plan-ning, and student advising, retention and success. Bower holds three degrees from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse – a B.S. in Spanish and speech education, an M.S. in reading education curriculum and instruction, and an M.S. in special educa-tion psychology. She holds an Ed.S. in industrial and vocational education from Wisconsin-Stout, and a Ph.D. in educa-tional administration and adult education from Wisconsin-Madison.

THE UAM DEBATE TEAM ENJOYED a strong fall semester in competitions in Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee and Louisiana and may be in position to win the school’s first national championship in debate since the 2007-08 academic year, according to Debate Coach Jim Evans. “This is as good a team as we’ve had in a while and we’ve had a very strong fall semester,” says Evans. “I don’t want to jinx us, but I believe this team has a chance to do very well in the national championship competition.” UAM participates in the Interna-tional Public Debate Association’s (IPDA)

season-long competition and will also compete at the IPDA National Tourna-ment and Convention at Lee College in Baytown, Tex., March 31 through April 3. National championships are awarded for both season-long competition and performance at the national tournament. UAM began the season by winning the team IPDA sweepstakes competition at a tournament hosted by Lee College in September. UAM placed second in the individual IPDA sweepstakes and second in the overall sweepstakes. Reagan Dobbs of Dayton, Tex., and Cody Bijou of Crosby Tex., teamed to reach the semifinals in team IPDA competition. They were joined in the semifinals by Eddie Weaver of DeValls Bluff and Jacob Chisom of Monticello. Gauge Adkins of Vilonia won the novice IPDA debate competition while Dobbs received individual first place awards in IPDA varsity debate and IPDA varsity speaker. Evans and UAM hosted the annual Weevil Wars Debate Tournament in Octo-

ber and continued to bring home multiple individual awards. Weaver and Chisom placed second in team IPDA debate and Bijou was named first place varsity speaker. At a tournament at Union University in Tennessee, UAM won the first place sweepstakes award. Adkins was named first place novice IPDA speaker and Ben Graves of Hot Springs won the first place speaker award in the junior varsity divi-sion. In the professional division, UAM instructor Chris Brown captured first place honors in IPDA debate while fellow instructor and assistant debate coach Keith Milstead won the first place professional speaker award. UAM followed up the Tennessee com-petition by placing second in the debate sweepstakes at a tournament hosted by LSU-Shreveport. The team of Dobbs and Bijou won the team IPDA debate competi-tion and Chris Brown was named the first place individual speaker and debater in the professional division. In the most recent competition, UAM placed second in the overall sweepstakes competition at East Texas Baptist Uni-versity with Gabrielle Swain of Monticello winning the novice debate division. Brown was again the first place individual speaker in the professional division.

Honoring Sandra UAM will name a conference room in the Taylor Library and Technology Center after the late Sandra Campbell, long-time director of the library, who died February 2, 2015. Mrs. Campbell joined the UAM staff in 1984 and was named director of the Taylor Library in 2001. She held a bachelor of arts degree in English from UA-Pine Bluff and a master of library science degree from Clark Atlanta University. She also completed post-graduate study at Texas Women’s University.

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A Look Back At Homecoming ‘15Homecoming 2015brought together alumni and friends for a chance to reconnect . . . with each other and with their alma mater!

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MysterySolvedWhen a huge tree washed up against his dock, David Walt turned to UAM for answers

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fork and had a base circumference of 15 feet, 6 inches. The base diameter was 59 inches with a diameter of 42 inches at the first fork. Pelkki estimated the volume of the log at approximately 860 cubic feet. “At 100 percent moisture content, this log should weigh 34,000 pounds, or 17 tons,” said Pelkki. “If left out of the water, eventually the log will stabilize at around 20 percent moisture content and would still weigh 20,000 pounds, or 10 tons.” Pelkki estimated the log will yield 4,000 to 6,000 board-feet of lumber but noted that there are no sawmills in Arkansas today and only a few in the western U.S. that could process a tree this large. As for the tree’s identity, Pelkki positive-ly identified it as an eastern cottonwood. “Eastern cottonwood trees of this size can still be found in Arkansas,” said Pelkki, “but they are indeed rare. Because there was still some bark found on the tree near the root flare, I suspect that this tree has been in the river less than two or three years.” Pelkki said the tree will be difficult to age. “Cottonwood, being diffuse and

OLD GROWTH TIMBER (Clockwise, from left) John Manues and Warren Parker of Dumas, UAM students Tyler King, Sam May and Ty Dillion, and UAM Professor Matthew Pelkki inspect a massive eastern cottonwood tree along the banks of the Arkansas River.

porous, has very faint tree rings,” he ex-plained. “Cottonwood also grows very fast, with trees reaching heights of 120 feet in as little as 30 years. I would expect this tree to be 60 to 80 years old and it was quite likely more than 100 feet in height.” Pelkki also noted two root flares at the base of the tree, common among bottom-land hardwoods. “When this tree was ap-proximately 30 inches in diameter, a large flood deposited some three to four feet of new soil around the tree,” said Pelkki. “The tree responded by putting out roots in the newly deposited soil.”

ONE DAY LAST JUNE, DAVID WALT noticed something washed up against the dock and patio of his house on Pendleton Reservoir near Dumas. Spring and early summer rains had raised the Arkansas River to flood stage, washing large trees and other debris down the river. Now one of those large trees was lodged against Walt’s dock. As the water gradually receded, it revealed a massive tree trunk longer than his 60-foot dock. Walt tied the tree to his dock and became fascinated by the size of his mystery tree. After showing the tree to friends, one of them, Fred Williams of Dumas, suggested Walt contact UAM’s School of Forestry and Natural Resources and invite forestry scientists to inspect the tree, identify its species and estimate the amount of board-feet of lumber contained in the tree. Dr. Matthew Pelkki, George H. Clip-pert Endowed Chair in the UAM School of Forestry and Natural Resources, and the associate director of the Arkansas Forest Resources Center, brought a team of three students to Walt’s lake-front home to in-spect the tree. Approaching from a boat, Pelkki and his students – Tyler King of Arkansas City, Sam May of Malvern, and Ty Dillion of Lonoke – took measure-ments, peeled off pieces of bark and used a chain saw to remove wedges of the tree to take back for inspection. The tree measured more than 75 feet from the root flare to the top of the first

Nursing Awards The UAM chapter of the Arkansas Nursing Students Association (ANSA) received three awards at the association’s 64th annual convention held recently in Little Rock.

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UAM received “ The Breakthrough to Nursing Award,” the “Image of Nursing Award,” and the “Chapter Excellence Award” during the convention’s closing ceremony. “The Breakthrough to Nursing Award” is presented to a local ANSA chapter that shows excellence in recruiting students into a nursing program through a project or event. The “Image of Nursing Award” is given to a local ANSA chapter for successful community service projects. UAM nursing students won for their Kids’ First Christmas project, which included the donation of developmental toys for chil-dren of Kids’ First in Warren. The “Chapter Excellence Award” is given to student nursing chapters that meet criteria established by the ANSA. UAM nursing students Destiny Randolph of Monticello and Valeria Johnson of Omaha, Tex., received individual awards. Randolph was selected to receive the ANSA District IV scholarship, which is presented to a student for community service, professional behavior and educational merit. Johnson was re-elected as District IV director and charged with com-municating with all nursing schools in her district.

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DAN BOYCE NEW DIRECTOR of the TAYLOR LIBRARY Daniel Boice, former college librarian and professor at Divine Word College in Epworth, Iowa, is the new director of the Taylor Library and Technology Center. Boice spent 19 years at Divine Word, 13 years at the University of South Carolina and one year at Northern Illinois University. A Michigan native, he holds an A.B. degree in history from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., an M.A. in his-tory from the University of Michigan, and a mas-ter of library science degree, also from Michigan. At Divine Word, Boice was responsible for all aspects of a 90,000-volume library, taught a three-hour course in world history each semester, and served as the university’s liaison with the Higher Learning Commission. Boice was also chair of the Iowa State Commission on Libraries.

Superintendents, high school principals and counselors, and the directors of career and technical secondary education centers in southeast Arkansas met recently as part of a collaborative effort by the University of Arkansas at Monticello, area school districts and industries to change the economic outlook of the region. UAM recently received a Regional Work-force Grant for $84,810 and an additional $25,000 from the Delta Regional Authority to create the Workforce Alliance of Southeast Arkansas. The Alliance includes UAM’s main campus in Monticello, its technical campuses in Crossett and McGehee, along with com-panies ranging from large industries to small family businesses. Its purpose is to provide adults with the necessary skills to fill available jobs and encourage more businesses to move their operations to southeast Arkansas, an

area of the state with a declining population. Sessions were held to listen to employers and educators with the focus on how to better prepare the workforce in southeast Arkansas. School districts represented were Crossett, Dermott, Drew Central, Dumas, Hamburg, Hermitage, Lake Village, McGehee, Monti-cello, Rison, Star City, Warren and Wood-lawn. Also attending were the directors of the Monticello Occupational Education Center and the Southeast Arkansas Community-Based Education Center in Warren. The proposal presented by the Workforce Alliance of Southeast Arkansas calls for adding an associate degree program in diesel training at the Monticello campus and an electromechanical technology program at the UAM College of Technology-McGehee. UAM officials hope to have a completed plan ready for implementation by April. “In so many rural institutions, you have students who come to you, and a lot of times you’re training them for jobs that do not exist in your community,” UAM’s Interim Chan-cellor Jay Jones recently told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. “In certain disciplines, they go outside the region to fulfill employment. The Regional Workforce Grant received by UAM was created by the Workforce Initiative Act of 2015.

