NEWSLETTER
MARCH 2015
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President’s Message
In this my first newsletter message as president of the UCM Emeriti Association, I
acknowledge and congratulate all emeriti faculty and staff and thank you for your service
to UCM. The University is a much better institution because of your contributions, and
the Emeriti Association remains your connection to UCM. I look forward to my term in
office as the Association celebrates twenty-five years of achievement.
At the fall luncheon, the Association elected me as President; Ed Quistorff,
Vice-President; Sharon Gobber, Treasurer; Rebecca Limback, Secretary; Gail Crump,
Assistant Secretary and Newsletter Coordinator; Ruth Doyle, Social Events Chairperson;
and Deems Brooks and Chitaranjan Saran, Members-at-Large, all for two year terms.
Immediate past President Adrian Bernagozzi will also serve on the Executive Committee. Many of us
have worked with Ed, Sharon, Becky, Gail, Ruth, Deems, Chitaranjan, and Adrian during our UCM
careers and are familiar with their dedication and great abilities.
If you are a recent retiree or have not been active in the Association, I encourage you to take
advantage of the benefits of your membership. Along with the enjoyment of visiting with old colleagues
and friends, participation in the Association is a way for you to continue to be involved in the life of the
University and to influence UCM’s future by offering the wisdom gained from the past. You probably
believe, as I do, that the administration and faculty can profit by drawing upon the experience of those
who may not have seen it all but have certainly seen a great deal.
As it enters its twenty-sixth year, the Emeriti Association will continue its program of monthly
coffees, the Spring and Fall luncheons, and a variety of interesting presentations and excursions. These
are wonderful opportunities for retirees to keep informed of University activities, to learn and to grow,
and to share with one another the stories of our lives past and present. So mark your calendars to attend
our coffees and especially the Spring luncheon and business meeting on April 16. The Emeriti
Association newsletter provides complete information on these and all Association events.
It is an honor for me, as president of the Emeriti Association to build on the excellent work of
past officers dating back to the original president, Bill Brame. I commend the accomplishments of all the
officers and members of the Association in its first quarter century, recognizing particularly the
contributions of our immediate past president, Adrian Bernagozzi. Now it is time to go forward into our
next quarter century. I look forward to seeing you at our next coffee and at the Spring luncheon.
David Rice
In Remembrance
Dr. Glen R. Anderson, professor emeritus of reading,
passed away at age 88 on December 30, 2014 in
Warrensburg. Dr. Anderson, a Bolivar native, earned an
A.A. degree from Southwest Baptist University, a B.S. in
teacher education from Missouri State University, an
M.S. from Drury College, a specialist in education from
UCM, and a Doctorate degree in education from
Oklahoma State University. Mr. Anderson married
Bernice Isabel Lawson on March 17, 1951, in Bolivar. In
1968, the Andersons came to Warrensburg, where Dr.
Anderson was a professor of education at UCM for 17
years, retiring in 1986. From 1987-2001 Dr. Anderson
served as a teacher, administrator and grant writer in
Many Farms, AZ., located on the Navajo Reservation. He
published a number of articles on the topic of
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reading education and served as editor of The Missouri
Reader, published by the Missouri Council of the
International Reading Association Journal. He was
preceded in death by his wife, Bernice Isabel on Nov. 10,
2007. Dr. Anderson’s survivors include his son and
daughter-in-law, Gayle G. and Candace Anderson of
Lake Saint Louis; his son and daughter-in-law, Joey C.
and Julia Anderson of Warrensburg; his daughter, Jane
A. Anderson of Sedalia; six grandchildren, and five great
-grandchildren. Dr. Anderson was interred with full
military honors at Salem Cemetery near Cliquot.
Contributions may be given in Dr. Anderson's memory
to the Children's Literature Festival, Attn: Naomi
Williamson, UCM Kirkpatrick Library, 711 Tyler,
Warrensburg, MO 64093.
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Winifred (Cagle) Gard, wife of Robert Gard, Dean
Emeritus of the College of Education and Human
Services, died at the age of 87 in Sun City, AZ, on
Monday, February 17, 2014. Born in Ingalls, KS, Winnie
earned a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois and
later a B.A. degree in early education and an M.A.
degree in learning disabilities from the University of
Kansas. Winnie taught 21 years as a kindergarten and
learning disabilities teacher, in USD 501. She was a
member of the Second Presbyterian Church, where she
served as a Deacon and was active in church education.
