MOVINGmountains WITH NSU SCHOLARSHIPS “She will look back on this when she is an adult and see what I have accomplished and hopefully move her own mountains.” CONTENTS NSU Foundation 2015 Annual Report FEATURES 3 A Message from the NSU President 4 NSU Foundation Board of Trustees 5 NSU Foundation Executive Director’s Letter 6 NSU celebrates the re-dedication of the Circle of Excellence Plaza 8 Nowicki Scholarship helps non-traditional students succeed 10 New NSU scholarship to benefit single parents 12 Lindorfer Scholarship reduces financial strain for OCO students 14 Snodgrass welcomed as 2016 Battenfield-Carletti Distinguished Lecture Series speaker 15 NSU expected to implement a new Physician Assistant program in 2017 16 Moving mountains with NSU scholarships 18 Scholarship quotes 20 2015 Honor Roll of Donors 24 Financials 25 NSU Foundation growth 26 Endowments 28 Annually funded scholarships & programs 30 Memorial benches 31 Ways to give

On Cover: NSU scholarship recipient Northeastern State University Holi Fest 2015 Ain Scott with his 11-year-old daughter, Rain. Students dance and throw colored powder during the Indian Student Association’s Holi Carnival A MESSAGE FROM THE NSU PRESIDENT Dear Friends: I want to offer a sincere “thank you” to those of you who made financial contributions to Northeastern State University in 2015. Through your generosity, the NSU Foundation’s total assets grew to almost $25 million, enabling us to award a record amount of scholarship support of nearly $735,000 to our deserving and appreciative students. For reference, in 2012, total assets were $16.7 million. Your support comes at a critical time in the state’s history. When comparing our state appropriation for fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2016, the appropriation has been reduced by $4,722,187 (12.73%). Since January 1, 2016, we have been impacted by four revenues failures, two in the General Revenue Fund and two in Oil Gross Production. Our cuts since January 1 are $3,423,366 (9.56%). As you have heard and read through multiple media reports, Oklahoma will have $1.3 billion less in revenue to appropriate in FY 17. The cumulative effects of these cuts is forcing NSU to eliminate open positions, reduce course offerings, and impede our ability to stay current with classroom technology. Although the state’s financial situation is bleak, the zeal of NSU faculty and staff to provide a rigorous educational experience and outstanding student services has not been diminished. Our students remain optimistic about their future. They realize that, for most citizens, a bachelor’s degree is the catalyst to wealth attainment and long-term quality of life. This report includes “their story.” I trust that you will carefully read each account of what a scholarship means to them. As I have met with graduates/donors over the past year, I have been blessed and inspired to hear “your story” of what a degree from NSU means to you. How it changed your life and the lives of those you love and those who love you. Regardless of when you graduated from NSU, or when your parent(s) or grandparent(s) attended NSU, “your story” IS the NSU story. This institution connects us all in very positive and tangible ways. And, we would not be able to serve the region, state, and the international student population without your support. Let me conclude this letter on a major positive note. You may recall that we announced Preserve our Past. ENSUre Our Future. The Campaign for Northeastern State University in January, 2015. Our initial working goal was established at almost $21 million. Due to an institution- wide effort, and through the sacrificial giving and pledges of so many donors, we raised almost $13 million in year one of a five year fundraising campaign. Thank you! A new chapter of the NSU Story is being written, I sincerely hope you will continue to be part of it. Sincerely,

Dr. Steve Turner, President

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Chair Vice Chair Secretary/Treasurer Lynna Carson Larry Dotson Mike Fine Larry Adair Denise Roddy Darrell Sullenger Stilwell, OK * Tahlequah, OK * Tulsa, OK + Stilwell, OK # Tulsa, OK + Tulsa, OK +

Jim Gore James Howard William Langley, Jr. Gary Parker Wellon Poe, Jr. Patty Skinner Pryor, OK + Ponca City, OK * Stilwell, OK # Muskogee, OK # Oklahoma City, OK * Tahlequah, OK *

* Term Expires 2017 # Term Expires 2018 + Term Expires 2019

The Northeastern State University Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation formed exclusively to Dan Sullivan Maurice Turney Gregg Wadley Craig Winters support NSU. Claremore, OK + Tahlequah, OK * Oklahoma City, OK * Tulsa, OK + NSU DEVELOPMENT STAFF

Peggy Glenn Robin Johnson Erin Feller Ethan Hayman Daniel Johnson Meggie Froman-Knight Cami Highers Shawna Stanley NSU Director of Assistant Director of Development Officer Development Officer Director of Alumni Coordinator of Information Coordinator of Stewardship Secretary Development Financial Services Services and Special Events and Annual Giving

4 Northeastern State University Foundation | 2015 Annual Report NSU FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S LETTER

When the Aswan High Dam was being constructed on the Nile River in the 1960s, these two temples were in the floodplain of the newly-created Lake Nasser. To save these ancient structures, a multinational team of archaeologists, engineers, and skilled construction workers cut the entire complex into stone blocks averaging 20 tons, and reassembled them on higher ground. Amazingly, it took just four years, from 1964 to 1968. Since then, an airport and businesses catering to tourists have sprung up around As you’ll read in this 2015 Annual Report for Abu Simbel. the Northeastern State University Foundation, scholarships and other private donations A college education is a similar undertaking. help our students and our university “move It takes about four years, requires a lot of mountains.” Many of our students work planning and hard work, and when complete, multiple jobs, take care of their families, and translates into an economic driver for our deal with nearly unimaginable hardships, region. Like Abu Simbel, the impact of our from unexpected medical emergencies to graduates will be seen for generations. natural disasters, and from food insecurity to homelessness. Yet they persevere and do their Through your donation to the NSU best academically, because they know that Foundation, you are part of the team that higher education “moves mountains” within helps our students move mountains. And with our economy and our society. your continued support, the Foundation and University will move our own mountain by I recently traveled to the Middle East to fulfill reaching the $20.925 million working goal a lifelong dream of exploring the pyramids, for the most ambitious fundraising campaign tombs of pharaohs, and ancient cities in in our institution’s history. The campaign Egypt and Jordan. The highlight of my trip is appropriately named, “Preserve our Past. ended up being a lesser-known site that I had ENSUre Our Future.” We look forward to never heard of: Abu Simbel, located near the sharing more about this campaign in the Sudaneese border. Abu Simbel is a temple coming year. complex carved into a sandstone mountain that was originally built around 1300 B.C. by the Pharaoh Ramesses II to commemorate his successful battle against the Hittites in Syria. “The highlight of my trip ended up being a lesser-known site that I He also constructed a second temple nearby to Peggy Glenn (’90), MPP, JD had never heard of: Abu Simbel, located near the Sudaneese border.” honor his favorite wife, Nefertari. Executive Director, NSU Foundation

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NSU celebrates the re-dedication of the CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE PLAZA

For the past 50 years, Northeastern State University has honored faculty members who are selected by their peers to be added to the NSU Faculty Circle of Excellence. These faculty were nominated among many by students and colleagues for their contributions in teaching, research and service.

This year, NSU’s Council of the NSU Faculty Association and receive this honor was Hattie Propst during the academic year of the NSU Foundation celebrated the honorees, past and present, 1964-1965. during the re-dedication of the Circle of Excellence Plaza on Peggy Glenn, director of development and executive director of April 22. the NSU Foundation, stated that the NSU Foundation provides perpetual funding for the Circle of Excellence awards. They Three faculty members are selected each year from three provide $2,500 per award recipient. different areas—teaching, research and service. “The recipient may receive the funds directly or choose to deposit There have been over 90 recipients with the most recent being the monies in a program account at NSU for use on books, a Dr. Dilene Crockett, Dr. Sapna Das-Bradoo, and Dr. Christopher conference, or other program-related expenses.” Flavin in 2016; Dr. Kathi McDowell, Dr. Joseph Ahlander and All honorees have their name on a brick that has been installed in Tom Rink in 2015; Dr. Mark Paulissen, Dr. Christine Hallman the new plaza on the southwest side of the John Vaughn Library. and Dr. David Lewerenz in 2014; and Dr. Mike Wilds, Dr. Kevin For more information, please visit Wang and Dr. Tiffany Maher in 2013. The first faculty member to www.nsuok.edu/CircleofExcellence.

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“That was when we decided that if we could ever help non-traditional students in our situation in the future, we certainly would.”

Hard work, determination and diligence are telltale traits of a student destined for success. But sometimes, a little help along the way can be life-changing—enter Northeastern State University Foundation scholarships. The Foundation’s annually funded scholarships and endowments give students a chance to focus on their schoolwork, while lightening the burdens of their financial responsibilities. Michael and Linda Nowicki, for instance, know firsthand about financially struggling through school. As college students and newlyweds at Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania in 1981, the couple had to work while studying to be able to afford their tuition. “As a student I was working full time and going to school at nights for my entire degree in business administration and marketing,” Linda said. Michael was completing his master’s degree in educational administration while teaching full time at an elementary school. Each of them maintained a 4.0 GPA.

