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Mary Baldwin College alumnae/i know that better brain connections, career adaptability, Boldly leadership ability, and collaborative thinking mean that their college degree is worth more than a paycheck. baldwin p. 24 The Mary Baldwin College Magazine Vol. 26 No. 1

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Mary Baldwin College alumnae/i know that better brain connections, career adaptability, BOLDLY leadership ability, and collaborative thinking mean that their college degree is worth more than a paycheck. BALDWIN p 22 THE MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE MAGAZINE VOL. 26 NO. 1 On the cover

Inspired by the work of Brown University professors who devised a computer program that creates a vibrant 3-D image of neural connections in the human brain (far left), Boldly Baldwin art directors Pam Dixon and Phoebe RETURN ON EDUCATION West created a representation of the brain that imagines (in the right hemisphere) what it looks like when a liberal arts education sparks reflection, connections, creativity, and critical problem solving. The graphic is expanded on page 24 to incorporate the qualities that Mary Baldwin College alumnae/i consider as returns on their educational investment.

Ever Ahead campaign goes public / Breaking ground in Fishersville / Remembering Brenda Bryant Front cover: pam dixon, woods pierce, and phoebe west BACK COVER: Miscellaneous media photography

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14 dollars and Change 24 Return on Education 2 From the President’s Desk ever Ahead, the largest fundraising what is a college degree worth? 4 MBC News effort in MBC’s history, is a highly Nationally, ever-increasing 9 News Notes focused campaign that places front tuition, reports of soaring student and center the college’s drive to stay loan debt, and discouraging 13 At the Podium ahead of its peers. Donors across the unemployment rates for recent Class Columns board have put its $80 million goal college graduates have raised 33 within reach. Securing the remaining doubts about the value of higher 52 EndNote funds will bring to life the college’s education. Several Mary Baldwin first doctoral degree programs and College alumnae/i share why they continue a tradition of invention are confident in their investment. and adaptability.

Board of Trustees 2012-13 MARGARET E. “lyn” McDERMID ‘95, chair JANE HARDING MILLER ‘76, vice chair M. SUE McDowell WHITLOCK ‘67, secretary Pamela Fox, president

THOMAS BRYAN BARTON BETSY boggs FREUND ‘76 CHARLES T. BASKERVILL SUSAN HOBBS ‘75 4 CHARLOTTE JACKSON BERRY ‘51 JAMES D. LOTT TRACY “LOLITA” BURKS-HEALY ‘87 SUSAN A. McLAUGHLIN H. C. STUART COCHRAN JOHN A. NOLDE, JR. JOHNIE DAVIS SUSAN “FLEET” LYNCH ROBERTS ‘81 MARGARET WREN de ST. AUBIN ‘81 SHERRI SHARPE ‘99 NANCY MAYER DUNBAR ‘60 KAREN SHERMAN KELLY HUFFMAN ELLIS ‘80 JEANINE HOLMES THOMAS ‘87 SARAH A. FLANAGAN KELLIE WARNER ‘90 From the President’s Desk

Mary baldwin’s strengths shine during critical Period for Higher Ed

igher education — its value and role Recent studies document the importance of in society — has risen to a level of having a degree to find one’s first job and then public scrutiny and debate unprec- build a career, and — less tangibly — to build a edented in my career. Books, articles, purposeful and satisfying life. research reports, and opinion pieces “Liberal education” is the term used in Hhave inundated the mainstream market. They higher education circles to refer to a meaning- have explored every conceivable facet of the fully integrated education that — in the words p ho t o b y s e r a tr issue — or so I sometimes think, until the next of the American Association of Colleges and morning when a new crop of articles appear in Universities (AAC&U) — prepares students “to my inbox. deal with complexity, diversity, and change” It is my job to make sense of the turbulent through knowledge acquisition that is both landscape of higher education and to ensure broad and deep. Liberal education is also that MBC continues to be “ever ahead” (to use described as one that helps students develop “a the motto adopted by the Campaign for Mary sense of social responsibility as well as strong Baldwin College) in empowering our students to and transferable intellectual and practical skills in become the confident, compassionate change- real-world settings.” makers that our world needs. Last summer I A survey of more than 300 businesses read dozens of books and hundreds of articles, conducted for AAC&U recently confirmed that and I continue to pay close attention to the employers are most interested in hiring people ongoing debate through daily reading and who think critically and creatively, analyze and participating in national higher education organi- synthesize information, communicate effec- zations along with other college presidents. tively both orally and in writing, and have the Societal change on a global scale is capacity to solve complex problems and make prompting seismic shifts in higher education. ethical decisions. Leadership skills, the ability Turbulence in the higher education market to work collaboratively, and the habit of reflect- is driven by shifting demographics, changing ing on lessons learned through putting theory patterns of attendance, rapid advancement into practice serve one well in every stage of a in technology and online learning (including career. Such attributes align perfectly with the the massive open online courses, or MOOCs, outcomes of a liberal education. that have received so much media attention), This is exactly what Mary Baldwin College inequalities in K-12 education, and other forces does exceptionally well, not only through the over which individual colleges have no control. traditional liberal arts and sciences disciplines No college is immune from the pressing reality like English and history, but also through newer of these trends. programs such as social work, Health Care Many voices in the public and political Administration, and Business for a Sustainable arenas have questioned the value of a college Future. The transforming power of an MBC education, especially as average debt loads rise education is manifest in our adult and gradu- nationally and graduation rates fall. Political lead- ate programs just as surely as in the Residential ers are calling for increased accountability, and College for Women. the public debate pits job skills against the liberal Mary Baldwin College offers distinct advan- arts, accessibility against academic excellence. tages beyond the demonstrated benefits of But these are false dichotomies. It is clear to higher education in general, as discussed in our me that higher education has become a public exploration of “Return on Education” on pages necessity in ways it wasn’t even 20 years ago. 24-31. Of the scores of recommendations for

2 Spring 2013 “It is clear to me that higher education READING UP I’ve always believed that one of the most important activities to has become a public necessity in ways engage in before jumping to conclusions or making decisions it wasn’t even 20 years ago. Recent about a heated topic is to read as many differing perspectives studies document the importance of as possible. It seems that there are as many books as there are varying opinions about the recent fundamental shifts occurring having a degree to find one’s first job in higher education. I chose to examine about 30 of the most and then build a career, and — less discussed titles published in recent years, and they expanded my understanding and reinforced my confidence about Mary tangibly — to build a purposeful and Baldwin College’s future direction. I invite you to learn more satisfying life.” along with me. Here is a sample, organized around common themes: academic best practices put forth, MBC already Perception of Corporate Corruption in Higher Ed has many pieces in place: our college-wide The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All Administrative learning goals; our multi-step cumulative learn- University and Why It Matters, Benjamin Ginsberg ing through reasoning, research, and capstone projects; our holistic emphasis on leadership and The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of civic engagement in a global context; our first- the Humanities, Frank Donoghue year gateways. The Lost Soul of Higher Education: Corporatization, the This past October, we publicly launched Assault on Academic Freedom, and the End of the American Ever Ahead: The Campaign for Mary Baldwin University, Ellen Schrecker College, an effort that began in 2005. This campaign supports historic strengths and unfolding Wannabe U: Inside the Corporate University, Gaye Tuchman initiatives, including the Murphy Deming College Cries of the Media and General Public of Health Sciences. The articles beginning on Higher Education: How Colleges are Wasting Our Money and page 4 share our news, successes, and goals. I Failing Our Kids—And What We Can Do About It, Andrew encourage you also to visit the award-winning Hacker and Claudia Dreifus website, www.mbc.edu/everahead, where you can read more personal stories and watch a Crisis on Campus: A Bold Plan for Reforming Our Colleges and compelling video references the courage of our Universities, Mark C. Taylor founding and the promise of our future. The Faculty Lounges and Other Reasons Why You Won’t Get What will Mary Baldwin do in response to the College Education You Paid For, Naomi Schaefer Riley the permanent shifts and ongoing turbulence in the higher education marketplace? We will do DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming what we have done for 171 years. We will liber- Transformation of Higher Education, Anya Kamentez ally educate our students and prepare them for the challenges ahead. We will call upon the col- The Claim That We’ve Lost Our Focus on Learning laborative creativity of our faculty and staff, hold Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, fast to our core values, and draw upon the entre- Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa preneurial spirit that is such an essential compo- We’re Losing Our Minds: Rethinking American Higher nent of the Baldwin DNA. MBC’s strengths lie in Education, Richard P. Keeling and Richard H. Hersch our long history of personalized, transformative liberal education, particularly for women; in our Concrete Recommendations exceptional tradition of innovation; in our insis- College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be, Andrew Delbanco tence on inclusive excellence; and in our remark- Abelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and able spirit of community. We cherish and will Universities, Richard A. DeMillo build upon these foundational strengths as we create our thriving future for decades to come. The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out, Clayton M. Christensen Dr. Pamela Fox and Henry J. Eyring

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Murphy Deming College of health sciences breaking

BuildingGround momentum

The hilltop site of the future “In seeking to build upon our historic mission in the liberal arts and sciences and Murphy Deming College of Health our ethos of leadership and service, we have envisioned new graduate programs Sciences was dramatically altered in health sciences. We aim to send forth health care changemakers into this region, the United States, and the world.” President Pamela Fox in the six months between the announcement of the project’s $15 million lead contribution by Bertie Murphy Deming Smith ‘46 and the October 18 groundbreaking ceremony. Nearly 200 members of the MBC community and local, state, and federal officials gathered in a tent flanked by earth-moving equipment and towering piles of debris that was removed in preparation for construction in spring 2013.

photos by woods pierce, patrick smith, and david mowen

“The vision for the Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences has prevailed; Mary Baldwin leadership has taken it from the drawing board to the reality of this day. This is a project that will not only create jobs, but it will create new careers. We’re proud to have [MBC] as part of this community.” Virginia Rep. Richard “Dickie” Bell

4 Spring 2013 Watch highlights of the groundbreaking ceremony at http://bit.ly/MBC_highlights

“Coming here, to this exquisite site, having gone through a period of dreaming … this is just absolutely confirming all of the excitement and anticipation we’ve had.” Claire “Yum” Lewis Arnold ‘69, Ever Ahead campaign chair

“In seeking to build upon our historic mission in the liberal arts and sciences and our ethos of leadership and service, we have envisioned new graduate programs in health sciences. We aim to send forth health care changemakers into this region, the United States, and the world.” President Pamela Fox

rendering courtesy of kahler slater MBC Headed for Doctoral Accreditation A vote this fall by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges places Mary Baldwin College on track to achieve that organization’s second-highest level of accreditation and the ability to award doctoral degrees in up to three academic or professional disciplines. The decision represents a milestone in establishing health sciences graduate programs and in the overall growth of the institution. The acknowledgement from SACS is a significant step toward establishing doctor of physical therapy and doctor of occupational therapy programs in the Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences, planned to open in June 2014. “Through the years we have stayed ahead of the curve through hard work and with an entrepreneurial spirit. The establishment of Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences — the latest demonstration of that spirit — takes the institution to a whole new level. The SACS approval of our change in status is exciting and gratifying,” said Lyn McDermid ‘95, chair of the MBC Board of Trustees. The last time MBC achieved a new level of accreditation was in 1991 with the advent of its Masters of Arts in Teaching program. The leap from Level Three, or master’s-level university, to Level Five is a major step, said “This building will support a unique interprofessional Lew Askegaard, dean of institutional research, associate dean of the college, curriculum currently under development. This curriculum, and registrar. He added that the process was carried out in record time and I believe one of the first of its kind in allied health education, involved the addition of not just one, but two new programs, and the estab- will truly model the integrative, interdisciplinary, and lishment of MBC’s first branch campus. collaborative nature of the health care industry. I insist that we wrestle the learning out of the classroom — learning should happen everywhere in that building.” Linda Seestedt-Stanford, Vice President of The first ceremonial shovel line on site included (l-r) Pamela Fox, Virginia Rep. Richard “Dickie” Bell, Bill Atwood, Bertie Deming “Bebe” Heiner, Jeffrey Moore, health sciences Tracy Pyles, David Mowen, Linda Seestedt-Stanford, Lyn McDermind ‘95, and U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte.

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Murphy Deming College of health sciences International Music Institute Revels in Summer Success

Packed concerts and gala events, emerging community partnerships, and an official proclamation from the City of Staunton marked the unmistakable success of the Heifetz International Music Institute’s first summer on campus. Participants were selected from hundreds of auditions for the elite group’s 2013 session, when world-class string instructors and talented young students will return to Mary Baldwin College. “We’re looking forward to strengthening our ties with the MBC community and the campus,” said Justin Reiter, Heifetz Institute president and CEO. He noted that, in addition to the “Stars of Tomorrow” performances, the program’s “Celebrity Series” concerts will be held in Francis Auditorium this summer, filling Francis four days a week during Heifetz’s season. Shortly after the program drew to a close on August 9, Staunton Mayor Lacy B. King Jr. issued a proclamation in honor of MBC President Pamela Fox and her husband, Parkinson’s Researcher Dan Layman, for their work in bringing the unique music program to the city and their Named Occupational personal efforts to ensure its success. “The partnership between Mary Baldwin College and The Heifetz International Therapy Director Music Institute has become a significant economic driver and source of tremendous community pride,” the proclamation reads. Experience in the classroom and Reiter expects to continue the free concert series at Woodrow Wilson Presidential in the clinic highlight the occupational therapy Library and performances at the Staunton library, as well as expanding Heifetz’s presence career of Nathan “Ben” Herz, the most recent addition to with events in Waynesboro and the surrounding community. the Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences administra- As anticipated by MBC administrators, the college made a dramatic impression on violin, viola, and cello virtuosos from around the world. tion. The former associate professor and program director “The campus and setting were ideal,” said Caterina Loghi, a violist from New York at Georgia Health Sciences University was named founding who made her first trip to the Shenandoah Valley as a Heifetz participant in 2012. “We director of MBC’s Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) had our own practice rooms, and the auditorium at Mary Baldwin had the perfect bal- program, one of the first OTD post-baccalaureate programs ance of being an intimate hall with all the grandeur of a performance stage that gives in the nation. The announcement of his selection came not that extra rush of adrenaline.” long after ground was broken at the Fishersville site for the The dynamic partnership of Heifetz and Mary Baldwin delivered precisely what new health sciences campus. Fox predicted during the public announcement in 2011: It was “inspiring, breathtaking, During the past 20 years, Herz has held numerous brilliant, and an exceptional privilege.” positions in OT private practice and served on the faculty of institutions with respected occupational therapy programs. At Georgia Health Sciences University, Herz treated clients in the Movement Disorder Clinic and devised unique therapeu- tic strategies for patients with Parkinson’s disease using the Wii game system, focusing on the WiiFit program. “Dr. Herz comes to Mary Baldwin with a wealth of experience as a professor, clinician, and researcher,” said Linda Seestedt-Stanford, founding vice president for health sciences. “He is passionate about OT and cares deeply about creating a quality Doctor of Occupational Therapy program that will reach out to our community to support health and rehabilitative initiatives.” Herz is treasurer for the American Occupational Therapy Association. He previously served that organization as research and educational liaison for the administration and management special interest section. Herz earned his OTD at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and his MBA from Averett University in Danville. In addition to his education at Averett, Herz’s ties to Virginia include positions at Jefferson College of Health Sciences and clinical and private business experience around the state.

MBC Associate Professor of Music Lise Keiter, at piano, accompanies renowned cellist Ralph Kirshbaum during a Celebrity Series concert held as part of the Heifetz Institutes’s summer 2012 season at Mary Baldwin College.

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In the theatre company’s own words, “Roving Shakespeare uses engaging performances, workshops, and educational resources to connect to our community.” The interdisciplinary nature of the new Master of Fine Arts “company model” — a departure from traditional classroom-based instruction for third-year students in the Shakespeare and Performance program — means that actors are building sets, stage managers are creating promotional materials, and everyone gets a taste of what it takes to produce a show. Designed to help students hone skills in several areas, the pioneer- ing program makes graduates more marketable to potential employers. The 2012-13 troupe’s season included The Comedy of Errors, The Sea Voyage, The Tempest, King Lear, and As You Like It. P HO T O S b y m i sc ellaneou s edia p ho t og r a hy

BOLDYBALDWIN 7 Students, faculty, and staff reinvented election night with MBC Live Election — delivering a live broadcast of 2012 presidential election results for the Mary Baldwin campus. Political Science Professor Laura van Assendelft conceived of the project while attending an American Political Science Association conference, and approximately 20 students joined her to make the event a reality. A grant from the Virginia Campus Election Engagement Project provided funds for cameras, microphones, advertising, food, T-shirts, a van and gas money used for local voter registration efforts, and a bus trip to Washington,DC, where students shot footage and recorded interviews. The production brought together voters from both sides of the aisle and sparked lively On the Scenediscussion on- and off-camera. “Quiet on set,” directed Meredith Miller ‘13 from behind the master controls in the Spencer-Center-turned- broadcast-studio. Just after 7:30 p.m. on November 6, Political Science Professor Laura van Assendelft delivered a handwritten note with the first news of local results to on-camera reporter Tara Riggs ‘13. “With 19 percent of precincts reporting in Augusta County, Romney has 74 percent of the votes. Romney is currently leading in Virginia overall as well,” Riggs said. When all votes were counted, Republican nominee Mitt Romney garnered 70 percent of votes in Augusta County, while President Barack Obama earned 51 percent of the popular vote in Virginia. “It’s really powerful and moving to be part of this event,” added a student guest, during a live “Squirrel on the Street” segment.

Adult Degree Program student Marie Greer traveled from Roanoke to monitor results at a bank of computers in a lab in Wenger Hall. “I wanted to be part of the process,” said Greer, as she looked up from the screen where states were beginning to be shaded red or blue to reflect which can- didate was leading. Greer is completing a political science directed inquiry online. “The drive was completely worth it to be in the midst of all this energy. We’re focusing on the battleground states, and the returns are starting to come fast and furious now,” she said at about 8 p.m.

Sophomore Danneh Kainessi frequently checked her phone for updates and talked with other members of the crowd that gathered in Miller Chapel while watching the broadcast p ho t o s b y wood ie rc e on a large screen. Spectators drifted in and out to see student anchors deliver returns and conduct interviews live on air. Pre-recorded classroom discussions and debates added context to the video stream. “Voting in my first presidential election is a big deal,” said the Maryland native. “I am convinced that my vote matters, and I’d so much rather be here, seeing everyone’s reactions when results come in, than alone in my room with the television.”

The success of the MBC Live Election pilot convinced van Assendelft to start planning for similar events to mark the Virginia gubernatorial race in 2013 and the state’s congressional elections in 2014. She also has sights on (top of page) Aubrey Sparks ‘13, Kristina Lee ‘14, and Kacy Coates ‘13 anchor the Live Election broadcast. expanding the mock convention she typically holds among (center, clockwise from top) Precious Parker ‘16 checks the video feed on one of several cameras in the only her students and on staging another campus-wide Spencer Center. A crowd of students watches the broadcast in Miller Chapel. Associate Professor of Art live broadcast for the 2016 presidential election. History Marlena Hobson and her husband get wrapped up in the live production.

8 Spring 2013 newsnotes « read more at www.mbc.edu/news Indian Educator Studies Leadership MBC welcomes first UBCHEA visiting fellow

Lady Doak College (LDC) professor of zoology LDC that has been building for nearly a decade. Priscilla Jayasingh of Madurai, India, immersed Professor of Philosophy Roderic Owen taught herself in leadership development during the fall and made faculty, staff, and student connections 2012 semester at Mary Baldwin College. at LDC — the first women’s college established As a fellow in the United Board for Christian in Madurai — in 2005 and again in 2012. In 2008, Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA) program, a student exchange program further linked the Jayasingh familiarized herself with all things Mary schools through the corps of cadets within Baldwin — from the Spencer Center for Civic and both colleges. Global Engagement to the Quest interfaith pro- “This relationship provides yet another « RAIN STREAMING, APPLE GLEANING gram to admissions and financial processes. Her opportunity to enhance our liberal arts commit- Despite a dampening drizzle on Apple Day, time on campus also included auditing a course ment to cross-cultural understanding,” Owen students, faculty, and staff traveled to Woodbine on higher education in the United States and said. “I feel that MBC and LDC have a great deal Farm in Strasburg to gather 3,870 pounds of a presentation as part of the Spencer Center’s in common, including a deep commitment to fruit for Washington DC-area food banks. International Café series. educating women, openness to new programs, “I have goals for both professional and entrepreneurial spirit, and the guidance and « FOODIE FARE personal enrichment,” said Jayasingh, whose vision of strong founding women.” Renowned local restaurant chefs from Zynodoa fellowship included a similar residency at a uni- In addition to continuing to explore ways and Palladio treated MBC diners to special versity in Taiwan. “One of the things I’m looking that MBC and LDC can collaborate, Jayasingh’s menus on Sustainability Day and World Food forward to is extending and enhancing Lady visit could open the doors for Mary Baldwin to Day during the fall semester. Doak’s service learning program.” serve as a host institution for UBCHEA fellows COLLEGES ARE Jayasingh’s visit is the most recent thread from India, China, the Philippines, and Thailand, « GRADED, TOO in a partnership between Mary Baldwin and Owen said. Mary Baldwin College continues to rate as one of the “This relationship provides yet another opportunity to enhance best colleges in the Southeast (The Princeton Review), a our liberal arts commitment to cross-cultural understanding.” top-tier master’s university in the South (U.S. News & World Report), an Professor of Philosophy Roderic Owen institution that contributes to the public good (Washington Monthly), and a national College Indian professor Priscilla Jayasignh of Distinction. made herself at home in the Spencer Center while she served as an international visiting fellow in fall 2012.

