Volume 77 • Number 3 • Fall 2008

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Join alumna Amy Roloff of Little People, Big World at Homecoming October 11. On the cover Volume 77 • Number 3 • Fall 2008

centralight 8 Humble celebrity centralightCentral Michigan University Alumni Magazine Volume 77 • Number 3 • Fall 2008 Meet Amy Roloff, ’85, star of Little People, Big World, who visited campus with her kids during their summer vacation and will be back this fall as Executive Editor and Executive Director of Alumni Relations Homecoming grand marshal. Mary Lu Yardley, ’90 MSA ’92

Join alumna Editor Amy Roloff of Little People, Big World Barbara Sutherland Chovanec Cover photograph by at Homecoming October 11. Robert Barclay Photographers Robert Barclay CMU Alumni Peggy Brisbane

Writers Sarah Chuby, ’03 Dan Digmann Wanted Cynthia J. Drake, MA ’08 Mark Lagerwey, MA ‘01 The CMU Alumni Association is looking Scott Rex for new and returning Gold Members. 12 18 22 Graphic designer Qualified applicants will possess the Amanda St. Juliana, ’06 Features following characteristics: Communications committee 4 A CMU medical school • Pride in their alma mater Kevin Campbell, ’74 MA ’76 Addressing the growing needs of mid- and Raymond Jones, ’73 MA ’80 northern Michigan. Darcy Orlik, ’92 MSA ’95 • Connection with their CMU friends Shirley Posk, ’60 10 Homecoming 2008 and experiences Get geared up with the Homecoming schedule and Vice President of Development a heartwarming story of two friends who reunited • Commitment to supporting Homecoming and Alumni Relations after 75 years. Michael Leto weekends and other alumni activities 12 Let’s go to college! See how grandparents and grandchildren Associate Vice President explored campus. • Desire to receive discounts on hotels, for Public Relations and Marketing car rentals, airline and concert tickets, Renee Walker, ‘00 18 Great Lakes leader Get leadership tips from U.S. Coast Guard and more For advertising information Rear Admiral Peter V. Neffenger. Call Cindy Jacobs, ’93 (800) 358-6903 Departments 2 Take Five Retired CMU counselor writes novel at 91; teen Stay connected clothing designers; and other university briefs. 15 Discovery Send change of address Fighting ageism; and turning waste to fuel. information to: 22 Sports Alumni Relations

PRM 7957 Meet Dan LeFevour, quarterback extraordinaire; Carlin Alumni House and CMU Hall of Fame inductees. Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 26 In Support Phone: (800) 358-6903 Walker and Thomas families make gifts; CMU Fax: (989) 774-7159 begins campaign for a new Events Center. E-mail: [email protected] 28 Maroon and Gold Web: www.cmualum.com Your alumni association source. Centralight is published four times each year by the Central Michigan University 35 Alumni in Action Office of Alumni Relations. It is printed by 39 In Memoriam Village Press Inc., Traverse City, and entered at the Traverse City Post Office under nonprofit 40 I Am Central mailing. CMU (an AA/EO institution) strongly and actively strives to increase diversity within its community (see www.cmich.edu/aaeo). CMU provides individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate 1 in the activities, programs, and services announced in this publication. Individuals with disabilities requiring an accommodation to participate in a program should call the event sponsor. o ). (see www.cmich.edu/aae institution an AA/EO CMU is PRM 7976 – 26,000 (8/08)

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Kathryn Kreps, a senior from Monroe, Joshua Phillips, a graduate student from Normal, Illinois, and Rebecca Mercado Thornton, a 2008 Court award graduate from Romulus, maintained CMU’s Marcy Weston broke she has always been an a blog about their travels: ground for women in sports this outspoken advocate for www.eastcoastwalkers.com. summer when she was the first all officials at all levels, From thift store to runway “You know how you just meet the female to receive the National regardless of gender. most amazing people in the most Association of Sport Officials’ “I certainly hope I’ve had High school students turned thrift- unusual ways? Well, that seems to prestigious Gold Whistle Award. a positive impact on store finds into runway fashions be our pattern,” Thornton wrote in a Weston is the senior associate women who officiate, during the weeklong Fashion May 23 blog entry. Camp 2008 in June at CMU. Walking for a cause athletics director at CMU and whether it’s in basketball previously coached CMU volleyball or any sport,” Weston says. Funded by donations and sustained “We have had the opportunity to talk The 15 campers worked with CMU’s and women’s basketball. She spent “I had mentors and role models by the kindness of strangers, three to a lot of amazing individuals, most apparel merchandising and design two-thirds of her life in officiating as I matured as a professional, CMU students walked up the East of whom have been very supportive faculty members and students to – 20 years on the basketball and I gladly accept the Coast of the U.S. this summer to of our cause and walk,” Kreps wrote. learn trend forecasting, fashion court and 21 with the NCAA. responsibility to do the same for raise awareness about sexual “One woman told us about her son illustration, sewing and textiles, and who once walked across the country women, and men, who aspire violence and to raise funds to assist “I’m extremely proud to be honored “I certainly hope I’ve the use of computer aided design. lengthwise by himself. She told us to be the best they can be.” sexual assault survivors. with the Gold Whistle Award,” she that he always told her how kind had a positive impact They began the week with a says. “As an official, I wanted to Weston was inducted into The students – dubbed the East people were and how they never let trip to a thrift store to purchase get better every time I took the the Women’s Basketball Hall on women who Coast Walkers – made a 95-day him pay for anything. Then she three garments each. Back on court. I was always passionate of Fame in 2000 and was officiate, whether journey from Miami to Boston. handed us $15. Amazing.” • campus, they poured creativity, about the game and wanted to recognized by the NCAA as one it’s in basketball patience, and a lot of hard work motivate others to feel the same.” of the nine major contributors or any sport.” into refashioning the used clothes to the first decade of NCAA by R obert barclay Photo Weston’s work increased into garments to model on the women’s basketball in 1991. • – Marcy Weston runway for family and friends. opportunities and visibility for women’s basketball officials, and Wendy Honey, who teaches clothing construction at CMU, Olympic chef says the camp exposed potential Some of the best athletes in the world are getting their nourishment students to CMU’s apparel Kilbourn counseled students for this summer at the hand of CMU’s merchandising and design program Novelist at 91 most of his 33 years at CMU, Chris Uhl. and filled a creative void for Donald Kilbourn dished out from 1946 to 1979. He also did a students who don’t have home Uhl, an assistant food service advice to students and retirees little teaching and served a short economics in their high schools. director at CMU, is a sous chef at the for most of his life. So in his late stint as administrative assistant Olympic Games in Beijing. He joined 80s, Kilbourn finally took his own to then-President Bill Boyd. He “There are tons of kids out there by robert barclay Photo counsel and started writing. counseled retirees through the who are interested in fashion, a food staff of nearly 7,000 people from around the world, serving Michigan Commission on Aging. but schools don’t offer sewing learn from these chefs will be The retired CMU Counseling Center approximately 3.5 million meals to anymore,” Honey says. “They priceless, and I will be able to bring faculty member used to tell retirees Kilbourn, now 92, lives with his have no outlet for it, but they athletes, coaches, staff, officials, that knowledge back to pass on to to write their life stories to share with wife, Helen, in Tucson, Arizona – a p er and media guests during the games. want to try it.” • my employees at CMU.” their children and grandchildren. A the setting of Murder on the 17th few years ago, at the suggestion Green. The book tells the story of As a manager at CMU, Uhl doesn’t get Uhl, who attended culinary school of his own grandchildren, he wrote four golfers who find the body of a to cook very often. But at the Olympics and trained in fine-dining restaurants, his life story for his family. Holocaust scholar buried in a golf he’s back into the fire, preparing meals is used to cooking for the masses. course bunker. The death is revealed using 800 recipes developed by an On campus, he and his team in the When that was done, he began a as a hate crime – something Olympic culinary team. Towers residence hall complex serve fictional murder-mystery, Murder Kilbourn feels passionate about. Uhl calls the experience “the about 1,400 diners in two hours. on the 17th Green, published when Kilbourn was 91. “I’m concerned about the p news ex p lorer metcalf/the by R andy Photo opportunity of a lifetime.” He So what’s the key to cooking for underwent a rigorous six-month growing number of hate groups large groups? “I wanted to keep my brain active, “I wanted to keep my application and interview process existing in our country today,” and one way to do that is to fiddle to land the job. he says. “That’s one of the brain active, and one “It’s all about organization,” he says. around with writing,” he says about 2 reasons I wrote the book.” 3 “Having things within reach is the novel that took him four years way to do that is to fiddle “I am looking forward to working important. You want to grab to write. “I wasn’t in a hurry. I only Find Murder on the 17th around with writing,” with some of the most renowned everything you’ll need and make as wrote as the spirit moved me.” Green at Amazon.com and

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CMU President Michael Rao answers I believe that as one of mid-Michigan’s A. Dow College of Health Professions questions about a visionary idea largest entities, with affiliations is an important factor enabling the with vital implications for Michigan throughout Michigan and a strategic university’s vision of medical and CMU. location at the heart of mid-Michigan, education for this region. CMU must provide leadership that is How would a CMU medical What inspires your conviction Q: vital to the region’s future. Q: school benefit the people of for this project? Michigan? Q: How would CMU’s Herbert H. and In my ninth year at CMU, I have Grace A. Dow College of Health Our vision is for a rurally focused become increasingly aware of CMU’s Professions and its new building fit in medical school that would serve the unheralded strengths, and I’m with the plans? needs of 2 million people in a very, rightfully proud of this institution. very large geographic region in The very rapid ascension of The While CMU’s current success is mid- and northern Michigan and the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College encouraging, it must always look to Upper Peninsula. Many of the people of Health Professions to national leverage existing resources to create in this population are significantly prominence is a direct result of its new programs and services in areas underserved in health care availability high quality programs and services of emerging need, particularly in the and quality. They will increasingly and technologically advanced new region and state. I am excited about need the same access to higher Health Professions Building. The the possibilities in the life sciences, quality health care and associated college already provides more than both to help bolster the economy and higher-paying life sciences jobs as 3,000 students with unequaled to meet the state’s future shortage of residents in southeast Michigan have clinical education, and its centers treat highly trained medical professionals. – which will become particularly thousands of patients annually. The necessary with a growing physician success of The Herbert H. and Grace Continued next page shortage and continued decline in Michigan’s economic base. Q: Doesn’t Michigan already have enough medical schools? A CMU medical school: Michigan enjoys three well- Addressing the growing needs of mid- and northern Michigan established universities with medical schools, but the state – By Mark Lagerwey, MA ‘01 particularly the mid-Michigan and Considering the need northern regions – is especially susceptible to the pending physician Citing impending physician shortages that could disproportionately shortage, because as the shortage impact regions from mid-Michigan north to the Upper Peninsula, becomes acute, it is likely that most the CMU Board of Trustees in April 2007 began formally exploring physicians will tend to remain close the feasibility of establishing a medical school. Since then, the to health care systems with a university has: teaching emphasis. I’m concerned Michigan State University College of Osteopathic • Conducted various feasibility studies with the assistance there will not be sufficient forces Medicine (DO); Michigan of consultant Michael Whitcomb, M.D., former medical compelling new physicians – all of State University College of Human Medicine (MD) school dean whom will be in high demand – to practice in our region. University of Michigan • Outlined a 20-year vision for the medical school Medical School (MD) Central Michigan Q: What kind of foundation does University • Reviewed campus facility possibilities CMU have in place to establish a new Wayne State University Midland School of Medicine (MD) • Developed a medical school budget model medical school? Population: 2 million h Saginaw • Prepared a fundraising feasibility study In many ways, establishing a medical Population: 8 millioni school would be a natural evolution for • Invited clinical self-study reports from interested CMU because it would be building Michigan State University health care partner institutions Wayne State upon a 116-year foundation of very University student-centered teaching and As early as this fall, trustees expect to consider approval of plans to 4 learning, community outreach in many Detroit 5 begin establishing a medical school. If approved, CMU could University health-related areas, and nationally finalize affiliation agreements with partner health care systems this of Michigan recognized excellence – particularly in fall, hire a dean and faculty in 2009 and early 2010, and admit a teaching basic sciences at the charter class of students in fall 2011. undergraduate and graduate levels.

