teaching load, research and scholarly activity, service obligations, evaluation and merit. These are formidable issues. The strength of the university is that we have the will to address them. The thoroughness of the self-study review and analysis, the candor and openness of our Self-Study Report, and the strong participation of the university community were noted by the SACS visiting team in February 2001. Of the 480 required criteria, only 12 were deemed insufficient by SACS. These are presently being addressed by the President's Staff. An additional eight suggestions were made and two commen- dations received, which note the integra- tion of values throughout the curriculum or the past three years Stetson and the partnering that occurs between University engaged in a the university librarians and teaching process of reaccreditation by faculty in integrating information literacy the Southern Association of skills into the curriculum. In addition, the Colleges and Schools (SACS). visiting team recognized the programs at Involving hundreds of people the Stetson University Center at Celebra- and thousands of work hours, the manda- tion as equivalent to those offered on the tory self-study examined every aspect of the main campus. university. From the school's mission stated purpose of eliciting broad-based The process of reaccreditation will be statement to educational programs, Stetson participation in an on-going, improvement- complete when affirmation is received from addressed some 480 criteria set down by the oriented, self-evaluation process, the the Commission on Colleges of the Southern regional accrediting agency. Steering Committee solicited input from Association of Colleges and Schools at their The issue of accreditation is a major some 150 additional committee members in annual meeting in December. While we are concern for any college or university. While an effort to establish compliance, as well as confident of the outcome, the real value of SACS accredits the university at large, the identify potential areas for self-improvement. the self-study has been the energy we have various schools and colleges of the university Over the next two years, several tangible brought to the process as we have worked are accredited by additional associations and significant changes occurred as a direct together as an institution of higher educa- particular to their fields of study: the College result of the self-study process: A new tion to identify our strengths and address our of Law by the American Bar Association mission statement addressing the core values weaknesses in our pursuit of excellence. and the Association of American Law of the university was ratified; numerous - Dr. Kandy Queen-Sutherland Schools; the School of Music by the policies and procedures were updated; an National Association of Schools of Music; on-line policy manual was developed; the and the School of Business Administration function of the Institutional Research Office by the AACSB International. Accreditation was expanded; a campus study center was Queen-Sutherland, a guarantees that a school is financially viable, established with a new staff member hired to professor of Religious adheres to agreed upon standards of direct it; improved support for Macintosh Studies, directed conduct and complies with its stated purpose computer users was developed; and a Stetson University's and mission. The benefits of accreditation revision of university and division-wide self-study for include student access to state and federal annual reports to include a section on reaccreditation. She loans and transfer of credit to other educa- assessment was instituted. earned a bachelor's tional institutions, as well as recognition by More importantly, key issues that speak to degree from one's peer institutions. the heart of the university were identified. Winthrop College, During the fall of 1998, the President's The first pertains to academic quality, now Winthrop Staff - as the primary planning and specifically as it relates to incoming student University, Rock Hill, administrative body of the university - quality, student retention and the adequacy S. C., and a master of conducted an initial review of compliance. of our academic programs. A second divinity degree and doctorate from Southern This work was handed over to a Self-Study concerns the role of faculty. Topics to be Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. Steering Committee in May 1999. With a discussed in the coming year include
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ALUMNI Corky and George Dannals Vincetta Giammanco Ford Martha Pollard Holler Claire Beth Langston Link 15 Evelyn West-Mills Todd Richardson
PARENTS COUNCIL International Education Gwendolyn Owens at Stetson University Mary Kay Richter STUDYING ABROAD: FACULTY AND STAFF THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Steve Barnett If you can dream it, you can do it - 2 Ellen Smith Darald Stubbs Stetson University takes the high road to Scotland - 4 My Scotland diary - 6 STUDENT Perry finds passion in service to others - 8 Shauna White The world is Torres' classroom - 10 The Alliance for International Reforestation Inc. - 11 H. Douglas Lee, President More on Stetson's Guatemalan connection - 13 4 E Mark Whittaker, Vice Art takes flight - 15 President for University Relations DAYS TO REMEMBER: STETSON UNIVERSITY Brian G. Miller, Executive Director of Marketing and RESPONDS TO TRAGEDY 21 Communications STETSON `CELEBRATES' Editor and designer: Danielle NEW $7.2 MILLION CAMPUS - 31 Laprime '95 MA Writers: Cheryl Downs, Betty 11 Brady and others as noted DEPARTMENTS LET'S TALK: ABOUT ACCREDITATION - Opposite page CUPOLA: ALUMNI NEWS - 16 Cover: A landmark of Stetson University's beautiful DeLand UNDER THE CUPOLA - 22 campus, the Cupola CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT: STETSON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: on Elizabeth Hall, has A WINNING TEAM - 33 been refurbished. It is 31 lighted each evening at dusk.
Stetson University is published semiannually by Stetson University, DeLand, Florida 32720-3781, and is distributed to its alumni, families, and friends. Printed by Independent Printing, Daytona Beach, on recycled paper. Visit Stetson University on the Internet: www.stetson.edu The following pages If you can dream it, you can do it showcase selected Stetson University Studying abroad: programs and student and faculty experiences The adventure of a lifetime abroad. For more information on By Nancy Leonard
Stetson's Study Abroad ost college students who participate in study abroad programs rank the experience among Program, visit the the best of their college careers. Study abroad "I really saw how Center for offers a chance to learn a second language to different things fluency, gain independence and develop are compared to International maturity. It can be a life-changing Mexperience, giving young persons focus and inspiration and making here, and it makes Education online at them more competitive in the job market with a broader view of the world and international culture. you appreciate < www.stetson.edu/ Stetson University is committed to fostering global awareness and things more and Offices/international>, international understanding in its students. Stetson offers its students admire the things an impressive number of opportunities to study abroad, including an on campus at academic year or semester abroad, internships abroad, off-campus others do." programs abroad and summer programs, allowing them to experience -Stetson student in Mexico 202 E. University Ave. life in another culture firsthand and encouraging them to be citizens of the world. Students earn academic credit for all international (behind Health programs offered, and often complete a foreign language minor in a single semester. The university has Services) or call ensured the affordability of study abroad by making financial aid and Stetson scholarships available for all semester and academic year abroad sites. Study abroad with Stetson University is safe, affordable (386) 822-8165. and educational.
A cademic year/semester abroad Currently the Center for International Education oversees seven permanent sites in Spain, France, England, Germany, Russia, Hong Kong and Mexico. The programs in Spain, France, Germany, Mexico and Russia are primarily foreign language programs where students can improve or perfect their skills in the host country's language. Students with very strong foreign language skills are encouraged to take courses from the mainstream curriculum at their host universities. Stetson University employs a resident director at each of the foreign language sites to assist students in their orientation and adjustment to their program abroad, as well as see to their
Stetson students explore the Palace of the Popes in Avignon, Prance.
2 STETSON UNIVERSITY overall well-being during their experience. At our sites at Hong Kong Baptist University and The Nottingham-Trent University in England, our students are assisted by the universities' own international student offices. Study-abroad programs are organized to ensure the richest possible cross-cultural experience. We emphasize academics and experience. Students are encouraged to spend time with the people of the host culture. They are housed in international student residences or with host families, and are encouraged to take part in cultural trips within the host country organized by their resident directors and international student
Internships Abroad Internships abroad are organized through various academic departments and the Center for International Education. Stetson's Department of Education currently has internships in the local schools in Germany and Mexico for teachers-in- training and hopes to offer similar opportunities in England soon. Latin American Studies and Political Belkys Torres visits a Science professors encourage students to participate in internships in Central and South castle in Avila, Spain. America. In recent years, LAS and Political Science students have interned in Uruguay, Argentina, Nicaragua and Guatemala. The Center for International Education facilitates internships in Mexico and offers Stetson students the opportunity to work in the city government of Granada, Spain.
"It's so much Off-Campus Programs For students who are unable to participate in semester-long programs better to learn abroad, Stetson offers short, intensive study trips abroad during the language, semester breaks. Off-campus programs, each with an academic focus, are organized and led by Stetson professors. In the past two years, history, culture, these programs have taken our students to more than 20 countries, "Studying etc., when including Vietnam, Singapore and China (business practices in abroad has Southeast Asia); Mexico; Oxford University, England (creative non- you're living fiction); Kyrgyzstan (politics and society); Panama (offshore been the most in it." banking); and Greece and Turkey (religious studies). rewarding -Stetson student aspect in Hong Kong Summer Programs of college so Each summer the Center for International Education offers a one- month intensive Spanish program in Guanajuato, Mexico, and the far." School of Business runs a very popular program in Innsbruck, - Stetson student in Spain Austria.
Leonard, director of International Education, has spent 17 years abroad, mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Most recently she was the academic director of English Language Service (ELS) institutes in Seoul and Taegu, South Korea, and trained English teachers in Rangoon, Burma. She is enjoying her second year at Stetson.
