HOMECOMING
FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY
2008
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FHSU MAGAZINE
Volume 11, No. 1
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Homecoming 2008
CAMPUS NEWS
Mason named vice president
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Memorial Union marks its 50th anniversary in October
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Picken Hall cleared in advance of major renovation
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2008 ALUMNI AWARDS
FHSU MAGAZINE
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ADMISSIONS
Production Staff
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HOMECOMING SCHEDULE
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ALUMNI BOARD
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FOUNDATION
FHSU Magazine is published three times a year (Fall, Spring,
Summer) by the Fort Hays State University Alumni Association
for alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the university.
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Association with the exception of the Summer issue, which is
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On the cover
Jared Schiel ’02 created
the cover of this issue
celebrating FHSU 2008
Homecoming events. The
images combine the best
of tradition with today's
campus life.
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CAMPUS NEWS
Dreiling is Torch Award winner; Walizer receives
Pilot, Navigator Awards
Joan Dreiling ‘08,
left, holds the Alumni
Association Torch
Award presented
to her by President
Edward Hammond.
Dr. Beth Walizer ‘79,
‘92, right, received
the Pilot Award for
teaching and the
Navigator Award for
outstanding advisor.
Joan Dreiling, Ellis, was named in May
as the recipient of the Torch Award as the
outstanding graduating senior from the
Class of 2008 at Fort Hays State University.
Dr. Beth Walizer ’79, ‘92, assistant professor
of teacher education, was selected by
committees of different organizations for
both of the main faculty awards, Pilot
and Navigator.
Dreiling, daughter of David ’75 and
Gail Dreiling, Ellis, graduated with a dual
major: a Bachelor of Science in physics and a
Bachelor of Science in mathematics. She has been accepted into the
Ph.D. in physics program at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
The Alumni Association instituted the Torch and Pilot awards in
1974 to emphasize the importance of excellence in teaching and
learning. They are presented every year at the Graduate and Faculty
Brunch in advance of Commencement.
The Torch Award candidates are nominated by members of
the faculty on the basis of classroom excellence, participation in
professional organizations and involvement in student or civic
activities. The Pilot Award is given on the basis of classroom
excellence, ongoing research and service activities. Candidates are
nominated by graduating seniors. Nominations for the Navigator
Award are also made by graduating seniors in a process conducted
by the Student Government Association.
FHSU stokes the furnace of the local economy
Fort Hays State University had a total impact of almost
$200 million on the economies of Hays and Ellis County
in 2007, according to the latest study of the university’s
financial activity. Dr. Edward Hammond, FHSU president,
commissions the economic impact study every two years
to track the university’s contributions to local prosperity.
Dr. Carl Parker, chair of the Department of Economics and Finance,
and Dr. Tom Johansen ’80, ‘81, associate professor of economics
and finance, co-authored “The Economic Impact of Fort Hays State
University on the Local Economy: Fiscal Year 2007.”
The report documented local FHSU expenditures of at least
$107,835,862. The additional spending by businesses to support that
direct spending, which economists call the indirect impact, totaled
another $21,567,172. Expenditures that resulted from the incomes
created by the direct spending, which economists call the induced
impact, totaled another $64,701,517, resulting in a total impact of at
least $194,104,551 for the fiscal year that started July 1, 2006, and
ended June 30, 2007.
The authors took a conservative approach in the study by including
only expenditures that could be documented, and therefore the
actual economic impact would be much larger than the estimate. The
report also noted that the 785 total full-time, benefits-eligible jobs at
FHSU would have generated an additional 204 full-time jobs.
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Mason named vice-president
Dr. Tisa A. Mason
was introduced at a
news conference in
May as the university’s
new vice president
for student affairs.
The position opened
when Dr. Herb Songer
’66, ’69 announced
in January that he
would retire at the end
of July after serving
as vice president for
student affairs at
FHSU since 1995.
“This is one of the top three administrative posts at
FHSU, along with the provost and the vice president for
administration and finance, so we are very pleased to
welcome someone of Tisa’s experience and abilities,”
said President Edward Hammond.
Mason, whose first name is pronounced TEE-suh,
comes to FHSU from her position as dean of student life
at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
“I am excited and eager to serve the students and
community at Fort Hays State University,” Mason said
at the news conference. “The reputation of President
Hammond as a national leader in higher education,
the innovative spirit that resonates throughout the
campus, and the strong commitment to student
success on behalf of the faculty and staff are among
the reasons I decided to join the FHSU team. I am
eager to work with the talented and dedicated staff
in achieving the many ambitious goals President
Hammond has for the university.“
Hammond said he was confident that Mason would
be up to speed quickly, given her accomplishments at
Wisconsin-Whitewater.
“Not only will Tisa provide direction for the many
student-oriented services offered through her new office,
but she also will be a key member of the leadership
team that will finalize and implement Dare to Dream,
the nearly completed strategic plan that will move the
university toward the year 2020,” he said.
Mason earned a Doctor of Education degree in 1992
from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.,
and received the Galfo Research Award, given annually
to the graduate student who demonstrates outstanding
promise in educational research and helpfulness to
fellow students. She also earned an Education Specialist
degree from William and Mary in 1991. She received
a Master of Science in education in 1984 from Eastern
Illinois University and a Bachelor of Arts in 1983 from
Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.
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The dream continues
Fort Hays State University’s strategic plan for the year 2020 includes a more ambitious enrollment goal than previously
contemplated, and men’s and women’s soccer teams will be launched in part to stimulate enrollment growth, said Dr. Edward
Hammond, university president, at a news conference on April 25.
Those were the highlights of his announcements regarding the planning process that began when he appointed the Committee to
Review and Rethink the Structure of the University in May 2007. Based on the work of that committee, he presented “Dare to Dream:
The Development of the Creative University, Fort Hays State University in 2020” during a September 2007 news conference. The draft
reorganization plan contained 34 initiatives, but he cautioned that decisions were not final on most of the initiatives pending the
allocation of resources and other factors.
At the December 2007 news conference, Hammond announced progress on some of the 34 initiatives, including a final decision
not to change the name of the university. The April news conference addressed several more of the initiatives, and the fate of the
remaining initiatives will be announced when the final strategic plan is unveiled at the start of the 2008-2009 academic year.
The draft plan had called for FHSU to reach an enrollment of 15,000 by the year 2020 – 7,500 on campus and 7,500 in the Virtual
College. Hammond said in April that the goal in the final plan would be 20,000 – 7,500 on campus and 12,500 in the Virtual College.
President Hammond also said that FHSU would mount men’s and women’s soccer teams to compete against other universities within
NCAA Division II. “We expect to field teams by the fall of 2010,” he said.
National group honors FHSU provost
Math, science academy soon to be a reality
Dr. Larry Gould, provost of Fort
Hays State University, recently
received one of the highest
honors bestowed by the American
Association of State Colleges and
Universities. He was presented
with the William M. Plater Award
for Leadership in Civic Engagement
during the annual meeting of
AASCU’s American Democracy
Project in Utah.
The Plater Award is given for exemplary leadership in
advancing the civic learning of undergraduates through
programs and activities that encourage greater knowledge,
skills, experiences and reflection about the role of citizens in
a democracy.
The Plater Award is the first national award established
specifically to recognize chief academic officers for their
leadership in higher education. It is designed to recognize
the critical role of the chief academic officer in advancing
the civic mission of the campus through curricular reform,
public advocacy, accountability for institutional citizenship,
faculty development and recruitment, and partnerships with
community organizations.
The Plater Award includes an engraved commemorative
plaque to acknowledge the national recognition and a check
for $1,000. Gould immediately donated his check to FHSU’s
ADP efforts. The award was established in 2006 by AASCU
in collaboration with Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis in appreciation for the leadership of William
M. Plater, who served as the chief academic officer of IUPUI
from 1987 through 2006.
Previous recipients were Plater in 2006 and Barbara G.
Burch, provost and vice president for academic affairs at
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, in 2007.
With five years of funding secured from the Kansas Legislature in
April, the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science will soon be a
reality at FHSU. Doors will open to the state’s best and brightest high
school students in August 2009.
KAMS students will live on campus and earn 72 hours of college
credit in two years, with an emphasis in mathematics and science. The
curriculum is finalized, renovations to Custer Hall are in the works and
a team of FHSU staff and volunteers has laid much of the groundwork
with detailed plans about everything from admissions guidelines to
clubs and organizations to curfews.
By the end of summer, the KAMS development team will hand the
reigns over to a director and a recruitment coordinator, the first of
several academy hires. They will finalize logistical details and start
actively promoting KAMS around the state to build a pioneer class of
40 exceptional high school juniors next fall.
To learn more, visit the KAMS Web site at www.fhsu.edu/kams or
call (785) 628-4690.
Work continues at the Kansas Wetlands Educational Center at Cheyenne
Bottoms scheduled to open in early 2009. The center will be administered by
FHSU's Sternberg Museum of Natural History. In this photo, roof shingling nears
completion as well as the installation of exterior wall framing and sheathing.
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CAMPUS NEWS
Memorial Union marks its 50th
anniversary in October
Plans are under way to celebrate the 50th anniversary
of Fort Hays State University’s Memorial Union during the
upcoming fall semester.
The history of the Memorial Union begins on Oct. 17,
1939, at Homecoming. Interest was mainly represented by
a faculty-alumni group, but student interest soon followed.
However, plans for a building were shelved with the coming
of World War II.
The Kansas Board of Regents was empowered by the Kansas Legislature in 1941 to
grant authority to the state college to establish student fees to construct and operate
a building. The first unit of the Memorial Union was completed in 1958, 19 years after
the original proposal. The building was in complete use before Christmas of that year.
The union has grown and evolved ever since. An annex, completed in the spring
of 1970, provided a large recreation area in the basement, which included a 12-lane
bowling alley, pocket billiards and snooker tables, table tennis, a snack bar and
booths, a lounge, and a bookstore in the lower level.
Most recently, an 18-month, $8.5 million renovation was marked with a ribboncutting ceremony on the Quad on Aug. 20, 2007. The lower level of the union was
entirely remodeled to house the new student activities area called Cody Commons
as well as student organization offices, the Student Health Center, a computer cyber
center with wireless access throughout the building, part of the University Bookstore
and a deli food outlet.
The first floor houses a spectacular new atrium entrance, a thoroughly remodeled
Sunset Lounge, a newly designed food court, the Grab ’n’ Go convenience store, Tiger
Cove, the Student Service Center, Commerce Bank, the university mail center, and a
new elevator next to the stairwell on the southeast side of the union. The building
also received upgrades to the heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, plumbing and
electrical systems.
The union stands as a memorial to the men of FHSU who lost their lives in the
defense of their country. It continues to serve as a campus community center.
Denizens of the Mesozoic move into Sternberg Museum
Representatives of the Mesozoic Era of geologic time, including the
Tyrannosaurus rex known as Stan, have arrived at Fort Hays State
University’s Sternberg Museum of Natural History for an extended stay.