centralight Fall 2008 centralight FallFall 20082008 “We all recognize the long-term value of bringing Continued from page 5 would reinforce the basic sciences on of development. One of the primary campus and prepare students for objectives of our fundraising initiative an academic health care environment to the people This is actually something that I third-year clinical experiences and would be securing private donations of mid- and northern Michigan.” believe is so important that I would rotations with partnered regional from foundations, individuals, and regret not pursuing CMU’s role in medical centers. The fourth-year corporations to pay for the necessary – President Michael Rao addressing this growing need. That’s internship would focus their studies in facility enhancements. As an what drives me. many of the areas that directly impact investment of the university, there Q: Is the university conducting any residents of this region: stroke, are many resources that would be diabetes, cancer, and neurological leveraged and borrowed by a formal studies on whether to M. Dawn Nelson, a faculty member in the establish a medical school? diseases. CMU’s health care partners budding medical school that would doctor of audiology program, demonstrates would be important participants in be instrumental. equipment from the audiology clinic to CMU CMU is completing a comprehensive connecting the university with these President Michael Rao. How could a medical school feasibility study, the initial phase of regions like never before – which is Q: benefit CMU’s alumni? which was directed by Michael something that we really need to The line on life sciences Whitcomb M.D., a former make sure happens for the sake of A medical school at CMU would The health care medical school Association of American Medical future populations. I very much directly improve quality of life and system in America has Colleges senior executive. We have appreciate conversations with the access to health care for more than developed a chronic disorder – found that CMU is well-prepared with health care systems in Saginaw and 100,000 loyal alumni in the state of too few schools and too few its basic sciences, technology, Midland, and we are hopeful that we Michigan. The important thing for new doctors. The result: telehealth, and library services – all of will have affiliation agreements with CMU alumni to consider is that a increasing pain, particularly in which are important foundations to those entities within a short time. We medical school has the potential to the extremities of rural America. any medical education program. all recognize the long-term value of much more substantively connect Rural pain. Twenty percent of Q: Would CMU’s medical school bringing an academic health care their alma mater with the state and Americans live in rural areas; have any particular focus or mission? environment to the people of mid- and region while stimulating economic northern Michigan. progress as well as new research only 9 percent of physicians CMU is examining the feasibility of and associated funding. currently practice in rural areas. establishing an allopathic medical Q: Would the program be accredited? It gets worse. Michigan school focusing on preparing Q: What do you believe will happen eggy brisbane by p eggy Photos Any medical education program at currently has 41,000 licensed physicians who would embrace a if CMU decides not to establish a CMU would have to be accredited. In physicians. By 2020, with CMU President Michael Rao and key university leaders are exploring the many details and commitment to primary care in a medical school? fact, accreditation standards have retirements and population opportunities of establishing a medical school. Here he meets in CMU’s new Health Professions diverse environment; we believe that Building with, left to right, Kathy Wilbur, vice president for government relations and public driven nearly every aspect of our It’s important for us at a critical time changes, Michigan can expect a we need physicians who recognize affairs; Melanie Dawn Nelson, communication disorders faculty member; Julia Wallace, executive feasibility examination for this project. like this, when Michigan is shortage of 6,000 physicians. vice president/provost; and David Burdette, vice president of finance and administrative services. the importance of making strong Obtaining accreditation through the experiencing probably one of its personal connections to their patients. Liaison Committee on Medical greatest economic struggles ever, to Medical school dilemma. U.S. As such, if CMU moves ahead, it medical school applications are A healthy foundation Education will continue to drive have a bold vision with potential to would hire a dean and faculty who are almost every decision made if the carry us through the rest of this rising faster than enrollment is Established life science programs and services and solid committed to admitting well-qualified university continues to move forward century. We cannot afford to make a expanding to meet the need. basic sciences programs would form the foundation for a students who demonstrate strong with this important undertaking. decision to do nothing or attempt to Rural focus. More than 50 medical school at CMU. communication and human relations just maintain what we have. A skills and an understanding of the Q: How would the university secure percent of graduates of Carl’s Center for Clinical Care and Education. 10,000 clinical decision to merely maintain existing different ways in which families funding to open and operate a programs with a rural focus go services per year in speech-language pathology, fall and balance, programs is a decision to let other communicate their health care issues. medical school? into rural practice, compared to counseling, psychology, and more institutions and regions pass us by, We will be thinking about ways to just 3 percent of all allopathic The school itself would be a tuition- leaving the people of this region with medical school graduates. Audiology. Top-20 ranked and first accredited doctoral help encourage CMU physician based program. Regrettably at this much less in the long run. I think we program in U.S. graduates to remain in Michigan to point, we do not anticipate that the have an obligation both to this region Research boost. U.S. provide primary care in rural settings. state will be in an economic position and to the United States. You can universities with medical Physician Assistant. Best-performing students in the nation Statistics show that more than half of on standardized exams to offer an expanded appropriation almost be sure that if a medical schools receive three times as graduates of programs with a rural despite the economic and welfare school is established, people will much research funding. Neuroscience. Brain research center and doctoral program focus remain to practice in rural benefits that this would bring to so look back and say, “How could we Economic engine. Employment focusing on Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, and Parkinson’s settings after they complete their many Michiganians. We anticipate possibly not have done this?” • disease research residencies. in Michigan’s life sciences is that start-up costs needed to growing five times faster than Top health-related programs. Health – physical therapy, Q: Could you describe the medical develop infrastructure and hire total statewide employment. 6 community health, athletic training/sports medicine, health program and affiliations CMU would faculty and staff before students are 7 administration, gerontology; Basic sciences – biology, physics, hope to establish? enrolled and paying tuition could be Sources: The Michigan State Medical chemistry, mathematics as much as $10 million for facilities Society, Anderson Economic Group, The medical school would enroll and $13 million for operating American Medical News, Michigan classes of 100 students per year. 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Meet your grand marshal Name: Amy Roloff, Homecoming grand marshal 2008. Who she is: A mom, preschool teacher, soccer coach, reality TV star. Degree: Bachelor’s degree in personnel management, 1985. Favorite memories: Working as a Beddow Hall desk receptionist, playing mud football in the rain, hanging out with friends in the dorm or at The Pub, working on campus during summer camps, and going to football games, including a road trip to a Central/Western game. Turning point: “My whole perspective of who I was changed at Central. Before then I placed way too much focus on being a little person. I wasted a lot of time worrying about that.” Friendships with roommates and others who didn’t care about her small size made a big impression. “It was a huge turning point for me personally.” Return to her roots: In March 2007 Roloff spoke at CMU to a crowd of 1,250 people about the importance of a college education and overcoming obstacles. “I was amazed at how Photos by robert barclay Photos many people came,” she said recently. “I’ve been gone from Michigan for 21 years, and it was like coming back home. It was wonderful. I think about that time often.” Camera crews are always following Amy Roloff and her family – even when she makes a Amy Roloff and her kids, from Little People, Big World, stopped stop at CMU during summer vacation. in Mount Pleasant while they were vacationing this summer for a visit to campus and a Centralight photo shoot. Husband About being grand marshal: “It’s overwhelming. CMU Matt joined the family in Detroit for a Little People of America meant a lot to me. As the years go by, you’re a lot more conference. Shown are (from left) Molly, Jacob, Amy, Jeremy, reflective. It’s an honor and a privilege.” and Zach. Jeremy says his mom is always talking to them about her time at CMU. “She’s a proud Chippewa,” he says. Where you’ll see her: In the parade, at the football Humble celebrity game halftime ceremony, and around campus. By Barbara Sutherland Chovanec “We don’t claim to say that all little “It’s wonderful the stories that “It’s wonderful the When Amy Roloff agreed to let film crews document her people have lives and experiences I’m able to hear. Never in a million family’s life, she was sure the reality TV show would last just like ours. It’s just a glimpse into years did I think I would have this stories that I’m able three episodes. one family. opportunity.” to hear. Never in a On TV Now four seasons later, “Roloff” is a household name as fans “I call it more of a documentary,” The Roloffs have been guests on million years did I sit down Monday evenings to catch up on the lives of Amy, her Roloff says. “They’re just here with Oprah and have been featured in Show think I would have husband, Matt, and their children, Jeremy, Zach, Molly, and cameras, and we just do our thing.” People magazine and The New York Little People, Big World Jacob. Times. But through all the media this opportunity.” Mass appeal attention and fame, Amy focuses on Airs Little People, Big World follows everyday life on the family’s Season 4 begins in October What began as a show about how keeping the family grounded. – Amy Roloff,’ 85 34-acre farm near Portland, Oregon. on TLC. little people live in an average-sized “I tell the kids, ‘Your job is school. After some initial reluctance from Amy and the kids, the family world quickly gained general appeal for Remember who you are, remember Featuring embraced the idea of cameras focusing on them in order to viewers who see a regular American your faith, remember who your Amy and Matt Roloff and shed light on the abilities and experiences of little people. Amy, family and draw similarities between friends are.’ their four children: twins Matt, and son Zach are little people. The other three children, the Roloffs’ lives and their own. Zach and Jeremy, age 18; including Zach’s twin, Jeremy, are average size. “This is a moment in our life, but it Molly, 13, and Jacob, 9. “My husband has all these crazy ideas cannot be our life, because this will Amy says among their fan mail are notes from average-size that maybe other dads wished they eventually go away,” Roloff says. “I still On location 8 9 parents who have a dwarf child. could do,” Roloff says. “And I’ve had want them to have a normal childhood. Primarily at Roloff Farms, people with cancer say the show the family’s home near “We’ve had a lot of e-mails from people saying how much our inspired them and helped them get “We’re just regular people doing our Portland, Oregon. show has given them a feeling of confidence that ‘our kid is through a difficult time. thing and trying to be who we are.” going to be OK,’” she says. And that’s humility worth celebrating. • centralight Fall 2008 centralight Fall 2008 Homecoming Homecoming

Central roommates Nikoline Bye (left) and Camille English reunited for the first time Calling band alumni in more than 75 years at Traverse City’s Glen Eagle Retirement Community. Were you in the band at CMU? Then join the Alumni Band for Homecoming. Socialize with other musicians, practice and perform in the parade and at the game. Get details at www.music.cmich.edu or contact John Jacobson at [email protected] or (989) 774-3738.