« REVIVING RURAL ART Hunt Gallery hosted Artisans & Agroecology: The Cultural Connection between Craft & Rural Life, an exhibit featuring professionals connected with the Artisans Center of Virginia. « EDUCATED QUEST Faculty voted to add applied behavioral analysis and autism spectrum disorders as concentrations in MBC’s Master of Education degree program.

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Losing a member of the Mary of the search committee that Public Affairs Center. In Memory Baldwin College family is never in 1995 selected Bryant as Bryant earned a doctorate easy, but the heartache is espe- founding director of VWIL, the in public administration from the Brenda Bryant cially acute when that person only all-female corps of cadets University of Southern California, Dean of Students and is still serving on the faculty or in the country. Prior to join- a master’s degree in education Senior Vice President for staff. Brenda Bryant had been ing the MBC staff, she worked from Catholic University, and an present at meetings and events for 15 years as executive vice undergraduate degree in political Enrollment Management just weeks before her death in president of Creative Associates science from Vassar College. and Administration August. When the MBC com- International, Inc. in Washington, Not content to stay behind munity gathered to remember DC. She oversaw international a desk, she immersed herself in her, many people were still leadership and training pro- VWIL. Some of colleague Sharon reeling from the passing of their grams, provided humanitarian Spalding’s fondest memories are colleague and friend after a pro- assistance to newly democratic from their trips accompanying longed battle with breast cancer. countries, and promoted girls’ new cadets during Wilderness “She was not only a stra- education. Bryant’s career in — the hiking, camping, and tegic advisor, but also a trusted leadership development also teambuilding adventure that friend to me. She brought me — included teaching graduate introduces new members to the and each of us who knew her courses as an adjunct faculty corps each August. — to the place from which our member at the Washington “A few years into the voice, our hope could spring,” said President Pamela Fox at the memorial service. Professor of Philosophy Roderic Owen was one of several faculty and staff members who spoke about Bryant’s quiet, unassuming leadership and far- reaching contributions to the college during her 18-year tenure. “She initially came to Mary Baldwin to shepherd the newly formed VWIL (Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership) program, but she ended up being an invaluable asset to the college as a whole,” he said. Owen and several others at the gathering were members

Read numerous tributes to Brenda Bryant in The Leader, the newsletter published by VWIL to

highlight the lives of its alumnae p ho t o b y wood s ie rc e Bryant’s characteristic smile was on display while she participated in gleaning www.mbc.edu/docs/publications/vwilleader.pdf during Apple Day 2010.

After three moves due to military placements and shower and it fell. I really didn’t think I would see it no sign of her lost class ring, Karen Potter Langfeld again at that point.” ‘08 was just about to order a replacement when she Before being returned to Langfeld, the ring received a message from one of the nULLS she men- made it into the hands of Director of Security tored while she was a cadet in the Virginia Women’s Robert Richardson, who decoded the inscription Ring Comes Institute for Leadership (VWIL). “KAP 2008” to find Karen Anne Potter in the 2008 Langfeld’s tiny ring — it is a size 3 1/2 to fit yearbook. From there, admissions staff member her pinky finger — was spotted while crews were Gretchen Domaleski ‘10 — who previously worked Full Circle renovating bathrooms in Kable Residence Hall. in the VWIL office with Langfeld — contacted her “It still looked brand new, probably because I with news about the ring. lost it soon after Junior Dads and Family Weekend,” “Physical Plant, Mr. Richardson, and the VWIL she said. “I most likely took it off while taking a office were so wonderful for taking the time to

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Moskowitz ‘03 served as editor for the most recent issue, « UNDER CONSTRUCTION compiling memories of her On the heels of finishing the first phase of “ultimate leader” from more renovations in Pearce Science Center, Kjellstrom than 50 alumnae, family, + Lee was selected as the construction man- friends, and colleagues. agement company for MBC’s Murphy Deming “She was an incredible College of Health Sciences. Learn more about person who effortlessly moved the October 18 groundbreaking ceremony on mountains for everyone,” page 4. Moskowitz said. “One of the things that I always admired « PRESS RELEASES TO about Dr. Bryant was that if she GARLIC PRESSES wanted something done, she The MBC community made sure it happened. She mourned the passing in July would have wanted this done. of Virginia Munce Louisell, So I did it thinking of her.” the college’s vibrant alumnae

p ho t o b y wood s ie rc e Army Lieutenant Barbara director and public relations Bryant, right, and VWIL Commandant of Cadets Brig. Gen. N. Michael Bissell, Jean Harrington ‘10 was flooded director from 1963 to 1980 and creator of the middle, pay tribute during a recent parade featuring the Virginia Women’s with responses when she beloved alumnae cookbook, From Ham to Jam. Institute for Leadership, for which Bryant served as founding director. posted a Facebook message about holding a memorial for « WHAT’S IN A NAME? program, she asked me, with Bryant’s rapport with Bryant in Bagram, Afghanistan, The most common first name among incom- her characteristic sense of students and former students where Harrington is serving. ing freshmen in fall 2012 was Jasmine — there humor, ‘Do you think we can was exceptional. Young alum- VWIL alumnae Elizabeth Cramer were nine of them, with various spellings — do it again? Every time we get nae ranked her as the “woman ‘07, Lacy Wood ‘07, Amanda followed in popularity by Sarah, Kayla, Amanda, a year older, and they stay 18,’” who rocked their four years at Silvers ‘08, Elise Neel ‘09, and Stephanie, and Elizabeth. said Spalding, MBC director of MBC,” and she earned recogni- Kathryn Buckland ‘10 joined athletics. Spalding also helped tion as an honorary alumna. As Harrington in flying and framing « WISE COUNCIL Bryant reach a personal goal of further testament to her legacy, a flag in a simple ceremony to Following a two-year appointment to Staunton running in her first marathon, Reunion 2013 featured a run/ honor Bryant. City Council, Professor of Education James which she completed in late walk named in Bryant’s memory “We went to dinner Harrington was elected to serve a second term. adulthood. and she posthumously received together and talked about how With her guidance, at Commencement the presti- she was an inspiration and a VWIL gained national prestige gious Algernon Sydney Sullivan mentor to each of us. We talked and effectively trained both Award for nobility of character in great length about her lead- military and civilian leaders. and unselfish service. ership class, and we remem- Bryant quickly earned respect Although her administra- bered when she had us over to from decorated veterans, tive roles at MBC changed over her house, giving us a glimpse including her associate, VWIL the years, one of the countless of her life outside of the col- Commandant of Cadets Brig. ways Bryant stayed intimately lege,” Harrington said. Gen. Mike Bissell. She was connected with VWIL and its Leader by example, intui- MILITARY MATTERS the first woman to be named alumnae was by collecting tive professional, quiet inspira- « Mary Baldwin was named to the 2013 list of president of the Association of submissions for the program’s tion, Bryant forged a legacy at Military Friendly Schools, recognizing the col- Military Colleges and Schools in newsletter, The Leader. As MBC and in the larger commu- lege’s supportive environment for active and the United States. a tribute to Bryant, Holly nity that will endure. retired service personnel and their families. « SHAKESPEARE SESSION Paul“There Menzer, director is not of the a MsingleLitt/MFA program in Shakespeare and Performance and associate return it to me. Just more proof that going to a professorexperience of English, gave in anmy invited life lecture … at small all-female college was the right choice,” the Folger Shakespeare Library’s institute on Langfeld said. teachingthat Shakespeare.has not contained A course manager for commissioning within it a lesson.” education at the Air Force Academy, Langfeld « GET SMART is married with two children. “Everyone wears About 20 MBC sophomores are the first par- their college ring at work, and now I get to ticipants in the Advisory Board of Visitors’ new wear mine with MBC pride.” mentoring program, the Sophomore Mentoring Advisory Resource Team, or SMART, benefitting from one-on-one contact with an ABV profes- Karen Potter ‘08 was a standout scholar- sional who shares her interests. athlete and a member of the VWIL color guard as an undergraduate. p ho t o b y wood s ie rc e

BOLDYBALDWIN 11 MBCNews

Mary Baldwin College Professor “A few weeks ago, when I In Memory Emerita of History Patricia Holbert visited Pat in her home, she pointed Academic Recognition Menk passed away in July 2012, but to a stack of books piled on her desk Since 1994, the Patricia H. and Karl F. Menk Patricia H. Menk her words continue to shape the — there were probably a dozen in Award has honored thought-provoking Professor Emerita college through her written histories the stack. She told me that those faculty sabbatical projects in the sciences, and the wisdom she imparted to stu- were the books she was planning history, philosophy, sociology, economics, of History dents, colleagues, and friends. on reading next, though not in the and Asian studies. A generous donor to Mary “I spent many hours with Dr. order in which they were stacked,” Baldwin College, Menk herself contributed to Menk, both in class and in her office. he said. “Throughout her life, [she the endowed award fund, which was estab- She taught me not only to under- wanted] to learn as much as pos- lished by one of her former students, Jane stand history, but to understand sible, to teach what she learned, and Townes ‘69. Below are the awardees and the myself and what I wanted from to give back to the community with focus of their sabbatical work. life,” Linda Fogle Newsom ‘80 com- gratitude.” mented via the MBC Facebook page, Although Menk officially retired 1994–95: John “Jack” Kibler III (psychology) expressing the sentiment of many in from the faculty decades ago, her project: incorporating technology into courses response to Menk’s death. connection to the college remained The Mary Baldwin community strong until the end of her life. She 1995–96: Mary Hill Cole (history) reflected on Menk’s contributions lived in Staunton and was often project: Elizabeth I, for her book, The Portable as professor from 1952 to 1981 and spotted at campus events, one of Queen: Elizabeth I and the Politics author of two hallmark volumes the most recent being a visit with of Ceremony that chronicle MBC history: To alumnae at Reunion in April 2012. 1996–97: Lundy Pentz (biology) Live in Time: The Sesquicentennial Menk also supported MBC finan- project: developmental gene regulation History of Mary Baldwin College and cially, including contributions to Retrospect: The Tyson Years, 1985- the annual Menk Award for faculty 1997–98: Ann Alexander (history) 2003. Many others remembered development, named for her and project: John Mitchell Jr., who was the sub- her as the first woman to be elected her late husband, Karl F. Menk, ject of her 2002 book, Race Man mayor of Staunton. A testament to former associate professor of micro- her ability to multi-task with skill and biology (1959–81), director of labora- 1998–99: Edward Scott (philosophy) grace, Menk served as mayor while tories at King’s Daughters’ Hospital, project: new courses related to the African- working in the history department at and founder of MBC’s Medical American studies minor MBC and raising her three children. Technology Program. 2005–06: Eric Jones (biology) An outspoken advocate for civic The Rutherford, New Jersey, project: documenting wildflowers of engagement — particularly among native earned her undergraduate Augusta County women — she was also a member degree at Florida State College of the Staunton City Council and for Women (now Florida State 2006–07: Daniel Métraux (Asian studies) the city’s school board, and she University in Tallahassee) and mas- project: several aspects of U.S./Japan was active in Covenant Presbyterian ter’s and doctoral degrees at the relations, including the significance of former Church for more than 50 years. University of Virginia. President Ulysses S. Grant’s trip to Japan in The Rev. John Peterson, pas- 1879, Japanese religion, and Americans tor at Covenant, highlighted Menk’s in Japan thirst for knowledge in his tender 2007–08: Kenneth Keller (history) homily at her funeral. project: the Valley Turnpike, for a chapter in the book The Valley Road 2008–09: Daniel Stuhlsatz (sociology) project: how financial resources promote educational achievement 2009–10: Mary Hill Cole (history) project: the family network of Elizabeth I of England 2010–11: Amy Diduch (economics) project: impact of coal mining on economic, personal, and environmental well-being in West Virginia 2011–12: Judy Klein (economics) project: how U.S. military needs during World War II and the Cold War influenced applied mathematicians 2012–13: Paul Deeble (biology) project: development of the Young Women in Science program

at left: Patricia Menk’s written histories of Mary Baldwin and newspaper clippings highlight her life of scholarship and public service.

12 Spring 2013 » Find more arts and events www.mbc.edu/events At the Podium Mary Baldwin’s featured events and guest appearances in spring 2013

MBC THEATRE: Proof by David Auburn Fletcher Collins Theatre in Deming Fine Arts Center Directed by MBC Professor of Theatre Terry Southerington ’72 The undergraduate theatre program presented Proof, the 2001 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama and Tony Award winner for Best Play, as the final full-length play of its 2012– 13 season. The plot follows Catherine, a scholar who leaves her own mathematical studies to care for her father, a math genius who has descended into mental illness. Upon his death, his ex-graduate student Hal discovers a significant new proof among her father’s otherwise rambling notes. Catherine must deal with a burgeoning relationship, a domineering sister, and her fear of following in her father’s footsteps while she attempts to stay in control. HUNT GALLERY EXHIBITIONS Annual JURIED MBC STUDENT ART exhibition (pictured above) MBC SENIOR STUDIO ART exhibitions CAPSTONE exhibitions

selected 2012-13 Campus Guests n Carpenter Lecture in Health Care Administration: Jeff Goldsmith, president of Health Futures, Inc. and associate professor of public health at the University of Virginia n Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Doenges Visting Artist/Scholar: Aurora Robson, sculptor n firestone lecture in contempory art: Inka Essenhigh, painter n ISLAM AWARENESS WEEK GUEST: Nasreeh Akhtar, professor at International Islamic University n Carl Broman concert: Benjamin Moser, piano n Founders Day speaker: Marie Westbrook ’82, dean and professor of leadership and management at the College of Leadership Development, Securities and Exchange Commission n Permeable Borders discussion: Claudia Bernardi, MBC artist- in-residence n Concert: Global Rhythms, featuring MBC Artist-in-Residence Srinivas Krishnan n Presbyterian Peacemaking Program visitor: Majd Lahham, International Orthodox Christian Charities n Visiting instructors and performers: Actors From The London Stage n Phi Beta Kappa Speaker: Janet Currie, professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University n Humphreys biology lecture: Louise Temple, professor of integrated science and technology at James Madison University

BOLDYBALDWIN 13 14 Spring 2013 dollars CHANGE& Ever Ahead is MBC’s Most Ambitious, Most Personal Fundraising Effort

By Dawn Medley / Photos by Woods Pierce and Miscellaneous Media Photography

When alumna Bertie Murphy Deming Smith ‘46 pledged $6.5 million to support campus revitalization and academic innovation, she could not have imagined that her gift would ignite an $80 million campaign. Today, Ever Ahead: The Campaign for Mary Baldwin College — the largest fundraising effort in MBC’s history — is a highly focused endeavor that will strengthen the entire college by bringing to life its first doctoral degree programs while enlivening the historic Residential College for Women and other existing programs. To celebrate raising nearly $60 million toward its goal, Ever Ahead was introduced to the public last fall with a gala and the unveiling of a campaign video and website. The event included an announcement of an additional $1 million pledge from a group of MBC trustees and friends for the Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences, a venture that places front and center the college’s drive to stay ahead of its peers. “We are encouraged by the generosity of those who have already responded,” said Claire “Yum” Lewis Arnold ‘69, campaign chair. “In this final phase, we will need gifts of all amounts from all members of the MBC community to reach the goals of Ever Ahead.”

Defining the Curve Every donor improves the college’s opportunities to forecast trends in higher education and to change proactively ahead of its peer institutions. A handful of large contributions provided a critical foundation for campaign growth. Student and faculty collaborative research received a boost from campaign chairwoman Arnold and husband Ross as well as the Margaret C. Woodson Foundation, established by an MBC alumna who also served on the Board of Trustees. When former Board of Trustees leader Louise Rossett McNamee ‘70 and husband Peter McHugh contributed more than $1 million to Ever Ahead for scholarship endowment and the annual fund in 2007, McNamee said, “It is enormously rewarding that our gift can help Mary Baldwin’s deserving and diverse women access this caliber of college experience.” Well-established Baldwin benefactors Hayne and Anna Kate Reid Hipp ‘63 created the Hipp Innovation Fund to enhance national recruiting and support 19 new and updated academic programs as recommended by faculty and staff. “My favorite cause is Mary Baldwin College,” Hipp said. “We realized many years ago that what we gave to Mary Baldwin would have a much greater impact on the college and her success than any other academic institution with which we are associated.” More recently, a $1.2 million bequest from Frances Tullis ‘45 put painters, electricians, and roofers to work sprucing up the campus she once called home. But without a strong and growing base of smaller donors, Smith’s original gift — which purposefully required a two-to-one funding match from other

BOLDYBALDWIN 15 Together, We Stay Ever Ahead “The handwritten note is an apology for a decrease in her gift due to family financial obligations. What stuck with me, though, is that she still made a gift and that she recognized the importance of every dollar,” he said. President Pamela Fox also knows it is possible for each donor to find a way to make his or her gift meaningful while fundraisers keep their eyes on the “big picture” projects and programs that will translate to MBC’s future success. She draws on the stories of alumnae such as Kellie Warner ‘90, Sue Warfield Caples ‘60, and others to illustrate the power of personalized fundraising. The launch of the public phase of Ever Ahead: The Campaign for A member of the MBC Board of Trustees, Warner is a seasoned Mary Baldwin College was marked with the debut of a video cel- traveler, and her recent trip to El Salvador with MBC students and ebrating campaign accomplishments and vision. Take a peek at Artist-in-Residence Claudia Bernardi became a pivotal event in her www.mbc.edu/everahead/campaign-video. commitment to the college. “It was an amazing experience to see students’ global views expand before my eyes,” Warner said, explaining that her campaign donors — would never have generated the nearly $30 million that gift supports civic engagement and study abroad scholarships, was used to re-envision Mary Baldwin College for the millennial gen- curricular innovation awards for faculty, and the artist-in-residence eration. A wide range of gifts will be vital to complete Ever Ahead by program though the college’s new Spencer Center endowment. Fall 2014 and to fuel Mary Baldwin’s next curve of innovation. With a gift that helped establish what is now an accredited Contributions to the Baldwin Fund — the college’s continuous bachelor of social work (BSW) program, Rob and Sue Caples made effort to solicit unrestricted dollars — will be particularly important. it possible for Mary Baldwin undergraduates to combine a liberal Annual funds typically take a hit when an institution is in campaign arts foundation with study in a high-demand, highly rewarding mode, said Brian Yurochko, director of annual giving. MBC’s fund career field. recorded a net increase in donors and total donations during the “We have to be a part of this,” Rob Caples recalls his wife say- past several years, in contrast to dips at other higher education insti- ing when she learned of a student petition to add social work to tutions during the economic recession. The annual fund team’s chal- the MBC curriculum. Her passion for the field developed while she lenge is to continue that trend in the public phase of Ever Ahead. earned a master’s degree in medical social work and practiced in While reaching out to new donors, an essential component of cam- Connecticut and New York. paign success will be convincing people to continue to make their The BSW was an instant draw, and there are now nearly 50 Baldwin Fund gifts in addition to campaign gifts. students with declared majors in social work, 20 of whom are in “The Baldwin Fund is extremely practical,” Yurochko said. “Most the Adult Degree Program. The popular major has enhanced MBC’s people take for granted that the college continues to function on a daily connections to the advocacy organization Women for Women basis while planning for big projects. It’s not very exciting to contribute International and taken students to Honduras for unforgettable, to the $35,000 monthly electric bill, but it is absolutely necessary.” hands-on field placements, among other dynamic results. For each of the last three fiscal years, the number of first-time donors to the college has equaled or surpassed the number of new The Final Push donors to the college during pre-recession years, he explained. The hallmark resourcefulness of Mary Baldwin College is on display Adding first-time contributors to the loyal donor base helped MBC in each step of Ever Ahead. increase its giving participation rate by 3.5 percent between 2009 “As a student of the history of our institution, I marvel that and 2011, the same period in which the rate at similar private institu- at every point in time, Mary Baldwin College has created her tions dropped an average of five percentage points. way forward,” President Fox said at a recent campaign event in Smaller gifts have made possible other key campaign initia- Charlottesville, one of many throughout the East Coast that brought tives, such as opening the Samuel R. Jr. and Ava Spencer Center for together alumnae/i and friends of the college. Civic and Global Engagement and renovating or restoring nearly 80 At campaign gatherings this spring, Fox shared how the col- percent of the college’s historic buildings. They also increased MBC’s lege’s recent initiatives and upcoming expansion connect to MBC’s ability to reward deserving students with scholarship funds and historic mission and support the core undergraduate campus. This helped more young women study abroad and engage in collabora- campaign’s fulfillment will mean that future generations of Mary tive, original research with faculty. Baldwin students will look back on their college experience with the same affection as those who attended decades ago. Giving, Your Way “At this turning point in Mary Baldwin’s evolution, we draw Yurochko keeps one alumna’s gift remittance form taped to his door upon our record of valuing tradition just as much as innovation. This as a reminder that Mary Baldwin’s campaign effort is a truly personal college has proven, time and again, that we can be both enduring one, a huge undertaking comprised of hundreds of individuals. and entrepreneurial,” said Fox.