“T. rex cetera: Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Monsters” opened
May 24 and will run until March 29, 2009. It features Stan, at
70 percent the second-most complete Tyrannosaurus skeleton ever
found, and more than 30 other full skeletons of animals that lived
during the 185-million-year span of the Mesozoic Era, comprising the
Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Also included are almost 40 other
specimens, including many skulls and other bones.
The exhibition showcases fossil casts from the private collection of Dr. Jack Hankla,
a Danbury, Ky., dentist, whose interest in paleontology and fossil collecting has
resulted in one of the most significant private collections in the United States.
“This exhibit has never been seen anywhere before,” said Greg Walters, exhibits
director of the Sternberg Museum. The fossils from which the casts were made were
found on five continents and lived in the air, on land and in the seas.
For more information on hours of operation, admission and membership, go to the
Sternberg Museum Web site at www.fhsu.edu/sternberg.
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FHSU, Sias University
join in rebuilding project
Plans for a new, earthquake-safe
school – the Sias International UniversityFort Hays State University Elementary
School – in Sichuan Province, China, were
announced at a May 31 news conference
in Zhengzhou, China, by Chinese officials,
FHSU President Edward Hammond and
Sias founder and President Shawn Chen.
Sias University is in Zhengzhou, in
the province of Henan, northeast of
Sichuan Province.
“When Kansas experienced a terrible
tornado in Greensburg last year, China
came to our aid. We are here today
to pledge our support and to work
with Sias to build the Sias-Fort Hays State
University Elementary School,”
said Hammond.
“We want to build a school able to
resist 8.0 earthquakes,” said Chen,
founder of Sias University.
“We will use foreign design experts to
do this and to share with others who may
be rebuilding as well. We will give you our
best technology.”
Hammond was in China for
commencement ceremonies at FHSU’s
partner universities. He took with him a
commitment for more than $5,700 for
the Chinese Red Cross for earthquake
relief which was collected at the FHSU
Commencement ceremony on May 17.
Chen and Hammond said that they
are pledged to raise about $71,500
to begin work for the elementary
school. Hammond said he will also
enlist aid from Kansas universities and
American corporations.
The project has been approved by
the China Coordinating Committee for
Friendship with Foreign Countries and
has been proposed to the Sichuan
Provincial government. Jiangyou City,
Henan Province, has provided substantial
aid to Sichuan Province.
Chen and Hammond also said they
hope that work can begin this summer
and provide employment for local people.
“Local government,” said Hammond,
”must identify the site, and then we will
develop it as soon as possible.”
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Picken Hall cleared in advance of major renovation
Picken Hall, Fort Hays State University’s
first building, constructed in 1904, is
being cleared out for the first major
renovation since 1960. The building
was emptied by July, when interior
demolition, salvage and asbestos
abatement began. The construction
phase of the $5.39 million project is
set to begin in January.
The main features are an all new
electrical system; an all new heating and
cooling system (with no central air, the
building has a hodgepodge
of window AC units);
a complete remodeling
and reconfiguration of
restrooms; installation of
fire suppression systems;
a reconfiguration of interior
spaces; and, as needed,
structural stabilization
as the skeleton of the
building is exposed and
any problem areas come
to light.
The main addition will be on the east
– a two-story central area to provide
a unified, friendlier entry for what is
being considered a “one-stop shopping”
concept for vital student functions.
Picken Hall will house seven entities:
Admissions; Registrar; Graduate
School; Academic Advising and Career
Exploration; the Kelly Center; Student
Fiscal Services; and the Financial
Assistance Office. The target completion
date is summer 2010.
All offices located in Picken have
been relocated:
Academic Advising and Career
Exploration to Wiest Hall, room B701.
Center for Civic Leadership to Wiest
Hall, room B714.
Debate to Wiest Hall, room B722.
Docking Institute of Public Affairs
and Survey Center to Wiest Hall,
room B629.
Affirmative action officer, to
McCartney Hall, room 227.
Faculty Senate to Tomanek Hall,
room 251.
Foster Grandparent/Senior
Companion to Wiest Hall, room B712.
Graduate School to Wiest Hall,
room B703.
Information Networking and
Telecommunications to Tomanek Hall
labs 127B, 127C and 125, and a suite of
offices in 123.
Kelly Center to Wiest Hall, room B603.
Personnel to Wiest Hall, room B729.
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The Guild raises funds through
memberships and private donations,
which are used primarily for scholarships
to deserving student musicians who
attend Fort Hays State University.
Your donation also supports related
projects, including guest performers,
publicity and concert receptions.
We invite you to join us in sponsoring
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Seven alumni and friends of Fort Hays
Fort Hays
State University
2008
Alumni
Awards
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State University will be honored with awards
from the FHSU Alumni Association at the
Alumni and Foundation Awards Banquet Friday,
Sept. 26, during Homecoming celebrations.
Three alumni will receive Alumni
Achievement Awards, the association’s highest
honor, for outstanding, unselfish contributions
in service to community, state or nation, both
as citizens in their chosen careers and through
philanthropy. Recipients are Dr. Rick Kellerman
’75, a physician and professor who is chair
of the Department of Family and Community
Medicine at the University of Kansas School of
Medicine, Wichita; Dr. Stephen Scheck ’75, ’77,
dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
at Western Oregon University, Monmouth;
and Rick Smalley ’71, ’73, chief executive
officer for Dickinson Financial Corporation,
Kansas City, Mo.
One young alumni, Simin Marefat ’95, will
receive the Young Alumni Award. It is given
to 10- to 15-year graduates in recognition of
professional and educational achievement,
community activities, honors and awards or
other accomplishments.
The Alumni Association will present
Dr. Earl Merkel ’53, a family physician in Russell,
with a Distinguished Service Award, which
honors individuals who have demonstrated a
continuing concern for humanity at a universal,
national, state or community level, who
endorse and exemplify the highest standards
of character and personal attributes, and who
demonstrate a continuing concern for improving
the quality of life.
Dr. Edward Stehno, FHSU professor emeritus
of educational administration and counseling,
will receive a Nita M. Landrum Award for
alumni or friends who have provided sustained
volunteer service for the betterment of the
Alumni Association or FHSU, especially in their
home communities.
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Rick Kellerman
Alumni Achievement Award
Dr. Rick D. Kellerman, Wichita, graduated
from FHSU in 1975 with a B.A. in chemistry.
He earned his M.D. from the University of
Kansas School of Medicine in 1978.
“Having worked with Rick over the past
20 or so years, I am very impressed with
his leadership skills,” said colleague
Dr. John Dorsch ’76. “I am, however, even
more impressed with the kind of person
that he is. He keeps an open-door policy
for everyone. He makes himself accessible
to medical students, resident physicians,
faculty members, or anyone who asks for
some of his time to help with a problem.
He is a source of encouragement for all
of us.”
He is nationally known in family
medicine, having served on the board of the
American Academy of Family Physicians
and as president of the AAFP. He has also
served as president of the Kansas Academy
of Family Physicians.
After completing his residency in
1981, Kellerman won an Academic
Faculty Fellowship for 1981-82 and then
established and operated a private practice
in Plainville until 1988, when he became
residency director of the Smoky Hill Family
Medicine Residency in Salina, a position he
held until 1996.
He assumed his current post as chair of
the Department of Family and Community
Medicine at the University of Kansas School
of Medicine, Wichita, in January 1997.
While a student at FHSU, he was a
member of Phi Kappa Phi and the Seventh
Cavalry leadership fraternity. He won the
Torch Award at the end of his senior year
and, in 1985, received a Young Alumni
Award. In his professional life, the Smoky
Hill Family Medicine Residency Program
received the Outstanding Rural Health
Program in America Award from the
National Rural Health Association while
he was the program director. He was the
inaugural recipient of the Kansas Board
of Regents Faculty Award in 2003, was
graduation marshal for the KU School of
Medicine in 2000, and is a member
of Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical
honorary society.
He belongs to several professional
organizations, including the Society of
Teachers of Family Medicine, the National
Rural Health Association, the Society of
Primary Care Policy Fellows, and Partners
of the America’s Paraguay/Kansas
Partnership Health Care Committee. He
was the physician representative to the
Kansas Hospital Association for five years.
Kellerman serves or has served with
dozens of community service programs and
provides volunteer medical services. He
has scores of professional publications to
his credit and dozens more presentations
to both professional and lay audiences.
He has also written more than two dozen
successful grant applications for health
care providers and agencies.
He and his wife, Janet, have three
children, a daughter, Katie, and sons John
and James.
Stephen Scheck
Alumni Achievement Award
Dr. Stephen H. Scheck, Independence,
Ore., graduated from FHSU with a B.S. in
zoology in 1975 and an M.S. in biology in
1977. He earned a Ph.D. in zoology in 1980
from Iowa State University of Science and
Technology, Ames.
“As dean of the College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences at Western Oregon University,
Dr. Scheck is an outstanding manager,
scholar, teacher and leader with a strong
commitment to the liberal arts as well
as an understanding of contemporary
issues facing the liberal arts in the context
of a comprehensive public liberal arts
institution,” said Dr. Jem Spectar, former
provost of Western Oregon University.
“Dean Scheck is a dedicated leader
who demonstrates deep integrity and
imparts warmth and wisdom in all of
his interactions.”
He is a dedicated researcher in animal
ecology and physiology, diabetes, the
effects of space travel on living organisms
and nanotechnology in instruction.
After earning his Ph.D., Scheck was an
assistant professor of biology at Pepperdine
University, Malibu, Calif., from 1980 to
1982 and a professor of biology at Loyola
Marymount University, Los Angeles, Calif.,
from 1982 to 1995, when he became
assistant dean of science. He held that
position until 2001, when he became
associate dean at Loyola Marymount.
From 2004 to 2005, he was acting dean
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of the Frank R. Seaver College of Science
and Engineering at Loyola. He assumed
his present position as dean of the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Western
Oregon University, Monmouth, in
January 2006.
His awards include recognition from
Sigma Xi, the scientific research society,
the Group Achievement Award from the
Cosmos 2T Comparison Study Team of
NASA, and the Outstanding Educator
Award from Loyola’s College of Science
and Engineering. He has also received
approximately $1.25 million in research
grants and awards.
He is a member of the Association
of American Colleges and Universities,
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, and the Council
on Undergraduate Research. He is on
the Executive Committee of NANOWorld
nanotechnology education conferences.
His community activities include
numerous visits to elementary schools
to teach science, counseling local middle
schools on science fair projects, serving
as a Boy Scout scoutmaster and an
assistant in Girl Scouts, 4-H and as a
parent assistant for community bands
and orchestras. He serves as a board
member on the Monmouth-Independence
Community Foundation.
He and his wife, Anne ’75, ’76, have a
son, Trevor, and a daughter, Amelia.
Rick Smalley
Alumni Achievement Award
Rick L. Smalley, Shawnee, graduated
from FHSU with a B.S. in business in
1971 and an M.S. in business
administration in 1973. He is the chief
executive officer of Dickinson Financial
Corp., a $5.6 billion multi-bank holding
company with headquarters in Kansas
City, Mo. The company owns and manages
commercial banks, operating 200 branch
offices in 17 states. He is also president
and CEO of Bank Midwest N.A., Kansas
City; chairman of the board of Southern
Commerce Bank, Tampa, Fla.; SunBank,
Phoenix, Ariz.; Armed Forces Bank of
California, San Diego; and the Armed
Forces Bank, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., a
national bank with branches on 33 military
installations throughout the United States.