FALL 2001 Stetson University Children's Choir takes the high road to success in Scotland
By Brian G. Miller
Holy Trinity Church t. Andrews, Scotland-It is not very original to say, but there was not a dry eye in the The piper, a young lass house. And this house was a church that, if you believed the sign out front that said it from just a few miles was 300 years old when it was moved to its present location in 1407, has seen a lot of tears. This night the members of the Stetson University Children's Choir encircled the stone outside St. Andrews, sanctuary, hand-in-hand with their new best friends from the Lochgelly High School led the 52 choristers Chorus, singing Auld Lang Sync as sweetly as Robert Burns ever imagined it could be sung. into the church, the AndS these extra special tears shined on the smiling faces of performers and observers alike. haunting notes of her To understand how this group of young performers made the venue change from the Elizabeth Hall bagpipes drifting up Chapel in DeLand to the Holy Trinity Church in one of Scotland's oldest and most famous cities, you into the hardwood have to talk to Dr. Ann Small, the founder and artistic director of the choir. In just 15 years (longer than rafters more than 100 most of the current choristers have been alive) Small has taken this group from zero to international feet above the heads prominence. of the audience. Members of the Children's Choir, along with the Scottish Lochgelly High School Chorus, were invited Nearly three years of to be the Young-Artists-In-Residence, the best of the best, at the Choral Music Experience for Choral rehearsal, preparation Teacher Education. This is the premiere professional development opportunity in the world, held each and fund raising by the summer for choral teachers and conductors to learn from some of the top professionals in the world, while conducting and practicing on the most talented choirs. Also invited, though not as the coveted Stetson University Young-Artists-in-Residence, were the children's choirs from a couple of other small towns you may have Children's Choir was heard of-St. Louis and Tampa. about to culminate in "This group of wonderful young people deserved so much to make this trip, we knew we had to find a the next 90 minutes of way," Small said. performance. It was the That is where nearly three years of planning; grant writing; golf tournaments; Christmas ornament performance of their sales; individual contributions; sponsorships; and the genuine generosity of countless family, friends, lives and it kicked off neighbors, businesses, and more than a week of Stetson administrators, staff, hard work- a week faculty, students and alumni that left the best music became involved. Pat Baldauff, teachers in the world whose daughter Ginny has been using phrases like a soprano in the choir for nine years, agreed to spearhead the "world class" and fund-raising effort. The goal: to "professional level" to offset the costs to send 52 describe the young choristers, 26 chaperones and singers from DeLand, three staff members on what Fla. Choristers take a Photos by Judy Miller, break in St. Andrews Brian G. Miller and before one of their Mary Beth Heacock. performances.
4 STETSON UNIVERSITY quickly would become characterized as "a once -in-a-lifetime trip." " We call them `angels' in our program- the individuals and companies who stepped up with the financial help we needed to make this trip affordable for these children and their families," said Claudia Gatewood, director of Stetson's Community School of the Arts, of which the Children's Choir is a part. "If we didn't talk to everyone in two counties telling our story, they must not have been home or in the office that day!" These young ambassadors represented Stetson University well as they traveled by plane from Orlando to London, many of them flying for the first time. Two days were spent in London sightseeing and resting up for the serious work ahead. (See story p. 6.) A train to Edinburgh and finally a bus carried the From left are choristers group to the beautiful and gently hilly town of St. Andrews on the Elizabeth King, Jessica North Sea coast, and the university residence halls that would be home Heacock, Cameron for the second phase of the adventure. Ironically, while Stetson is Huster and Lydia j ustifiably proud of its 118-year history and status as Florida's first private Mulkey. university, the University of St. Andrews bills itself as Scotland's first university and was founded in 1411. "I don't think anything in Florida is as old as most of the buildings that are still used everyday in Scotland," one choir member said in describing the Old World that was The group enjoys a so new to all of them. round of golf on the Chaperones timed their single afternoon off to maximize famous "Old Course." their chances of playing a round of golf on the famed "Old Course" where golf was invented. Or they toured local castles or attended the Highlands games held in an open field just at the edge of town. The week began with a concert in the historic St. Andrews church and ended with a concert in the Canongate Church in Edinburgh. The concert repertoire included Poulenc's "Litanies a la Vierge Noire," selections from Britten's Ceremony of Carols with 13-year-old Cameron Huster of DeLand playing the harp, and "Carol of the Rose" from Randall Thompson's Place of the Best. The highlight of each performance was the four newly commissioned arrangements of Scottish folksongs by Lee Kesselman. The achingly sad and yet uplifting Skye Boat Song tells of the centuries of fighting and war that Scotland has seen and the spirit of resiliency that the Scots take such pride in:
"Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing, The choristers perform in Onward, the sailors cry. the historic St. Andrews Carry the lad that's born to be king over the sea to Skye. church.
Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar, Thunderclaps rend the air. Baffled our foes stand by the shore, follow they will not dare.
Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing, Onward, the sailors cry. Carry the lad that's born to be king over the sea to Skye."
As the choristers from the two groups ended the final concert, they hugged their newfound best friends. Both groups, Scottish and American, wondered how the other could sing so well with those funny accents. They repeated their vows to write and renewed invitations to come to Florida for some American hospitality. For the second time on the trip, there was not a dry eye in the house. Miller is the parent of a chorister, a chaperone for the trip and executive director o f marketing and communications for Stetson University. FALL 2001 5 ing. Anyway, we disembarked My Scotland diary and went through customs. Everyone had to be really quiet and solemn. They let us in and By Cortney Miller we went to find our luggage. Once we were all on the bus, we started toward our hotel in checking lists and saying good- Chelsea, London. I slept a little byes. on the bus, but woke up in time My friend and I talked about to see a little of the city. We Today is the day before the what we thought the plane was waited about 30 minutes to get a Children's Choir leaves for Great going to be like (the rumor was room, but were out sightseeing Britain, and it almost doesn't that each of our seats had a in no time. Lunch was on our seem real. We have worked personal TV in front of it), the own, so we ate at a pub called incredibly hard to get to this food we would eat and whom Brittania down the street. Cortney Miller, 12, is a point, and it still seems like such we planned to sit next to. Pop We took the tube (the seventh grader at DeLand a dream. We've sold so many videotaped a little bit of what London Underground Subway Middle School, where she is ornaments that I figure the was going on, while we looked System) to Buckingham Palace. active in the Junior Beta whole town of DeLand will be at some news reporters question- It was breathtakingly beautiful! I Club. She has been a member sporting commemorative Stetson ing one of the older girls. couldn't believe my eyes. Our of the Children's Choir for University decorations on their Soon it was time to leave. Lots next stop was the famous more than three years. Her Christmas trees this year! The of parents were crying as they Harrods of Knightsbridge. We travels through the United lack of T-shirts I sold was made watched their children board got there via double-decker bus Kingdom have given her the up for in donations. In the end, I the buses. I realized how lucky I and, of course, sat on top. Mom desire someday to live in earned all but about $200 of the was to be able to have both my really wanted to have high tea London. trip's cost. That's not bad, parents go with me. Then again, at Harrods, so we did! I'm really considering that we've been I was really lucky just to be glad she insisted because it was fund raising since around going myself! Scotland, here we definitely something I'll tell my October! come! children about. We nibbled on I' m almost packed. I have four new uniforms and numer- ous other things Mom and I had to buy for the trip. I got a red choir backpack (everyone has to have one) to put my music and plane stuff in. Stetson also had special luggage tags made for us. I still can't believe we're actually going!
