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The “Build It” President

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ON THE COVERPresident Dr. Pamela Balch ’71 and her husband Patrick Balch.

www.wvwc.edu | SUMMER/FALL 2016 SUNDIAL 1

Pamela Balch: The

“Build It” President

Recalling a Decade of Growth for Wesleyan

2006-2016

Taken from her inauguration speech in October 2006, these words, spoken by President Dr. Pamela Jubin

Balch ’71, have never rung more true. When Balch ac-cepted the position of President of the College in June 2006, she had a vision to bring Wesleyan from “good to great,” one that she has seen come to fruition in her decade-long term. This summer marked the 10th presi-dential anniversary for Balch who plans to retire to The Villages, FL with husband Patrick in December 2016.

Before returning to West Virginia Wesleyan College, Balch spent 28 years in higher education after serving as president of Mayville State University, ND. Prior to May-ville, the Uniontown, PA native was the vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Bethany College, WV; vice provost for academic planning at California State University, Chico; and associate dean for academic affairs at San Diego State University, Impe-rial Valley campus. She was a member of the education faculty at West Virginia Wesleyan College from 1978-88. A 1971 alumna of Wesleyan’s education program, Balch received a Doctorate of Education with honors in curriculum and instruction in 1977 and a Master of Arts with honors in Education from West Virginia University.

Just imagine a vibrant college of over 1,500 quality students… Just imag-ine a curriculum that offers exciting undergraduate and graduate pro-grams responsive to changing societal needs… Just imagine a campus with renovated residence halls, newly built residence halls, and buildings with little or no deferred maintenance.

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In addition to her leadership at the College, she has been a mainstay in the higher education circuit. Some of her membership and affiliations include the National Association of Schools and College of the United Methodist Church, Appalachian College Association, National Association of Professional Women, College Summit Advisory Board of West Virginia, Mountain East Conference, and West Vir-ginia Independent Colleges & Universities.

During her term as President, Balch focused on finance, academics, enrollment, and structure. She reinstated both the School of Nursing and promoted the Physics program within her first year. She also built two debt-free buildings, the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts and the David E. Reemsnyder Research Center, and completed reno-vations of Fleming Hall within her first four years. Her plans included redesigning the old dining hall space in Jenkins Hall to create a Wellness Center in 2011, building Dunn Hall in 2012, and constructing the O’Roark Nordstrom Welcome Center in 2014.

Upon her arrival at Wesleyan, Balch instituted think tanks organized from faculty and staff volunteers to brainstorm next steps in several key areas for the College such as revenue enhancement, enrollment, church relations, and marketing. This grass roots approach began the domino effect that led to the creation of a seven-school system; the addition of new graduate programs in Education, Athletic Train-ing, Creative Writing, and Nursing; a 10-year ac-creditation from the Higher Learning Commission;

2006-2007u Began July 15, 2006

u State of the College: low enrollment, low salaries, low retention, and high debt

u Accomplishments: return of nursing program and promotion of physics program; addition of women’s golf


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increased rankings in scholarly publications such as U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, and Washington Monthly; improved fundraising efforts including a Capital Campaign and several multi-million dollar upgrades to athletic facilities; the awarding of 13 Fulbright Scholars; the institu-tion of Key Performance Indicators; additional international travel opportunities; the strategic acquisition of property around the College; and countless other initiatives that truly have taken Wesleyan from “good to great” in the last decade.

The capstone of her career came with the $10 mil-lion Title III Grant in 2014, making Wesleyan one of only two institutions to receive that amount. The grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education under the Strengthening Institutions Program, created the Student Success Center and the Center for Teaching & Learning at Wesleyan. The program helps eligible institutions of higher education to become self-sufficient and expand their capacity to serve low-income students by pro-viding funds to improve and strengthen academic quality, institutional management, and fiscal stabil-ity. The grant, which is distributed over five years, was the largest of its type ever awarded to a college or university and the largest award Wesleyan has ever received in its 125-year history. In addition, the grant will help increase Wesleyan’s endow-ment. Upon Balch’s retirement, $6 million of the grant will still be available to help Wesleyan’s future administration continue toward these goals.

2007-2008u Major Projects: David E. Reemsnyder

Research Center and Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts

u Accomplishments: welcomed formerly-contracted physical plant employees back to the Wesleyan family, resulting in major cost savings and a feeling of belonging; MS in Athletic Training; reduced draw on endowment from 15% to 10%


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Sundial: How does it feel knowing that it is your last summer and up-coming semester here at your Home Among the Hills?

President Balch: I have mixed emotions, obviously. On one hand, I feel that the time is good to leave Wesleyan in great shape for the next administration, which has always been my goal. On the other hand, I will miss many of the people and things that make this job so special. I know that while it is a good time to depart, it is also a difficult time to leave.

Sundial: You are invested in Wes-leyan on many levels, as an alumna, former educator, and now President. How has your passion for Wesleyan evolved over the past decade?

President Balch: This is the longest I have been at any one institution, and of all the jobs, it is the most rewarding that I have ever had because I feel like I have invested so much time and energy in trying to make a profound difference. It has been extremely special for me.

Sundial: In your first interview with the Sundial, you listed numerous long-term goals you had for Wes-leyan, including the construction of residence halls, an increase in the endowment, and a diverse campus. How do you feel those long-term goals were addressed?

President Balch: When I began in this role, I was not confident that we could ever become financially stable. I would have never dreamed we could have done as much as we have done, but teamwork, great co-

2008-2009u Major projects: Grand opening of

Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts; renovated HVAC in Wesley Chapel, refurbished steeple, and interior reconstruction in Fleming Hall

u Accomplishments: 100% pass rate for nursing NCLEX; broke ground for David E. Reemsnyder Research Center; added pre-art therapy and media studies majors and BS in Athletic Training

With a decade of collaboration, dedication, and hard work for Wesleyan under her belt, the Sundial sat down with the President to reflect on her tenure atWest Virginia Wesleyan College.


operation, and outstanding people have allowed us to make tremendous prog-ress. I feel like we have accomplished everything we tried to do and beyond. When we said “good to great,” we really wanted to make Wesleyan great, and we have made tremendous progress on all those fronts. One of the things I am really proud of is our number of debt-free buildings, which means we are not leaving any debt for the future administration. One thing we knew we had to do quickly was return the nursing program, something I announced in my inauguration speech. Had we not done that, we would never have been able to increase enrollment or gain the support

and appreciation from the community, faculty, staff, and students. That started this entire process in a positive light, and we worked hard to reach a recent two-year record of a 100% pass rate on the NCLEX.

Sundial: You mentioned the support of the community. How have you seen the relationship between Wesleyan and the community evolve during your presi-dency?

President Balch: We have built a tre-mendous relationship with the com-munity. Becoming a Rotarian and also serving on the Upshur County Develop-ment Authority Board, I have seen the

different functions of the community and Wesleyan work very well together. We have completed projects with the community, and those have been im-portant. A good relationship with the community is critically important to have, and we have tried to meet as many people as we possibly could. The most recent project where we partnered with the city, and now Mayor, David Mc-Cauley, is a new sidewalk in front of the administration building.

Sundial: When you began your presi-dency, you implemented think tanks comprised of faculty and staff. How did the think tanks really help propel the last ten years’ worth of work?

2009-2010u Accomplishments: added

Masters in Education, Fine Arts, and Nursing; Chapel oval fountain is dedicated; a 10-year accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission; reduced draw on endowment from 10% to 7%


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President Balch: I still have the folders on those think tanks! They set the stage for what the faculty and staff thought could happen. Here I was, returning to the school as an alumna and faculty member, but I did not know what was on the minds of the people. I had eight think tanks, and we had a semester to gather our ideas and put them on paper. I then compiled those ideas into what were and were not feasible. It helped propel the strategic planning process from the begin-ning. This allowed the use of the grassroots approach with everyone having a chance to say openly what they wanted to say. I also met with a lot of people face-to-face, including donors, which helped. It became apparent that I needed to support two critically important programs for students, The Learning Center and the Center for Community Engage-ment.

Sundial: What were the top two or three greatest accomplish-ments you achieved while in this role?

President Balch: Financial stability is number one. With-out that, you do not have a college that is functioning. The enrollment had to increase, which is an important overall component of the “big picture.” Finally, campus morale had to improve. I worked hard to make sure people felt appreci-ated, which is why we tried to do things like half-day Fridays in the summer, yearly salary increases, and handwritten acknowledgements. The athletic director and coaches have also played an important roll in growing the campus numbers

2010-2011u Major Projects: new 7-school

structure; nursing simulation lab; new carpet in Doney Hall and around campus; renovation of portion of Jenkins Hall into Wellness Center; transitioned into current Center for Community Engagement & Leadership Development structure; first Wesleyan Service Scholar class; ubiquitous wireless internet across campus

2011-2012u Major projects: beginning work on

Key Performance Indicators

u Accomplishments: 100% pass rate for nursing NCLEX; David E. Reemsnyder Research Center and Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts completely funded, including $250,000 in equipment; added BA in gender

u Accomplishments: David E. Reemsnyder Research Center opens; added Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing; reduced draw on endowment from 7% to 5%; Dunn Hall was built

u Began increased communication with alumni and donors by adding the President’s newsletters

Financial stability is number one. Without that, you do not have a

college that is functioning.


and improving student-athlete academ-ics. Another highlight was celebrating the College’s 125th anniversary. I am so proud of the anniversary book because it is a great piece of Wesleyan history.

Sundial: What do you foresee as the most pressing challenges for the upcom-ing administration?

President Balch: We still need to work on graduate program development be-cause we have made progress, but there is more that can be made. We need to maintain the momentum on institu-tional assessment. It must be a living, breathing presence. I also hope that finances and fundraising continue to be important priorities. The Capital Cam-paign will be completed in 2017 and will help enhance our programs, facilities, and affordability for the next generation of students. We have also purchased a number of properties surrounding the College that I hope the new administra-tion will continue to maintain. Addi-tionally, we should continue to improve the residence halls. While we have completed Dunn and Fleming Halls, there are still many efforts that need to be made to residence halls in the future. This may be one of the top priorities for

the next President. We have fleshed out the Strategic Plan, and residence halls are a part of that. It is time we look at the next set of improvements.

Sundial: International scholarships and travel opportunities were two areas of focus during your presidency. What types of strides were made in those programs, and why is it an important aspect of the Wesleyan experience?

President Balch: We are extremely proud of the tradition we are build-ing at Wesleyan with the Fulbright Scholarships and other international and national scholarship competi-tions. Dr. John Saunders, professor of English, Emeritus, agreed to work with the students to compete for different international scholarships between 2007 to 2014, and we had many Wes-leyan students awarded an international experience. This is a true testament to John’s commitment to our students and donors who believe in this priority. Cur-rently, Wesleyan has created an Office of International Travel to continue the momentum that he began. The impor-tance of traveling outside of the United States is that our students better realize the potential they have to positively

affect others and further their own personal development as good citizens of the world.

Sundial: What kinds of strides do you feel you have made in endowment and fundraising and general revenue for the College?

President Balch: Our endowment has increased, and we feel we have made tremendous strides in relationships. We have built a good team, and it took a while to build it, but we are now seeing the fruits of our labor. We are making progress in not only obtaining money now but also setting the stage for de-cades and decades to come.

Sundial: What is your best donor story?