8 Northeastern State University Foundation | 2015 Annual Report “We studied nights and weekends and didn’t have time for that much closer to living the bright and happy life of my much else. We were young newlyweds with all the expenses dreams.” you could imagine, and there was nothing available Christopher Havenar, a Tulsa student majoring in financially to help with our education,” Linda explained. accounting, also has dreams of bettering his life by earning Eventually, their hard work set them up for success, as a quality education, while supporting his wife and daughter. Michael and Linda secured stable employment and pledged to help other tenacious students get through school. “I am the first person in my family to have “After graduation I was promoted to director of personnel at attended a university, so I cannot express just a local hospital in Pennsylvania where we lived at the time. My education paid off. That was when we decided that if how important this education is to me and we could ever help non-traditional students in our situation my loved ones. This scholarship will lighten Christopher Havenar, his wife in the future, we certainly would.” the burden of student loans and will help me Angel and daughter Braelynn It was a promise the couple kept. After moving from purchase textbooks for my classes without Pennsylvania to the warmer climate in Cherokee County, they worked with the NSU Foundation in December 2011 having to go out of pocket.” to establish the Nowicki Annual Scholarship for Non- ~Christopher Havenar Traditional Students, which has helped 39 students since 2010. Havenar, Luznicky, Smith and Hayes all epitomize the “non-traditional students” this scholarship was intended to Brandy Hayes, a 2015 recipient majoring in criminal justice, help. said with all the demands of life she has to face—as a wife, mother of four, work and college—the scholarship money “The ideal recipient we feel is someone who is in the gave her that extra push to succeed. similar situation as us - earning money to support their “It not only helped me financially, it showed me the hard family and trying to get ahead by getting a good education. work I put into my education and grades were worth it. It Also someone who works hard to get good grades and gave me the strength to finish up my last year of college and proves they are serious about school by at least completing the drive to keep my grade point average high.” their freshman year,” Linda said. Another recipient, Justin Smith, a computer science major Students are considered non-traditional for purposes of this from Fort Gibson, had to work two jobs—full time and part scholarship if they are employed at least 20 hours a week Justin Smith time—because taking care of his wife and son while paying excluding on-campus work, are full time students, and are tuition was putting a strain on his finances. at least a sophomore with a declared major. In a letter to the Nowicki’s, Smith thanked them for their Linda hopes some of the Nowicki scholarship recipients generosity. pay it forward by helping others in the future, when they “The Nowicki Scholarship will lessen that strain and it is have the means. The couple is now retired and has lived in greatly appreciated by not only myself, but my family.” Tahlequah for the past 10 years. Amy Luznicky, a psychology major who received the award “We have been blessed to be successful in our careers and in 2015 and a single mother of one, knew higher education we feel that it is important to give back to the community was her ticket to a more fulfilled life. The scholarship, she in which we live.” said, directly supported the transformation she wanted for The scholarship is advertised and managed by NSU’s her family. Office of Student Financial Services, and the General “This will reduce my student debt burden and put me Scholarship Committee makes selection recommendations.

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www.nsugiving.com | 918-458-2143 | 812 N. Cedar Ave. | Tahlequah, OK 74464 11 Northeastern State University “Our mom was born at the end of She went on to become a public school student Shannon Fincher is a single, a dirt road in rural Cotton County, teacher as a result of her diligent work. working mother of five, who now has Oklahoma. She grew up in a farming a chance to study and take care of her community called Cookietown. “We learned a lot from mom. I guess family comfortably—thanks to a new Education was always important to her, they are old-fashioned values, but we scholarship available to students at and she made it known that it would really committed ourselves to hard NSU. be important to us.” work to get past hardship, honesty The Sandra R. Farley Shaw Endowed Because of this, whenever the family even when it’s difficult, faith and Scholarship was established by Shaw’s of three–Sandra, Greg and his brother humor. She was a hard worker, brutally son, alumnus Greg Shaw (’85), and Mike–moved from place to place, honest and a lot of fun,” Greg Shaw Sandra made it a point to live in the will specifically benefit single parents said. seeking higher education, like Fincher. best school district. Potential scholarship recipients must She was the first student to receive be full-time students, single, working funds from the scholarship in fall 2015. “She always managed to parents, returning for a second “Receiving this scholarship makes me scrape together semester in freshman year or beyond, believe I am doing the right thing, while maintaining a 2.5 GPA. and going back to school is what I am enough money meant to do,” the psychology major to help us with The Office of Student Financial said, who takes care of two sets of extracurricular Services manages the application twins, aged 16 and 10, as well as her activities like process, and the General Scholarship 3-year-old grandson. music and Sandra R. Farley Shaw Committee of the university While Fincher has a part-time job and sports. Her is responsible for the selection volunteers at her church when she can, dream was for her two boys to go recommendation. she said the scholarship money will to college, and we were able to “Even though she is no longer living, “Receiving this provide a major relief for her family. achieve that dream.” this is our way of saying thank you and “This scholarship equates to time I can ~ Greg Shaw scholarship makes me spend focused on my education and recognizing her sacrifice. We hope her on my children instead of extra hours Greg Shaw graduated from NSU in story might inspire students in college believe I am doing at work to cover tuition and school 1985 with a degree in journalism and today who need a little extra help costs.” is now a senior director at Microsoft, while studying and supporting their the right thing, and while Mike Shaw graduated from the families,” Greg Shaw said. Fincher said she was grateful to Greg University of Oklahoma in 1996 after Shaw for his generosity, adding that majoring in marketing and economics. For Fincher, the scholarship will do going back to school his mother Sandra Shaw would be He now works in telecommunications just that. honored to have this scholarship in her at Onvoy. name. For more information about the is what I am meant Sandra Shaw’s perseverance as the sole scholarship, contact the NSU Office Greg described his late mother as a breadwinner of her family paid off. to do.” working, single mom who prioritized Her sons became successful and she of Student Financial Services at education for her sons in spite of their eventually managed to go to college 918.444.3456 or email strained bank account. herself. [email protected]. ~Shannon Fincher

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It did not take long for the family, friends and With the intensive demands of studying optometry, of her academic and professional success. colleagues of Dr. Alison Lindorfer to establish a it became difficult for 26-year-old Janzen to balance memorial optometric scholarship in her name school and a job. He knew his sole focus had to be his “She was a gifted student graduating third in her following her death in July 2007. A passionate and degree. class of 350 from Allen High School in 1995, Summa stalwart optometrist, Lindorfer died after a long Cum Laude from Texas A&M University in 1999, battle with cancer, and since then her legacy has been “I worked for the first year and a half of and Magna Cum Laude from Southern College of honored with an annual scholarship for students at Optometry in 2003. At the same time she was very Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry school, but eventually couldn’t involved in activities at each school,” Linda said. Optometry. fit it in anymore. Optometry school is fairly expensive and if you’re not able to Linda recalled her daughter’s love for veterans while Established in August 2007, the scholarship seeks work to help with the bills, then the loans working in Muskogee and how much she enjoyed to aid full-time students enrolled at NSUOCO seeing patients and teaching students during her can really start to pile up.” rotations at the clinic. with a solid record of community service, who have demonstrated compassionate concern for under- Janzen took a chance on applying for the scholarship represented groups. They wanted to keep their daughter’s memory alive after finding out about it through faculty emails, but as well as show appreciation for NSUOCO’s support. was nevertheless optimistic about his chances. Jonathan Janzen, NSUOCO student and scholarship “In establishing this scholarship, we also wanted to recipient for 2015-2016, met these criteria easily. “I was very excited! I thought I had a pretty good shot thank the faculty and administration at Oklahoma Janzen is passionate about optometry and, together at it when I applied, so I was hopeful about it. It was College of Optometry at NSU for their love and with his wife Rose, has been a foster parent to five very nice to find out that I got it!” support during Alison’s long illness.” displaced children from Oklahoma. Lindorfer completed her residency at the Muskogee The Lindorfers also hope the money will help to With one year left at NSUOCO, Janzen said VA Medical Center through the NSUOCO in 2004 relieve the financial strain that some students feel receiving the scholarship will curb his student debt and was an assistant clinical professor at the Salina in furthering their education, like it did for their after graduation. Indian Clinic from 2004 to 2007. She spent her life daughter when she was a student. preparing to serve others in her field of choice. “It was a chance to not have to take out quite as many “We know that Alison appreciated the scholarships school loans.” Her parents, Arno and Linda Lindorfer, were proud she received during her academic career.”