Administration

Giving, Personalized Ridenour leads the IA team while working to secure major Our Institutional Advancement (IA) staff members not gifts and strategically planning overall fundraising efforts. only raise funds, they also build relationships. They are your direct connection to the Ever Ahead campaign. Tamara Ridenour, CFRE » Interim Director of Operations and Director of Development [email protected] 540-255-5802 mobile 16 Spring 2013 the funding

$3 million Endowment finish line Ever Ahead entered its public phase in October with $23 million remaining to raise $1 million toward the record-setting $80 million goal Special Projects by Fall 2014. $8 million Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences

$8 million Pearce Science Center $3 million Unrestricted Support

CAMPAIGN UPDATE A $2 million gift from the $8 million E. Rhodes and Leona B. Murphy Deming College Carpenter Foundation will fund of Health Sciences renovation of the third floor of Lead campaign donor Bertie Murphy Deming Smith Pearce Science Center, which ‘46 made it possible for MBC to dream of a historic expansion into the health sciences, which include the includes academic areas and college’s first doctoral programs. Smith’s generosity key communal spaces that are has inspired gifts of all sizes from longtime donors frequently used by science and and new contributors who are eager to see the doors $8 million non-science majors and by the of our state-of-the-art facility open in 2014. Pearce Science Center wider community. Plans call for Recent renovations have started to elevate the the building’s main entrance $3 million condition of the 40-year-old building to match from campus to open onto the Unrestricted Support the distinction of its scholars. Plans are ready Commons, a 6,500 square-foot As one of the most critical sources of funding for to complete the renovation, which will ensure space where students and students benefit from the modern laboratories day-to-day operations at the college, unrestricted faculty can meet en route to gifts comprise the Baldwin Fund, MBC’s ongoing and equipment they deserve. class, labs, or the new science fundraising effort. library. The renovation will $1 million $3 million require the Pearce project’s Special Projects most extensive demolition Endowment Support for special projects helps MBC put its and reconstruction and will be Gifts to endowed funds keep on giving. Endowments best face forward. Renovation plans for the for our Summer Research Fellows Program and historic Alumnae House fall into this category named the Carpenter Science Spencer Center for Civic Engagement provide two and include remodeling its interior spaces and Commons in memory of Leona new ways to support current and future generations grounds to again accommodate special events B. Carpenter ‘35. of Mary Baldwin students. and overnight guests.

major gift development

Mary Baldwin’s major gifts officers build and Janet Peacock Kelly Downer nurture personal relationships with donors Director of Development Director of Development — often traveling throughout the country to [email protected] ADP Alumni Relations Coordinator encourage them to donate to the college as 540-255-5840 mobile [email protected] well as to give back by volunteering their time 540-255-5802 mobile and expertise.

BOLDYBALDWIN 17 everever ahead ahead

Chambers Kaufmann meet some of our CHANGEmakers

ever ENGAGED energized, reflective spirit that came with Alison Kaufmann is not a millionaire. my first Reunion.” Like many employers, She is a 2007 graduate. And she is still Dominion boosts Kaufmann’s genrosity working to establish herself in the pro- by matching her donations. fessional world. But she is one of Mary Her role in funding the creation of Baldwin College’s most dependable the Murphy Deming College of Health donors. Sciences is rewarding because of the “My gifts have always been man- potential that new programs have to ageable,” says Kaufmann, program “elevate the Mary Baldwin name around manager at Dominion Virginia Power the state and the nation,” Kaufmann said. who recently earned her master’s degree “I continue to feel very close to the place in business administration. “Meaningful, that was my home for four years, and but manageable. I’m not going into debt, I want to be part of helping the college but I’m also not going to let a year go by invest in giving more students the oppor- without contributing.” tunity to call MBC home.” A member of the Alumnae/i Association Board of Directors, Kaufmann ever EAGER made her first gift — $20.07 in reference Even over the phone, the enthusiasm in to her class year — while she was a Nancy Dunbar’s voice is contagious. senior. It was the key to establishing giv- “I am just so thrilled and proud ing back as part of her routine. of my ‘little’ college. We are not just “It’s so much easier to keep giving keeping up, we are always ahead of the after you’ve made that first commitment. curve when that new opportunity comes It is nice to think of my college each along,” she said. “Mary Baldwin is doing Generous, caring donors are the heart month when I make a contribution to its big things.” future.” Although she did not earn her of the Ever Ahead campaign. Read about some To mark her five-year Reunion, she degree at Mary Baldwin, Dunbar — who increased her gift to celebrate the “re- of them here, and many more online at spent three years at MBC as a member www.mbc.edu/everahead/donors. p ho t o b y wood s ie rc e

ALumnae/i and parent relations

Through events such as Reunion, Family Elizabeth Shupe ’70 Anne Holland ’88 Angela Cline Weekend, and regional gatherings, the Director Director of Alumnae/i Events Office Manager Alumnae/i and Parent Relations staff encour- [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ages the entire MBC community to become 540-887-7216 540-887-7171 540-887-7007 involved with and serve the college in numerous ways.

18 Spring 2013 Dunbar Woodson the Garretts

daughter, Kelly. She wasn’t so sure. the Jesse Cleveland Pearce Science Center renovation Instead of enrolling at MBC in 1985, Kelly and to undergraduate projects under the umbrella of became a freshman at another small, liberal arts col- the Summer Research Fellows program. lege on the East Coast. On paper, the school shared “I think that’s something [Margaret Woodson] many characteristics with Mary Baldwin — the would have wanted — she was a strong advocate for biggest difference being that it was co-ed — but women’s education, and we are proud to carry on she just wasn’t motivated to do well in class or get her legacy,” said Bob Shay, president of the Woodson CHANGEmakers involved in co-curricular activities. Kelly was strug- Foundation Board of Trustees and great-nephew of gling. She realized it. Her parents realized it, too. Margaret Woodson. After three semesters and with a grade point In her role with the Foundation for the Carolinas average that was less than impressive, Kelly gave — which manages the Woodson Foundation — Meg of the Class of 1960 — has remained “up close and MBC another chance. That was when things began Kluttz Dees ’93 serves as a trusted liaison between the personal” with the college and has always been to turn around. foundation and MBC. right on board with its role in “empowering women “Mary Baldwin welcomed Kelly when we “They have developed a special relationship with of all generations.” A strong, vivacious group of didn’t know if she was going to make it through the college that will continue to strengthen over time MBC alumnae in the Columbia, South Carolina, college; we really weren’t sure if we would see her and benefit MBC in perpetuity,” she said. area drew her in while she worked as a high school graduate,” said Michael Garrett. teacher and earned her master’s degree and PhD It wasn’t long before Kelly declared a major in ever SCHOLARLY at the University of South Carolina. Service on the history and immersed herself in campus life. During Holding a PhD from Yale University, Professor Emerita Alumnae/i Association Board of Directors, Advisory her senior year, she served as a resident assistant, of Philosophy and Religion Marjorie Chambers Board of Visitors, and Board of Trustees beginning and not only did she graduate, she graduated with was already an accomplished academic when she in the 1970s has given her the opportunity to take the Class of 1989 — only two-and-a-half years after joined the faculty at Mary Baldwin in 1962. When the part in the college’s evolution. entering — and earned cum laude honors. 89-year-old lifelong scholar passed away in January Over the years, Dunbar has gone beyond “We made the decision then and there that 2012, she designated a large portion of her estate to her reliable annual Baldwin Fund gifts to support we would support Mary Baldwin for as long as we support bright Mary Baldwin College students across special projects and initiatives. Her latest contribu- are around,” Michael Garrett said. disciplines. tion will create an endowed scholarship for a cadet “We feel that if we can help make it possible The Lorna Beers Chambers scholarship — in the Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership for MBC to give another student the chance to turn named in memory of Marjorie Chambers’ mother- (VWIL). Dunbar is passionate about each program her life around like Kelly did, it is all worth it.” that expands the reach and the mission of MBC, in-law — will aid multiple students from enrollment and her family’s military involvement — including a to graduation. A $750,000 contribution from the daughter who serves as a Coast Guard commander ever FUNDAMENTAL former professor and dean will establish an endowed The residence hall that bears her name is the most — makes VWIL particularly meaningful. scholarship from which awards will be made based on visible evidence of former Board of Trustees mem- “I know that I will love the new health scienc- academic merit. es programs just as much,” she said. “We’re going ber Margaret C. Woodson’s legacy on campus, Although the beneficiaries of Chambers’ memo- to do it, and we’re going to do it right.” but a closer look reveals numerous projects and rial scholarship will not have the delight of meeting her initiatives made possible by more than $2.65 million in person, they will no doubt experience her vibrant in donations from her charitable bequest. legacy, as articulated by one of her former students, ever WELCOMED Since its inception in 1963, the Woodson Martha Gates-Mawson ‘78: “She was brilliant, humor- Dallas couple Michael and Toni Garrett knew Foundation has contributed regularly and thought- ous, sharing, talented, and, as far as I am concerned, that Mary Baldwin College was the right fit for their fully to the college, including recent contributions to the embodiment of a woman educated and educating in the liberal arts.”

Annual Giving

From the Class Leadership program to direct Brian Yurochko Lesley Brady Stephanie Morehead ’12 mail to the Phonathon, the Annual Giving team Director Annual Giving Associate Phonathon Coordinator solicits gifts for the annual Baldwin Fund, which [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] supports the college’s day-to-day operation. 540-887-7385 540-887-7158 540-887-7014

BOLDYBALDWIN 19 CAMpaign news Detailed information about McCutchan finally reached their destination, establish- Seminary Student’s Gift Surfaces is elusive, but staff did learn that she was a ing the Virginia M. Strickler Research Fund as After 40 Years Staunton native, like many students of that era, the first endowment to support the Summer and that she focused on literary studies (there Research Fellows program. Beginning in sum- were not majors as we define them today). mer 2014, the endowment will support awards A bookkeeping error discovered after more Latin and English Composition Professor for faculty-student collaborative research and than 40 years made it possible for a 1914 gradu- Virginia M. Strickler made such an impres- creative projects in all disciplines. ate of Mary Baldwin Seminary to contribute to sion on the young McCutchan that she willed “The undergraduate research, scholar- the Ever Ahead campaign. Through an estate $25,000 to the college in memory of her for- ship, and creative activity approach has been gift she designated for Mary Baldwin upon her mer mentor. proven as a high-impact educational practice,” death in 1969, Estelle McCutchan will directly The bad news is that the gift did not said Lydia Petersson, director of Sponsored influence the lives of students 100 years after make it to MBC 43 years ago. The good news is Programs and Undergraduate Research. she was on campus herself. that the funds remained in an interest-bearing “Students learn more when they are able to “I’ve never experienced anything like this account, and the fund is now worth more than apply their classroom knowledge, and fac- in more than 20 years of fundraising,” said Dan $85,000. More investigation about Strickler’s ulty members have the chance to test new Layman, who was then serving as associate tenure revealed that the University of Chicago approaches and develop their ability to com- vice president for Institutional Advancement. alumna taught at the seminary for 50 years and pete for external grants and fellowships.” “It’s the kind of donation that demonstrates was an advocate for quality student research, McCutchan gave to the college with com- that a Mary Baldwin education has always been according to Layman. plete confidence that her gift would help future a transforming force.” In November 2012, McCutchan’s funds students. Now, it will. p ho t o s b y m i sc ellaneou edia og r a hy

Campaign leaders (l-r) Margaret E. “Lyn” McDermid ‘95, Jane Harding Miller ‘76, Anna Kate Reid Hipp ‘63, Charlotte Jackson Berry ‘51, and Claire “Yum” Lewis Arnold ‘69 were on campus in October to kick off the public phase of Ever Ahead. Not pictured are campaign cabinet members Tracy “Lolita” Burks-Healy ‘87 and William H. “Bill” Atwood.

Claire “Yum” Lewis Arnold ’69 serves as & Kestner, Inc. Architects in 1980. He offers chairwoman of the Campaign Cabinet. Her invaluable insight into the development of MBC’s experience includes 19 years on the MBC Board new graduate school, the Murphy Deming of Trustees, which she chaired for five years. College of Health Sciences. Atwood is con- Arnold is chief executive officer and founder nected to MBC through his wife, former Board of of Leapfrog Services Inc., a remote information Trustees member Bertie Deming ”Bebe” Heiner, technology management and solutions company. and through his mother-in-law, Bertie Murphy Her experience includes acquiring and growing Deming Smith ’46, lead campaign donor. a local consumer goods distribution company into one of Georgia’s five largest privately held Charlotte Jackson Berry ’51 has served companies, as well as serving as marketing the college’s Board of Trustees for more than manager for Coca-Cola USA. In 2009, she was 35 years, and previously led the Alumnae/i awarded The Atlanta Rotary Club’s Armin Maier Association as president. Berry worked as a Community Service Award. psychiatric social worker at the University of Leadership Tennessee and served as national chair of vol- Architect William H. “Bill” Atwood estab- unteers for the American Red Cross. She also campaign cabinet lished what is now the firm Atwood, Henningsen served as vice chair for United Way of America

Advancement Services

The Advancement Services staff Tina Kincaid ‘93 Danielle Beckey Gail Grimm ensures that the gift process runs Advancement Services Manager Prospect Research Associate Advancement Services Assistant smoothly by providing prospect [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] analysis and documenting gifts to find 540-887-7383 540-887-7012 540-887-7236 the intersection between the college’s needs and the donors’ interests.

20 Spring 2013 washington DC On The Road

staunton with ever ahead charlottesville

richmond roanoke To celebrate the public phase of the college’s largest fundraising effort to date, the Office of Institutional Advancement norfolk virginia BEACH is hosted events throughout the region. The gatherings feature a cocktail reception followed by remarks from MBC President Pamela Fox — occasionally charlotte accompanied by alumnae events supporters — and a screening of the campaign video.

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and Volunteers of America. In 2002, Berry received Board of Trustees Chair Margaret E. “Lyn” the Lifetime of Dedication to Charity & Volunteerism McDermid ’95 is chief information officer for the Federal Award from United Way of Buncombe County, Asheville, Reserve System. McDermid worked in several manage- richmond North Carolina. ment positions at Dominion Virginia Power for 30 years prior to joining the Federal Reserve. The Adult Degree In 2004, entrepreneur Tracy “Lolita” Burks-Healy ’87 Program graduate was formerly an engineer at Stone and launched her line of artistic stemware, Designs by Lolita, Webster Engineering Corp., developing start-up plans for which has grown into a multi-million dollar business. Prior five nuclear plants. McDermid has chaired the board of to starting her company, Burks-Healy worked in fashion directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond for marketing for Donna Karan, and later, Christian Dior several years, and she was honored with the Executive Perfumes. A Board of Trustees member, she generously Women in Business Achievement Award in 2008. donated a special line of commemorative glasses designed exclusively for MBC. Jane Harding Miller ’76 parlayed her MBC degree into a law degree from the University of Virginia and During her 25-year tenure on the MBC Board of Trustees, became a member of the New York State Bar. A Board Staunton Anna Kate Reid Hipp ’63 became the first alumna to of Trustees member since 2004, she practiced tax law in chair the board. An inspirational longtime donor to Mary New York City prior to becoming an investment banker Baldwin, Hipp is also active in a number of organizations at several major financial institutions. Most recently, she devoted to environmental preservation and community worked in alternative energy financing as a managing enhancement, and she serves on the board of trustees for director of the principal finance group at HSBC Securities, the Southern Environmental Law Center. In 2009, she was Inc. For many years Miller was a volunteer for the honored with the Women of Achievement Award from American Cancer Society and Memorial Sloan-Kettering the YWCA of Greenville, South Carolina. Cancer Center.

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Communications Donor Relations

Minix develops content for fundrais- Amanda Minix Via acknowledges gifts, provides Susannah Via ing materials, correspondence, and the Advancement Writer stewardship information, and main- Donor Relations Coordinator campaign website, and fosters effective [email protected] tains close relationships with donors [email protected] internal communication. 540-887-7389 who support student scholarships. She 540-887-7386 helps plan donor- and endowment- funded events such as the Doenges Visiting Artist/Scholar and Humphreys Biology Lecture. BOLDYBALDWIN 21 chronicle of a CAMPAiGN

Years before Ever Ahead was introduced to the public, connections behind the scenes laid the groundwork to raise more than $60 million and helped transform Mary Baldwin College.

CAMPUS RENOVATED: Campus renovation and restoration has been integral to Ever Ahead from the start, sparked by the $6.5 million gift by Bertie Murphy Deming Smith ‘46 that led to the replacement of massive columns at the Student Activities Center and extensive work at Rose Terrace in addition to many smaller projects. Nearly 80 percent of the historic buildings on campus have been renovated or restored since the fundraising campaign began.

SPENCER CENTER TAKES ROOT: The Samuel R. Jr. and Ava Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement opened in October 2007, creating a vibrant hub for student activity and co-curricular programs. Staff and resources available at the Center inspire a campus-wide culture of service and awareness, exemplified by how civic and global engagement are integrated into every major.

SOCIAL WORK INTRODUCED: A student petition in 2007 initiated the process to create a major at MBC for the high-demand, high-impact field of social work. A generous contribution from Rob and Sue Warfield Caples ‘60 — she a former medical social worker — established what is now a nationally accredited Bachelor of Social Work program that boasts nearly 50 student majors, a student-run club, and the opportunity to engage in international field placements.

22 Spring 2013 HEALTH SCIENCES LAUNCH: A bold move that will create MBC’s first doctoral programs and solidly position the college for future growth, the Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences is the centerpiece of the Ever Ahead campaign. The significant physical and programmatic expansion — made possible by Bertie Murphy Deming Smith’s lead gift of $15 million and several generous donations that have followed — will spark Mary Baldwin’s next curve of innovation in undergraduate and graduate studies.

PEARCE UPGRADED: The first phase of dramatic, functional renovations to Pearce Science Center was completed in 2012 and included new classrooms and labs on the first and second floors; updated heating and cooling, electrical, and technological systems; painting; new cabinets, floors, and light fixtures; and a new acid neutralization system. A $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant leveraged an additional $775,000 from donors, including the Mary Morton Parsons Foundation and former trustee Janet Russell Steelman ‘52, who established a classroom in honor of the late Professor Emerita of Biology Mary E. Humphreys.

RESEARCH ENHANCED: Campaign gifts that fuel collaborative undergraduate student-faculty research have strengthened the culture of scholarship and creative activity at Mary Baldwin College. The emerging Summer Research Fellows Program received its first significant contribution in 2013 from longtime MBC benefactor the Margaret C. Woodson Foundation, and additional support will provide the consistent funding needed to extend the program to more disciplines.

STRONGER SCHOLARSHIPS: The increasing need for financial aid among students and the powerful connection donors can have with individual recipients make creating endowed scholarships one of the fastest growing areas for campaign contributions. Among the MBC donors who have recently established endowed student scholarships — often in honor of loved ones or as part of an estate gift — are President Emeritus Cynthia Haldenby Tyson, former Board of Trustees chairwoman Louise McNamee ‘70 and husband Peter McHugh, Nancy Dunbar ‘60, sisters Mary Louise Powell ‘57 and Elizabeth Anne Trively, the late Dorothy Baughan Moore ‘40, and Ann and John Bowles. “Remembrance plaques are soon forgotten,” said Janice Collins ‘65 and husband Ralph, whose fund supports a student who has military ties. “Scholarship funds live on and help those in need.”