President Balch: The Welcome Center was a nice story because I was able to merge Jeannie and Bruce Nordstrom’s support with the Reeves Foundation in New Jersey. We were able to work to make that building come together. It was a great accomplishment, and it was funded within two weeks. Working with two donors that both had a love for Wesleyan was an exciting thing for me. Of course, the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts was also

...the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts was also special because it had been promised for so many years, and we were able to make that a reality.

studies, BS in sport business, and a BS in chemical hygiene and safety; added women’s lacrosse as an NCAA-recognized sport; zeroed out $7.5 million line of credit

2012-2013u Land acquisition plan created

u Accomplishments: acquired major gift for Dunn Hall; completed Culpepper Softball Field renovations


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u Transitioned from West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) to Mountain East Conference (MEC)

u New campus tagline of “Find Your Voice” and new logo roll out

u Major Projects: renovation of Haymond Hall Rm. 4 and dining center

u Accomplishments: construction begins on Welcome Center; Wesleyan selected to host West Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts for three years; 1st Dunn Academy held; added majors in pre-drama therapy and social justice studies; Advancement raised $7 million; eliminated $13 million cumulative unrestricted debt

2014-2015u 5 MEC Championships

u Major Projects: renovated Doney Hall to include single rooms; renovations to the School of Business, Haymond Hall, and Wesley Chapel bells; repaired four roofs and created the Center for Teaching & Learning

u Accomplishments: awarded the $10 million Title III grant;


special because it had been promised for so many years, and we were able to make that a reality. Having the support of the Board members made these two efforts possible, and they have been ap-preciative of the progress we have made.

Sundial: The big capstone of your presidency has to be the awarding of the $10 million Title III Grant from the Department of Education. As Wesleyan moves on to a new presidency, how do you see the Title III continuing to make an impact on Wesleyan?

President Balch: Title III was the icing on the cake after a good year, and we were one of only two schools in the country that received $10 million. One of the real advantages of leaving on a high note is that the next president will have almost $6 million in the Title III fund. No one typically walks into that type of situation. The opportunities for faculty and staff development are tremendous with that type of budget, as well as having the staff on-hand to help retain students.

Sundial: Are there any items that are still on your bucket list that you would like to see accomplished before your retirement in December?

President Balch: I would like to see the tennis court project completed in the fall. The Title III projects are progress-ing beautifully this summer, and I would like to see as many of those finished before I retire while also leaving money on the table for the next president.

Sundial: What are your and Patrick’s plans for retirement?

President Balch: I will probably fail retirement because I am used to such a hectic pace! I hope to stay engaged in higher education in some way in a consulting role while getting back to my piano, which I have not done in a while. I hope to keep up a healthy lifestyle, and Florida is a great place to do that.

Sundial: You are the type of person that loves to stay busy, but are you looking forward to any downtime?

President Balch: No, I am really not. I am always wondering what to do next. I do want to continue to dabble in antiques when Patrick and I move to Florida. Antiquing has always been a big part of my life. My parents were in the antique business, and we have sold ever since I was a little kid. It is in my blood.

Sundial: What is Patrick excited to do once you settle in Florida?

President Balch: Patrick has already joined a coffee group in Florida, so it does not take him long! He will con-tinue his hobby of refurnishing antique furniture. We have had our home for six years, and we have great neighbors. The longest we have stayed there was two weeks, so we are excited to make it our permanent residence.

Sundial: Do you plan to continue to return to your Home Among the Hills?

President Balch: Absolutely. I defi-nitely want to stay connected and even help my successor in any way I can. I am happy to see any donors that I have formed friendships with, as well, if that opportunity arises.

Sundial: Do you have any words of advice for the next president?

President Balch: Ensure the institution is fiscally viable with a culture of sup-port. Keep the momentum going, and be sure that students are the first priority and at the forefront of decision-making. Every decision I ever made has been in the best interest of our students. We also want to maintain our strong church relationship because it is an important piece of the Wesleyan culture.

opened the O’Roark Nordstrom Welcome Center; completed track renovations as part of the Multi-Purpose Athletic Complex; reestablished Marching Band; added Bachelor of Fine Arts and a degree in health science; Advancement raised $5 million; 100% pass rate for nursing NCLEX

2015-2016u 125-Year Celebration of Wesleyan

with history booku Major Projects: renovation of tennis

courts and bleachers for basketball and baseball, plan for acrobatics and tumbling, class renovations

u Accomplishments: addition of IOGA’s Athletic Traditions Room; successful Higher Learning Commission visit; obtained Wolfgang Flor statue; 100% pass rate for nursing NCLEX

Every decision I ever made has been in the best interest of our students.


l Studies repeatedly show that graduates with an MBA earn a higher salary over the course of their career than those with an undergraduate business degree.

l Completing an MBA program can improve and differentiate graduates’ personal and professional skills, increasing their value to current and prospective employers. The Wesleyan MBA prepares graduates for a range of employment opportunities in a variety of fields.

l Wesleyan’s small class size provides students with the opportunity to get to know their professors and net-work with fellow students. The individualized attention enables students to pursue their own goals and develop expertise in specific areas of interest.

l In addition to the traditional MBA program for college graduates, Wesleyan’s Five-Year MBA program began in the early 2000s, allowing Wesleyan students to complete both an undergraduate degree and MBA in five years.

l Both the traditional and five-year MBA programs are open to students from any undergraduate major. Busi-ness content fundamentals are provided through two MBA-level courses for those without an undergraduate business background.

l The MBA program at Wesleyan offers a variety of concentrations tailored to meet the interests of students and the needs of the marketplace. In addition to a classic MBA, Wesleyan students can also pursue a concentration in human resource management, health-care administration, or nonprofit management.

l Working professionals who are not interested in, or quite ready to commit to, a full MBA degree may complete the four courses in a concentration area and earn a graduate certificate in that concentration.

l Because people learn best by doing, Wesleyan’s MBA courses require students to apply theory to busi-ness practice; many courses are focused on projects for local organizations, and internships are encouraged. Throughout the curriculum, ethical, collaborative, and data-based decision making is emphasized.

l All MBA students are required to participate in a capstone course that incorporates all core functions of business and requires teams to analyze business cases and develop integrated strategy.

l It has never been easier to apply to the MBA program. Like all programs at Wesleyan, there is no application fee. Students with an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 are not required to take the GMAT. The MBA faculty make admission decisions promptly, on a rolling basis; therefore there is no application deadline.

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

The 2015-2016 academic year marks the 30th anniversary of Wesleyan’s Master of Business Administration program. While much about the program has changed over the years, the quality reputation and value of a Wesleyan MBA remain constant. The

program continues to stand out as distinctively local, personal, and affordable.

Here is why our program continues to be relevant in today’s market.

For more information on this program please contact

Dr. Susan Aloi, [email protected]

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Celebrating its 10th year in May 2017, the M.Ed. program provides advanced teacher

certification to 5-year undergraduate Wesleyan education students and to certified classroom teachers seeking additional licenses in Multi-Categor-ical Special Education with Autism Hours or as a Reading Specialist. Students enrolled in these programs develop skills in research, analysis of data, schools and society, human development and learning, curriculum design, technology integration, and adapting learning to individual stu-dent needs. Through field experiences, master’s students have opportunities to work with educational colleagues, Pre K-12 students and parents, and to conduct action research in their own classroom.Additionally the M.Ed. offers initial teaching license in the Post-Baccalau-reate Accelerated Certification in Sec-ondary Education (Post BA) Program in the following areas: biology, chem-istry, English, mathematics, physics, general science, and social studies. In this program, students who possess an undergraduate degree in one of these areas work to complete both teacher certification in a 5-12 classroom and earn a Master’s degree.

Graduates of the Master’s in Education Program have:

l Filled critical teacher needs in the areas of special education, mathematics, biology, and general science.

l Provided reading professional development hours to both school districts and to Wesleyan students.

l Applied for and obtained grants for improv-ing literacy skills in Pre K-12 public school students.

l Participated in a West Virginia Department of Education pilot project to determine the impact of two different Teaching professional skills tests (PPAT vs. EdTPA).

l Filled a critical need for teachers with skills in working with students diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum.

l Completed a minimum of 240 field hours working in West Virginia classrooms and tutor-ing Pre K-12 students.

l Students in the 5-year program earned two degrees and two certifications..

l Provided data analysis of local districts on the effectiveness of some of their programs.

Master’s in Education (M.Ed.)

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA)The MFA program is a low-residency graduate writ-ing program that operates according to an apprentice-ship model. The program’s founding director, the late Dr. Irene McKin-ney ‘67, former West Virginia Poet Laureate and Wesleyan Professor Emerita, launched the program the summer of 2011 to enable nontradi-tional students to earn an MFA without having to uproot their lives. This low residency program is the only one of its kind in the state. It matches individual graduate students studying poetry, nonfiction, or fiction with one of our core or guest faculty members for a semester-long correspon-dence that follows a ten-day residency on campus.

10 Great Facts about Writing in the Heart of Appalachia:

1. The MFA faculty includes award-winning writers and editors and, most importantly, attentive mentors.

2. The faculty-student ratio is 1:4.3. Residency guests have included National Book Award

winners and MacAthur Fellows, and a diversity of regional and national voices such as Nikky Finney, Ann Pancake, Jayne Anne Phillips, Terrance Hayes, and George Singleton.

4. The 10-day residencies provide a greenhouse for writ-ers who thrive among like-minded individuals.

5. The 17-week semesters provide one-on-one correspon-dence focused on the student’s personal writing goals.

6. MFA alumni launched the literary magazine HeartWood in 2016 (http://www.heartwoodlitmag.com/).

7. A secondary genre concentration is available for those interested in cross-genre study.

8. Among the most affordable low-residency MFA pro-grams in the nation.

9. Students have an option for an Ireland residency.10. The average age range of our students is 40-50, making

the low residency MFA program a great option for working adults.

Charlie Fury MFA ‘13, showcasing his work at the residency reading.

For more information on this program please contact

Dr. Lynn Rupp, [email protected]

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Top: MSN FNP students and BSN practice intubation as part of an interprofessional residency, March 2015. Pictured: Tina Astrino Straight, Associate Professor; Amanda Jenkins, BSN student; Jennifer Colvin & William Bedilion, MSN FNP students. Bottom: MSN FNP students practice suturing as part of their residency, March 2015. Pictured: Melissa Bedilion & William Bedilion, MSN FNP students.

The West Virginia Wesleyan Master of Science in Nursing program is committed to preparing stu-dents to embrace myriad opportunities as nursing

continues to be a “growth profession.” The 2010 Future of Nursing report, jointly released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medi-cine (IOM), identified the ambitious goal of doubling the number of nurses prepared with graduate degrees by 2020. This position reflects the need for highly educated nurses to fulfill the promise of health care reform with advanced-practice preparation as nurse practitioners, the fastest-growing group of primary care providers in the United States; the necessity for new nursing faculty as tens of thousands of qualified applicants to nursing pro-

grams are turned away due to insufficient faculty numbers; and the demand for nurse leaders/nurse administrators to translate research into practice, focus on population health, and prepare new nurses to function in today’s evolving health care environment. Wesleyan’s nationally-accredited MSN program success-fully prepares students in each of these three areas (advanced nursing practice, nursing education, nursing administration). The MSN degree combines online and hybrid course design with practicum experiences arranged in the student’s home community. Programs are flexible; students can plan their own schedules and choose the pace of study.

l The MSN Program has five concentrations of study: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Nursing Education, and Nursing Administration as well two areas of study done in collaboration with Shenandoah University – Certified Nurse Mid-wifery (CNM) and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP).

l The program has grown from an initial enroll-ment of two students at its inception (2009) to a projected enrollment of 90 students for fall 2016.

l The program has had a certification pass rate of 100% through January 2016.

l The program has full national accreditation through the Accreditation Commission for Nursing Education (ACEN).

l The program also offers a Post-Graduate APRN Certificate for Family Nurse Practitioner study. This certificate is available to students who have completed a master’s degree in nursing but wish to continue their studies to be prepared as Family Nurse Practitioners.

l The MSN program is offered to students using hybrid learning pedagogies. Students participate in weekly synchronous classes offered through web-conferencing programs, complete asynchronous online course work using the Blackboard Learning Management System, and come to campus for multiple on-site residency experiences each se-mester. Clinical practicum experiences take place in students’ home communities and faculty travel to these areas to make site visits to students and preceptors.

l Graduates of the program are working as nurs-ing faculty members, directors of hospital-based nursing education programs, nursing administra-tors in community and hospital settings, FNPs in rural health clinics as well as in specialty practices including oncology and gerontology, Certified Nurse Midwives in rural settings, and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners at in-patient and out-patient mental health facilities.

l Advanced practice students in the program (FNPs, PMHNPs, and CNM) complete a minimum of 580 supervised practicum hours in their area of specialty practice prior to graduation.

l While the majority of students in the program reside in West Virginia, the program has recruited students from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, New York, and Washington.

l Many of our incoming students this fall have applied (and enrolled) based upon recommenda-tions of recent graduates.