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Redg Snodgrass, CEO of ReadWrite and Snodgrass is a 2009 NSU Corporate Wearable IoT World, served as speaker for Communication graduate. He is an the 2016 Battenfield-Carletti Distinguished entrepreneur who has supported more than Entrepreneur Lecture Series held April 7. 80 startups through Wearable IoT World Labs and hosted three conferences in the Established in 2002 through the NSU wearables and Internet of Things space. Foundation by Dr. Harold Battenfield and the late Dr. John Carletti, the Battenfield- Snodgrass created the first open application Carletti Distinguished Entrepreneur programming interface (API) service across Lecture Series was established to invite multiple global carriers while serving as NSU alumni to campus to share their head of innovation at Alcatel‐Lucent Bell entrepreneurial experiences with students. Labs. One of the primary goals of the lectureship series is to raise student interest in Battenfield-Carletti lecturers from the past entrepreneurship. include Mike Fine (2015), the founder and CEO of Fine Airport Parking; Thomas Erin Feller, development officer in Alumni P. Bergman (2014), vice president of TM and Development, had spoken with Manufacturing and Ear Plug Store; Jimmy Snodgrass several times regarding his desire Houston (2013), America’s Favorite to return to campus and speak to students Fisherman and anchor on NBC Outdoors; about his experiences in the world after Matt Benjamin (2012), the owner of JBT college. Medical, LLC, and Matthew JG Benjamin “We decided that the Battenfield- (2012) who received the Top Five Youth Volunteers and Prudential Spirit of the Carletti Lectureship was the Community awards; Trae Ratliff (2012), perfect opportunity for Mr. owner of Lost Pines Ranch; Tony Henry Snodgrass. He works in a field (2011), a restaurateur, and more. that is on the cutting edge of For more information, please visit technology and can engage with http://www.nsugiving.com. Click on the our students and the public about Media and Events tab, and then select this field,” Feller said. Battenfield-Carletti Lecture Series.

14 Northeastern State University Foundation | 2015 Annual Report NSU expected to implement a new Physician Assistant program in 2017

Northeastern State University is committed to cohort of 16 to 20 students in June 2017. developing diverse, knowledgeable, and well- The Physician Assistant Studies Program will trained graduates. Its new Physician Assistant Studies Program will provide direct benefit to the be instrumental in meeting the critical need for regional needs of northeastern Oklahoma. health care providers, specifically to serve in rural and underserved areas of northeast Oklahoma. Physician assistants are health care practitioners, licensed by state medical boards to practice Cultural competency education, with a particular medicine under the supervision of a licensed focus on American Indians served in the area, is physician. The PA is able to provide a broad integrated throughout a curriculum designed to range of medical services within primary and prepare graduates with the knowledge and skills specialty care including diagnostic, therapeutic, needed to provide excellent health care. preventative and health maintenance services. “This health professions program will educate NSU has received entitlement to offer a Master qualified and competent physician assistants of Science in Physician Assistant Studies on its with sensitivity to the underserved and American Muskogee campus from the Oklahoma State Indian populations in northeastern Oklahoma, Regents for Higher Education. NSU will be the sponsoring entity and responsible for the didactic addressing health care needs, resident well-being first year of the program. and the economic health of the region,” Yozzo said. Melody Yozzo, physician assistant program director, described the graduate-level program as The 24-month physician assistant studies important to providing excellent health care to curriculum will consist of 56 credit hours in the the region. She stressed having a quality physician instructional year, housed on NSU’s Muskogee assistant education program as part of growing campus, and 54 credit hours in the clinical year quality health care providers. of training conducted through regional medical “Knowing the importance of what centers including Northeastern Health System, the Cherokee Nation, the Muscogee (Creek) we are building for northeastern Nation and Northeastern Oklahoma Community Oklahoma makes this experience one Health Center. of exceptional professional and personal The master’s level curriculum provides physician pride for the founding program faculty assistants with depth of knowledge in the basic and staff.” medical sciences and clinical medicine, as well as skills in practice management and research. The program will be developed throughout With these expanded skills, graduates can take 2014-2016, reviewed for provisional accreditation advantage of the wide diversity of positions by the Accreditation Review Commission on available to PAs. Education for the Physician Assistant Education in October 2016 and implemented with its first For more information, visit www.nsuok.edu/mpas.

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“She will look back on this when she is an adult and see what I have accomplished and hopefully move her own mountains.” Ain Scott graduated in May 2016 with a degree dinner on campus after a full day of class, or in Communication Studies after a grueling five pay for gas to commute from Muskogee to semesters, which included juggling school, a part-time Tahlequah. These seemingly small reprieves job as a substitute teacher and raising his 11-year-old saved him from taking drastic steps. daughter, Rain Scott—all by himself. “If I didn’t have these scholarships, then I “My biggest challenge being a single father, going to would have had to drop down to part-time school, working and trying to make sure everyone’s status, or just quit.” needs are met, is the motivation to keep doing what I’m doing, as far as the school aspect is concerned. I The second occasion he almost gave know that my daughter comes first.” up was at the start of spring semester 2015, when the workload seemed mountains The Muskogee resident vividly recalls instances since insurmountable, given his competing enrollment on the Tahlequah campus in 2014, when responsibilities. With the thought of dropping out or switching to part-time status seemed driving back and forth and the inherent imminent. costs, Ain Scott again felt deterred. “The first time I almost dropped out was when I got That’s when he called his mother, a call from Rain’s school saying she was sick. I was Paulette Scott. feeling overwhelmed, I was standing outside class in “She simply advised me to do it a piece the hallway, almost at the point of tears, and I said at a time. That helped me focus on the to myself ‘Man, I’m just going to stop, go get my task at hand and take it day by day.” daughter and go home.’” With these wise words, and the “And then I got my marbles back about me,” he said financial relief from scholarships, he smiling. pushed through. With an unrelenting drive to set an example for his “I’ve had some very long days here, daughter, who has special needs because of a speech with classes scattered from morning to delay, Ain Scott was able to overcome his self-doubt

and stay in school full-time. night, so sometimes I am here for 12 hours. So just to be able to buy something to eat, something as 1986, studying speech-language pathology “I wanted to provide better for my daughter. And I simple as money for food, or money for gas, that goes education. wanted more for myself.” a long way.” “I remember playing with my toys quietly, drawing or Northeastern State University scholarships were When asked if it was surprising to receive such just listening to the professor and not understanding pivotal in allowing him to continue. support from a university, he said NSU was anything anything he was talking about.” Over the next two years, he received eight scholarships but a regular university. and monetary awards, including the Ben Hollywood NSU has been a part of his life from a young age and Zeigler Award in 2014 and 2015, the Darrell and “I’m not surprised by NSU’s continues to have a formative influence, which he Sandra Sullenger Scholarship, the Nowicki Annual hopes is passed on to his daughter. Scholarship for Non-Traditional Students and the Jack generosity when it comes to “I think very highly of NSU and I speak very highly of and Jane Cochran Scholarship in 2015 and 2016. scholarships. It’s such a homey this school. They take care of their students; it’s like a “When I found out about each scholarship, I felt a family.” burst of energy and it made me know I was on the campus and I got to witness that right path. It made me realize: ‘Look, I am doing at 5 years old.” Scott has built his legacy as a hard-working father and something right. I’m doing enough for people to is compelled to inspire Rain with his example. recognize and offer assistance.’ So that definitely kept As a child he was able to tag along with his mother “She will look back on this when she is an adult and me moving ahead.” to her classes at NSU on days she could not find a see what I have accomplished and hopefully move her Scott now had the money to pay for lunch or a late babysitter. She attended school here from 1983 to own mountains.”

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18 Northeastern State University Foundation | 2015 Annual Report I wanted to personally thank you for investing in young I want to thank you for establishing this scholarship in honor of the adults’ education. I hope to become everything that I have the people who went to the seminary. This letter does not completely potential of becoming, and that you will get to benefit from my convey how much I appreciate you establishing this scholarship. For success as I have benefitted from this scholarship. Through this someone who is striving for so much and knows that it will take a scholarship, you have showed me that hard work does pay off. long time to get there, it means a lot that people care enough about education to establish a scholarship to help students like me. Sarah Claus, Blaregnies, Belgium Junior, English Major Jaclyn True, Pryor Larry Adair Scholarship Recipient Senior, Biology Descendants of Cherokee Seminaries Scholarship Recipient

Thank you for allowing me to receive this scholarship. I realize that you have made sacrifices and have given so You have helped to relieve my overall cost of attendance for the next graciously in order to fund this scholarship that I am year. Your contribution will allow me to focus more time and energy receiving. I appreciate your concern and generosity in towards learning new information, maintaining my grade point average, giving for students like me. and achieving my academic goals. Your generosity has helped make a bachelor’s degree tangible. I truly appreciate being given this award. I London Gibson, Muldrow intend to do well in order to make you proud. Thank you so very much! Senior, Elementary Education Ed & Denise Bell Scholarship Recipient Kaitlin Napier, Muskogee Junior, Biology Descendants of Cherokee Seminaries Scholarship Recipient

I want to personally and genuinely thank Dr. Alexa Gooden for the sacrifices made in order for me and many other students to I have dreamed of becoming a high school art teacher for many pursue our academic dreams. Without financial, mental, and years. Thanks to your generosity, I am closer to the college career emotional support from Dr. Gooden and all the other donors I need to achieve that dream. This scholarship will help me involved in scholarship distribution, many students’ academic immensely in affording my college education. I am very thankful dreams would not be feasible nor attainable. For this, I thank for this scholarship. Every bit of aid I receive is appreciated greatly you from the bottom of my heart. for helping me achieve my goals. Kindra McKee, Rogers, AR Graduate Student, Nursing Education Danielle Sturgeon, Haskell Adanedi Scholarship Recipient Freshman, Art Education Zula Belle Dobbins Scholarship Recipient