Pregame tailgates: In addition to the Alumni Village food and fun, check out these tailgate parties: • Band alumni, friends, and family, beginning at 1 p.m. near Rose Ponds. • Football Constituent Chapter and the 1100 Club on The Island on the north TOP: Camille Forster English side of the stadium. LEFT: Nikoline Bye • Honors Constituent Chapter. Call Bryan Wieferich at 800-956-0051. • Latino Constituent Chapter, near Rose Ponds from 1 to 3:30 p.m. for “Mexican Street Food on a Stick.” After all brisbane by p eggy Photos these years…By Sarah Chuby, ’03 Central roomates reunite The 96-year-old women saw each They stopped at a picture of Joseph marshal Amy Roloff will stop by, Nikoline Bye, ’32, remembers the first other for the first time in more than English, ’32, Camille English’s late Friday, October 10 Saturday, October 11 75 years at Traverse City’s Glen Eagle husband, who was a Central football and a 100-member kazoo band will house she lived in when she attended 6 a.m. WMHW-FM 91.5 8 a.m. 5K run and Miles for Medals perform. Visit with a favorite professor, Central Normal School in 1929. Retirement Community, where Bye player and a Marching Chippewas Alumni Takeover fundraising run/walk lives and Camille (Forster) English’s drum major. grab a bowl of chili, and soak up the Tune in to 91.5 FM to hear alumni Check-in begins at 7:30 a.m. at Finch atmosphere that is CMU Homecoming. It was on Washington Street. There daughter works and resides. “We met in Warriner Auditorium,” says take over the student radio station all Fieldhouse for the 8 a.m. start. Choose was one bedroom downstairs and weekend, continuing 24 hours through a 5K run/walk or a one-mile fun run/ 2 p.m. Cardboard boat race “We just kept looking at each other,” English, ’33, who has four children – all several rooms upstairs. And it was midnight Saturday. walk. Register online at www.somi.org. Watch teams of engineering and only a short distance to Bye’s classes says Bye, who taught mathematics CMU graduates. “I loved those football All proceeds benefit Special Olympics technology students trying to stay 2 p.m. Latino career session in Warriner Hall. at CMU until 1977. “It was a bit of a games and watching the marching Michigan. afloat while paddling cardboard boats surprise. Our meetings were far apart. band … such wonderful years.” Join the Latino Alumni Constituent they’ve built. The other thing Bye remembers about But, oh, it was fun to see her again.” Chapter’s Third Annual Career 9:30 a.m. Alumni continental breakfast the large home is that she thought one It has been several months – and Information Session for students and Start your day off right with a 4 p.m. Football game of her roommates – Camille Forster – Camille (Forster) English’s daughter, several handwritten letters – alumni in the Bovee University Center complimentary continental breakfast Cheer on the Chippewas as CMU Maroon and Gold rooms. outside Powers Hall. Stay right here to takes on Temple University at Kelly/ had a strange name. Camille Carter, ’71, says she loosely since the two women shared that watch the parade. Shorts Stadium. Order tickets at organized a meeting of the two springtime reunion. 8 p.m. Rock Rally “Camille is an unusual name. But women because she knew they both 1-888-FIREUP-2 or online at Bye says seeing English again Go to Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium 11 a.m. Homecoming parade then again, so is Nikoline,” says Bye graduated from Central in the 1930s. www.cmuchippewas.com. reconnected her to those student for the pep rally, mock rock contest for The annual parade begins in Parking with a laugh. “We would joke about 7 p.m. Latino chapter social “I wanted Mom to have some social years at Central. They write to each the Maroon Cup, presentation of the Lot 22 and travels through campus our strange names. I never heard the football team, and the announcement before heading north on Main Street to Members and friends of the Latino time when she was visiting with me,” other about their daily lives, their aches name Camille before coming of the 2008 Homecoming gold downtown Mount Pleasant. Alumni Constituent Chapter will meet to Central.” Carter says. “I figured they would have and pains, family, friends, and – of ambassadors. at Los Palominos restaurant, Mount memories of Central to share, but I had course – CMU. 1 p.m. Alumni Village Pleasant, for a social gathering. Food and The two women were not only no idea how many memories.” Join the free campuswide celebration 10 drink are the responsibility of each alum. 1111 roommates. They would walk to class “We keep in touch,” Bye says. “It has near Rose Ponds for food, fun, and together, and they shared friends. But After Bye retrieved her 1932 Chippewa been many, many years. So there is friends. WMHW-FM alumni will For more information: then after graduation, they lost touch. yearbook, the two Central graduates still quite a bit of catching up to do.” • broadcast live on location. Grand www.cmualum.com That is, until this year. went through it page-by-page.

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1 Lana Lewis of Jackson and Calen Lewis, age 8, of Dundee, head out of Kesseler Hall for their first class. As the three-day camp wrapped up, Calen says one of his favorite sessions was Rocket Science.

2 Pat Edwards, MA ’69 Ed.S. ’73, of Clarkston (right) and her granddaughters Emily Kelly, age 10, of Clarkston (center) and Amanda Carty, age 9, of Fenton listen to dog training tips from Mount Pleasant Kennel Club members. Emily, who wants to be a veterinarian, says she and her cousin took notes during the session, 4 since they both have sometimes unruly dogs at home. Pat says Grandparents U was a wonderful time for the trio: “If I had ever had a chance to go to a college campus and stay in the dorm at their age, I would have thought that was great.” And Emily concurs: “I might want to go to college here, and it gives me a head start on what college would be like.”

3 Emma Skogseth, age 8, of Greenville, takes a swing at a piñata during a Mexican food and culture class. L e t ’s go Emma attended camp with her grandma, Penny Skogseth of Greenville, which Emma finds pretty special. “I like staying with her and being with her alone, because usually my sister is with us,” she says.

4 Miranda Bargen, age 8, of Fostoria, helps with to Photoscollege! by Peggy Brisbane an experiment during The Joy of Chemistry. Her grandmother, Cindy Bargen, ’06, from Imlay City, says Grandparents U is inspirational to the children. 5 “It’s good to encourage kids very early that college is a good thing and a fun thing,” she says. Miranda, Grandparents took their grandchildren’s a budding scientist, participated in all the science courses during the camp, but her favorite part was hands this summer and headed to campus having her own room in the residence hall. “At home for Grandparents U. I have to share with my little sister,” she says.

About 50 children and grandparents attended 5 Janice Mays of Garden City and her granddaughter, the three-day event, coordinated by the alumni Celeste Mays, age 11, of Garden City pick up their relations staff. Classes mostly taught by CMU camp information from Annie Galgoczi, assistant faculty and staff included kid-friendly approaches director of alumni relations. Celeste says she sees to chemistry, literature, technology, biology, her grandmother daily since they live together, but the pair still enjoyed sharing this special experience history, theater, and culture. away from home. Her favorite moment: seeing “elephant toothpaste” during The Joy of Chemistry. 2 Betty Hemmer, ’56, of Cheyboygan, brought her granddaughter Mackenzie, age 8, who told 6 Addison Pletcher, age 9, of Cheboygan, looks her grandmother, “I feel like I’m a student on through an electron microscope at an eye of a campus already!” 6 spider during a session taught by Philip Oshel, the electron microscope facility supervisor at CMU. Steve Klein, ’69 MA ’75, brought two grandsons, The children attending Grandparents U were ages Sean, age 8, from Philadelphia, and his cousin, 8 to 12, and the grandparent and grandchild pairs Jayson, age 8, from Wyoming, Michigan. chose between 14 different sessions to attend.

“It just gives me a chance to go away with the kids 7 From left, Conner Turpin, Nick Jakolat, Christian by myself,” Klein says. “And it’s good to be on Holloway, and Hailee Thompson participate in campus and walk it again. It’s really expanded.” the Lego Challenge. This is the last session of the three-day camp for these kids, and Nick took a As for Jayson’s favorite part of Grandparents U? moment to sum up his thoughts about Grandparents “All of it!” he says. • U: “I think it’s really awesome. It’s been a lot of fun.” Nick traveled from Gurnee, Illinois, to attend with his grandparents, Vern and Mary 12 Next summer: Jakolat of Alma. “We’ve had a ball!” says Vern. 13 Plans are under way for Grandparents U 2009 3 next June. Call (800) 358-6903 or e-mail Annie Galgoczi at [email protected].

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Gerontologist: pair children and seniors more often Eileen MaloneBeach, coordinator of CMU’s gerontology program, says events like CMU’s Grandparents U are good for both children and grandparents in myriad ways. The do’s and For grandparents, they’re don’ts of aging mentally stimulating, joyful, and Here are gerontologist Eileen psychologically healthful. MaloneBeach’s seven tips for “They create a great adventure,” successful aging. MaloneBeach says. “Time with On the road those precious little people is a Four do’s: world’s treasure. I can’t think of any 1. Be as physically fit better antidote for depression than as possible. to where you’re going, grandchildren.” 2. Keep friends and socialize. For children, spending time with If you have to cut back, trade grandparents strengthen family ties quantity of friends for quality. and the children’s sense of worth Be more intentional with your and belonging. friendships and activities. remember “Children know how strongly their 3. Be psychologically fit. grandparents are invested. There’s a where you’ve been. psychological significance there that brisbane by p eggy Photos 4. Look ahead and think we haven’t even begun to tap.” Volunteer grandparent Nancy Kinney and CMU about your future as a spouse, student Stacy Nagler spent time in the Human Growth grandparent, and retiree. Discouraging ageism and Development lab for Eileen MaloneBeach’s When people think ahead to class, “Nipping Ageism in the Bud.” MaloneBeach is an authority on what it will be like, it appears Support your alma mater issues concerning the elderly, to enhance their success in “What I’m particularly concerned that role. and stay connected with including how families take care of about is ageism,” MaloneBeach aging parents. says. “Our society is anti-aging. But And three don’ts: a CMU license plate. this makes as much sense as being She recently taught a gerontology 1. Don’t say “I’m too old to do When you purchase the CMU license plate: anti-adolescents or anti-infants. It’s class for honors students, “Nipping that.” People restrict themselves a real prejudice that’s still growing. Ageism in the Bud,” for which based on age, but it really isn’t • $25 of the $35 fee will directly support CMU Children as early as age 5 have students recruited senior citizens to about age at all. Make decisions negative opinions about aging.” • You’ll help build pride among CMU’s spend time with children in CMU’s about engaging in activities more than 100,000 alumni in Michigan Human Development Lab. The CMU MaloneBeach hopes to conduct based on interest, ability, or students observed the interactions • Fellow motorists will know which university similar classes in the future in order health – not age. and recorded the children’s and the for students to draw some solid is always behind you 2. Don’t tell someone “you adults’ perceptions about aging. conclusions of their own. But for her, don’t look your age.” That’s not the bottom line is that aging should Some classrooms included children’s a compliment. books that featured older adults be embraced, not avoided. 3. When you forget something, Order your CMU license plate today. through appropriate portrayals of “As you get older, you can relax don’t say you had a “senior aging. Some classrooms had senior more,” she says. “You can see things moment.” Everyone loses citizens instead of books, and others with a little more balance. You can 14 things. A lot of what we call 15 had both older adults and books. put things into a broader context.” • www.cmualum.com senior moments are the result of a too hectic lifestyle.