"Mom and I visit London." Chaperone I got up pretty early this morning Judy Miller and Cortney and finished getting everything tour famous sites. together. Luckily, I was able to fit everything in one suitcase. WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!! My parents, who are going as What a day I've had! I didn't everything from cucumber chaperones, have also finished really sleep on the plane because sandwiches to scones. Then we their packing. My excitement I was too excited to close my went shopping! was mounting by the minute, eyes, so I'm really tired. The and it skyrocketed when we plane ride was very fun. I read, pulled around the corner and I listened to the radio and saw the two Greyhound-type watched TV (the rumor about a tour buses parked on the street. personal TV in front of our seats Yesterday we went to the Tower Luggage was scattered every- was true!). They served us food, of London, Westminster Abbey where, and people were double- but most of it was super disgust- and Covent Garden. The Tower
6 STETSON UNIVERSITY We then took another already over so quick. I looked On Wednesday, we got the motorcoach from Edinburgh to around and saw the exact same afternoon off, so we went to the St. Andrews. It took us a while emotion on my old and new St. Andrews castle ruins, the to find the right dorm, but we friends' faces. I was also amazed Cathedral in St. Andrews and got there eventually. We had a that although the Stetson choir miniature golfing on the famous little social this evening so that and the Lochgelly choir were Old Course. I didn't really know we could get to know the very different, we had bonded what the Old Course was until I choristers from Lochgelly High almost instantly. I knew I would saw the British Open on TV a School in Scotland, who would never, ever forget our concert few days before we went. We be singing with us. There was a that night. got to play on the practice green, rehearsal tonight for our big which is sort of like a miniature concert tomorrow night. golf course in America, except Our schedule each day this past it's on the world's most famous week was the same, including golf course. Plus, Tiger Woods rehearsals, Tai Chi with "Tai Chi had walked on the very same Bill," meals and an evening turf that I walked on! That Cortney visits activity. practically makes me famous Edinburgh Castle. There was an opening ceremony All our meals were in the myself! and our first rehearsal this cafeteria, which was in the The Ceilidh was another big has a glorious view of the Tower morning. We went over basement of the dorm. We ate trip highlight. We danced with Bridge and is home to the everything we are going to do in with all the other choirs, which our friends from Lochgelly to Crown Jewels. Westminster the next week. We rested up for gave us a good chance to get to traditional Scottish music Abbey is where the kings and the concert this afternoon and know each other. Rehearsals provided by a kilt-clad quartet. queens of England are crowned, had another rehearsal tonight. were wonderful! Dr. Rao made We danced until late in the and where they and their After the concert, I really felt them lots of fun, and she evening. Earlier that day, we children are buried. My favorite like we deserved the recognition challenged us to use our voices had lunch at the town hall. We stop of the day was Westminster we had been given as the to their best. Tai Chi was a great ate traditional Scottish foods Abbey, but the most surprising Young-Artists-in-Residence. relaxer because sometimes that were actually very good! was Covent Garden. I expected Everyone was crying, including practice could get a little it to be a garden full of beautiful me. Our last song involved stressful. Master Class was one of flowers and statues. Well, I got holding hands and standing in a the highlights of the day. Young I can't believe it's over. This trip quite a shock when we pulled circle around the audience. conductors who are studying has been both a blast and a lot of up to a bustling marketplace. We Even after the last note had under Dr. Rao conducted us hard work. I learned a lot about ate lunch and did a little more penetrated the air, I think and were graded on how well singing, about my fellow choir shopping. Once back at the everyone held on a little bit they did. It was fun to experi- members and about myself. hotel, Mom and I took naps longer. ence the variety of their Everyone keeps saying this is the while Pop got us all some dinner I was filled with such conducting styles (and watch trip of a lifetime and I see now (pizza). emotion - I was almost them squirm under the watchful that they're right. I am so That night was the play, so we indescribably happy over how eyes of their teacher). Our thankful to Dr. Small, Ms. had to hurry up and get ready. well we had done, proud of evening activities have been Gatewood, Mrs. Baldauff and We saw Starlight Express - a myself and my fellow choristers another highlight. They've been my family and friends for musical play. It was lots of fun to over our efforts and hard work, different every night and were making this possible. I'll never - watch! The actors and actresses and somewhat sad that it v was lots of fun. forget it. were all on skates and had races around the stage, which was set up to look like a racetrack. Their faces were painted and they wore shiny, flashy cos- tumes. Today we got up early and took our motorcoach to King's The choristers' circle Cross Station for our train out to of hands was symbolic Edinburgh (pronounced Ed-in- of the friendship and burr-oh). The train ride was a mutual respect they first for me and I loved every developed during minute of it. their stay.
FALL 2001 7 STETSON UNIVERSITY Perry finds passion in service to others
By Molly Justice uled to go to Macedonia and work as a consultant with non- governmental organizations in Eastern Europe. His plans changed eing raised in a family with a history of civic as the conflict in Kosovo escalated. He now was faced with the and community service, Brian Perry has dilemma of mastering the language of the people in Cote d'Ivoire always been exposed to the virtue of helping -French. Perry said this came easy to him because he had to live others. So the decision he made in 1998 to in a society surrounded by the language. join the Peace Corps came with little surprise. "After 18 months, I have mastered the language sufficiently to "I believe that service to others is imperative live and work here," he said. "I have not regretted coming to Bfor a healthy, modern community," said the 31-year-old Stetson Africa for one moment." University political science graduate ('93). "It is not enough to just While he cannot pick out one significant person or event from pay taxes and go to work. One must put in considerable sweat equity his experience, Perry said he's been most impressed with the so that the organizations that support our communities are healthy overall resiliency of the people and the way each village tends to and have regular input from citizens. Joining the Peace Corps was a look after its own. natural next step in this philosophy." "There are many proverbs that are used here in Africa and Perry entered the Peace Corps in 1999 and was assigned to work Cote d'Ivoire in general, but one that may embody the spirit here in Zouan-Hounien, Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, for two years. Zouan- is, `Where there is enough for one to eat, there is enough for two. Hounicn is near the Liberian border in the western part of Cote Where there is a place for one to sleep, there is a place for two.' d'Ivoire, a nation of about 15.8 million people. Cote d'Ivoire is the This puts the idea of a community taking care of its own to a new world's largest producer of raw cocoa and also produces coffee, rice, level. Here they do not just say it." yams and other vegetables. Some of the problems facing the town Perry said many of his Stetson experiences, both in and out of include canals filled with dirt, weeds, trash and water; uncollected the classroom, helped prepare him for his Peace Corps work. garbage; stagnant water; wandering livestock; and contaminated " My studies in the Political Science Department have given me wells. the theoretical framework to understand what is going on around In addition to sanitation issues, the country has weathered a me. Since my work is with the local municipality, this has been period of political instability and civil unrest in the past few years. very important," he said. "Also, during my senior seminar with Dr. Violence broke out last fall after a controversial vote ousted the ( Gene) Huskey we focused on `ethnicity in conflict.' This in incumbent dictator from power. More than a dozen civilians were particular has given me a base with which to watch events in Cote killed during the protests. d'Ivoire and Africa as a whole." Perry and the other 119 volunteers were the first Peace Corps Huskey, a Stetson political science professor, said his seminar group to work in the country. He worked with the urban environ- teaches students about how people in other countries divide mental management program, which helps town halls tackle the themselves and what conflicts arise out of those divisions. He said environmental problems facing the region as their areas become Africa has the richest human diversity in the world and hoped larger and is responsible for the general environmental management that Perry's studies at Stetson had somewhat prepared him for his of 25 small villages. Peace Corps experience. "I have always gravitated toward civil service jobs and "He is a person who finds hope where others see despair, and so volunteerism," he said. "As a student of government, I do not believe he is especially well-suited for service in a region with serious that there is a more direct vehicle to make positive changes in the economic and political challenges. All of his work has been world today than that of government agencies and non-governmen- devoted to the service of others," Huskey said. tal organizations." Perry completed his Peace Corps service in September and is After graduating from Stetson, Perry worked for about five years pursuing job opportunities with the U.S. government and interna- for the state court system as a court service officer in the 7C`' judicial tional non-governmental organizations doing development work. Circuit, which includes Volusia County. During his last two years He hopes that his future profession will take him overseas. with the state, Perry assisted with the development and implementa- "While being in the Peace Corps, I have gained a new apprecia- tion of the drug court program, which is a sentencing alternative to tion for life in the U.S.," he said. "Even more so, it has given me an incarceration designed to rehabilitate qualified drug offenders. appreciation for life outside the U.S. I have come to receive new He received his master's degree in public administration from the cultures with great fondness and tolerance -finding the many University of Central Florida in 1998. Less than a year later, Perry left ways in which people organize their lives and communities quite Volusia County to go into the Peace Corps. He initially was sched- fascinating." Stetson alumnus Brian Perry in Zouan-Hounlen, Justice is the associate director of communications in Stetson's Office of Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, with a traditional Marketing and Communications. Before coming to Stetson in January, she "lutter" or wrestler. (Photo courtesy of Brian Perry) was a staff writer for The Daytona Beach News-journal. FALL 2001 9 10 STETSON UNIVERSITY The world is Torres' classroom
By Molly justice students on campus. Torres also was president of the Multicultural Student Council and a student assistant in the Latin American extbooks can't convey the lessons learned while Studies Program. traveling and studying abroad, according to Stetson Although Torres was born in the United States, her parents are University graduate Belkys Torres. Cuban and she was raised speaking both English and Spanish in During her four years at Stetson, the 22-year-old Miami. English and Spanish major traveled to both "I hadn't noticed that I was very different from anyone else until I Guatemala and Spain through the Alliance for got to Stetson," she said. InternationalT Reforestation (AIR) (see story, p. 12) and study abroad Torres wanted to form HOLA as a support network for other program (see story, p. 2), respectively. Hispanic students. "These experiences changed me completely! I feel I have become "HOLA is a very positive aspect of Stetson's community," she more open-minded, more open to new experiences and more aware said. "I am pleased by that and by the fact that it brings an aware- that Florida is not the center of the world," Torres said. "I value my ness that there is a Hispanic community on campus." abilities even more because I have taken on and succeeded in these Not only have her extracurricular interests focused on her adventures of traveling and living abroad." ethnicity, Torres' studies have also focused on Hispanic culture. Her most recent trip abroad was to Spain in spring 2000 to study at She received a Stetson Undergraduate Research Experience grant the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. There, Torres studied in summer 2000 and presented her findings entitled, "Fiction, 20th - century Spanish theater, popular literature in England and Feminism and Melodrama: Contemporary Hispanic Women's works by Miguel Saavedra de Cervantes. Literature," to the university community in January. Her research Torres was one of 20 Stetson students who studied at the univer- explores how Hispanic-American women writers use their novels to sity in Madrid for a semester and lived with host families. In addition disprove commonly held stereotypes of Hispanic women as they are to her studies, Torres also traveled to other cities in Spain such as portrayed in Latin American soap operas. Barcelona, San Sebastian, Cadiz and Santiago de Compostela. Torres' adviser for the project was Associate Professor of English "You walk away with a greater feel of what the culture is actually Karen Kaivola. Kaivola said Torres and other equally committed like," she said. Students were able to talk about places they could students have broadened understanding of cultural diversity at visit and art they could see in person, she said. Stetson. In 1999, Torres traveled to Guatemala with four other Stetson "(They have) given Hispanic culture a much more visible students in the AIR program, under the direction of Political Science presence and developed important connections with other groups Professor Anne Hallum. Students are able to participate in the working to make Stetson a more inclusive community," she said. program through all-expense paid internships funded by Stetson "Owing to their efforts, Stetson is a different place now than it was Trustee David Rinker. The students spent several weeks in when they arrived on campus four years ago." Guatemala and spoke with government officials about what they Kaivola said that Torres also brings a passion for understanding the were doing to help the ecological efforts of AIR. Additionally, Torres dynamics of cultural differences to her course work as well. said she went into the rural areas of the country and learned about "As a student, she is intellectually ambitious, pushing beyond the the region's agriculture. obvious in order to arrive at more complex and more substantive "I thought it would be a good opportunity to get out of the Stetson understandings of ideas, cultures and representations," she said. community and use what we learn in the classroom," she said, "As a person, she is intelligent, energetic, open-minded and adding that she went to "experience the things the text just can't compassionate." convey." Torres graduated in May and is working at the University of By planting trees with the Guatemalan people and living in their Miami School of Law. She plans to return to school to earn a environment, Torres said she left with a new appreciation for what doctorate in English cross-cultural literature and later teach at a she has and how people in other parts of the world live. university. "You're just more humbled," she said. In addition to her experiences abroad, Torres also has been Mary Napier contributed to this article. Napier is a former associate vice involved in raising awareness of cultural diversity at Stetson. She is president for enrollment management and dean of admissions at Stetson founder and past-president of HOLA, an organization of Hispanic University.