“Rick’s accomplishments are a tribute
to his Fort Hays State education and his
determination to succeed,” said Don Giles,
president and CEO of Armed Forces Bank.
“Fort Hays should be proud to acknowledge
him as one of its distinguished graduates.
He is a fine family man, a man of integrity
and a leader in the field of banking. Rick
serves his employers, employees and the
community with the highest standards. He
is also a very good friend to me.”
He is serving a second term on the board
of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
His career since leaving FHSU included
time as a staff accountant for Arthur
Anderson, as a senior manager of
Baird Kurtz and Dobson, a public
accounting firm, and as chief financial
officer and chief operating officer of Home
Savings Association. He has been Dickinson
CEO since 1997.
At FHSU, he was a graduate teaching
assistant in the Business Department and a
member of Sigma Chi.
His professional activities include serving
as advisory director of the Academy
Bank of Colorado Springs, serving on the
Advisory Board of CFO and Accounting
Outsourcers, director of the 10th District
Federal Reserve Bank, and serving on the
Federal Affairs Committee of the Kansas
Bankers Association. He is a member of
the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, the Association of Military
Banks of America, the Association of
the United States Army, Business
Executives for National Security, the
Greater Kansas City Chamber of
Commerce and the Harry S. Truman
Chapter of the Air Force Association.
He serves on Ingram’s Industry
Outlook Committee and on the School
of Business Advisory Board of the
University of Kansas. He is also a member
of the Kansas and Missouri Bankers
Association and the Missouri Society of
Certified Public Accountants.
Smalley is a member of the United Way
Tocqueville Society, an honor granted
to individuals who contribute at least
$10,000 annually to the United Way.
He and his wife, Sharon ’70, ’73, have
two sons, Kristopher and Scott, and a
daughter, Ashley.
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Simin Marefat
Young Alumni Award
Simin Marefat, San Francisco, Calif.,
earned a B.S. in nursing from FHSU in
1995. She is a registered nurse in the
Intensive Cardiac Care Unit at the University
of California Medical Center, San Francisco.
She has adopted as her mission using
her skills and knowledge as a nurse to help
those in Third World countries gain access
to health care and health education. She
has volunteered her time and used her own
funds to travel to 63 countries in order to
help the underprivileged.
After leaving FHSU, she worked as a
nurse in Texas then at St. Luke’s Hospital
Health System in Kansas City, where
she trained as a cardiovascular intensive
care nurse. She moved to California for a
position as a traveling nurse, working in
San Diego, Hawaii and other locations.
“In the last decade, Simin has traveled
extensively throughout the world, often
to the developing world, where she has
spent her vacation time and personal
finances helping those in need,” said
Tanja Gabrovsek, an R.N. and colleague of
Marefat in California. “Several years ago
she traveled to Africa and volunteered her
nursing services to help young orphans
whose parents had died of AIDS, and
many of whom were infected with
AIDS themselves.”
“This experience deeply affected her,”
Gabrovsek said, “and in order to continue to
help the orphans while living and working in
San Francisco, she began her partnership
with the non-profit organization Orphans
of Rwanda. Simin, with the help of friends,
organized several fundraising events in
the San Francisco Bay area community
and she has raised enough money to help
finance the construction of a health clinic
at the orphanage in Kigali, Rwanda. In fact,
her most recent fundraising endeavor has
raised enough money to enroll 36 orphans
in the local university in Rwanda.”
A profile in the San Francisco Chronicle
noted that Marefat had “fed children and
changed diapers in Rwandan orphanages,
delivered babies in Zambia and Zimbabwe,
educated Thai workers on HIV prevention,
given vaccinations in Pakistani refugee
camps, and taught EKG and the care
of open-heart patients in Iran, her
native country.”
After becoming aware of the needs
served by Orphans of Rwanda, Marefat,
who had never before organized anything
like a charity benefit, held a silent auction
of photographs taken by her and others.
That event, at a Community Center in San
Francisco in June 2006, raised more than
$14,000. In November 2007, she organized
another benefit, which was attended by
more than 400 people and raised more
than $20,000 for Orphans of Rwanda.
Earl Merkel
Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Earl D. Merkel, Russell, graduated
from FHSU in 1953 with an A.B. in
chemistry. He earned his M.D. in 1957
from the University of Kansas School of
Medicine. He is a family physician with
Russell Regional Hospital.
After his medical internship at Wesley
Hospital, Wichita, he moved to Russell
and began a family practice that is now
50 years old. He has delivered babies for
three generations in some families and
cares for four generations in others.
He was recognized as the 2005 Kansas
Family Physician of the Year and was a
finalist for the 2006 American Academy of
Family Physicians Family Physician of the
Year Award.
An article in Kansas Family Physician
magazine quoted a nomination letter from
one of his patients and a summary from the
KAFP executive director. “If the world thinks
the time of the old-fashioned, loving, caring
family doctor has passed, they haven’t met
Dr. Earl Merkel, who unquestionably meets
that criteria,” wrote the patient.
Carolyn Gaughan, KAFP executive
director at the time, was quoted in the
article: “We received numerous letters
detailing Dr. Merkel’s love of medicine,
his treatment of patients as family
members, and his patients’ genuine love
for Dr. Merkel.”
People who have asked him about
retirement say he has considered it, but
they quote him as saying, “I haven’t found
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anything else I’d like to do more than
family medicine.”
During his college career at FHSU,
he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon
fraternity. He and his wife, Kathleen, have
funded scholarships at FHSU: the Jack
Merkel Memorial Loan Fund and the Earl
and Kathleen Merkel Scholarship Fund.
The Merkels have also contributed to
educational funds at the University
of Kansas.
His professional memberships include the
Kansas Academy of Family Physicians, the
American Academy of Family Physicians,
Kansas Medical Society, American Medical
Association, Central Kansas Medical
Society, Kansas City Southwest Clinical
Society and certification by the American
Board of Family Medicine since 1970.
From 1960 to 1987, he was also
a medical examiner for the Federal
Aviation Administration.
He is also a member of the Board
of Trustees for the FHSU Foundation
and a member of the Foundation’s
Executive Committee.
The Merkels have two children, a son,
Errol, and a daughter, Tiffany.
Ed Stehno
Nita M. Landrum Award
Dr. Edward H. Stehno, Hays, is an
FHSU professor emeritus of educational
administration and counseling. He earned
a B.S. in education in 1959 and an M.S. in
industrial education in 1960 from Emporia
State University. He received his Ed.D.
in educational administration from the
University of Kansas in 1971.
He began his teaching career as
an elementary school teacher for the
Jamestown Public Schools and as a
superintendent of schools for Delphos and
Washington County USD 221. He was a
professor of education, administration and
counseling at FHSU for 33 years, retiring in
2004. He received the 2004 Outstanding
Teacher Award and the 1988 Phi Delta
Kappa Outstanding Education Award.
Stehno is a member of the FHSU
Foundation Board of Trustees. In 2002,
he and his wife, Donna ’77, ’83, established
the Stehno Family Room at the
Robbins Center.
At the time, Stehno said, “Fort Hays
State University has given the Stehno family
a lot over the years. I have had the freedom
to grow mentally, make mistakes and
experiment with new ideas. I have made
great friends and worked with wonderful
colleagues and students all over the world.
This gift is small compared to what Fort
Hays State University has given the
Stehno family.”
During his professional career, he was
active nationally and internationally in
publications, presentations and seminars
and in obtaining grants and contracts.
“I have known Ed since he moved to
Hays in the ’70s and have known him
to be a man of honesty, integrity and
trustworthiness through all of our business
ventures,” said Charles Brull, a friend
and business partner of Stehno’s. “He
was respected by fellow businessmen,
citizens and employees,” he continued.
“Additionally, we have remained business
partners for over 20 years.”
In the community, Stehno has also
been an active participant in several civic
organizations and activities. He serves on
the Sister Cities committee for the city
of Hays and was recently appointed to
serve on the new governing board for
TMP-Marian and Holy Family Schools.
The Stehnos have three children,
daughters Lisa and Sharon, and son Chris.
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ADMISSIONS BREAKOUT
Admissions preparing for promising year
By Tricia Cline ’99, ’02,
Director, Office of Admissions
The new recruiting year brings new faces to the Office of Admissions. As shown on
the FHSU recruiting area map, the office consists of nine full-time admissions counselors.
There are three new counselors in our office: Nikki Cothran, Heather Teater and
Angela Krueger.
Cothran, originally from Kansas City, Kan., is our new South Central Kansas admissions
counselor. She has a Bachelor of Arts in communication from Slippery Rock University in
Pennsylvania and a Master of Education from Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
Teater is originally from Shawnee and is now the Nebraska admissions counselor. She
graduated from Fort Hays State University this past May with a Bachelor of Arts
in English.
Krueger is a Hays native and is now recruiting in the Southwest Kansas area. She has
a Bachelor of Science in business management earned in 2006 from FHSU.
Along with the new recruiters, the Office of Admissions also has a new recruitment
initiative. FHSU has implemented a scholarship program for qualifying high school
students outside of Kansas and the four contiguous states. This scholarship would give
eligible students the opportunity to experience FHSU and give them an out-of-state
education at a very affordable cost.
The recruitment cycle for this year looks promising, especially given the philosophy
of ”Affordable Success.” Our tuition rates are the lowest among all Kansas Regent
institutions. This is not only important for our Kansas residents, but it also bodes well
for out-of-state populations. Students from the Contiguous State Program (Missouri,
Colorado, Nebraska and Oklahoma) can find the tuition at FHSU lower than many of their
in-state schools. Below are the new tuition rates for the 2008-2009 school year.
Kansas Resident
Tuition and Fees
$3,540
Books and Supplies
$840
Room and Board
$6,252
Total cost per year $10,632
Contiguous Resident
$4,910
$840
$6,252
$12,002
Non-Resident
$11,124
$840
$6,252
$18,216
As always, the Office of Admissions welcomes any alumni help or recommendations
with finding new students for FHSU. Please feel free to call or e-mail the counselor in
your area (provided below on the recruitment map) with comments, advice, or any
suggestions you may have.