Honors For Forestry Faculty, research specialists and alumni of UAM’s School of Forestry and Natural Resources won numerous awards at the 2015 Ouachita Society of American Foresters Awards Program held recently in Fort Smith. Dr. Robert L. Ficklin, an associate profes-sor of forestry, received the Ted Chauncey Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Matthew Pelkki received the Out-standing Communicator Award, which recognizes achievement in communications in service to the forestry profession. Dr. Jon Barry, a research and extension assistant professor, received the Technology Transfer Award. Jaret Rushing (2005) and Cory Bostic (2008), both graduates of the UAM forestry program, received the Young Forester Leadership Awards. John Trauger, a 2001 UAM forestry gradu-ate, received the Field Forester Award while two other UAM alums were honored as well. Martin Blaney of Russellville, a forester for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and a 1979 forestry graduate, received the Forest Policy Enhancement Award while Steve Burgess of Perryville, a 1996 forestry graduate, was named president-elect of the Arkansas Forestry Commission.

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NEW LEADERDr. Karla Hughes is the 12th CEO and fourth chancellor in school history.

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PerfectMatchTo borrow a phrase from that sage of southern philosophy, Forrest Gump, Karla Hughes and the University of Arkansas at Monticello “go together likes peas and carrots.” Hughes is a first-generation college graduate, as are most of those who receive their degrees from UAM. She has a yellow lab named Beau, loves to cook (pecan pie and crab cakes are her specialties) and her academic background is in agriculture . . .

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food, nutrition and animal science to be exact. She holds three degrees from two state universities, one in rural Kansas and the

Hughes was born in Kansas City, Kan., but has moved frequently as she pursued career goals. To-day most of her relatives

“I want UAM to be a model open admissions institution . . .”

other in the hills of east Tennessee. Her professional career has taken her to campuses across the south and midwest, a circuitous route that began in Kansas and wound through Virginia, Tennessee, North Caro-lina, Missouri, Kentucky and Louisiana before ar-riving in Monticello, Ar-kansas. In a career that be-gan in the classroom and moved into administra-tion, Hughes says she has found a home at a campus “that encompasses all of my experiences in higher education.” Hughes officially as-sumed the role of chancel-lor of UAM on January 15, becoming the fourth person, and first woman, to hold that title. She is, in fact, the first woman chan-cellor in the history of the University of Arkansas System and the 12th chief executive officer of an institution that began in 1909 as the Fourth Dis-trict Agricultural School before becoming Arkan-sas A&M College, and in 1971, UAM. The fact that she is something of a pioneer in Arkansas is not lost on Hughes, but it doesn’t define her. “I feel a great sense of accomplishment, but I don’t feel any pressure simply because I’m a woman,” she says. “I am at an age where I’m caught between social norms. My mother worked outside the home, but she didn’t have the opportunities I’ve had. My generation was part of a period of transition to better opportunities for women. My daughter will have a much easier time and more opportunities. But whether you’re male or female, it all comes back to the skills you bring to any position.”

live in Missouri, some in the Joplin-Springfield area and others in Johnson County outside Kansas City . “I tell people I grew up in Manhattan (Kansas) because that’s where I went to school,”

Hughes says. Hughes attended Kan-sas State University in Manhattan, earning two degrees in foods and nutri-tion — a bachelor’s degree in 1972 and a master’s in 1974 — while working as both an undergradu-ate and graduate research assistant. In 1974, she accepted her first faculty position as an instruc-tor in the Department of Human Nutrition and Foods at Virginia Tech. From 1976-78, she served as a graduate research as-sistant at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, then returned to Kansas State in 1978 as a tenure-track assistant professor and a USDA state foods and nutrition extension specialist. In 1979, Hughes earned a Ph.D. in agriculture with a major in animal science from Tennessee, and in 1980 accepted a joint appointment at the University of Missouri as

an associate professor and unit leader for the Office of State Food and Nutrition, teaching while also working for the Agriculture Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service. Hughes spent 14 years at Missouri before becoming professor and chair of the Department of Human Sciences at Middle Ten-nessee State University in 1994. At MTSU, she was responsible for the leadership and management of five undergraduate program areas as well as a graduate program. In 2000, she achieved one of her professional goals by becoming

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Every CEO needs a go-to assistant, that one indispensible person they can count on at all times. For new UAM Chancellor Karla Hughes, that person is Lisa Shem-well. Shemwell is Hughes’ newly-appointed chief of staff, and will serve as liaison between the chancellor’s office and the rest of campus. It’s a role Shemwell has played before. Prior to coming to UAM, Shemwell was Hughes’ chief of staff as well as associate vice president for academic affairs for the University of Louisiana System in Baton Rouge from February 2014 until accept-ing her current position. In her role at the UL System, she served as the liaison between the Office of the President, Office of the Execu-tive Vice President and Provost, and the system staff. Shemwell first began working for Hughes in 2011 when Hughes was vice president of academic affairs and provost at Morehead State Uni-versity in Morehead, Ky. Shemwell served as Hughes’ special assistant and project manager. “I met Dr. Hughes in 2007 when she was selected as provost at Morehead State,” remembers Shemwell. “She spoke to a group of faculty about leadership in higher education and I knew after listening to her philosophy that I wanted to be mentored by her. I remember thinking ‘this woman has worked from the ground level to become a chief academic officer and has a vision encompassing not only faculty and staff development, but also student success.’ Her message was so dynamic and I was so impressed with her knowledge in higher educa-tion and organizational structure and strategic planning.” Shemwell’s background in higher education covers a broad range of duties, from classroom instructor to grant writer to residence hall director. At Morehead State, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s in communications, she served as residence hall director, interim coordinator of developmental education, commu-nications instructor and coach of the speech team, interim coordinator of general education, and principal investigator for an SB 1 Profes-sional Development CPE Grant. She was director of residence life and student activities at Lees Col-lege in Jackson, Ky., and director of career placement and advising at the University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Ohio. “I am excited to be at a place where the faculty and staff have a passion for helping students,” says Shemwell. “I feel very fortunate to be part of a caring team devoted to our ultimate goal of student suc-cess.”

LISA SHEMWELLIS UAM’S NEWCHIEF OF STAFFAND TRUSTEDASSISTANT TOCHANCELLORKARLA HUGHES

a dean, founding the College of Human Ecology at East Carolina University, the third largest institution in the North Carolina Sys-tem. As founding dean, she facilitated the merger of the Schools of Human Environmental Sciences and Social Work and Criminal Justice Studies and received approval to implement the first Ph.D. in medical family therapy in the profession. In 2005-06, Hughes was selected to serve as a Fellow on the American Council on Education with a semester-long placement at the Office of the President of the University of North Carolina System. “That experience was tremendously challenging and I learned a lot,” she says. “It was there that I really began to think about being the CEO of an institution.” In 2007, she took her first campus-wide administrative post, becoming the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Morehead State University in Morehead, Ky., a position she held for seven years. In January 2014, she accepted a position as execu-tive vice president and provost for the University of Louisiana System in Baton Rouge, that state’s largest system of higher edu-cation supporting nine regional, comprehensive state universities with 89,000 students. Hughes was then contacted by the search firm charged with finding a new chancellor for UAM, and although she had been in Louisiana a short time, was intrigued by the position. “I was at a point in my career where moving into a chancellor-ship or presidency was what I was aspiring to,” she explains. “My first real goal was to be an academic dean, but once I reached that goal I realized I really enjoyed administration. This was the next step.” Hughes’ first visit to the UAM campus confirmed her interest. “I was very impressed,” she says. “It reminded me of a small private university in its architecture and its feeling of community. I found it to be a very welcoming place.” Hughes describes her management style as collaborative. “I try to focus on the good of the organization and the good of the people I work with,” she explains. “I welcome input. I see education as everybody’s role. We do important work, but we have to do it together. I strongly believe you make life better through education. I breathe, eat, sleep and live that. The first question I always ask when faced with a decision is ‘Will this help students.’” As Hughes and her husband of 33 years, L.R., a retired Air Force colonel, settle in to their new home, their first goal is to get to know, not just the university community, but the people of Monticello, Crossett and McGehee. Long term, her goal is simple – student success. “I know that’s a term that gets thrown around a lot, but there are key areas I want to focus on,” says Hughes. “We’ve got to improve student retention. When we get them here we need to keep them here. And we need to improve graduation rates. I want UAM to be a model open admissions institution, equal to or better than its peer institutions.”

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SweetMusic

Rodney Block and The Rodney Block Collective are among the hottest jazz bands on the Little Rock music scene. The 1994 UAM graduate has traveled the world playing the music he loves, but the best is yet to come.