BOLDYBALDWIN 23 RETURN ON EDUCATION By Dawn Medley

24 Spring 2013 "The only thing more expensive than going to college — Anthony Carnevale, director of and research professor at the is not going to college." Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce

The value of higher education refuses to be squeezed into a direct return on investment equation. Ever-increasing tuition price tags, reports of soaring student loan debt, and discouraging unemployment rates for recent college graduates have convinced a growing number of people to question whether pouring money into an undergraduate degree is a solid financial move. It is fairly easy to compare costs with post-graduate earnings. Recent studies estimate that the average American student leaves college with about $27,000 in loan debt — a significant sum, no doubt, but still less than the typical amount borrowed for a new vehicle. In addition, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that a college graduate accrues $1.1 million more in lifetime earnings than a high school graduate. But there’s more to higher education than earning potential, and those wide-ranging benefits of advanced education are much harder to measure. An alumnae/i survey conducted in 2012 by the Mary Baldwin Office of Institutional Research reveals more of the true returns on education: career flexibility and adaptability, self-reliance, leadership ability, inspiring friends and family members, finding a job that one is good at and passionate about, and a valuable network of classmates and professors. “No matter what a young woman’s strengths or interests are, she’ll find an outlet for them at MBC … and end up discovering new ones along the way,” wrote one respondent. “She will interact with a diverse student body and engaged faculty members, and by working with these people, she will find a way to bring about positive change in her community.” “Extremely supportive faculty prepared me for entering into the work force and have helped me develop a strong sense of self and confidence. I still carry on relationships with my professors and turn to them for advice,” said another participant. These comments and other data collected by the survey provide insight into what MBC alumnae/i appreciate most about their education. Not surprisingly, leadership — which is required as a minor for cadets in the Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership and is encouraged for students regardless of major — and service emerged as common themes. In addition to write-in comments, such as, “student leadership and independent research are, by far, the best things MBC has to offer,” more than 70 percent of respondents said they were active volunteers, 42 percent had served as a volunteer leader, and nearly half of survey participants had held a paid leadership position since graduation. Ninety-four percent of survey participants rated the quality of their academic experience as “good” or “excellent” and two-thirds of MBC grads feel they are better prepared for career challenges than graduates from other institutions. “When I left Mary Baldwin, I knew I had a set of skills to use in the real world. I knew how to be my own advocate, and I was confident that being a woman did not prevent me from being a leader,” wrote one alumna, capturing the sentiment of dozens of comments. When survey participants were asked which characteristics of a well-educated person MBC helped them develop, two ranked above the rest: adapting to change as a lifelong learner, and the ability to make ethical decisions while abiding by high personal standards. Overall, the responses of MBC alumnae/i echo the findings of an extensive nationwide study completed in 2012 by the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce that analyzed the value of a bachelor’s degree in the wake of the Great Recession. After comparing unemployment rates, earnings, and new job growth for recent college grads and those without postsecondary education, Georgetown researcher Anthony Carnevale reached a bold and encouraging conclusion: The only thing more expensive than going to college is not going to college. Lizetta Staplefoote ‘08 is one alumna who does not need to be convinced that a Mary Baldwin degree is one of the most lucrative investments around. “When I was young, I remember my mama saying, ‘Education is your ticket out of this place,’” she said. “I ran screaming victory after presenting my senior thesis, but the real victory was hearing her voice crack when she called to tell me that she received my graduation invitation.”

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A paycheck is great, but for these Mary Baldwin graduates, a liberal arts education earns much more than money.

Job security and adaptability

Amanda Williams-Vasquez '01 Jen Kukla '04 When the most recent economic slide began to grip America, Amanda Williams-Vasquez ‘01 had just landed her dream job coordinating and publicizing museum events at the renowned Smithsonian Institution. She realized that her position — mid- level work in the arts and cultural sector — would likely be one of the first eliminated if funding became tight. Williams-Vasquez watched her young, professional friends face layoffs and com- pensation cuts. But she was not going to wait for her proverbial pink slip. Her undergraduate degree was about to propel her next self-assured step. “The investment my family made to ensure that I have the knowledge and skills to pursue what I am truly passionate about means everything to me,” said Williams-Vasquez, whose American mother attended college, but Puerto Rican father did not. “They had confidence that I would do something meaningful in my life, and I’m making sure that happens.” By the time she arrived at the Smithsonian, the broad preparation of her liberal arts education — which included study abroad in Japan and a Semester at Sea journey — had helped Misty Epps '12 Lizetta Staplefoote '08 Williams-Vasquez parlay her Asian studies major and art history minor into a postgraduate degree certificate in museum exhibition planning and design from Georgetown University and a promising career in a seemingly unrelated field — public relations. That combination of studies and experience gave her the self-assurance to launch her own full-service marketing company, Minnianda Creative Agency, in January 2012. At that time, many people were still holding their breath and bracing for even deeper financial cutbacks. “Sometimes I ask myself, ‘What made me believe I could do this?’” Williams-Vasquez reflected. “My post-graduate work and on-the-job training certainly built my skills to the level that I needed to go off on my own, but it really all started with my college years. The foundation of that first undergraduate experience is irreplaceable. At Mary Baldwin, I learned how to adapt my education and become a citizen of the world in the process.” Williams-Vasquez’s day job has not been sacrificed to the recession. She continues to revel in her work at the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler galleries — two of the nation’s most renowned venues for Asian art — while living her dream of showcasing her creativity and business savvy with Minnianda.

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26 Spring 2013 networking for the career world groups of people,” said Epps, who enrolled at Mary Baldwin after a five-year break from education while she raised her son. “I am Misty Epps '12 beamed with her Mary Baldwin College diploma in reminded of the value of my education every time I meet with a hand on Commencement day, but a few months earlier she was patient or family. I am confident in my ability to serve them.” struggling with anxiety about whether her bachelor’s degree in social work would be enough to launch her career. “I knew that I wouldn’t be entering the workforce at the Earning more than just a living best time in the economy,” said the South Boston mother and graduate of MBC’s Adult Degree Program (ADP). “My social work Convinced that her associate’s degree in audio/video production internship ended up being the answer to my questions about the would unlock the doors to better pay and a job in her chosen future.” field, “as opposed to another miserable job just to pay the bills,” As an intern at Legacy Hospice of the Piedmont, a division Lizetta Staplefoote ‘08 approached her first hard-won interview of Danville Regional Hospital, Epps not only gained critical prepa- honestly and professionally. She was met with a blunt reproach: ration for working in a clinical setting, she also formed a profes- Come back in a few years with your bachelor’s degree. The sional network that led to a paid position after graduation. She is single mother of two young sons was humiliated. And motivated. now several months into her job as social worker and volunteer “As much as I hated the idea, I was prepared to change coordinator for Halifax Regional Hospice and Palliative Care, a job jobs to attend a full-time day program, which meant I would go that fulfills her longtime dream of helping people during difficult to school all day and work all night,” recalled Staplefoote, who times. Epps advocates for terminally ill patients and their families admits that she squandered a near-full university scholarship in as they navigate hospice care, Medicaid, insurance, and facility favor of jumping into the working world a decade earlier. She placements. Her duties also include working with about 20 vol- found Mary Baldwin College’s ADP during an open house at the unteers to schedule patient visits and caregiver support, provide Roanoke Higher Education Center just in time. spiritual care, and carrying out fundraising and administrative MBC’s adult undergraduate program has proven its value for tasks. more than 30 years, and it will play an increasingly important role An internship is required in most majors at Mary Baldwin, in Mary Baldwin’s future as a larger percentage of non-traditional and the experience often connects students with potential undergraduates like Staplefoote search for ways to attend college employers. The 15-credit-hour social work field placement is con- part-time and take courses primarily online. In 2011, 37 percent of siderably more intensive than the average 3-credit-hour intern- college and university students were part-time, and 43 percent of ship and essentially serves as a full-time job for a semester. It is undergraduates were age 25 or older, as reported by the National no wonder that Epps and many other social work students find Center for Education Statistics. their calling while interning. It may also explain why recent MBC For Staplefoote, the factors that made ADP the right pro- social work graduates earn about $2,000 more annually than the gram — in addition to offering the same authentic communica- average new social work graduate in Virginia, according to data tion degree that a traditional undergraduate earns — were the recently released by the State Council of Higher Education in ability to complete most courses online and to take as many or Virginia. as few classes as she could manage. “I could work my education “For many students, the internship experience validates around my life instead of realigning my life around class sched- their decision to become a social worker,” said Vena Duncan, ules,” she said. “Hearing my boys cheer when I walked at gradua- the licensed clinical social worker and bereavement coordinator tion told me that it was worth every minute of hard work.” who supervised Epps at Legacy Hospice of the Piedmont. “Misty During her coursework at MBC, guidance from Staplefoote’s came to us with a great skill set and emotional maturity, and she academic advisor supported her decision to redirect her inter- left with the confidence to apply her knowledge in a real environ- est from mass communication to the booming arena of online ment.” media. She emerged with her long-awaited bachelor’s degree Epps said that earning a bachelor of social work, instead of in summer 2008, when the nation was in the throes of one of the comparable human services degree offered by many colleges its most serious economic declines. She remained undaunted. and universities, gave her an edge in the job market. She was Within two months of graduation, Staplefoote was hired as a impressed by the course flexibility and contact with professors marketing copywriter at Rackspace, a rapidly growing cloud com- available through MBC’s South Boston regional center, and she puting company; she would not even have been considered for was honored to be one of the charter members — and the only the position without a bachelor’s degree. She works from home ADP inductee — of Mary Baldwin’s social work honor society, Phi and is able to greet her sons when they get off the bus from Alpha. school, and — most importantly, she contends — is paid to do “My interaction with knowledgeable, experienced professors what she loves every day. gave me invaluable practical insight into a career in social work. “I owe our standard of living, my sons’ zeal to go to col- The liberal arts foundation helped me develop a more meaning- lege, and the ability to live my dreams to the flexibility of Mary ful philosophy of life and a stronger appreciation for diverse Baldwin’s program,” she said.

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Accepting Setbacks on the Path to Leadership learning for a lifetime

Jen Kukla ‘04 understands that not all Mary Baldwin graduates As a young child, Courtney Leard ‘02 talked about being like are clamoring for a position in which they lead a platoon of 46 her elementary school teachers. She loved pretending to play young lieutenants, lecture to hundreds of students, and instruct “school” and hungrily absorbed every piece of information in dozens of Marines in field exercises. But the Marine Corps Captain the classroom. Although her mother, Judy Kawaja, a high school cannot imagine her career any other way. When Kukla — a trail- graduate, knew little about higher education, she knew that she blazer from a young age — entered MBC’s Virginia Women’s had to make it possible for her daughter to attend college. Institute for Leadership (VWIL), she entered the program that “Knowing that my mom couldn’t do it herself convinced would test her commitment and strengthen her leadership ability me that there was no option other than success for me at Mary to prepare her for a life in the military. Baldwin,” Leard said. “I learned quickly that you are not given leadership positions As a first-generation college student, Leard was less pre- in VWIL, you earn them,” said Kukla, who held the highest rank pared for campus life than her peers — she recalls feeling more in the cadet corps, first captain, as a senior. “I realized that when I than a little out of the loop as her new classmates unpacked didn’t attain what I wanted, it was nobody’s fault but mine. When whiteboards, hot pots, and shower caddies — but she never felt that happened, I developed a better plan to meet my goals.” left behind academically at MBC. Leard did her part — studying, That attitude has served her well during the past nine years participating in class discussions, and asking questions when she as a Marine. Among many examples of turning setbacks into needed guidance. Small classes and individual attention from sup- success, Kukla mentioned working hard to earn a top spot in her portive faculty completed the equation. flight school class, which put her on track to become a weapons “I have come to realize just how rigorous the instruction systems officer (WSO) in the F/A-18 Hornet aircraft. She was I received at MBC was. I am thankful daily not only for the per- frustrated — angry, even — when she learned that no WSO posi- sonal lessons and support I got as a student, but also for the tions were available, but past experiences taught her to “bloom high expectations that were set for me,” said Leard, who taught where planted” as an electronic countermeasures officer in anoth- for several years in Washington DC-area public schools and er fighter plane, the E/A-6B Prowler, a position she continues to now teaches fifth grade at Fountaindale School for the Arts and hold today. Academic Excellence in Hagerstown, Maryland. After Baldwin, she Her experience and insight give voice to characteristics that earned her master’s degree and she continues her professional have defined VWIL since its introduction in 1995: The program development by presenting at educational conferences around uniquely prepares young women for leadership in male-domi- the country. nated fields, whether in the military or civilian sector. VWIL is the First-generation students who attend independent colleges, only program at a women’s college that offers military commis- such as Mary Baldwin, are more likely to graduate than their sions — more than half of VWIL graduates accepted commissions peers at public institutions, according to the National Association in 2012 — making it one of the most direct avenues to launch of Independent Colleges and Universities. MBC does not collect women into military leadership. data about its students’ first-generation status, but faculty and “Through the leaders of the program, the successful men staff anecdotally share that they are proud of the college’s history and women who visit VWIL, and their own leadership roles, of offering a transformative educational experience for first-gen- cadets learn that a good leader is not preoccupied with making eration students — both traditional undergraduates and adult stu- friends. Leadership is about doing what is right for the right rea- dents. National higher education trends indicate that a growing sons and taking care of those you have the honor of leading,” number of them are seeking bachelor’s degrees, likely motivated she said. by the financial pressures of the Great Recession. Kukla also served as a student senator and captain of the Kawaja, a single parent at the time, confesses that there Mary Baldwin swim team, positions that nod to the culture of stu- was more than one time when she wondered, “How am I going dent leadership in the traditional undergraduate program as well. to do this?” while paying tuition. Leard qualified for need- and Nationwide, women’s colleges produce high-profile leaders. Just merit-based aid, but her mother worked multiple jobs and gave two percent of all female graduates in the United States attended up what she considered luxuries — new clothes, a better vehicle, a women’s college, but women’s college alumnae make up 25 going out to dinner — to ensure her daughter would not drown percent of the women in the United States Congress and 30 in debt. percent of Business Week’s list of rising women in corporate Leard says she makes manageable payments on what America. started as about $20,000 in student loans. She credits her MBC “Leadership is not just for VWIL cadets at MBC, it is a big part degree with enabling her to land a position in a higher-paying of life for the whole student body,” Kukla said. “The beauty is school system, making her loan repayment less of a burden. that any student can grow in a leadership role.” “I did everything I could to make her dream of being a teacher come true; the real payoff is watching her instill that same zest for learning in her students,” Kawaja said.

3028 SSpringpring 20132013 Why Women’s Colleges Are Worth It

“What matters in college, matters after college,” concluded the Women’s College Coalition after poring over data from its 2012 compara- tive survey of female graduates from women’s colleges, private coed liberal arts colleges, and coed flagship public universities. Shifting economic, demographic, political, social, and technological issues have dramatically altered the higher education marketplace since the group’s initial study in 2008, but the key findings remain unchanged. Conducted by Hardwick-Day education consultancy group, the recent study reinforces information collected annually via the National Survey of Student Engagement, which also compares the experiences of women attending women’s colleges with those of women attending coeducational institutions. Collectively, these landmark studies reveal the value of the “women’s college advantage,” including:

Drive To Be A Lifelong Learner More Earning Potential Better Brain Women’s college alumnae Almost half of women’s college graduates Connections are more likely to complete have careers in high-paying professions Seniors at women’s colleges a graduate degree (51%) such as law, medicine, and manage- are more likely to engage than liberal arts college ment. Maybe that’s why 90% of in higher-order thinking graduates (33%) or pub- women’s college alumnae believe activities than seniors at lic university graduates that the financial investment coed institutions, and (27%), and 81% of they made in college was women’s colleges stu- women’s college worth it. dents were more apt undergrads con- Leadership and Communication Prowess to engage in inte- tinue their formal Just 2% of all female graduates attended a women’s col- grative activities education. lege, but women’s college alumnae make up 25% of that lead to deep the women in United States Congress and 30% learning. of Business Week’s list of rising women in corporate America, and they hold several positions in President Obama’s White House cabinet. An Edge in the Workforce More than 80% of graduates of women’s colleges responded that they were well-prepared for their first job, in contrast to 70% of liberal arts college alumnae and 65% of public university graduates. Nearly three-quarters of graduates of women’s colleges said that they were able to adapt to career changes, such as advancement or new responsibilities.

Look deeper into the Women’s Colleges Coalition study at www.womenscolleges.org/story/what-matters

* The 2008 Hardwick-Day study surveyed alumnae from 1970–97; that organization’s 2012 study included respondents who graduated between 1990 and 2006. The National Survey of Student Engagement has been conducted each year since 2000 and includes responses from first-year and senior undergraduate students.

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For Good Measure Many benefits of higher ed are impossible to calculate, but sometimes the numbers speak for themselves.

66% Undergraduates in the U.S. with student loan debt when they leave college Learning on Loan $26,600 { Average debt for all U.S. college graduates

Source: Institute for College Access & Success, 2011

Workforce Growth

“College-educated workers have more than survived the Great Recession, they have led the recovery. The gradual shift to more-educated workers has been occurring for decades, but the latest recession gave it a mighty push.”

Those with a bachelor’s degree or higher gained 187,000 jobs in the recession. People with bachelor’s degrees or higher gained 2 million jobs in recovery. -

- People with associate’s degrees - or some college education gained 1.6 million jobs in recovery.

Employment change (in millions) -

- Bachelor’s degree or higher - Some college or People with high school diplomas or less lost associate’s degree 230,000 jobs by February 2012 in recovery. High school - diploma or less Rec ession Rec overy December 2007 – January 2010 January 2010 – February 2012

Source: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, The College Advantage, Weathering the Economic Storm, August 2012

30 Spring 2013 BOLDYBALDWIN 32 ates fromaroundthestate. the medianearningsofrecentgradu- Baldwin Collegegraduatescompareto how themedianwagesofrecentMary research.schev.edu. Here’salookat on theSCHEVresearchsite,http:// searchable by school and by major field ing thejobmarket.Thefiguresare bachelor’s degreeswhoarejustenter- about averagewagesforthosewith gives studentsandfamiliesinformation Higher EducationinVirginia(SCHV) released bytheStateCouncilfor to earninVirginia?Datarecently How muchcannewgraduatesexpect Payback Time The CollegeAdvantage,WeatheringtheEconomic Storm,August2012 Source: GeorgetownUniversityCenteronEducationandtheWorkforce, Unemployment Rates Post-Recession Re ce nt highschoolgradua All fo Re All highschoolgr ur ce -year te nt f s our co l -year lege gr co adua a llege gr dua 24% te te s s adua 4.5% te 9 s .6%

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reunion 2013 participants just celebrated with these events:

Grafton Society Luncheon Hunt Dining Hall

Staunton Punch Crawl Downtown Staunton

Brenda Bryant Memorial Campus Walk Physical Activities Center

State of the College and Alumnae/i Awards Francis Auditorium Read more about award winners at www.mbc.edu/news

Reunion Class Dinner Lyda B. Hunt Dining Hall

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there, but I’m looking forward to We hope she doesn’t change her ALUMNAE/I ASSOCIATION 1937 the advantages here and being mind.” BOARD OF DIRECTORS MARJORIE ABBEY Morrison was only steps away from my sister, named golden ambassador by EMMA MARTIN Hubbard ’50. 2012–2013 Southeastern Louisiana University MARTY KLINE Chaplin writes, “We 1952 and awarded the honor of had another great vacation — 3 PATSY MURPHEY Whitman Blanche Wysor Anderson ’72 Louisiana Legend by Louisiana weeks in France, 2 of them at a writes, “I reopened the PMW Kathy Crawford Arrowsmith ’70, Public Broadcasting. Take a look beautiful cottage near Pernes-les- Gallery (in Stamford CT, closed member-at-large at the video at bit.ly/RkhF3t under Fontaines, about 30 minutes from for 3 years) as an 80th birthday Susan “Alexander” Tucker Barfield ‘80 the headline “Louisiana Legend Avignon. We had stayed there present to myself. It was a Damaris E. Christensen ’90 Marjorie Morrison.” before. We spent much of our wonderful celebration and the Amelia “Amy” Cuomo ‘85 time watching the French Open, gallery is booked until 2014. In Amanda Davis-Holloway ’02/’06 but had some great day trips April 2013 we are taking a trip Diahann “Buffy” DeBreaux-Watts ‘93 1943 including a visit to our favorite to Barcelona, Bilbao, and Paris Laura Beth Jackson DeHority ’86 CAROLINE ROSE HUNT shared museum, Fondation Vasarely in between exhibitions for a few Emily Alexander Douglas ’98, her annual family gathering at The Aix-en-Provence. We missed our weeks. Life is wonderful and committee chair Breakers in Palm Beach with her 3 daughter JANE CHAPLIN Jones busy with 7 grandchildren. What Susan Parker Drean ’83 living children, 19 grandchildren, ’78 and her husband, Mark, who more could I ask for? Thanks be Helen Forster ’83, committee chair 16 great-grandchildren, and usually go with us to Europe, to God!” From MARGARET KING Virginia “Ginny” Royster Francisco ’64 spouses. Also along were because he is fighting melanoma Stanley, “10 years ago I started Alison Rose Frei ’07 Rosewood executives and outside at the Anderson Clinic in Houston. a program for the Opera Guild Helene Cartez Harrison '48, speakers. The philanthropic They live in Austin, but will be in of San Antonio to bring opera honorary member project was assembling bicycles Houston for several months. Our to the students of our city. In Susan “Janaan” Hashim ‘89 and financial support for Place of granddaughter, Megan Chaplin, cooperation with University of Christyn “Christy” Hawkins Howell ’93 Hope, a nonprofit organization in will graduate from high school in Texas at San Antonio, the guild Jennifer Davis James ’11 FL that aids abused and neglected spring 2013, has visited MBC, and serves about 15,000 students Alison Kaufmann ’07, children. has it No. 1 on her list of colleges. each year from every grade level. committee chair The program has won numerous Kathryn “Katie” A. Kelly ‘14 Theresa Cash Lewis ‘99, 1948 secretary BETSY BERRY Williamson Lindsey D. Lieberman ’04 writes, “I’m a great-grandmother Betty Shirley ‘50 Jules Moss ‘92 with 2 boys and a girl. I’m Crystal Newcombe Nosal ’00 going on a cruise in June with A member of the Mental Health Association of Tuscaloosa County, Kelley L. Rexroad ’79, a son, daughter-in-law, and 2 Alabama, and lifetime advocate for people with mental illnesses, committee chair granddaughters from Venice, Shirley has been recognized as 2012 Citizen of the Year by the Susan “Fleet” Lynch Roberts ’81, Italy, to Greece and Turkey.” Tuscaloosa Civitan Club. It was not the first time that her efforts president have attracted media attention; Shirley captured a television slot Elizabeth “Liz” Jennings Shupe ‘70, on Alabama’s 13 in 2011 as a Spirit of Alabama honoree, and she executive director, ex officio 1951 was noted in several publications when she was named by former ELSIE MARTIN Andersen writes, Ethel M. Smeak ’53, President George H.W. Bush as one of his “Thousand Points of honorary member “I just returned to VA after living Light.” in MA for 43 years. I’m now Loretta Vigil Tabb '83 at Westminster Canterbury in “I am just a person who has had all the blessings in the world,” Richmond. I’ll miss New England Shirley said during her 2011 Spirit of Alabama interview. and the good friends I made