In 2002, following the death of her first husband Louis L.
Cagle, after 54 years of marriage, Winnie married
long-time family friend, Robert (Bob) R. Gard. They
resided in Sun City, AZ and attended Faith Presbyterian
Church. Survivors include her husband Robert; son,
Stephen (Judy) Cagle; son, Gary Cagle; daughter,
LouAnne (Dave) Dunaway; daughter, Nancy (Paul)
Dotson; four grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.
John
Graves,
professor
emeritus
of
mass
communication, passed away at his residence Nov. 10,
2014 in Pagosa Springs, CO. A. John Graves was born in
Porterville, CA in 1928. After graduating from The
College of the Pacific, he went to Los Angeles to pursue
a career in broadcasting. There his professional
accomplishments were very impressive as he eventually
supervised and produced such shows as Bonanza,
I Dream of Jeannie, Ironside, The Man from Uncle, and a
series shot in London with Lord Lew Grade called The
Strange Report. In 1974, Graves went to work for the
South Australian Film Corporation, where he had
perhaps his most notable job as Executive Producer for
Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock, one of the classics
of world cinema in the last half century. In 1981, John
got his master's degree in mass communication at
California State University at Northridge and then spent
ten years as an associate professor in the
Communication Department at UCM before retiring to
Pagosa Springs. About John, his UCM colleague,
emeritus professor John Smead, is quoted in The
Muleskinner as saying, “He was just pleasant to be
around. That isn’t true about a lot of people. The
students and faculty were sad to see him retire.”
Rickey Irene Goetz, 92, of Warrensburg, MO., passed
away Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at Warrensburg Manor Care
Center. Rickey was born June 12, 1922, in Smithton,
MO. and married her late husband Robert E. “Bob”
Goetz, Sr., Nov. 27, 1943 at the United Methodist
Parsonage on the University of Texas campus. After
graduating high school in 1939, she attended Central
Methodist University for two years, then attended and
received her B.S. in Education at UCM and later her M.S.
Degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia. She
taught elementary and junior high students in the
Warrensburg R-VI School District for many years. Rickey
was a member of the First United Methodist Church in
Warrensburg, a member and past president of the
Warrensburg PEO Chapter CB, a member of the United
Methodist Women and a member of the Missouri
Teacher’s Association. She is survived by her sons,
Robert E. Goetz, Jr. and wife Sharon of St. Louis, David E.
Goetz and wife Glenda of Warrensburg, and Donald K.
Goetz and wife Tami of Westminster, CO. as well as
six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the First
United Methodist Church Building.
Robert Ennis (Bob) Gunter, 80, of Prairie Village, KS
passed away peacefully at St. Luke's Hospice House in
Kansas City on Friday, January 9, 2015. Born October 4,
1934 in Kansas City, MO., he is preceded in death by his
cherished wife of 40 years, Eva Carolyn (Kiehl) Gunter.
He is survived by his loving and devoted companion over
the past 14 years, AJ LoScalzo, a sister, Mary Zoe and
Mac Proffitt of Richmond, MO, brother-in-law Richard
(Dick) Kiehl & Beverly of San Carlos, CA, children:
Michael Gunter (Jenny), Eve Brown (Chuck) and Mark
Gunter (Traci), and six grandchildren. In 1952, Bob
graduated from Westport High School, where he played
basketball and football. He then graduated from UCM,
where he played basketball and taught mathematics.
Bob worked for Business Men's Assurance (BMA) for 30
years, retiring at 52 as a Senior Vice President. Bob
volunteered at Gordon Parks Charter School and Second
Presbyterian Church. Memorials may be made to the
Carolyn Gunter Memorial Fund at Second Presbyterian
Church or Gordon Parks Charter School, both in Kansas
City, MO.
L. Nadine Graham, wife of professor emeritus of
elementary education Justyn Graham, passed away Dec.
15, 2014 at the age of 84 in Warrensburg. Lola Nadine
Royston was born Sept. 5, 1930 in Jamesport, MO.
While a student at Northwest Missouri State College,
she met her husband Justyn, whom she married 1951. In
a long career, Nadine taught elementary education and
was a school librarian in many places before she and her
husband moved to Warrensburg. Nadine was a member
of the United Methodist Church and its Aldersgate
Sunday School Class, P.E.O., Retired Teachers, and
United Methodist Women, among other organizations.