Tricia Cline
Director of Admissions
[email protected]
(785) 628-4091
Lindsey Basinger
Asst. Director of Admissions/
Out-of-State Counselor
[email protected]
(785) 628-5667
Taryn Myers
Part-time Sedgwick and Butler County
Admissions Counselor
[email protected]
Tara Vance
Northwest Kansas
Admissions Counselor
[email protected]
(785) 628-4020
Cassy McDonald
Northeast Kansas
Admissions Counselor
[email protected]
(785) 628-4042
Fabiola Zerfas
Minority
Admissions Counselor
[email protected]
(785) 628-4503
Molly Kohl
Transfer Coordinator
[email protected]
(785) 628-4044
Nichole Keough
Colorado
Admissions Counselor
[email protected]
(785) 628-5722
Nikki Cothran
South Central Kansas
Admissions Counselor
[email protected]
(785) 628-4495
Heather Teater
Nebraska
Admissions Counselor
[email protected]
(785) 628-5724
Angela Krueger
Southwest Kansas
Admissions Counselor
[email protected]
(785) 628-5723
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THURSDAY, Sept. 25
Tiger Alumni & Friends Golf
Tournament
9 a.m. Registration, 11 a.m. Shotgun Start,
Smoky Hill Country Club, 3303 Hall
FRIDAY, Sept. 26
Homecoming Registration
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Memorial Union
Art Exhibit: David Lobdell
Exhibition (sculpture)
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Moss-Thorns Gallery
of Art, Rarick Hall
Half-Century Club
Luncheon and Induction
11 a.m., Social, Memorial Union
12 p.m., Luncheon, Memorial Union
Oktoberfest
11 a.m.-7 p.m., Frontier Park, South Main
Campus Tour
10 a.m., Memorial Union
Forsyth Library Open House
10 a.m.-4 p.m., Campus
K-Club Reunion
(Letterman’s Association)
8 a.m., Victor E. Lounge (located inside of
Gross Memorial Coliseum, Gate 3)
9:35 a.m., load parade entry
11:30 a.m., K-Club Lunch, Lewis Field
2 p.m., football game, K-Club seating,
Lewis Field
Tiger Cheerleaders Reunion –
Past & Present – This one’s for you!
9 a.m., Memorial Union
Homecoming Parade
10:30 a.m., Main Street, Downtown Hays
Tiger Friends & Family Picnic
11:30 a.m., east side of Lewis
Field Stadium
Zero- To 10-Year Tailgate Party
11:30 a.m., Lewis Field
(north parking area)
Nursing Class No. 4 – 50th
Anniversary Celebration
Noon-3 p.m., Memorial Union
Football game
FHSU vs. Truman State University
1 p.m., pre-game ceremonies; 2 p.m.,
game time, Lewis Field Stadium
Welcome one and all to
Homecoming 2008 –
Campus Tour
2 p.m., Memorial Union
Let the Games Begin!
Film: South Pacific
3 p.m., Fox Pavillion, 1202 Main
Each fall brings with it an element of celebration when
everyone is more than ready to welcome cooler temperatures,
changing leaves and the gathering of friends old and new. At the
top of the celebration activities list on the campus of Fort Hays
State University is Homecoming 2008.
Mark your calendars now – it’s time for all Tiger alumni and
friends to make plans to attend. There is something for everyone:
Oktoberfest, football, reunions, a parade, banquets, a 5K run and
more. Don’t let this celebration pass you by!
Register today – space is limited! Advanced reservations are
required for all events listed. Deadline: Sept. 18, 2008. You can
also register at www.fhsu.edu/alumni.
Questions, call (785) 628-4430 or toll free at 1-888-351-3591.
Alumni Awards Reception & Banquet
6 p.m., Social; 7 p.m., Banquet,
Memorial Union
Information Networking and
Telecommunications “Passport”
Open House
4-5:30 p.m., McCartney, Heather or
Tomanek Halls (begin at the location of
your choice)
FHSU Baseball Reunion
7 p.m., Larks Park, Fourth and Oak
Alpha Gamma Delta Open House
409 W. Eighth
Jimmy Dee & the Fabulous
Destinations Rock ’n’ Roll Blast
9 p.m., Fox Pavilion, 1202 Main
Delta Zeta Open House
410 W. Sixth
SATURDAY, Sept. 27
Homecoming Registration
7 a.m.-noon, Robbins Center
5K Tiger Fun Run/Walk
8 a.m., Robbins Center
Tiger Breakfast
8:30 a.m., Robbins Center
Baseball Reunion Social
7 p.m., The Golden Q, 809 Ash
SUNDAY, Sept. 28
Alumni Baseball Game
Noon, Larks Park, Fourth and Oak
OTHER EVENTS
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday,
1-7 p.m.; closed Mondays.
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ALUMNI BOARD
FHSU Alumni Association announces officers and new member
Fort Hays State University’s Alumni Association Board of Directors recently announced the 2008-2009 Executive Council and the
addition of one faculty appointment to the board. The members were introduced June 14 at the FHSU Alumni Association Board of
Directors summer meeting in Hays.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Brian DeWitt ’89,
Hays, was selected as
president of the FHSU
Alumni Association
Board of Directors and
ex-officio member of
the FHSU Foundation
Board of Trustees
after serving as chair of the finance
and operations committee. DeWitt
graduated with a Bachelor of Business
Administration in accounting. He was
appointed to the board in 2005. He
works as a certified public accountant for
Adams, Brown, Beran, and Ball, Chtd.
Bonnie Lowe ’83, Lawrence, will serve
as past-president of the board, having
completed a two-year presidency. Lowe
graduated with a Bachelor of Science
degree in finance and is the market
president of Landmark National Bank
in Lawrence. Since her appointment
to the board in 2002, Lowe has served
as a member of the Joint Alumni and
Foundation Committee, as chair of the
Membership and Marketing Committee,
and as ex-officio member of the FHSU
Foundation Board of Trustees.
Brenda Herrman ’00, Hays, has been
selected to serve a second year as the
Awards and Recognition Committee chair.
She graduated from Midwestern State
University with a Bachelor of Applied Arts
and Sciences in public administration in
1997 and from FHSU with a Master of
Liberal Studies. She began her tenure on
the board in 2005 and is the director of
public works for the city of Hays.
Dennis Spratt ’71, Lawrence, has
been named the Finance and Operations
Committee chair. Spratt graduated with a
Bachelor of Science in physical education.
He graduated from American College
in Bryn Mawr, Pa., with degrees as a
chartered life underwriter and a chartered
financial consultant in 1982 and 1988,
respectively. Spratt is president and
founder of SPRATT Wealth Management
Group Inc., a wealth and investment
advisory business.
Stacy Kohlmeier ’84, Manhattan,
has been selected to serve as chair of the
Membership and Marketing Committee,
a position she has held since 2006.
Kohlmeier was appointed a board member
in 2003. She graduated with a Bachelor
of Science in business administration
and is currently employed as business
development director for Florence
Manufacturing Co.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Karen McCullough ’02, ’04, Hays,
has been selected to serve as a faculty
appointment to the board for a threeyear term. McCullough graduated with
a Bachelor of Business Administration
degree in business communications
and a Master of Science degree in
educational administration. She is
the assistant director of the FHSU
International and Disability Student
Services (Higher Education).
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FOUNDATION
Charitable trusts protect assets from taxes, provide income
Dear FHSU Alumni and Friends,
I would like to take this opportunity to talk about a giving vehicle that allows you
not only to make a gift to FHSU, but also provides you an income and tax savings.
You may own real estate or stock that has appreciated in the last several years. If
you are considering selling this property but are concerned about the capital gains tax,
then you may want to consider a charitable remainder trust (CRT). A CRT is created
when you transfer your asset into an irrevocable charitable trust and name the FHSU
Foundation as the trustee for life, two lives or a term of years. The trust invests the
asset and pays an income to you, or beneficiaries named by you. When the trust ends,
the remaining assets go to a purpose you have designated at FHSU.
There are two types of CRT: a charitable remainder annuity trust and a charitable
remainder unitrust.
A charitable remainder annuity trust pays you a specific dollar amount each year for
a period of years or a lifetime. The payment amount is determined at the time your gift
is made. Donors seeking a higher payout will receive a lower current tax deduction
and vice versa.
A charitable remainder unitrust will provide you income based on a percentage of
the fair market value of the trust assets as determined annually. Typically, a unitrust
is re-valued at the start of each calendar year, and if the value of the trust principal
increases, so does your income. This option may provide a hedge against inflation.
The CRT is attractive to individuals and families with highly appreciated assets that
produce relatively low yields. And since the capital gains tax would instantly reduce
the worth of the asset, many people hold onto the asset. Because the CRT represents
a decision to make a gift to charity, tax laws provide for a 100-percent bypass of
capital gains taxes. This means you can protect 100 percent of the asset’s value.
The donor also receives a charitable income tax deduction based on certain
individual factors.
As you can tell, a charitable remainder trust is a potent planning tool that was
enacted to maximize the impact from your estate’s assets and resources. Please feel
free to contact me if you would like to talk further about how a CRT might be able to
meet your goals of supporting FHSU.
Brad Botz, Director of Gift Planning
FHSU Foundation
Stehno children honor
parents’ 50th anniversary
A scholarship has been established at
Fort Hays State University in honor of
retired professor Ed and Donna ’77, ’83
Stehno’s 50th wedding anniversary. The
scholarship, which will go to students in
education, nursing and athletics,
was a gift from the Stehnos’ children:
Chris Stehno, Sharon Weems and
Lisa Stehno-Bittel.
The Stehnos have lived in Hays since
1971. Ed Stehno enjoyed a 33-year career
at FHSU as a professor of educational
administration and counseling before
retiring in 2004. Donna Stehno earned her
bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing
from FHSU as a non-traditional student
after the family settled in Hays.
Chris Stehno said giving his parents a
gift associated with FHSU has significant
meaning to his family. “Growing up
in Hays and being involved with the
university was a great experience for all
three of us kids,” Chris said. “We enjoyed
our time spent on the campus with our
dad and when our mom was in school. We
couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate
50 years of marriage than to honor them
at a place that has been so important to
our family.”
The Stehnos celebrated their
anniversary in November 2007.
“We were honored that our children did
that for us,” said Ed Stehno. “It was a nice
surprise and we knew nothing about it.
We owe Fort Hays State a great deal. I had
the best 33 years of my life there.”
In retirement, he continues to keep
busy by supporting FHSU athletic events
and working with at-risk children in the
Hays public schools. His hobbies include
decorative rock carving and trail-riding.
Donna Stehno enjoys doing volunteer
work throughout the Hays community and
likes to quilt in her spare time.
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New members named to Foundation Board of Trustees
Several individuals have joined the Fort Hays State University Foundation Board of Trustees. They were elected in during a special
Board of Trustees meeting on June 13.
The Board is a group of FHSU supporters who help govern the policies, procedures and investment strategies of the FHSU
Foundation. The 51 trustees represent a broad geographical area, from the East Coast to the West Coast, and come from a variety of
professions. The new trustees are:
Jeff Copper ’77,
Hays, owner of Copper
Insurance Agency and
former Hays middle
school teacher.
Dennis Gaschler ’73,
Protem, Mo., retired
executive director of
Dillons Stores.
Loren Pepperd ’68,
Manhattan, real estate
broker and appraiser with
G&A Real Estate.
Mike Durall ’70,
Boulder, Colo., a freelance
writer and non-profit
consultant and owner
of Common Wealth
Consulting Group.
Tom Gaschler ’75,
Denver, Colo., national
sales manager for
Atrix International.
Andrew Rupp ’77,
Hays, executive vice
president of Insurance
Planning Inc., of Hays.
John Francis ’81, Great
Bend, president of Francis
Financial Services.