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Nelson writes, “Thank you for and spread out over the US. I ‘trying’ to keep up with the live on the beautiful Tennessee ‘Nifties of the Fifties!’ I am still River in a camp I winterized; I and forever living on my 148-year- am very, very blessed to have old south TX ranch. After my children and ‘grands’ that love me first husband, Henry Koontz, was as I love them. I was graced with killed, I had a blind date and met connecting with HENNI GROVER Tom Nelson, a horseman from Sciacca (deceased) and getting to AL, who I have been married to know her 4 daughters. I miss her for more than 20 years. Life is winning smile and beautiful voice. good. Everyone is well and very BETTY JOHNSTON Witham and I active, giving back to their church have emailed over the years (such and community. I celebrated a pleasure), but I haven’t heard my 80th in grand style. Emptied from her lately. She is as beautiful the ranch home living room and as she was at MBC. That’s it, all Judith Godwin ‘52 turned it into a grand salon — that I have been and am.” quite fancy. The next day we had Prominent artist Judith Godwin has made headlines for her abstract cowboys and roping, horse races expressionism work for nearly six decades, and her most recent and even pig races. The weekend 1957 exhibition at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) received wide- celebration matched my 80 Send your class notes to: spread attention. The exhibition, Gesture, placed Godwin within years of living. I send memories Shannon Greene Mitchell the context of other Expressionist painters such as Adolph Gottlieb, and heartfelt greetings to all. [email protected] Norman Lewis, and Hedda Sterne. An exhibition of Godwin’s early MBC is and always will be one NETTIE GOODWIN Jaynes writes, work ran concurrently (September 7–December 9, 2012) at Virginia of the most favorite times of my “My husband and I are taking Commonwealth University’s Anderson Gallery. life. Remember: ‘We’re the Class continuing education lectures at of ’53 … they put us in MBC’ … University of Texas at Austin — “For more than 60 years … Godwin has explored abstract painting, and on and on!” even though we are probably the recording motion and gesture with brushstrokes on canvas. When oldest ones there.” [she] moved to New York in 1953, few women had gained acceptance in the art world, particularly those who were abstract painters,” 1954 explains the VMFA website, www.vmfa.state.va.us. VIRGINIA “GIG” EVERSOLE 1958 Herdman writes, “At 80+, I’m NANCY PILLOW Roberts writes, still hanging in there and so “I am in my 2nd marriage, and between us, we have 9 awards for building audiences. report we’re all ‘active’ and busy is my husband, Ron. We live grandchildren ranging in age The students attend at no charge and look good, too! In Richmond, in an apartment now and are from 7 to 24. Two of mine were with funds raised by the guild. I visited with ANN FOWLKES considering moving into an adopted from Russia and 2 of my I am also still traveling, this Dodd, ENNIE GRIFFIN Eason, and independent living center. We husband’s grandchildren were year to Paris and to the Santa MARIETTA BARNES Jones ’51 have 7 grandchildren and 2 great- adopted from China. Harold and I Fe Opera for its season. MKS over lunch at Margie Turnbull’s. grandchildren. Life is good! I am love to travel and we have taken Designs is ongoing and beginning Ennie and Marietta have moved still writing the family history a trip just about every year for the its 11th year of operation. I am to handsome Westminster and I also write articles for the 10 years we have been married. a wholesaler of handmade, Canterbury. Ennie lost her Houston barbershop chorus, The This year we are going to AK and one-of-a-kind necklaces, with husband, Miller, in early 2012, Tidelanders. My husband sings are looking forward to our visit components from Asia, Africa, and we were saddened when with the chorus.” there. We had to give up tennis, and the Middle East. I make every ALICE BALL Watts died several but we stay active by walking or piece myself. I am busy!” LESLIE years ago. Don’t know what my hiking every day.” “BETSY” BOOTH writes, “I keep life would have been without my 1955 ALINE MARTIN Mullen writes, up with a handful of classmates. college buddies! So, as I used “A brief vita of the years since A group of us (ANN PAULETT to say when I lived so long in my time at MBC: BA in math and 1960 Holden, MARGIE SYKES Turnbull, wonderful NYC (yes, I miss it), if physics, marriage, 4 children, Send your class notes to: MARGARET MCLAUGHLIN Grove, you come through VA, look me divorce, MBA in counseling Sally Squires Erickson BETTY GWALTNEY Schutte, up or email lesliembooth@aol. (wanted to work in counseling [email protected] JESSICA GILLIAM Boatwright, com.” MARGARET MCLAUGHLIN in industry, but had 4 teens, so and LYNN LITTON Hamer, and Grove writes, “4 of our 1952 opted to work in block grant myself) get together for a long classmates made it to our programs in my hometown), 1961 weekend once a year, most often 60th Reunion at the Grafton worked in GA with small towns Send your class notes to: in Charlottesville. Some years Society luncheon: JESSICA as a private consultant in a block Patricia “Patty” Liebert Riddick CONNIE DETRICK Lamons from GILLIAM Boatwright, LYNN grant program (became a building [email protected] TN joins us, and other years LYTTON Hamer, MARGARET inspector, to my amazement), 107 River Point Dr. Margaret and Lynn drive to MBC MCLAUGHLIN Grove, and BETTY and worked with Gainesville Yorktown VA 23693 to see ongoing changes. They GWALTNEY Schutte. We had a Mental Health in GA as director Greetings from Tidewater. It has keep us up to date about the lovely day; the campus was so of a home for adults suffering been so exciting to hear from you wondrous things our college is beautiful and well maintained. from chronic mental illness. all, I mean, “y’all.” My news is doing, and has done (well ahead You can imagine how the Then I returned home to enjoy that I belong to a state program of other institutions) to put us in memories and stories were my ‘grands’ and children. Now called Virginia Master Naturalist the fast track. Think Adult Degree recalled.” I am cheering on my children and through this organization I Program, VWIL, new master’s and and ‘grands’ as they retire from connected with ANGIER BROCK doctoral programs, Shakespeare, careers and start others, graduate ’69 and CAROLYN “STUFFY” and more. Makes us very proud 1953 from high school and college, WEEKLEY ’67. We spent a hectic and slightly envious. Glad to MARY SUE SHIELDS Koontz

34 Spring 2013 but fun 2 days exploring the precious little baby girl, Evelyn, in Georgian Bay on summer BETTY JANE STONE Jefferson geology of VA together with other living with me for the past year. I weekends. Peter planned to retire rejoices in still being in the naturalists — they even trusted had been alone in this house and in fall 2012 and they hope the sandwich generation. Three us with hammers. Our classmates offered that they could move freedom of time will open up new generations gathered for her have been traveling, too. JUDITH in. I am still living on a little lane opportunities in their lives. JEANE mother’s 97th birthday. The “JUDI” McENTIRE Creason that heads to Mobile Bay off of MURDOCH Joiner has published celebration also included 3 of and husband Bill celebrated scenic Highway 98 in Fairhope a book, Informative Assessment, Betty Jane’s children and all their “same-day” birthdays and AL. Would love for any classmates and is director of Meredith 4 grandchildren. The family immediately took off in June for that are in this area to let me know Mathematics and Science members live within 35 miles 2 weeks in France vacationing as I would love to see them. In my Institute. SUE JORDAN Rodarte of each other. Also rejoicing with friends. They live in Hot old age I’ve gotten to be a fitness enjoys good health, her dog, in grandchildren are JANE Springs AR. To quote OLIVIA nut, love the yoga and Pilates bridge, and real estate. She was KINNAIRD Hodges and Philip, her ROGERS Guggenheim, “What a classes at our wellness center and planning to go to the Philippines husband of 45 years. Their son, world! A journey to south India try to walk a couple of miles a in December 2012 for her daughter, and 7 grandchildren all opened and challenged me. Such day.” Very sadly, it recently came daughter’s wedding. She walks live in their town, Palos Verdes color and sheer confrontation to my attention that ETTEENE daily with LINDA WYATT Duncan. CA, a peninsula south of Los of humanity (and cows) in “TEENE” TAYLOR Hope passed MARY ROBERTS Judkins lives in Angeles. Jane retired in 2004 after numbers, vehicles, noises, and away on April 29, 2011. Hume. She has an in-home dog 15 years of teaching English as a smells. Ancient Hindu spirit is boarding business, plays bridge, Second Language and reading alive everywhere, in juxtaposition and enjoys horseback riding. support. She and Philip travel with vast construction projects 1963 She went to Italy for her 70th nationally and internationally centering around high-tech, Send your class notes to: birthday. She has visited JERRI conducting faith-based leadership engineering, and education. We Sally Dupree Barnett PERCIVAL Palmer, SUE JORDAN encounters. MARY KERR Denny now live in Providence RI (long [email protected] Rodarte, LINDA WYATT Duncan, edits a magazine for Trinity way from TX), our children and 137 Valley View Dr. and HONEY INGLISH Shepperd. University and stays on the road 7 grandchildren are in Brooklyn, Union Grove AL 35175 LYNN BUTTS Laidig married Eldon — on 2 continents. Mary and her Denver, and Sitka AK.” CYNTHIA I loved hearing from all of Laidig and lives in Arvada CO. She 2 daughters had a 2-week spring “KAY” HUNDLEY Fisher you, and I know everyone was volunteers at the Arvada Center, trip to China. She also visited participated in a humanitarian excited about our upcoming a multicultural arts venue. They Alice Walton’s Crystal Bridges program, “Santiago de Cuba 50th Reunion when I heard from have taken a Caribbean cruise, in AR, which she recommends and Havana,” in December 2011 you last fall. PAGE PUTNAM and traveled to Ireland, Canada, as “really worth a trip; stunning and ecstatically recommends Miller has written and published and Mexico, as well as stateside spot!” She set out again over visiting Cuba. Kay is on the move a history of First Presbyterian visits to his little hometown Labor Day 2012 for her annual trip once again and will be settling Church in Beaufort SC for its in KS, Boston, and NYC. JILL to Telluride Film Festival. NANCY in Little Rock AR. ELIZABETH 100th anniversary celebration. CALLAWAY Garrett says her ROWE Cramer is glad to have “BETTE” ALLAN Collins wrote TERRY GEGGIE Fridley writes family is fine and spending a the dates of our 50th Reunion. that she was in Israel from May “Harrison and I have moved to week at Pawley’s Island. The 10 GINNY ROYSTER Francisco 21 to June 7 2012, and she sends Lexington. CAROLYN HALDEMAN of them range from 74 to 6 and is retired from MBC teaching, a picture of herself on Masada. Hawkins and SALLY LIVINGSTON look forward to deep-sea fishing. but still directing shows at the From LOIS “FRANKIE” WILLARD Brown have visited. BECKY KEENE ROADMAN Martin and college. She freelances as a public Daniel comes this news: “Last CANNADAY Merchant lives here Howard have been fighting his relations director and writer. fall I was standing on the Great also. We invite our classmates cancer for the past 2 years and Ginny spent a month in Hungary Wall of China with the Lexington to stop by and visit.” SHEARER report he is doing better. They during May Term 2012 with 8 Chamber of Commerce tour TROXEL Luck and family traveled enjoy their 6 grandchildren in Mary Baldwin students who were ... a social studies teacher’s to the Finger Lakes region of NY, Boston and Memphis and plan to doing volunteer service in Dabas, dream. Easter week in 2012, I and on to Ontario and Toronto. see them all in Memphis. JERRI just southeast of Budapest. The was traipsing around DC with my The family also went to Pipestem BETH PERCIVAL Palmer went to town of 16,000 is a sister city of 5 long-legged granddaughters. State Park in WV. She does lots Paris in spring 2012 and spent a Staunton. Six students taught On April 9, I was hardly standing of activities with grandchildren week in Santa Fe. She loves Fort English in local schools from after being hit by a car while and church volunteer work and Worth where she works at Bass kindergarten to high school on a morning walk in my still tries to swim twice a week. Performance Hall and enjoys time seniors; all had varied projects. neighborhood. One broken leg MARTHA GRANT Rideout has had with her granddaughters. After and multiple bruises later, I am a successful ankle replacement our mini-reunion, she visited walking again slowly. Being at Duke University Hospital. SALLY LIVINGSTON Brown. In immobilized for more than 2 After years of pain she hopes to December, MARY ROBERTS now get back to many activities. 3 months surely opened my eyes Judkins visited. A last bit of to facilities for the handicapped. SUSAN SALE Luck writes, “We extraordinary news: Our class cheers! I was able to finish the semester are so fortunate to be in good bested all others in fundraising in for my part-time job as teacher health and very involved with 2011-12 with more than $300,000 educator for University of the community, church, and our total and a 44% participation rate. Kentucky thanks to friends and family. We celebrated 50 years We aimed even higher for our the computer. I am so grateful last year with a cowboy week 50th with a 50% or better rate. to be alive.” CAROL WORNOM in Jackson WY with 5 grandsons Sorensen reported seeing AGNES and 1 little girl. This year found DICK Kump recently. They are us celebrating with all at an 1964 both well and looking forward to Orioles game.” JUDY THOMPSON Send your class notes to: Donate $1,000 or more to Mary Baldwin another gathering of classmates. Hatcher and Peter have 8 Virginia “Ginny”reunion Royster Francisco College and receive a commemorative From MAGUERITE “CAROL” grandchildren, all of whom live [email protected] MBC wine glass designed by alumna STONE Stickney, “I have had nearby. Their family congregates 127 Church St. Tracy "Lolita" Burks-Healy '87 as a my son and his wife and their at the family cottage on an island Staunton VA 24401 special thank you.

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They worked with high school writes that she is retired, but theme was “Wisdom Calling.” In 5 grandchildren, most of whom students to clean up a park, happily working. She recently Proverbs, she notes, “wisdom” live nearby.” CAREY GOODWIN prepared a video of the course signed a contract for another is a wise woman who stands at Louthan tells about a summer experience to be used to recruit year of teaching English as a the crossroads and beckons to filled with special family events. participants, prepared a town Second Language (ESL) at an us. When thinking of the wise “My sister was installed as the first monument for a recognition of elementary school in Burlington women in her life, Mary includes woman mayor of Fredericksburg. area WWII soldiers, engaged with NC. She says that ESL is the best her MBC friends and professors Frank’s father, 92, received the staff and patients in the health kept secret in teaching, and she who “are some of the wisest New Market Medal at the annual center and a nursing home, and encourages others considering women I know.” She especially New Market Memorial parade at studied local businesses. The a second career to go into this thinks of Dean Martha Grafton VMI. 32 of us were there. Then group enjoyed area sightseeing, field. The classes are small, the in this regard. We have heard we had our 50th high school local bus trips to Budapest, students are wonderful, and it the news of the passing of our reunion where fond memories small town social life, handball is a federal job and, therefore, beloved Dr. Patricia H. Menk, brought bright smiles.” SARAH and soccer games, a day trip not subject to being cut by local professor emerita of history, and MACK LAWSON-Brumit tells us, to the beautiful Danube River authorities. ANNE GILLESPIE we certainly want to also add “After working in Atlanta as an Bend, and sampling the local Clements writes that she her to this list. What a wonderful exercise physiologist for many homemade fruit brandy, pálinka, has spent the last 45 years in role model she was for all of years, I am now happily retired in its many varieties. Please Bethlehem PA, her husband’s us. Always an inspiration, this with my husband, Horace, in the put on your calendar now our hometown. They have a remarkable educator was wife, mountains of NC where I spend 50th Reunion, April 3–6, 2014. grown son and daughter and 3 mother, member of city council, lots of time hiking, swimming, grandchildren who all live in the first woman to be elected mayor and gardening. To escape the area. She keeps busy with family of Staunton, and the list goes on. snowy and very cold winters, 1965 and volunteer activities, and loves EMY MARTIN Halpert and I, both we take cruises.We have been Send your class notes to: to travel. In January 2012, she, history majors, are so grateful to South America, the Amazon, Ann Mebane Levine her daughter, and granddaughter that we had the chance to visit and Antarctica.” GWYNN [email protected] enjoyed traveling to Australia, a with Dr. Menk in her home when McNAUGHT Henderson reports, 2294 Echo Hills Circle NE longtime dream of hers. MARY we attended our 45th Reunion “Granddaughter Emma was born Atlanta GA 30345 “DEE” PEACH Upchurch, of in 2010. On a final, but another on 3/11/12; her brother Eli is 3 Greetings, classmates! I am Gastonia NC, reports that sorrowful, note, we were and I feel blessed. I’ve canned writing in something of a time she has been busy trying to saddened to learn of the passing 28 jars of pickles and I made warp — knowing that our resolve serious health problems of classmate ELIZABETH “IBBY” cucumber soup. This is my last mini-reunion, November 2–4 in affecting her and her husband. KENNA, who suffered from year as docent coordinator at the Washington will be over when We wish them well. ELIZABETH Parkinson’s disease. We found Custom House in Yorktown, an you receive this magazine. We are “BJ” BROWN McKell and her her obituary online in this 2011 interesting and time consuming expecting about 30 classmates husband enjoyed a trip to the issue of Highlands’ Newspaper: volunteer job. Projects around to attend, which will be a great Caribbean in February 2012 and www.highlandsnewspaperpdf. the house are moving slowly.” turnout. We hope this event will are eagerly looking forward com/11aug3.pdf. PAULA SUSAN MULFORD Gantly generate enthusiasm and ideas to their next trip — to Turkey. STEPHENS Lambert proudly reports, “My husband and I for our 50th Reunion, April 9–12, BJ says she keeps busy with reports that her artisanal cheese live on Long Island where he 2015. Please send in your email volunteering, reading, and factory, Mozzarella Company, introduced me to gardening if you have not been receiving doting on grandchildren. JUDY is celebrating its 30th year of which I pursue with a passion, messages. To begin planning BRYANT Skinner happily reports operation. In recent years, Paula earning a master gardener for these events, a group of the birth of her 2nd grandchild, has taken many groups to the degree. I oversee the perennial classmates met in March 2012 Josephine Charlotte, to her Dordogne in France on culinary beds at the Hallockville Museum on Sullivan’s Island SC at ADELE daughter and son-in-law. They trips, and has now added small Farm. We are blessed that our JEFFORDS Pope’s beach live nearby in Atlanta, and she group culinary trips to Tuscany 2 children and 2 grandchildren house: JO AVERY, MEREDITH loves helping out with the 2 and Umbria. In addition, she live nearby. I continue to enjoy CARTER Patterson, young children. SANDRA PACE took a fascinating trip to South a twice-weekly game of tennis.” PICKETT CRADDOCK, JUNE Brown says that she enjoyed Asia, visiting Vietnam, Cambodia, GLENDA PEARSON Anderson EARLY Fraim, JUDY PAYNE Grey, a recent visit from SUSAN Thailand, and Malaysia. Bangkok says, “We spent the warmer and yours truly enjoyed Adele’s THOMPSON Timmons ’64, a was her favorite city. months in ME — 6 months of hospitality. We really missed EMY friend from both high school days in paradise. My children MARTIN Halpert, who was at days and from college. JUNE and grandkids came to visit, as the last minute unable to join EARLY Fraim reports that the 1966 well as DAVYNE VERSTANDIG. us. We had a lot of fun taking late June 2012 windstorm that Send your class notes to: In July we hosted a big ‘smoke long walks, enjoying great meals hit the mid-Atlantic coast caused Ann Wade Godwin out’ with ribs and pork, backyard and each other’s company as major damage to their Northern [email protected] games like croquet, and the we made preliminary plans for Virginia home, forcing them to 146 Fishersville Rd. trolley swing, a zip line through the November gathering and briefly postpone a month-long Fishersville VA 22939 the trees.” HOPE ROTHERT Taft our 50th Reunion. We now have “high-seas adventure” on their CELIA CRITTENDEN Catrett says, says, “I am spearheading the a Class of 1965 Facebook page. Ranger Tug “Gypsy,” going along “I retired after 25 years as an creation and installation of the PICKETT CRADDOCK and ADELE the coast and up the Hudson elementary school librarian. In world’s largest state bedrock map JEFFORDS Pope walked the River to West Point NY. MARY July, I enjoyed a trip to western and geological timeline to scale at Camino de Santiago (Via de Plata GILLESPIE Amos writes that Canada with FRAN DAVIS the OH state fairgrounds. Among route) in Spain for the second she appreciated the column in Pollard. I see CLAUDIA TURNER other projects, I give the most time in May 2012. They enjoyed the winter 2012 issue of Boldly Aycock occasionally, BETTY time to daughter Anna’s project the company of old friends Baldwin on “Our Wise Women.” DRURY McConnell when I go to www.tandanafoundation.org that and the food was wonderful, Mary recently went to a retreat Nashville, and keep in touch with empowers communities in Mali, but it rained almost every day. for women from her Presbyterian MARYGENA COLLIER Lynn. I live now contending with famine MEREDITH CARTER Patterson church in Atlanta, where the in Houston; have 4 children and and starvation, and Ecuador.”