She is survived by her husband Justyn; her children
Gayla Dawn Strack and husband Gary, of Raymore, and
Marc Lair Graham, of Springfield; two grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may
be made to the Warrensburg First United Methodist
Church Building Fund or Trails Regional Library.
Lena E. Morton, widow of administrator emeritus R.
Clark Morton, passed away October 22, 2014, at the
Warrensburg Manor Care Center. Born Lena Ecton in
1916 in Lebanon, MO, she earned her degree in
elementary education from Southwest Missouri State
University in 1939. On Sept. 26, 1940 in Warsaw, MO,
she was married to Raymond Clark Morton. After
postponing her career to begin a family in 1945, Lena
resumed teaching first grade in 1954, first in Centralia
and eventually in Warrensburg. She retired in 1979. An
active member of the Warrensburg community, she was
involved with the Missouri Teachers Association, the
Missouri Retired Teachers Association, and the First
Christian Church of Warrensburg. She was preceded in
death by her husband Raymond Clark Morton, on Nov. l,
2003. Lena is survived by two sons, Danny Morton and
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wife Marty, of Gardner, KS, and Rex Morton and wife
Ethel, of Kansas City, three grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be
made to the National Alzheimer’s Foundation.
Revitalization-Phase IV. Baird has also represented the
Council on the Park Board and the Support Board at the
local veterans home and as a delegate to the Lagers (the
retirement system for local government workers)
Annual Convention. He is also very actively involved
with the programs of the Missouri Municipal League and
BASE (Whiteman Air Force Base) Community Council,
and he is currently the Finance Chair for the First United
Methodist Church in Warrensburg.
Harold (Harry) Reynolds, Ph.D., professor emeritus of
art, passed away Sunday, Feb. 18, 2015 following an
injury at his home in the Orlando, FL, area. The longtime
educator joined the UCM faculty in 1969 and served the
university until his retirement in 2002. He is survived by
his wife Jan, a professor emerita at UCM, and a son,
Mark, and daughter, Erica.
Conan Castle, emeritus professor of music, asserts that
“I have enjoyed the excellent performances of the
Kansas City Symphony this season and the wonderful
acoustics of Helzberg Hall.” In a different vein, Conan
also says his father’s letters to and from his family
during World War I have been accepted by the Nebraska
State Historical Society, and he is currently transcribing
them so that the Castle family will continue to have
copies. Finally, Conan adds, “During March, I will join
Patricia’s sister and her husband for a Road Scholar
program on Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe at
Charlottesville, Virginia.”
Ammon D. Roberson, emeritus professor of music,
passed away on Feb. 14, 2015 at the grand old age of
100. Born June 3, 1914, in a log cabin in Franklin, IL,
Ammon Roberson earned an associate’s degree from
Graceland College, a B. S. in Music from UCM, and
eventually an M. A. from the University of Iowa, and a
Doctorate in Music Education from Indiana University.
From 1955 to 2009, he lived in Warrensburg, where he
was an active member of the Community of Christ,
organizing and leading many church choirs. He was also
a member of the Missouri Teachers’ Association.
Ammon was preceded in death by his wife Nora, and is
survived by his stepdaughter Anne Johnson and her
husband Mike of Baltimore, MD, his sister Thelma
Fugate, of Charlotte, NC, two grandchildren, two greatgrandchildren, and a special friend Susan Peterson.
G. B. Crump, emeritus professor of English, is a partner
in the small press Cave Hollow Press, published here in
Warrensburg and devoted to fiction by Midwestern
Writers with Midwestern themes and settings. In the
last few years, Cave Hollow Press has published two
young adult novels, A Horse Named Kat, by Lucy S.
Lauer, and The Feedsack Dress, by Carolyn Mulford, as
well as an historical novel featuring Jessie James, Up
From Thunder, by Spur Award winning author Susan K.
Salzer. Cave Hollow’s most recent novel is Around
Centralia Square, by Dennis Vannatta. Dr. Vannatta,
who has published several volumes of fiction in his
career and has just retired as a professor of English at
the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, is a Sedalia native
and was an undergraduate at UCM in the 1960s.
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CONGRATULATIONS
Carl Foster, director emeritus of public relations, and his
wife Jean recently celebrated their 66th wedding
anniversary at a luncheon party with close friends. They
were married January 30, 1949 in Bloomington, IN,
where both earned journalism degrees from Indiana
University.