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Nix Foundation ARCO Founation Inc John* and Janice Carletti FOUNDATION Seminary Society Ruth Presley* Wesley and Susie Ard Christa Carlton GIVING LEVELS $100,000 - $499,999 in Lifetime Reasor’s James* and Sally Armstrong Leland Carr The Honor Roll of Donors identifies Giving Norma Roady Armstrong Bank of Muskogee Paul Carter* significant gifts made by alumni, BancFirst of Tahlequah faculty, staff, students, parents, Mary Golda Ross* Ruth Arrington* Jerry and Sue Catron friends, and community members James Blossom* SBC Foundation Arvest Bank Century 21 Wright Real Estate during the calendar year 2014. We Gene and Helen Branscum* not only celebrate the gifts you make Ernie and Kay Shannon AT&T Inc. Charities Foundation Broken Arrow Chamber of each year, but also recognize your Commerce William and Stephanie Sick AT&T Foundation Charlie’s Chicken of Muskogee cumulative giving. The contributions Cherokee Nation Education you provide have a profound impact B.A. Brown Property LLC Belva Smith* AVB Bank Corporation for generations to come. Thank you Kathyleen Burnett* John Smith* Janet Bahr all for your generous support of Cherokee Nation Industries Inc Tom J. and Edna Mae Carson State Farm Companies Foundation Tim* and Isabel Baker Northeastern State University and Kim and Myron Cherry we appreciate your name appearing in Foundation Darrell Sullenger BancFirst of Muskogee Chouteau Telephone Company this very special list. ConocoPhillips Petroleum Tahlequah Lumber Company Inc. Bank of America Company Helen Clark Hanan* *Denotes deceased Elizabeth Timmons* Bank of Cherokee County Bertie and Candler Cooper Coca-Cola Bottler’s Foundation Maurice and Clarice Turney Michael Bartlett Jack and Jane Cochran 1909 Society Eastern Oklahoma Development Lorena Walker* Harold and Mary Battenfield District Matthew and Teri Cochran $1,000,000 and Above in Lifetime Waters Charitable Foundation Bausch and Lomb Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Glenn and Lisa Coffee Giving Center Inc Francis Wheeler* Tom and Priscilla Been Don and Barbara Coffman Cherokee Nation L.P.* and Ann Woods Ed and Denise Bell Diane Fitzgerald E. Welch Cole Gregg Wadley Foundation Anne and Henry Zarrow Jeanette Bernier Tom and Anne Johnson Mark and Leona Collins Foundation Bob and Sandy Berry Johnson Scholarship Foundation Communities Foundation Robert and Carrie Zoellner Don and Susanne Betz Sequoyah Society James Kerr* of Oklahoma Young Family Foundation Ken and Debra Bezan $500,000 - $999,999 in Lucille Ketcher* Roger Collier Mark Bighley Lifetime Giving E. Phil and Roberta Kirschner Ryan and Mary Conley Freda Burtner* Foundation Founders Society Marie Bishop* Jerry and Barbra Cook Jack Castleberry* Love Bottling Company $10,000 - $99,999 in Shane and Laura Boren Crescent Oil Company Lifetime Giving John Eddings* Donald Maritt* BP Foundation Inc James and Sharon Coventon Larry and Jan Adair Founders of Doctor’s Hospital Masonic Charity Foundation Nell Stapler Bradshaw* John Crittenden* of Oklahoma Action Inc Foundation Charles Briggs Jerry and Carla Crow Henry and Jo Ann McCabe Jesse* and Marilyn Gailey Advance Alarms Inc Bright Family Foundation Bob and Joy Cunningham Eddie and Kendyll Miller City of Muskogee Foundation Jerry and Martha Albin John Brooks Dal Tile Inc Bess Monroe* Mary Kathryn Stewart* Alcon Laboratories Inc Philip and Anna Brown Veraman and Billie Davis William F. Tolbert* MOPH Service Foundation Inc Gary and Dee Alderson William Brown Zoe Davis* Trippet Foundation Inc Esther Moss* American Optometric Association Gail Burden Wesley DeRosier and Heidi Thoden Gregg Wadley and Betsy Brackett Nabholz Construction Dorman Anderson James and Barbara Burnett Descendants of Cherokee Ryker and Tina Young Carl and Pitsy Nick Terry and Vanessa Anton Lynn and Paula Burris Seminaries Students

20 Northeastern State University Foundation | 2015 Annual Report Detrick OK Foundation Inc Helen Gilbert* Bill and Linda Langley Todd and Paula Mutzig Sarkeys Foundation Dewberry Architects Inc Glaceau Virginia LaQuey Suzanne Myers Robert Scott William Diehl Peggy Glenn Patrick and Patti Lester Norfolk Southern Corporation George and Sally Seibold Jack Dobbins Arthur Goad Dennis and Billie Letts* Northeastern Health Systems Ken* and Debbie Selby Larry and Linda Dotson Jim and Becky Gore Ray and Mary Jane Letts Michael and Linda Nowicki Marco R Seymour Dow Chemical Company Gena Gray Liberty Mutual Group Inc Bill Nowlin Family Foundation Inc Foundation Greenhaw-Eddings Ford Debra Lilburn OGE Energy Corp Foundation Inc Orville and Lucille Shapley* Lavelle Dugger Greenleaf Nursery Darryl and Cassandra Linde James Ogletree* Sigma Sigma Sigma Alpha Iota Chapter Drew and Linda Edmondson EK Grigsby Arno and Linda Lindorfer Oklahoma Association O. Glen and Margaret Sizemore George and Billye Elliott Lorraine Gunter* Justin and Jennifer Lindsey of Optometric Physicians Equitable Foundation Larry Ham* Chet Lombardi* ONEOK Foundation Inc Paul Skeans Essilor of America Inc Kenneth and Leigh Ann Hancock LoneOak Ventures, Inc. Burl and Barbara* Overmon Randy and Patty Skinner Freddie Lou Etter* Jay and Valerie Hannah Michael and Dianne Maher Gary and Carol Parker Linda Small Max and Peggy Eversole* Arlan and Janie Hanson John Marouk C.H. Parker Patsiann Smith Exxon Mobil Foundation Nadene Harris* Mike and Carol Martin Virginia Parker Timothy Snider Facet Quantek Inc Patrick and Doris Harris Mass Mutual Financial Group James and Betty Pate Sodexo Inc and Affiliates Roger Fain Hathaway Farms Joe and Jeanette Maxfield Douglas and Alphie Penisten Southwest Contact Lens Society, Inc. Charles and Lorene Farris Matthew Henderson Dr. June C. May, MD Walter Pettit Southwest Council of Optometry Charles Faudree* Mary Hill Leo Mayfield* Player Development Products Spaces, Design and Clay and Kay Felts* Bill and Doris Hinds* Ella Mazur Wellon and Kim Hefner Poe Architecture, Inc. Mike and Sherry Fine Kenneth Hoar Mazzio’s Pizza Corporation Ed* and Dorthene Pointer Spectra Energy Foundation Fine Airport Parking Inc Hobsons Inc McAlester Scottish Rite C Warren and Bettye Poteete* Kenneth and Lois Stern First National Bank & Trust Co Mark Hodson and E Foundation Premier Advisors Group of Broken Arrow Boyd Steveson* Bruce Hoop Tim and Lonnie McElroy Carl Raczkowski Carrie Fisher Stilwell Foods James and Lynn Howard McGee Eye Care Alliance Inc David and Robbi Rader Lu Ann Fite-Morris Wes Studi HOYA Optical Laboratories Robert and Jeanette McQuitty H.E. Rainbolt Helen Fleming* Dan and Melanie Sullivan Grace Hudlin* Frances McSpadden* Donna Ramsdell Robin Flint-Ballenger Janet Sullivan J D Young Company Anne McWilliams Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation George and Rita Foster Zelma Lou Summers* Bill and Paula Jones Meigs Jewelry Bill and Norene Rauch Foundation for Tulsa Schools Delores Sumner John and Lucy Jones* Gregory Meyer Emma Reagor Tim Foutch Tahlequah Lumber Company United Keetoowah Band of Mid-America Arts Alliance Red Man Charitable Trust Dorothy Frie Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma Miss America Organization Lanny and Barbara Reed Tahlequah Quarterback Club Gene and Susan Frusher Keetoowah Casino Robert and Deborah Mitchell Jack and Lois Reese Joe Teaff* Fuels and Supplies Kelley Family Moffitt Parker and Company, Inc. Herald and Linda Ritch Texas Instruments Foundation Frances Gable* Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc Charles Moore RLI Inc George Tolbert Gannett Foundation Inc Kiwanis of Tahlequah G.G. and Lelia Morgan* Reba Robison* Totah Communication Co Inc Toni Garner Alfred Knight Mortgage Holdings LLC Joe and Hannah Robson Tulsa Teachers Credit Union Georgia - Pacific Foundation Stephen Koupe BJ Mosteller Denise Spears Roddy Steve and Penny Turner Mark and Bonnie Giese Michael and Debbie Landry Muscogee Creek Nation Richard Ryerson Tom Vanderpool