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But when his workday is over, he ditches the briefcase and sales samples and grabs an instrument case carrying a $3,000 Getzen trumpet, which he plays as the leader of The Rodney Block Collective, a hot jazz band with a growing reputation in Little Rock and beyond. Block averages around 100 performanc-es a year, playing gigs at the Governor’s Mansion, weddings, jazz festivals, clubs, late night parties, corporate and charity events. He played for a private party at the Clinton Center’s 10th anniversary for a star-studded guest list that included Bar-bara Streisand, Ted Danson, Mary Steen-burgen and Kevin Spacey, and opened for Earth, Wind and Fire before an audience of 18,000 at Little Rock’s Riverfest. He played for Vice President Joe Biden when Biden came to Little Rock to stump for Democratic congressional candidates and has traveled the world, performing in Brazil, Amsterdam and the Caribbean. Block began playing the trumpet almost by accident. His parents, Ida and Otis Block, Sr. of Dumas had six children – Otis, Jr., Rodney, Tyrone, Tammy, Steven and Kizzie. When Otis Jr. was in the sixth grade, his parents bought him a Yamaha trumpet, but unlike Rodney and Tyrone, Otis was not interested in music. Rodney inherited the trumpet and began playing in the fifth grade. He and Tyrone, who chose the trombone, grew up playing in church at the West Dumas Church of God in

Christ, where they were mentored by the late Lawanna Hunt-Walker, a University of Arkansas at Monticello graduate who was in charge of the music program at the church and encouraged young people to get involved. “She was like many of us in that she didn’t have formal music training,” Block says. Rodney continued to play his Yamaha trumpet until one day it fell out of its case and his mother backed over it with the car. “I got a brand new trumpet out of the deal,” says a smiling Block. By the time Rodney reached high school he was pushing the upper classmen and by his senior year earned all-state honors. “I always enjoyed playing, but once I got to high school, I really enjoyed it,” Block says. “I wanted to play as well as the upper class-men so I really started practicing.” With the all-state honors came schol-arship offers. He chose one from UAM because of the amount of money offered and the location. “There was a comfort factor involved,” he says. “It wasn’t too far from home and it was accessible to my parents if anything happened.” Until the fall semester of his sophomore year in 1989, Block considered himself a traditional musician, participating in the marching and concert bands. That fall Gary Meggs took over the UAM band program and introduced Block to jazz. Block joined Meggs’ first jazz band and found his musical niche as an instrumental

jazz musician. Block graduated from UAM in De-cember 1993 with a degree in speech communications, then followed his girl friend to Lawrence, Kan., where she had a job as a high school band director. Rodney got a job in admissions and undergraduate recruitment at the University of Kansas, and although the romance didn’t last, Block stayed at KU for nine years. While in Lawrence, he met his future wife, Jean Moore, then in her second year of law school. They were married in 1999 and spent the next two years in Albuquerque, N.M., before moving to Arkansas in 2002, the year Rodney formed his first band, The Rodney Block Jazz Project. Today, Block has two bands, The Rod-ney Block Collective, which plays a com-bination of jazz, hip-hop, R&B, and New Orleans jazz. His second band, Rodney Block and the Love Supremes, specializes in Top 40 hits. Recently, on a cold January night, The Rodney Block Collective played a gig at The Afterthought, a jazz club in the Hill-crest section of Little Rock. The small club was packed with jazz aficionados, including Block’s wife, Jean, a lawyer, chief counsel for the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, and a former assistant attorney general. But on this night, she was a fan of a band leader in a black t-shirt. Block’s music reflects the influences of the late Miles Davis as well as Wynton Marsalis, the legendary Clark Terry, and the man Block refers to as the founding father, Louis Armstrong. “Music has been good to me. When I play, I get a feeling of gratefulness and joy,” he explains. “It’s a feeling of letting others see my soul. You could say it’s a confirma-tion and acknowledgement that music really is the perfect language.”

SWEET MUSICRodney Block makes a name for himself on the Little Rock jazz scene

Rodney Block leads two very different lives. By day he is a pharmaceutical salesman for Infusion Therapy, servicing hospitals, home health facilities and medical specialists. It’s a job he’s held for the past 12 years.

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By Rex Nelson

Almost two months after coaching his last game, Jimmy “Red” Parker has

died. Parker, a Rison native who coached 62 years and won 322 games at

the high school and collegiate football levels, died January 4 from com-

plications of heart disease. He was 84. No classification was too small for

Parker, who won a Class A state title at Rison several years after rising to

the top level of Division I football, spending four seasons as head coach

at Clemson of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Clemson, now a national

power, played Alabama for the College Football Playoff championship.

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“I’ve been around Bear Bryant, Barry Switzer and Jimmy Johnson,” said Larry Lacewell, a lifelong football man who played for Parker at Fordyce in the early 1950s. “Completely all around, he was the epitome of the word ‘coach.’ “ Parker was admitted to Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock on December 26. “We’ve been expecting this,” said his son, Jim Parker. “Knowing my dad, he would surprise you. He’s surprised us before. But he had too many obstacles to overcome.” From 2010 to 2015, Parker coached at Benton Harmony Grove, a Class 3A school in Haskell. He announced his retirement October 28, effective at the end of the 2015 season, and led the Cardinals to the Class

3A postseason, where they lost to Fordyce in the first round Novem-ber 13. Parker had coached since 2010 with a left ventricular assist device to combat congestive heart failure and had been hospitalized on several occasions dur-ing the fall because of heart trouble. He un-derwent heart surgery in July 2011 to install an implantable mechanical pump that helps move blood from the lower left chamber of the heart to the rest of his body. “I struggle walking. I struggle standing. I struggle doing every-

thing,” Parker told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in October. “To be honest, I’m worn out.” For more than six decades, Parker put his stamp on high school and college football in Arkansas. Parker, who was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1988, was 186-94-5 in 24 high school seasons, which included a Class A state championship at Rison in 1995, and compiled a 136-127-8 record over 26 seasons as a college head coach with stops at Arkansas-Monticello, The Citadel, Clemson, Southern Arkansas, Delta State and Ouachita Baptist. Benton Harmony Grove Athletic Director Ricky Mooney told the Harmony Grove players of Parker’s death in a team meeting. “He meant everything to them,” Mooney said. “I don’t think we would be where we’re at without him. He was a father figure to so many of the kids. He had amazing rapport with them.”

Lacewell, who played for Parker at Fordyce in 1953 and 1954 and went on later to coach at the University of Oklahoma as an assistant under Barry Switzer and as the head coach at Arkansas State in 1979-1989, said he last saw Parker at Benton Harmony Grove’s Class 3A first-round playoff game at Fordyce. “He was incredible,” Lacewell said. “He was as alert as you can believe. But at the same time, every one of us knew that the moment he quit coaching it would probably be over.” The Cardinals had become one of the most competitive Class 3A programs over the past three seasons under Parker. Even as Parker’s health declined and the Cardinals were led by assistants Richard Moore and Dwight Fite, Jim Parker said his father wasn’t ready to retire. “He would have kept on coaching,” Jim Parker said. “He felt like he couldn’t do it anymore. His health had gone downhill.” Parker, born in Hampton on October 26, 1931, began coaching in 1953 at Fordyce, where he led the Redbugs to three consecutive 12-0 seasons in 1958-1960 before leaving to coach at Arkansas-Monticello (1961-1965). He led the Boll Weevils to Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference titles in 1963 and 1965. He then spent seven seasons at The Citadel (1966-1972) and four seasons (1973-1976) at Clemson, compiling a 17-25-2 record. Five seasons later, Clemson won the 1981 national championship under Danny Ford, who spent five seasons coaching the Arkansas Razorbacks from 1993-1997. Parker was out of football from 1977 to 1979 as he concentrated on an automobile dealership in Fordyce, but he returned to the coaching ranks in 1980 as an assistant at Vanderbilt. He became the head coach at Southern Arkansas in 1981 but left after one season to coach at Delta State (1982-1987). He then was hired as the offensive coordinator at Mississippi in 1988 and spent four seasons with the Rebels. In 1993, Parker returned to Arkansas to coach high school football at Rison, his alma mater. He led Rison to the Class A state champion-ship in 1995 but left to take over as head coach at Ouachita Baptist in 1996. He spent three seasons at OBU (1996-1998) before returning

THROUGH THE YEARS WITH RED PARKERA standout player for the Weevils from 1949-52, Parker became a legendary high school coach before accept-ing the head coaching job at Arkansas A&M (right) in 1961. Parker rebuilt a struggling program in two years and by 1963 had turned the Boll Weevils into a powerhouse, winning the Arkansas Inter-collegiate Conference with a 9-1 record. Many UAM ob-servers consider the ‘63 team the best in school history.