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A new look at ethanol Biologist Steven Gorsich is working on the cellular and molecular level to refine the process of turning lignocellulose waste – corn stalks, wood chips, and grass clippings – into ethanol. According to the Michigan Department of Agriculture, there are five corn ethanol plants in Michigan, with another five under construction or proposed. The ethanol industry has drawn sharp criticism worldwide for using food crops for energy – a practice that critics say trades one problem Waste to for another. fuel Gorsich’s focus is on using plant waste products for As rising petroleum costs have sharpened attention feasible ethanol production. on the efficient development of alternative fuels, brisbane by p eggy Photos There are two problems with using plant waste products. many solutions are needed. Two CMU Biologist Steven Gorsich uses aspen lignin – basically the ground up A large portion of the sugars are not easily fermentable by bark of an aspen tree – in his research. scientists – one with the help of an alumnus – are yeast, and many growth and fermentation inhibitors are putting their expertise toward solving the generated during the fermentation process. nation’s fuel crunch. The key to success: stronger yeast cells that can “Within five years, these cells will be ready to go,” he says. metabolize the sugars while withstanding the inhibitors By Barbara Sutherland Chovanec “This technology of taking waste products and turning that are generated. them into ethanol is very near.” Last summer Gorsich and his team of students finished And Gorsich concedes that in the long term, ethanol Not just for cooking LeCaptain’s process uses manufacturing waste from screening the 6,000 genes in a single yeast cell to find the may not be the answer to the world’s fuel problems – restaurants and food processing facilities, which avoids strongest ones that stand up best to the lignocellulose- even by using the waste products his work involves. Bill Kelley, ’64 MS ’66, the public outcry against using food-based crops for fuel. derived inhibitors. These results have already informed However, he says ethanol can be one of many solutions hopes one day the oil that the research team how these inhibitors affect the cell’s The challenge is that cooking oils from different sources for the short term. crisps your fries could then physiology. In the long term, they will engineer the contain different types and levels of impurities. LeCaptain power your diesel engine. strongest genes to make stronger yeast cells. “Within the next 10 to 20 years, ethanol will likely be the is working on ways to separate the impurities from the oil liquid fuel that will get us over the gap,” he says. • Kelley, a retired chemistry to then refine it into a consistent biodiesel product. With stronger yeast cells, the ethanol production process professor from Kellogg using plant waste products will become more efficient “No two restaurants use the same blend,” he says. Community College in and practical. Battle Creek, is working “The variability is substantial, and the end user needs, with CMU chemist Dale wants, and demands a consistent product.” Gorsich says scientists in labs worldwide are working on LeCaptain on the process this problem. He may not be the one to find the solution, LeCaptain received a $134,000 grant from the Michigan to turn used vegetable oil but he expects that someone will soon. Universities Commercialization Initiative to demonstrate into biodiesel. the technology on a pilot scale. “Five or six years ago I Bill Kelley, ’64 MS ’66 “It should work,” he says. “Whether it makes economic was reading about making sense, we don’t know yet.” biodiesel from waste vegetable oil,” Kelley says. “I made some small samples LeCaptain has paired up with Ag Solutions of Gladstone, A sustainable CMU at home, but I didn’t have a way to analyze it.” Michigan, a company that makes industrial-sized Chemist Dale LeCaptain has used filters for food processing facilities. Through its vendor cooking oil from CMU’s campus Kelley inspired LeCaptain to take on the research. Now connections, the company has access to lots of oil. dining halls on a small scale for his Kelley, who retired to Mount Pleasant, is in LeCaptain’s Restaurants and food processing facilities currently ship tests. He says one day all cooking lab several days a week, helping with the work. away used cooking oil as waste. Ag Solutions officials oils from campus dining could be Of course biodiesel is already being produced and sold want to collect the oil and use LeCaptain’s technology to converted into biodiesel for use in for consumer use. The National Biodiesel Board lists turn it into biodiesel. university vehicles. 53 locations in Michigan where drivers can fuel up on “They’re ready to start producing,” LeCaptain says. Last year CMU President Michael biodiesel blends – part biodiesel and part petroleum “The grant is the step between. It’s at such an Rao established a Campus diesel. In these cases, the biodiesel is mainly made from experimental level, it needs development time and Sustainability Advisory Committee soybean oil. Dale LeCaptain 16 development money.” composed of faculty, staff, and student representatives 17 to ensure that CMU is striving to be ecologically sound, socially just, and economically viable. Keep up with CMU’s sustainability efforts at www. purchasing.cmich.edu/CampusSustainability/ Overview.htm centralight Fall 2008 centralight Fall 2008 “Could I have done anything differently? Did we train them properly? Were they equipped properly? You can’t take anything for granted,” he says. Lessons in Not all days are tough, though. leadership Neffenger was recognized by the Department of Justice While Rear Admiral Peter for his assistance in prosecuting an environmental V. Neffenger says there crime involving a foreign flag tank ship coming into San are no easy answers Great Lakes Francisco Bay. The ship’s ballast tank was filled with to what makes a good crude oil, “an explosion waiting to happen.” leader, he has made some The Coast Guard’s investigation resulted in one of the observations about good largest fines ever levied against a company, and $2.5 leadership over the years. million was retuned to the Bay area for conservation. Rear Admiral Peter V. Neffenger Here are some tips. “That was a very satisfying case because it was one that It’s about people. By Cynthia J. Drake, MA ’08 was potentially a very dangerous situation,” he says. “I don’t think anyone comes to work not to leader do their job. Recognize that people really want to be good at what they do, no matter A ‘great affinity for CMU’ what job they do. Make them feel they own Rear Admiral Peter V. Neffenger, MA “Of all the schools I went Neffenger has three master’s degrees, including one their job. Make work fun for people while ’86, is a leader of nearly 7,000 people in business management, which he earned from CMU stretching them beyond where they thought every day. to, CMU was probably Off-Campus Programs while he was stationed in New they could go. Encourage them to stretch in the most complementary Orleans. He also has degrees from Harvard University a way that supports them. You don’t stand Neffenger took command of the of my career. I have a and the Naval War College. out on the shore and throw them anvils. You Ninth Coast Guard District in May. swim with them.” Based in Cleveland, the district great affinity for CMU.” CMU’s program surprised him, he says. spans the five Great Lakes, the Saint “It was incredibly rigorous. It was, by far, just as Celebrate them when they succeed. Lawrence Seaway, and parts of the – Rear Admiral Peter V. Neffenger demanding as any of the other programs and just as “Find recognition programs that work. It surrounding states, including 6,700 challenging and rewarding. I couldn’t have done as well doesn’t take much – just having my boss miles of shoreline and 1,500 miles of Coast Guard personnel on the Great in the other programs without CMU. It helped me to come by and say, ‘Hey Peter, you did a good international border. Lakes need to know not only standard understand what business management means and how job today,’ can go a long way.” Within that large region lies the largest search and rescue techniques, but also it applied to my career. I loved the program,” he says. Take what you learned in your last job ice rescues and situations involving source of freshwater in the world. Neffenger had to take a two-year hiatus after being sent and look across to see how you can large winter storms and other harsh The 6,900 people under Neffenger on another mission. CMU’s program allowed him to pick implement those lessons again. weather conditions. are in charge of search and rescue up where he left off. “When you get to a position when you’re in operations, icebreaking, marine Neffenger’s role is also to protect the a leadership role, you didn’t get there just “Of all the schools I went to, CMU was probably the most safety, environmental protection, and Great Lakes. To do that, the Coast because you’re good at what you used to complementary of my career,” he says. I have a great maritime law enforcement. Guard must work together with Canada do. You got there because they thought you affinity for CMU.” • Even with such an enormous level of and heed bilateral agreements, since could see the bigger picture.” both nations share the waters. responsibility, Admiral Neffenger is Choose words and pleasant and humble over the phone. The work of the Coast Guard can be admonitions carefully. “It’s just Peter,” he says. dangerous. Neffenger has occasionally And don’t speak too quickly. “If I speak mourned the loss of members of the quickly, I’ve just shut down innovation Great Lakes challenges Coast Guard, which he describes as and creativity. “ One of his previous posts was as a “small community of dedicated Come back to earth periodically. senior Coast Guard operational people.” A few years ago, two “If you take yourself too seriously, it’s time commander in Los Angeles, but crewmembers lost their lives when to go away. In the Coast Guard, we learn Neffenger now faces new challenges their small boat capsized in rough seas not to take ourselves too seriously. We joke in the Great Lakes. near Niagara. that if we were all so important, we wouldn’t In situations like that, while he knows

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fit in better here than the other schools A member of the Academic All- The LeFevour file that were recruiting me, and I liked the Mid-American Conference team, • Second player in NCAA direction everything was going here.” LeFevour maintains a 3.53 grade history to pass for 3,000 point average as an interpersonal yards and rush for 1,000 communication major and finance Becoming a Chippewa yards in a season The leader minor. In his limited downtime, he LeFevour arrived on campus in fall 2005 occasionally hits the golf course with two other freshman quarterbacks. • Second player in NCAA and enjoys playing video games and history to pass for 20 He and his classmates sat out their first watching movies with his roommates. season as redshirts and watched as touchdowns and score 20 touchdowns in a season By Scott Rex senior signal-caller Kent Smith led CMU LeFevour also has taken an active role LeFevour to its first winning season in seven years. in the football program’s community • Only quarterback in service initiatives, volunteering at Mid-American Conference One of the nation’s top college football players calls LeFevour found himself in the midst local elementary schools and the history to lead his team CMU’s Kelly/Shorts Stadium home. Quarterback of a three-way battle for the starting Michigan Special Olympics. to a conference title as a Dan LeFevour has established a reputation as one of job entering the 2006 season. He was freshman and the nation’s most dynamic offensive threats, but his listed as the backup quarterback for “It’s rewarding,” he says. “You realize a sophomore humble approach to success makes him unique. the season opening game, a nationally how important that time is to the people televised contest against Boston College. you meet and how much impact you • Two-time All-MAC first During the last two seasons, LeFevour has really can have on someone else’s life.” team quarterback accomplished things on a football field few other He would be the backup for all of two plays. players in the history of college football have. He has The difference maker • 2007 MAC Offensive Player broken records, led his team to championships, and Brian Brunner suffered a severe of the Year collected a treasure trove of individual honors, all LeFevour shuns self-adulation, preferring concussion on the game’s second while capturing the attention of the national media to spread the praise and recognition to • 2007 MAC Championship snap, and LeFevour was thrust onto and becoming the face of CMU’s football program. his teammates. But make no mistake, Game Most Valuable the field for what proved to be an he understands exactly what is Player LeFevour’s story, though, is not as simple as it seems. He inauspicious debut; a miscommunication required to continue the unprecedented took an unconventional path to stardom, and his ability on his first play resulted in a fumbled success of the past two seasons. • 2006 MAC Freshman to deal with the recognition is anything but typical. snap, and the Chippewas were of the Year forced to punt the ball away. “When the lights come on, something • 2006 Motor City Bowl The beginning changes,” LeFevour says. “As a team we From that point, however, LeFevour always talk about ‘flipping the switch’ Most Valuable Player The record-setting quarterback wasn’t even supposed completed 22 passes for 221 yards when we walk onto the field. There • CMU career record to be a quarterback. A running back as a youngster, and a score, and he ran for a game- is an adrenaline rush that I get before holder for passing LeFevour tried out for the quarterback position on his high 72 yards and two scores, every game, and with that comes a yards, completions, freshman team at Benet Academy in Lisle, Illinois. nearly rallying the Chippewas from certain attitude and a certain focus touchdown passes, and Believing he was better suited running with the a 31-10 fourth-quarter deficit. that you need to be successful.” football than throwing it, LeFevour soon reverted yards of total offense to his more comfortable role as a running back. LeFevour led the Chippewas to victories He is constantly analyzing himself, in eight of their final nine games in • CMU single-season record scrutinizing everything from footwork holder for passing yards, A year later he again attempted the transition 2006, including wins in the MAC to decision making to interaction with to quarterback, and this time it stuck. Championship Game and Motor City completions, attempts, teammates and coaches. He studies touchdown passes, and Bowl. His encore was a 2007 season game films in his free time. Still, he had relatively little quarterbacking experience that saw him lead CMU to a second yards of total offense in a conservative offense at a small school. LeFevour consecutive conference championship, And that is Dan • CMU single-game was forced to, for perhaps the only time in his life, do rewrite the CMU record books, and etch LeFevour: unfazed record holder for a little self-promoting to earn a college scholarship. his name in college football history. by past team yards of total offense and individual “My brother Eddie and I made a highlight tape and sent and touchdown accomplishments, it out to all the MAC schools and a few other select Off the field passes (tied) constantly striving

Photo by robert barclay Photo schools in the Midwest,” LeFevour says. “After we Since the end of the 2007 season, for improvement, sent it out I started getting some handwritten notes • Academic All-MAC LeFevour has been one of the most and never allowing “There is an adrenaline rush that I and positive feedback from Division I coaches.” honoree talked about college football players himself to feel get before every game, and with that in the country. He has appeared in satisfied. Season three One of the first schools to show interest was CMU. magazines and on television and is comes a certain attitude and a certain Current head coach Butch Jones, then an assistant at of the LeFevour Era 22 featured on a 60-foot tall billboard begins August 28 at 23 focus that you need to be successful.” CMU, was responsible for recruiting from Illinois. at Comerica Park, home of the Kelly/Shorts Stadium. Dan LeFevour Detroit Tigers. Despite the hype Quarterback – Dan LeFevour “My first scholarship offer was from Central,” says Chippewa fans won’t LeFevour, who also received offers from Eastern swirling around him, LeFevour has want to miss a minute. • Michigan, Ball State, and Eastern Illinois. I just felt like I remained remarkably levelheaded.