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Vanguard Charitable Endowment Bill John Baker Matthew O. Henderson Dan and Melanie Sullivan Gail Burden Program Donn and Sharon Baker Bill and Doris Squyres Hinds* Janet Sullivan Lyle Burris Gregory Vann Tim* and Isabel Baker Lucille Hurd Hitson* Larry Ray Timbrook Lynn and Paula Burris Martin Venneman Tim and Diana Baker Gerald Jones* Elizabeth Timmons* Ron and Judy Cambiano The Vision Care Institute Clyde and Carol Ann Barkley John and Lucy Jones* William Frank Tolbert* Emerson and Rosemary Capps Vision Service Plan Dennis and Helen Bearpaw Ethel F. Kalbitz* Michael and Lisa Turner Janice Carletti Willard Walker* Tom and Prissy Been Jim and Maureen Kerr* Maurice and Clarice Turney Leland Carr Wal-Mart Foundation Ed and Denise Bell Lucille M. Ketcher* Gino and Carolyn Uccellini Drew and Lynna Carson Walton Family Foundation, Inc. Marie Bishop* Donald Ernest Maritt* Lorena Walker* Century 21 Wright Real Estate James and Linda Wasson Nell Stapler Bradshaw II* Dr. June C. May, MD Lesley and Mary Ann Walls CEP Sorbents Bob and Terri Webb John Brooks Edward L. McCoy* Larry and Pam Williams Chemtrade Refinery Services Jack and Julia Webster Kathlyeen Burnett* Henry Migliore John P. Yeutter Cherokee Measurement Charles and Michelle Welch & Control Inc. Freda James Burtner* Eddie and Kendyll Miller Paul Westbrook and Lynn Cyert Cherokee Nation Laureita Caldwell* Bess Monroe* President’s Circle Lawrence White Cherokee Nation Education John* and Janice Carletti Esther Sexton Moss* $1,000 or More in 2015 Louis and Mary White Corporation Dr. Paul Carter* Todd and Paula Mutzig Larry and Jan Adair Earl and Susie Williams Cherokee Nation Enterprises Jack Castleberry* Suzanne Myers Terry and Vanessa Anton Larry and Pam Williams Chris Pruitt Auto Sales LLC Alan Chapman Michael and Linda Nowicki Wesley and Susie Ard Williams Companies Inc Bobby and Jayne Christensen A. Michelle Clifton Lorene Owen* Arvest Bank Mary Ellen Williamson* City of Muskogee Foundation Glenn and Lisa Coffee Levi and Virginia Parker* AT&T Inc Diane Willis Jack and Jane Cochran John Crittenden* James W. Phillips B.A. Brown Property LLC Darrell Wilson Jr Matt and Teri Cochran Zoe Davis* Bill and Susan Pierce Janet Bahr Doris Winkelman Glenn and Lisa Coffee Isabel Baker Craig and Shelley Winters Hazel Deem* Wellon and Kim Hefner Poe BancFirst of Tahlequah E. Welch Cole John* and Mary Jo deSteiguer Frank T. Pope, Jr. Richard Womack Bank of Cherokee County College Books Inc John and Darla deSteiguer Ruth Presley* WPX Energy Inc Tom and Priscilla Been Ryan Conley Leon Dockery Bill and Norene Rauch Scott and Tommye Wright Ed and Denise Bell ConocoPhillips Petroleum Freddie Lou Etter* David and Barbara Reid Company Yates Auto Mall Chris Benge Max and Peggy Eversole* Bob* and Norma Roady Jerry and Barbra Cook John Yeutter Don and Susanne Betz Clay and Kay Felts* Reba Robison* RC and Grace Coones Daniel Yoder Ken and Debra Bezan Jesse* and Marilyn Gailey Mary Golda Ross* Donald and Debbie Coy Ben Hollywood Zeigler Mark Bighley Scholarship Foundation Ann Leinn Gibson Linda Small Jerry and Carla Crow Michael and Mary Jane Bolding Chuck and Judy Ziehr Jim and Becky Gore Belva C. Smith* Wes DeRosier and Heidi Thoden Jim and Dez Breech Lorraine L. Gunter* John Arthur Smith* Dawn Dizney Phillip and Shannon Bridgmon Guardian Society Dr. Gene Hall Mary Kathryn Stewart* Broken Arrow Chamber Jack Dobbins Estate Gifts Jay and Valerie Hannah Rennard Strickland of Commerce Leon Dockrey Ruth Arrington* Nadene Harris* Darrell Sullenger Philip and Anna Brown Dotson Financial Services Inc

22 Northeastern State University Foundation | 2015 Annual Report Larry and Linda Dotson i2E Norfolk Southern Corporation Patsiann Smith Doug and Elisabeth Harrington James* and Karen Eakman Tanya Ingels Northeast Oklahoma Public Jason and Jaime Snyder Paul Westbrook and Lynn Cyert 2015 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Facilities Drew and Linda Edmondson J F Smith Group Inc Sodexo Inc and Affiliates Peggy White Eaton George and Billye Elliott Cindy Jewett Northeastern Health System Spectra Energy Foundation Louis and Mary White K. Dean Evans Johnson Scholarship Foundation Michael and Linda Nowicki Kenneth and Lois Stern Bill and Mary White Dana Eversole Larue and Janet Johnson Oklahoma City Community Mary Stratton Will Rogers Indian Club Foundation Roger Fain Valerie Jolly Don and Janet Stucky Larry and Pam Williams One Degree Inc Dunn Faires Kenneth and Darla Jones Darrell Sullenger Darrell Wilson Jr ONEOK Foundation, Inc. Lorene Dolly Farris Howard and Melanie Kelsey Dan and Melanie Sullivan Richard Womack C H Parker Bryce Felts Michael and Debbie Landry Tahlequah Lumber Company Inc Bill Worthington Gary and Carol Parker First Fruits Ministry Bill and Linda Langley Tahlequah Pediatrics PLC Todd Wright Pelco Structural LLC First National Bank & Trust Co Richard and Nancy Sevenoaks Tahlequah Runner Scott and Tommye Wright John and Linda Pembroke of Broken Arrow Allen Ledbetter Larry and Sharon Tarpley John Yeutter Douglas and Alphie Penisten First State Bank of Tahlequah Lee Investments Texarkana Eye Associates Young Family Foundation Joseph Phillips Mark and Pam Fly David Lewerenz Texas Instruments Foundation Chuck and Judy Ziehr Evelyn Pike George and Rita Foster Darryl and Cassandra Linde The Anne and Henry Zarrow Robert and Carrie Zoellner Dorothy Frie Arno and Linda Lindorfer Wellon Poe and Kim Hefner-Poe Foundation Mike Geiger Justin and Jennifer Lindsey Premier Advisors Group The Clay Felts Co., Inc President’s Young Georgia - Pacific Foundation Inc Love Bottling Company David and Robbi Rader The Paula B and Oliver W Jones Family Foundation Inc Alumni Circle 2015 Mark and Bonnie Giese Matteson Custom Homes LLC Ramsdell Rentals Tobi Thompson Samer and Lamia Abun-Nadi Larry Gipson and Jennifer Craver Dr. June C May, MD Kelley Rash Jason and Sonia Tinsley James Bell Mark and Gale Gish Deborah McAlister Bill and Norene Rauch Tom J and Edna Mae Carson Erin Feller Peggy Glenn Reasor’s LLC Henry and Jo Ann McCabe Foundation Meggie Froman-Knight Arthur Goad Lanny and Barbara Reed John McCall Tommy Nix Auto Group Nathan and Nikki Limore Goodies Convenience Store, Inc Larry and Judy Riley Timothy and Lonnie McElroy Totah Communications, Inc Charles and Sarah Whittle Jim and Becky Gore RiverHawk Soccer LLC Ashley McFerron Trippet Foundation Inc Chase and Amber Wooten Grand River Dam Authority Joe and Hannah Robson Errol and Sandra McKoy Tulsa Metro Chamber of Denise Spears Roddy Green Country Funeral Home Meigs Jewelry Commerce *Denotes Deceased Gregg Wadley Foundation Inc Gregory Meyer Bill Rosener Tulsa Teachers Credit Union Karen Gunter Dosser Mid-America Industrial Park Ross Charitable Foundation Steve and Penny Turner David Hall Jeffrey Miller Manuel Armada and Jennifer Ryal Maurice and Clarice Turney Kenneth and Leigh Ann Hancock Moffitt Parker & Company Inc Richard Ryerson Ray* and Joyce Van Nostrand Jay and Valerie Hannah Judy Moody Ernie and Kay Shannon Pete and Debbie Vanzant Ben Hardcastle Mortgage Holdings LLC Greg Shaw and Anna Mastroianni Venture Drilling Inc Pamela Hathorn Robert Muraro Shaun Shepherd Visionscience Software, Inc Matt Henderson Muskogee Creek Nation Casino William and Stephanie Sick Gregg Wadley and Betsy Brackett Linda Hogan Todd and Paula Mutzig Heath and Charlesa Sims James Ward Bruce Hoop Gary Myers Paul Skeans Washington Regional Medical Center Jim and Lynn Howard Carl and Pitsy Nick Randy and Patty Skinner James and Linda Wasson Hoya Optical Laboratories Nix Foundation Jerry Smith Waters Charitable Foundation