Van Hoisington ’70,
Austin, Texas, president
and senior investment
officer of Hoisington
Investment Management Co.
Changes coming to Tiger Call phonathon
Plans are underway for the 31st annual Tiger Call phonathon, the annual fundraising
campaign for scholarships at Fort Hays State University. But this year there will be a few changes
to the process.
Tiger Call will now take place from September through April instead of during a five-week
period in October and November.
“With more than 43,000 alumni, it has become unrealistic to expect to reach everyone during a
five-week period of time,” said Melanie Bailey, director of annual giving at the FHSU Foundation.
“All members of the Tiger family will have the opportunity to make their investment in the future
of FHSU. The time they are contacted may be later in the year.”
Calling will be conducted by FHSU students working in the new AT&T Communications Center
in the Robbins Center, with some help from faculty and staff who will call graduates from their
respective departments or interest areas.
Transitioning to an electronic record-keeping system will make handling donations and records
more efficient and will enable callers to have instant access to the FHSU Web site to inform
alumni and friends of any topics at the university that they may want to know more about.
Tiger Call not only provides funding for scholarships but also offers much-needed assistance
for academic departments and athletics. Bailey encourages alumni to participate by taking a call
from a Tiger caller.
“Your donation creates opportunities for students, keeps the university strong and vibrant and
demonstrates your pride to be part of the Tiger family that cherishes its memories while providing
for its future.”
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ATHLETICS
Spring sports recap
Baseball
The Fort Hays State baseball team
finished the 2008 season with its
second-straight appearance in the MIAA
Tournament. A youthful Tiger squad
finished the season at 28-30 and finished
fourth in the MIAA regular season
standings with a 21-15 record. Eight
players earned All-MIAA honors: Brent
Biggs, Great Bend; Dusty Washburn,
Hays; Brett Becker, Topeka; Eric
Gilliland, Concordia; Greg Bieker, Hays;
Matt Augustine, Colby; Tyler Robbins,
Centennial, Colo.; and Ryan Majercik,
Overland Park.
Washburn earned National Collegiate
Baseball Writers Association All-American
honors and American Baseball Coaches
Association and Daktronics All-Central
Region honors at first base. Bieker, Becker
and Majercik also earned all-region
honors. Majercik was named the MIAA
Freshman of the Year.
Softball
The Tiger softball team finished 2008
with a record of 32-26. It was the first
winning record for the softball team
since it made its only NCAA National
Tournament appearance in 2003, when
the Tigers finished with a 35-20 record.
The Tigers qualified for the MIAA
Tournament for the second
consecutive year.
Six players earned All-MIAA honors:
Anna Herl, Hays; Emily Herl, Hays; Alyson
Garmatz, Wheat Ridge, Colo.; Hallie
McMillen, Tecumseh; Terra Fraser, Valley
Springs, Calif.; and Jessika Anastos,
Broomfield, Colo.
Anastos also earned Daktronics AllAmerican honors and Daktronics and
National Fastpitch Coaches Association
All-North Central Region honors
as catcher.
Track and field
Fort Hays State had six national
qualifiers in track and field for the outdoor
season and two national qualifiers for the
indoor season.
Brady Maska, Hays, discus; Kyle Jilka,
Hillsboro, javelin; and Adam Capps,
Wichita, javelin, earned All-American
honors for the outdoor season. Maska
finished his career as a five-time AllAmerican in his two years at FHSU.
Maska, shot put, and Bryan Haynes,
Peoria, Ariz., 200 meters, each earned AllAmerican honors for the indoor season.
Haynes was the national champion in the
200 meters for the indoor season, the
fourth indoor national champion in
FHSU history.
Tennis
The tennis team finished its season at
9-12, seventh in both the MIAA regular
season standings and MIAA Tournament.
Kris Marten, Topeka, broke the school
record for career wins (96) and singles
wins (52), completing her four-year career
at FHSU.
Mary Kate McKee, Salina, led the team
in wins with 29, posting a team-best 16-2
record in singles play.
Golf
Tiger men golfers earned a trip to the
NCAA Division II Central Regional in
Findlay, Ohio, where they finished eighth.
Nick Rotolo, Liberal, and Jeff Roether,
Junction City, earned All-MIAA honors.
The women’s team completed its
season with a fourth-place finish at the
RMAC Championships. Shelby White,
Dodge City, was the only FHSU player
to earn All-RMAC honors, finishing
her three-year career with nine
tournament wins.
2008 Tiger Sports Hall of Fame inductees announced
Six individuals will be enshrined in the Tiger Sports Hall
of Fame on Oct. 11, 2008. The individuals will be
inducted at the Eagle Communications Hall of the
Robbins Center on the campus of Fort Hays State
University at 10 a.m. Registration for the event will be
at 9:30 a.m.
The inductees will also be honored at halftime of
the football game between Fort Hays State and Missouri
Southern beginning at 2 p.m.
The individuals to be honored are Mike Appelhans (track and
field, 2000-03); Dennis Edwards (men’s basketball, 1994-95);
Skip Numrich ’77 (football, 1976-77); Casey Seyfert ’02, ’03
(football, track and field, 1998-2002); Garry Sigle ’78 (cross
country, track and field, 1974-78); and Tom Spicer ’72, ’77
(athletic director, contributor, 1989-2004).
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Athletics Department welcomes new members to staff, coaching ranks
The summer of 2008 has brought several changes to the Fort Hays State University athletics staff. The front office welcomes two
new faces and the wrestling, softball and women’s basketball programs have new head coaches.
Associate athletic
director for internal
operations –
Cody Bickley ’97, ’00
Cody Bickley has been
promoted to associate
athletic director for
internal operations from his position
as head coach of the FHSU wrestling
program, a post he held for the past
eight years. In his tenure, Bickley
posted an overall dual record of
57-42-5. He became the all-time
wins leader for coaches in the history
of the wrestling program. Bickley
replaces Mark Pahls ’95, ’97, who
took the position of vice president for
institutional advancement at Thomas
More Prep-Marian High School and
Holy Family Elementary School in Hays.
Assistant athletic
director for external
operations –
Brad Haynes ’93, ’97
Brad Haynes returns to
FHSU with more than
11 years of experience
in sports administration. His career
includes stops in minor league baseball
with Los Angeles Angels and Texas
Rangers affiliates, minor league hockey
with a Calgary Flames affiliate, and
Division I and II athletics (Texas Tech
University and University of Nebraska
at Omaha). Haynes holds two degrees
from FHSU, a bachelor’s in business
education and a master’s in sports
administration. As he acquired his
degrees, he was a baseball player and
an assistant coach for now-athletic
director Curtis Hammeke ’85, ’93.
Haynes’ family includes son Cyrus and
daughter Heidi.
Head women’s
basketball coach –
Tony Hobson
Tony Hobson is the
sixth coach in the
history of the program.
He was selected from a
pool of 70 applicants for the position.
Hobson comes to FHSU from Hastings
College, Hastings, Neb., where he was
head coach of the Lady Broncos for
seven years. Hobson won back-to-back
NAIA National Championships
in his first two seasons (2001-02
and 2002-03) as head coach at
Hastings and led the school to
another national championship in
the 2005-06 season. Hobson was
named NAIA National Coach of the
Year three times, all coming during
the national championship seasons.
He enjoyed very successful coaching
stints at Cloud County Community
College and Barton County Community
College. Hobson earned an associate’s
degree from Barton County Community
College in 1979 and a bachelor’s degree
from Hastings College in business
administration in 1981. Hobson
earned a master’s degree in sports
administration from the United States
Sports Academy in Mobile, Ala., in
1989. He is a native of Hardy, Neb. He
and his wife, Becky, have two children,
Samantha and Cash.
Head wrestling coach –
Chas Thompson ’03
Chas Thompson is the
13th coach in the history
of the program. He comes
to Fort Hays State from
Pratt Community College,
where he served as head coach for two
years from 2006-2008. He started the
wrestling program at PCC and led the
Beavers to top 10 national rankings in
both years of the program’s existence.
He coached two NJCAA All-Americans
and also coached 11 Academic AllAmericans. Thompson served as an
assistant coach for three years under
Cody Bickley at FHSU. He also served as
coach for the Cadet National Team in
Fargo, N.D., the past three years and a
coach for the Southern Plains Wrestling
Team the past four years. Thompson
also served as a summer wrestling
coach from 1999-2008 in the free style,
folk style and Greco-Roman disciplines.
Thompson wrestled for FHSU from
1999-2002. He is the son of legendary
Labette Community College coach
Jody Thompson, a member of the
halls of fame for the Kansas Wrestling
Coaches Association, NJCAA Coaches,
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference,
and National Wrestling Coaches
Association. A native of Parsons,
Thompson earned a bachelor’s degree
in physical education from FHSU in
2003 and is currently working towards
completion of his master’s degree in
sports administration at FHSU.
Head softball coach –
Julie LeMaire
Julie LeMaire is the sixth
coach in the history of
the program since it
was reinstated as an
intercollegiate sport at
the school in 1999. LeMaire comes to
the program from Lynn University in
Boca Raton, Fla., where she served
as the assistant coach for two years.
Prior to her stint at Lynn, LeMaire
served as a graduate assistant coach
at the University of North Dakota for
two years. She also taught physical
education courses while working
towards a master’s degree. A native of
Basco, Ill., LeMaire earned a bachelor’s
degree in physical education from
Quincy University in 2004 and earned a
master’s degree in kinesiology from the
University of North Dakota in 2007.
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CLASS NOTES
1950s
Leo Oliva ’59, Woodston,
presented a series of vignettes,
based on the troublesome
territorial period and the struggle
to make Kansas a free state, at
the 79th observance of Cheyenne
County’s Kansas Day celebration
in January 2008 in Bird City.
Max Pickerill ’53, Colby, in
January 2008 began his
100th semester of teaching
at Colby Community College.
1960s
Luella (Squier) Barber ’64, Hays,
has retired from teaching English
at Hays High School.
William Greving ’69, Prairie View,
of Phillips County’s Sorghum
Commission, has been named
by the Kansas Department of
Agriculture to the state’s five
grain commodity commissions.
Beverly (Salmans) Howell ’69,
Larned, retired after nine years as
education director and exhibits
designer at the Santa Fe Trail
Center Museum.
Kathleen Kuchar ’66, Hays, was
May’s featured artist at the
Bank of Hays with her exhibit
“New Work.”
Rodney Livengood ’69, Vancouver,
Wash., retired after 30 years
of managing physician medical
administration, consulting
and instruction.
Robert Meier ’62, Hays, and Cole
Engel ’07, ’07 presented “Second
Life and Virtual World Teaching,”
and Engel and Joan Rumpel
’77 presented “Comparing
the Adoption of Interactive
Technologies by Young
Consumers in Australia and the
United States” at the 25th annual
Southwest Business Symposium
at the University of Central
Oklahoma, Edmund, in March
2008. Meier, with Philip Martin
’72, ’00, Reginald Bell, and Rahim
Quazi also published “Comparing
Business Students’ Perceptions
of Effective Visual Aid Usage on
Two College Campuses” in
the International Journal of
Education Research, Vol. 3, No. 1,
Winter 2008.