Belkys Torres with school children in Guatemala where she participated in the AIR program, lived with a local family and learned about the region. (Photo courtesy of BeIkys Torres) FALL 2001 11 he Alliance for International Reforestation Inc. (AIR) is a non-profit organization based at Stetson University and working to make a difference for the people of Guatemala and Nicaragua. AIR plants trees, establishes tree nurseries, provides environmental education for teachersT and farmers, digs wells, builds fuel-efficient brick ovens and helps deal with the many environmental challenges the residents face. Since 1991, AIR has planted more than 1.9 million trees, helping to make areas of Guatemala and Nicaragua green again. AIR's U.S. office is housed on Stetson University's campus in DeLand, where its founder and U.S. Board Director Dr. Anne Hallum is a professor of political science. Permanent staff members live and work in Guatemala and Nicaragua. These countries face many environmental problems: deforestation, soil erosion and excessive dependence on chemical products. A population explosion and inequitable land distribution practices have forced the poor to either clear land for food production or to migrate to urban areas, continuing the oppressive cycle of poverty. In addition, the dangerous misuse of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in an attempt to increase harvests for Stetson students and members of AIR staff join export crops is ruining soil fertility and endangering the farmers' Anne Hallum, second from left. health. Many of these toxic chemical products are even illegal in the countries that produce and export them to Central America. Almost 1,620 sq. km. of tropical rainforest is destroyed annually. Since 1960, more than 54 percent of the forest cover has been removed. Furthermore, 71 percent of the inhabitants rely on firewood as their sole energy source. AIR addresses these problems by rebuilding the environment and by teaching sound environmental practices. AIR trains community reforestation groups to create reforestation nurseries, where they produce and plant native, fast growing trees, fruit trees and medicinal plants. In cooperation with a Guatemalan organiza- tion, BOPAZ (Bosques para el Paz), AIR trains rural teachers and Hallum plants trees in provides environmental curriculum that is being used in more than Nicaragua with AIR-Nicaragua. 100 classrooms. AIR also produces its own radio program about the environment and farming concerns and builds brick stoves that cut the use of firewood almost in half. The stoves ventilate Students and professors build a fuel-efficient stove harmful smoke and prevent children from being burned. in Chimaltenango, Guatemala. The programs are offered to all members of the community: men, women and children. All of AIR's paid employees are Guatemalans or Nicaraguans who know the language and culture of the region where they work. For more information, please contact:
Dr. Anne Hallum Stetson University 421 N. Woodland Blvd., Unit 8301 DeLand, FL 32720
Telephone: (386) 822-7575 e-mail: [email protected] Web page: www.stetson.edu/organizations/forest/air
1 2 STETSON UNIVERSITY More on Stetson's Guatemalan connection Stetson in the village of All Saints By Dr. Anne Motley Hallum By Dr. Robert Sitler
ormer students of Stetson University often recall the life- odos Santos Cuchumatan is a municipality in the northwest changing experiences their university provided during Guatemalan highlands inhabited by people known as F their four years here or studying abroad. As a faculty T "Mam," a word that refers to the revered elders and ancestors member, I also must credit Stetson University for providing me of the ancient Mayan Indian tradition. The Mam of Todos Santos with a life-changing opportunity. ("All Saints") farm rugged slopes that soar from banana and coffee In 1990,1 made my first trip to Latin America as the faculty groves at 4,000 feet to dwarf evergreens swaying in frigid winds at instructor for a political science course on "The Struggle for nearly 12,000 feet. Their history has been marked by epic struggles Democracy in Guatemala." I had studied Latin American with adversity and triumphs of the human spirit. They grow their own politics at Vanderbilt University and had read a great deal on the food, make their own elaborately woven clothing and bathe in subject. Since I am an American government specialist, I had earthen saunas on cold, starry nights. As part of my work at Stetson never actually been to that region and barely knew a word of University, I've had an opportunity to develop a transformative Spanish. Fortunately, with the help of our guides, we were able relationship with this community that has enriched my life in ways I to interview religious and political leaders, including future never imagined. presidents. We also saw scenes of devastating soil erosion and Stetson has established a fledgling relationship with Todos Santos deforestation as the livelihood of this agricultural country that has been mutually beneficial. Mayan families and civic organiza- washed away into muddy rivers. And we met the most generous, tions hosted two university students as interns, one as a language hard-working, peaceful people I have ever known, the indig- program coordinator and another as a nursery worker in a reforesta- enous Maya. tion program. Stetson has contributed computer hardware to the In 1992, less than two years after our first visit, one of the blossoming Todos Santos public library. Todosanteros facilitated a two- students and I decided to form our own environmental organiza- week course on Mayan culture for five Stetson students who studied tion to tackle the problem of deforestation in Guatemala: The the Mam language, weaving and herbal medicine, besides participat- Alliance for International Reforestation Inc. (AIR). The student ing in community work projects and celebrations. Shortly thereafter, soon went on to a more lucrative profession than fund raising the Pablo-Mendoza family came from Todos Santos for two weeks of (law), but AIR Inc. has remained a central part of my life and sharing the Mayan world in enlivening cultural programs and classes has grown beyond my fondest hopes. It is also a wonderful source on the DeLand campus. The Stetson-supported Alliance for Interna- of educational experiences for students, now that the civil war in tional Reforestation Inc. (AIR) helps maintain the vibrant Todos Guatemala is over. Santos nursery that produces some 100,000 seedlings annually, and Fast-forward to the year 2001 and 26 more trips for me to the university hosts a web site for the community's civic improvement Guatemala and several to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador projects. (See http://www.stetson.edu/-rsitler/TodosSantos/ ) In and Honduras. Some of these trips were solo; some involved March, Desiderio Martin, the nursery supervisor and one of the most church groups; several included students doing field research; respected native elders in the region, visited Stetson along with his and some occurred during my own sabbatical granted by Stetson wife, Tecla, who is a master weaver, and their youngest son, Juan so that I could conduct research in Central America. Andres, who is currently pursuing a degree in forestry. For details on AIR Inc. now operates in 35 villages in Guatemala and has this visit, see
FALL 2001 13 Individuals can make a difference AIR's Projects By Molly Justice and Mary Napier Reforestation nurseries Thirty-five community-run nurseries annually ne Stetson University student who took Dr. Anne Hallum's produce more than 200,000 trees. As each perma- environmental politics lessons to heart was 21-year-old nent nursery becomes self-sufficient, Alliance for Brooke Lacy of Edgewater. International Reforestation Inc. moves on to another Lacy, now a political science senior, was one of two community. students who traveled to Nicaragua for five weeks in the Osummer of 2000 to participate in the Alliance for International Reforestation Agroforestry systems (AIR) Inc. program. Students are able to participate in the program thanks to AIR has trained more than 300 farmers to incorpo- all-expense-paid internships funded by Stetson Trustee David Rinker. rate trees into agricultural fields. They're also "I was impressed with the things they did and that it was community- training them in non-chemical farming practices that based," Lacy said of the program. are safer and cheaper. The students divided their time between planting trees; working in the three established nurseries in Rio Abajo, Casa Blanca and El Mango; and Fuel-efficient stoves providing education about the environment to children of all ages. Since 1995, AIR and the community members and "We kept our programs with the children fun and interactive, even visiting work teams have built more than 500 brick providing competitions complete with prizes, such as donated stuffed animals stoves, saving 500 tons of wood a year. and bubbles," she said. "Because the nurseries had been previously established in their villages, the children were already aware of AIR, which made our Environmental education work easier." AIR provides textbooks and educates more than 120 Lacy said the most surprising thing she learned during the experience was rural teachers annually to implement a reforestation the Nicaraguan people's desire for their country to be more like the United curriculum in their classrooms. More than 4,000 States. students learn the basics of ecology "They all wanted to come here," and participate in planting trees. she said. However, Lacy said she tried to Radio convey to the people that they possess Another key part of environmental many non-material gifts that most education has been the weekly Americans lack. radio program produced by and "I went with the intention of featuring AIR staff. The show figuring out what I could do to make includes practical information on Nicaragua more like the United soil conservation, organic fertilizers, States, but I left trying to figure out fruit tree grafting and much more. how I could make the United States operate more like Nicaragua from a Medicinal plants human perspective," she said. "They Since 1997, AIR has worked in the were just so humble, so caring and production and packaging of sharing. They never lost sight about Brooke Lacy, back left, and Ashleigh medicinal plants in six communities. what life is really about." Miller, back right, are surrounded by The indigenous local Mayan The lessons Lacy learned in bubble-blowing Nicaraguan children women have been instrumental in Nicaragua were exactly what Hallum during their summer 2000 internship sharing their wisdom about these is trying to teach her students. with AIR in Esteli, Nicaragua. gardens. "I want students to see how individuals can make a difference," Hallum said. "They will begin to see Stetson University internships the reality of how two-thirds of the world lives and know that the United A new grant creates summer internships for Stetson States is part of the exception. I want them to be critical of our weaknesses, University students to work in Guatemala or which can be brought on by overabundance. Sometimes students start to Nicaragua with AIR staff. realize that the most important values are not those of materialism." Lacy, a Pelham Scholar at Stetson, is involved in church activities and played professional women's tackle football with the Daytona Beach Barracudas last fall/winter. She plans someday to pursue a career in politics.