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Carl Preston once had some pointed advice for a visitor watching

football practice at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. “If you want your son to play in the offensive line, don’t get him a ball,” Preston growled. “Just tell him to go push on a tree.” That was Carl Preston – gruff, to the point, but with a heart of gold who loved his players and whose players loved him. Preston lost a long and hard-fought battle with Parkinson’s Disease December 15, 10 days before his 77th birthday. He leaves behind a legacy of excellence as a player at Arkansas A&M, and later as a coach at UAM. He also leaves behind a legion of former players who remember the coach who made them better men. “He was a great mentor and coach,” said Scott Howell, one of eight offensive linemen to earn All-America honors under Preston. “He pushed me every day to be a better player. I was so blessed to have called him coach.” Preston is the only man to play for two of the most successful football coaches in school history. Recruited out of Pine Bluff High School in 1957, he starred as a running back for Convoy Leslie’s 1957 and 1958 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference champions. Preston left school after his sophomore year to go to work, but returned in 1963 to play two seasons for Jimmy “Red” Parker, winning another AIC title in ’63 on what many long-time Boll Weevil followers con-sider the best team in school history. Preston became a successful high school coach in Texas before returning to UAM in 1984 as offensive line coach, a position he held for 12 years. Along the way he coached the UAM baseball team to an NAIA District 17 championship in 1990 and an AIC title in 1993. He succeeded Tommy Barnes as head football coach in 1997 and retired from coaching two years later. Gifts to the Carl Preston Scholarship may be made to the UAM Foundation Fund, P.O. Box 3520, Monticello, AR 71656.

REMEMBERING CARLCarl Preston influenced the lives of countless players during his days at UAM

in 1999 to the high school ranks at Bearden, where he spent four years. Parker was hired by Fordyce in 2003, more than 40 years after his origi-nal stint at the school. He left Fordyce after the 2005 season and took two years off from coaching before returning as the head coach at Woodlawn. He spent one year there before being hired in 2008 by Benton Harmony Grove to help start its football program. Lacewell said he saw Parker as more than a foot-ball coach. Lacewell’s father Chink died when he was in the ninth grade, so Parker, who was 22 in his first season at Fordyce, became a father figure, of sorts, for Lacewell. “He used to check me twice,” said Lacewell, who lived across the street from Parker in Fordyce at the time. “I became so close to him. He was a kid, but we thought he was a godfather.” Parker’s impact was felt outside Arkansas, Lacewell said. “Archie Manning called me,” Lacewell said. “Archie knew who he was. Anybody who has ever been around Red Parker walked away impressed. I remember Jerry Jones talking about him, Frank Broyles talking about him. He had such an impact on so many people.” Parker is survived by his three children, Jim, Vicki Wallace and Cindy Yoos and preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Betty, who died in April. He had seven grandchildren, with one preceding him in death.

CLIMBING THE LADDERParker became Clemson’s head coach (top) in 1966 and was later the offensive coordinator at Ole Miss.

RED PARKER’S COACHING LEGACY

Fordyce High School (Head Coach) 1953-60 / Arkansas A&M (Head Coach) 1961-65 / The Citadel (Head Coach) 1966-72 / Clemson (Head Coach) 1973-76 / Vanderbilt (Assistant) 1980 Southern Arkansas (Head Coach) 1981 / Delta State (Head Coach) 1982-87 / Ole Miss (Offen-sive Coordinator 1988-92 / Rison High School (Head Coach) 1993-95 / Ouachita (Head Coach) 1996-98 / Bearden High School (Head Coach) 1999-2003 / Fordyce High School (Head Coach) 2003-05 / Woodlawn (Head Coach) 2007 / Benton Harmony Grove (Head Coach) 2008-15

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SPORTS | NEWS

HA Hall of Famer On The LinksUAM Golf Coach Heather Wall brings spectacular credentials to the job of teaching young golfers

Sports Association Golf May 20 The University of Arkansas at Monticello Department of Athletics is hosting the second

annual UAM Sports Association Golf Tournament May 20, 2016 (1 p.m. shotgun start) at

the Pine Bluff Country Club. The format is 4-Man scramble ($400 per team), is open to any

golfer and will be limited to the first 25 teams to sign up. All participants will receive a tee

gift courtesy of UAM Athletics, meal, and opportunity to bid on a variety of live auction

items. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit all UAM athletic teams.

Mark your calendars, put your team together, and plan to tee it up with UAM Athletics

on May 20 at PBCC. For more information, contact Matt Whiting at (870) 460-1058.

HEATHER WALL, WHO COACHES both the men’s and women’s golf teams at UAM, has been inducted into the Florida Southern College Athletics Hall of Fame. Wall was a three-time first team All-American and a two-time All-Sunshine State Conference selection, and led the Mocs to the 2007 NCAA Division II National Championship, the fourth national title in FSC women’s golf his-tory. She finished fourth individually that season at the national tournament. Wall was the 2009 Sunshine State Conference Women’s Golfer of the Year, and still holds school records for single season stroke average (74.27), career stroke average (75.65), single season top 10 fin-ishes (11) and career top 10 finishes (34). “ This is a very prestigious honor,” said Wall. “ I ’m extremely humbled and blessed that Florida Southern has chosen me to be in the hall of fame.” Since taking over as UAM’s golf coach in 2012, Wall has built the Boll Weevils and Cotton Blossoms into consistent competitors in the Great American Con-ference, most recently leading the UAM men’s team to a fourth place finish in last year’s conference championship, the high-est finish in program history. That team was just three strokes back of second place. Also under Wall’s guidance, UAM men’s and women’s golf has combined for six All-GAC selections, seven All-GAC academic team selections, one GAC golfer of the month award, and one in-

ductee into the Alpha Chi Honor Society. On her own time, Wall recently began competing again as an amateur, finish-ing third at last year’s Arkansas State Golf Association women’s stroke play championship and winning the ASGA senior women’s match play champion-ship. After graduating from FSC in 2009, she turned professional, where she won one tournament on the SunCoast Tour and finished second in another. Wall and her husband, Cody, live in Lake Village. Cody is the tennis director at the Lake Village Country Club.

Heather Wall2015 ASGA Senior Women’s Match Play Champion

Four UAM football players were honored by the Great American Con-ference following the 2015 season. Cody Bordelon, Jalen Tolliver, Ofisa Kose and Jeremy Jackson have been selected to the 2015 All-GAC teams. Bordelon and Tolliver are All-GAC second team picks, while Kose and Jackson earned honorable mentions. Bordelon wrapped up his collegiate career with 50 receptions this season for 768 yards and six touchdowns. He ended the regular season ranked fifth in the GAC in receptions and receiving yards. The senior from Keithville, La., had four games this season with at least 100 yards, including his season high of 151 yards on eight receptions against Oklahoma Baptist. This is Bordelon’s second straight All-GAC honor. He earned an All-GAC honorable mention last season as a junior. Tolliver finished the year with 39 re-ceptions for a team-high 781 yards and seven touchdowns. The sophomore from Monroe, La., ranked fourth in the league this season with an average of 71 yards per game. He had three games with at least 100 receiving yards, including his career-high of 179 yards against Oklahoma Baptist. Kose was one of six defenders in the

Four Weevils Named To GAC Football Team

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Houston Winter Invitation Feb. 5-7Feb. 5 vs. Tarleton State 10 a.m.Feb. 6 vs. Central Missouri 2 p.m. Feb. 7 vs. St. Mary’s 6 p.m. Feb. 9 Delta State 2 p.m.Feb. 12 Minnesota State-Mankato (DH) 12 p.m. Feb. 13 Minnesota State-Mankato 12 p.m.Feb. 16 Union 2 p.m.Feb. 19 at Southern Nazarene 1 p.m.Feb. 20 at Southern Nazarene (DH) 12 p.m.Feb. 23 Mississippi College 2 p.m.Feb. 26 Oklahoma Baptist 2 p.m.Feb. 27 Oklahoma Baptist (DH) 12 p.m.Mar. 2 at Delta State 3 p.m.Mar. 4 at NW Oklahoma State 6 p.m.Mar. 5 at NW Oklahoma State (DH) 12 p.m.Mar. 8 at Mississippi College 2 p.m.Mar. 11 SW Oklahoma State 2 p.m.Mar. 12 SW Oklahoma State (DH) 12 p.m.Mar. 15 at Union 2 p.m.Mar. 18 Henderson State 2 p.m.Mar. 19 Henderson State (DH) 12 p.m.Mar. 25 at Ouachita 2 p.m.Mar. 26 at Ouachita (DH) 12 p.m.Apr. 1 at Arkansas Tech 7 p.m.Apr. 2 at Arkansas Tech (DH) 12 p.m.Apr. 8 Harding 2 p.m. Apr. 9 Harding (DH) 12 p.m.Apr. 12 Ouachita 3 p.m.Apr. 15 East Central 2 p.m.Apr. 16 East Central (DH) 12 p.m.Apr. 19 at Harding 2 p.m.Apr. 22 at SE Oklahoma State 2 p.m.Apr. 23 at SE Oklahoma State (DH) 12 p.m.Apr. 26 Arkansas Tech 1 p.m.Apr. 29 Southern Arkansas 2 p.m.Apr. 30 Southern Arkansas (DH) 12 p.m.May 6-7 GAC Tournament Opening RoundMay 13-15 GAC Tournament Final Four

BASEBALL ‘16 SOFTBALL ‘16

Ronnie Hawkins Invitational Feb. 6-7 at OuachitaFeb. 6 vs. Mississippi College 9 a.m.Feb. 6 vs. NE Oklahoma State 1 p.m.Feb. 7 vs. Missouri Western 9 a.m.Feb. 7 vs. NE Oklahoma State 11 a.m.