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

For more information on the MSN program, please contact

Dr. Susan Leight, [email protected] • 304-473-8228

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West Virginia Wesleyan College offers the Master of Science in Athletic Training degree

for students who have graduated from a Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training undergraduate curriculum and are board certified or board of certi-fication eligible. The degree provides students with the theoretical knowledge and understanding of the profession of athletic training beyond that of the entry level program, and enhances the qual-ity of health care services for the physi-cally active through the development of advanced clinicians.

The program is a 36-credit hour curricu-lum that blends classroom instruction and real clinical, practical experiences. Each fall and spring semester includes a clinical practicum in which graduate students are placed in various clinical settings (college athletics, high school athletics, or junior high or middle school athletics). Students may elect to complete a thesis or other research project.Some facts about our program include:

l From an initial enrollment of three students at its inception in 2008, the MSAT program has grown to an average enrollment of 12 students.

l The program has had a 100% rate of accep-tance to doctoral programs for those individuals that elected to pursue an additional degree.

Dr. Dan Martin, director, assists former MSAT student Tsubasa Tomoto during clinicals. Tomoto just completed his doctorate at the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, Univeristy of Tsukuba, Japan.

Master of Science in Athletic Training (MSAT)

l Students have the opportunity to complete the MSAT degree in either one or two years depending upon their personal situation and goals.

l The program also offers the preparation to become a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist which several students have success-fully earned.

l The MSAT program has over 120 collective years involving a variety of experiences and has been recognized by a variety of education and service awards at the local and state levels.

l The practicum and internship experiences may take place in the local area or at other locations outside the area that the student chooses in conjunction with the faculty.

l Graduates of the program are working as athletic trainers in a variety of settings including colleges, high schools, clinics, and physician of-fices, as well as the military.

l Students in the program provide athletic trainer services to several area high schools and area colleges, including WVWC.

l While a number of students in the program reside in West Virginia, the program has recruited students from a number of states as well as inter-national students from South Korea and Japan.

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l Many of our incoming freshman students have applied (and enrolled) based upon the opportunity to complete a seamless undergraduate degree in athletic training followed by the MSAT degree with the potential to do both degrees in five years.


otson attended Wesleyan during an era of tremen-dous athletic success. The College’s football and bas-ketball teams were among the best in the West Vir-ginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athlet-ics (NAIA). Dotson and many of his teammates are members of the Wesleyan’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Dotson earned ten letters in three sports. He was a four-year starter in football, two-year starter in bas-ketball, and a school and conference record-setter in the shot put in track. In four years as a starter in football, he was never flagged for a single holding or clipping penalty. He did receive his share of offside penalty calls until officials realized that he was amazingly quick off the count. Coach Sam Ross called him “the best offensive lineman in

Wesleyan’s history,” while legendary coach Hank Ellis was quoted as saying, “Boyd Dotson was the greatest athlete I ever recruited to Wesleyan.”

Raised in the rugged moun-tain countryside of Webster County, Dotson came to Wesleyan after enjoying a successful high school ca-reer. He had been recruited by a number of major universities and small col-leges but selected Wesleyan on the basis of advice he received from businessman Red Crites and the encour-agement of Hank Ellis.

At 6’2”, 210 pounds, he enrolled at Wesleyan in 1957 as a 17-year old fresh-man. Despite his youth, he quickly moved up the depth charts and started as an offensive and defensive end. While this is an impressive accomplishment, it is the stories about Dotson’s excel-lence that have made him a living legend.

Boyd DotsonThe term athlete is defined as a person trained or gifted in exercises or contests involving physical agility, stamina, or strength. During West Virginia Wesleyan College’s 125-plus year history, there have been a number of male and female outstanding athletes. A few can also be classified as legendary athletes. Daniel Boyd Dotson, Jr. ’62 met that gold standard of athletic excellence.

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After starting as a freshman in football and serving as a back-up to Ken Remley ’60, one of the premier centers in the nation, Dotson joined the track team, the first time he had ever attempted the sport. He enjoyed immediate success in the shot put, placing third in the conference meet and helped his teammates secure a WVIAC Championship.

As a result of a pre-season knee injury, Dotson missed intercollegiate athletic competition during his sophomore year. In the fall of 1959, he was moved from offensive and defensive end to offensive tackle to protect his surgically-repaired knee. He became an exceptional down-field blocker, knocking down as many as three defensive players helping his teammate gain additional yardage. Head Coach Sam Ross described Dotson as “good enough to become a professional football player.”

At the conclusion of the football sea-son, Dotson did not anticipate playing basketball. However, after scoring 52 points in an intramural game, Ellis asked him to join the varsity team. Dotson became an immediate starter and helped lead the team to a third place WVIAC Tournament finish. He was a dominant force inside, holding his own against opponents who were much taller. In the spring, he and his teammates captured another conference title.

During Dotson’s third football season, Wesleyan’s ground game flourished, running prominently behind his power-ful blocking. In the 1960 game against favored West Liberty, Dotson punished the Hilltoppers’ nationally-known defen-sive lineman so much that he was pulled from the game. The West Liberty coach feared the continued pounding would ruin his star lineman emotionally.

Dotson’s greatest football accomplish-ments occurred during his senior season.

One of three tri-captains, the Bobcats finished 9-1, winning the WVIAC Championship.

His superior athletic skills were show-cased throughout the championship run. In the mid-season annual battle with Fairmont State, Wesleyan held a narrow lead over the Falcons late in the fourth quarter. The Bobcats were pinned in their own end zone and fans and players expected that Fairmont would receive the ball deep in Wesleyan territory. Dotson saved the day with a booming punt that sailed over the heads of the Falcons. When the ball came to a stop, it had traveled 82 yards, allowing the Wesleyan defense to easily preserve the win.

During Wesleyan’s Thanksgiving Day Turkey Bowl win over Salem, the Bobcats and the Tigers were scoreless throughout the first half on a very muddy field. Sa-lem’s best chance to score occurred when a Tiger safety intercepted a Wesleyan pass in the flat and appeared to break into the open for a touchdown run. Dot-son used his superior speed to overtake the defender and tackled him on the 14-yard line before the half. Wesleyan scored two touchdowns in the second half to claim a 12-0 win.

At the conclusion of the football sea-son, Dotson turned his attention to basketball, starting every game until his eligibility expired in December. He finished his athletic career on a high note in the spring with first place finishes in the WVIAC Track meet in the long jump and high jump. He was named “Athlete of the Year” in 1962 and received many letters of interest from NFL teams. The New York Giants requested Dotson’s time in the 50-yard dash and his actual time was 0.2 seconds off of the Olympic World Record at that time, an amazing feat con-sidering he was an offensive lineman. He opted, however, to “retire” from football

due to concerns that he might further risk more injury to his damaged knee.

After graduation, Dotson became widely known for his kindness and character. He was instrumental in recruiting many students to Wesleyan. He is quick to reflect on his time at Wesleyan with great pride.

“I was so fortunate to be associated with three of the finest people in the world at Wesleyan—Sam Ross, David Reems-nyder, and Hank Ellis,” recalled Dotson. “They taught me hard work, dedication to purpose, sportsmanship, and the fundamentals of the sport. President Stanley Martin emphasized Wesleyan’s mission not only during and beyond our time here but also he inspired us with his commitment to vision.

“I had tremendous professors who challenged yet supported me in my educational pursuits,” he continued. “I also enjoyed dinner conversations in their homes. Finally, I was blessed to be surrounded by so many phenomenal student-athletes. Their incredible careers and personal achievements serve as a constant reminder as to why we were so successful on the field and the court.”

Dotson will long be remembered as one of Wesleyan’s greatest athletes. His abil-ity was heightened by his drive, passion, and commitment to excellence.

A nominee for the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, Dotson has been inducted into the Wesleyan Hall of Fame on three different occasions. He was among the first to be selected in the initial year of the shrine and was also inducted with his 1958-59 basketball and 1961 football teammates. He remains an enthusiastic advocate for the College.

“I was so fortunate to be associated with three of the finest people in the world at Wesleyan—Sam Ross, David Reemsnyder, and Hank Ellis.” ~Boyd Dotson ’62

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BaseBallRecord: 25-22

Conference Record: 16-16

Post-season Results: N/A

Post-season Individual accolades (MeC, Regional, and academic): Michael Logsdon- All-MEC Second Team, Chris Metrick- All-MEC Second Team, Chris Metrick- CoSIDA Academic All-District Team

Men’s TennIs Record: 19-6


Post-season Results: Defeated Virginia-Wise in the MEC Semi-Finals by a score of 5-0, loss to West Liberty in the MEC Finals by a score of 5-2, loss to Chowan in the NCAA Atlantic 1 Regional by a score of 5-3

Post-season Individual accolades (MeC, Regional, and academic): Jacobo Rendon- All-MEC First Team, Ramon Rodriguez- All-MEC First Team, Nathan Sabate- All-MEC First Team, Ferran Berga- All-MEC Second Team

Men’s TRaCk and FIeldPost-season Results: Won MEC Championship

Post-season Individual accolades (MeC, Regional, and academic): Dylon Rippeto- MEC Field Athlete of the Year, Tavaris Anderson- MEC MVP (High Point)

Men’s GolFPost-season Results: Placed 7th at the MEC Spring Invitational, Placed 14th at the Cecil C. Spadafora Invitational

Post-season Individual accolades (MeC, Regional, and academic): N/A

Men’s swIMMInGPost-season Results: Placed 11th at the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships


woMen’s GolFPost-season Results: Placed 4th at the MEC Spring Invitational, Placed 7th at the MEC Spring Classic

Post-season Individual accolades (MeC, Regional, and academic): Katie Casey- All-MEC Second Team

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Post-season Results: Loss to Wheeling Jesuit in the MEC Semi-Finals by a score of 17-6

Post-season Individual accolades (MeC, Regional, and academic): Madison Duvall- All-MEC Second Team, Kim Lubic- All-MEC Second Team, Natalie Schaffner- All-MEC Second Team, Haley McGuffin- All-MEC Second Team, Lauren Granville- All-MEC Honorable Mention, Madison Duvall- MEC All-Freshman Team, Lauren Granville- MEC All-Freshman Team, Haley McGuffin- MEC All-Freshman Team, Madison Duvall- All-MEC Tournament Team

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Post-season Results: Won the MEC Championship by beating Charleston in two games (Game 1 Final: 2-0, Game 2 Final: 5-3), Loss to Charleston in the best of three games in the NCAA Atlantic Super Regional (Sweet 16) (Game 1 Final: WVWC 3 – UC 6, Game 2 Final: WVWC 3 – UC 0, Game 3 Final: WVWC 0 – UC 1)

Post-season Individual accolades (MeC, Regional, and academic): Morgan Bruce- All-MEC First Team, Brooklyn Waddell- All-MEC First Team, Carly Gregory- All-MEC First Team, Hannah Vet- All-MEC First Team, Rebekah Honce- All-MEC Second Team, Olivia Gore- All-MEC Second Team, Sayaka Foley- All-MEC Second Team, Morgan Bruce- CoSIDA Academic All-District, Rebekah Honce- CoSIDA Academic All-District, Anna Eggleston- CoSIDA Academic All-District, Brooklyn Waddell- NFCA All-American Team

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Post-season Individual accolades (MeC, Regional, and academic): Lauren Cvechko- MEC Field Athlete of the Year, Lauren Cvechko- MEC MVP (High Point)

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Construction is underway for six new tennis courts, adjacent to the Culpepper Soccer Stadium and Culpepper Softball Field, at West Virginia Wesleyan College. Construction is expected to be completed by this fall.