Bill Foley, emeritus professor of history, continues to
produce historical scholarship. In 2014, he participated
in two symposia marking the 250th anniversary of the
founding of St. Louis. He chaired a panel “La Ville et
Une Ville: New Orleans and St. Louis in Comparative
Perspective,” organized by Yale University and
Washington University in St. Louis, and he delivered a
paper “A Family Affair: Laclède and the Chouteaus,” at
the St. Louis Mercantile Library. In addition, Bill regularly
evaluates book MSS for university presses; for example,
during the last two years, he has read submissions for
the presses at the University of Missouri, the University
of Illinois, Yale University, and the University of Iowa.
He also continues to serve on the editorial board of the
Missouri Historical Review. Bill’s book review of Senator
Benton and the People: Master Race Democracy on the
Early American Frontiers will appear later this year in the
Pacific Historical Review. The book on Senator Benton
includes numerous citations to the work of emeritus
professor Perry McCandless.
Perry McCandless, professor emeritus of history,
celebrated his 97th birthday in December 2014.
Joe Ryan, professor of psychological sciences, was
awarded the UCM Distinguished Service Award by the
Board of Governors during the December 2014
Commencement. As the Warrensburg Star Journal has
stated, the award recognizes “individuals who have
rendered exemplary and extended services to their
communities, the state, and sometimes, throughout the
world. The recipients of this award must be people of
such integrity, stature, and ability that the UCM faculty,
staff, students and alumni take pride and are inspired by
their recognition.”
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ACTIVITIES OF MEMBERS
Baird Brock, professor emeritus of economics, is just
finishing six years as a member of the Warrensburg City
Council, years in which he also served as Chairman Pro
Tem and Mayor. As a Councilperson, he has been a
member of the Cycling and Pedestrian Transportation
Task Force, the Traffic Commission, and the Engineering
Selection and Design Committees for Downtown
Revitalization
Harriet Frazier, professor emerita of criminal justice, has
now had her book Lynchings in Kansas, 1850s-1932
brought out by McFarland, a leading independent
publisher of academic and non-fiction books. She holds
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three degrees in English as well as a law degree, and
Lynchings in Kansas is the fifth book she has published
since her retirement from UCM in 1997.
their house in Sun City, AZ. There they can spend time
with their close friends Glenn and Julie Carriker, also
former employees and alumni of UCM.
Faith Heinrichs, professor emerita of reading, writes
that since moving to Hot Springs Village, AR in 2002,she
has “embraced film making as a hobby, aiming for one
large feature film each year.” Although most of her
movies have been comedies, in 2003, she created a
documentary celebrating the 25 years of Christ of the
Hills United Methodist Church in Hot Springs. This
documentary included footage of the Church’s ground
breaking and first services in the sanctuary as well as
hundreds of photographs and interviews with charter
members, all octogenarians. Other of Faith’s movies
have included a murder mystery, a satire on Tiger
Woods entitled “Cheetah Woods,” a film entitled
“Charlie’s Angels,” and “A Tribute to Neil Diamond.” She
is currently writing the script for “Gilligan’s Island at
Christmas,” which will be shown in the Village next
November. Faith writes, directs, films, and edits all her
productions, with actors being drawn from the local
community and friends volunteering to take on all other
production tasks such as working as stagehands.
R. M. Kinder, emerita professor of English, has been a
long-time volunteer at the Johnson County Historical
Society, serving as a docent, videographer, musician,
and co-web manager and has recently begun working in
the Smiser Heritage library researching her own projects
and helping man the library for the public. In addition,
Rose Marie writes that her small press, Sweet Gum
Press, is currently on hiatus to make some of their six
titles available as ebooks. Of the six titles published by
Sweet Gum, two memoirs were recently donated to
historical organizations. At the Masthead, a memoir by
Jim Boan, former editor of the Bloomfield Vindicator,
was donated to the Stoddard County Historical Society,
and Through Eyes of Stone, a memoir by Vietnam vet
Michael Hobbs, was donated to the Stars and Stripes
Museum in Bloomfield, MO, original site of the military
newspaper.
Rebecca Limback, emerita professor of office
administration, has been re-elected president of
Mid-Missouri Artists (MMA) and is also the leader of the
New Century Dulcimer Ensemble. In 2015, the dulcimer
ensemble will play at Powell Gardens and Arrow Rock as
well as for the Warrensburg farmers’ market and at
area events and nursing homes. The MMA spring Fine
Arts Show will be May 2-3 in the ABC building in Grover
Park, and its summer exhibition will be May 16-June 19
at the UCM Gallery of Art & Design. Becky also writes
that she and her husband Duane both have works on
exhibit at the Warrensburg City Hall, and they will travel
to Idaho for their grandson’s high school graduation in
May and to Gulf Shores for a family vacation in June.