UAM 8-State Classic Feb. 12-14 at BentonvilleFeb. 12 vs. Minnesota-Duluth 11 a.m.Feb. 12 vs. Fort Hays State 1 p.m.Feb. 13 vs. Wayne State 11 a.m.Feb. 13 vs. Central Missouri 1 p.m.Feb. 14 vs. Minnesota-State Mankato 11 a.m.Feb. 14 vs. Emporia State 1 p.m.

Feb. 19 Southern Nazarene (DH) 1 p.m.Feb. 20 Southern Nazarene (DH) 12 p.m.Feb. 26 at Oklahoma Baptist (DH) 2 p.m.Feb. 27 at Oklahoma Baptist (DH) 12 p.m. Mar. 4 NW Oklahoma State (DH) 1 p.m.Mar. 5 NW Oklahoma State (DH) 12 p.m.Mar. 8 at Delta State (DH) 1 p.m.Mar. 11 at SW Oklahoma State (DH) 1 p.m.Mar. 12 at SW Oklahoma State (DH) 11 a.m.Mar. 18 at Henderson State (DH) 6 p.m.Mar. 19 at Henderson State (DH) 1 p.m.Mar. 24 Ouachita (DH) 1 p.m.Mar. 25 Ouachita (DH) 1 p.m.Mar. 29 Southern Arkansas (DH) 1 p.m. Apr. 1 Arkansas Tech (DH) 1 p.m.Apr. 2 Arkansas Tech (DH) 1 p.m.Apr. 8 at Harding (DH) 1 p.m.Apr. 9 at Harding (DH) 1 p.m.Apr. 12 at Southern Arkansas (DH) 1 p.m.Apr. 15 at East Central (DH) 1 p.m.Apr. 16 at East Central (DH) 2 p.m.Apr. 22 SE Oklahoma State (DH) 2 p.m.Apr. 23 SE Oklahoma State (DH) 12 p.m.Apr. 28-30 GAC Tournament (Hosted by Bentonville High School)

GAC this season to have at least 100 tack-les during the regular season. The senior linebacker from Oceanside, Calif., finished his final collegiate season with 107 tackles and ranked third in the GAC with an aver-age of 9.7 stops per game. He had seven games with at least 10 tackles, including his career high of 15 against Oklahoma Baptist. Jackson earned his All-GAC selection as an offensive utility player. The sophomore from Edgard, La., finished the 2015 season ranked sixth in the GAC in all-purpose yards with an average of 110.5 yards per contest. He led UAM in rushing with 413 yards, while also totaling 199 receiving yards on 21 receptions. Jackson was also UAM’s top kickoff returner this season, ranking third in the GAC with 603 total yards for an average of 20.1 yards per return.

Jordan Goforth is having a season to remember for the Cotton Blossoms basketballbasketball team. As UAM Magazine went to press, the senior forward from Plano, Texas was

averaging 23.8 points a game to lead the Great American Conference while ranking second in the nation among NCAA Division II players.

LEADINGTHE GAC

Wide receiver Cody Bordelon was one of

four Boll Weevils selected to the 2015 All-

GAC Football Team.

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COLLEGES OF TECHNOLOGY | NEWS

Celebrating 40!McGehee Campus Celebrates 40 YearsOf Service ToSoutheast ArkansasOctober 24, 2015 atthe Delta Resort & Spain Tillar

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PICTURED: 1 The Delta Donnie Band performs 2 Bob Ware, vice chancellor of the UAM College of Technology-McGehee 3 (From left) Evelyn WIlliams, Percy Richardson, Marie Moxley, Af-alene Richardson, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Jones. 4 (From left) Gary Burt, UAM COT-McGehee welding instructor and his wife, Linda, talk with James Robbins, maintenance supervisor for the McGehee campus 5 (From left) Cassandra Ware and Geraldine Renfroe 6 Gary Gibbs, Delta Resort & Spa owner, surprises the audience with a $20,000 gift to establish an endowed scholarship.

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The Wesley United Methodist Church of McGehee has created an endowed schol-arship on the UAM College of Technology-McGehee campus to honor their church founders. The recipient of the Wesley United Methodist Church of McGehee Founders’ Scholarship must be a resident of Desha or Chicot County and be a full-time student of any major leading to an associate degree at the UAM College of Technology-McGehee. The recipient must also have an extremely strong work ethic with a passion to make a difference in the world. The Wesley United Methodist Church was established in 1956 by the First Meth-odist Church of McGehee as a mission church and has continued through the past 59 years to actively serve the citizens of the area in worship and mission.

Founder’s Scholarship

Curtis W. Kyle, Jr. of Benton, Miss., has created an endowed scholarship to honor all United States veterans. The recipient of the Curtis W. Kyle, Jr. Veteran’s Scholarship must be a veteran of any branch of the United States Armed Forces who actively served and was honorably discharged. Kyle is a 1958 graduate of Arkansas A&M. He served in the United States Navy, volun-teering to join in 1958 and serving on active duty from 1958-1961. He continued to serve in the U.S. Navy Reserves from 1961-1972, holding the rank of lieutenant at the time of his honorable discharge. This is the third endowed scholarship that Kyle has established at UAM.

Dr. Steven C. Moss, director of the mi-croelectronics technology department of The Aerospace Corporation, has created the Steven Charles Moss Scholarship for the Physical Sciences. Moss is a 1970 graduate of Arkansas A&M

DRememberingCoach BarnesThe Tommy Barnes MemorialScholarship is completed

DR. AND MRS. SETH M. BARNES of Batesville have completed the Tommy Barnes Memorial Scholarship in memory of his brother, who coached more seasons and won more games than any other coach in UAM history. Coach Tommy Barnes came to UAM in 1980 as an assistant coach and became UAM’s 20th head football coach following the 1984 season. For the next 12 years, he guided the Boll Weevils to 69 wins, 53 losses, and one tie. His 1993 team won the championship of the old Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference and his ’88 squad is the only team in school history to win 10 games in a season. Barnes graduated from UAM in 1974 and earned a master of education degree in 1994. “Coach Barnes touched the lives of count-less teammates, players, family and friends,” said Linda Yeiser, vice chancellor for advance-ment and university relations. “Many of these made generous gifts to this endowed scholar-ship fund.” The recipient of the Tommy Barnes Me-morial Scholarship must be a full-time stu-dent of any major and a member of the UAM football team. First preference will be given to a football student athlete from southeast Arkansas.

Veteran’s Scholarship

Steven Moss Scholarship

Leave A Lasting Legacy Would you like to leave a gift to the Uni-versity that will help students achieve a college education? You can leave a lasting legacy and create educational opportunities for future genera-tions by establishing an endowed scholarship through the UAM Foundation Fund. A minimum gift of $15,000 will create a permanent endowment that will provide scholarships in perpetuity. For more information, contact the Office of Advancement at (870) 460-1128.

TOMMY BARNESScholarship honors UAM’s winningest coach.

College with majors in physics and mathemat-ics and a 2007 UAM Achievement and Merit Award recipient. The recipient of this scholarship must be a full time student in the School of Mathemati-cal and Natural Sciences with first preference to a physics major or minor, or a natural sci-ences major-physical science option (physics emphasis). This is the sixth endowed scholarship that Moss has established at UAM.

The church has a long history of help-ing its community. To advance this local mission effort, the church membership decided to further assist the community by establishing this endowed scholarship both as a lasting tribute to its founders and as a perpetual gift to generations of students and their families. This scholarship will provide the oppor-tunity for students to achieve their dreams through education and training, and thus help the entire citizenry through a more vibrant community.

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Loyalty Club $200-$499Ms. Cynthia L. AdairMrs. Melanie A. ArthurMr. Kenneth AspinallMs. Stefanie BarberMr. and Mrs. Glen R. BashawMr. and Mrs. John D. BellottDr. Gregory A. BorseMs. Brenda E. BoudreauMr. and Mrs. Stephen B. BoydMs. Jacqueline D. BryantDr. Russell H. BullochMr. and Mrs. John L. BullockMr. and Mrs. Carl G. CarlsonMr. Ted CarmicalMr. and Mrs. Dale W. CarterMr. Robert I. CarterDr. and Mrs. Jody D. ClementsMr. and Mrs. James CobbMr. and Mrs. Michael CockrellMr. and Mrs. Tim CorneliusMaj. James CrossleyMr. and Mrs. James W. CurlinMr. and Mrs. Andy DavisMr. and Mrs. Barry DavisMr. and Mrs. Kent DavisDr. and Mrs. David H. DensonMrs. Memorie S. Dickson