The $500,000 project has been made possible by several generous gifts from alumni and friends. Three of the six courts have been named through leadership gifts by Jack ’59 and Mary Sue Van Camp Fraser ’60; Don ’70 and Debra Lenhart Green ’74; and Marc, Hon. ’16 and Debbie Halbritter.

Wesleyan’s men’s and women’s tennis teams have been without a suitable outdoor home facility since 2013. Despite the adversity, the men’s team won

the 2016 Mountain East Conference regular-season championship and earned a 10th consecutive berth into the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament. The men finished the year with a 19-6 record while the women’s record was 9-9.

When construction is completed, the courts will feature a lighted-laying surface. In addition to seek-ing leadership gifts for the remaining three courts, the Office of Advancement is also seeking gift sup-port for windscreens and additional seating.

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Vicky Bullett, Head Coach for the lady Bobcats

West Virginia Wesleyan is pleased to announce the hiring of Vicky Bullett as the new head coach of the Lady Bobcat basketball pro-gram.

Bullett spent the last four years as an educator and the women’s basketball head coach at Hagerstown Community College in Hagerstown, MD.

A native of Martinsburg, WV, she graduated in 1985 from Martinsburg High School. Following a successful high school athletic career at Martinsburg, she was pursued by the top college women’s basketball programs in the nation. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in general studies. She is one of the most decorated women’s basketball players of all time.

During her collegiate playing career at the University of Maryland, she was named to All-ACC First Team in 1987, 1988 and 1989. Her 1989 season was perhaps one of the best seasons ever by any collegiate player. She was named the 1989 ACC Player of the Year, the ACC MVP, and a Kodak All-American.

Bullett was the first player in Maryland history to register two seasons of 500 points or more, and one of only five players in school history to record 600 points in one season (686). In 2003, she was named to the ACC Women’s Basketball 50th Anniversary Team.

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She was selected to the 1988 and 1992 United States Olympic Teams, which won gold and bronze medals respective-ly. In honor of being a member of the 1988 Gold Medal Team, the city of Mar-tinsburg renamed the street on which she grew up to “Vicky Bullett Street.”

In 1997, she was the first player chosen in the WNBA Draft by the Charlotte Sting. She played three seasons for the Sting before being traded to the Wash-ington Mystics where she played for three seasons. During those six seasons,

she totaled 2,018 points in scoring. Prior to and following her WNBA career, she played internationally in Italy and Brazil.

In 2011, Bullett was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. She is also a member of the Martinsburg High School Hall of Fame, the West Virginia All Black Schools Sports and Academic Hall of Fame, the University of Maryland Hall of Fame, and the West Virginia Sports Writers Hall of Fame.

Before starting her coaching career at

Hagerstown Community College, she returned home to Martinsburg where she taught at South Middle School.

At Hagerstown Community College, she served as an assistant coach before taking over the head coaching position in 2012. Her 2015-16 squad posted a 24-8 record, and to the NJCAA National Championships where they placed sev-enth in the nation.

Bullett began her duties at Wesleyan on May 16.

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Playing professionally is the dream of many student-athletes. For graduate Tanner McGrew ’16 of Buck-hannon, he is getting to live his dream.

McGrew, a stand-out basketball player for the Bobcats, signed his first professional contract this spring and is now the newest member of Southwest Metro Pirates out of Brisbane, Australia. But how did McGrew wind up in Australia? Through social media and Facebook, of course.

“A representative from the team messaged me on Face-book and asked about my intentions following my career at Wesleyan,” McGrew explained. “At first I was a little reluctant, but we opened up a line of communication and

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began talking. Everything seemed legiti-mate about the situation. I made contact with other players who had taken this route, and they had positive responses. It seemed like something I would enjoy; so I took the leap, and here I am.”

It was a whirlwind spring for the bud-ding professional.

As if finishing his collegiate career and signing a professional contract were not enough, McGrew married Abbey Estep on the same day as his Wesleyan gradu-ation. Their honeymoon is his three-month professional stay in Australia. All of the new adjustments do not seem to be phasing McGrew.

“My wife Abbey and I are getting to experience our marriage in a brand new

place,” remarked McGrew. “Relying on each other is challenging but also rewarding. She is the ultimate supporter and is always there for me when I need her. The hardest part is missing my fam-ily, but technology is so advanced that I can see and hear from them quite often.”

For those who have followed McGrew, it comes as no surprise that he is playing professionally. During his senior season under head coach Gary Nottingham, he led the NCAA Division II ranks in rebounding (12.4 rpg) and was second in the nation in double-doubles (19).

Post-season honors poured in for Mc-Grew as he was named an Honorable Mention All-American by D2Bulletin.com, a CoSIDA NCAA Division II Third

Team Academic All-American and a Second Team All-Atlantic Regional pick, as well as being named to the Mountain East Conference All-First Team.

While Australia is the honeymoon for McGrew, it is the first step of what he hopes is a blossoming professional career.

“Our season lasts until the end of sum-mer (winter here), and then my goal is to sign with a higher level team,” McGrew stated. “The NBL in Australia has recently become a potential goal, but Abbey and I are deciding based on the offers I receive.”

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West VirGiniA WesleyAn ColleGe held its annual Athletics Hall of fame ceremony on April 30 at the Social Hall. A crowd of more than 100 people saw the honor-ing of six new inductees as many celebrated and reminisced about their times as a Bobcat or Lady Bobcat.

The class of 2016 included jerry free ‘82 (football and track), jim Hawkins ‘62 (football), Tammie Shockey ‘83 (athlete), Nancy

Stonestreet-Monter ‘98 (softball), Stewart Thomasos ‘84 (soccer) and Bob White ‘63 (football).

The six new inductees increase the Hall of fame membership to 100 individuals and 14 teams.

Vice president for Advance-ment Robert “Bob” Skinner ‘75 was the master of ceremonies for the event.

Those in attendance also heard remarks from president pamela Balch ‘71 and Director of Athlet-ics Randy Tenney ‘77.

Jerry Free ‘82 – Football and track

Free had a stellar career at Wes-leyan in both football and track and field. A standout tight end, he was a two-time first team All-WVIAC selection and was

named to the Kodak All-American team in 1982. He also captured the WVIAC Championship in the

shot put and was a first-team All-American in that sport.

James “Jim” Hawkins ‘62 – Football

Hawkins was a fullback on the 1961 WVIAC Championship

team. He was a four-year starter and three-time all-conference

team selection. During his senior year, he led the conference in scoring and rushing attempts.

After graduating from Wesleyan, Hawkins enjoyed a distinguished 44-year career as a teacher and

administrator at the Linsly School in Wheeling.

nancy stonestreet-Monter ‘98 – softball

Stonestreet-Monter led Wesley-an’s softball program to multiple WVIAC Championships. She was named WVIAC Player of the Year

each of her four seasons. She posted a career batting average of .435 with 105 stolen bases, 27 home runs, 52 doubles, 34 triples, and 150 RBI’s. Accept-

ing on her behalf was her niece, Jenny Hall.

tammie shockey ‘83 – Athlete

Shockey was a standout athlete in field hockey, basketball, and

track. She won several individual WVIAC championships and led the women’s basketball in as-

sists. When she left Wesleyan, she had school records in five

events. The 1980 team she was a member of won the 1980 WVIAC

Championship. She learned how to play field hockey after

attending Wesleyan and became the team’s most feared offensive player. Accepting on her behalf was her sister, Tonnya Lowther.

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stewart thomasos ‘84 – soccer

Thomasos was a two-time All-American and a member of the 1984 NAIA Championship team. He scored 47 goals and regis-

tered 1265 points, both of which are in the top ten for a career at

Wesleyan. He was drafted out of Wesleyan into the MISL profes-sional soccer league with the

Pittsburgh Spirit and also played professionally in other leagues.

robert “Bob” White ‘63 – Football

White was a four-year starter and two-time All-WVIAC selec-tion in football. He was named captain and the most valuable player of the 1963 team. He played professionally for the

Boston Patriots for one season and played in other professional leagues for four more years after his one year stint in the American

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| 1966 |

Homecoming 2016 Reunion

JAMes (JoHn) J. DAVies, The Villages, FL, retired from IBM and The United States Marine Corps Reserve in 2005. He and his wife Susan have enjoyed traveling with a focus on the United States and Canada. He has written two books; one on IBM and the other entitled Battles Fought, Battles Won which is an account of his year as a combat Marine in Vietnam in 1967 and early 1968. After retiring, John was recalled in 2008 to work for IBM in France, Italy, and Spain for an extended period. His military ca-reer spanned from 1966 to 2003. He fought in Vietnam in 1967-1968 and continued to serve in the Marine Reserves. During his working career, John served on the Brookfield, CT Board of Education. In Tucson, he served as the Chairman of the United Way Allocations Committee; the Site Selection Committee for the Foothills High School; and, was a founding Board Member of the Victim Witness Program. John served Wesleyan as a member of the Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2008. He and Susan recently celebrated their 50th anniversary. They have two children: KAryn D. WriGHt ’94 and her husband r. DAViDson WriGHt ’94 and three children in New Jersey, and John David, and his wife in Danbury, CT.

norMA sHUltZ HUsK and her husband ArnolD G. HUsK ’64, Uniontown, PA, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Au-gust 6, 2016. Arnold has served the WV Annual Conference for 40 years. At present, he is serving two small churches in retirement in the Western PA Annual Con-

ference. Norma taught in West Virginia until retirement.

ritA lAWrenCe Meneses, Jonestown, PA, retired April 4, 2015 from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard as the Cultural Resource. During her years of service, Rita received numer-ous state and federal awards including the 2011 Secretary of the Army Award for Cultural Resources Management.

DoUGlAs H. tHAtCHer, Wilmington, NC, sold his busi-ness and retired June 1, 2015.

| 1970 |

Wesleyan classmates DAViD C. KoHl, Bethel Park, PA, and linDA tAylor teKUlVe, Canonsburg, PA, have had the chance to reconnect while watching soccer games. Dave’s granddaughter, Josie Gorges (daughter of BriAn C. GorGes ’93 and sUsAn KoHl GorGes ’93), and Linda’s granddaughter, Taylor Tekulve, play on the same travel soccer team in Bethel Park, PA.

| 1971 |


reV. Dennis G. Keen, Royersford, PA, retired on July 1, 2016 after 42 years of service as pastor in the Eastern Pennsyl-vania Conference of the United Methodist Church.

reV. Dr. FrAnK t. sHoMo, Scott Depot, WV, was appointed to the position of District Super-intendent of the Midland South District.

MArion BosWortH styKi-tUs, Cumming, GA, and her hus-band, Paul, announce the birth of their first grandchild, Violet Grace Carmeon, on January 11, 2016 to their daughter Lynn and her husband Kyle.

| 1972 |

FrAnCis WAltinGton, Cambridge, MA, works as an oc-cupational therapy assistant. He also plays piano, harmonica, and guitar entertaining patients under the stage name Billy Byron.

| 1973 |

Wesleyan is well represented on the faculty and staff of SUNY Oswego, on the shore of Lake Ontario. Pictured are MAry C. toAle ‘94, Chair of Communica-

tion Studies; BArBArA AM-MerMAn sHAFFer, Director of Penfield Library; JoHn A. sHAFFer, Director of Arts Pro-gramming; and nAtAlie oAKes stUrr ‘77 Coordinator of Library Technology.

| 1975 |

CliFForD J. “CJ” rylAnDs iii, Buckhannon WV, was elected to the City Council.