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Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Assets— December 31, 2015 and 2014 (Unaudited) 25000000 TEMPORARILY TOTALS TOTALS UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2015 2014 CHANGE Assets 20000000 Cash and Cash Equivalents $4,042,577 – – $4,042,577 $2,366,076 $1,676,501 Investments – $4,099,950 $16,737,232 $20,837,182 $20,626,529 $210,653 15000000 Accounts Receivable – – – – – – Accrued Interest Receivable – – $7,402 $7,402 $5,024 $2,378 Prepaid Insurance Expense $1,351 – – $1,351 $2,896 ($1,545) 10000000 Cash Surrender Value-Life Insurance $19,935 – $46,885 $66,820 $63,198 $3,622 Due from (to) other funds ($1,917,606) $3,358,458 ($1,440,852) – – – 5000000 Land $25,000 – $9,000 $34,000 $121,703 ($87,703) Total Assets $2,171,258 $7,458,408 $15,359,667 $24,989,332 $23,185,426 $1,803,906 0

TEMPORARILY TOTALS TOTALS Liabilities and Net Assets UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2015 2014 CHANGE Charitable Gift Annuities Payable - Current – $10,420 – $10,420 $10,830 ($410) Charitable Gift Annuities Payable - Long-Term – $4,922 – $4,922 $6,921 ($1,999) 1000 Accounts Payable - Current – $4,433 – $4,433 $4,433 – TOTAL LIABILITIES – $19,776 – $19,776 $22,184 ($2,409) 800 NET ASSETS $2,171,258 $7,438,632 $15,359,667 $24,969,556 $23,163,242 $1,806,314 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $2,171,258 $7,458,408 $15,359,667 $24,989,332 $23,185,426 $1,803,906 600

Statement of Activity for the Year Ended— December 31, 2015 and 2014 (Unaudited) 400 TEMPORARILY TOTALS TOTALS UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2015 2014 CHANGE 200 Total Increases in Net Assets $1,133,853 $2,802,103 $1,273,254 $5,209,209 $5,447,619 ($238,410) Total Decreases in Net Assets $895,312 $1,395,742 $424 $2,291,478 $2,328,394 ($36,916) 0 Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets $238,541 $1,406,360 $1,272,830 $2,917,731 $3,119,225 ($201,494) Transfers $20,257 ($20,257) – – $850 ($850) Unrealized Gain (Loss) in Market Value ($78,846) ($1,032,571) – ($1,111,417) $380,801 ($1,492,218) 800000 Change in Net Assets $179,952 $353,532 $1,272,830 $1,806,314 $3,500,876 ($1,694,562) 700000 Net Assets, Beginning of Year $1,991,306 $7,085,099 $14,086,837 $23,163,242 $19,662,366 $3,500,876 Net Assets, End of Year $2,171,258 $7,438,632 $15,359,667 $24,969,556 $23,163,242 $1,806,314 600000 500000 400000 300000 200000 24 Northeastern State University Foundation | 2015 Annual Report 100000 0

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Larry Adair Leadership Scholarship Marjory Hensley Bright Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Entrepreneurship Lectureship Series Dr. Warren Gwartney Memorial Scholarship Larry Adair Lectureship Series in Broken Arrow Chamber of Bob Cunningham Memorial Freddie Lou Etter Library Endowment Government & Public Policy Commerce Scholarship Scholarship Larry Ham Endowment Eversole Family Fund for Media Adanedi Scholarship Dr. Sara Brown Scholarship Faye Cunningham Memorial Studies Dr. Daniel Hansen Memorial Scholarship AFVA Family Scholarship Buffington/Shannon/Caris Scholarship Mary Elizabeth Crittenden Fain & I. A. Scholarship Fain Endowed Book Scholarship Ella Sexton Harmon & Grover American Indian Merit Award Lynn A. Cyert Award for Excellence in Harmon Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Dr. Richard B. Bullock Scholarship Pediatric Optometry Jacob Farinelli/Joe Davis Memorial Scholarship Martha Harrington Memorial George K. Antoine Scholarship Jerri Chandler Burrows Memorial Alice Davis Memorial Scholarship Nursing Scholarship Scholarship Merle & Lucille Gilbert Farnsworth Dr. Janet Bahr Scholarship Zoe Davis Memorial Scholarship Dr. Nadene Harris Memorial Vernon & Mary Helen Burrows Memorial Scholarship Fannie Baker Memorial Scholarship Deem/Smith/deSteiguer Endowment Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Kay Felts Memorial Scholarship Buck Ballard Memorial Scholarship Descendants of Cherokee Seminaries Frank Haven Memorial Scholarship Freda James Burtner PLC Students Scholarship Elvin W. Fenton, OD Scholarship Louise Covey Ballard Memorial Endowment Ruth Ann Hembree Memorial Dewberry Faculty Award Mike Fine Scholarship Scholarship Endowment Campus Bench Endowment Charles Lafayette Ford Memorial William H. Ballard Memorial Martha Poynor Dickerson Alpha Norman & Mary John Hill Lela Canada Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship Sigma Alpha Sorority Endowed Scholarship John & Janice Carletti Endowment Scholarship Dorothy Frie Scholarship Mary & Harold Battenfield Lucille Hurd Hitson Memorial Scholarship Endowment Christa Carlton Scholarship Zula Belle Dobbins Memorial Dorothy G. Frie Health & Kinesiology Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship MSG Michael Beck Superior Carson Foundation Professorship in George M. Hopkins Memorial Cadet Award Liberal Arts L. L. Dockrey Endowed Scholarship Jesse & Marilyn Gailey Endowed Scholarship Professorship Ed & Denise Bell Scholarship Dr. Ron Carter Memorial Scholarship Larry Dotson Excellence in Financial James K. Howard Endowment Planning Scholarship Toni Garner College of Business & Wesley “Dub” Berry Memorial Castleberry Family Scholarship Hoya Vision Care Heritage Scholarship Fred Dupy Scholarship Technology Endowment Scholarship Bryan “Jake” Chanate Memorial Hoya Vision Care Wilma Mankiller Debbie (Wing) Garrett Memorial Donald & Mari Betz Global Citizen American Indian Scholarship John C. and Hazel P. Eddings Scholarship Endowed Chair in the College Scholarship Scholarship Bryan “Jake” Chanate Will Rogers International Program Endowment of Education Phyllis Garroutte Memorial Dr. Debra Bezan Geriatric Optometry Indian Club Scholarship Scholarship Tom W. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Elise Manus Chance Memorial John C. and Hazel P. Eddings Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship for the President’s General Endowment Marie Bishop Early Childhood/ Leadership Class Dr. Tim Jones Memorial Scholarship Elementary Education Scholarship Circle of Excellence Awards General Scholarship Endowment Jones/Mershon Property Endowment Endowment John C. and Hazel P. Eddings James H. & Norma R. Blossom Scholarship for the College Green & White Society Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Jordan Twins Scholarship James & Susie Coats Memorial of Education Green Country Funeral Home Scholarship Kalbitz Endowment Dr. Kirk Boatright Endowed Drew Edmondson Debate Scholarship Scholarship Professorship in Optometry Jack & Jane Cochran Scholarship Kansas Children’s Project Scholarship Embrace the Vision Scholarship Jess & Gladys Grider Memorial Susan E. Brackett Endowed Chair Bertie Craig Cooper Scholarship Endowment Scholarship Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma Band Fund Nell Stapler Bradshaw II Memorial Corn/Stern Family Endowment eNSUre Our Future Undergraduate Dr. Everett Grigsby Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Jack Kaufman Memorial Scholarships Crafton & Leoser Families Scholarship Scholarships Gene & Helen Branscum Scholarship John H. Grubbs II Memorial Fund E. Phil Kirschner Memorial Scholarship for Non-Traditional Students eNSUre Our Future Graduate Bricks & Windows Scholarship Fund John & Marguerite Crittenden Scholarships Lorraine L. Gunter Scholarship Kiwanis Club of Tahlequah Scholarship

