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Steve Fryer ‘78 Applies Tech Education to Success with Walt Disney Company Table of Contents TECH ACTION ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE | VOLUME 52, NO. 3 STEVE FRYER ‘78 APPLIES TECH EDUCATION TO SUCCESS WITH WALT DISNEY COMPANY TABLE OF CONTENTS 04 ALUMNI NEWS Homecoming 2016 .....................................................................................................................................................................04 Homecoming Golf Classic .........................................................................................................................................................08 Five Honored by African American Alumni Chapter ...............................................................................................................09 Tech Community Gives Back During SignATUre Weekend .....................................................................................................09 Cover Story: Living a Life With No Regrets, No Limits ...........................................................................................10 eTech Student Saves AT&T $111 Million via Class Project .....................................................................................................13 Alumna Comes Full Circle, Gives Back to Arkansas Tech .......................................................................................................13 Sutton Donation Makes Piano Refurbishment Possible ........................................................................................................14 Upcoming Alumni Events ..........................................................................................................................................................14 Bartlett Keynote Speaker at College to Career Conference ...................................................................................................15 16 TODAY’S TECH Arkansas Tech University Partners with LULAC to Create Opportunities for Hispanic American Students .....................16 Collaborative Solutions Course Offers Unique Experience ...................................................................................................16 Band of Distinction Unveils New Uniforms ............................................................................................................................17 Band Alumni Invited Back to Alumni Weekend.......................................................................................................................17 2016 Freshman Class Raises the Bar Academically ................................................................................................................17 18 DEVELOPMENT 32 CLASS NOTES The History of Arkansas Tech Told in New Book by DeBlack .................................................................................................36 37 JERRY’S JOURNAL 38 ATHLETICS NAIA National Championship Basketball Teams Inducted into Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame ........................................38 Championship Teams By the Numbers ....................................................................................................................................39 Golden Suns Named WGCA All-American Scholars ...............................................................................................................39 Board of Trustees Mr. John E. Chambers, III, Chairman, Danville Mrs. Leigh Whiteside, Vice Chairman, Russellville Mr. Charles H. Blanchard, Secretary, Russellville Mr. Fritz Kronberger, Russellville Mr. Tom Kennedy, Little Rock Executive Council Dr. Robin E. Bowen, President Mr. Bruce Sikes, Chancellor, Arkansas Tech University, Ozark Dr. Mohamed Abdelrahman, Vice President for Academic Affairs Mrs. Bernadette Hinkle, Vice President for Administration and Finance Mr. Michael Hutchison, Vice President for Advancement Mr. Steve Mullins, Director of Athletics Mrs. Amy Pennington, Interim Vice President for Student Services Mr. Thomas Pennington, Associate Vice President amd University Counsel Dr. Jeff Mott, Chief of Staff Deans Dr. Mary B. Gunter, Graduate College and College of Education Dr. Jeff R. Woods, College of Arts and Humanities On the Cover: Tech Alumnus Steve Fryer Dr. Neal Barlow, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences opens up about life at Harvard and Disney Dr. Hanna Norton, College of eTech Dr. Jeff Robertson, College of Natural and Health Sciences and Interim Dean, College of Business VOL. 52, NO. 3 02 TECH ACTION New Mission, Vision Statements Shape Our Direction Arkansas Tech University engaged in a thorough and highly the community to achieve their goals while collaborative strategic planning process during the 2015-16 striving for the betterment of Arkansas, the academic year. Input from faculty, staff, students, alumni and nation, and