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DiAne V. Moore, Gettysburg, PA, retired from Westat, Inc. on April 15, 2016.

Delegate MArGAret “PeGGy” DonAlDson sMitH, Weston, WV, is serving in her 4th term in the West Virginia House of Delegates representing Lewis & Upshur Counties.

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JoyCe F. HAWK, Pittsburgh, PA, is pursuing a doctorate of nursing practice at Robert Morris University and is in her sixth year of private practice as a wound consultant.

| 1985 |

KAren stUDZinsKi BUeloW, Pensacola, FL, recently led a group of 15 teen students and adults on a short term mission trip to the shanty town of Duran, Ecuador. Karen interpreted for two doctors and a dentist who treated several hundred patients,


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and she assisted the teenagers who did manual labor to improve the living conditions for the Ecuadorians.

Married: GilliAn (Jill) D. ellern, Waynesville, NC, mar-ried Judith R. Lowery on Novem-ber 1, 2015 at the Appalachian Women’s Museum – Monteith Farmstead in Dillsboro, NC.

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treVor l. tAylor, Tulsa, OK, was recently awarded Partner of the Year for 2015-2016 for growing his territory by Stanley Healthcare Solutions. He has owned & operated Mountaineer Medical for 20 years and has continued to expand his territory from Virginia to California. In attendance at the award/sales

meeting were his wife, Jenni-Fer De Bolt tAylor ’92, Na-tional Sales Manager, Jr tAte ’91, and National Fall Safety Educator, MArK A HAtCHer ’93. Trevor lives in Oklahoma with his wife and two children.

| 1995 |

AnGelA MCFArlAnD Born, Clendenin, WV, and her husband, John, opened a bed and break-fast, Country Road House and Berries, in rural Kanawha County. The property will also serve as a pick-your-own strawberry farm.

| 1996 |


tHeresA JenKins rAnDAll, Pittsburgh, PA, is currently a pro-ducer for Kiya Tomlin’s Uptown Sweats fashion label, stylist for Dick’s Sporting Goods advertis-ing and e-commerce, stylist for NBC’s Today Show contributor Dr. Debi Gilboa, and a contributing editor for several regional maga-zines covering fashion, bridal and lifestyle content. She also earned her MFA in film and digital technology in 2013 from Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA.

sArA GrADy Wyer, Leroy, WV, continues to provide trauma treatment training and supervi-sion for staff working in the foster care/adoption field for KVC Behavioral Healthcare. She is a 4-H club leader and enjoys traveling throughout West Virginia. Sara and husband Kevin reside with their three daughters: Sydney, Alison, and Jenna.

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Born: To JessiCA GAinor CoPPolA and her husband, John, of Millersville, MD, daugh-ter Gianna Carolyn on January 16, 2016. She joins big brother Angelo.

Born: To seAn W. HeFFley and his wife, Terra, of Pittsburgh, PA, son Alexander Joseph. He joins older siblings Zachary, Seraphina, and Benjamin.

| 2000 |

Born: To Dr. Kelly VAn Fossen and husband Duke Matsuyama of Fayetteville, NC, daughter Emma. She joins older brother Matthew.

Born: To DeAnA sHirley ste-PHens and her husband, Kurt, of Canonsburg, PA, daughter Isabelle Grace on December 15, 2015. She joins big brother Eli.

| 2002 |

Born: To JUstin C. GAitHer and wife sArA AylestoCK GAitHer of Buckhannon, WV, son Henry Joseph in April 2016.

DAViD A. HArDin and wife Jeni have moved to Bethlehem, PA. David is the new Pastor of Discipleship and Family Life at

First Baptist Church of Bethle-hem. They are loving their new home with their 3 children—Cora, age 7; Benjamin, age 5; and Rebekah, age 3!

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Born: To AMAnDA sites roB-erson and her husband, David, of Ridgeley, WV, daughter Ma-dalyn Dorothy on November 24, 2015. She joins big sister Jordan (11) and big brother Noah (7).

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stePHen r. BrotHers-MCGreW, Columbus, OH, has been named business develop-ment coordinator for Ologie, a marketing and branding agency headquartered in Columbus. Among its diverse client base, Ologie is a major name in the higher education realm, work-ing with several colleges and universities coast to coast.

Born: To Allison GriFFitH HArtsHorn and husband Mark of Hagerstown, MD, son Luke Thomas on November 26, 2015.


West Virginia Wesleyan College graduate Tony Lindeman ’80 and his wife, Lorna Urquhart

Lindeman, donated two generous schol-arships of $2,500 each for students to travel to Ireland during May Term 2016.

Originally from The Liberties, a part of Dublin near St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Lorna met and married Tony, a Marine trans-port helicopter pilot, and moved to Ha-waii in 1985. She spent her young adult life traveling the world and continued to do so after marriage, living in Hawaii, California, and Virginia before settling in Huntsville, AL. However, her love for her homeland and her late parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Urquhart, sparked an inter-est in the Lindemans to help Wesleyan students see the Emerald Isle. The Linde-man Awards were presented to Bronnie “Cal” Stroud of Williamsburg, WV and Will Wasson of Martinsburg, WV, both Honors students.

“Traveling to Ireland was the best trip I have ever taken,” said Wasson. “I am

From top to bottom: Lorna and Tony Lindeman. Wasson (left) and Stroud (right) spent time with Lorna’s brother, David Urquhart, in the Café Nota in The Liberties, near where Lorna grew up.

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immensely grateful that I received the Lindeman Award. Without it, there is no way that I could have had this experi-ence.”

Recalling her childhood, Lorna spoke fondly of her family, especially her par-ents. When they passed away unexpect-edly in 2012, she and Tony knew they had to find a way to honor their memory.

“I always loved learning about other places and cultures,” Lorna said. “Tony has a passion for West Virginia Wesleyan College and knew of this trip. He pro-posed the idea of the awards as a way to honor my parents. They were so proud to be Irish. Even though I have been in the United States for more than thirty years, I cannot forget my heritage. We have a saying that is so appropriate to me, ‘that you can take the girl out of Ireland, but you cannot take Ireland out of the girl’. It meant so much to give someone the opportunity to experience Ireland, its people, and its culture.”

Tony is an Expert/Senior Systems En-gineer working for Integrated Thought Corporation, and Lorna works as a Contracts Manager for 4M Research Corporation.

Stroud and Wasson were part of a group of fifteen students and instructors who traveled as a part of a three-week Ireland travel course led by Devon McNamara, professor of English; Phil McCollam, assistant professor of art; and Ellen Mueller, assistant professor of art. The group traveled throughout the country, concluding the trip in Dublin to take in city life, theatre, museums, and the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising in Ireland, an organized rebellion against the British Empire.


E very four years, the Olympic Summer Games engrosses our televisions, radio

waves, internet searches, and lives. We sit on the edges of our seats as our team favorites compete for the coveted top spot on the podium. The 1996 USA gymnastics team, known as the Magnificent Seven, not only brought home a gold medal, but also the world fell in love with Kerri Strug as she landed her final vault on an injured ankle to lead her team to victory. At the 1984 sum-mer games, gymnast and West Virginia native Mary Lou Ret-ton captured the gold medal in the individual all-around competition, as well as two silver medals and two bronze medals. Her wins brought notoriety to the Mountain State and launched her as one of the most popular athletes in the United States.

West Virginia now has one more tie to the Olympic Games, and his name is Gus-

tavo Adolpho Pontual Mach-ado. Pontual, a 2003 graduate of Wesleyan, has been working with the Organizing Com-mittee of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil since 2012 in prepara-tion for the August event. Running from August 5-21, a record number of coun-tries participated in a record number of sports. Upwards of 10,500 athletes took part in the Games.Pontual came to West Virginia from Rio de Janeiro in the first semester of 1999 as part of a student exchange program. He graduated from Fairmont Senior High School in 1999.“At that time, my mother gave me her full support and ap-proval to apply at Wesleyan, and continues as my greatest advocate on every decision in my life. My American fam-ily that hosted me during the exchange student program also gave me a huge incentive,” he said. “Although I would be very far away from my country

Citius, Altius, Fortius: The Road to Rio 2016

A l u m n i P r o f i l e

Gustavo Adolpho Pontual Machado


for many years, my family thought that a Wesleyan education would give me a great advantage to start my career in business; they were right.”The Olympic Games were not always on Pontual’s career radar, however. After he graduated with a degree in marketing and minor in economics, he returned to Rio to work at IBM and Accenture, an American global consulting company. He worked as a Supply Chain consultant at Accenture and managed projects all over Brazil, the United States, and the Middle East for global companies such as Chevron, Petrobras (oil and gas), Vale (mining), and SHV (gas), among others. After seven years of supply chain consulting, Pontual was invited to join the Organizing Committee for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He accepted the challenge to structure the supply chain planning area and con-trols for both Procurement and Logistics functions.Since that time, Pontual has played an integral role on the organization and composition of the Games. He worked through many positions within the Rio 2016 Company and is currently the Strategy, Monitoring & Control Manager for the Games Logistics. In other words, Pontual was a valuable cog in the wheel that makes it all happen. He and his team were responsible for managing and

controlling the Logistics of approximate-ly 30 million items, including delivering furniture, technology and sports equip-ment, to moving the athletes’ bags, safely storing and transporting almost 4,000 medals, and anti-doping samples. The organizing committee Logistics was also responsible for moving 1,100 shipments of broadcasting equipment, managing warehouse space, 120 fleet vehicles, and over 500 material-handling equipment vehicles.

“It is very exciting to part of the biggest event in the world, as well as the first games in South America,” Pontual stated. “It is very challenging and rewarding to have worked since 2012 on structuring a company and see it go from 250 employ-ees to 8,000 employees, 65,000 contrac-tors, and 35,000 volunteers in just four years.”

With the closing ceremony of the Olym-pic Summer Games on August 21 and the Paralympic Games on September 21, Pontual will stay on with the Company through December for debriefing and materials dissolution. When the Rio 2016 Company ends in 2017, Pontual plans to pursue new opportunities with the supply chain area. However, Pon-tual credits his education at Wesleyan as providing a solid foundation on which he has built this interesting career.

“My business education at Wesleyan cre-ated the baseline to start my career with North America sales support at IBM and then with the Procurement and Logistics functions as an Accenture consultant and later Supply Chain Manager at the Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games,” he stated. “My years at Wesleyan were the best years of my life, and I am very grateful to all Wesleyan employees that create such a wonderful learning and social environ-ment that develops great values and skills that I will always cherish.”The Olympic Creed states: “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.” Pontual’s experience exemplifies the Games’ creed.“This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that has challenged me to overcome many obstacles and solve problems I never thought existed,” he said. “As I say to my team, I believe that time here is different from any other company. Every new joiner must become an expert in weeks and must deliver with high per-formance, just like the athletes. It is ex-tremely gratifying to see the motivation by everyone involved. As our Logistics motto say, ‘Keep it moving!’”

This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that has challenged me to overcome many obstacles and solve problems I never thought existed. ~ Gustavo Adolpho Pontual Machado


Tantillo has served as the Superintendent of Schools for Duxbury since August of 2010. Since his arrival, he received the Administra-tor Award, which is presented by the Mas-sachusetts Association of Schools Superin-tendents and the Massachusetts Technology Committee. Duxbury High School has also been named one of the three best public schools in Massachusetts by The Boston Globe, and The Duxbury District was named as the country’s best music programs by the National Association of Music Merchants.

Prior to arriving at Duxbury, Tantillo was an award-winning superintendent in New Jersey. He served the Pascack Valley Re-gional High School District in Montvale. That district had two high schools that were recog-nized by New Jersey Monthly as the #2 and #16 high schools in New Jersey. The state’s Department of Education also recognized the district for Best Practice Awards, and the New Jersey Association of ASCD awarded two Curriculum Awards for Alternate Assess-ments and Writing. Tantillo was named the state’s Superintendent of the Year in 2006.