Russell Helm, emeritus Chief Information Officer, and
his wife Jan moved to Florence, CO in 2010. Their new
home in the Arkansas river valley has a great view of
Pike’s Peak and the Wet and Sangre De Cristo
mountains. Both are active members of community
groups such as the local “Friends of the Library,” with
Russell serving as secretary to the Library Board of
Trustees, and as past president of the Rotary Club and
Jan volunteering at the local Humane Society. In
addition, they participate in the Pioneer Days, the
fall Bar B Q competition, and the Arts Council’s Paint-the
Town Competition. In October they drove to Missouri
and Arkansas to visit friends and family including
spending time in Warrensburg, and in the latter part of
May, Russell and Jan enjoyed a three-week driving trip
through Alaska. Russell has also been licensed as a
substitute teacher and tutors local high school math
students.
Fred Rietbrock, emeritus professor of elementary
education, was recently interviewed about his
experiences with the Inner City Teacher Education
Program (ICTEP) as part of the UCM Archives Project.
The idea for ICTEP originated from Fred’s contacts with
some inner city teachers who were taking night courses
with him, and after a curriculum had been developed,
Fred and Dr. Robert B. Marshall began working with
groups of 12-15 students to provide them an integrated
program for inner city teachers covering all the
students’ teacher preparation courses and inner city
field experiences. In 1966, ICTEP earned UCM the
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
(AACTE) Distinguished Achievement Award for
Excellence in Teacher Education. In his interview, Fred
spoke fondly of his memories of ICTEP and its role in the
history of UCM.
Jim Hudson, emeritus professor of secondary education,
has recently contributed his recollections of UCM’s
Inner City Teacher Education Program (ICTEP), which
existed from 1964-70, to the UCM Archives Project.
Dr. Hudson worked in ICTEP from 1967-69; he noted the
experience taught him the importance of listening to
feedback from various program constituents, creating a
climate that makes students comfortable, and going to
actual school sites to involve teachers there in the
design and development of professional development
activities. (For more on ICTEP, see the notes on Fred
Rietbrock below).
John Sheets, emeritus professor of anthropology,
delivered an invited paper at the conference “Colonsay,
Donald Mackinnon’s Island” on Colonsay, Scotland in
June 2014. The conference was sponsored by the
Islands Book Trust, the Colonsay and Oransay Heritage
Trust, and the University of Edinburgh. Donald
Mackinnon was Scotland’s (and Edinburgh’s) first
professor of Celtic languages, born and raised on
Colonsay, the most remote of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides,
Dennis W. Jones, emeritus management specialist and
former director of the Missouri Safety Center, writes
that he and his wife Edith Gayle, a UCM alum like
Dennis, have finally sold the last of the alpacas they
have been raising on their farm near Chilhowee since
Dennis retired in 2005. They still live on the farm for six
months of the year, but they spend the other months at
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where he died and was buried in 1914 and where John
has conducted research since 1977. John’s bibliography
of Professor Mackinnon appears in the 2009 issue of
Scottish Gaelic Studies.
1. Faculty members; certain administrative
staff including the president, provost, vice
presidents, vice provosts or university
directors; assistant or associate vice
presidents; assistant or associate vice
provosts; deans; other staff members who
report directly to the president and/or
Board of
Governors; provost; vice
presidents or vice provosts and staff
members who hold academic rank and are
past their 10th anniversary date of
employment in a benefit eligible position;
or
2. Employees retiring with a minimum of
twenty (20) years of employment in a
benefits eligible position at UCM upon
retirement. The last 10 years of an
employee’s 20 years of employment in
a benefits eligible position must be
consecutive years of service at UCM; and
3. At least 50 years of age.
Chris Willey, emerita professor of art, writes that her
retirement “has been a transition from full-time
professor/part-time artist to full-time artist.” In her new
home in Kansas City, she attends a weekly figure
drawing group and goes on many plein air outings with
fellow KC artists. Last year she also painted in the
August Plein Air Event in August, MO, in the Penn Valley
Plein Air Event, in the STEMS Plein Air Event in Overland
Park, KS, and for the Brush Creek Artwalk. Last summer,
she co-led two workshop tours of France. Her work is
included in the book Acrylic Works 2, and was published
in the March 2014 Artists’ Magazine.