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Six CMU athletics standouts He also hit .353 that year with 17 RBI 1,440 yards currently ranks fifth on have been chosen for induction and four homers. He was 12-1 with CMU’s single-season chart. He led into the CMU Athletics Hall of a save and a 2.24 ERA in 1971 while the MAC and ranked eighth nationally Matters... Fame as the Class of 2008. pitching 100.3 innings and striking in rushing in 1991 with 130.9 yards out 123 batters, which still stands per game and also was tops in the to you • to your career • to your future This year’s honorees are Ralph Darin, as a school single-season record. MAC in all-purpose yards that season ’72, baseball, Laura (Farrell) Page, with 139.6 yards per game. He holds ’91, field hockey, Harry Richards, Laura (Farrell) Page, field hockey the CMU single-season record for ’87, wrestling, Billy Smith, (1988-91) – She was a three-time first rushing attempts with 374 in 1991. ’91, football, Jeff Tropf, ’79, team All-MAC selection. She was men’s basketball, and Karen invited to USA Field Hockey’s A-Camp Jeff Tropf, men’s basketball At over 60 locations across North America and online, we are ready to Wongstrom, ’87, softball. in 1989 and was a two-time Regional (1977-79) – He was a first team All-MAC help you with your next educational goals. All-American in 1990 and 1991. She selection in 1978, leading the MAC The new inductees was a member of the 1990 MAC in rebounding with 11.1 rebounds per will be honored at championship team and tallied 18 game. He was a member of two Mid- • Local face-to-face degree and graduate certificate programs the Hall of Fame career assists and 66 career points, American Conference championship Banquet October which both currently tie for ninth in teams in 1977 and 1979. His career • Online programs at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels 17 at the Comfort school history. A four-year starter, field goal percentage record at .549 • Professional development programs Inn, Mount Pleasant, she scored a team-high nine goals currently ranks fourth. He averaged and then recognized as both a sophomore and a junior. team highs of 17.3 points and 11.1 at the CMU-Western rebounds per game in 1978 while Michigan football Harry Richards, wrestling shooting .605 from the floor, a mark game October 18. (1984-87) – He was named the Most that ranked 15th nationally. He was a Convenient, adult-friendly formats and services Outstanding Wrestler at the 1986 MAC seventh-round selection in the 1979 The Class of 2008 • Evening and/or weekend classes Championships after not allowing NBA Draft by the Portland Trailblazers. includes: a point to be scored against him in • Compressed terms the tournament. He won MAC titles Karen Wongstrom, softball • Expert faculty Ralph Darin, baseball in 1986 and 1987 at 126 pounds (1984-87) – She still holds the school (1969-72) – He was named • Local academic advising at our centers and was a member of the first two record for career winning percentage second team All-America • Home delivery of text books and library materials MAC championship teams in school at .811 (60-14). More than half of her in 1971 and CMU’s most history. He was co-captain and most career wins were shutouts as she valuable player in 1971. valuable wrestler in 1987. His top blanked 31 opponents – the fourth He was a member of the season was a 32-6-1 mark as a junior, most in school history. Her 60 career 1971 team that was NCAA and he ranked in the top 10 nationally victories currently rank third. She College Division national We make it possible. CMU Off-Campus Programs. during his final two seasons. was a three-time first team All-MAC runner-up. A right-handed selection who threw a no-hitter against pitcher who batted from Billy Smith, football (1988-91) – He Miami in 1984. She tied the school Call (877) 268-4636 today! the left side of the plate, was a first team All-MAC tailback record with 22 wins in 1986, and the Darin won a school record Or visit us online at cmich.edu/offcampus. 24 in 1991 and 1992. He had a pair of mark currently is tied for third. Her 12 games in 1971, a mark 1,000-yard seasons with 1,440 yards sparkling 0.75 career ERA currently that ranks second on as a senior and 1,047 as a junior. The ranks fourth in school history. • the single-season chart. CMU, an AA/EO institution, strongly and actively strives to increase diversity within its community. (see www.cmich.edu/aaeo) [email protected] 24444 7/08

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Everlasting honor Supporting physical education Remembering Alfred S. Thomas Walker Family establishes Endowment honors library endowment With bachelor’s and master’s degrees longtime educator from the University of Michigan, Thomas joined the CMU staff in 1949 Ken Walker smiles when he looks at the Physical education and sport faculty newly mounted recognition plaque as a physical education instructor and students soon will benefit from and later earned a doctorate in near the door of the Park Library the first endowment that supports Reserves Room. physical education from Indiana faculty and their teachings within The University-Bloomington. He became A crowd of family, friends, and former Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College an associate professor at CMU in coworkers – nearly four times the of Health Professions. 1961 and a full professor in 1965.

number originally anticipated – gather The family of the late Alfred S. by robert barclay Photo Thomas was chairman of the around him for the ceremony to Thomas, who spent his entire career In March, the family of Alfred Thomas unveiled physical education department dedicate the area in memory of his at CMU training generations of a plaque in honor of Thomas and his wife, from 1966 until retiring in 1986. wife, Cindy. physical education teachers and Mildred, shown here in the white sweater. He also served as an assistant track coach, football assistant Cindy Walker, who is fondly coaches, recently gave a gift to

eggy brisbane by p eggy Photo coach, and spearheaded the CMU establish an endowment for the Alfred remembered for her smile and warm “This gift is absolutely astounding,” Athletics Hall of Fame. He passed Members of the Walker family attending the dedication of the Park Library and Mildred Thomas Faculty Hornak says. “With fixed departmental spirit, worked closely with students in Reserves Room in memory of Cindy Walker were, from left, son Mike, grandson away in May 2006 at age 85. Leadership Award for Physical budgets, this endowment will make a Park Library as reserves supervisor Chris, daughter Patricia, MA ’81, husband Ken, and son Ken Jr., ’71 MA ’74. from 1968 to 1986. Education and Coaching Excellence. tremendous difference in our ability to Good sports offer programs, lectures, and donation given by CMU faculty, staff, “She loved this place so much,” Walker, Mildred Thomas, widow of the consulting to enhance physical The Alfred and Mildred Thomas and retirees. Tom Moore, dean of ’65 MA ’75, says of his wife of 60 years. Campaign begins physical education professor, and her education and coaching.” Faculty Leadership Award will help libraries, says the annual earnings on support on-campus resources “I know she’d be happy. This was a October 13 family intend that the endowment will the endowment will provide be used to help train faculty and CMU’s Center for Enhancement of that provide physical education good honor to be bestowed on her.” CMU provides a 50 percent match unrestricted support for library coaches through research projects Physical Education Programming will consultations and strategy for each donation given by CMU development for school districts In her memory, the Walker family services. and guest lecturers. receive some funds for research in faculty, staff, and retirees during and sports organizations. Visit contributed a gift to the library to curriculum development and Moore didn’t work with Cindy Walker at the Annual University Campaign, “My dad was very committed to the following Web sites to learn establish the Cynthia E. Walker Family which this year is scheduled for consultation to school districts the library, but he did get to know her teacher education,” says Marilyn Price more about these resources: Endowment after she passed away in October 13 through December 5. regarding physical education. The after she retired. October 2007 following a long struggle of Northville, daughter of the couple. endowment also will aid the Center for • Center for Enhancement of Contact Bryan Griffin, director of “My mother is really delighted my dad with heart disease and cancer. “I knew her to be a charming person Global Sport Leadership in its efforts to Physical Education Programming annual giving, to learn more. will be remembered.” www.chp.cmich.edu/bridges/ and knew from others that she was a build and share expertise on leadership The gift to the library was automatically bridges_cepep.shtml great supervisor to her students,” he • [email protected] and strategy issues facing leaders of increased because it was given during James Hornak, chairman of physical says. “I am so pleased that we have • (989) 774-7112 local, national, and international sports the Annual University Campaign. education and sport, says members of • Center for Global Sport Leadership this opportunity to honor and • www.giving.cmich. organizations. • www.chp.cmich.edu/pes/ During the campaign, the university his department currently are deciding remember Cindy in this way.” • edu/campaign.asp CGSL/about.shtml provides a 50 percent match for each which areas the endowment will help to fund this academic year.

Campaign to transform Rose into Events Center Imagine a modern venue at CMU that Center,” says retired NBA player and • Completely redesigned angular John G. Kulhavi, ’65, vice chairman of been helping choose the “all-star” encompasses the university’s founding Hall of Fame member Dan Majerle, ’88. exterior and bright glazed-glass the CMU Board of Trustees, serves as teams by voting for their favorite athlete principles: wisdom, virtue, and “An arena full of fans is among my most entrance campaign chairman. at the Chippewas Web site. friendship. This gathering place will vivid memories of CMU. What better • 10,000-square-foot lobby and house community celebrations and way to bring that level of excitement “Working together with our many The athletes will be recognized at reception area athletic events. back to campus!” friends and supporters throughout Homecoming, and their names will be Michigan and beyond, CMU is poised prominently displayed in the new “I am very impressed with our exciting The $20 million Campaign for the CMU The campaign will provide private to build upon its proud past with this Events Center. • plans for a new Events Center,” says Events Center is now under way. It funding for the transformation of the bold plan for the future,” Kulhavi says. CBS sportscaster Dick Enberg, ’57. “This represents a bold stride toward the current Rose Center into an entirely new, facility will build upon CMU’s growing opening of a premier venue to serve the first-class complex. In addition to As the university looks forward, it also From basketball locker rooms success in Division I athletics and academic, athletic, and community modern amenities, it will have: recognizes Central’s past athletic to the new practice facility, position this great university as one of 26 needs of the university and citizens of prowess. CMU is compiling a historical there are several Events Center 27 • Redesigned arena with upgraded Michigan’s premier entertainment and central and northern Michigan. display for the 35-member All-Finch naming opportunities available. comfortable seating for 5,300 cultural destinations.” Fieldhouse and the 35-member All- For more information, visit “I was thrilled to hear of the university’s Rose teams. Alumni, community www.cmich.edu/eventscenter. • A new 12,000-square-foot Enberg and Majerle are honorary plans to expand and renovate the Rose members, and university friends have practice facility campaign co-chairs. centralight Fall 2008 centralight Fall Fall 2008 2008 Maroon and Gold Maroon and Gold For alumni and friends Chapter news and events