26 Northeastern State University Foundation | 2015 Annual Report Kelly Koupe Memorial Scholarship Charles A. & E. Anne McWilliams President’s Leadership Class Reba Starr Robison Keys HS Wadley Center Maintenance Scholarship Endowment Scholarship Endowment Gene Kozlowski Information Systems & Technology and Supply Chain Mike Synar Center Endowment Rex O. Presley Memorial Scholarship Reba Starr Robison Stilwell HS Wadley Family Endowment for Scholarship Athletics Management Scholarship Military Order of the Purple Heart Dr. Brian Rader Memorial Scholarship SNAG Scholarship Marjory Griffin Leake Memorial Service Foundation Scholarship Lorena F. Walker Memorial Captain Terry Rains Memorial Deborah Stauss Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship Model the Way Awards Endowment Scholarship Belva Lester Scholarship Doris Ione Mills Stauss Memorial George Wallace Memorial Scholarship W. Gene Moffitt Memorial Scholarship Kenny Ramsdell Memorial Dr. L. E. Wallen Memorial Scholarship James L. Lester Sr. & James L. Lester Accounting Scholarship Scholarship Aaron K. Stern Memorial Scholarship Jr. Memorial Scholarship Leonard & Claudia Moore Family Wal-Mart Supply Chain Management Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation Music Mary Kathryn and Eva Harriett (Logistics Emphasis) Endowed Tom & Joe Lester Scholarship Alumni Scholarship Scholarship Stewart PLC Endowment Scholarship Debbie Hicks Morgan PLC Reading Clinic/Wadley Center Fund Dennis & Billie Letts Scholarship Marilyn Stinson Memorial Nancy Ward Scholarship Scholarship Larry Reasor Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Mary Jane Craig Letts & Ray Don Dr. William J. “Bill” Ward Memorial Letts Scholarship John A. Morris Memorial Scholarship DeLoyd Reed Memorial Scholarship Mary Stratton Optometry Scholarship Scholarship Clare M. Stroup & Thomas E. Stroup Light The Way Fund Charlie Murchison Memorial Scholarship Lena Seitz Robertson Lectureship Dr. Feron G. Waters Library Endowed Music Scholarship Dr. Alison Lindorfer Memorial Music Scholarships Endowment John Ross Endowed Scholarship Endowment Darrell & Sandra Sullenger Scholarship Optometric Scholarship Carl and Loretta Nick Scholarship William Rauch Band Scholarship Francis Wheeler Athletic Support Dan Sullivan Scholarship Scholarship Endowment Dr. Justin & Jennifer Lindsey Endowment Kristy Leann Seachris Memorial Janet Sullivan Scholarship Endowed Meeting & Convention Dr. George Nolan Pre-med Scholarship Scholarship Dr. Dorothy Willey Memorial Lou Summers Endowed Vocal Music Scholarship Management Award W.C. & Mollie Sexton Memorial Michael & Linda Nowicki Endowed Scholarship Dr. Justin and Jennifer Lindsey Scholarship for Non-Traditional Scholarship Dr. Al Williams Scholarship Survivors 2 Scholars Scholarship Endowed Optometry Practice Students Sandra R. Farley Shaw Scholarship Dr. Larry & Pam Williams Endowed Management Award Stacy Michelle Taylor Memorial Sigma Sigma Sigma Jeanne Johnson PLC Scholarship NSU Alumni Association Endowment Scholarship Dr. Valgene Littlefield Debate Service Scholarship Larry & Pam Williams Scholarship NSU Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship Teacher Education Scholarship Scholarship SINCO Scholarship Endowment Diane Willis Endowment Bob Thomason Memorial Scholarship Dr. Betty Ritch Lombardi Memorial Oral G. Sizemore Scholarship James D. Ogletree Scholarship Winters Family Scholarship for Scholarship Allen and Elizabeth Timmons Don & Fran Smith Scholarship Students with Physical Disabilities Optometry General Scholarship Endowed Scholarship for Education Dr. Tiffany Maher Memorial Darrell Wilson, Sr. Memorial Endowment LaFerne Smith Memorial Scholarship William Frank Tolbert Endowed Chair Scholarship Scholarship Burl & Barbara Overmon Scholarship Mary Tennessee Lynn Smith for Business Kristi Malenski Leadership Tahlequah Memorial Scholarship William Frank Tolbert Memorial Dr. William M. Wilson Family Merit Scholarship David Pan Endowment Scholarship Dr. Preston L. Smith Memorial Scholarship Donald Ernest Maritt Merit Scholarship Thelma Parker NSU/Oklahoma Scholarship Calvin Turnbow Scholarship Joy Blakemore Wiseley Memorial Music Hall of Fame Scholarship in Scholarship Dr. John Marouk Endowed Fund Shawntel Smith Scholarship Maurice & Clarice Turney Scholarship Professional Music Dr. Lynn Cyert Women in Optometry Charlene Mason Memorial Scholarship Dr. Stephen Smith Scholarship University Services Scholarship Dr. John Pembroke Practice Scholarship Masonic Leadership Endowment Management Award Society of Physics Students Dr. Hank Van Veen Award for Scholarship Outstanding Clinician Evelyn R. Woods Thomson Henry & Joann McCabe NSUOCO Pioneers in Optometry General Memorial Stipend Southwest Contact Lens Society Harry T. & Nancy A. Vanhooser International Mission Scholarship Endowment Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Dr. L. P. Woods Endowed Lectureship in Mathematics Ray T. McSpadden Memorial Wellon B. & Verna Dean Poe/ Betty Southwestern Bell Endowed Hazel McClure Vann Memorial Endowment Lackey Hefner Scholarship Lectureship for the Performing Arts Scholarship L. P. Woods Endowed Scholarship Roy & Cherrie McSpadden Hinds Dr. Edwin & Dorthene Pointer Denise Spears Roddy Award for Gregg Wadley College of Science & Ben Hollywood Ziegler Memorial Memorial Scholarship Endowed Pre-med Scholarship Leadership Health Professions Scholarship Scholarship

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Matthew O. Henderson Scholarship Robert S. & Helen Grey Trippet Foundation Women’s Basketball Scholarship Scholarships Wiley Charles Hickey Memorial Scholarship Women’s Golf Dr. Steve & Penny Turner Scholarship AAUW Scholarship Hispanic Scholarship Fund Women’s Soccer William M. Ulrich Scholarship Darren & Eric Alexander Scholarship Kenneth Hoar Scholarship Women’s Tennis Dr. Jim Walker Memorial Fund Helen L. Alred Memorial Scholarship D. W. Jackson Scholarship Waters Health Scholarship Adopt-A-Player Scholarships Johnson Scholarship Foundation Scholarship College of Business James W. Watkins & Irene Morgan-Watkins Dr. Sally Armstrong Scholarship Barbara Fern Jones & Delpha Mae Moore Memorial Scholarship & Technology Memorial Scholarship for Nursing Margret Blan Memorial Scholarship Dr. Roger West Scholarship College of Business & Technology (general) Deborah Joseph Memorial Scholarship Broken Arrow Community Scholarship Lawrence White Family Foundation Scholarship College of Business & Technology Lambda Chi Alpha Scholarship Multidisciplinary Lab Bertie Carter Memorial Scholarship Trapper Harmon White & George Harmon Farren Traz Mayfield Memorial Scholarship Accounting & Finance Kim Cherry Housing Scholarship White Sr. Memorial Scholarship Miss NSU Pageant Scholarships Environmental, Health & Safety Program College of Business & Technology General William E. (Bill) White Scholarship Scholarship Fund Steven Newman Memorial Scholarship Anne & Henry Zarrow Foundation Scholarship Hospitality & Tourism Management College of Education EPIC Scholarship for Early Lois Nichols Memorial Scholarship Zoë Institute Scholarship Info Systems & Technology Childhood Education NSU Licensing Scholarship Info Systems & Technology-Broken Arrow College of Education General Scholarship Fund NSU Honors & Leadership Scholarships Management College of Liberal Arts General Scholarship Fund and Programs PROGRAMS VITA Program-Broken Arrow Oklahoma Treatment Services Scholarship College of Optometry Tuition Scholarship Athletics College of Science & Health Professions General Oregon Shakespeare Scholarship College of Education Scholarship Fund Adopt-A-Player Program Overcoming Adversity Optometry Scholarship College of Education (general) Dr. Randall Cox & Friends Scholarship Warren D. Poteete Memorial Scholarship Athletics (general) College of Education-Broken Arrow Don “Chief” Crittenden Memorial Scholarship President’s Leadership Class Scholarships Baseball Bagley Alumni Fund Callie Davis & Kenneth E. Jones Sr. Scholarship PIKE Alumni Association Scholarship Dr. Dan DeLoache Field Fund for Elementary Education Bagley Hall Revitalization Betty Price Scholarship Football Curriculum & Instruction Phillip Driskill Scholarship Hall of Honor Psychology & Counseling Book Scholarship Charles Faudree Scholarship Magic Tee Classic-Soccer Early Childhood RISE Scholarships Annette French Memorial Scholarshipo Men’s Basketball EFL: Teaching & School Administration Roots from the Cherokees Scholarship Toni Garner/Delta Zeta Scholarship Men’s Golf Elementary Education Herb Rozell Scholar Program General Scholarships Men’s Soccer Full Intern Award Roger Scarborough Memorial Scholarship Georgia-Pacific Foundation Scholarship Multipurpose Event Center Dr. Kay Grant Retirement Fund Jim Pratt Memorial Scholarship Graduate Scholarships NCAA Basketball Hall of Fame Health & Kinesiology Lynda Stafford Lee and Reanna Dawn Stafford Dr. Robert Greubel Memorial Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Softball International Activity Fund Ken and Leigh Ann Hancock Scholarship Student Philanthropy Council Scholarship Spirit Staff Psychology & Counseling Health Sciences Scholarship Tau Kappa Epsilon Apollo Scholarship Spring Sports Field House Psychology Student Research Dr. William “Pipes” Heck Memorial Scholarship Dr. Mike Toyne Finance Scholarship Tennis Courts Reading