Ginger Young, emerita professor of English, writes that
she and her husband, Jim, emeritus professor of political
science, have gone to all their high school reunions since
the 25 year gathering in 1979. Before the 50th reunion,
Ginger put together a book for distribution in 2009. For
the 50th reunion last September, she wrote 162 pages of
“life summaries” as well as adding both 1954 and more
recent photos of her 288 classmates. She also included
33 pages of such items as 9th grade home room photos,
special recognition for veterans, group photos from past
reunions, photos of East Waterloo, IA High School, lists
of deceased classmates alphabetically and by death
year, and a list of teachers mentioned as especially
helpful in a 2002 questionnaire. The book was
distributed to all graduates. Ginger offers to help
anyone interested in preparing the same kind of
volume. Her email address is [email protected].
C. Special circumstances may warrant the Board of
Governors granting emeritus status to others at its
discretion.
The proposed amendment to Article III of the Emeriti
Association Constitution conforming to the Board of
Regents’ new definition of “emeritus status:”
Membership shall consist of retirees from the
University including faculty and staff who have
been designated “Emeriti” by the Board of
Governors, or if deceased, their spouses.
For a full text of the organization’s by-laws, consult
www.ucmo.edu/emeriti/about/bylaws.cfm
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ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES
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New Business of the Emeriti Organization. At the
business meeting following the spring luncheon on April
16, the organization will consider a proposed
amendment to the membership portion of our
organization’s constitution to bring it in line with the
new “emeritus status” definition approved by the Board
of Governors on March 28, 2014.
CAMPUS NEWS
Work continues on “The Crossing,” the new
multi-purpose building which will house students and
commercial shops. It is on schedule to meet its
projected completion date by the start of fall semester
2015. Photos tracing its progress can be seen at
www.ucmo.edu/timeline/
The current Article III of the Constitution of the Emeriti
Association:
Membership shall consist of retirees from the
University including faculty and professional staff
who have been designated “Emeriti” by the
Board of Governors, or if deceased, their
spouses, and spouses of deceased faculty and
professional staff.
Selmo Park, the former home of UCM presidents first
built in 1866, is scheduled for demolition in late March
and will probably be gone by the time this newsletter
reaches you.
This May, there will be five separate commencement
ceremonies for spring graduates, divided by college over
two days. There will be another five for fall graduates
each December.
The new definition of “emeritus status” as approved by
the UCM Board of Governors March 28, 2014 in Policy
2.1.070:
II. Policy
B. In addition to the benefits given to Retirees in
Section A, the Board of Governors of Central Missouri
may grant emeritus status to individuals who are
retiring in good standing and who meet the following
criteria:
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www.ucmo.edu/emeriti
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LIFELONG LEARNING
“The Theatre Audience: Its Role and Imagination.” The
event was co-sponsored by the Department of Theatre
and Dance.
The Spring Semester of LifeLong
Learning began on January 15 with
“Legal Fundamentals: Basic Legal
Planning for Incapacity & Death”
presented by Bob Welling, JD and
attorney. Co-sponsored by Care
Connection for Aging Services and the Warrensburg
Senior Center, this program was heavily attended.
At the Warrensburg Community Center, rooms B/C,
Dr. Ashley Wellman, assistant professor of Criminal
Justice, and Amy Kiger, director of the UCM Office of
Violence/Substance Abuse Prevention, will present the
program “Responding to Sexual Assault in our
Community.” The program will take place April 16 at
7 p. m. and is co-sponsored by Survival Adult Abuse
Center.
On February 12, Dr. Mick Leuhrman, chair of the UCM
Department of Art and Design, and Christian Cutler,
director of the UCM Gallery of Art and Design,
presented the program “Art vs. Craft: Is There a
Difference?” at the UCM gallery.
Finally on May 7 at 2:30 p. m.
Community Center, rooms B/C,
Learning programs will conclude
Collecting.” Presenters will be
Lampton, Fenton glass specialists.
On March 12 at the BlackBox Theatre in UCM’s
Nickerson Hall. Dr. Richard “Buzz” Herman, chair of the
UCM Department of Theatre and Dance, examined
thrrrr
at the Warrensburg
the Spring LifeLong
with “Antique Glass
Melvin and Norma
https://sites.google.com/site/ucmlifelonglearning/
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Selmo Park
Photography by
Dr. Janet Bonsall
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