Robert Nicholson ’67, ’68, Hays,
has retired as a professor in the
Biological Sciences Department
at FHSU.
William Scott ’67, ’70, Hays, was
named outstanding professor
in FHSU’s College of Arts and
Sciences by the Panhellenic and
Interfraternity Councils.
Herbert Songer Jr. ’66, ’69, Hays,
has retired as vice president for
student affairs at Fort Hays State.
1970s
Nancy (Moxter) Apel ’77, Hays,
was honored at the annual Hays
Medical Center service awards
banquet in April for her five years
of service.
Connie (Krug) Book ’79, Salina,
retired after 27 years as a
teacher, most recently with Salina
USD 305.
Rita (McKinley) Carswell ’76,
’99, Hays, has joined the staff
of Turning Point Professional
Counseling Services as a licensed
clinical professional counselor.
Richard Cooper ’76, Hays, has
retired after working 26 years
with FHSU as laundry supervisor
in Gross/Cunningham
Complex Operations.
Jeffery Curtis ’77, Hays, was
honored at the annual Hays
Medical Center service awards
banquet in April for his five years
of service.
Christine (Gaither) Garten ’76,
Salina, retired after 32 years with
Central Kansas Cooperative in
Education.
Barbara (Engleman) Goodrow
’79, Hays, was honored at the
annual Hays Medical Center
service awards banquet in April
for her 10 years of service.
William Harris ’71, ’73, Meade,
has joined the staff of Cimarron
Rural Health Clinic, an outreach
clinic of Meade District Hospital,
as a physician’s assistant.
Jeff Hart ’70, ’75, Salina, retired
after 35 years of service with the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation
Service, most recently working in
the Salina state office.
Cynthia Hartman ’74, Fort Collins,
Colo., was appointed district
judge of the Larimer County
Court bench in the Eighth
Judicial District of the Colorado
Judicial Branch.
Kathy (Rencin) Hubka ’76,
Andover, has been appointed
by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to
the Behavioral Sciences
Regulatory Board.
Shirle (Bright) Ibeawuchi ’72,
Pratt, in a joint effort with her
daughter, Adamma, founded the
Brighton Hall Academy and is in
the process of building a health
clinic in Owerri, Nigeria.
Joe Jorgensen ’77, ’82, Canton,
Mo., displayed his photographic
and ceramic artworks in the
Walter Yost Art Gallery on the
campus of Highland Community
College in January 2008.
Evan Joy ’76, Downs, has joined
the staff of Sims Fertilizer and
Chemical Co., Osborne.
Philip Martin ’72, ’00, Ellis, and
Robert Meier ’62, Reginald Bell,
and Rahim Quazi, published
“Comparing Business Students’
Perceptions of Effective Visual
Aid Usage on Two College
Campuses” in the International
Journal of Education Research,
Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 2008.
Marla Matkin ’72, Hill City, gave a
dramatic presentation, “Libbie’s
Story,” at the Colby American
Association of University Women
and the Prairie Museum of Art
and History’s celebration of
Women’s History Month in March
2008. Her presentation is a
first-person portrayal of Elizabeth
Bacon Custer, wife of General
George Armstrong Custer.
Cheryl (Bolt) Mickey ’74, ’80, ’00,
retired after 11 years of teaching,
most recently with Salina Central
High School.
Lois Misegadis ’77, ’84, ’88,
Newton, presented her sabbatical
art exhibit “The Visitors” in the
Hesston College Gallery during
November and December 2007.
Jody (Redel) Neuman ’74, Garden
City, has been named a 2008
Distinguished Teacher by the
Kansas Association of Religious
and Independent Schools.
William Norris ’77, Hays, was
honored at the annual Hays
Medical Center service awards
banquet in April for his 30 years
of service.
Mary Lou (Zimmer) Odle ’70,
Salina, a Kansas State University
research and extension agent
for 30 years, received the Social
Security Three-State Regional
Commissioner’s Public Service
Award for educational work
about Medicare changes. In
addition, she was one of four
people to receive the KSU
Research and Extension Builder
Award for 2007.
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Genevieve “Genny” RobbenRahjes ’75, Kensington, works
as a nurse practitioner at Rooks
County Health Center, Plainville.
Reggie Romine ’78, ’80, Topeka,
has been named to a four-year
term as representative of Section
V on the National Federation
High School Music Committee.
Joan (Hubbell) Rumpel ’77,
Hays, presented “Innovations
to Improve Introductory
Accounting Courses” and,
with Dr. Robert Meier ’62 and
Cole Engel ’07, ’07 presented
“Comparing the Adoption of
Interactive Technologies by
Young Consumers in Australia
and the United States” at the
25th annual Southwest Business
Symposium at the University of
Central Oklahoma, Edmund, in
March 2008.
Rebecca (Meier) Sander ’75,
Hays, was granted tenure as an
assistant professor of nursing
at FHSU.
Jennifer (Potter) Schartz ’77, ’07,
Great Bend, has been named
director of public information for
Great Bend USD 428.
Pam (Albert) Scoville ’70, Salina,
retired after 38 years as a
physical education teacher at
Salina South Middle School.
Gordon Sherman ’73, Hays, has
been promoted to professor of
art at FHSU.
Karen (McReynolds) Wasinger
’77, ’80, ’90, Hays, has been
promoted from a half-time school
psychologist and counselor to a
full-time school psychologist for
the 2008-09 school year at Hays
USD 489.
Beth (Marshall) Walizer ’79, ’92,
Russell, was selected for both the
Pilot and Navigator Awards at
the Graduate and Faculty Brunch
held in May, sponsored by the
FHSU Alumni Association.
Kenton West ’76, Bartlesville,
Okla., has joined Laredo
Petroleum Inc., Tulsa, as
senior geophysicist.
Allan White ’76, Salina, retired
after 29 years as an audiologist
with Central Kansas Cooperative
in Education.
1980s
Mark Bannister ’85, Hays,
attended “Digital Broadband
Migration: Writing the Next
Telecommunications Act,” a
conference at the University of
Colorado, Boulder.
Richard Bergling ’88, Ness City,
has been hired as chief executive
officer and administrator at
Herington Municipal Hospital,
Herington.
Debra (Hedden) Brobst ’85,
Stockton, with her husband,
Darrell, were one of six
couples named 2007 Area
Master Farmers and Master
Farm Homemakers by Kansas
State University Research and
Extension and Kansas
Farmer Magazine.
Martha (Schmeidler) Brungardt
’81, Hays, opened coffee bar,
Cup of Joe, in the St. Joseph
Parish Service Center building.
Carolyn (Heinz) Carr ’81,
Hutchinson, was promoted to
vice president and manager
of the North Main branch of
the First National Bank of
Hutchinson.
Patti (Stubbs) Curlile ’82, Hays,
was honored at the annual Hays
Medical Center service awards
banquet in April for her 25 years
of service.
Tania (Strobel) Deets ’80, ’81,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
20 years of service.
Keith Dreiling ’83, ’90, Hays,
was granted tenure and
promoted to assistant professor
of mathematics and computer
science at Fort Hays State.
Christina (Norton) Gillogly ’81,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
25 years of service.
Clare (Schulte) Gustin ’80, ’85,
has been appointed to the
Thomas More Prep-Marian High
School Board of Directors.
James Hardy ’87, Manhattan,
has assumed duties as
superintendent of Leoti USD 467.
Ronald Johnson ’81, Manhattan,
was named student media
director of Indiana University’s
School of Journalism,
Bloomington, Ind.
Stephanie (Rose) Knebel ’86,
Wichita, was named assistant
city manager of Derby.
Jamie (Butcher) Malone ’82,
Russell, completed training to
serve as a family psychiatric
advanced registered nurse
practitioner at High Plains Mental
Health, Hays.
Joyce (Lang) Mattison ’82, ’00,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
25 years of service.
Patricia McCartney ’88,
Phillipsburg, joined Norton
County Hospital’s Doctors Clinic,
Norton, as a nurse practitioner.
Deb (Carney) Myers ’80, Topeka,
has been promoted to certified
internal auditor with Federal
Home Loan Bank.
Leland Orr ’83, Phillipsburg, has
been promoted to president and
chief executive officer of Brooke
Corporation.
Andrea (Janicek) Ottley ’87,
’87, Victoria, was honored at
the annual Hays Medical Center
service awards banquet in April
for her 20 years of service.
Lonnie Parker ’86, Clay Center,
retired after 25 years of service to
Salina USD 305.
Gwen (Georgeson) Poore ’87,
’89, Carterville, Ill., was selected
as the 2007-2008 Southern
Illinois Business Education
Association Teacher of the Year.
Rick Riffel ’82, Phillipsburg, was
awarded the Northwest Kansas
District Kansas Music Educators
Association Administrator of the
Year Award.
Wayne Sager ’82, ’88, Salina, has
been named The Salina Journal’s
2008 All-County Girls’ Basketball
Coach of the Year.
Jodi (Dannels) Schmidt ’83, Hays,
was honored at the annual Hays
Medical Center service awards
banquet in April for her 20 years
of service.
Leslie Shewey ’88, Penokee, has
joined Larned Middle School as
an eighth-grade teacher.
Julie (Watts) Sulzman ’88, Hays,
was honored at the annual Hays
Medical Center service awards
banquet in April for her five years
of service.
John Thaemert ’82, Sylvan Grove,
became president of the National
Association of Wheat Growers
in March 2007. He is the first
Kansan in more than 20 years to
do so.
John Zody ’81, ’83, Ellis, has been
named the 2009 District Scholar
of the Central District Association
of Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance. Zody
will deliver his district scholar
address during the 2009 Central
District Convention to be
held March 12-14, 2009, in
Rochester, Minn.
1990s
Jon Armstrong ’96, Hays, was
named assistant director of the
FHSU Virtual College.
Lynette (Brazda) Bickley ’96,
Hays, has earned the use of a
fourth Mary Kay signature pink
Cadillac, the highest incentive
awarded by the company. This is
the seventh career car Bickley has
been awarded.
Tammy (Miller) Billinger ’98,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
10 years of service.
Suzanne Bleumer ’91, ’01, Hays,
was honored at the annual Hays
Medical Center service awards
banquet in April for her five years
of service.
Deborah Bohm ’93, Hays, was
honored at the annual Hays
Medical Center service awards
banquet in April for her 15 years
of service.
Scott Boomer ’94, Hays, is a
member of the 18th Annual
Leadership Hays Class, sponsored
by the Hays Area Chamber of
Commerce.
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Karen (Meier) Burrows ’98, ’98,
’03, Satanta, was recognized as
the March 2008 Teacher of the
Month by the Satanta Teachers’
Association.
Janet (Moeder) Crawford ’96,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
five years of service.
Tim Davis ’93, Hays, presented
“Relationship Between Wellness
Behavior and Subjective
Wellbeing” at the Bachelors
Program Director in Social Work
Conference in Destin, Fla.
Brian Dreher ’94, Topeka, was
promoted to vice president of
Federal Home Loan Bank.