14 STETSON UNIVERSITY In Michael Klant's work:
Meeting of the clouds over DeLand Airfield shortly before the jettisoning of the banner - Florida clouds seem to reach out for Black Forest clouds.
Center. From the space center the plane more than that, a poetical action in contrast turned northwest toward Volusia County to all the practical-bound operations of and its destination, DeLand, where the NASA," Klant said. banner painting soared over the historic "I would love to go on making sky piece downtown area and Stetson University. In exchanges between other countries of the t the Massey Ranch Airport in the finale, the art piece was released 300 world, especially those who are enemies. Edgewater, a Piper Super Cub feet above an airfield near SkyDive " Why not `swap' art of the Havana, Cuba, A "snatched" conceptual artist DeLand. sky with one from Washington? Imagine Michael Klant's banner painting, "German Hurley was escorted by two "chase some (cigar-shaped) clouds floating over the Sky Piece," and flew north to Daytona planes," one by professional pilot White House. Wouldn't that let the Cold Beach over the Southeast Museum of Charlie Kenlin, who had on board Stetson War atmosphere still existing between these Photography. The banner pilot, Peter J. Art Professor Gary Bolding and two Stetson two countries seem unnecessary, if not to say Hurley of Aerial Sign Co., then turned students, Kevin Hale and Brian Campbell, ridiculous?" south, heading past the lighthouse at Ponce who did the live Bolding and fellow Inlet, and on to the John E Kennedy Space webcasting via Stetson Art Professor camcorder, laptop and Dan Gunderson, cell phone. The other helped Klant paint and plane belonged to Ed prepare the 20 x 60 foot Whitten, a Stetson banner of the "German electrician, who had Sky Piece" in a hangar Stetson Professor Becca at the DeLand Airport. Albee, a video artist, and Right after its jettisoning, Working with acrylic Klant on board. banner fell freely, then hit the enamel Chevy Truck From left, Carl Hollingsworth, the local Klant also presented a ground at DeLand Airport. White, the trio painted coordinator, Michael Klant and Gary video exhibit in the the huge nylon work Bolding paint the banner. Duncan Gallery in Sampson Hall that was stretched on a frame and mounted documenting his work. on a wall. The exhibit was the second of the series. Klant is a professor of art at the Institute Klant had a similar flight performance titled of Arts, Paedagogische Hochschule, "Florida Sky Piece" depicting the clouds of Freiburg, Germany, with which Stetson the Florida Keys, which was flown over maintains an exchange program. His latest Freiburg, Germany, and the Black Forest in works include a video installation for a group May-June 1999. show in Basel, Switzerland, and a project in After all the unforeseen problems - the He also planned a film premiere at the the south of France. - Danielle L aprime first flight date had to be canceled due to Galerie Rasche in Freiburg at the opening of Hurricane Gordon - the project came an exhibit where the Florida banner would together. It had not been easy to get the be shown together with photographs and box team together one more time: three pilots, a constructions containing relics of the dozen photographers and videographers, Klant performance. the Internet webcasting crew, and all the and the "1 consider the flight of a Black Forest sky people at Stetson who did the logistical and German media relations work once again. But on over the Kennedy Space Center as a sort of Sky Piece the 23rd of September, Florida could not ironical invasion, compared to all the bad banner have presented a more beautiful background things Germans have sent `out the blue' after its to the project. during the past century. But it is, I hope, flight.
FALL 2001 15 Decades in Hollywood, Technologies in Bloomington. Cheryl Peters November 2000 issue Lamar, Houston, Texas, is the dean of academic entitled, "70th development at Houston Community College, Anniversary Empower- Central Campus. ing Their Own." A member of the ' 66 Costume Designers Priscilla Jones Tunnell, Rome, Ga., was ordained Guild, he works as a as minister of faith development at First Baptist consultant and Church of Rome in September 2000. Gary W associate designer on Hanson, Florence, S.C., has been a member of many awards shows, the Francis Marion University psychology faculty Please send alumni news and photos for future including the Emmys since 1971 and served as department chair from publication by January 15, 2002, to Alumni News Editor and the Academy 1986-97. He has also taught at the University of Jackie Hays, Stetson University, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., Awards. He has Georgia at Thomasville. Hanson was chair of the Unit 8257, DeLand, FL 32720-3756, or e-mail received five Emmys as faculty for three years and also served as an < [email protected]>. Digitized photos in tif format should well as 21 Emmy associate provost for three years. He holds the nominations. Walter Douglas Smith Professorship of Psychology be a high resolution scan (at least 300 dots per inch). For and was named the university's Distinguished questions about photos contact < [email protected] >. '53 Professor for the Year for 1997-98. Original photos will not be returned. George H. Shriver, Statesboro, Ga., ' 67 recently authored a Murray Arnold, DeLand, has retired as Stetson '24 book entitled, "Pilgrims Through the Years," a bi- University's men's basketball coach. In four years Charlotte Farrington Vogler , Delray Beach, was centennial history of the First Baptist Church, at Stetson, he compiled a won-lost record of 42- one of 150 women honored in Tallahassee in June Savannah, Ga. 47. Curtis H. Hutchings, DeLand, served as by the Florida Supreme Court as a pioneering marshal of the Volusia County Veterans Parade in Florida female lawyer. "These were women who ' 54 downtown DeLand. Richard K. Knapp, Apex, literally suffered scorn and indignities, as they Stafford Lee Win g, Chapel Hill, N.C., is an N.C., and Charles W Wadelington recently co- ended the centuries-old tradition that only men associate professor and chairman of voice in the authored a book entitled, Charlotte Hawkins could practice law," said Florida Chief Justice University of North Carolina Department of Brown and Palmer Memorial Institute: What One Major B. Harding in a statement. Vogler was the Music, Chapel Hill. Young African-American Woman Could Do. first woman to practice law in Palm Beach County, setting up shop in 1922. She earned her ' 59 '68 law degree from Stetson University in 1924, but Gary A. Meadows , DeBary, former associate Timothy H. Baughman, Atchison, Kan., was chose to raise her children and assist her husband vice-president for alumni relations at Stetson named dean of the College of Liberal Arts of the in his Delray Beach medical practice. University; received Stetson's Distinguished University of Central Oklahoma. Jeffrey H. Service Award during the 2000-01 year. This Ledewitz, Daytona Beach, who was instrumental '34 award is presented to individuals who give in obtaining a $1 million pedestrian overpass at The late Catherine Howarth Carter, Deland, selflessly of time and energy to Stetson, who no cost to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, was among 10 others from Volusia and Seminole demonstrate a personal commitment to the ideals has been appointed vice president of government counties honored at a ceremonial session of the and objectives of the Alumni Association and relations for the Daytona Beach-based university. state Supreme Court recognizing Florida's first who are dedicated to the advancement of the He also has served as acting president, vice 150 women attorneys. The session also recog- goals of the university. The Alumni House on the president, dean of students and director of nized the state's first five African-American DeLand campus also was named the Meadows counseling. He assists ERAU President George women lawyers. Carter was the first woman to Alumni House in his honor. Elizabeth Butcher Ebbs with Governor Jeb Bush's Florida Commis- graduate from Stetson's College of Law in 1908 Rhinehart,West Windsor, N.J., has retired from sion on Aeronautics and Space. Leon Moody, and was the first woman lawyer recorded in her teaching position at Oak Park Elementary Jacksonville, is a sales manager for Zephyr Stripe Florida Supreme Court records. She practiced law School. William A. Watson Jr., Jacksonville, son N' Seal. He is one of six new Wesley Chapel with her family in DeLand and later moved to William A. Watson III '96, and daughter Chamber of Commerce board members. Ned B. Memphis. Carlotta Landschoot, were featured in an article Ricks, Houston, Texas, is a senior training in an advertising special section of the Florida manager at New York Life Insurance Company. '36 Times Union - Real estate -A family affair. His The late Wm. Amory Underhill , a long-time entire family is involved in the real estate '69 attorney and influential political leader in business. Barbara Barnes Plourde, New Smyrna Beach, DeLand and Washington, D.C., was named a took a semi-solo kayak trip from her home to Great Floridian 2000. The program recognizes '60 Charleston, S.C., to raise awareness and funds to people who played key