28 Northeastern State University Foundation | 2015 Annual Report Reading-Broken Arrow Spanish Speech Language Pathology Housing/Residential Life Resource Room Summer Camps Human Resources Training Robotics Academy of Critical Engagement Carrie Underwood Downtown Country Other Indian Symposium Academic Affairs Special Education Dr. Sharon Winn Memorial Fund Indigenous Leadership Center Administration Building 1st Floor Jack Dobbins Court Wadley Center Book Fund Writing Center-Broken Arrow Women’s Bathroom James Kimbrough Living Garden Capitola Wadley Reading Clinic Alumni Association NSU Oklahoma College American Indian Alumni Association Billie & Dennis Letts Oklahoma Authors College of Liberal Arts Society of American Indian Professionals Library Fund of Optometry Archives Library Beautification College of Liberal Arts (general) NSU OCO (general) Auxiliary Services Sarah Brick Archer Library Memorial Fund Advertising Club College of Optometry Complex BancFirst Centennial Fund Library-Broken Arrow Army ROTC Cadet Fund Clinical Equipment Planned Replacement The Big Event Maintenance-Broken Arrow Art Design & Planning Fund Bob Berry Beautification Fund New & Revitalized Facilities Band Embrace the Vision General Fund Broken Arrow Campus NSU Camp Riverhawks Broken Arrow Riverhawk Food Pantry Cherokee Language George Foster Legacy Fund Payroll Department Business Affairs-Broken Arrow Clarence G. Oliver Plaza Choral Low Vision Room Campus Beautification President’s Leadership Class Activity Fund Communications Studies Tahlequah Campus Specialty Care Clinic Campus Police President’s Ambassador Network Criminal Justice Lesley L. Walls Vision Center at NSU-BA Career Services President’s Discretionary Fund Criminal Justice-Broken Arrow Center for Teaching & Learning President’s Professional Development Debate College of Science Center for Tribal Studies Redmen Heritage Wall Drama & Health Professions Center for Women & Gender Studies Riverhawk Food Pantry Allied Health Building Cherokee & Indigenous Studies Galaxy of Stars Seminary Hall Revitalization Christian Ministries Activity Fund Geography College of Science & Health Professions (general) Senior Class Gift Communications & Marketing History Day Biology Staff Council Continuing Education Humanities Chemistry Student Affairs Delta Leadership Program-Broken Arrow Jazz Studies Computer Science Student Affairs-Broken Arrow Emerald Ball Fund Student Affairs-Health/Wellness Landforms Geography Field Trips Environmental Science Enrollment Management Center Student Affairs-Leadership/Service Language & Literature Family & Consumer Sciences Enrollment Management-Broken Arrow Student Financial Services Language & Literature-Broken Arrow Geology Field Trips eNSUre Our Future Campaign Student Financial Services -Broken Arrow Media Studies Healthcare Administration Facilities Management Student Philanthropy Council Music Math Fitness Center Equipment FlintCo Fund Mike Synar Technology Center Opera/Theatre Workshop Natural Sciences Graduate College University Center-Equipment/Renovations Piano Nursing Faculty Development Great Expectations Veterans Meeting Space & Lab Political Science Occupational Therapy Lab Green & White Room Renovation Visiting Professor of English River City Players Occupational Therapy Program Haskell Hall Renovations Video Technology Services Social Work Science Building History Wilson Hall Revitalization Social Sciences Science Education MEd Program Honors Program Winters PLC Program Fund

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Rest a while, read a book, talk to a friend. Creating a more user-friendly, comfortable environment is the inspiration behind the Northeastern State University Foundation’s Memorial Bench Program. The goal is to place handsome practical park benches that complement the campus landscaping and traffic patterns, and offer visitors, as well as students, faculty, and staff, the opportunity to relax and enjoy the beauty that surrounds them. History and tradition are the hallmarks of the Tahlequah Campus, founded on the site of the Cherokee National Female Seminary. The addition of benches throughout campus enhances the historical appeal of Oklahoma’s oldest institution of higher education and provides a lasting legacy for generations of NSU students. Through the generosity of friends and alumni of NSU, the first benches, made possible through the Memorial Bench Program, were placed on campus during the spring of 2002. Each bench includes a copper nameplate honoring the donor or the individual in whose memory the bench is endowed. Many friends of the University have already committed to endow benches, and others are considering benches for memorials and honorary gifts. To endow a bench requires a tax-deductible contribution of only $1,500. For more information, contact the NSU Foundation.

In Loving Memory of Patrick In Memory of Laura Fruge Dedicated to James P. Walker, Ph.D. “Wookie” Davis Multiple Gifts Drs. Matthew, Andrew, & John Walker Phil & Patty Hershberger In Memory of Dr. Robert Greubel In Memory of Francis E. Wheeler A Gift from The Burris Family Edith Greubel Janie Fellers Lynn & Paula Burris In Memory of Luceal Stanford To Commemorate the Investiture In Memory of Ken “Kinky” McDaris Jim & Betty Pate of Dr. Steve Turner Bertie Cooper NSU Student Body A Gift to Mary Battenfield from Dr. Irwin D. and Susan Agnew Her Loving Husband In Memory of Sarah Brick Archer Leoser Descendants Harold Battenfield NSU Libraries Patsiann Smith In Memory of Dr. Jim Schooley Dedicated to Instrumental and Vocal In Memory of Dr. Ted Fisher Deann Heckenkemper Music Students 1962-67 Tom Carment Multiple Gifts A Gift from President Don In Memory of Don Easterling & Susanne Betz In Honor of Dr. Mark Giese Bertie Cooper Don & Susanne Betz Bonnie Giese In Memory of Lloyd and Lillian Slagle Jan Ishmael In honor of all those that help support In Memory of Mickie Coxen-Taylor this great university NSU Alumni Association Board of In Honor of Floyd Norris John Gyllin Directors Floyd Norris, Jr. Honoring the Strong Women of our The Best of an Excellent Faculty: In Memory of Koby & Claudia Jones past and future The Circle of Excellence Larry & Pam Williams Kim Cherry, Belva Howard, & Jan Gordon NSU Faculty Council In Memory of Stan Fulson, O.D. In Memory of George W. Underwood In Honor of Sue & Ric Opp NSU - College of Optometry James & Kay Beaubien Multiple Gifts

30 Northeastern State University Foundation | 2015 Annual Report WAYS TO GIVE The NSU Foundation helps fulfill NSU’s mission to empower students, faculty, staff and the community to reach their full intellectual and human potential by creating and expanding a culture of learning, discovery and diversity.

Gifts of Cash Life Insurance plan accounts. These donors invest in the future Cash is the most common form of gift that comes Naming the NSU Foundation as the owner and of Northeastern, and in doing so, reaffirm their to the NSU Foundation. Your gift of cash, like other beneficiary of your life insurance policy is also an commitment to permanence. gifts, can be directed to any fund, specific scholarship, option, especially when your policy has a face amount or program, which are listed on pages 26-29. that is much greater than the amount you can afford Leave a Lasting Legacy with an to give in cash. This ensures that future premium Endowment Gifts of Securities or Real Property payments made by you are tax-deductible. Pay the When you establish an endowment with the NSU Contributions of stock or real estate with appreciated entire policy, or make annual contributions to the Foundation, you: value are another way to lend support. When the NSU Foundation for the cost of premiums. NSU Foundation acquires your gift of appreciated »»Enable Perpetual Support stock or property, you receive a tax deduction equal to Wills and Trusts Your gift toward an endowed fund creates never- its fair market value and avoid costly capital gains tax The NSU Foundation can also be named as ending support for students, faculty, and programs. on the increase in value. beneficiary in the wills and trusts of Northeastern alumni and friends. You can elect to leave all or part Ensure a Strong Future Gifts-in-Kind »» of an estate to benefit the university. Your endowment is an investment in the future Your donations of software, licenses, services, vendor of Northeastern State University. As it grows, the products, art, books, and other property also support The NSU Foundation Guardian Society honors university gains additional support. the mission and programs of NSU. These gifts-in- individuals with outstanding discernment—a special kind allow us to use our resources for other needs group of visionaries who look beyond the present to while you get a credit for your support. Contact us the future of our university. This includes friends of »»Enact a Lasting Legacy for guidelines and acceptance policy regarding gifts- Northeastern who are heroes to the students whose Your endowed fund is a wonderful way to pay in-kind. lives are changed through their generosity. tribute to a family member, loved one, classmate, or professor. Created in perpetuity, your endowment Charitable Gift Annuities By naming the NSU Foundation in their wills or has a long lasting legacy associated with NSU. A deferred gift, such as a charitable gift annuity, is trusts, these individuals have designated all or a Endowed funds are reminders of the great support a great way to make a significant contribution. In portion of their estate to be used for endowment or provided by those who came before. exchange for your gift of cash or property, the NSU other special purposes. Honorees also include those Foundation guarantees you a lifetime of income. who have arranged a charitable gift annuity with the Be sure to consult with a qualified professional NSU Foundation. These philanthropic donors are before you draft your will or trust, and review it Charitable Remainder Trust sharing their assets with NSU, while maintaining an often. Sample language is available for any of the Your charitable remainder trust can be funded economic stream for their lifetime. bequests listed above. For additional information during your lifetime or through a testamentary on donations, wills, bequests, gift acceptance policy, disposition. Each provides life income for designated Other members have made the NSU Foundation or planned giving in general, please contact the beneficiaries, which can include you. a beneficiary of their life insurance or retirement NSU Foundation at 918-458-2143.

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