Mr. and Mrs. James DurhamDr. Christopher R. EllingtonMr. Kenneth and Dr. Betsy EllisMr. Steve FeathersMs. Christine L. FeltsMr. Jeff FeltsMr. and Mrs. Larry FisackerlyMr. Glenn FontenotMr. and Mrs. Alvin L. Ford, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. John B. Frazer, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. David GardnerMrs. Renee Treadwell GibsonDr. Diane S. GillelandMs. Patricia GriffithMr. and Mrs. Harry E. HalsteadMrs. Billie J. HandlyMr. and Mrs. Werner L. HaneyMr. and Mrs. Brian A. HargisMr. John HarmonMs. Christine L. HarrisMr. and Mrs. Hani W. HashemMr. and Mrs. Hugh L. Heflin, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Buck HendersonMs. India N. HoltMr. and Mrs. Troy HornbeckMrs. Mary B. HowardDr. and Mrs. John L. HuntMr. and Mrs. Johnny JohnsonDr. Carl B. JohnstonMr. and Mrs. Bobby L. JonesMr. Jay S. JonesDr. and Mrs. B. J. JordanMr. Donnie JuneauMr. and Mrs. Billy D. KittlerMr. and Mrs. Chris KoenMr. and Mrs. James LedbetterMr. and Mrs. David S. LeechMs. Karen LintonMr. and Mrs. Chris LoydMr. and Mrs. Gary LucasMr. Bob LuckyMr. Kyle LuebkeMr. M.L. MannMr. Glen ManningDr. and Mrs. Herbert MatthewsMr. Phillip MayDr. and Mrs. Brad MayfieldMr. and Mrs. John McCordMr. and Mrs. Robert McKenzieMr. and Mrs. Ralph McKnightMr. Mar MilesMs. Alice Guffey MillerMr. and Mrs. James O. NixonMr. and Mrs. Rodney E. NortonMr. and Mrs. Gary OrrMr. and Mrs. Lewis OrrellMr. Charles PambianchiMr. Gary W. ParrishMrs. Eleanor R. PearceMs. Melissa PeelMr. Mike Peel, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Phillip P. PieriniMr. and Mrs. David O. PlunkettMr. and Mrs. Ronnie PoolMr. and Mrs. Jeffery S. Pope

Mr. and Mrs. John T. PotterMr. and Mrs. M.L. PrestonMr. Wesley Reeves, Jr.Mr. Matthew S. RiceMrs. Deborah S. RoarkMr. and Mrs. Don. R. Rodgers, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ross, Jr.Ms. Linda F. RushingMr. and Mrs. Scott SaffoldMr. Danny M. SheddMs. Jessie N. SimpsonDr. Christopher SimsMr. Thomas P. SlavinMr. and Mrs. Woody L. SmitheyMs. Sylvia SmyklaMr. and Mrs. Daniel StegarMs. Jaquelyn J. SteritzMr. Jim SteritzMr. and Mrs. David StoverMr. and Mrs. Charles R. SummerfordDr. Max TerrellMr. and Mrs. Kyle D. TolinMs. Shela F. UpshawMrs. Heather WallMr. and Mrs. William WallsMr. and Mrs. James C. WestMr. and Mrs. Michael D. WigleyDr. Kenneth D. WilliamsMr. and Mrs. F. Harrell WilsonDr. Barbara C. Wood

Century Club $100-$199Mrs. Melissa D. AdamsMr. and Mrs. Lynn AinsworthMr. and Mrs. Mike AkinMr. Jimmie R. AndersMr. and Mrs. Robert J. AndersonDrs. Robert and Laura BakerMr. Jonathan BarnardMr. and Mrs. Mitchell L. BarnettMr. and Mrs. Jim BarrettMr. and Mrs. T. Pat BeaversonMr. and Mrs. John BeldenMr. W. Mike BerryMr. Charles BerrymanMr. and Mrs. C. Jon BierbaumMr. and Mrs. John D. BlissMr. and Mrs. Jerry BolinMr. Nick F. BowmanMr. and Mrs. Robert M. BoydMr. and Mrs. Charlie BranchMs. Mildred F. BrazeelMs. Dana Lea BrooksMs. Cassandra A. BrownMs. Geraldine B. BrownMr. J. Blair BrownMr. J. Taylor BrownMr. and Mrs. Marvin BrownMr. and Mrs. Christopher K.

BryantMr. and Mrs. Terry Bullock

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The UAM Foundation Fund donors list includes alumni, friends and other contributors whose gifts were received January 1 – December 31, 2015. Please report any corrections to Linda Yeiser at (870) 460-1128 or yeiser@uamont.edu

Unity & Movement Club $2,500 or moreMrs. Debby BlandMr. and Mrs. William C. BullochMrs. LeAnne BurchMr. and Mrs. Brian CarrollDr. and Mrs. Timothy D. ChaseDrs. Lloyd and Peggy CrossleyMr. and Mrs. Alvy EarlyDr. Laura K. EvansMr. Anthony W. FakouriDr. and Mrs. Michael FakouriMr. and Mrs. Ricky D. FutrellMr. and Mrs. Gary GibbsMr. and Mrs. Jerry GibsonMr. and Mrs. John W. GibsonMr. and Mrs. Nat GrubbsMr. William B. HarrodMr. and Mrs. Daniel J. HornadayMr. and Mrs. Lee JohnsonMs. Dolores JonesMr. Curtis W. Kyle, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Lee, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. MannMr. and Mrs. Thomas V.

MaxwellMr. and Mrs. Brian MooreMr. Lamar G. MooreDr. Steven C. MossMr. and Mrs. Wayne L. Owen, Jr.Mr. Lester PinkusMr. and Mrs. Randall S. RisherDr. and Mrs. Sean RochelleDr. James F. RoigerMr. and Mrs. Louis J. SanseveroMr. Thomas M. SmithMr. and Mrs. Scotty D. WatkinsDr. and Mrs. Jimmie L. Yeiser

Galaxy Club $1,000-$2,499Mr. Jay P. BernardMr. Daniel BoiceMs. Kathryn S. BrownMr. and Mrs. Martin A. BrutscherMr. Darold DickersonMr. and Mrs. William DickeyMr. and Mrs. C.C. “Cliff” Gibson IIIMaj. Eric GriderDr. and Mrs. Dexter E. GulledgeMrs. Deborah A. HazardDr. William M. HeromanMr. and Mrs. Jay HughesMr. and Mrs. Edgar F. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. John L. JuneauDr. Kathy King

Dr. and Mrs. Jack LassiterMrs. Jane LuckyMs. Angela J. MarshMr. Bryan and Dr. Sue MartinMrs. Pat A. MatthewsMr. and Mrs. John S. McClendonMr. Zach McClendon, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Ronald N.

McFarlandMs. Charlotte McGarrMs. Debbie McKnightMr. Kent L. McRaeDr. and Mrs. Steve MorrisonMr. Lionell MossDr. Julia NicholsonMr. and Mrs. Carl PhippsMr. Floyd PittmanMr. and Mrs. Curtis W. PrestonMr. and Mrs. S. Dirk PulliamMr. and Mrs. Richard ReinhartDr. and Mrs. Jason T. RossMr. and Mrs. Bennie F. Ryburn, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Ken SalesMr. and Mrs. Timothy H. SmithMr. Robert A. SrygleyMs. Sara E. WallMr. and Mrs. Bill Whiting, Sr.Mr. Frank H. Wilson

Emerald Club $500-$999Mr. and Mrs. Terrell BakerDr. Joseph M. BramlettMr. James L. BrewerDr. and Mrs. Barrett BrownMr. and Mrs. Kelton Busby, Jr.Ms. June CarterMr. Raymond C. ChaoDr. and Mrs. Ryan CollinsDr. Jana CrainMr. Benny DunlapMr. and Mrs. L. Gene FranklinMr. and Mrs. Byron A. GallowayDrs. Glen and Mary Jane GilbertDr. Robert S. GraberDr. Bettye and Mr. Larry Gragg,

Sr.Mr. and Mrs. H. Randall GreenMr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. GreenMr. and Mrs. George T. HarrisMr. and Mrs. Don HartleyMrs. Jean B. HendrixMr. and Mrs. Jerry D. HubbardMr. William “Hud” JacksonDr. Louis J. JamesMr. and Mrs. Mark R. KarnesMr. and Mrs. W. Brad KoenLTC (Ret) and Mrs. Kelly KoonceMrs. Cynthia Snow KopackMr. and Mrs. Scott R. Kut-

tenkulerMr. and Mrs. Jackie LauhonMr. and Mrs. Fred LeonardMr. Andre L. LewisMr. and Mrs. Jim Manning