Chicago Florida’s Gulf Coast area Kansas City Contacts: Mark Guy, ’00 Contact: Kim Maszera, ’90 Contact: Frank Moussa, ’85 home: (770) 475-3447 Chicago area alumni gathered June 27 in Oak Park at the Hemingway Museum for a program [email protected] (913) 962-9620 [email protected] Jared Lombard, ’03 hosted in part by CMU’s Clarke Historical Library, the Michigan Hemingway Society, and CMU’s Florida’s West Palm Beach area [email protected] Contact: Paul Gaba, ’88 Knoxville, Tennessee (404) 918-5342 Office of Alumni Relations. On July 11, more than 100 CMU alumni and friends attended (561) 352-0635 Contact: Call the alumni office at (800) 358-6903. Candice Zmijewski, ’03 the annual CMU Chicago Cubs game and [email protected] [email protected] pregame reception at Goose Island Brewery. Lansing Football Constituent Chapter Nearly 50 CMU alumni and friends gathered Austin, Texas Contact: Ira Kreft, ’77 Detroit Upcoming: June 19 at Oldsmobile Park to cheer the Lansing Contact: Jerry Juhnke, ’86 [email protected] An evening with Bob Froehlich, CMU • Football Constituent Chapter and Lugnuts on to victory. The group enjoyed a picnic 1100 Club pregame tailgate parties in the Right Field Terrace, and it was a perfect African-American Constituent Chapter [email protected] alumnus, author, and CNBC television Cincinnati on The Island north of Kelly/Shorts night for baseball. Alumni and friends visited the Fox Theatre in personality, was hosted by CMU and Contact: Call the alumni office at (800) 358-6903. Stadium for each home game May for the soaring and joyful performance Band Constituent Chapter Merrill Lynch at the Townsend Hotel in Contact: Lisa Sommer, ’04 of The Color Purple. The soul-stirring musical Upcoming: Birmingham. With more than 30 years Contact: Dustin Preston, ’94 Cleveland [email protected] provided an evening of the unforgettable and • Homecoming Alumni Band experience in the investment industry [email protected] performances October 11. Contact: Call the alumni office at (800) 358-6903. his presentation “Outlook for Financial inspiring story of triumphs over tremendous Latino Constituent Chapter odds. Prior to the performance many See info on Page 11. Markets: 2008 and Beyond” was a timely College of Business Administration Grand Rapids Upcoming: gathered at Hockeytown to enjoy a wonderful and insightful commentary enjoyed Contact: Pam Murray, ’77 MA ’83 Contact: Tom Broka, ’72 Constituent Chapter • Career information session Oct. 10 for Southwest buffet and great conversation. by all. Shown here are (from left) Mike home: (616) 249-0898 [email protected] Upcoming: Homecoming, Mount Pleasant campus. Tierney, John Kulhavi, Mary Lu Yardley, [email protected] Lynn Garrett • College of Business Administration Contact: Bob Froehlich, Kirk Love, and Mike Leto. • Homecoming gathering Oct. 11 at Los [email protected] Battle Creek Awards Dinner October 9 on Contacts: T.R. Shaw, ’82 Honors Constituent Chapter Palominos restaurant, Mount Pleasant the Mount Pleasant campus. Upcoming: home: (269) 965-2979 Upcoming: Ann Arbor Contact: Mark Baczewski, ‘97 • First Wednesdays Networking • Homecoming tailgate. Call Bryan Contact: Laura Gonzales, ’79 MA ’89 Bob Balicki, ’79, and Gail Elliott, ’94 [email protected] Contacts: [email protected] events begin again in the fall Wieferich at 800-956-0051 for details. [email protected] Bob: (313) 608-7922 Rene Johnson, ’78 • Fall speakers series being planned. Gail: (313) 608-7923 work: (269) 388-8403 Contacts: Bryan Wieferich Las Vegas Dallas Details soon at www.cmualum.com [email protected] [email protected] Contact: Mark Wilson, ’82 [email protected] Contact: Ann Marie Fredrickson, ’94 [email protected] home: (702) 655-2118 home: (817) 797-1746 • May 14, 2009, Lem Tucker Honors Program [email protected] Boston [email protected] Journalism Scholarship and (989) 774-3902 Upcoming: Media Leadership Speaker Series, Leader Advancement Scholars • Fall event being planned. Details Denver Atheneum hotel, Greektown, Detroit Houston Wynkoop Brewing Co. was the site Constituent Chapter soon at www.cmualum.com Contact: Bill Cox, ’83 for Denver area alumni to gather for Contact: Christopher Jablonski, ’83 Contact: Dan Gaken, ’04 home: (713) 722-0911 Contact: Adam Miller, ’98 an update on campus news. [email protected] [email protected] (847) 807-9464 [email protected] [email protected] Contact: Mary Van Meter, ’80 English Constituent Chapter Los Angeles [email protected] Contact: Monica Brady, ’03 Indianapolis Contacts: Patti, ’83, and Upcoming: Broadcast and Cinematic Arts [email protected] Ed Schroll, ’77 MA ’78 Ed.S. ’91 Terry Beatty, ’70 • CMU football game tailgate at Constituent Chapter home: (909) 446-1946 [email protected] Purdue University Sept. 20 Upcoming: Flint [email protected] • Homecoming takeover of CMU Upcoming: • CMU football game tailgate at Atlanta student radio station, WMHW. See • Social hour the third Thursday of Indiana University Nov. 1. Milwaukee Alumni gathered May 8 at the Atlanta off- Homecoming schedule on Page 11. each month, beginning at 5 p.m. at Contact: Mark Bender, ’95 campus site for a presentation from Merodie Mario’s Restaurant and Pizzeria in Flint Contacts: Grace Ketchum, ’69 [email protected] Hancock, vice president and executive director • BCA Awards Banquet April (317) 223-7982 of CMU Off-Campus Programs and Karen Adams, 17, 2009, at Buck’s Run Golf Contact: Ted Bunker, ’69 [email protected] Mount Pleasant dean of the College of Education and Human Club, Mount Pleasant. home: (810) 694-7359 Katie Reed, ’92 Upcoming: Services. They discussed the new Education [email protected] Contact: Kathy Banfield Shaw, ’74 [email protected] • Fire Up Fest August 27 on the Building, new programs, and alumni benefits. Mount Pleasant campus. [email protected] Florida’s East Central area Contacts: Karen, ’94, and Integrative Public Relations • Reunion Weekend September Upcoming: Charlotte, North Carolina Constituent Chapter • CMU football game tailgate Gary Aalbregtse, ’72 26 and 27 on the Mount Pleasant Contact: Michele Caldwell Kelly ’01 Contact: Abigail Dean, ’01 September 6 at Georgia [email protected] campus for classes from the 1950s. [email protected] [email protected] University in Athens, Georgia. Contact: Dan Gaken, ’04 28 [email protected] 29

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New England South Bend, Indiana President Calendar Contact: Kevin Richards, ’89 Contact: Kimber Abair, ’01 Thomas Lapka, ’78 (203) 840-6221 [email protected] Ada 27 – Fire Up Fest, Mount Pleasant campus. [email protected] work: (517) 482-0222 August Student Alumni Association [email protected] New York City Constituent Chapter Contact: Adam Ebnit, ’03 The Student Alumni Association was busy First vice president 26 and 27 – Reunion Weekend for classes from [email protected] during the spring semester volunteering Jan (Keegan) Hagland, ’77 September the 1950s, Mount Pleasant campus. at the Scholarship Luncheon, Gentle Berkley Northern Michigan Friday, and various other events [email protected] Contact: Kristen Beach, ’90 ’98 across campus. They are excited for 11 – Homecoming, Mount Pleasant campus (see schedule Page 11). (231) 675-2136 the upcoming school year and looking October Second vice president 18 – Volunteer Network gathering, Mount Pleasant campus. [email protected] forward to recruiting new members. Darlene Nowak-Baker, ’87 Milford 24 and 25 – Michigan Story Festival, Mount Pleasant campus. Phoenix Contact: Amanda Aude [email protected] work: (248) 358-6403 25 – Journalism Hall of Fame Banquet, Mount Pleasant campus. Contact: Dale Wernette, ’67 [email protected] (480) 515-5132 Traverse City [email protected] Contact: Judith Danford Tank, ’68 Directors April 2009 4 – Opus XII, Mount Pleasant campus. Physician Assistant Constituent Chapter (231) 267-5081 Jean (Bennett) Brown, ’88 15 – Journalism Awards Luncheon, Mount Pleasant campus. Novi Contact: Andrew Booth Tri-cities 17 – Broadcast and Cinematic Arts Awards Banquet, [email protected] Tri-cities area alumni met in May to Janet Burns, MA ’83 Ed.S. ’89 Buck’s Run Golf Club, Mount Pleasant. Mount Pleasant Raleigh, North Carolina enjoy appetizers, drinks, and CMU camaraderie in the lounge at Apple Paul DeRoche, ’91 Contacts: Rodger Skirvin, ’78 Mountain in Freeland. They also enjoyed Commerce Township [email protected] 14 – Lem Tucker Journalism Scholarship and Media Leadership an exciting evening at Dow Diamond May 2009 Kevin Campbell, ’74 MA ’76 Speaker Series, Atheneum hotel, Greektown, Detroit. Terry Guttrich, ’57 as the Great Lakes Loons took on the Midland (910) 215-8916 Lansing Lugnuts. More than 140 CMU alumni and friends enjoyed their time Ryan A. Fewins, ’02 MA ’04 Reno in the Northern Lights Pavilion. Lansing Contact: Carol Perrigo, ’72 Contact: Ricardo Resio, ’95 Lynn Garrett, ’97 (775) 747-5066 [email protected] Detroit [email protected] Daniel Herzog, ’91 Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services Volunteer Center Auburn Hills Constituent Chapter Adding a little green Administration Constituent Chapter Volunteer Center alumni joined current Timothy Hicks, ’74 MA ’77 Contacts: Chris Bundy, ’88 CMU students and staff in April in Muskegon [email protected] By Chris Austin, Your alumni association embraces Mount Pleasant for a communitywide Christopher Jablonski, ’83 step in providing a communication Susan Wells, ’77 volunteer event on Be My Neighbor Bloomfield Hills ’95 MBA ’04 our maroon and gold heritage, but we medium where you decide what [email protected] Day. The following day a brunch at the Associate director think it’s time we add a little green to Robert Kennedy, ’87 information you want to receive. Bovee University Center celebrated Northville of alumni relations the mix. As we close out 2008 and ROTC Constituent Chapter the past, present, and future of the move forward into the future, we We live in a world where most of us Contact: John Fisher, ’70 Volunteer Center. The group honored Adrian LaMar, ’89 Certainly by now are committed to providing learning can’t survive without our BlackBerry, [email protected] Shawna Ross, director of the Volunteer Wyoming we have all heard opportunities and programs geared PDA, laptop, or cell phone – not Center, for her years of service Sheldon Lennox, ’81 San Antonio the phrase “go toward increasing environmental because we love these little gadgets Contact: Ryan Fewins Rockford Contact: Kathy McKenzie, ’82 green” – and no, stewardship through the efforts so much (well, maybe we do), but [email protected] (512) 733-2771 Erin Matusiewicz, ’00 I’m not talking of students, faculty, and staff. We mostly because today’s busy lifestyles [email protected] Detroit Western Pennsylvania about some other school’s cheer also are encouraging alumni to demand that we always be connected. Anne Monroe, ’96 you might hear at a football game. San Diego Contact: Jeff Rivard, ’66 help us promote and participate in (412) 826-2180 Traverse City We don’t want to complicate your lives Contact: Greg Cox, ’00 I’m talking about environmental developing greener communities. (858) 534-0437 [email protected] Darcy Orlik, ’92 MSA ’95 stewardship or what is more commonly by filling your mailboxes or inboxes, [email protected] Mount Pleasant known as the “green initiative.” Very soon you will begin to see many but we do want to keep you connected Washington, D.C. Charles Selinger, ’94 MS ’98 with your alma mater. Technology Contact: Tony Brown, ’02 more opportunities for you as alumni San Francisco Ceresco The experts have been in the home: (202) 882-2993 to receive information from us in an can help keep this connection strong, Contact: Call the alumni office at (800) 358-6903. [email protected] Robert VanDeventer, ’74 media discussing how we can all electronic form. This will include event and at the same time we can do our Saginaw go green. The summer issue of invitations, newsletters, and yes, part to promote a greener CMU. • Jeffery Vredevoogd, ’82 Centralight highlighted ways CMU even the Centralight magazine you are Grandville is promoting sustainability. And I’m reading right now. Go to our newly 30 31 sure many of you are embracing redesigned alumni online community We would love to hear your ideas the green culture in everyday ways at www.cmualum.com for a very or feedback on this topic. E-mail like riding bikes for transportation, dynamic and user-centered Web me at [email protected]. carpooling, going on “stay-cations” experience. We believe this is a great instead of vacations, recycling, and growing your own vegetables. centralight Fall 2008 centralight Fall 2008 Maroon and Gold From left, William S. Thompson, John G. Kulhavi, W. Curtis White, Karen Ballard, and Richard Barz. Sandra Croll was unable to attend the ceremony.

