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SHEPHERD COLLEGE M a g a z i n e Volume 7, No. 2 • Winter 2001 Community and Technical College Moves to Martinsburg F o u n d a t i o n A l u m n i A s s o c i a t i o n OFFICERS Herbert Clark Roger Ramey BOARD OF DIRECTORS Aimee Gibbons ’92 James Davis ’59 Hagerstown, MD Charles Town Donald Jones ’71 & ’97 Washington, D.C. President President Rippon James S. Dailey III Robert Rissler ’47 Shepherdstown Paul Hillyard ’58 Martinsburg Shenandoah Junction Winchester, VA James Moler ’30 Linda Regner Sickel ’82 Immediate Past Daniel DePalma Daniel C. Starliper ’69 Vice President William Knode ’58 President Charles Town Martinsburg Olney, MD Sharpsburg, MD Charles Town Deborah Dhayer ’74 J. Randall Thompson ’93 David Rickard ’56 Neville Leonard ’59 William Knode ’58 Berkeley Springs Boonsboro, MD Treasurer Shepherdstown Vice President Greensboro, NC Sharpsburg, MD Jane Ikenberry-Dorrier ’65 Larry Togans ’81 Tripp Lowe ’95 Scottsville, VA Charles Town Julie St. Marie ’84 & ’85 Shepherdstown Sallye S. Price ’53 & ’54 Immediate Past Secretary Jerry Kerr ’68 DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE President James Omps ’57 Shepherdstown Winchester, VA David L. Dunlop Baltimore, MD Winchester, VA Shepherdstown E. William Johnson Melinda Landolt ’75 Chris Wooten ’87 Sallye Price ’53 & ’54 Treasurer Shepherdstown Donald Jones ’71 & ’97 Financial Consultant Shepherdstown Harpers Ferry Shepherdstown Bel Air, MD M. Rebecca Linton Kim Smith ’85 Monica Lingenfelter Martinsburg HONORARY DIRECTORS James A. Watson Towson, MD Executive Vice President James A. Butcher Executive Director Hagerstown, MD Eugene M. Lugat ’83 Shepherdstown Martinsburg Rachelle Terlizzi ’92 Reisterstown, MD Middletown, MD James A. Watson Sara Helen Cree Michael Athey ’62 VP for College Allen Lueck ’67 Shepherdstown Shepherdstown Charles VanMetre ’56 Advancement Shepherdstown Sharpsburg, MD Martinsburg Lavely Gruber Marlo Barnhart ’69 Hope Maxwell-Snyder Pikesville, MD Martinsburg Robert Wantz ’55 D. Frank Hill III ’75 Shepherdstown Hagerstown, MD Legal Counsel Hazel Hendricks Denny Barron ’73 Shepherdstown Susan Mentzer-Blair ’72 Shenandoah Junction Shepherdstown John Wolff ’88 Knoxville, MD Hamilton, VA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jessie Hendrix Kenneth J. Boone ’76 Ramon Alvarez ’62 David Newlin ’76 Shepherdstown Lutherville, MD Shepherdstown Winchester, VA Ruth Thacher Jason B. DeBaugh ’00 Jason Best Shepherdstown Martinsburg Shepherdstown Scott Bradford Doleman ’95 Charles Town B o a r d o f G o v e r n o r s Barbara Pichot ’71 & ’81 Anders Henriksson John M. Sherwood Chair Faculty Representative Charles Town Kearneysville Harpers Ferry Daniel Starliper ’69 Andrew D. Michael ’75 Robert A. McMillan Classified Employee Vice Chair Martinsburg Representative Hedgesville Martinsburg COVER: The Community and Technical College of Lacy I. Rice III Shepherd College has moved to its new campus in Manny Arvon ’74 Bethesda, MD Martinsburg (the site of the former Blue Ridge Secretary Outlet Center). Martinsburg Brent Robinson Martinsburg Cover photo by Timothy D. Haines Mason Noland Student Representative Shepherdstown 2 Shepherd College Magazine C o n t e n t s F r o m t h e P r e s i d e n t Shepherd Today CTC sets up shop in Martinsburg ...................... 4 CTC moves to Martinsburg McMurran clock ceremony ................................ 5 This issue of the Shepherd College Magazine fea- FTE enrollment breaks record ............................ 5 tures the Community and Technical College’s move Coaches support cancer fund-raiser ................... 5 to the Blue Ridge Center in Martinsburg. This has Admissions info session set ................................ 5 been a major project for the College, and we are excited to see it come to fruition. Henriksson publishes history bloopers ............... 6 The Community and Technical College of Shep- Homecoming in photos ...................................... 7 herd has developed and grown over the years, and it serves important needs of the region. Community Alumni Gary Kable David L. Dunlop college education fills the gap between purely voca- Class notes ......................................................... 8 tional schools and the baccalaureate curriculum. The Career Center offers services to alums ............... 8 Community and Technical College of Shepherd offers A.A., A.S., and A.A.S. Births .................................................................. 9 degrees, which allow students to either enter the job market directly or articu- Deaths ................................................................ 9 late into baccalaureate degree programs. Certificate programs also are offered Weddings and engagements .............................. 10 by the Community and Technical College of Shepherd in a variety of disci- Alumni Association activities report ................ 