36 Spring 2013 DAVYNE VERSTANDIG reports, Melissa, also married, is an I continue to learn and grow as “I spent the summer finishing 1968 attorney working in educational director of Alumnae/i and Parent the 1st complete draft of my Send your class notes to: consulting. John and Gigi have Relations at our alma mater. It has novel, as well as preparing 2 new Susanne “Sue” Dyer Stanley a wonderful granddaughter, been a whirlwind year, but fun courses for the fall semester at [email protected] Charlotte. They divide their to reconnect with some of you. UConn. I remain vice president 6645 32nd St NW weeks between Georgetown KATHY CRAWFORD Arrowsmith of northwest chapter of ACLU Washington DC 20015 and Annapolis and have been and I have a blast with the and am preparing an exhibition Hard to believe so many years fortunate to have traveled quite Alumnae/i Board, and ‘L’il Liz’ in Torrington for the spring. I have passed! VICKI HURD a bit through the years, just ELIZABETH HIGGINBOTHAM meet with my writing group Bartholomew is doing well with returning from a trip to Southern and I stay in touch along with every month.” SANDRA ZEESE all 4 of her married children and Africa with SUE DYER Stanley JAN KREBS Smith, JANIE HUSKE Driscoll says, “In 1971, Steve (new 11 grandchildren living nearby in and Dave, which Gigi reports Satterfield, and my online MBC husband) and I were international Nashville. Vicki reports that she was fabulous. Sue and her Facebook connections, too ... get bankers in Hong Kong working has finally started an art career husband had a great 2012 with the on board! Our wonderful son,

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for competitive firms; I had to and paints when children are wonderful trip to Southern Africa Scott, is married to an amazing resign. We moved to Taiwan not visiting. She says, “life is with Gigi and John Vogel. “If you young woman. Last, but not least, (where my son was born) then to good.” LYNN BOYD Tuckwiller are into travelling, I recommend put our 45th Reunion on your Singapore (where my daughter was in FL over the winter taking going on safari highly. It was so calendar for April 2015. Dinner at was born) where I competed in their 4-in-hand horses south to great to see elephants, giraffes, the Shupes’! Wishing happiness tennis and co-authored a book. give them extra training. She lions, leopards, and many and friendship to all. Reengage We moved to NYC, Tokyo, and reports, “Life is good — lots of more animals so close and in with MBC as she begins her next to Seattle, where Steve switched friends all over the country who their natural habitat,” she said. adventure with doctor of physical to a development corporation. enjoy driving multiple horses to BARBARA PENICK Jimenez therapy, doctor of occupational We returned to Taiwan to build fine carriages.” GIGI REYNOLDS is thoroughly enjoying her therapy, and master of physician a city; I managed the building Vogel and her husband, John, 10-month-old grandchild, Carlos. assistant studies programs. of Saigon South International are still working, now somewhat School. In 2001, we returned to part-time. Gigi is an educational Seattle. I still volunteer and Steve counselor, having had her own 1969 1971 frequently flies to Taipei and independent college counseling Send your class notes to: Send your class notes to: Vietnam. We enjoy time with our practice for 25 years. Previously Martha Fowlerreunion Melissa Wimbish Ferrell grandchildren.” she was head of college [email protected] [email protected] counseling at Georgetown Angier Brock 511 N Boulevard No. 7 Visitation in DC and in admissions [email protected] Richmond VA 23220 1967 at NYU Business School. John is Nancy Morse Evans Send your class notes to: an attorney with Patton Boggs [email protected] Kathy Rice Knowles (Class Mama) in DC focusing on international 1970 P O Box 428 [email protected] or corporate and business law. He Send your class notes to: Pattison TX 77466 [email protected] teaches a class at Georgetown Janis Krebs Smith SUSAN BERNOUDY Lebowitz 67 Ravens Roost Ln. Law School. Their son, Chris, is a [email protected] writes, “Life is more than I could Roseland VA 22967 journalist, married, and working LIZ JENNINGS Shupe writes, “Hi have ever asked for here in Lucia Lionberger Thomas as contributing editor for Boston 7-0 ... Baldwin girls on the go! Dallas (my hometown). After a [email protected] Magazine, and their daughter, That certainly applies to me as detour, I married my high school

BOLDYBALDWIN 37 ClassColumns Finding a job may be FREY Morris writes, “On our 39th Work” Habitat for Humanity receiving the Career Achievement the toughest job wedding anniversary (June 23) home “builds,” and see each Award. You made me feel like at midnight, John and I took 3 other at Sunday school. Elizabeth it was an award for our class, a recent grad faces. steps backwards into the ocean, continues to work part-time as an which is the way I see it. Thanks for a year’s worth of good luck, assistant preschool teacher, and to BLANCHE WYSOR Anderson We can all help. while we were in Puerto Rico, is very involved as a mentor to and all you MBC Facebookers, along with hundreds of other the 4 children of a Montagnard we were in the running for a good souls celebrating St. John family whom they befriended $250,000 grant from Chase Bank the Baptist Day. Several years ago while helping build their Habitat and Living Social. I am happy we celebrated St. John the Baptist home in 2005. She is also to mentor any MBCer who Day on the Plains of Abraham involved with a local nonprofit needs help growing (starting or while in Quebec. There was no which provides scholarships for re-starting) their business. No NETWORK water involved with that one, 5 years of residential summer charge. It wouldn’t be forever, Register with the online just an awesome all-night rock camp experiences for deserving but I would be happy to donate professional hub LinkedIn to let concert.” NANCY JONES lives children. Her husband is some time to get them moving the alumnae/i community know in St. Louis with her husband, recently retired as an attorney ahead. Please contact me at Tim Greaney, a law professor, for a national land conservation [email protected]. People who is available in different career whose area is health law (she non-profit organization. One can follow me on Twitter @ fields and geographic areas. notes this is a “very exciting time daughter is a photographer/ JanTriplett. I am a guest blogger www.linkedin.com for him”). They have 2 children, graphic designer in Aspen CO. for the Business Bank of Texas search: Mary Baldwin College both married. Kati is in grad Their younger, married daughter at www.businessbankoftexas. school in social documentation lives in Charlotte and teaches 5th com/business-resource-center, PROMOTE and was in Cuba during summer grade. Elizabeth keeps up with blog for Bloggers United 2012 working on a documentary BETH FRANCIS Griffith, EMILY at bloggersunitednetwork. Talk to recent graduates about film on sustainable agriculture. PAINE Carter, CHRISTY MICHELL com, and have my own blog Jobs4Grads Now (www. Her husband, Pete, is a gourmet Lubeley, and LUCY VALENTINE at ownersview.com. And I jobs4gradsnow.com/mbc). garlic farmer who grows almost Dierks: “In fact, the 5 of us have am ‘Ask the Expert’ for Austin MBC's Office of Career Services 40 varieties of garlic. Nancy and spent weekends together in the Business Journal. This month my has partnered with the site Tim’s son, TJ, is a journalist who NC mountains the last 3 Memorial husband and business partner, to take the guesswork out of edits a journal on Africa. His wife, Day weekends!” From CATHERINE Dan Diener, celebrate 30 years of finding a job. Salem, is also a journalist. With “KIT” O’BANNON Llewellyn: “I marriage and 30 years in business a business partner, Nancy has am the college counselor at St. together. Hope all of you who Coupon code: AD1D been doing corporate training Francis High School. John and I have a business or are in business and leadership development for had an adventure in summer 2012 with a loved one have as much many years. She and Tim spent driving to AK.” fun and joy as we do. Here’s to sweetheart (more than 30 years July in their “little bungalow” in your success — past or present!” ago) and together we raised our 4 Santa Cruz CA. She writes that COURTNEY KINCAID Wilder children, 3 from my 1st marriage, last year was especially rewarding 1972 writes, “My daughter Burton’s Send your class notes to: 1 from his. Now we have 7 given the 100+ degree weather son, Carter, turned 1 year old Jill Butler Pendleton grandchildren with the promise in St. Louis. She recently did on June 21 and my son Paul’s [email protected] of more. So our life is very full leadership development work son, Elliott, turned 5 months on The class of ’72 had a fun- of faith, family, lifelong friends, for a large financial services June 27. They are my joy and filled 40th Reunion. Here’s the volunteer activities, and travel (for company. She writes, “To my happiness.” OLIVIA WATSON scoop from our group. LINDA me — Lou likes home the best).” delight, the most outstanding Neill says, “I love those Reunion VREELAND Marshall and husband KAE ENGLISH Roberts announces person in the group turned out photos. Our hair has definitely Doug spent a week with PHYLLIS the birth of her granddaughter, to be Mary Baldwin graduate changed in style, color, and HOPKINSON in April. During Amelia “Millie” Bayly. Her SAMANTHA MUNCY Orndorff texture, but I recognized almost the visit they got together with daughter, Kristin Holcomb, and ’03.” LUPY PARDUE writes that everyone. We look taller, too. CARTER MOFFETT Douglass, her husband Ben welcomed Millie on she and MELISSA WIMBISH Thanks so much for sharing the husband, Brent, and Phyllis’ sister- 4/2/12. ELIZABETH “BUFF” FORE Ferrell had a delightful “catch-up” photos with all of those who in-law, JULIA HENLEY. They all Keatinge writes, “I have been visit with BARBIE PHIPPS Such couldn’t make it to Reunion.” enjoyed the alumnae/i gathering retired (I worked as a paralegal in ’72 in Richmond in June. EDITH SARAH CROCKETT Eggleston at the home of JANE SHEFFIELD commercial real estate finance) SCHNEIDER Howes emailed that had a great visit in Roanoke Maddux with a violinist from the for about 7 years and I am loving she was on her way to Rome for with JILL BUTLER Pendleton. Heifetz Institute. From JEANNE it. I have maintained a busy a week with husband Arthur’s Unfortunately, the power outage JACKSON: “Loved the photos. schedule with volunteer work granddaughter (a graduation gift). cut plans short to see SUSAN Not much news, but sure in my Episcopal parish here She returned to CA in August PIERCE Lancaster. BARBARA enjoyed Reunion.” SUSIE PRUETT in Pacific Palisades CA in both 2012 to visit her mom, then to HI ROBERTSON Burke writes, “It Caldroney and husband Ralph program organization and direct to visit her son, Frederick, and was really fun seeing everyone are almost ready to move to their pastoral care. My husband, Dan, his fiancée, Maelle. Arthur keeps in April 2012. I’m sorry I have new home in Lexington. JILL and I have also traveled quite a her busy with travel, as 2013 no news worth passing on right BUTLER Pendleton and SUSAN bit over the last decade and look brings a cruise from Singapore now. The way I look at it at this PIERCE Lancaster stopped by forward to more of the same as to Hong Kong, visiting Thailand, stage in life, sometimes no news the “Caldroney Castle” on the he contemplates retirement from Vietnam, and points in between. is good news.” And from MARY way to Roanoke after Reunion his full-time medical practice Edith stays in touch with TARINA JIM MOORE Quillen: “My big and gave it rave reviews. From with more focus on part-time SMITH Espcapez, of Paris and news is that I’m a grandmother JAN TRIPLETT: “I wanted to hospice and palliative care. This VA. ELIZABETH TOMS Chaplin at last. Our daughter and her send a special thank-you to all fall we spent time in Rome and writes that she and KAE ENGLISH husband had a baby girl, Lillian the Reunion-ites. You all were Tuscany.” SHIRLEY “CRICKETT” Roberts have worked together Emma Kirby, on June 15. I spent on many annual “Families at so gracious and warm about my 10 days with them, holding

40 38 Spring 2013 Lillian as much as possible. I had and love sailing it, fishing it, and all the time spent in graduate forgotten how tiny they are. playing in it. Millicent is also a 1974 school worth it. She lives in Chevy Our older son and his wife have lacrosse coach (since college) and Send your class notes to: Chase MD. PATTY LACY works moved to NH where Henry will Charlotte is on a traveling team. Katy Colvillereunion Reid at Oregon State University (OSU) clerk for a federal judge and his Henry is following in his father’s [email protected] in Corvallis OR, as an attorney wife will teach across the state footsteps and is sailing and 17321 MacDuff Ave. for students. She is married line in MA. We hope that being an playing lacrosse. He placed 5th in Onley MD 20832 to Norman Carlson and has 3 aunt and uncle will inspire them the Junior Olympics in Annapolis Kathy Hull Nowell children, Julianna, Alden, and to produce another grandchild. for his age group. Our son, John, [email protected] Daniel. Julianna is married to Peter Our younger son is in Wichita KS is an engineer with Faulconer 238 N Blake Rd. Betjemann, a professor in the doing a 4-month assignment with Construction and lives with his Norfolk VA 23505 English department at OSU, and the Army Reserves. CATHY ROSS darling family in Raleigh where his We are both excited about has a 2-year-old son, Henry Horace and her husband, Bud, stopped wife, Susan, is from. They have reconnecting with everyone and Betjemann. Alden has started his for a way-too-short visit on their 2 beautiful children as well, Jolly setting up a system that will be own landscaping business after way back to TX after visiting her and Mason. All are very active in fun and rewarding for everyone college, Naturescapes, and is mom back East in May 2012. We church and community. When we in the Class of 1974. We need very interested in sustainability. had not seen each other in almost moved to Charlottesville 35 years your help! Please send us info Daniel graduated from University 25 years. On the way home from ago, HARRIET STONEBURNER about what is happening in your of Oregon in June 2011 and is seeing the baby, we stopped in Bell moved right down the life. KATHY HULL Nowell lives in considering whether to go to Staunton and saw SUSAN MYERS street. I have been active in our Norfolk with her husband, John. law school or join the Japanese in her new gorgeous digs on community, dabbled in a little Kathy works at Monarch Bank Teaching Program. Patty is in the grounds of the old Western politics (ran for state Senate) and John is a contractor. Kathy touch with KATHERINE MCWAYNE State. I got a report on Reunion, and have stayed fairly involved and John went to Las Vegas Doel ’77, who lives in Portland which I hated to miss.” MAUREEN with it along with many other with a friend in May 2012. They OR and practices psychotherapy LOVE Bendall and husband Rick organizations. I serve on the were able to travel to several 1 day a week in Corvallis; ANN love their new ottoman business. board of medicine and was national parks in the area. It is BOWMAN Day, her senior MBC KAREN BRAMMER Austin was recently appointed to the very different from the East Coast. roommate; and also with JAMIE discouraged to miss Reunion Board of Visitors of Longwood BETSY READ-Connole’s mother HEWELL Odrezin, CAROLINE 2012, as she was in a play that University. In April 2012 John and ELIZABETH WALSH Read ’47 PRICE, ELIZABETH HENDERSON spring. She writes, “The play I hosted a lovely and fun party received an award at MBC Reunion Long, and JANE WRIGHT. SARAH covers 40 years so the music, for MBC at our home, introducing in April 2012. Betsy has 3 children HILL was in the Lexington news hair, and costumes cover so much many of the local alums to our in various stages of college. She in June when she was installed as of our shared life experience. (It new Murphy Deming College works at the National Institutes of an associate pastor of Lexington runs 90 minutes — I talk for 60 of of Health Sciences and to the Health (NIH), where she directs a Presbyterian Church. Sarah them, 3 characters, 17 wigs and 24 Heifetz Institute. How lucky program for research on viruses had a 25-year career in theatre costume changes.) I’ve continued we are for MBC to constantly that cause cancer. She enjoys before being called to ministry. to teach a weekly acting class at change and take advantage of her NIH position and it makes She will focus on Christian a theater near my home. I love it opportunities which make it and am graced with a gaggle of strong and attractive to more and really talented students. I’m still more student populations. I hope out there pounding the bushes everyone can contribute to our for TV/film work but, as you alma mater as it is so important Mary Nell know, there are less performing to keep these wonderful new opportunities for women of programs alive and our beautiful McPherson ’79 our ‘resonance.’ My daughter is Mary Baldwin strong, growing, living in Philly, so I’ll travel back and bold! Love to all my fellow McPherson is one of the there soon. I am eager to hear classmates and do keep in touch.” driving forces behind a everyone else’s news.” JANE From PAT GARCIA Roche: “My unique type of reading SHEFFIELD Maddux emails, “Our son’s wedding was in South enhancement program 40th Reunion was so very special Korea the same time as our popping up around the and wonderful to see many of our Reunion so I couldn’t make ‘the Charlotte area, as class. John and I also celebrated party.’ Next time! I did my first reported by the 40 years of marriage in January marathon (and finished) in L.A. Charlotte Observer. 2012 (I think I was one of the few in March 2012 and it was a blast. I Freedom Schools — as the six-week summer sessions are who was married during semester love being a grandmother. Hugs named — were created by the national Children’s Defense break while in school). John is to all and keep the news coming.” Fund in 1992 and are designed to boost reading skills and still with Ferguson Enterprises, CARYN GOVE Long writes, “Sorry self-confidence among disadvantaged children in elementary which he started with right out I missed our 40th Reunion. I and middle school. of Hampden-Sydney, so he’s fell on Easter and dislocated had 40 years there also. Our my shoulder so I had to cancel. Serving as executive director of Freedom School Partners daughter, Millicent, who lives Thinking of all of you. Let’s plan since 2000, McPherson has been a leader in the program’s in Oxford MD, also turned 40 in on a big gathering in 10 years!” growth from one site serving 100 children to 15 sites serving November 2012, so you can see 1,000 children in 2011. 1972 was quite the busy year for us, and each one has been since. 1973 “We’ve got something that works, and we’ve got people that Millicent is a teacher in Easton MD Send your class notes to: want to make a difference,” McPherson said. “If we can solve and she and her husband, Ben Shelley Wilgus Murray summer learning loss and get kids excited about reading, we Sheets, have 2 beautiful children, [email protected] can change the world.” Charlotte, 12, and Henry, 9. They have always lived near the water

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education, ministry to youth, and pastoral care. Her first call 1976 was to Broadway Presbyterian Send your class notes to: Church (VA) from 2002 to 2010. Nancy Peterson Hemenway Sadly, RUTH JERAULD HILL [email protected] Goodpasture passed away 5008 24th Street S. in early July 2012. Ruth lived Arlington VA 22206 in Bristol, raised 5 children, and was a tireless volunteer. ANN BOWMAN Day lives in MA, 1977 where she has been since the late Send your class notes to: 1970s. She just celebrated 32 years Pam Martin Comstock of marriage to her partner, Donna [email protected] (legally wed for 7 years). They LUCILE “LUCY” JONES Clyde have 7 grandchildren. After MBC, writes, “Jim and I, our 2 dogs, Ann graduated from Vanderbilt and a cat relocated to Cabot AR Divinity School, and was ordained (Little Rock area) in 2011 from the in the United Church of Christ. parched dust bowl in Amarillo TX. She served a local church as We didn’t even look back at the an associate pastor for a few tumbleweeds waving goodbye. years. She then spent 20 years We’re exploring our new world, in ministry advocating for LGBT but were lucky to have been inclusion and justice. She is now unscathed, albeit unnerved, when retired from ministry and works we were in Branson MO while the with a charitable foundation. Geri tornado was ‘playing’ on Main Frye recently connected with Street.” CLAUDIA WOODY Brind- catching up with MBC through LinkedIn. Woody and Tracie Brind-Woody are happy to announce their asanga domask ‘98 marriage on November 20, 2011, 1975 at The Waldorf-Astoria in NYC. Sri Lankan dance specialist. Mother (of twins). Send your class notes to: They currently reside in Didcot Not your average economics major. Margaret Stoneburner Baker Oxfordshire UK. [email protected] 1009 Ridgemont Dr. “Over the years, most of our ancient dance masters of Sri Lanka Staunton VA 24401 1979 have passed away, so it is important to train young dancers to JJ “JERRY” FULTON Mink writes, Send your class notes to: keep these cultural traditions alive.” “Summer of 2011, I met up with Kelley Rexroadreunion fellow 1975 classmates SUZIE [email protected] Advanced degree: Master of Arts in Dance from American GLORIA ZUNIGA Canseco writes, University. MAXSON Maltz, MARGARET MCGEORGE, and PATTI “Spent a wonderful weekend with classmate SHELLEY GOODE Career: My MBC major in economics and minor in Asian studies REYNOLDS Cowan in NYC. Ken and I enjoy golf and spending and SUSAN WALKER ’78 in combined my background as a Sri Lankan native and my inten- conjunction with her husband’s tions of following in my mother’s path as a banker. I worked for time with friends. I joined the DAR a few years ago, so that’s election to United States four years in the development department at the World Wildlife Congress.” Fund, but I was drawn to CityDance in Baltimore while working been fun, and I volunteer at on my master’s degree. I began with the company in 2005, and my golf club, where I serve its members have really embraced my desire to teach and per- as president of the board of directors. Ken is ‘somewhat’ 1980 form authentic traditional Lankan dance. Send your class notes to: retired, so whenever we can get Laura Reed Bivans away, we travel.” LINDA HOLDER I recently connected with Mary Baldwin College by: Getting [email protected] Gordon writes, “Our 3 children, together with two friends from my MBC days. One of them heard 19 Turkey Foot Ct. Emily, Phillip, and Kevin, all live about a concert I was in at Strathmore, and completely surprised Darnestown MD 20878-3645 in Ponte Vedra Beach nearby. me by showing up! Another has been a close friend since gradua- MARLENE DENNY Jones We have had much excitement tion, and we just went to dinner. celebrated 30 years of marriage in our life with the marriage of to her “Veemie,” Glen. They 2 of our 3 children and the birth Favorite item I own with an MBC logo (or college seal, in this have a business management of our grandson. My husband case): My diploma. consultant business, Main Street is retired and I work at the Management Group, LLC, in Mayo Clinic as a case manager.” Go-to reading: My children’s storybooks. Our twins have a huge Chester. They help businesses put PATRICIA ANN PIORKOWSKI library already and they love reading along with their mom and the pieces together to become Hobbs writes, “In 2008 I became dad. more efficient and profitable. the associate director/curator of Marlene loves volunteering and art and history at Washington The best thing I just learned: The art of making delicious soups. taking trips next year it’s Africa. and Lee University in Lexington. AMANDA “Mandy” BURRIS This summer I was a fellow in Most challenging MBC course: Introduction to Computer Science. Talaat and OLIVIA KINCAID the inaugural leadership seminar Computers were new to me, and I felt like every time I touched a Haney ’81 had a mini-reunion sponsored by the Association button something unthinkable would happen. in Austin TX in June. They had of Academic Museums and a wonderful time catching up. Galleries and the Kellogg School LAURA REED Bivans writes, of Management’s Center for “Had a busy school year finished Nonprofit Management.”