What they say… Share the The six recipients of this year’s alumni awards are all engaged with CMU in varying ways. CMU experience For someone who wants to get involved but doesn’t know where to start, here’s advice from the award winners:

John G. Kulhavi: “Join the development board or the alumni board. It’s a great organization, and there are many areas

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William S. Thompson: “Come to campus. There also are a lot of online opportunities, such as online mentoring Honoring alumni programs. It doesn’t have to CMU honored alumni and friends with its most prestigious be money – it can be time.” awards in June. The recipients are: from one generation ... W. Curtis White: “Local and regional alumni events • John G. Kulhavi, ’65, Distinguished • Richard Barz, MBA ’77, Community are fun and can revive old Alumni Award. He received 43 awards Recognition Alumni Award. He is relationships and allow for new during his military career and retired president and CEO of Isabella Bank. friendships. The alumni staff from the U.S. Army Reserve as a He is a lifetime member and current for the university and colleges brigadier general. Kulhavi is senior chairman of the Middle Michigan are incredible and have lots vice president of investments for Development Corp. and is active with of ideas for involvement.” Merrill Lynch in Farmington Hills numerous community and university and ranks in the top 1 percent of organizations and boards. The Mount Your student’s experience here Richard Barz: “Offer your service the firm’s financial advisers. He is Pleasant Chamber of Commerce of some type, and then you’ll vice chairman of the CMU Board honored him with the prestigious feel part of things. It doesn’t of Trustees and chairman of the Citizen of the Year award in 2005. have to be something big.” Campaign for the CMU Events Center. • Karen Ballard, ’00 MSA ’02, Outstanding Karen Ballard: “Find your • William S. Thompson, ’78, Alumni Young Alumni Award. She is a published passion. There are so many ways Commitment Award. He is the audio poet and author of “Sugawords: Poetic to give back and stay involved. news editor for Michigan Radio Memoirs,” and she owns a publishing It can be as simple as mentoring Network in Lansing, where he has and media company, Pink Street to another. a future or current student, spent decades covering the state Publishing. She recently served as the attending a CMU alumni event in Capitol and facilitating the network’s program and event specialist in alumni Non-Michigan children and grandchildren of CMU alumni your area or on campus, or just overall news gathering. He is an relations at Oakland University and staying abreast of what’s new at active member of the Broadcast from 2000 through 2004 she worked can enroll at CMU at in-state tuition rates. CMU and telling others about it.” and Cinematic Arts Alumni Advisory for CMU in minority student services. Board and promotes the alumni radio Continue your family’s legacy Sandra Croll: ”Join the capital takeover during Homecoming. • Sandra Croll, Honorary Alumni Award. campaign of an area of the She has been an enthusiastic advocate with the CMU Legacy Program university that you are passionate • W. Curtis White, ’67 MA ’68, of CMU and its libraries for more than about. Let people know you Alumni Commitment Award. He is 30 years. Her special interest is with This program covers the difference between are proud of CMU and the an active member of the College the Clarke Historical Library, for which in-state and out-of-state tuition for the academic year. 32 kind of education it offers.” of Science and Technology Alumni she serves on its Board of Governors. Advisory Board and the Friends of She is a resourceful and persistent To learn more, contact CMU Admissions. Beaver Island group. He credits his advocate of Clarke Library in northern (888) 292-5366 • www.cmich.edu/admissions professional success as owner and Michigan and has lent valuable support director of Aegis Environments in to its visibility in that region. • CMU is an AA/EO institution (see www.cmich.edu/aaeo). Midland to geting his start at CMU. centralight Fall 2008 centralight Summer 2008 Alumni in Action

50 Year Class Reunion Weekend September 26-27, 2008 Off the shelf All classes from 1950 to 1959 A sampling of alumni-written books Highlighting the class of 1958

Join us for a Reunion Weekend at Central Michigan University Etched in Purple: One Soldier’s War in Europe Scheduled events begin with registration on Friday afternoon By Frank Irgang, ’50 and conclude on Saturday evening. Potomac Books Inc., 248 pages Reed City Boy This personal record, first published in By Timothy James Bazzett, ’69 MA ’70 All alumni that graduated between 1950 and 1959 are invited 1949, accounts Irgang’s experiences as Timothy James Bazzett, 199 pages to join in on the festivities. Planned activities range from a a young American soldier during World Bazzett’s memoir records his memories War II through Normandy, across France, of the joys and frustrations of growing up dinner on Friday evening, to a bus tour of campus and the and into Germany. community on Saturday morning followed by a tailgate party in small-town America in a working-class Catholic family. and an exciting football game! The Encyclopedia of Parenting from A-Z, So Help Me God Where Tulips Bloom For additional information and to register please call the By Dr. Carol S. Kennedy, ’70 MA ’80 By Patricia Jane Palmer, ’71 MA ’83, with Office of Alumni Relations at (800) 358-6903. Kennedy Publishing Services, 146 pages Sarah R. Adams, ’02 Kennedy offers practical, easy-to- Journey Publishers, 206 pages understand advice on parenting Pat Oswald grew up thinking she was stemming from her personal and just an ordinary girl hoping for Prince professional experiences. Charming to come along. Looking back, she realizes things turned out better than Homecoming Queen she had ever wished. By Linda Hughes, ’71 MA ’78 Attention CMU Alumni CeShore Publishing Company, The Ice Cream Maker: An Inspiring 216 pages Tale About Making Quality the Key Help MCHD & MCPS Support Your Alma Mater! Llayne Robertson thought life was a fairy Ingredient to Everything You Do tale until she discovered the truth and By Subir Chowdhury, MA ’93 100%1 000% 00% % of your purchase price at learned that she was her own champion. Doubleday Business, 128 pages MCHD or MCPS will be donated to The precepts to Total Quality CMU. That’s right, 100%1 00%0 0% ! This Mech Warrior Dark Age: Target Management are introduced in this includes parts, accessories, clothing, of Opportunity business novella in which Pete, an ice By Blaine Lee Pardoe, ’84 MA ‘94 cream factory manager, learns to make service work, motorcycles, personal New American Library, 297 pages quality a part of workplace culture. watercraft, sleds and ATVs. Knight-Errant Alexi Holt is assigned TheThe ffoundationoundation ooff oourur frfreedomeedom to protect the planet Wyatt for The Find My Friends Republic, but she also must protect By Carl R. Sams, ’73, and is educationeducation. Support CMU! Tucker Harwell from being kidnapped by Jean Stoick, ‘67 the invaders who seek his unmatched Carl R. Sams II Photography, 14 pages HPG skills. In a sturdy board book for young children, wildlife photographers Sams and Stoick Mr. Turkey show how animals use their special By Michael Lozon, ’76 colors to hide. DeWitt Foundation, 275 pages 34 35 MCHD MCPS Restrictions apply. Ask for details. Mr. Turkey is the biography of Marvin 34900 Grand River Ave. Farmington Hills, MI 48335 1645 S. Telegraph Rd. Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 DeWitt, the cofounder of Bil Mar Foods, Phone: 248-473-7433 www.motorcityharley.com Phone: 248-858-2300 www.motorcitypowersport.com which became one of the largest turkey processors in the nation, and DeWitt’s perseverance through countless setbacks. centralight Fall 2008 centralight Fall 2008 Alumni in Action Alumni in Action