Constance (Waldschmidt) Fink
’91, Ellis, was honored at the
annual Hays Medical Center
service awards banquet in April
for her 15 years of service.
Cindy (Tipp) Garey ’90, Downs,
was honored at the annual Hays
Medical Center service awards
banquet in April for her 15 years
of service.
Bradley Haynes ’93, ’97, Hays, has
been hired as assistant athletic/
external operations director for
the Fort Hays State University
Athletics Department.
Chad Heslet ’97, Hays, was
honored at the annual Hays
Medical Center service awards
banquet in April for his 10 years
of service.
Jacque (Vice) Hobbs ’99,
WaKeeney, with her mother,
Nola Vice, opened Loving Wishes
Floral and Gift Shop.
Micah Howery ’99, Hoxie, has
been named pastor of the Hoxie
Christian Fellowship Church,
God’s Living Stones.
Troy Hutton ’91, ’97, Osage City,
has been named the District
2 Athletic Director of the Year
by the Kansas Interscholastic
Administrators Association.
Charles Keener ’95, Great Bend,
joined Central Kansas Family
Practice as a physician.
Peggy (VonFeldt) Klaus ’91,
Victoria, is a member of the 18th
Annual Leadership Hays Class,
sponsored by the Hays Area
Chamber of Commerce.
Lori (Schmeidler) Knoeber ’93,
Hutchinson, has been named
technology and administrative
support specialist for Kansas
Farmers Service Association.
Tami (Diederich) Koenigsman
’92, Hays, was honored at the
annual Hays Medical Center
service awards banquet in April
for her 10 years of service.
Lance Krannawitter ’92, ’06,
Colby, has been named principal
of Colby Elementary School.
LeRoy Likes ’93, Wichita, is the
new “morning man” radio
personality for 100.5 The Wolf.
Michael Martin ’90, Hays,
presented “Development of
a Virtual Course in Customer
Service: Alignment with Faceto-Face Courses and Student
Learning Styles,” at the 25th
annual Southwest Business
Symposium at the University of
Central Oklahoma, Edmund, in
March 2008.
Patrick Martin ’93, Salina, has
been named The Salina Journal’s
2008 All-County Boys’ Basketball
Coach of the Year.
Colin McKenney ’91, Valley Center,
has been chosen as the new
president and chief executive
officer of Multi Community
Diversified Services, McPherson.
Juan Munz ’97, Larned, works
as a behavior specialist with
Tri-County Special Services.
Denise (Duffey) Orth ’96, ’96,
’06, Hays, has been promoted
to assistant professor of allied
health at Fort Hays State.
Mark Pahls ’95, ’97, Hays, has
been named vice president for
institutional advancement for
Thomas More Prep-Marian
High School and Holy Family
Elementary School.
Dena (Lamb) Patee ’96, Ellis,
is a member of the 18th Annual
Leadership Hays Class,
sponsored by the Hays Area
Chamber of Commerce.
Karen (Barb) Pfeifer ’98, Hays,
received a Classified Award
for the spring 2008 semester
from the FHSU Classified
Scholarship Fund.
Leah (Koerner) Rhoades ’93,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
15 years of service.
Kristy (Jacobs) Schlaefli ’96,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
five years of service.
Diane (Rassette) Shandy ’99,
Salina, was honored for 25 years
of service to Salina USD 305.
Anissa (Enfield) Sonntag ’92, ’95,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
15 years of service.
Anne (Deines) Spray ’96, ’99,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
five years of service.
Ronan Sramek ’97, Hays, is a
member of the 18th Annual
Leadership Hays Class, sponsored
by the Hays Area Chamber
of Commerce.
Carlene (Letcher) Stueve ’96,
Salina, was named Secondary
Teacher of the Year by
Salina USD 305 for the
2007-08 school year.
Rodd Thornburg ’93, Quinter, was
assigned state trooper of Gove
County by Col. William Seck,
superintendent of the Kansas
Highway Patrol.
Lora (Maska) Unrein ’91, Hays,
was honored at the annual Hays
Medical Center service awards
banquet in April for her 15 years
of service.
Mary Beth Winters ’99, Salina,
retired after 25 years of service to
Salina USD 305.
Lanee Young ’95, ’96, ’01,
Hays, was granted tenure and
promoted to assistant professor
of mathematics and computer
science at Fort Hays State.
2000s
Kellen Adams ’07, Hays, has been
hired as a half-time math teacher
at Felten Middle School.
Todd Berry ’05, Garden City, was
hired as a grade school principal
for Stockton USD 271.
Jeanne (Ruder) Billings ’07,
Hesston, has been appointed
college registrar at
Hesston College.
Regina (Braun) Borthwick ’01,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
25 years of service.
Debra (Demoret) Burns ’02,
Jetmore, opened her own
certified public accounting firm,
Debra L. Burns CPA, LLC.
Ami (Cutright) Claussen ’02, Saint
John, has joined Hoisington Main
Street Inc. as executive director.
Brittany Cowles ’07, Hays, has
joined the staff of Emprise
Bank as a teller at the 27th and
Vine branch.
Bridget Deenihan ’01, Orlando,
Fla., has been hired as a
copywriter at the advertising
agency Fry Hammond Barr.
Luis Duran ’01, Olathe, works as an
IT specialist with Midwest Trust
Company, Overland Park.
Cole Engel ’07, ’07, Hays, and
Dr. Robert Meier ’62 presented
“Second Life and Virtual World
Teaching” and with Meier and
Joan Rumpel ’77 presented
“Comparing the Adoption of
Interactive Technologies by
Young Consumers in Australia
and the United States” at the
25th annual Southwest Business
Symposium at the University of
Central Oklahoma, Edmund, in
March 2008.
Heather (Nittler) Evans
’05, Bucklin, is the service
representative at the Bucklin
location of Lincare Inc.
Benjamin Fisher ’07, Ness City,
was hired as recreation director
for Ness City USD 303.
Tyler Flavin ’01, ’03, Grainfield,
was named The Hays Daily News
2008 All-Area Girls’ Basketball
Coach of the Year.
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Shari (Crawford) Giebler ’01, ’01,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
five years of service.
Tara (Klitzke) Goering ’07, Colby,
has joined Colby Care Center as
administrator.
Laure (Schulte) Gross ’02, ’05,
Hays, is a member of the 18th
Annual Leadership Hays Class,
sponsored by the Hays Area
Chamber of Commerce.
Diane (Zachman) Henderson ’05,
Hays, received a Classified Award
for the spring 2008 semester
from the FHSU Classified
Scholarship Fund.
Travis Keller ’05, ’07, Hays,
has joined the administration
department of Sunflower Electric
Power Corp. as an applications
support technician.
Aaron Lampert ’01, Beloit, has
joined the Beloit Chamber of
Commerce as a board member.
Travis Lank ’04, Salina, has
passed the certified public
accountant examination.
Rachel (Lambert) Lee ’04,
Satanta, was named the
December 2007 recipient of the
Satanta Teachers’ Association
Member of Excellence Award.
Shellby (Lutters) Leiker ’04,
Larned, was hired as a fourthgrade teacher at Northside
School in Larned USD 495.
Kory Lira ’07, Ulysses, has joined
the coaching staff of the Ulysses
Kids’ Wrestling Club.
Brandie Long ’01, Olathe, has
joined Louis Dreyfus Corp.,
Kansas City, Mo., as a
grain accountant.
Travis Couture-Lovelady
’05, Hays, is serving as a
congressional intern for
U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran, Hays,
in the Hays office.
Jennifer (Ramsay) Molina ’01,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
10 years of service.
Kara (Kastens) Moore ’02, Hays,
is a member of the 18th Annual
Leadership Hays Class, sponsored
by the Hays Area Chamber
of Commerce.
Travis Noon ’06, Minneapolis,
completed the basic law
enforcement course at the
Kansas Highway Patrol’s
training academy in Salina,
and was assigned to
Ottawa County.
Sonya (Williams) Norris ’01,
Hutchinson, has joined Disability
Supports of the Great Plains as
an assistive technology center
program manager.
Chad Olmstead ’01, Hays,
has joined Sunflower
Electric Power Corp. in the
transmission department as
an engineering technician.
Jenny (Pagel) Oxandale ’02,
Lawrence, has been appointed
branch manager of the Eastern
Kansas Branch of the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society’s
Mid-America Chapter,
Kansas City, Mo.
Martha Perkins ’01, Garden
City, was named to the board
of Kansas Family Partnership
Inc., Topeka.
Kenneth Preisner ’02, Dodge City,
has been assigned to the Dodge
City office of High Plains Farm
Credit as a loan officer.
Shannon Purviance ’02, Hays,
was honored at the annual Hays
Medical Center service awards
banquet in April for her five years
of service.
Darin Reed ’05, Ellis, has been
named February and March
field agent of the month by the
Knights of Columbus Insurance
Western Kansas Agency.
Jamie (Loesch) Richards ’03, ’03,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
five years of service.
Ryan Ruehlen ’07, Chicago, and
members of the band My Uncle
Is A Cannibal released their first
album in February.
Sheila (Blair) Rupke ’04, ’07, Hays,
works as a speech-language
pathologist with Tri-County
Special Services, Larned.
Diana (Delimont) Staley ’03,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
five years of service.
Kent Steward ’02, Hays, was
honored at the 2008 annual
banquet for his years of service to
the Hays Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors.
Lisa (Frye) Stout ’06, McPherson,
has joined the McPherson County
Special Education Cooperative.
KANSAS ACADEMY OF
MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
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early-entry-to-college program for academically talented high school juniors and
seniors, seeks applicants for its inaugural junior class. KAMS offer a rigorous
two-year program of study that focuses on mathematics, science and research,
combined with a unique residential experience designed to build a community
of scholars, develop a student’s leadership skills and provide multiple
opportunities for civic engagement.
Tuition, fees and books are free to Kansas public school students enrolled in
the program. Students must have a minimum ACT of 23 at time of application,
show interest in math and science, and demonstrate personal maturity
and family commitment.
For details about curriculum, residential life and admissions guidelines,
please visit www.fhsu.edu/kams or call (785) 628-4690.
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Dana Tasset ’02, Hays, was
honored at the annual Hays
Medical Center service awards
banquet in April for her five
years of service.
Jon Tholstrup ’03, Bison,
attended “Digital Broadband
Migration: Writing the Next
Telecommunications Act,” a
conference at the University
of Colorado, Boulder.
Drew Thomas ’07, ’07, Lawrence,
is an English instructor, yearbook
advisor and an assistant
debate and forensics coach at
Tonganoxie High School.
Benjamin Tinius ’04, Longmont,
Colo., is the third baseman
for the Lincoln Saltdogs
baseball team of the American
Association, Lincoln, Neb.
Nicholas Trickey ’07, Copeland,
received a Bronze Award for
Excellence in Graphic Design for
his design of the 2006-07 FHSU
theatre season posters. Trickey
received the award at
the 2008 CASE District VI
regional conference.
Bryce True ’07, Hays, and
members of the band My Uncle
is a Cannibal released their first
album in February.