40 Spring 2013 with an attempt to get to the wonderful science instruction husband Paul Bosak moved from try to drop a few pounds and bay for 3 weeks, but my brother I received from the chemistry Atlanta back to Augusta County get a little bit healthier. CHARIS found a mass in his lungs and professors at Mary Baldwin — 10 years ago. She reports they CALDWELL, husband Mike, and possibly lymph nodes (as I write Dr. Patrick, Dr. Hairfield, and Dr. are “owned” by a wonderful, daughters live in CO and took an this the biopsy is tomorrow). We Pinkston. They still serve as role 5-year-old Saluki named Sobek, epic family road trip up the spine are waiting for the biopsy and models for my life, 30 years later.” and he is a wonderful dog. Anna of the Rocky Mountains, into what needs to be done. He’s my is president and CEO of a Canada, across the TransCanada younger brother, 38, so way too specialized radio communication highway to Vancouver, down the young for this. My daughter is 1983 repair company: JSB Service OR coast, and along the Columbia working for MBC and has started Send your class notes to: Company was founded in 1977 River where VA gentlemen her master’s in higher education Georgianne Miller Mitchell to provide repair services for Lewis and Clark explored. LISA — also at MBC! My son is working [email protected] microwave communication WRIGHT has changed careers part time at Safeway and says Tance Anderson Laughon equipment. EILEEN KOHLERMAN from regional marketing manager he’s going to enlist in August [email protected] Foti lives in Salt Lake City with in the shopping center industry 2012. Dave and I went away for 1504 Linden Ave. her husband, Vince. She will be to account manager in the bank spring break 2012 on a Holland Lynchburg VA 24503 leading a VA pilot program of card industry. She now resides in America cruise. We went with BECKY BROWN Garrett lives in systems redesign to streamline Sugar Land TX and, after living her some old friends of his and had Wheaton IL, where she grew up, unscheduled admissions from ER, entire life in VA, is happy to report a wonderful ‘Anniversary Cruise;’ and has been married to Matt for primary care, and specialty care Texans are wonderful people! Last we just celebrated a couple 28 years. They have 2 children, clinics to the floors. After 14 years fall she travelled to Spain with her months early. God bless to all, Rob and Claire. She works at in oncology, this will allow her to parents and older sister. She next Reunion is getting closer and College Church in Wheaton as apply her knowledge and expand says hello to all her classmates. closer.” FRANCES SHIRLEY Scruby an accountant. She wants to her nursing career to other S. LANE TUCKER, a partner in published Virginia’s Thousandfold get back to VA to see MBC and areas of the hospital. In 2011 she Stoel Rives LLP, Anchorage office, Man in 2011. She is the chair of VMI and thinks this year she’ll worked with a team of nurses and has been appointed by the US Greenwood-Afton Rural Historic finally make that trip. MARY doctors on the National VA Cancer District Court for the district of District Committee. Greenwood- BARTELLONI Klinedinst and Care Collaborative specializing AK to serve a 3-year term as a Afton was approved in May husband Duncan had a great in lung cancer. The team reduced lawyer representative to the 9th 2011 for the National Register of time catching up with TANCE the time from suspicious Circuit Judicial Conference. Lawyer Historic Places. ANDERSON Laughon in March nodule to treatment from 67 representatives provide support 2012 in their new favorite city — days to fewer than 30 days and and advice to the judges and Lynchburg. Their oldest daughter, placed 5th in the nation in their administrators of the 9th circuit, 1981 Catherine, plays lacrosse for category. She has been back including during the circuit’s Send your class notes to: Washington and Lee University, to Baltimore for her mother’s annual judicial conference. In Cathy Morey Nee and they had a double header in funeral and niece’s wedding, particular, they are expected to help [email protected] Lynchburg. She was also able to during which time she visited implement conference resolutions 5 Michael Ln. see Tance, her husband, Mike, with CHANDLER CURD Wheeling within their local districts and offer Somerville NJ 08876 and son Holmes in June when and husband Randy. LAURA constructive criticism of the way Valerie Wenger they were in Northern Virginia LAGROW Durland and husband courts are functioning. [email protected] for the semi-final state lacrosse John live in Atlanta, and she 2804 W. 54th St. tournament. Tance lives in continues to work for the federal Austin TX 78731 Lynchburg with Mike and Holmes government. Her youngest son, 1984 and works at the Jubilee Family Patrick, graduated from the Send your class notes to: Center. She recently saw MARY University of Georgia in May 2012 Robin Lermoreunion 1982 PLEASANTS McManus when with a degree in statistics. Older [email protected] JOI PHELPS Walker received a her son, Daniel, was playing in a son Gregory’s first-born, Asher, 6903 Spur Rd. PhD in science education from soccer tournament in Lynchburg, started kindergarten in the fall. Springfield VA 22153 Florida State University on April and has seen MARY BARTELLONI In addition to taking another Greetings classmates! Please 23, 2011. “In my doctoral work Klinedinst several times during cruise this past July (number 37), continue to share your class in science education I often lacrosse tournaments and power she headed to the Biggest Loser notes by sending updates to me found myself reflecting on the outages. ANNA CORBIN and ranch for 4 weeks in August to at either address above. ERIN

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SULLIVAN of Christiansburg 25, 2011. Says Renee, “she’s spends her “free” time on athletic KAREN BRAXTON lives in Johns writes that her oldest son, Byron, entirely perfect.” LEIGH ANNE fields watching soccer, football, Creek GA (suburb of Atlanta) with graduated from Blacksburg High MICHAEL Whitacre writes that lacrosse, and cross country her husband, Steve, daughter, School and attends JMU. Erin her daughter, Kaye, graduated matches, and is also known as the Madeline, and son, Zachary, works for Carilion as director of from James Wood High School resident chauffeur. After teaching who attends Georgia Tech. She student counseling services at and attends NYU. “Country girl in the department of library owns Atlanta Furniture Brokers, Radford University. Her younger hits the city!” Her oldest is Logan, science at East Carolina University where she enjoys working with twins, Clare and Alex, are in their 22, and youngest is Christian, 15. (ECU) in Greenville NC during the fine furnishings and interiors. She freshman year in high school. She is very thankful to say she has last 10 years, ELIZABETH BRIGGS keeps tabs on familiar MBC faces LIZ EDGERTON Summers writes been cancer-free for more than 12 accepted a position with ECU’s through Facebook, of course. that she visited MBC for her years. KELLY PHELPS Winstead College of Education. She serves CAROLYN COATES works as an first Advisory Board of Visitors and her husband traveled to NYC as distance education coordinator artist/instructor for Painting with a meeting. Says Liz, “The campus in May 2012 for 5 days of visiting and technology specialist. Twist, a pairing of instructional art was as beautiful as ever, and it and now they are renovating with friends, a glass of wine, and was wonderful to get to interact “this old house” and adjusting a talented instructor to produce with some current students as to life without her mother, who 1987 individual works of art. Carolyn they presented their Capstone passed away on August 2, 2011, Send your class notes to: resides in TX. After graduating projects. The array of topics was and her father, who died on MacKay Morris Boyer from MBC, she earned a degree fascinating and the students’ January 7, 2012. “Not sure the [email protected] from the Art Institute of Texas. presentations were informative renovation is helping with the What a wonderful time we had at She is studying at the Glassell and professional. I got to mental or physical healing, but our 25th Reunion! We had a great School of Art. reconnect with professor Janet looking forward to the outcome turnout — it was fun to catch Ewing, who taught business and and, of course, still enjoying the up with TRACY BURKS Healy, economics courses while we were ‘Mimi and Poppy’ times with our JEANINE HOLMES Thomas, ANNE 1988 there. It is not fair that she looks grandson.” POULSON Russell, BARBARA Send your class notes to: exactly the same as she did 28 GRANT Crosby, ELIZABETH Cea Cea Musser Cazenave years ago and I don’t! I stayed at PALEN, EMILY MASON Riffee, [email protected] the now very pleasant Stonewall 1986 ALLISON GUYTON Dogan, PO Box 118 Jackson [Hotel and Conference Send your class notes to: JENANNE YORK Montgomery, Montezuma GA 31063 Center], which has been redone Marsha Smith Westfall JULIE RIDDICK Wise, SUSAN (thank goodness) since our time [email protected] SEYMOUR Chester, APRIL in Staunton. I am the CFO at KAREN LATSHAW Schaub and her WOLFE Considine, PATRICIA 1990 Heathwood Hall Episcopal School husband have been married for 23 BAUGHAN Mickus, SUSAN Send your class notes to: in Columbia SC. My husband, years and have 3 children ages 17, EVERLY Cummings, COLLEEN Katherine Brant Manning West, is a trust officer with Wells 15, and 11½. They live in Baltimore, MORRISSEY Strong, ANNE [email protected] Fargo, and I have 2 sons, West where Karen reports she has BURNLEY Brooks, and LAURA IV and Robert. Would love to see been a stay-at-home mom since RUHL Emery. Cannot wait for the anyone who comes this way.” their 1st son was born. During next time! TRACY BURKS Healy is 1991 Send your class notes to: THERESA HALL Attwell reports, the past 6 years, she has worked the founder of Designs by Lolita Elizabeth Burns “Evans and I just celebrated our part time as a substitute teacher and was featured on CNBC’s How [email protected] 26th wedding anniversary.” and for a Gymboree children’s I Made My Millions in February 5914 Deville Dr. Her children, Mary Evans and clothing store. She enjoys 2012. She was named to the MBC Sutherland VA 23885 Patrick, are in high school. She scrapbooking, gardening, and Board of Trustees in spring 2012. Theresa David White has had a great time keeping up power walking with other ladies Tracy has 2 teenage daughters, [email protected] with MBC friends on Facebook, in her neighborhood. In addition, Caroline and Mary Margaret, 5720 Bradley Blvd. including BETH DURHAM Karen volunteers at school, and husband Michael is also a Bethesda MD 20814 Teachey, CARROLL OLIVER, chaperones field trips, co-chairs designer. The Healys live near ROBIN RAY Coll writes, “My ROBIN CLOUGH Powell, DONNA fundraisers, and chairs the Box Providence RI. Tracy launched a debut romance novel A Night CASON Smith, BETH SLUSSER Tops for Education committee new wine from Italy prior to the of Southern Comfort was released Hall, LISA GAVAZZI Johnson, KIM and annual cookie sales for holidays. Check out her website on June 15, 2012, by Entangled BARLOW Plottner, and KRISTI the Girl Scout troop, etc. She at www.designsbylolita.com. BARLOW McComas. ROBIN NEWCOMB Lermo, of Springfield, enjoyed a surprise visit by CATHY HARRELL Pennington of Host an event. Atlanta and CHERYL GARRETT Goddard of Richmond, for her Work at a college fair. GIVING BACK 50th birthday. A week later, Robin and Cathy surprised Call a prospective student. Cheryl in Richmond at her 50th doesn't always mean birthday party. RENEE OLANDER Talk about your career. writes that 1 of her poems was giving money. featured in July as poem of the Speak on campus. week by the Split This Rock Serve as a class officer. foundation — blogthisrock. Contact us about VOLUNTEERING blogspot.com/2012/07/poem-of- Mentor an intern at your office. 800-763-7359 · [email protected] week-renee-olander.html. She’s www.mbc.edu/alumnae/volunteer.php also pleased to welcome a Write a career development article. granddaughter, Shoshanna Elizabeth Olander, born October

42 Spring 2013 Publishing, written as Robin We are thrilled to pieces; he is an Covington. It is available at amazing little boy and we are so Amazon and Barnes & Noble. in love with him!” The book was No. 21 on the Amazon Kindle Romance Series Bestsellers list.” 1996 Send your class notes to: Kimberly Lockhart Snyder 1992 [email protected] Send your class notes to: 422 Bowman Springs Rd. Heather Jackson Staunton VA 24401 [email protected] Katherine Brown [email protected] 1997 KRISTIN COLLINS is “seeing Send your class notes to: the plan unfold.” She is taking Jenna Smith classes for a certificate in event [email protected] planning management. She Annie McGinley Floyd has also been accepted into the [email protected] graduate program at University HOLLY SOUTH writes, "I continue of Maryland. She began classes to work in foreign military sales July 2012 to study for a master’s for the Navy focusing on the degree in management with a Asia-Pacific region. Our family specialty in marketing. has happily adjusted to life in HI. We're enjoying sunny days, year- round soccer, and travel to the 1993 mainland." Send your class notes to: Catching Up With Rebekah “Bekah” Conn Foster Jason Narvy ‘05 [email protected] 1998 306 S. Court St. Send your class notes to: Shakespearean entreprenuer. Dynamic university Lewisburg WV 24901 Jennifer Lloyd Marland [email protected] artistic director. Closet taxidermy enthusiast. 5114 King David Blvd. 1994 Annandale VA 22003 “Why do I like my job? More than anything, I enjoy watching Send your class notes to: students dedicate themselves to something bigger than them- Myra Skidmorereunion Leland selves.” [email protected] 1999 1802 Shadow Lake Rd. Send your class notes to: Studies and career: Transformed undergraduate degree in Blacksburg VA 24060 Engle Baker Addingtonreunion English into a Master of Fine Arts from Mary Baldwin College in Leah Garcia Schroeder [email protected] 2005. While earning a PhD at University of Southern California [email protected] 8672 Bean Gap Rd. at Santa Barbara — in my home state — I launched a successful 5470 Endicott Pl. Pound, VA 24279 Shakespeare in the Park program. I began work as artistic direc- Oviedo FL 32765 Rebecca Stevens Teaff and tor at Concordia University in Chicago about a year-and-a-half LORI ESCH Ritchie and her husband Robert welcomed ago. husband, Michael, have 5 their 1st child, William “Liam” wonderful children, 4 girls and James Teaff, on April 4, 2012. I recently connected with Mary Baldwin College by: Perpetually 1 boy. Michael retired from the Kimberly Dinges Miller and contacting and chatting up fellow alums from MBC. We’re a tight-knit bunch. We really are. Marine Corps Reserves as a 1st her husband adopted a beautiful sergeant. They have 2 awesome baby girl, Micah Cooper, in June The best deal I ever got: My PhD. It only cost my sanity. golden Labrador retrievers 2011. Kim says they are enjoying and Lori homeschools their parenthood and learning as Go-to reading: Viola Spolin’s Improvisation for the Theater. children. Michael is a special they go. Their 2 pugs, Oscar When you’re teaching actors, you can never have too many tactics instructor for the state and Pepper, love her as well. warm-ups in your back pocket. department and is a reserve Brittany Aanerud Fente deputy and SWAT officer for the and her partner welcomed their The best thing I just learned: Louis Armstrong’s wife, Lil’ Hardin Warren County Sheriff’s Office. 2nd child, a daughter named Armstrong, was a hard playing and accomplished Hot Jazz musi- Lori and Michael enjoy running Keaton Elizabeth, into their cian in her own right. Composer, band leader, and insanely tal- obstacle mud runs together. hearts in 2010. This year Brittany is announcing another child: ented piano player, she made tracks in a male-dominated field. a poetry book with Hopewell 1995 Publications, Buddha in My Belly. The course I want to teach at MBC: Introduction to Hill Climbing. Send your class notes to: She gave a reading for this book Selene Gorman at the OutWrite Festival in DC on [email protected] August 4. SELENE GORMAN-Rose writes, “My husband, John, and I had a son on July 12, 2012. His name is 2000 Alejo Perley John Rose and he ELIZABETH "GETTYS" was born at 6:12 p.m. He weighed KOBIASHVILI Nelson writes, 8 lbs. and was 20 inches long. “Mike made it back from his 7th