the world. community members was critical in developing an actionable plan Vision Statement that would engage and benefit all stakeholder groups. Arkansas Tech University: where students The first outcome of the process was a written plan that will succeed, innovation thrives, and communities guide the university over the course of the next five years. It was flourish. approved by the Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees on May With our strategic plan, mission 19, 2016. You may read the full strategic plan at statement and vision statement in www.atu.edu/strategicplanning. place, Arkansas Tech University has As a next step in the continuous process of self-evaluation and defined how we will continue our more than century-long tradition improvement, the university went to our trustees in August 2016 of providing for the educational needs of our constituents. We and asked them to draft a new mission statement and a new vision have also identified ways in which we must evolve in order to meet statement for Arkansas Tech University. those needs. Once the statements were drafted, members of the university In short, we have a shared perspective on where we are, where we community were provided with an opportunity to give feedback. are going and how we will elevate Arkansas Tech University to the On Oct. 19, 2016, the Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees next level of excellence. reviewed and approved the following new mission and vision Sincerely, statements: Mission Statement Arkansas Tech University is dedicated to student success, access, and excellence as a responsive campus community providing opportunities for progressive intellectual development and civic engagement. Embracing and expanding upon its technological traditions, Tech inspires and empowers members of Dr. Robin E. Bowen, President Alumni Association Board of Directors President: Kendall Tabor ‘88 & ‘92 President Elect: Dustin Parsons ‘10, ‘13 & ‘15 Adam Anderson ‘11 12/16 Ross White ‘08 & ‘12 12/16 Betty Snellings ‘62 12/17 Sarah Jo Reynolds ‘12 & ‘15 12/18 Larry Brown ‘10 12/16 Lacie Oels Bohannan ‘10 & ‘14 12/17 Tony Thompson ‘95 12/17 Rachel Whitman ‘07 & ‘13 12/18 Alyssa McTeer Carter ‘02 12/16 Sue Chiolino ‘68 & ‘86 12/17 Sabrina Billey ‘09 12/18 Jimmy Rofkahr, Ozark Campus Rep. Denise Clayton ‘85 12/16 Travis Flower ‘11 12/17 Thomas Bowden ‘87 12/18 Steve Kesner ‘77 12/16 Adena J. White ‘07 12/17 Tommy Hindsman ‘79 12/18 Julie Paladino ‘10 12/16 Kirsten Boyd Banks ‘10 12/17 Karissa Hubbard ‘14 12/18 Ryan Ritchie ‘03 12/16 Megan Morris ‘09 & ‘14 12/17 Sherry Nordin Polsgrove ‘81 12/18 Tech Action is published by the Tech Action, Volume 52, No. 3. Arkansas Tech University Alumni Association, Alumni House, Russellville, AR 72801 Arkansas Tech Alumni Association, 1313 N. Arkansas Ave., Russellville, Director of Alumni Relations Editorial Committee Cover Photograph AR 72801. It is sent to alumni, Kelly Davis Kelly Davis, Michael Hutchison, Liz Chrisman parents, friends and faculty/staff of Sam Strasner Arkansas Tech University. We welcome Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Contributing Photographers manuscripts and photographs from Alison Parks Taylor Publications/Creative Services Liz Chrisman, Travis Clayton, our readers. Please include a self- Coordinator of Alumni Engagement Felisha Weaver Joshua Mashon addressed, stamped envelope if you Clay Wyllia would like your originals returned. Director of New Media E-mail address Parents, if your son or daughter Alumni Office Administrative Assistant Carrie Harris Phillips [email protected] attended Tech and is no longer living Terry Holland-Finley at this address, please notify our office Director of Athletic Website of his or her new address. Address Communications techties.atu.edu updates can be submitted to the Paul Smith Arkansas Tech Office of Alumni Services by calling 479.968.0242 or by sending e-mail to [email protected]. VOL. 52, NO. 3 TECH ACTION 03 Homecoming 2016 VOL. 52, NO. 3 04 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Homecoming 2016 HOMECOMING 2016 Homecoming Saturday 2016 at Arkansas Tech University featured two swarms of humanity that left those in green and gold with smiles on their faces. The first took place as soon as the name Emily Shain echoed over the public address system at Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field. A senior from Paragould, Shain was head drum major for the Arkansas Tech marching band, known far and wide as “Arkansas’ Band of Distinction,” during the 2016 football season. She was also elected to the 2016 Homecoming court, and when she was announced as Homecoming queen during a halftime ceremony, her fellow band members abandoned their positions on the field to join their leader for a group hug that clearly demonstrated what Shain meant to them. Less than two hours later, the Wonder Boys football team
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