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Dr. and Mrs. James G. BurgessMr. Gary BurtMr. and Mrs. Wayne ByrdMs. Shann R. CarpenterMr. Douglas CarsonMs. Margaret K. CarsonMs. Patti J. CarterMrs. Ann C. CashMs. Marilyn J. ChambersLTC and Mrs. Wilber L. ChambersMr. Chris ChapmanMrs. Grayce F. ChoateMr. Jay D. CoburnMr. Michael E. CockrellMr. Christopher K. ColwellMr. Bill CopelandMr. Joe CordiMrs. Lummye L. CoursonMs. Victoria CoxMr. Douglas F. CraneDr. Randy L. CressDr. Randy CrowderMr. Peter CruzMr. Samie D. CulpepperMr. Al DanielsonMr. and Mrs. J. Alan DayMs. Barbara DorseyMr. Richard DreshfieldDr. and Mrs. Richard W. DunnMr. Ronald K. EcholsDr. Audrey B. EdwardsMr. Michael L. EstepMr. and Mrs. Gregory EvansMs. Patricia A. EwensMr. Mike FlanaganMr. and Mrs. Steve D. FlemingMr. and Mrs. Ray H. FosterMr. Tommy FowlerMr. John W. FreeMr. and Mrs. Steven A. FrenchMr. W. Ronald FrizzellMr. Stephen R. FrostMr. and Mrs. Jerry “Jay” GibsonMr. and Mrs. Jerry T. GillMr. and Mrs. Reginald GloverMs. Pam GoforthMr. William M. GoyneMs. Wanda R. GraceMr. Thomas E. GrayMs. Emily GreeneMr. and Mrs. Randy GriceMr. and Mrs. Paul K. GriffinDr. Frank E. GrovesMs. Jennifer Cordi HadenMr. C. Barry HallMr. and Mrs. Truman J. HamiltonMs. Becky HammettMr. and Mrs. Pat HammonsMr. Theodore HarkeyMrs. Pat HarrellDr. and Mrs. Arthur HarrisMs. Sherry M. HarrisMs. Carolyn HartMr. and Mrs. Larry D. HeddenMr. and Mrs. James HensleyMr. Martin N. Herman, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin HestleyMrs. Beth K. HillDr. Charles O. HogueMr. Edward T. HoltMr. Tommy L. HooksMr. Bertram G. HopgoodMr. and Mrs. Edward A. Horvath,

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Mr. and Mrs. J. Eric HowardMr. and Mrs. Jon H. HowellMs. Charlotte HutchinsMr. and Mrs. Chris JamesMr. and Mrs. Thomas R. JarrettMr. Steve C. JarrettMrs. Ginger T. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Rudy R. JolleyDr. Charlotte A. JonesMr. J. Michael JonesMr. Jimmie JonesMs. Renee JonesMr. and Mrs. Jack F. JordanMr. and Mrs. Joseph KelnhoferDr. Robert L. and Mary Anne

KerrMr. and Mrs. James KimbroughMr. and Mrs. Jay KimbroughMr. and Mrs. Marvin C. KingMs. Shirley KirchoffMr. Don L. KittlerMr. and Mrs. Joe LandonMr. and Mrs. Dale LauhonMr. Ricky L. LawhonMr. and Mrs. Robert H. Lee, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. LindseyMr. Landon L. LivelyMr. Brice M. LobitzDr. Richard M. LochalaMs. Tonya R. LoeMr. Theodus and Rev. Karen

LuckettMr. and Mrs. Charles J. Maness,

Jr.Mr. Freddie MartinMr. and Mrs. Bob MayMr. and Mrs. Mitchell MayMr. and Mrs. James E. McClain,

Jr.Mrs. Leslie M. McDonnellMs. Emily B. McElroyMs. Hazel H. McKeeMr. and Mrs. Johnny J. McMurryMr. J. David McPhersonMr. James H. McPhersonMs. Mary Ann McPhersonMr. Conway MeachamMr. and Mrs. Mitch MeierMr. and Mrs. Michael MerrittMr. Irvin T. MillenMr. and Mrs. Eddie L. MitchellMr. and Mrs. Rick MobleyMrs. Cynthia MontgomeryMs. Annie MooreMr. and Mrs. Herman MooreMs. Jordan D. MorganMr. Quinton L. MorganMr. David C. MoseleyMr. Raymond L. MurpheyMr. and Mrs. Donald A. MurryMr. Earnest NajorkaMs. Lynn NarkinskyMs. Emily OakesMs. Ann O’HaraMr. and Mrs. Jimmy D. OrrellMr. and Mrs. Rick G. OwensMr. Lawrence PambianchiMs. Margaret O. PantherMr. and Mrs. Edward ParhamMaj. Roy I. Parker, Sr.Ms. Denisa J. PenningtonMr. and Mrs. Mark PenningtonMr. and Mrs. Michael H. Pennington

Mr. and Mrs. Keith PhillipsMs. Judy K. PierceMr. Michael PirainoMr. and Mrs. D. Scott PlaceMr. and Mrs. Charles PollartMr. and Mrs. Richard PowellMr. and Mrs. Alvin PritchardMr. Gus Pugh, Jr.Mrs. Christina W. RaineyMs. Kimberly D. RayMs. Tanya RayMs. Betty J. ReynoldsMr. and Mrs. Bradley B. RiceMr. Henry J. RichterMr. Paul F. RiviereMr. and Mrs. David G. RobinsonMr. and Mrs. Robbin RodgersMs. Kimberly RogersMr. and Mrs. Steven J. RossMs. Wanda RothwellMr. and Mrs. Joey RyburnMr. and Mrs. Kenneth Z. SaffoldMr. and Mrs. Robin SandersMr. Charles SavageMr. and Mrs. Trent L. Scogin

AcxiomAmerican Legion Post IIIArkansas Community FoundationArkansas PulwoodArkansas Seed Dealers AssociationArkansas Superior Federal Credit UnionBank of Lake VillageBank of Star CityBeautiful Feats MinistriesBig River Rice & GrainBob White Memorial FoundationBoeing CompanyBopa Rai, Inc. – Pizza InnClearwater PaperCollins Chiropractic ClinicCommercial Bank & Trust Co.Community Communications Co.Consolidated ElectricCrossett Riding ClubDeltic Timber CorporationDesha County Single Parent Scholarship

FundDiversified Computer ResourcesDolores Family PharmacyDrew Central High School Class of 1961ExxonMobil FoundationFairwinds Auto SalesFarmers Grain Terminal, Inc.First National Bank of McGeheeFirst Service BankFirst State Bank of WarrenGeorgia-Pacific CorporationHixon Lumber SalesJ. Lauhon LoggingLucky ChevroletM & J FarmsMHS Class of 1965Manchester IndustriesMangum ConstructionMaximum Forestry, LLC.

McKnight AuctionMerchants and Farmers BankMilner/Owyoung Insurance GroupMonette Manor, LLC.Monticello Country ClubMonticello-Drew County Chamber of CommerceMonticello Rotary ClubMorrison – Shipley EngineeringMr. Bug Pest ControlMurphy OilOklahoma United Methodist FoundationOptimum AgricultureOrrell AuctionsParadise Villa, Inc.Pettit & Pettit Consulting Engineers, Inc.Price Services, Inc.R.A. Pickens & Sons Co.Ralph McQueen and Company, Ltd.Ray’s Custom FabricationReinhart FarmsRyburn Motor CompanySearcy & Associates, LLCSouth Arkansas RehabilitationSouthern Ag Resources, LLCState Farm InsuranceSteve’s Body & FrameThe Risher CompaniesUAM African American Alumni AssociationUAM Agri Alumni SocietyUAM Institute of Management AccountantsUnion Bank & Trust Co.Wallace Trust FoundationWells Fargo FoundationWesley United Methodist Church of McGeheeWhite River Diagnostic ClinicWilson Brothers Lumber Co.Woodbriar Nursing Home

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Scott IIIMr. Thomas SearsMs. Marla L. ShapiroMs. Peggy A. SkainsMr. David D. SmithMr. and Mrs. Garrison SmithMr. and Mrs. James SmithMr. and Mrs. Richard SmithMs. Barbara SnookMr. and Mrs. Ed SnookMr. Kelby T. SnowMs. Katie SollarsDr. and Mrs. Robert Stark, Jr.Mrs. Janet L. StaudingerMr. and Mrs. Joel N. StevensDr. Kate StewartMs. Irma J. StrongMrs. Zelma R. StuckeyMr. Grady Tabor, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Robin Scott

TanksleyMr. and Mrs. Ron ThielmanMr. and Mrs. Billy ThomasMr. Ted D. ThompsonMr. Charles L. Thornton

Ms. Edith M. ThurmanMs. Elizabeth P. ThurmanMr. and Mrs. Dennis TowMr. and Mrs. Zackery A. TuckerMr. and Mrs. Gvona M. TurnerMr. and Mrs. Samuel W. VittitowMr. Lee WarrenMr. Frederick D. WashingtonMs. Florence WatsonMs. Beverly WattsMr. Richard W. WeatherlyMr. Mark WeberMr. and Mrs. Howard WellsMs. Mary WellsMrs. Sandra D. WestMr. Dean WetzlerMs. Vanessa E. WhiteMr. and Mrs. James W. WillisMrs. Karen K. WisenerMs. Terri WolfeMr. and Mrs. Randy WomackMr. and Mrs. Jeremy T. WoodallMr. Fred YawnMr. Joe Dan YeeMr. Harvey L. Young

HSPOTLIGHT | ALUMNI NEWS

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HANCOCK WON THE TITLE AT THE 80TH ANNUAL World Championship Duck Calling Contest held during the Wings Over the Prairie Festival in Stuttgart in late November. Hancock earned an $8,000 first prize, $1,000 from Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (Hancock’s call sponsor and maker), a boat from Monticello’s War Eagle Boats, a cooler, gift cards, the World Championship trophy and a “Super Bowl”-type ring for his efforts. Hancock, who earned a degree in spatial information systems at UAM, works for Eagle Forestry Services at the Monticello Municipal Airport as an SIS specialist. “We moved to Stuttgart when I was in the fifth grade, and I was exposed to (duck calling),” he remembered. “I took to the duck-hunting lifestyle immediately. I started competing after I got out high school in 2005 and I’ve been at it ever since.” For about seven hours in cold temperatures and rainy condi-tions, Hancock bested 65 other callers for his 2015 World Cham-pionship. Each contestant performed a hail call, mating call, feed call and a comeback call after a 30-second warmup. At best, the