1960s Susan Jarabek Miller, ’75 MA ’81, Tammie M. (Green) Chestnut, ’92, retired in 2000 after counseling earned her MBA in marketing Annlee (Beckstrom) Boonstra, ’65 for 25 years in Michigan and now from the University of Phoenix. MA ’69, retired from Mona Shores Send us your news substitute teaches at her son’s middle Schools. She and her husband are avid We want to hear from alumni near and far to school in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Teresa L. (Napier) Cuares, ’96, and travelers and have visited all 50 states. her husband, Randy, adopted their include your news in the Alumni in Action section ’78 MA ’84, daughter, Ella, from China in September of Centralight. Please write to us about job 1950s Ronald G. Schneider, is superintendent of Crossroads 2006 and are in the process of promotions, awards, marriages, births, and other noteworthy recent accomplishments or changes. Clare M. Hart, ’51, retired after 32 Charter Academy in Big Rapids. adopting her sister. Teresa teaches years of teaching and 20 years of He and his wife, Peggy, celebrated high school in Hazel Park, Michigan. Send your news to Centralight by e-mail to volunteering with the local food their 30th wedding anniversary. [email protected], by fax to (989) 774-1098, pantry. He and his wife, Anna Gregory R. Kish, ’98, joined Smith or by mail to Centralight, Public Relations and Andersen, will celebrate their 60th 1980s Haughey Rice & Roegge law Marketing, West Hall, Central Michigan University, wedding anniversary in September. firm’s Traverse City office. His Mount Pleasant, MI 48859. Be sure to include James A. Adams, MA ’81, is a brisbane by p eggy Photo They live in Comstock Park. practice focuses on business your graduation year and contact numbers. • customer quality engineer and plant Robert Froehlich, ’78 M.A., known in the media as Dr. Bob, statistician at the Johnson Controls law, employment law, real estate 1960s frequently gives investment advice on CNN, CNBC, and Bloomberg Inc. Toledo, Ohio, battery plant. law, and estate planning. TV. He was a May 3 CMU commencement speaker. Lois Ziegler Toeppner, ’63, was s elected national secretary of the Virgis Colbert, ’82, was elected to 2000 American Guild of Organists. She the board of directors for Lorillard Cynthia Keleman, MA ’00, was Making an investment completed a Master in Music in Inc. He serves as chairman of the appointed area chair for humanities organ performance in 2005 from compensation committee and is and social sciences for the College Wall Street strategist, media personality shares insight The Boston Conservatory. She lives a member of the nominating and of Arts and Sciences at the An unexpected phone call changed the financial advising in Westborough, Massachusetts. corporate governance committees. He University of Phoenix. She also career path of Wall Street strategist Robert Froehlich, MA is a senior adviser to the Miller Brewing was selected as a member of the ’78. The 1995 call, announced by his administrative Bruce O. Knight, ’65 MA ’69, retired Co. and was named as one of the “50 Titan Enroller Advisory Board for assistant, was from CNN’s Lou Dobbs. as principal of McKelvey Elementary Most Powerful Black Executives in Titan Benefits and Communications in the Parkway School District in America” by Forbes Magazine in 2002. in Royal Oak, Michigan. Froehlich picked up the phone in his Chicago office thinking St. Louis County, Missouri. Kathleen Brien Douthat, ’82, was Susannah L. Szeidel, MS ’01, it was a prank. It wasn’t. Howard E. Wells, ’69 MA ’71, retired one of five students selected for moved to the Chicago area for a Dobbs told Froehlich that CNN was launching a 24-hour from the Veterans Association the collaborative learning and new job with Alliance Rehab. Medical Center Department of financial network – CNNfn – and he wanted Froehlich to do a research doctoral program in the 30-minute segment every Monday morning. Taking the job Psychiatry/Mental Health in 2001. educational psychology department Sarah M. (Worsley) Vogel, ’02, and His wife, Barbara Kawecki Wells, her husband, Taylor, announce the meant that he had to appear on Mondays for a full year – no at the University of Tennessee. She excuses. And there wasn’t any pay. A basketball life ’71, is a speech pathologist. They began her residency in August. She birth of Gemma in June 2007. The live in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. family resides in Leesburg, Virginia. Ray Haack, ’41, remembers his first year is a counselor at Pellissippi State “I jumped at the chance,” says Froehlich, who is now known teaching in Reese in 1941, when the new guy 1970s Technical Community College in Rebecca Johnson, ’04, was promoted nationally as Dr. Bob. “Yes, there wasn’t pay. But no matter on the block had to take over basketball coaching Knoxville, Tennessee, and is a licensed to senior account executive at The what age you are, sometimes you have to take an Jeffrey D. Brasie, ’70 MA ’76, was duties. The team played in a dance hall and won just alcohol and drug abuse counselor. Quell Group in Troy, Michigan. opportunity because you know that the experience is appointed CEO of the Peabody two games. payment enough. And I wanted to be on TV.” Retirement Community in North Theresa M. (Formicola) LaPorte, ’85, Kristin M. Priest, ’05, was named Haack moved on to Mount Pleasant High School, Manchester, Indiana. The 32- joined Capitol Bancorp in Lansing, account manager of Tanner Friedman, His one question to Dobbs was, “Why did you choose me served in the U.S. Navy, and then settled at St. acre complex serves more than Michigan, as tax director. She oversees a strategic communications out of all the financial advisers?” Joseph High School in 1946, where he stayed for 350 residents. He also teaches the company’s tax accounting, tax and public relations agency in forty years, teaching physical education and graduate school part time at planning, and tax compliance functions. “It is simple, really, Bob,” Dobbs told him. “I was given a list Farmington Hills, Michigan. coaching. His teams won 11 conference titles, seven Northern Kentucky University. of names. The first eight I called told me no. Your name district titles, two regional titles, and two state Jon Stenberg, ’89, joined New York Talia Mark, ’06, is the national account was next.” Eugene C. Hendrickson, ’74, was Life Insurance Co. as a senior executive in the consumer marketing championships. promoted to partner in the state and vice president. He oversees the Four weeks after his initial CNNfn appearance, CNBC called department for NASCAR. She is He was inducted into the Michigan High School local tax services group at RubinBrown retail insurance division for the Froehlich to be on a show to talk about interest rates. responsible for all major consumer Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Basketball accounting and consulting firm in individual life department. marketing programs with a focus on Since then Froehlich – who is the vice chairman and leading Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2007. Though St. Louis, Missouri. He specializes in youth and multicultural initiatives. 1990s spokesperson on financial matters for DWS Scudder, the retired, Haack still helps at football and basketball property tax consulting, state and local She was a panelist for “The Good asset subsidiary of Deutsche Bank – has written several games at St. Joseph High School. • tax, tax incentives, and tax planning. Mary A. (Szczesny) Niester, ’90, received Life: Exploring Nontraditional financial advice books, one with CNBC’s Suze Orman, and the 2008 Michigan Dietetic Association Career Opportunities” at the he consistently appears on financial television programs on Registered Dietition of the Year award NAACP 99th Annual Convention 36 CNBC, CNN, Fox News, and Bloomberg TV. 37 at the Michigan Dietetic Association’s in Cincinnati, Ohio, in July. annual conference in April. “The life lesson there is to always look beyond the initial opportunity. This applies in any job field,” Froehlich said in a brief interview before giving a May 3 commencement address at CMU. • centralight Fall 2008 centralight Fall 2008 In Memoriam

William O. Moulton, ’42, Gaylord, Monroe S. Causley, ’62, Dover, New E. Dawson Fisher, MA ’79, Leland, Michigan, died May 23, 2008, age 89. Jersey, died May 14, 2008, age 78. Michigan, died July 1, 2008, age 82.

James Gay, ’43, Alma, Michigan, Kenneth J. Little, ’62, Coleman, Scott Hammond, ’81, Kalamazoo, Join the CMU Alumni Association died June 5, 2008, age 86. Michigan, died June 8, 2008, age 73. Michigan, died May 26, 2008, age 48. for pregame tailgate parties at three away games this season: Robert L. Oliver, ’44 MA ’48, Grand Ledge, Mary E. Hollis, ’65, Traverse City, John Randall Halvin, ’83, Saginaw, Michigan, died June 2, 2008, age 89. Michigan, died May 22, 2008, age 78. Michigan, died June 12, 2008, age 46. September 6 CMU vs. Georgia Hilda A. Spink Taylor, ’45 MA ’58, Trudy A. Schertel Paullin, ’66, Robert G. Lewis Jr., ’83, Greenville, Athens, Georgia Bingham Farms, Michigan, died East Lansing, Michigan, died Michigan, died July 10, 2008, age 47. June 22, 2008, age 101. June 15, 2008, age 64. September 20 Capt. Clarence J. “Jerry” Wages Jr., CMU vs. Purdue A. Marie Hollenbeck Shea, ’51, Virginia Grubaugh, MA ’70, MA ’84, Panama City, Florida, died May 23, And at home games: West Lafayette, Indiana Southern Pines, North Carolina, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, died 2008, age 79. Grab a free hot dog died July 6, 2008, age 78. May 31, 2008, age 84. from the CMU Alumni November 1 Veeramathi R. Evani, MA ’87, Midland, Association on “The CMU vs. Indiana Julius H. “Jim” VanEenenaam Jr., Max A. May, ’70, Woodbury, Minnesota, Michigan, died June 14, 2008, age 71. Island” just north of Bloomington, Indiana ’52, Traverse City, Michigan, died May 12, 2008, age 59. Kelly/Shorts Stadium. died July 1, 2008, age 78. Naomi R. Mihalic Caldwell, MSA ’90, (At Homecoming, don’t For info and tailgate tickets: Margaret Elaine Beach, ’72, Vestaburg, Springfield, Ohio, died July 8, 2008, age 60. miss the Alumni Village www.cmualum.com Ruth A. Petersen, ’54, Ludington, Michigan, died June 15, 2008, age 74. Caleb J. Bryant, ’94, Moorpark, for lots of free food!) (800) 358-6903 Michigan, died June 12, 2008, age 79. Jenny Dionise, MA ’72, Clarkston, California, died July 4, 2008, age 36. For game tickets: Jane A. Missell, ’56, Farmington Michigan, died June 5, 2008, age 84. 1-888-FIREUP-2 Hills, Michigan, died December Daphine Scott Mascall, MSA ’96, Dayton, 15, 2007, age 73. Sue Ann Gay, ’72, Alma, Michigan, Ohio, died June 18, 2008, age 49. died June 23, 2008, age 57. CMU is an AA/EO institution (see www.cmich.edu/aaeo). • For ADA accommodations, call (989) 774-3045 at least one week before the event. Gerald H. Irwin, ’57, Holt, Michigan, Faculty and staff: died June 11, 2008, age 77. Betty Napier Billups, MA ’73, Wayne, West Virginia, died January 12, 2008, age 81. William Rivard, professor emeritus of Bonnie Rosely, ’57, Grand Rapids, music, died March 12, 2008. He taught Michigan, died August 29, 2007, age 71. Carl Brockdorf, ’73, Battle Creek, music theory and trombone at CMU Michigan, died July 4, 2008, age 90. from 1959 through 1992 and also was an Hey Chippewa fans ... Charles E. Gohsman, ’58 MA ’77, Saginaw, accomplished composer and arranger. Michigan, died June 22, 2008, age 77. Gail Samuel “Sam” Mears, ’73, Muskegon, Michigan, died June 7, 2008, age 58. J. Bruce Eldred, manager of University Harold I. Hamlin Jr., ’60, Walloon Lake, Press from 1969 to 1982, died July Michigan, died June 11, 2008, age 75. Georgia Guster, MA ’74, Saginaw, 1, 2008, at Masonic Pathways, Michigan, died June 14, 2008, age 66. Alma, Michigan. He was 87. Kenneth Knauf, ’60 MA ’65, Niles, Michigan, died June 5, 2008, age 70. Dennis O. Jenkins, MA ’76, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, died May 27, 2008, age 65. Allen E. Weed, ’60, Sun City, Arizona, died May 8, 2008, age 73. Richard W. Jones, MA ’77, Pflugerville, Texas, died July 6, 2008, age 74. Audrey M. “Allison” Wicklund, ’60, Custer, Michigan, died May 23, 2008, age 92. Camilla J. Lorenz, ’77, Cedar Springs, Michigan, died February 4, 2008, age 52.

38 Pick up your CMU gear at one of these fine retailers. 39 In Mount Pleasant: University Bookstore • Dunhams Across Michigan: Finish Line • Foot Locker Meijer • Wal-Mart • Kohl’s Campus Den • Champs Sam’s Club • SBX • MC Sports Steve & Barry’s • Lids

centralight Fall 2008 centralight Fall 2008 Professor Barbara Bissot I Am Central: loved education Justin Sessink and libraries at Central Michigan University.

Senior Marketing major

Why marketing? “It’s the creative side of business.”

This summer: Completed a four-month internship in the marketing and sales department at Liquid Molding Systems in Midland, mailing product kits to customers, handling customer inquiries, and updating the Web site.

For fun: Plays guitar Sunday mornings at Saginaw Valley Church of the Nazarene, writes songs, and jams with his friends whenever he can find the time. “We play a little bit of everything – blues, rock, and folk.”

Playing for a cause: His band, Scenario, wrote 10 songs for a benefit CD and played a dozen gigs to raise money for Bloodwater Mission, an organization that builds clean water wells in Africa.

Family connection: His brother, Josh, is a CMU junior majoring in entrepreneurship and the drummer at church and Now after her life, a gift from her with the band. estate continues to help future teachers Where you’ve seen Justin: Photo by R obert barclay Photo and library patrons. He was one of two student speakers at the annual CMU Scholarship and Donor Luncheon Professor Bissot supported both her passions through her gift last spring. to the University Library Endowment and establishment of the Barbara Bissot Endowed Scholarship for teacher education students. Before he graduates: Wishes he could meet Charles and Gerry Scribner Include CMU in your will or estate plan so that you, too, can help of California, benefactors of the Scribner Family students in very special ways. Scholarship that he receives. 40 For more information To help support the education of a student Ted Tolcher, Assistant Vice President like Justin, go to www.giving.cmich.edu. of Planned and Major Gifts (800) 358-6903 [email protected] centralight Fall 2008 CMU is an AA/EO institution (see www.cmich.edu/aaeo).

Eastern Illinois 7 p.m. Aug. 28 (Herb Deromedi Day) (Thurs.)

Buffalo 4 p.m. Sept. 27 (Family Day, Band Day, CMU & You Day) (Sat.)

Temple 4 p.m. Oct. 11 (Homecoming) (Sat.)

Western Michigan Noon Oct. 18 (Rivalry Weekend, Hall of Fame) (Sat.) Earned a

Ball State 7 p.m. spot in the Nov. 19 (Senior Night, National Television Game) (Wed.) CMU record books with All dates subject to change. 90 receptions. Bryan Anderson Wide Receiver

Set the single-season CMU record with 3,652 yards passing.

Dan LeFevour Quarterback

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