roles in Florida's historical William E. Rhinehart I II, West Windsor, N.J., is benefit The American Liver Foundation for and cultural heritage. Plans are under way to an educational consultant at Justens Learning research of hepatitis C. Jean Studeman, Blowing display a Great Floridian plaque at the old Corporation in San Diego, Calif. Rock, N.C., is a tour director for Christian Tours Volusia County courthouse to honor him. in Newton. David E. Sumner, Anderson, Ind., '63 published an article about his great-great '44 Richard E Reiff, Athens, Ga., has been named grandfather, "Everybody's Cousin: John J. Dennis C. McNamara Sr. , Orlando, sold his interim associate provost for international affairs Thrasher Was One of Atlanta's Founders and three auto dealerships to Kelley Automotive at the University of Georgia. Most Colorful Figures," in Georgia Historical Group in September. He plans to step back, catch Quarterly, summer 2000. up on things and spend time with his family. '65 Paul C. Bremer, Palm Beach Gardens, has joined '70 the board of directors of the Fidelity Federal Bank Ronald A. Crews, Tucker, Ga., former pastor of Walter Ret Turner, Los Angeles, Calif., was and Trust. Charles N. Cole, St. Paul, Minn., is a New Covenant Community Church, is president featured in an article in The Reporter: Seven principal applications engineer for Lucent of the Massachusetts Family Institute. J. Mitchell
1 6 ALUMNI NEWS- STETSON UNIVERSITY Grant II, Birmingham, Ala., is an executive vice vice president and chief administrative officer - distinguished and continuing achievements in president for Compass Banks. corporate operations since December 1999, will original research. assume the added responsibilities of administra- '7I tion and insurance operations for American 7J Susan Jones Cooper, La Belle, a chemistry and General's life insurance division. Joseph Cejka,Exeter, Calif, is a parish associate physics teacher at La Belle High School, for Westminister Presbyterian Church in Bakers- completed her review to become a National ' 73 field. For a pleasant midlife crisis, he is carving out Board Certified Teacher, the first in Henry and Lawrence W Arrington, DeLand, former Volusia a career as a minister, writer and university Glades counties. Rochelle Waters McTureous, County manager, is a private consultant. Jeannine instructor. Wendell H. Colson Jr., Holiday, is a Gainesville, was named a member of Phi Delta Murphey Cawthon, Gainesville, was recently minister at the First Presbyterian Church in Port Kappa in November 2000. She is the supervisor elected to serve on the Alachua County School Richey. Peter W Gibbons, Fairfax, Va., is vice for secondary mathematics for the school board of Board. president of human resources at SITEL Corpora- Alachua County. Denny W Powell, Folsom, tion in Baltimore, Md. Deborah Jane Haines, Calif, is an administrator for the Methodist '74 Daytona Beach, is co-owner of Classy Consign- Hospital of Sacramento. Leslie Adams Bell, Plantation, is a destination ments in Port Orange. Linda Grayson Jones, Salt services specialist for Renaissance Cruises Inc. in Lake City, Utah, is a research specialist at the '72 Fort Lauderdale. Carol Barlow Haskitt, University of Utah, Department of Biology. Judy Lawrence R. Johnston, Louisville, Ky., is the Clearwater, is a principal at Lelia Davis Elemen- Waiman Murray-Mathys, DeLand, celebrated the president and chief executive officer of General tary School. John Harris Hewett, Fort Worth, silver anniversary of the founding of her business, Electric Appliances. Gary D. Reddick, The Texas, is director of development for the Dallas the Family Book Shop Inc. Her store grew from Woodlands, Texas, who has served as executive Symphony Orchestra. Florence M. Jowers, fewer than 3,000 books for sale on her front porch, Hickory, N.C., to a newly expanded location and an inventory of presented a program of more than 200,000 volumes. Roderick M. music by Johann Wilson, Neptune Beach, is a math teacher in Sebastian Bach in Duval County at Fletcher High School. October 2000 at the St. Martin's Evangelical '76 Lutheran Church in Chak-Tong Chan, Universal City, Texas, received Cheryl Brown Peters, '65, to Burdette Lamar, '68, April 17, 1999. Annapolis, Md. She is a Fulbright Lecturing Scholarship to teach in the Joseph Cejka, '75, to Melissa Byrd, Nov. 1, 2000. an assistant professor of People's Republic of China from September 2000 Richard 1. Gaylord, '81, to Maureen E. France, Oct. 22, 1999. music and organist at to July 2001. He taught two graduate level Kathleen A. Murphy, '82, to R. Brooks Robey, Oct. 4, 1997. Lenoir Rhyne College. accounting classes in auditing and managerial William Hodgman Bitting, '83, to Kim Young, Sept. 25, 1999. Pamela A. Keene, accounting at the University of International Linda Louise Garland, '83, to Mark Dodson, April 29, 2000. Marietta, Ga., has a Business and Economics in Beijing. Ralph D. Vann Pasco Cade, '84, to Linda Kathleen Ballard, April 15, 2000. public relations agency Gaines III, Birmingham, Ala., is an attorney for Tracey Lee Queen, '84, to Robert James Gibson, '83, Sept. 1, 1985 in Atlanta, which she Gaines, Wolter & Kinney, PC. Michele Crews Michael Edward Bitter, '87, to Ashlee Davis, Jan. 2, 1999. founded in 1984. An Murray, Anderson, Ind., her husband, Mark, and Monique Delia Cortes, '87, to James M. Massaro, Dec. 28, 1996. active freelance writer, their children, Andrew and Elizabeth, gave a she contributes Kenneth O'Neill Keck, '88, to Julie Johnson, March 21, 1998. concert at the First Baptist Church of Vero Beach. regularly to several She has served as a pianist with the Anderson Kevin Eugene Keith, '90, to Lorajean Sue Hirshfield, Nov. 20, 1999. sailing publications. Symphony Orchestra and performed as a piano Quinn Charisse Fazio, '91, to Brad Goodchild, June 6, 1998. Pam sails a Morgan 25 soloist with the Anderson Community Band. She Rebecca L. Palmer, '91, to David Eric Cannella, Sept. 4, 1999. sailboat on Lake Lanier has written four volumes of hymn arrangements Stephanie Paige Wilson, 92, to Darryn DiFrancesco, Oct. 4, 1997. and she participated in for piano, published by Fred Bock. Elizabeth Ann Kinane, '93, to Robert M. Maxwell, May 23, 1995. the 38.5-mile long George Craig Morhack, '93, to Andrea Marie Francis, June 17, 2000. " Mug Race" on the St. '77 Suzanne Helen Stockman, '93, to Curry Michel Mahaney, Aug. 22, 2000. Johns River, earning a Jose Rafael Acosta, Annandale, Va., is a design Tina Louise Beach, '94, to Richard T Myers, June 19, 1999. second-place finish in manager at the U.S. Mint, Treasury Department, Richard Arthur Kinne, '94, to Karen Lee Butterworth, Sept. 30, 2000. her fleet. James in Washington, D.C. William Clay Henderson, Kristen Victoria Kane, '94, to Matthew Frank Atwood, May 5, 2000. Gregory Merritt, DeLand, heads Friends of Spruce Creek Preserve, Bryan C. Hains, '95, to Erin Jean McNeff, Oct. 15, 2000. Lithonia, Ga., has been a non-profit charitable organization founded in Dana Marie Faircloth, '96, to Brian Kyle Sumner, June 24, 2000. elected president of the 1994 to help preserve land in Spruce Creek Elena Christine Pfarr, '96, to Scott Forse, May 27, 2000. Southern Baptist Preserve and keep it from developers. Peter O. Kristen Elaine Worden, '96, to James Neil Holland, July 17, 1999. Convention. William Lehman, Mount Pleasant, S.C., has been Krisa Anna Gionis, '97, to Arte C. Roman, Feb. 26, 2000. T. Newsome III, promoted to director of planning and business Anastasia Marie Picras, '97, to Jeffrey E. Bergen, May 20, 2000. Stanford, Calif., was development for the South Carolina State Ports Keri Kristen Bell, '98, to Keith A. Yeager, July 31, 1999. elected a member of Authority in Charleston. Maria M. Makela, Janet Susan Dowling, '98, to Ken Brashear, June 10, 2000. the National Academy Chicago, Ill., is a professor at the Art Institute. Grace John, '98, to Aji Kurian, May 27, 2000. of Sciences. Newsome, Samuel Brenton McClung, Duluth, Ga., is a Brandy Denise Lord, '98, to Eric Kamm, July 1, 2000. an investigator with the teacher at Gwinnett County Public School. Brande Barbara Martin, '98, to Christopher Robertson, '98, June 17, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and '78 2000. professor of neurobiol- Nancy Prosser-Marshall, DeLand, teaches Anthony Robert Morelli III, '98, to Andrea Lee Hoskins, June 24, 2000. ogy at the Stanford English as a second language at Taylor Middle- Heidi Luisa Ribback, '98, to Scott George Stevens, June 17, 2000. University School of High School in Pierson. John Paul Parks, W Marie Bacon, '99, to L. Troy Appling, Aug. 5, 2000. Medicine, is one of 60 Scottsdale, Ariz., owns a professional limited Sara Anne Musgrove, '99, to Jeffrey Robert Hirter, '98, April 29, 2000. new members and 15 liability company, counsel to the law firm of Autumn Jean Snyder, '99, to Justin Caine Harrell, May 20, 2000. foreign associates from Lowry, Clements & Powell, PC. He will concen- Kathleen Marie Pelletier, '00, to Matthew Timothy Donovan, '00, nine countries chosen trate his practice in business law, estate planning, May 21, 2000. i n recognition of wills, trusts, probate and trust administration
FALL 2001 1 7 and related litigation. Ronald L. Wilson, Washington, D.C., is a senior manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers, L.L.P in McLean, Va.