11 plines. Another service of the Community and Technical College is providing Little House print available .............................. 12 instruction for high school students, thereby giving them a head start on their Alum wins car in golf tournament ................... 13 college education. In West Virginia, community colleges are not required to go through the same approval process that is required of baccalaureate institutions to start Athletics new programs. Because of that, they are in a position to respond quickly to the Hall of Famers honored ................................... 15 needs of business and industry and develop degree or certificate programs Fall sports roundup .......................................... 16 within a short time frame, and our Community and Technical College has Tyler begins first year ....................................... 16 effectively used this policy to serve the community. Women’s basketball .......................................... 17 The move to Martinsburg by the Community and Technical College of Shepherd places it at the geographic and population centers of its service area. Development It provides a more clear and separate identity for both the Community and A word on investments..................................... 18 Technical College and the baccalaureate programs and allows for future ex- Foundation financial statement ........................ 18 pansion of the Community and Technical College, which would not have been Campaign for Shepherd.................................... 19 possible had it remained on Shepherd’s main campus. Contributors list ............................................... 20 A few of our baccalaureate courses for which there are several sections will be taught at the Community and Technical College’s campus in Martinsburg Casino Night raises $7,000 .............................. 26 as well as at our main campus. Selected associate degree programs such as nursing and engineering will continue to be housed on Shepherd’s main cam- The Shepherd College Magazine is published by the Of- pus because of their close relationship with the baccalaureate programs in fice of External Affairs, the Office of College Advance- ment, and the Shepherd College Foundation for the Shep- those disciplines. herd College community—alumni, donors, students, par- Some of the congestion and parking problems we experience on the main ents, prospective students, staff and faculty, and friends campus will be relieved by the Community and Technical College’s move. Plac- of the College. A portion of the production cost is under- ing the Community and Technical College into the Blue Ridge Center will help written by the Shepherd College Alumni Association and to ensure vitality in that area of Martinsburg and it will stimulate the eco- the Shepherd College Foundation. nomic development of the city and the region. Additionally, the Community EDITOR AND ART DIRECTOR and Technical College is now closer to the James Rumsey Technical Institute Valerie Owens with which it shares some programs. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS The Small Business Development Center, which is part of the Community Monica Lingenfelter, James A. Watson and Technical College, has relocated its offices to the Blue Ridge Center as CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE well. The Small Business Development Center works with entrepreneurs in the Timothy D. Haines, Holly Morgan Frye, region to help them start and build their businesses. Marcyanna Millet, Chip Ransom, Gary Kable, Aria S. Charles, Susan Franklin The Community and Technical College of Shepherd also houses Student Academic Support Services, a developmental (remedial) program that evalu- Send class note information to Alumni Office, Shepherd ates and supplements students’ basic course deficiencies. The Student Aca- College, P.O. Box 3210, Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443-3210 or to <[email protected]> via e-mail. demic Support Services unit will remain on Shepherd’s main campus. (continued to page 5) Winter 2001 3 S h e p h e r d T o d a y Community and Technical College opens up shop in Martinsburg Provost Peter G. Checkovich and his Community and Tech- nical College (CTC) staff of 20 moved their operations from the main Shepherd campus to Martinsburg in time for the opening of the academic year in August. With plenty of space and parking available at the CTC’s Blue Ridge Tech Center, Checkovich is already thinking of expansion. According to Checkovich, this fall semester attracted 600 students to the Martinsburg campus. His five-year goal is to have 2,000 full- and part- time students on site. Housed in the former tex- tile mill on Stephen Street that was most recently the Blue Ridge Outlet Center, the CTC takes up two floors