World ChampionDuck CallerLogan Hancock, a 2009 UAM graduate, wins the 2015 competition at Wings Over the Prairie

Best In The Army2008 graduate Adam Herring receives service-wide honor

Gen. Robert B. Abrams, commanding general, U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), poses with Capt. Adam Herring (BS ‘08), commander, 21st Military Police Company, after presenting him with the FORSCOM “Eagle Award” for the company’s recognition as the top military police company in FORSCOM, Nov. 16, 2015, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The Eagle Award is presented annually to the top military police company in FORSCOM, based on achieve-ments and accomplishments during the preceding fiscal year. Herring and his unit later won the Brigadier General J.P. Holland Award as the top MP unit in the entire Army. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Richard J. Wyatt)

new world champion said, supporters get to listen to six minutes of performance for the caller they came to hear in those seven hours. Since he was a freshman at UAM, Hancock has now won 11 titles. As all competitors must win a state or regional crown in order to qualify for the worlds, Hancock also took first place in the 2015 East Kansas Open in Kansas City, Mo. The 29-year-old won his two first contests in 2008. He’s added at least one championship a year to reach the pinnacle of the sport. Not that the first 10 contest wins were nothing, but Hancock said the miles and hours of practice have finally paid off. The five to seven contests he enters each year, the lifelong friends he has made and the experiences can fill books. “You have to beat those guys to even get to worlds. Worlds is a great thing but I would love to be an Arkansas State champion as well. I may never win that one, but I couldn’t be happier and more excited to be called the 2015 World Champion.”

Logan Hancock with Queen Mallard, Ashby Turner.

(Information provided by Harold Coggins, Advance Monticellonian)

Photo courtesy Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce

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Friends We’ll MissOlivia Warfield Arnold (BA ‘75) of Monticello,

November 9, 2015Larry Eugene Bayliss of Pine Bluff, December

2, 2015Veance “Phil” Jerry Binns of Monticello, December 18, 2015Kenneth Rolan Clark (BSE ‘49) of Conway,

October 23, 2015Steven Michael Daniel (MEd ’94) of Mount Ida,

September 6, 2015Joe Bob Dickey of Monticello, July 17, 2015Jamie Ferguson of Gould, August 31, 2015Jonathan Lee Fowler (BS ’96) of Hot Springs,

December 20, 2015James Thomas French (BSIE ’61) of Cabot, September 11, 2015Mildred Griffin Gandy of White Hall, August

12, 2015Paul Quinton (PQ) Gardner, Sr., (BS ’53) of Monticello, September 15, 2015Wanda Jones Gardner of North Augusta, S.C.,

September 21, 2015Harold J. Green (BS ’52) of Liberty, Mo., September 1, 2015Mechelle Harris (TC ’78) of Crossett, September

23, 2015 Billy Gene Henry (BBA ’63) of Monticello, December 2, 2015Dewey David Hobson (BSIE ’57) of Rison, October 30, 2015Robert Benny Hollinger (BSN ’08) of Monticello,

December 29, 2015Jimmy Don Holloway of Smackover, July 11, 2015Ina Nell McPherson Horne of Pine Bluff, October

5, 2015Col. (Ret.) Byron P. Howlett, Jr., (BA ’51) of San

Antonio, Tex., September 18, 2015Susanne Long Kibodeaux (BS ’91) of Monticello,

January 9, 2016Dean Blythe McDuffie, Sr., (BSIE ’51) of West

Monroe, La., September 10, 2015Billy Gene McGough (BSE ’50) of Monticello,

August 30, 2015Dr. Frank McHan (BSE ’56) of Athens, Ga., November 10, 2015Dane Miles of McGehee, October 4, 2015Christie D. Stuart Mizell (BA ’97) of Tillar, October 13, 2015Patsy E. Norsey of Monticello, September 2, 2015Idong Okon of Tyler, Tex., December 6, 2015Karen Lynn Jarratt Preston (BSE ’72) of White

Hall, August 28, 2015Jimmy Wade Rice (BS ’57) of Crossett, October

23, 2015Gertrude Schimmel (BSE ‘70) of Pine Bluff, October 13, 2015Travis “Smitty” Jackson Smith of Monticello, September 18, 2015Kay Lorraine Thibault (BS ’91) of McGehee,

September 10, 2015Carthal Foster Wardlow (BS ’60) of Tupelo, Miss.,

October 15, 2015Herbert A. White (BS ’48) of Monticello, January 8, 2016Dillon Reid Wooten of Monticello, November

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1960’sRon Austin (BSE ’66) published his first novel, Grayville’s Story, and it is now avail-able on Amazon. He is in the process of publishing a second novel and has three more written.James West (BA’68) was selected as the Star City Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year for 2015.

1980’sJerry “Buck” James (BS ’88) was hired as head football coach at Bryant High School in Bryant, Ark.

1990’sTrudy Jackson (BA ’93) (M.Ed. ’10) was selected as the 2015 Educator of the Year for the Drew Central School District.David Streeter (BS ’94) was hired as the director of student services at the UAM College of Technology – Crossett.Tracy Streeter (BA ’94) was hired as the assistant superintendent for the Star City School District.

2000’sI.C. Murrell (BA ’03) was promoted to sports editor of the Port Arthur News in Port Arthur, Tex.Shelina Warren (M.Ed. ’06) received the John Morton Excellence in Teaching of Economics Award from the Council of Economics.Michael Gilbert (BS ’08) was recognized as the Outstanding Young Leader of 2015 by the Monticello Economic Development Commission.Jordan Frizzell (BS ’11) (M.Ed. ’12) was hired as the assistant principal at Star City High School.Trent Harmon (BA ’13) received a “Gold-en Ticket” on the hit TV show American Idol at the auditions in Little Rock, Ark.

Emma Rose Slaughter, born August 21, 2015, to Phillip Slaughter (BA ’04) and Rose Slaughter of Monticello. Harper Ann Bryant (above), born October 5, 2015, to Leah (Rabb) (BA ’12) and Christopher Bryant (BS ’09) of Monticello.Jonathan Wesley Riley, born October 5, 2015, to Stefanie (Clark) (BA ’05) and Jonathan Riley (BA ’05) of Star City. Cassie Lynn Moore, born October 15, 2015, to Jessica and Lee Moore (Public Safety) of Wilmar.Ellisyn Jane Hartley, born October 19, 2015, to Morgyn Ellis (BGS ’14) and Spen-cer Hartley (BS ’14) of Monticello. Luke Michael Hollatz, born October 22, 2015, to Melissa K. O’Connor (BA ’95) and Brad Hollatz of Lewisville, Tex.Evelyn Rose Headlee, born October 29, 2015, to Jen and Bill Headlee (Forestry) of Monticello. Ava Lee and Landen James Ashcraft, born November 24, 2015, to Olivia (Dottley) (AA ’12) and Michael Ashcraft of Monticello.

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THANK YOU, ALUMNI!Membership gifts received January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. AdamsMr. Roy V. AdamsMs. Gloria R. AdkissonMr. Joe L. AkersMrs. Patricia B. AkinMr. and Mrs. Robert J. AndersonMs. Ann D. AndrewsMrs. Melanie A. ArthurMrs. Billie L. AshcraftMs. Nancy J. AstinDr. and Mrs. Calvin D. AustinMr. Andrew R. AycockMs. Joy AyerMr. James W. BaileyMr. and Mrs. Troy L. BaileyMr. W. Ramsay BallMr. Pervis J. BallewDr. Robert L. BarkerMs. Barbara BarnesMs. Julie A. BarnesMs. Patricia E. BarnettMr. and Mrs. Jim BarrettMs. Sarah D. BarrettDr. and Mrs. William B. BarrettMr. and Mrs. James L. BartonMrs. Carolyn BaughmanMr. Matthew C. BaumgartenMr. Donald E. BeaversMr. T. Pat BeaversonMr. James H. BeckMrs. Sally M. BeebeMs. Fonda C. BellMrs. Mary R. BellottMs. Barbara A. BentonMr. Mike BerryMr. G. Mark BinnsMr. Alvin W. BlackMr. Ronald BlackwelderMs. Helen T. BladonMrs. Betty J. BlatnerMr. and Mrs. Kevin R. BonnetteDr. Rickey BookerMs. Debra BorgognoniMrs. Marilyn Jo BorgognoniMr. and Mrs. Nick F. BowmanMr. and Mrs. Robert M. BoydMr. and Mrs. Stephen BoydMrs. Donna G. BradleyMr. Jerry W. BradshawMr. Herby Branscum, Jr.Ms. Mildred BrazeelMs. Velma D. BrockMr. and Mrs. Jerry B. BroganMr. and Mrs. Freddy L. BrooksMr. William David BrooksDr. Barrett L. BrownMrs. Carolyn BrownMr. J. Taylor BrownMr. Jim Ed BrownDr. Debbie K. BryantMrs. Joen G. BryantMr. and Mrs. James C. Buchanan

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