'79 Donald J. McCullough, Washington, D.C., was Christine Brown Goozee, '82, aria hu husband the music director for the Regal Glories Master Steven, '81, adopted a girl from Romania, Alexandra Chorale of Washington which performed the Kent, November 2000. She was born May 15, 1998. Christmas Candlelight concerts in December at Kathleen Murphy Robey, '82, and husband R. Brooks, a son Jack MacPhail, May 6, 2000. the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Gary Robert William Hodgman Bitting, '83, and wife Kim Young, a son William Hodgman Bitting Jr., July 30, Mills, Marietta, Ga., has been promoted to vice 2000. president of business alliances at Cox Interactive Sharon Swanbery Forrest, '84, and husband Steven, a daughter Sydney Marie, Oct. 29, 2000. Media. Nolan A. Raybon, Winter Park, is a Janet Young Seeling, '84, and husband Mark, a daughter Gretchen Lee, July 24, 2000. superintendent of Peter R. Brown Construction Leah Williams Tobin, '84, and husband Patrick, a daughter Britney Ann, Feb. 10, 2000. in Largo. Robert Gregory Hulsman, '85, and wife Andrea, a son, Daniel Gregory, Oct. 13, 2000. Roger Norman Swanger, '85, and wife Lillian, a daughter Catherine Taylor Rose, Sept. 23, 1999. '80 Edward K. Graham, '86, and wife Sandra, a son Jack Edward, Dec. 9, 2000. Jeffrey B. Crowe, Ocala, is an area director of Susan Carter Reynolds, '86, and husband Timothy, a daughter Megan Rose, Jan. 25, 2000, a marketing for Shangri-La. Debra Anderson daughter Emily, Dec. 22, 1995, and a son Daniel, Jan. 27, 1998. Faulkner, Wallingford, Conn., has been promoted Monique Cortes Massaro, '87, and husband James, a daughter Alaina, March 11, 1998, and son J. to Web manager at Choate Rosemary Hall, a D., May 4, 2000. boarding and day school for grades 9-12. Mayte Figueiras Casella, '88, and husband Robert, a daughter Grace Anastasia, Nov. 27, 2000. Nancy Drumov Dubuk, '88, and husband Danny, a daughter Madelyn Kate, April 23, 2000. '81 Susan Dorsey Williams, '88, and husband Mark Hunter, '88, a daughter Emily Rae, Sept. 2, 2000. Richard I. Gaylord, DeLand, is a lieutenant Michael Douglas Houck, '89, and wife Kristina, a daughter Sarah Katherine, Nov. 4, 2000. specializing in criminal investigations for the Elizabeth Laney Johnson, '89, and husband Donald D., a son Caleb Edward, June 29, 2000. DeLand Police Department. Dedra Stewart Antonio Charles DaSilva, '90, and wife Barbara Layfield, a daughter Reagan Elizabeth, Nov. 1, Harmody, Vero Beach, is a biologist for Harbor Branch Oceanographic in Fort Pierce. Barry L. 2000. Unterbrink, Fort Lauderdale, is an operations Robert Patrick Ridgeway, '90, and wife Deborah Freeborough, a son John Patrick Thomas, Oct. 5, manager for Keating Investment Management in 2000. Boynton Beach. Quinn Fazio Goodchild, '91, and husband Bradley, a son Bradley MacGregor, Oct. 11, 1999. Angelica Ginn Makuch, '91, and husband Richard, a daughter Katerina Elena, Oct. 4, 2000. '82 Alicia Raffa Mullis, '91, and husband Clarence Tres Mullis III, '88, a son Brinson Edwin, Nov. Allen Williams Groves, Atlanta, Ga., is an 21, 2000. attorney for Seyfarth Shaw. Tracey MacLeod Gieson, '92, and husband Richard, a son Alexander MacLeod, July 19, 2000. Kathryn Koch-Churms, '92, and husband Joseph, a daughter Hannah Elizabeth, July 24, 1999. ' 83 David Frederick Mack, '92, and wife Diana, twin daughters Ashley Jane and Christina Marie, Gwendolyn Azama-Edwards, Daytona Beach, is June 16, 2000. president of the Florida Association of City Jennifer Isaly Allebach, '93, and husband Kurt Erich, a daughter Bailey Isaly, March 19, 2000. Clerks for 2000-01. William Hodgman Bitting, Gregory Alan Hetherington, '93, and wife Kimberly, a daughter Erin Leigh, May 6, 2000. St. Louis, Mo., is a vice president of sales for Kelly Richardson Muscaro, '93, and husband Kent, a son Kent Nicholas, July 26, 1999. property assessment review. John Stephen Clark Lara Klund Wheeler, '93, and husband Bradley Everett, '94, a daughter Kira Yates, Jan. 28, 2000. Jr., Pensacola, U.S. Air Force, has been selected Lee Larson Holmes, '94, and wife Kathleen, a daughter Sarah Rose, July 6, 1999. for promotion to colonel. He is serving as the Penelope Potts-Hawk, '94, and husband Benjamin, a daughter Harper Emma, Nov. 17, 2000. executive officer of VT 10 at Naval Air Station in Patricia Forrand Schwan, 95, and husband Timothy, '95, a daughter Katherine Jeanne, Aug. 30, Pensacola. Robert James Gibson Jr., Orlando, 2000. was recently promoted to director of marketing at Ondrea Mault Willis, '95, and husband Brent, '96, a son Blaine Dawson, March 19, 2000. ABC Fine Wine & Spirits. He received a master Tammy Collins Wszola, '95, and husband Peter, a daughter Lily Katherine, April 4, 2000. of business administration from Florida Atlantic University. Rhonda Harrell-Kastner, Titusville, is the owner of Rhonda Harrell Associates. Beach, is an administrative manager for the First Lori Grubbs Goitia, Daytona Beach, an account Robert W Koslow Jr., Deltona, is the assistant Baptist Church in Hickory, N.C. Rodney Todd manager at The News-Journal, completed the West Volusia bureau chief of The News-Journal in Darville, Alexandria, Va., is an army budget certified public accountant examination. Charles Daytona Beach. Steven D. Losner, Homestead, analyst for the U.S. Army in the Pentagon. Tracey Brian Hill, DeLand, has been elected chairman is an attorney for Weller & Losner Attorneys at Queen Gibson, Orlando, is a curriculum resource of the board of the Florida Restaurant Associa- Law. Joseph Negron Jr., Stuart, was elected to elementary school teacher in Orlando. She tion. Dale L. Ingham, Palm Harbor, is general the Florida House of Representatives for District earned a master of education at Florida Atlantic manager at National Home Community in 82, serving Stuart and northern Palm Beach University. Luis G. Pedraja, Dallas, Texas, has Odessa. George Glenn Johnson, Titusville, is a County. Bruce C. Paulk, Green Cove Springs, is been hired as the new academic dean at Memphis manager for the Science Applications Interna- a consumer banker at Bank of America. Donna Theological Seminary. tional Corporation in Satellite Beach. Hensley Roguska, Port Charlotte, was promoted to lieutenant-district commander for the ' 85 '87 Charlotte County Sheriff's Office in Punta William C. Bredbenner, Brandon, is a director of Suzanne Eileen Forbes, DeLand, CPA, has been Gorda. development for The Florida Aquarium in Tampa. named the member-in-charge for the James John George Ebenger, Weston, is a real estate Moore & Company in Daytona Beach. Kenneth ' 84 advisory service for PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Errol Leeman, Coconut Creek, is a lead Frances Ellen Chandler, DeBary, has been in Miami. Augustus Way Fountain III, West occupational therapist for Select Medical promoted to deputy county manager, Seminole Point, N.Y, is a director at Photonics Research Corporation in Margate. Lisa Sumner County. William Charles Cooper, Daytona Center at the United States Military Academy. Messersmith, New Smyrna Beach, is an artist who