After serving as a graduate football coaching assistant, Tantillo began his K-12 education career when he was offered a job by another Wesleyan distinguished educator, Evan Peterson ’73. Tantillo taught English, social studies, health and physical education and coached football and baseball. In 1983, he was named New Jersey Baseball Coach of the Year.

A l u m n i P r o f i l e

Ben Tantillo

“Our students are asked to do consider-able work throughout the school year in all grades,” Tantillo noted. “It became quite apparent to me that students and staff were experiencing a great amount of pressure and anxiety due to the workload and achieve-ment that is expected. It did not matter to me whether expectations were self-imposed or generated by peers, parents, staff, or the federal and state government; everyone oc-casionally needs a break.”

Tantillo outlined his “no work” mandate in a letter that was mailed to everyone associated with the school system. His letter went viral, and he has heard from school officials across the country.

The idea came from reviewing surveys from parents and students and the amount of stress that everyone was feeling. “We have a very competitive school system, Tantillo said. “All our kids basically attend college and all want to make excellent grades. Our teachers want to achieve state and federal guidelines.”

The results of Tantillo’s mandate have been an overwhelming success. He received many thank you letters from students, parents, and teachers. Ben’s “no-homework” idea was ac-tually hatched from another creative directive he developed, “Catch a Breath Day.” Every so often, teachers are provided a half-day to concentrate on professional development and catch up on work.

His teaching and coaching success resulted in him being named an Assistant Principal at Glen Ridge and East Brunswick High Schools before serving as principal of Verona and East Brunswick.

Tantillo holds both an undergraduate and master’s degree from Wesleyan and a doctor-ate from Nova Southeastern University.

While he is quick to credit his career success to the foundation he received at Wesleyan, his favorite Buckhannon memory was meet-ing his wife and life-partner, Barbara Liske ’75 at WVWC. They recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary and are proud of their four children. The Tantillos still remain close to many Wesleyan friends and have served as class chairs for the Office of Alumni Relations. Barbara also worked at Wesleyan as a counselor and enjoyed a successful career as a middle-school counselor before retiring in 2010.

Tantillo has always emphasized technology in all phases of his work, a focus that began when he worked in Wesleyan’s Computer Science Department as a student. He is a member of an elite 70-member Superinten-dent Group, NCERT, the National Center for Education and Technology which meets twice a year.

Tantillo describes his leadership style as a “conductor of the orchestra.” “A good superintendent has to be a salesperson, cheerleader, coach, and leader all at once,” he stated. “I have always applied principles I learned in coaching long ago. I try to hire the best possible people, and we annually review internally every facet of our work. We study, plan, and have an ongoing process to improve.”

Tantillo’s philosophy, leadership style, and attentiveness to the needs of all stakeholders has resulted in family success and made him one of Wesleyan’s most distinguished educa-tion graduates.

Holiday breaks are stress-free school vacations in Duxbury, MA for students and teach-ers. projects are not due im-mediately after a break, and

no homework assignments occur. Who made the decree for the “time-out from school?” The answer is award-winning Superintendent of Schools Ben Tantillo ’74.


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Born: To AlBertA J. HAUGHt and her husband, Christopher Lewis, of Harmony, PA, son Christian Douglas.

| 2006 |


lAUrA e. BAisDen, Knoxville, TN, opened her own letterpress design and illustration studio called Camp Nevernice. She does custom wedding invitations, baby announcements, and posters. She one day hopes to illustrate children’s books.

| 2007 |

Born: To tiMotHy J. AnDreW

and wife MeKell (MiKi) De-MAry-AnDreW of Fairmont, WV, son Leo James on April 15, 2016.

Born: To DAnielle A. Morris, Cleveland, OH, and her fiancé, son Elijah Brendan Paige on February 2, 2016.

| 2008 |

Born: To JAMion A. WolForD and tArAn PArsons Wol-ForD, Kenna, WV, daughter, Sarah Ashlyn on March 1, 2016.

| 2009 |

Born: To CrAiG e HriBlAn, MBA and his wife, CArrie BlACKBUrn HriBlAn ’08,

Buckhannon, WV, son Christian Edward on May 14, 2016. He joins big sister Charlotte.

| 2010 |

Married: sHAWn r. MAyer to ellen DAHill-BroWn, Haver-town, PA, on October 10, 2015.

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reBeCCA J. DAVis, Knox-ville, TN, a doctoral student in economics at the Baker Center, is one of three graduate students in the U.S. to win a National Bureau of Economic Research Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in En-ergy Economics for the 2016–17 academic year. She earned her

master’s degree in economics from UT.

roBert “roBBie” n. sKin-ner iii, Buckhannon, WV, was elected to the City Council.

Married: Allision riCHMonD WilliAMs, Charleston, WV, to Joseph E. Williams on July 18 2015. Wesleyan alumni in the wedding party were: CiettA MCCoy KenneDy, DAni-elle MCGUrK MAy, MAry r. HooPer, and reBeCCA A. CUlP, MBA ‘11. Many other alumni were in attendance. Al-lison works as a pharmacist for Walmart, and Joseph works as a pharmacist for Rite Aid. Allison completed her Doctor of

Pharmacy in May 2015 from the University of Charleston, School of Pharmacy.

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Born: To KAtHeryn CiArA WilliAMs GoFF and husband Jonathan of Buckhannon, WV, son Daniel Troy on March 13, 2016. He joins big sister Alette Roselynn who was born on Janu-ary 12, 2013.

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A l u m n i P r o f i l e Hann Walks Through Daily Adversity

ix years ago, Colleen O’Reilly Hann ’97 received medical news that she did not want to hear. She was diagnosed with

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease which attacks several areas of the body, including healthy tissue. Hann had felt poorly for several years, and she made multiple visits to several physicians before receiv-ing her diagnosis. The challenge in diagnosing lupus is that it affects everyone differently.

Hann’s life journey is not an easy one. “I have such issues as pho-tosensitivity, a reaction to the sun or light that causes a skin rash to appear or get worse; a malar rash that is shaped like a butterfly on my face; sores appearing in the mouth; arthritis; joint pain and swelling in two or more joints in which the bones around the joints do not become destroyed; hair loss; and neurological tremors,” she noted. “In addition, I have encountered a number of sinus infections, pneu-

monia, and a stomach infection. Amazingly, some people with lupus do not look sick, but their quality of life is quite poor.”

Despite the fact that Hann’s life is often challenged by unbearable pain and the difficulty of daily tasks such as putting on jewelry or socks or opening a can of soup, she has never stopped living. She has also become an activist, raising aware-ness and funds to help find a cure for the disease.

For the past three years, she has participated in the annual Walk to End Lupus Now in the South Street Seaport section of New York City. The event is sponsored by the Lupus Foundation of America. She has raised over $17,000 and finished fourth in contributions among the 5,000 participants this year.

“It is a great community day for everyone who lives with lupus along with their family and friends,” said Hann. “Living with lupus, I under-stand how devastating the disease can be. There are two prescription drugs and medications available to treat the pain. Plaquinel is a pill-form medication, and Ben-lysta is administered by injection. Both forms of treatment are very expensive. I walk and raise funds to help build awareness, education, and improved treatments as well as to provide funding to assist the

medical community in a quicker diagnosis of the disease.”

Hann’s husband, Chris, has been a great coach throughout her ordeal, as has her golden retriever, Marley. She tackles each day, exercising on a treadmill, despite the daily pain, and she still works full-time.

Her Wesleyan friends have also been quite supportive. Hann learned of the College through former admissions counselor Paul Willis ’88. Her mother volunteered in the Career Resource Center at New Canaan High School, where she met Paul. At his encourage-ment, they visited the campus and fell in love with Wesleyan immedi-ately.

Colleen loved her WVWC experi-ence as a DJ at C-92 and a member of Zeta Tau Alpha fraternity. She stays in touch with a number of college friends, reconnecting as frequently as possible.

Several have reached out and donated to the Walk to End Lupus Now, which Hann will participate in again next year. Alumni and friends who wish to learn more about lupus can visit www.lupus.org. Anyone wishing to support Hann in her walk next spring can make a donation by reaching out to her at [email protected].


On June 30, Dr. Harold T. Elmore ‘Hon. 82 retired after

his 20 years of service to the College as the Emeritus Club Coordinator in the Office of Advancement.

Elmore has reached out to thousands of Wesleyan alum-ni, helping to secure fund-ing for a number of projects including most recently the Emeritus Club Lobby in the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts, the Emeritus Club Conference Room in the David. E. Re-emsnyder Research Center, the renovation of MRC 200 Classroom, and the Emeritus Club International Travel Scholarship.

Recognized for his service to Wesleyan and The United Methodist Church, Elmore is a recipient of several note-worthy awards. He received

the Alumni Extra Mile Award and Wesleyan’s Rho-dodendron Award, which honors outstanding West Virginians for their service to the state. In addition to his work with WVWC alumni and his outreach to the church, Harold and his wife, Sylvia, have touched the lives of many Wesleyan students and parents.

He retired from Spruce Street UMC in Morgan-town in 1993 after serving a number of churches in West Virginia. In addition, he served as a campus pastor in Morgantown and a pastor of a number of churches in the West Virginia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, and District Superintendent. In 1995, he was interim Dean of Wesley Chapel and in 1996 was appointed the Coordina-

tor of the Emeritus Club. A trustee of the College from 1979 to 1994, he received a doctorate of divinity degree in 1982.

Elmore graduated from Morris Harvey College, Vanderbilt University, and

the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. As a U.S. Army Chaplain, he served three years on active duty and thirty years on reserve duty.

Elmore and Sylvia have four children: Thomas ’81, Wes-ley, Heather ’85, and Jona-

than. They have established three endowed scholarships at WVWC: the S. Azo F. Wagner and Vivian Brady Wagner Scholarship, the Sylvia Conklyn Elmore El-ementary Education Scholar-ship, and the Harold Thomas

Elmore Scholarship. In his honor, the Emeritus Club International Travel Scholar-ship was renamed at the May Emeritus Club luncheon to the Harold T. Elmore, Hon. ’82 Emeritus Club Endowed Scholarship for International Travel.

Recognized for His Years of Service

Harold T. Elmore Hon ’82

“It has been a fabulous decade of working together for many successes and connections with Harold’s caring nature, dedication, passion and work ethic,” said Pamela Balch ’71, presi-dent of the college.


Alumni Service Award

Buckhannon native Ken Andrew first became associ-ated with Wesleyan when his father was hired as the College’s mechanic in the early 1960s. He received a BS degree in Business

Administration from Wesleyan in 1975. While attending, he worked as a part-time/temporary employee on the grounds crew. Upon graduation, Ken accepted a job as a plumber’s helper in order to allow his college sweetheart and wife, Jill Far-rance ‘77, to continue her education at Wesleyan. Ken left Wesleyan for other employment in 1977 but was asked to return in the summer of 1981. He has remained a dedicated employee and has spent countless hours maintaining the College’s Physical Plant. He retired as Physical Plant Director at the end of July.

Other family members who have attended Wes-leyan include two brothers Ernest ’71 and Edward Andrew ‘73; three sons and their wives, Nickolas ’03 and Donna Veach Andrew ‘02, Thomas ’04 and Crystal Barker Andrew ’03, and Timothy ’07 and Mekell “Miki” DeMary Andrew ’08; and two neph-ews, Allen ’96 and Jonathan Andrew ’99.

News From ERICKSON ALUMNI CENTER

2016 Alumni AwARds

Congratulations on your achievements!

Alumni Achievement AwardCarolyn Saxton, a 1971 Wesleyan graduate, has been qualified/requalified as a CFRE (certified fund raising execu-tive) since 1992. She has been dedicated to a not-for-profit ca-reer beginning after

graduating from Wesleyan by working in a street clinic serving drug addicted teens and adults. She now is the President and CEO of Legacy Foundation Lake County, IN.