Suzanne (Kerr) Unruh ’01,
Haysville, was inducted into
the Cowley College Tiger Hall
of Fame in February in
Arkansas City.
Audra (Koch) Walter ’04, Eudora,
completed a three-week
clinical rotation at the
Washington Clinic.
Melisha (Hegeman) Wenta ’03,
Hays, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
five years of service.
Ryan Williams ’07, Plainville,
is a park ranger at Perry Lake
in charge of the Shoreline
Management Program for the
Corps of Engineers.
Chavonne (Jordan) Wyatt ’06,
Ellis, was honored at the annual
Hays Medical Center service
awards banquet in April for her
five years of service.
MARRIAGES
1990s
Zachary Michaelis and Michelle
Kortan ’95, ’96, Dec. 18, 2007.
Rod Smith ’97 and Lauren Imel
’04, June 2, 2007.
2000s
Clint Bursch ’06 and Kayla
Juenemann ’07, July 21, 2007.
Billy Dreher and Ashley
Hendershot ’06,
Oct. 13, 2007.
Dustin Dunn ’07 and Amber
Feikert ’07, May 26, 2007.
Lance Geyer and Crista
Hoppenstedt ’06, July 28, 2007.
Eric Gourley ’04 and Alyssa
Bagley, Dec. 29, 2007.
William Graf and Sharon Gashaw
’07, Oct. 27, 2007.
Monte Green ’01 and Emily
Hafner, June 30, 2007.
Timothy Hottovy ’06 and
Breanna McRae ’06,
Dec. 15, 2007.
Matthew Johnson and Jennifer
Unruh ’03, Aug. 4, 2007.
Chris Krich ’02 and Allison
McClure ’00, ’02, July 7, 2007.
Anthony Krier and Leann
Hollingsworth ’04,
Sept. 22, 2007.
Blake Matzke and Amanda
Dvorak ’05, Sept. 8, 2007.
Ross Montgomery ’05 and
Bettina Brown, June 30, 2007.
C.W. O’Brien and Nicole Lofland
’07, Dec. 29, 2007.
Scott O’Hara II ’05 and Morgan
Campas ’03, July 14, 2007.
Mark Pechanec ’06 and Chelsea
Frieb ’07, July 14, 2007.
Ryan Reed ’03 and Brenda
Pemberton, Sept. 1, 2007.
Scott Andrew “Andy” Ritchie IV
and Lana Stueve ’04,
Sept. 29, 2007.
David Roberts and April Burger
’07, Sept. 29, 2007.
Clayton Schmeidler ’06 and
Rheta Mai ’07, June 2, 2007.
Bryan Schoepf ’07 and Melissa
Beyer ’05, Aug. 18, 2007.
Travis Schroeder and Jenna Fiala
’06, Oct. 20, 2007.
Ron Stanley and Dolly Sando ’04,
Sept. 22, 2007.
Andrew Stenzel and Ashley
Schaben ’06, June 9, 2007.
Travis Torkelsom ’01 and April
Teeter, July 7, 2007.
Shane Warren ’04 and Kara
Tilton, Oct. 6, 2007.
Troy Weigel and Denise
Augustine ’04, Aug. 18, 2007.
BIRTHS
1990s
Jody ’99 and Melanie (Foster)
Beckman, Grinnell, a boy and a
girl, Chance Joseph and Jade
Alexis, Jan. 2, 2008.
Paul ’98 and Nicole ’97 (Cordill)
Foutz, Monument, Colo., a boy,
Parker Sean, Dec. 29, 2007.
Larry ’95 and Sara Lindsay, Great
Bend, twin boys, Kent William
and Kade Ryan, Feb. 18, 2008.
Craig ’90 and Rachel ’90 (Frank)
Staab, ’90, Hays, a boy, Jesse
Robert, March 9, 2008.
2000s
Matt and Karah ’02 (Smith)
Babst, Hays, twin girls, Jordyn
Renee and Jadyn Marie,
March 20, 2008.
Bryan ’01 and Amy
(Schoenthaler) Church, Hays, a
girl, Alyssa Lynn, April 4, 2008.
Brian and Amanda ’01 (Jacobs)
Drennon, Hays, a boy, Chase
John, April 8, 2008.
Jonathan and Peggy ’03 (Moos)
Haag, Wellington, Colo., a girl,
Kaylee Ann, Feb. 10, 2008.
Nickolaus ’05 and Andrea
’05 (Bertrand) Hernandez,
Haysville, a boy, Alexander
Ryan, April 7, 2008.
Brian and Stacey ’00 (Klaus)
Komarek, Hays, a girl, Kaitlyn
Rose, Jan. 14, 2008.
Jeff and Jill ’05 (Bruna) Kruse,
Canton, a boy, Camden Jeffery,
Sept. 11, 2007.
Mark and Janae ’02 (Stucky)
Melvin, Las Vegas, Nev., a boy,
Logan Scott, Dec. 11, 2007.
Kenny ’02 and Shena ’03
(Smullins) Mizner, Esbon, a girl,
Halle Camryn, Dec. 3, 2007.
Jason ’01 and Ashley (Lutz)
Peters, Olathe, a girl, Melia
Jade, March 3, 2008.
Chris and Christine ’03 (Hindman)
Sander, Victoria, a boy, Wesley
Stephen, March 26, 2008.
Jared ’02 and Beth ’02 (Renk)
Schiel, Ellis, a boy, Joel
Matthew, April 14, 2008.
Weston ’02 and Brianne (Dusin)
Simoneau, Mission, a boy,
William Allen, Feb. 3, 2008.
Dustin ’06 and Amanda ’06
(Moore) Smith, Russell, a girl,
Grace Marie, March 10, 2008.
Josh ’01 and Shauna ’01 (Barton)
Zweifel, Hays, a girl, Brynn
Jada, Feb. 21, 2008.
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IN MEMORY
1920s
Claude (Esther Mary) Feldner
’22, Fond Du Lac, Wis.,
April 2, 2008.
1930s
Cleo (Gilbert) Engler ’36, Boulder,
Colo., March 29, 2008.
1950s
Donald L. Chandler ’59, Belleville,
Feb. 27, 2008.
Gene Hess Jr. ’52, Colorado
Springs, Colo., March 26, 2008.
Esther (Sander) Morris ’53,
Salina, Jan. 9, 2008.
Coleen O. (Lentfer) Roth ’55,
Glendale, Ariz., March 28, 2008.
Katherine (Slagle) Young ’54,
Greensboro, N.C., April 5, 2008.
1960s
1970s
1980s
Warren R. Anderson ’68,
Clay Center, Nov. 27, 2007.
James “Jim” Bestgen ’67, ’70,
Newton, Nov. 19, 2007.
Merlyn K. Burr ’63, Brighton,
Colo., Nov. 21, 2007.
Robert G. Curtis ’63, Smith Center,
Feb. 18, 2008.
Kathryn (O’Connor) Helmer ’68,
South Hutchinson,
March 21, 2008.
Michael A. Hoge ’67, ’71,
Great Bend, March 11, 2008.
Leonard C. Maxwell ’63,
Dodge City, March 29, 2008.
Frank C. McAtee Jr. ’62,
Carrollton, Mo., Jan. 23, 2008.
Margaret (Crowther) Miller ’62,
Mesa, Ariz., July 16, 2003.
Naomi L. (Carlton) Carter ’70,
Jennings, April 1, 2008.
Michael E. Eckert ’72, Wichita,
Dec. 11, 2005.
Bruce L. Harders ’75, Gypsum,
March 6, 2008.
Jeri Dee (Kough) Hughbanks ’71,
Denton, Texas, April 25, 2008.
Robert “Bob” L. Kuhn ’74, ’78,
Hays, April 8, 2008.
Rita (Hickert) Law ’71, Ellinwood,
Feb. 20, 2008.
John T. McEwen ’70, Topeka,
March 2, 2008.
Lorraine (Sawyer) Norlin ’72,
Great Bend, March 28, 2008.
Frederick R. Samples ’70, Marion,
Dec. 18, 2007.
Kerryn B. (Kuhn) Simpson ’72,
’73, Overland Park,
Nov. 23, 2007.
Allen R. Stoops ’70, Pratt,
Oct. 24, 2007.
Daniel V. Stuart ’73, Bucklin,
Feb. 1, 2008.
Stephen J. Brown ’85, Dodge City,
Jan. 17, 2008.
Diana B. (Hesser) McDaniel ’86,
Rossville, Dec. 19, 2007.
1990s
Mary Jane (Ruckebeil) Koranda
’93, Wichita, April 27, 2008.
Jerry D. Moore ’90, ’96,
Martinsville, Va., Jan. 5, 2008.
2000s
Michael J. Dunavan ’03, ’05,
Pawnee Rock, Jan. 22, 2008.
Cyrus “Cy” R. Middleton ’00, ’02,
Olathe, Dec. 8, 2007.
John M. Schilling ’05, Lawrence,
April 6, 2008.
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CALENDAR
ATHLETICS • ARTS • MUSIC • THEATRE • SPECIAL EVENTS
SEPTEMBER
1 Labor Day Holiday –
university closed
6 FHSU Boothill and J&J
Powerline Contractors Inc.
Golf Tournament,
Dodge City
Front Range Tiger Pre-Game
Party, Golden, Colo.
13 Alumni & Friends Hospitality
Tent – FHSU vs. Washburn,
Lewis Field
OCTOBER
2 Tigers Spectacular Party,
New York, N.Y.
6 Encore: Golden Dragon
Acrobats, Beach/Schmidt
Performing Arts Center
17 Tiger Gathering, Tulsa, Okla.
18 Alumni Event, Dallas, Texas
27-31 2008 Media Tour, statewide
29 Encore: Capitol Steps,
Beach/Schmidt
NOVEMBER
10 Encore: Soweto Gospel
Choir, Beach/Schmidt
24-28 Fall Break – no classes
DECEMBER
2 Newman Tiger Pregame
Party, Wichita
19 2008 fall semester ends
14 2009 spring semester
begins
21 Encore: Barrage,
Beach/Schmidt
24 Tiger Extravaganza Blast,
Kansas City
25-27 CASE District VI Conference,
Kansas City
FEBRUARY
7 Alumni Board of Directors
winter meeting,
Memorial Union
26 Encore: To Kill A
Mockingbird,
Beach/Schmidt
JANUARY
9-11 “California Swings!” alumni
events – San Diego,
Los Angeles, San Francisco
27 Alumni Award
nominations due
28 Tigers vs. Hornets
Pre-Game Party, Emporia
MARCH
5-8 MIAA Basketball
Tournaments, Kansas City
10 Encore: Hairspray,
Beach/Schmidt
16-22 2009 Spring Break
24 Encore: Guarneri String
Quartet & Johannes String
Quartet, Beach/Schmidt
APRIL
3 Encore: Ain’t Misbehavin’,
Beach/Schmidt
For information on these or other
upcoming events, call the FHSU
Alumni Office at (785) 628-4430,
toll free at 1-888-351-3591, or visit
www.fhsu.edu/alumni.
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HAYS, KS 67601-3767
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