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deployment just in time for our will soon be herding the business and Marisol started working as 12th anniversary. The kids and I into its private beta period. senior communications associate 2008 will be moving back to Clarksville She and her cat also recently at a communications firm in DC. Send your class notes to: TN to join him this summer. I moved to a “big kid” apartment SARAH WALKER Baumgardner, Katie Lukhart recently received my teaching in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, and husband Troy, and daughter [email protected] certification in theatre and Kendra is thoroughly enjoying Lydia welcomed Paul Michael on 7 Trotters Run elementary education.” being able to walk to her office February 7, 2012. ERIN STEELEY Thomasville NC 27360 on the Brooklyn waterfront. Krebbs and family welcomed Ella AUTUMN PIGGOTT writes, AMANDA BENNETT Lancaster Lowery Krebbs on September “Recently accepted the position of 2001 and husband Philip welcomed the 26, 2011. director of education for a Sylvan Send your class notes to: arrival of their 1st child on March Learning Center in Newport Amberleigh Powell 15, 2012. Lily Carannlynn was born News.” PATRICIA HOLBROOK [email protected] at Overland Park KS weighing in 2005 Daugherty received a master of 10530 Jefferson Hwy. at 7 lbs., 7 oz. and 19 inches. She Send your class notes to: public health in health promotion Mineral VA 23117 writes, “We also completed a year Elizabeth “Beth” Southard and education from Virginia Tech MICHELLE HUGHES welcomed a of Command and Staff General [email protected] on August 13, 2011. baby boy, Joshua, in April 2009. College and have been stationed ELLESSE FERREOL married Eric ASHLEY LEONARD Steininger back at Langley Air Force Base.” Krall on September 17, 2011, in and husband Greg welcomed her hometown of Virginia Beach. 2009 sweet baby Coleman Kent ERIN CARTWRIGHT Phillippi Send your class notes to: Steininger on April 6, 2012. 2004 was maid of honor and fellow Sarah Tyndallreunion Coleman weighed 9 lbs., 12.9 Send your class notes to: squirrels GABBY BERGERET and [email protected] oz., and was 21 1/2 inches long. Sarah Hatfieldreunion KELLY KNOX sang beautifully 44838 Loneoak Ave Ashley says, “Every day is such [email protected] during the ceremony. Other MBC Lancaster, CA 93534 an exciting day.” CATHERINE Kara Shy Neumann alumnae in attendance were MITCHELL Cooney married Sean [email protected] KATHLEEN NEVIN Shea (with in November 2011. She and Greetings, class of 2004! JOANNA her daughter, Megan, a future 2010 Send your class notes to: her husband live in Goleta CA CASTO and Stanley Dennis Fighting Squirrel), MARIA KWON, Shaterika Parks (north of Santa Barbara). Cate Perkins III were married on CAMI ROA Hansen, CHRISSY [email protected] signed up for an anatomy class March 17, 2012, at Chapel in the KELLAS Ryan, JACKIE HARTLEY Ellery Sigler at Santa Barbara City College. Pines in Seven Lakes and their Kennedy, ALLISON CRAIGER, [email protected] JANEEN PETTUS Carter and her reception was held at Magnolia MARY JACOBS O’Neill, and NOHA husband, Nate, have 3 girls, ages Inn in Pinehurst NC. She writes, KHOURY. 9, 7, and 6. MELINDA “MINDY” “We live in Seven Lakes with our 2 dogs. My new husband works 2011 TODD Arnwine and her husband Send your class notes to: for Penick Village, a retirement welcomed their 2nd daughter, 2006 Samantha Engstler and Meg Pitts community in Southern Pines. Adeline Kelly Arnwine, on June Send your class notes to: [email protected] 14. Their 2 1/2 year old, Ellie, is I have my MA in English and Heather Hawks adjusting to life as a sibling. They secondary education from Hunter [email protected] live in Ashburn. College of City University of Ann Brander New York. I teach high school [email protected] or English and AP language and [email protected] 2002 composition.” ANGELA FABER PO Box 183 Arrivals Send your class notes to: and David Lang were married April Marshall VA 20116 SUZANNAH MEYER Zachos ’97 and Anna Henley 14, 2012, at Loyola Alumni Chapel Nicholas: a daughter, Katheryn Eleni, [email protected] or in Baltimore. They currently reside October 16, 2011 [email protected] in Owings Mills MD. Squirrels 2007 SELENE GORMAN-Rose ’95 and John: JENNIE CAREMAN Lovell, ERIKA Send your class notes to: a son, Alejo Perley John Rose, July GIRALDO Smith, KATIE PHILIPS Erin Baker Heely 12, 2012 2003 Seidel, JORDAN ARMSTRONG [email protected] Rebecca Stevens Teaff ‘99 and Robert: a son, William “Liam” James Send your class notes to: Denton, BETSY TORRES, VICKY 801 15th St South Apt 902 Brenna Zortman Teaff, April 4, 2012 TENBROECK Hickling ’05, Arlington VA 22202 ASHLEY LEONARD Steininger ’01 and [email protected] MEGHAN WARD, ASHLEY KIZLER Rosemary Pantaleo Greg: a son, Coleman Kent Steininger, HOLLY MOSKOWITZ graduated ’05, ERIN BALLEW O’Reilly, and [email protected] April 6, 2012 from Virginia Commonwealth WHITNEY FROSTICK Milici were Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class University with a master of all in attendance. Angela and JESSICA COLES is deployed. science in nursing as a women’s Davie honeymooned in Kauai Coles, along with fellow sailors Marriages health nurse practitioner. She and Maui. BALLU BANGURA Lee and Marines aboard the aircraft MARY MORRISON ’95 to Ian Alberg, traveled to Israel for her sister’s and husband Caleb are living in carrier USS Enterprise, hosted wedding, and has spent a good November 5, 2011 Stafford, with their 3 beautiful a material, maintenance, and JOANNA CASTO ’04 to Stanley D. amount of time at the beach. She children. LAUREN SMITH and management assist team while Perkins, March 17, 2012 is looking forward to primary husband Wes welcomed their it evaluated the ship’s program. PAMELA M. NAGY ’04 to Warren J. OB/GYN for the 1st couple years 2nd child, Nolan, on July 9. Big ALISON KAUFMANN earned Boothe, May 5, 2012 of practice. After she passes the sister Allison is so excited about her master’s degree in business ANGELA FABER ‘04 to David Lang, boards, she plans to get a puppy. her little brother. MARISOL administration from University of April 14, 2012 ERIN CARTWRIGHT ‘05 to Matt KENDRA CLARKE is nearing the EUCEDA Murphy-Ballantyne Richmond (UR) in May 2012. While end of the initial development Phillippi, December 20, 2011 and husband John have been attending UR, she was able to ELLESSE FERREOL ‘05 to Eric Krall, phase for a startup company, for very busy lately. They recently travel abroad to visit businesses September 17, 2011 which she is a cofounder and the bought a house in Silver Spring in Hungary, United Arab Emirates, ASMA SHETHWALA ’12 to Mustafa VP of analytics and product, and MD, adopted a dog named Grace, Qatar, and Brazil. XiaoChen Yu, May 15, 2011

44 Spring 2013 Deaths Our Condolences HELEN SKINNER Houser ’29, March 7, 2012 to members of the MBC family who lost loved ones MARY RODDEY Post ’31, February 20, 2011 GLADA MOSES Beard ’42, on the passing of her husband, Paul R. Beard, June 3, 2012. Glada and Paul were married for 69 years. ROSA OTT Davis ’33, June 14, 2005 MUSSER WATKINS Warren ‘54, on the passing of her daughter, Merle Warren Dickert, July 28. 2012. Merle represented Virginia JEAN M. HOLLIDAY ’37, March 24, 2012 intermont College in the inauguration of MBC President Emeritus Cynthia H. Tyson. LELIA HUYETT White ’38, June 24, 2012 VIRGINIA DUCKWORTH Cade ’58, on the passing of her husband, John D. Cade, April 25, 2012. SARAH LACY Miller ’38, June 14, 2012 JOANNE DAWSON Kirkham ’60, on the passing of her husband, Rodney V. Kirkham, February 29, 2012. EDITH T. CARPER ’39, April 17, 2012 CHERYL DINWIDDIE Andre ’67, on the passing of her mother, Janet Brookover Dinwiddie, May 16, 2012. ELIZABETH CLAYBERGER Jones ’40, July 14, 2012 KATHY KNOWLES Rice ’67, on the passing of her mother Kathryn Donham Rice, March 18, 2012. MARJORIE TOBIN Burke ’40, July 1, 2012 RAY CASTLES Uttenhov ’68, on the passing of her father, Dr. C. Guy Castles Jr., December 15, 2011. IRIS BUCKLEY Thomson ’41, January 29, 2012 ANNE FEDDERMAN Warner ’75, on the passing of her husband, Clyde W. Warren, November 23, 2011. MARIAN EDGAR Eldridge ’43, 2007 THERESA KOOGLER Southerington ‘72, professor of theatre, and Sam Koogler, MBC technical director for theatre, on the JULIA LOGAN Carvin ’43, May 28, 2012 passing of their mother, Dorothea F. Koogler, December 27, 2012. MARGARET “PEGGY” PRICE Pinson ’43, March 9, 2009 BLANCHE WYSOR Anderson ’72, on the passing of her father, John Chandler Wysor II, April 23, 2012. MARY SHELDON Wier ’43, May 28, 2012 SALLY NEWSHAM Inglis ’83, on the passing of her mother, Julia Pappas Newsham, June 23, 2012. DOROTHY CLEVELAND Robb ’44, March 15, 2012 LORETTA VIGIL Tabb ’83, on the passing of her husband, John M. Tabb Jr., March 29, 2012. ELIZABETH WYSOR Jordan ’44, June 21, 2012 The family of Darrell W. Hurst, on his passing, March 1, 2012. Dr. Hurst began his teaching career at Staunton Military Academy MARIANNE GUERRY Rodgers ’45, June 16, 2012 and in 1967 moved on to become an adjunct faculty member at JMU and UVA and for the SAKE and SHIGA PATRICIA ASMAN Fearnow ’46, April 14, 2012 Japanese-English Immersion Program at Mary Baldwin College. MABEL FAIRBANKS Smith ’46, January 21, 2009 The family of Elizabeth “Betty” Barr, on her passing, May 1, 2012. Betty worked for many years as the secretary for the VIRGINIA WARNER Munce Louisell ’47, July 1, 2012 alumnae/i office. MARTHA BROWN Hamrick ’48, July 23, 2012 The family of The Reverend Jean Mather, on her passing, June 13, 2012. Rev. Mather taught at Mary Baldwin for a number of years. JEAN BUTLER Viel ’48, March 3, 2012 The family of Marion F. Hart, on her passing, May 27, 2012. Marion worked for 24 years in the development office, serving as MARGERY COBB Wright ’48, July 18, 2007 receptionist, administrative assistant, and assisting in all areas of Institutional Advancement. JERRE FITE Jones ’48, September 13, 2010 The family of Willard Lincoln Lemmon, former president of the Mary Baldwin College Board of Trustees. FRANCES ROOT Quick ’48, June 11, 2012 The family of Roberta Palmer, director of admissions, on the passing of her son, Gregory, December 29, 2012. ESTHER SPURLOCK Pruett ’48, February 1, 2012 SARAH WEEKLEY Hoe ’48, February 29, 2012 ELIZABETH RAWLS Macklin ’49, July 3, 2012 MARGARET A. BARRIER ’50, July 5, 2012 MARY JANE BRINSON Bowers ’50, November 28, 2011 JEAN FARMER Stephenson ’50, March 26, 2012 NANCY CAROL KIRCHNER Eliason ’50, July 3, 2012 ELIZABETH BECK Dewees ’51, April 11, 2011 FLORENCE WADE Haverty ’51, April 20, 2012 MARY ANNE HARGROVE Coolidge ’52, September 6, 2010 JOANNA CROUCH Clark ’55, April 8, 2012 ELISSA “LISA” ENSLEN Bouchillon ’57, April 18, 2012 CAROL “LYNNE” WITHERS ’60, April 19, 2012 ETTEENE TAYLOR Hope ’61, April 29, 2011 ELIZABETH “IBBY” F. Kenna ’65, July 25, 2011 LOUISE P. ARMSTRONG ’66, May 14, 2012 JEANNINE CARMICHAEL McKamey ’68, March 4, 2012 RUTH JERAULD HILL Goodpasture ’74, July 3, 2012 MARGARET LYBRAND Ryland ’76, May 26, 2012 LAURA JOSEPHTHAL Kavanaugh ’83, April 26, 2012 SUSAN BATTISTA Gunnulfsen ’84, February 16, 2009 JAMES J. HARDIMAN ’91, July 23, 2012 MICHAEL S. PYTEL ’95, September 5, 2011 JEWEL E. GROVE ’98, June 13, 2007 ANGELA PERCY Weathers ’98, March 3, 2012 LORA “MELISSA” BICKLEY Myers ’01, June 30, 2012 KIMBERLY GILMER Dull ’01, May 26, 2011 TAMRA SUTTERFIELD ’02, May 9, 2012 TOSHIA ALSTON Kinsler ’07, March 25, 2009

clockwise from top: President Pamela Fox, Alison KAUFMANN ’07, CARA MAGOLDA Tucker ’06, and ALISON FREI ’07 at Kaufmann’s wedding to Brian Rice. The wedding was held at the The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, WV, on November 10, 2012. | (l-r) PAULA STEPHENS Lambert ‘65, PEGGY ANDERSON Carr ‘67, MARY LYNN GAY Turley ‘65, and BLAIR LAMBERT Wehrmann ‘64 at dinner at Paula’s home in Dallas. | ANGELA FABER ‘04 and David Lang were married April 14, 2012, at Loyola Alumni Chapel in Baltimore. Squirrels JENNIE CARMAN Lovell ‘04, ERIKA GIRALDO Smith ‘04, KATIE PHILIPS Seidel ‘04, JORDAN ARMSTRONG Denton ‘04, BETSY TORRES ‘04, VICKY TENBROECK Hickling ‘05, MEGHAN WARD ‘04, ASHLEY KIZLER ‘05, ERIN BALLEW O’Reilly ‘04, and WHITNEY FROSTICK Milici ‘04 were in attendance.

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left to right, starting at top: ELIZABETH “BJ” BROWN McKell ‘65 and her husband enjoyed a trip to St. Lucia in February 2012. | PAT GARCIA Roche ‘72 shared that she completed her first marathon in L.A. in March and it was a blast. Roche is pictured (left) with her daughter, Kelly; the name Fletcher on her hat is for her first grandchild. “I love being a grandmother,” she says. | Celebrating Robin’s 50th birthday in Springfield were classmates from 1984 (l-r) CHERYL GARRETT Goddard, ROBIN NEWCOMB Lermo, and CATHY HARRELL Pennington. | AMANDA BURRIS Talaat ‘80 and OLIVIA KINCAID Haney ‘81 (l-r) had a mini-reunion in Austin TX in June. | Coleman Kent Steininger, son of ASHLEY LEONARD Steininger ‘01 and Greg Steininger. | ERIN CARTWRIGHT ‘05 and Matt Phillippi are happy to announce their marriage on December 20, 2011, in Harrisonburg. | (l-r) Robert “Bo” Weiss Taber, Robert Francis McAuliffe (seated), Sean Patrick McAuliffe, FRANCES WENTZ Taber ’62, and Elizabeth Winslow McAuliffe smile before (ring-side seats!) at Ringling Brothers’ Circus in honor of Bo’s 95th birthday. | The Reunion 2015 planning committee for the Class of 1965 met on Sullivan’s Island SC at the beach house of ADELE JEFFORDS Pope. Pictured (l-r) are PICKETT CRADDOCK, JO AVERY, JUDY PAYNE Grey, JUNE EARLY Fraim, ADELE JEFFORDS Pope, ANN MEBANE Levine, and MEREDITH CARTER Patterson.

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as numbered: 1. A recent gathering of members of the Class of 1984 at the home of MARTHA SMITH Collett in NC included (l-r) JERIANNE FITZGERALD Thomas, the host, GINI GATES DiStanislao, LEE BEAL Kirksey, JENNIFER LAMBERT Sisk, MARY O. POLLARD Raith, and LAURA KERR Weaver. 2. Table décor from the ’84 gathering in NC. “Squirrel friends forever!” 3. PICKETT CRADDOCK ‘65 and ADELE JEFFORDS Pope ‘65 (4th and 5th from left) walked the Camino de Santiago (Via de Plata route) in Spain for the second time in May 2012. 4. ANN MEBANE Levine ‘65 (left) with classmate ELIZABETH “BETTY RAY” MATTHEWS Morgan at lunch during Betty Ray’s visit to Atlanta. 5. Tom and MARY SUE SHIELDS Koontz Nelson ‘53 celebrated her 80th birthday. below: ASMA 2 SHETHWALA ’12 married Mustafa XiaoChen Yu on the beautiful campus of her alma mater on May 15, 2011.

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this page, top to bottom: MARY MORRISON ’95 was married to Ian Albert on November 5, 2012, in Washington DC. The bride was joined by fellow squirrels from the Class of 1995: (l-r) ASHLEY LEFTWICH Lowrey, GARNETT CLYMER Holmes, PAIGE CROCKETT Baker, MELISSA LAMBERT Hopkins, and CARLA CUSTIS Russell. | BETTY JANE STONE Jefferson ‘64 (center back in photo) rejoices in still being in the “sandwich generation.” Three generations gathered for her mother’s 97th birthday — including 3 of Betty Jane’s children and all four grandchildren. facing page, top to bottom: ELIZABETH “BETTE” ALLAN Collins ‘61 during a trip to Masada, a desert fortress overlook- ing the Dead Sea in Israel. | ELLESSE FERREOL ‘05 married Eric Krall on September 17, 2011, in her hometown of Virginia Beach. MBC alumnae in attendance (l-r): KATHLEEN NEVIN Shea ‘05 (holding daughter, Megan), MARIA KWON ‘05, KELLY KNOX ‘06, CAMI ROA Hansen ‘07, ERIN CARTWRIGHT Phillippi ‘05 (maid of honor), the bride and groom, GABBY BERGERET ‘09, CHRISSY KELLAS Ryan ‘05, JACKIE HARTLEY Kennedy ‘05, MARY JACOBS O’Neill ‘05, Allison Craiger (friend), and NOHA KHOURY ‘05.

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this page: (l-r) PATRICIA LIEBERT Riddick ‘61, ANGIER BROCK ‘69, and CAROLYN “STUFFY” WEEKLEY ‘67 on a geology “field trip.” facing page, clockwise: Jennifer Edwards Saval ‘99 introduces the latest addition to her family, Luke Everett, with husband Ben and older son Sutton. | Rebecca Stevens Teaff ‘99 and husband Robert welcomed their first child, William “Liam” James Teaff, on April 4, 2012. | Katheryn Eleni Zachos (born October 16, 2011), daughter of SUZANNAH MEYER Zachos ‘97 and Nicholas, with big sisters (l-r) Zoe (2) and Anastasia (5). The newest addition is named after Susannah’s sister, KATHERYN MEYER Hulse ‘02.

50 Spring 2013 BOLDYBALDWIN 51 endnote

Three's a Charm

As a Mary Baldwin alumna with a career in law and investment Seeing my look of confusion, a sympathetic colleague explained. banking, I have found that serving on the Board of Trustees I could teach the students how to stand up by breaking the pro- requires me to draw upon my professional training (and almost cess down into three steps, and soon they would remember and everything else I have ever done in my life). As a case in point, apply these on their own. As for the overall structure of the class, recently I was asked to offer suggestions for the college's fund- I should not expect them to remember more than three things raising materials. This was a matter far removed from my areas when they returned for the next class. I needed to evaluate the of expertise. As I mulled over descriptions of MBC's varied pro- group, choose the three most important objectives, and use grams and identities — the Residential College for Women, ADP, those as the focus of the lesson. VWIL, PEG, Shakespeare and teaching graduate programs, the Spencer Center, and our new Murphy Deming College of Health This advice worked so well for my tumbling middle-schoolers Sciences, I wondered what I could possibly contribute. The col- that I was soon successfully applying ski pedagogy to almost lege is extremely diverse; should we try to cover everything in every professional and personal situation. My business career the materials? required presentations of complex financial struc- And then, as I have so tures to European and many times in my life, I Australasian clients and I remembered the advice I found that if I evaluated received long ago during the audience and chose a part-time job as a ski the three important points instructor: "Your job is to on which to focus, I gave help people remember a better presentation even three things." if exhaustive detail was required. It would often be It was January 1980, and weeks until my next visit my class load in my third to continue the sales pitch, year of law school was but I would usually find minimal, so I took a job that clients had retained teaching students from the the three focused items. local middle school who were bused in to a tiny ski Visiting a new hairdresser? area for a somewhat exot- Explain the three most ic gym class. I knew how important things you to ski, I love skiing, and I want in a cut. I have also wanted these kids to love learned from experience, if it too. How could I miss? I was sure I would have them coasting your restaurant server fails to write down an order of more than smoothly down the bunny hill in no time. three items, watch out!

My first two-hour class of 13-year-olds on skis for the first time I believe this rule works for a couple of reasons. With most audi- was dreadful beyond my wildest imagination. The time they ences, you have only a short window to get a message across, spent standing up was negligible: As each one fell, I would details can follow later. Even more importantly, it forces me to instruct her in how to get up, only to see at least two more top- decide what I think is truly essential. ple before the first was back on her feet. In tears, I went back to the head instructor, a gruff Austrian, and told him I was unequal Recognizing the power of three is a stimulating mental exercise to the task. any time; and it is just as valuable to me at the present moment as it ever was — as the college moves forward with complex, "Three things," he barked. "That's all people can remember. It's sometimes overwhelming, new initiatives. No snow required. your job to teach them three things."

Jane Harding Miller '76 lives in Westchester County, New York and is (mostly) retired. She serves on the Mary Baldwin College Board of Trustees and is a member of the campaign cabinet for Ever Ahead: The Campaign for Mary Baldwin College. She can name the Three Stooges but has trouble recalling all seven dwarves.

52 Spring 2013 COVER The idea Inspired by a National Geographic photographer CAPTURE who turned the tables to ask the people he was taking pictures of to show him what they would capture on the magazine’s cover, we’re launch- ing a project that places the front-page art for Boldly Baldwin in the hands of the Mary Baldwin College community. See a video of the project at http://bit.ly/NatGeo_Cover.

Making it happen To better understand the project, members of the Communication, Marketing, and Public Affairs office snagged photographer Woods Pierce and students Kristina Lee ‘14, Olivia Grace ‘13, and Ana Garcia ‘13 for a photo shoot at several locations on campus.

Next up: YOUR TURN Email [email protected] if you are interested in capturing a Boldly Baldwin cover, and we will get you started. We also sent the frame to several countries with students and faculty who are abroad during May Term 2013. Images from Spain, New Zealand, France, Ecuador, and more locations will be added to the online gallery at www.mbc.edu/magazine.

What we learned n The photographer should be close to the person (or people) holding the frame, and the subject within the frame should be no more than a few yards away. n Photograph not only what is framed by the Boldly Baldwin cover, but also the holder and the surrounding space. n watch for glare, flash, and fingerprints on the frame. n don’t be afraid to try several angles and scenes before you capture one that looks right. n adding a bold border in design helps define the image. We’ll take care of that for you!

See a gallery of cover photos by Marisol Murphy-Ballantyne‘04, Associate Professor of Communication Bruce Dorries, and Robyn Stegman ‘09, along with more from our “instructional” shoot at www.mbc.edu/magazine. non-profit org. u.s. postage paid permit 75 harrisonburg, va staunton, va 24401