Saxton served as executive director of Community Hospice, KY; Community Chest of Oak Park and Riv-er Forest and the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation, IL; and Lubeznik Center for the Arts, IN before taking over the reins of Legacy Founda-tion. She chaired the first public art commission in Michigan City, IN and was credited with bringing 15 sculptures to revitalize the downtown district. She has raised millions of dollars during her career, most recently finishing an 18-month fundraising ef-fort to meet a $3.5 million goal. Under her man-agement at Legacy Foundation, received the Sec-retaries Award from the Secretary of Housing and Development and the Secretary of Agriculture for an initiative to improve Lake County neighborhoods, the NW Indiana Association of Fund Raising Profes-sionals’ Foundation of the Year, and the Prudential Award for Exceptional Board Leadership. She was selected as a member of the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana. She is a sister of Alpha Xi Delta (Beta Sigma chapter), a member of the CS chapter of PEO, DAR, a Paul Harris Fellow ,and ac-tive in her community as a volunteer.

Saxton currently resides in Portage, IN, with her husband Bill Gregory. Together they have two children and four grandchildren.

Alumni Achievement AwardJim Strawn, a native West Virginian, re-ceived his Bachelor of Science degree in 1983, and gradu-ated with a master’s degree from West Virginia College of Graduate Studies in 1992. He has been

the Director of Marketing and Community Educa-tion at Highland Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Charleston, WV, since 1996.

Strawn is the co-author of the Sad Mad Glad Book series.

Strawn is the past president of the Mental Health Association in the Greater Kanawha Valley. He serves on many different not-for-profit boards in-cluding Leadership West Virginia, March of Dimes, Kanawha-Charleston Department of Health, Chil-dren’s Therapy Clinic, Ronald McDonald House, Salvation Army, Kanawha Pastoral Counseling Cen-ter, Wellness Council of WV, and Charleston Ballet.

Active in the West Virginia community, he firmly be-lieves that community service and volunteerism is the cornerstone of all mankind. He often states, “I can not do anything about the length of my life, but I can do something about the width and the depth my life runs.”

He is married to his college sweetheart, Lisa, where they reside in the Fort Hill area of Charleston, WV.

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www.wvwc.edu/alumni

Recipients will be recognized at the Founders Day Convocation on October 7 at 3 p.m. in Wesley Chapel.


Alumni Achievement AwardTara Dejmal Tesher, a 1996 Wesleyan gradu-ate, is the chief designer and president of Temp-tations, LLC in Exton, PA, a company that specializes in a line of cookware that can go from oven to table to refrigerator to microwave to dishwasher, all in one dish. Her company is featured at least twice each week on the QVC shopping channel “In the Kitchen with David,” the seventh largest retailer in the United States. Her cookware is “all the rage” and one of the

network’s most popular products, topping sales at several million.

At Wesleyan, she was a member of a very successful women’s soccer program and active in Alpha Xi Delta sorority. Tesher’s college internship ex-perience led to her first job and an 11-year career with Coordinated Strategic, where she was described as an incredible learner. She frequently traveled overseas to visit factories and observe how products were made. While walk-ing through a Chinese factory, she had an “a-ha” moment. She thought about a single product to replace the mixing bowls, bake ware, and serving dishes that clutter up a kitchen. The cookware that began as kitchen space problem-solvers has become highly popular collectibles. She has never stopped creat-ing cookware that simplifies life in the kitchen since that first product.

Tesher is well-known for her attention to detail and her charismatic personali-ty. She puts her name on every mug, dish, and plate. By doing so, she expects it to be the very best. She recently married Ed Tesher.

Young Alumni Achievement AwardAdam Loudin ’07 of Buckhannon is the director of instrumental and choral music at Robert L. Bland Middle School in Lewis County, WV. After gradu-ating from Wesleyan with a Bachelor of Music Education degree, Loudin received his Master of Music degree in jazz studies from Indiana Uni-versity’s Jacobs School of Music where he was the graduate assistant to legendary jazz educator Dr. David Baker. Within a few years of returning to West Virginia to teach band and choir, Loudin

nearly doubled the size of the music performance program at his school. In 2013, he was named Lewis County Teacher of the Year and, in 2016, his band

was named 2016 WV Music Educators Association State Honor Band. In 2013, he started a Lewis County satellite choir for Chanticleer Children’s Chorus of WV and in 2015 served as Artistic Director of Chanticleer Children’s Chorus. He returned to the classroom at WVWC in 2013 as an Adjunct Profes-sor of Music Education and has been a guest conductor and clinician around the state as both a choral and instrumental music educator. He continues to be an active freelance trumpeter in the region as a member of the WV Brass Quintet, a leader of small jazz ensembles, and a sideman with musicians from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C. He is married to Katie Oreskovich Loudin ’07, and they have one son, Thomas.

Friend of Wesleyan - Extra Mile AwardDr. Dallas Bailey of Lexington, VA served in sev-eral administrative roles and as a faculty member at West Virginia Wesleyan College from 1979 to 1992. Dallas earned his bachelor’s degree from Salem University, his MA and Ph.D. from Kent State University, and an MSW from West Virginia University.

He worked at Kent State University from 1959 to 1965 as a resident director and assistant to the Dean of Men. From 1968-1972, he continued his

career in student life and as a faculty member at Illinois State University. He returned to Salem University in 1972 as the associate professor and chair of the department of human services, and later became the president of Salem until 1979.

In 1979, Bailey was named Dean of Students and professor of sociology at West Virginia Wesleyan College. He was named interim Dean of the Chapel and Director of church relations in 1988 and later served as assistant to the president. In 1990, Bailey became director of annual programs in the Office of Advancement, retiring in 1992.

During his time at Wesleyan, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the West Virginia Association of Student Personnel Administrators. He also was consecrated as a Deacon in the United Methodist Church and named a Trustee for Life of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. He served on the Clarks-burg and Salem Area Chambers of Commerce and was a member of the Upshur Arts Alliance and Rotary International. He was also a member of the Madrigal Singers of Clarksburg.

He is married to Ann Bailey, and they have two sons: Kenneth ’90 and Jeffrey ’92.


FriDAy oCtoBer 710:00 a.m. JoHnny Myers GolF toUrnAMent Stonewall Resort, Palmer Course 3:00 p.m. FoUnDers DAy ConVoCAtion

President Pamela Balch ‘71, Convocation Speaker

Alumni AwardsKenneth Andrew ’75, Alumni Service

Carolyn Saxton ’71, Alumni AchievementJames Strawn ’83, Alumni Achievement

Tara Dejmal Tesher ’96, Alumni AchievementAdam Loudin ‘07, Young Alumni Achievement

Dallas Bailey, Extra Mile Award 6:00 p.m. HoMeCoMinG BAnqUet

8:30 p.m. CoMeDiAn DreW lynCH 2015 America’s Got Talent runner-up with opening act, alumnus Eric Megert MBA ’07

sAtUrDAy oCtoBer 89:30 a.m. “WAlK tHroUGH tiMe” ContinentAl BreAKFAst Class photo taken.

11:00 a.m. eMeritUs ClUB lUnCHeon AnD inDUCtion oF MeMBers reUnion lUnCHeon For ClAsses oF ’41, ’46, ’51, ’56, ’61 AnD ‘66 11:30 a.m. All-AlUMni PiCniC

1:00 p.m. WVWC FootBAll Vs. FAirMont stAte

5:00 p.m. 5tH qUArter reCePtion

7:30 p.m. WVWC JAZZ ConCert FeAtUrinG AlUMni GUest PerForMers

sUnDAy oCtoBer 910:30 a.m. CHAPel serViCe Krysta Rexrode Wolfe ‘10, Guest Minister

At-A-GlAnCe

1 Graduates gather in front of the Lynch-Raine Administration building for their senior walk.

2 Each year many graduates decorate their caps. This year was no exception.

3 Aline Yamamoto from Brazil graduated cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry.

4 Marc Halbritter, chairman of the board of trustees, is the recipient of the Doctor of Humane Letters.

5 Joanne Cadorette Soliday ’69, retired from Credo Higher Education Consulting and former vice president for advancement at Wesleyan, received the Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

6 The administration, faculty and students prepare for their processional to graduation.

7 The Rockefeller gymnasium was full of anticipated graduates and their family and friends.

Commencement 2016In May, nearly 270 graduating West Virginia Wesleyan College undergraduate and graduate students received their degrees during the commencement ceremony in the John D. Rockefeller IV Physical Education Building.

“Commencement weekend is a time of great celebration,” said Robert Skinner ‘75, vice president for advancement. “The 2016 graduating class has brought great recognition to Wesleyan through their suc-cesses in the classroom, academic scholarship competitions, athlet-ics, the arts, and community engagement. Many have been accepted to graduate and professional schools while others are ready to begin the next chapter of their lives in the workplace.”

Wesleyan President Dr. Pamela Balch ’71 hosted a brunch for gradu-ates and their families at the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Library.

The Reverend Dr. Randy F. Flanagan ’76 spoke at the Baccalaureate ceremony. Joanne Cadorette Soliday ‘69 served as the commence-ment speaker.

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WAlter l. BroWn ’41 of Statesboro, GA, died April 4, 2015. Over his long life, he was a student, a chemist, a farmer, a professor, an artist and a musician.

onA “Dot” tHoMAs PHilliPs ’41 of Buckhannon, WV, died March 2, 2016. She taught elementary school for 38 years, and was a member of the Upshur County Association of Reitred School Employees. She was a charter member of the Kappa Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, and a life-time member of the Emeritus Cub.

CHArles F. MADDen ’43 of Springfield, MO, died January 14, 2016. He won an Avery Hopwood award for his book of wartime poetry called Bent Blue. He taught at Stephens College in Columbia, MO in the English Department for 17 years. In 1967, he was the Dean of the Undergraduate College at Webster University, later moving to the Netherlands as Director of European Campuses. In 1986, he retired and moved back to the United States. He was married to Gertrude Linger ’43.

sHirley MitCHell seAMon ’45 of Sarasota, FL, died March 1, 2016. She was instrumental in forming the charitable Plantation Foundation. She was preceded in death by husband James M. ‘Jim’ Seamon ’42, Hon. ’83.

Fern CHristoFel steDMAn ’48 of Dracula, GA, died February, 22, 2016. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Colorado. She taught physical education and was an athletic coach in Berea, OH, at West Virginia Wesleyan, and Shady Lane Elementary.

HArolD V. ellis ’49 of Weston, WV, died January 28, 2016. He was an honored vet-eran of the United States Marine Corps. He was a member of the Wesleyan baseball and basketball team. He later earned his Master’s in Education from WVU in 1950. In 1985, he retired as the Southern Divisional Manager for the Monongahela Power Company.

norMA siMPson Fortney ’49 of Louisville, KY, died April 15, 2016. She was married to Brady A. Fortney ’50.

MAry HADJis GeleP ’49 of Clearwater, FL, died January 13, 2016. She was a member of Alpha Zeta Delta Sorority, and a teacher for Pinellas County Schools. Mary was also an interior decorator and realtor.

tHoMAs P. lonG ’49 of Linside, WV, died April 6, 2016. He earned a BS degree in medicine, a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh, and an MD from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond.

MAry lee KeMPer MCDonAlD ’49 of Bridgewater, VA, died April 21, 2016. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Robert M. McDonald ’49. They both facilitated the Harrisonburg Parkinson’s Support Group from 1993-2010.

H. CorinnA HillMAn GACKle ’50 of Grayslake, IL, died January 7, 2016. She was a graduate of the Hartford Seminary Foundation where she earned her Master of Arts degree in early childhood education.

FreDeriCK n. CooKe ’52 of Nitro, WV, died May, 7, 2016. He graduated from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science after which he became a licensed funeral director and embalmer and continued to work in the family business. He was a past president of the WV Funeral Directors Association and was active in the Nitro Civitan Club. He is survived by his daughter G. Dorothea Cooke ’84 of Denver, CO.

roBert D. HenDerson ’52 of Titusville, FL, died May 10, 2016. He served in the Army and worked as a U.S. Civil Service investigator and as an office manager before reentering the Army in 1963. He retired from the Army in 1980 after 34 years of active duty and National Guard service. In 1983, he moved to Titusville, FL and was the Security Manager of the McDonnell plant there until his retirement in 1991.

l. HoWArD AllWine ’54 of Hanover, PA, died February 4, 2016. He was the husband of Joretta Proudfoot Allwine ’53, his wife of 63 years. He attended Wesley Theologi-cal Seminary and served as a Methodist minister. He was also a teacher in Carroll County, MD for 28 years.

BArBArA oUrs snyDer ’55 of Indiana, PA, died January 27, 2016. She was mar-ried to Orvil J. Snyder ’57.

DorotHy “Dottie” WAlls GAston ’56 of Morgantown, WV died March 17, 2016. On December 27, 1953 she married James E. Gaston ’56 who survives. Dottie was one of the original merge organizers of the Black Diamond Girl Scout Council.

ernest e. tUrney ’58 of Finksburg, MD, died May 22, 2016. He was an alumnus of the University of Maryland, College Park. He was a five-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served during the Korean Conflict. He was employed for 37 years with the Dept. of Defense where he was a Senior Engineering Specialist and a Section Chief.

lynn s. GArDner ’59 of Freeville, NY, died January 28, 2016. He was the manager of the Lounsberry Truck Stop in Nichols, NY, prior to retirement.

JAMes o. loCKArt ’59 of Elverson, PA, died March 24, 2015. A veteran, he served for the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Jim worked as a Forest Ranger all over the country; including Montana and Florida. He was also a published author.

JoHn MCCUlloCH ’59 of Bedford, MA, April 22, 2016. As a three-term Selectman and a member of both the Finance and the Capital Expenditures Committees, John served the Town of Bedford for many years. John worked at Instrumentation Laborato-ries for 25 years. Later he contracted as a database manager at the Wetlands Division of the EPA. He is survived by his wife, Meredith Murrill McCulloch ’62.

DeAnn leBeAU ’60 of Spring Hill, FL, died December 9, 2015. She earned her master’s degree at Michigan State University and completed post graduate work at Fairfield University, CT. In 1995, she retired from Newtown High School.

KennetH H. MABerry ’60 of Ligonier, PA, died April 18, 2016. Prior to his retire-ment in 2000, he was employed by Latrobe Steel for over 43 years. Ken also served


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with the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Emeritus Club.

reV. GeorGe P. KirK ’63 of McConnell, WV, died March 22, 2016. Mr. Kirk was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He spent many years and made lifelong friendships work-ing at Logan Mingo Mental Area Health. He was also a retired United Methodist minister.

rAlPH l. BeAVer ’64 of Rochester, MN, died January 18, 2014. He worked at IBM as a systems engineer and later as a man-ager, retiring from IBM in 1998. He chaired the National Community Resource Center Board, coached and served on the Execu-tive Board of the Rochester Youth Soccer Association and was on the board of the Rochester Area Churches Emergency Relief.

JoHn H. HoWes ’66 of Brookeville, MD, died December 5, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Joyce Cucinotta Howes ’66.

MAry BAUGHMAn JoHnson ’66 of Moorhead, MN, died March 23, 2016. She worked for Pepco Electric in Washington, DC as a home economist. She taught home economics at Woodbridge High School in Virginia in her early days and later in the Moorhead, MN school district for over 30 years.

Peter MAZUliA ’66 of Paramus, NJ, died May 18, 2016. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in World War II. He was a graduate of St. Tikhon’s Theologi-cal Seminary and American University in Washington D.C. He worked as a social worker for Hudson County in Jersey City before retiring.

MAriAn ColeMAn nUtter ’66 of Carl-inville, IL, died March 16, 2016. Marian was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church.

osBoUrne t. WAtKins iii ’66 of Anaconda, MT, died January 30, 2016. He received a graduate certificate at Virginia Commonwealth University and completed a degree in counseling psychology at Chapman College. He earned the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy and was a member of the Medical Service

Corps. He retired as a mental health and alcohol counselor at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital. However he continued working as an occupational therapist in California. In 1996, he began working in Montana; first in nursing homes and then in schools with special needs children. There he became a team leader on one of the adult psychiatric units. He continued to work traveling jobs in Montana at Montana Developmental Center in Boulder and nursing facilities in Dillon.

riCHArD K. HAniFAn ii ’67 of Tempe, AZ, died May, 10, 2016. He served the U.S. Army and held the rank of 1st Lieutenant. He had a long and successful career as a fiscal officer for the city of Phoenix.

FAy e. slAUGHter ’67 of Buckhannon, WV, died January 24, 2016. He was a Chief Investigator for the Department of Correc-tions and a WV Parole/Probation Officer.

ArnolD W. PHiPPs ’69 of Buckhannon, WV, died April 2, 2016. He was married to Linda Kiverchuk Phipps ’72 who survives. In addition to his wife he is survived by one son, Andrew W. Phipps ’14 of Buckhannon. He was the owner of A W Phipps Builders and was a former elementary and middle school teacher.

PHilliP s. tHoMAs ’70 of Charlestown, MD, died January 30, 2016. He worked most of his life in trucking and bus sales in the Baltimore area. He was a member of the Buick Car Club and enjoyed collecting antique cars and model trains.

sUsAn M. Wilson ’70 of Fort Collins, CO, died February 17, 2016. She received her master’s degree from the University of Northern Colorado with a focus on remedial reading. She taught for over 40 years retir-ing in 2009 from Moore Elementary School.

AlBert A. enGle, Jr. ’72 of Tuckahoe, NJ, died February 2, 2016. He taught in several school districts and had a success-ful career in marine management.

eUGene F. GoVern iii ’73 of Stamford, NY, died February 13, 2016. He worked for SYSCO as a marketing associate for the past several years.

Ann o’neAl esAiAs ’74, died Febru-ary 28, 2016. Ann graduated from Emory University where she earned a master’s degree. Her successful careers included work as a microbiologist for the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, GA and as a top sales representative in the nation for both Oroflame and Hollister Steer Bayer phar-maceuticals. She is survived by her brother, John D. Esaias ’71, and her nephew, David G. Esaias ’05, MBA ’10.

CHArlene K. MArAFFi ’74 of Henrico, VA, died February 26, 2016. She received her nursing degree in Louisiana.

roBert A. MCKee ’74 of Palm Harbor, FL, died May 30, 2015. He was an accountant who worked for Price Waterhouse, Eckerd Corporation, and AAA Auto Club South.

tiMotHy e. tAylor ’74 of Myrtle Beach, SC, died February 10, 2016. He married his college sweetheart, Cynthia Mack Taylor ’76, raised their son, Timothy, and made their home in Claymont, DE for 28 years. He worked in the private sector of computer sales. After relocating to Myrtle Beach, he was employed in sales at several area hotels.

KAtHy J. BosWell ’75 of Roanoke Rapids, NC, died January 30, 2016. She received her master’s degree from West Virginia University. Throughout her life she lived and worked in Washington, D.C.; Calhoun County, WV; and Roanoke Rapids, NC as a K-12 guidance Counselor. She and her son worked for the Daily Herald for a number of years.

MArGAret e. HADDen ’75 of Eloy, AZ, died February 2, 2016. She was a labor and delivery nurse for 40 years in Pennsylvania. She served on the management team at Desert Rose Baha’I Institute.

lArry B. sCHWorer ’78 of Ware, MA, died May 12, 2016. He was employed as a quality control engineer at Clark Cutter Mcdermott.

AMBer s. MiCK ’81 of Buckhannon, WV died April 23, 2016. She was an animal lover and volunteer at the S.P.C.A. in Lusby, MD.


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Denise rAMAley DoliVeirA ’83 of Pittsburgh, PA, died January 17, 2016. She received her MSN from LaRoche College. She was a nurse at Forbes Hospital and later became a nursing instructor and De-partment Head of Nursing at CCAC Boyce Campus.

DonnA “KAtHy” Gorrell FerGUson ’84 of Belpre, OH, died March 1, 2016. She owned and operated the three local Tim Hortons franchise. She is survived by her husband Anthony D. Ferguson ’85.

DeBorAH CArPenter stollinGs MBA ’90 of Summersville, WV died March 20, 2016. Debbie attained an MBA from Wesleyan while working full time as the manager of Quality Control and Human Resources for Oneida Coal Company. She obtained a master’s degree in education from Marshall University and taught at Nicholas County High School.

JoAnn JACKson CAnninG ’92 of Freeport, ME, died January 14, 2016. She earned an MS in Recreation Therapy from

the University of Utah. She committed her life to helping brain-injured clients reclaim their lives at acute brain injury reha-bilitation centers. She worked at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME as the Assistant Dean of Accommodations. She was married to Michael K. Canning ’93.

Kristen D. Wells ’03 of Garland, TX, died January 6, 2016. She was a fitness specialist, personal trainer, and exercise instructor at the Cooper Fitness Center in Dallas, TX. She taught first grade at Cox Elementary.

otHers AssoCiAteD WitH WesleyAn

WAlter l. BArtH of Bridgeport, WV, died May 28, 2016. He was president of the West Virginia Wesleyan Athletic Boosters.

Dr. lAWrenCe F. BlACKBUrn of Jean-nette, PA, died February 28, 2016. Dr. Black-burn served as a Trustee at West Virginia Wesleyan College from 1971-1987.

D. rAlPH BoUCH of Butler, PA, died Feb-ruary 7, 2016. He served as head football coach at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

stePHen l. DoUGlAs of Morgantown, WV, died May 19, 2016. He was a former Director of College Relations at West Vir-ginia Wesleyan College. After leaving Wes-leyan in 1982, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the West Virginia University Alumni Association.

Annette r. HieDeMAnn of Buckhannon, WV died Febru-ary 7, 2016. Dr. Hiedemann was a professor of psy-chology at WVWC from 1968 to 1994.

She was a member of the Greybeard Club, Emeritus Club, and the Bridge Club.

FlorenCe s. reneAU of Grafton, WV, died April 27, 2016. She was a longtime supporter of the College from which all of her children graduated. The Oren N. and Florence S. Reneau Scholarship was estab-lished at WVWC in 2001.

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DAniel n. PeArCe ’63 of Williamsburg, VA, died September 22, 2015.

This is the memorial list as we know it as of May 31, 2016. We apologize for any omission and ask that you please notify the Office of Alumni Relations at [email protected] or 304-473-8509.

WesleyAn BeneFACtor PAsses AWAy

tHoMAs H. AlBinson ii ’76 of Roseland, NJ, died on March 20. A generous supporter of the College, Albinson became a member of the West Virginia Wes-leyan College Board of Trustees in October 2015.

Wesleyan honored the Albinson family’s philanthropy with the naming of the Thomas B. Albinson II School of Business in October of 2014. Albinson also pro-vided financial support to help the College renovate its 10-watt radio station, C-92.

Albinson earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Wesleyan. He began his career as a financial analyst with Booz, Allen & Hamilton in 1978 and worked in Human Resources as Staffing Coordinator and Systems as Re-gional IT Coordinator. He joined Crum & Forster Insurance in 1985 as a Senior Systems Analyst and in 1986, joined Buck Consultants as a Systems Analyst. In 1993, he founded p_Quest Data Systems, developing custom PC-based applications for non-for-profit organizations. In 2005, Albinson joined Sarah Ward Nursery as Director of Finance and Budgeting and worked during the past few years as an investment advisor.

He served as a Trustee of the Glendale Cemetery Association for nearly 30 years, as 1st Vice President of the Association and chairman of the personnel and Budget Commit-tees prior to his death. He also was the president and treasurer of the Roseland United Methodist Church.


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