1 8 ALUMNI NEWS- STETSON UNIVERSITY combines printmaking and sculpture, two attorney at the law office of David A. Paul, PA. Durham, N.C., received her juris doctorate from processes that led her to the art form she has Charles Blake Rambo, Rutherfordton, N.C., is a the North Carolina Central University School of been working with for ten years. The process, rector priest at The Episcopal Diocese of Western Law. called monotype assemblage or printed construc- North Carolina, St. Francis' Episcopal Church. tion, involves embossing and adding texture to '94 the monotype and then adhering the print to a ' 92 Dimitri Diatchenko, Los Angeles, Calif, a sculptured form. She is currently working on a William Bradley Cloys, Gainesville, is an classical guitarist and professional actor, new series of printed constructions called "Spirit operations auditor for the CSX Corporation in performed in concert at Yancey Music Center in Cradle." Her work is part of many permanent Jacksonville. Stephanie Darr Coleman, Ormond Beach. Arthur Hale Hassall, Oakland, collections and she has received numerous and Gainesville, was recently promoted to profes- Calif, is a field engineer for PC Professional. prestigious awards. Mark Durham Montgomery, sional territory manager for Pfizer in New York Brandy Nichole Hare, Margate, is a chief Jupiter, is a client representative supervisor for City. Stephanie Wilson DiFrancesco, Miramar, compliance officer at Kovack Securities Inc. in Marsh Inc. i n Palm Beach Gardens. is a manager of the early learning center at the Pompano Beach. Lee Larson Holmes, Palm Beach Community College in Palm Beach Clearwater, is a senior instructional user support '88 Gardens. Denise Karachuk Feikema, Washing- analyst for Pinellas County Schools in Largo. Michael Phillip Blazer, Aiken, S.C., is a ton, D.C., is the director of admissions for Jane Yeager Keller, DeLand, is a financial financial consultant for Salomon Smith Barney. Georgetown University. Michael John analyst at Newport Group in Heathrow. Richard Lila A. Jaber,Tallahassee, is a Florida public Haridopolos, Melbourne, is an assistant history Arthur Kinne, Rocky Hill, Conn., is a planner/ service commissioner at Florida Public Service professor for Brevard Community College. Laura buyer for Novametrix Medical Systems in Commission. Kenneth O'Neill Keck, Lakeland, Carmen Lancaster, Morrisville, N.C., received Wallingford. Jenifer Susan Schembri, Myakka is the director of legislative and regulatory affairs her doctorate in management science from City, joined the law firm of Abel, Band, Russell, for Florida Citrus Mutual and is a member of the Clemson University. Kelly Abbondondolo Collier, Pitchford and Gordon as an associate in Florida and District of Columbia bars. Lisa Maddox, Miami, is an account supervisor for its corporate, tax and estate-planning depart- Marie Ogram, DeLand, is a financial consultant Fleishman-Hillard International Communica- ment. Lance Edward Starr, Melbourne, is a for Merrill Lynch in Daytona Beach. Jonathan tions in Coral Gables. David J. Masterson, software engineer at Exigent International Inc. Frank Pequignot, Miami, was featured in Florida Naples, a trust officer at KeyTrust Co., has earned Trend's July 2000 issue. the certified trust and financial advisor (CTFA) '95 designation. Robert James O'Neal, DeLand, is Ivette Andrea Alvarado, Los Angeles, '89 the minister of education at the First Baptist Calif., received her doctorate in clinical Tamara Firman DeVore, Sherman Oaks, Calif, Church in DeLand. Claudia Alexandra Palmer, psychology from the University of Alabama in is a senior finance manager of parks and resorts Miami, is a senior credit analyst for BAC Florida Birmingham. Shannon Lynee Cook, for The Walt Disney Company in Burbank. Joel Bank. Craig Richard Risdon, Jacksonville, is a Wilmington, Del., received her master's degree Patrick Dunahoe, Sarasota, is a technology general manager for Florida Automotive at Stetson in 1997 and is working as a mental manager for Arthur Andersen Technology Restyling in Orange Park. Traci Sangster health counselor in Philadelphia, Pa. Evan Solutions. Kimberly Ann Gould, Lake Worth, is Roethel, Franklin Square, N.Y., is a math Lamar English, Veto Beach, joined Northern a specialist in computer science for the School consultant for grades 3-6 at Vernon School in Trust Bank as second vice president and District of Palm Beach County in West Palm East Norwich. David Clarence Smith, Rome, commercial banking relationships manager. Beach. Anne-Marie Lill Hughes, Daytona Ga., is an attorney for Brinson, Askew, Berry, Bryan C. Hains, Galveston, Texas, attends the Beach, is a realtor for Adams, Cameron & Co. Seigler, Richardson & Davis, L.L.P. Ian University of Texas Medical Branch as a doctoral Kevin Richard Weickel, Orlando, was recently Alexander Watson, Tampa, is a senior GIS candidate in neuroscience. Michael Frederick named the director of the National Car Classic. analyst/project manager at Dames and Moore/ Holbein, Atlanta, Ga., is an attorney at Clark & URSCORP Washington, P.C. Megin Elizabeth O'Donnell, ' 90 Middletown, Conn., is golf professional at Blue Paula Kiwala Anthony, Bunnell, professor at ' 93 Fox Run Golf Course in Avon. Cassandra Daytona Beach Community College, teaches Erik Andrew Ehrhardt, Lakeland, is an attorney Tromley Scalf, Port Orange, a certified public algebra to a GED class that was recently at Harbsmeier, DeZayas, Appel & Hernandez, accountant with James Moore and Company, established at Hudson Tool & Die in Ormond LLP. Gregory Alan Hetherington, Louisville, Ky., completed a continuing education course on the Beach. Hudson is one of a few local businesses is a purchasing agent at Beach Mold & Tool Inc. Florida Single Audit Act. Mona Jugalkishor that provides secondary education opportunities in New Albany, Ind. Michelle Jo Emrich Shah, Clearwater, is an attorney practicing in the to its employees. Shannon Strickland Brown, Jelniker, Palm Beach Gardens, is a circulation areas of construction litigation insurance defense Tampa, is a program coordinator for affiliate analyst for The Mark Group in Boca Raton. and civil litigation for Forizs & Dogali, P.L. in marketing for the Home Shopping Network in Elizabeth Kinane Maxwell, Orlando, received Tampa. She received a juris doctorate from the St. Petersburg. Tami P. Gunderson, DeLand, is her master's degree in business administration University of Florida College of Law. Kurt D. vice principal at DeBary Elementary School. from Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii. Swartzlander, DeLand, is a director of contract Michelle Elizabeth Kocsis, Palm Harbor, is an Ashley Perry Patrick, Wellington, is a teacher management and project administration for Tel- education consultant/trainer at Nielsen Media for the Palm Beach County School Board at Tron Systems Solutions in Daytona Beach. Research in Dunedin. Western Pines Middle School in West Palm Beach. Mitchell Jerome Pineault, New York, '96 ' 91 N.Y., is director of sales for Liquidnet. John Shane Thomas Cadden, Wilson, N.C., is an Elizabeth Annette Brooks, Durham, N.C., is a Anthony Sanchez, Waterford, Mich., is a senior assistant director of residential and judicial mathematician and the director for Outcomes financial analyst for Malan Realty Investors Inc. affairs at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and Marketing Research/PPD Development in in Bingham Farms. Michele Lee Taylor-Torres, Tenn. Jamey Lynn Cournoyer, New London, Morrisville. David Ernest Klan, Scarborough, APO, AE, began law school at George Conn., is director of financial aid at Mitchell Ontario, is a national advertising and promo- Washington University in August. Jennifer College in New London. Gerald Stanley tions manager for Mazda Canada Inc. Peter Kohms VanHoorebeck, Smithfield, Va., was DeGray Jr., Longwood, is a research assistant for David Loguidice, Boca Raton, has been named promoted to public relations coordinator of the the Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences vice president of estate planning for the Barry Daily Press, a daily paper owned by the Tribune at the University of Central Florida in Apopka. Financial Group. Rebecca L. Palmer, Orlando, is Co. Elizabeth Williams, Ormond Beach, is a Thomas Montgomery Drybrough, Louisville, a manager for Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, certified public accountant for Daytona Beach Ky., is an office supervisor for AAA-Kentucky. Kantor & Reed. David A. Paul, Orlando, is an Community College. Michele Ingram Yuan, Matthew Arthur Helming, Orlando, is an FALL 2001 19 investment consultant for SunTrust Securities. April Lynn Farson, Satellite Beach, received her Kristen Warden Holland, DeLand, advisor to master of science degree from the University of the Atlantic High School Key Club, is this year's Central Florida and is senior human resources N MEMORIAM recipient of the Harvey M. Gulkis Faculty administrator at Intersil Corporation in Palm Bay. Advisor of the Year award. Amy Elizabeth Patricia Adrienne Hernandez, DeLand, is a Johnson, Atlanta, Ga., is a science teacher for semi-senior accountant at James Moore & Co., Correction to Winter 1999 issue: Wheeling High School in Wheeling, Ill. Dawn PL. in Daytona Beach. Jeffrey Robert Hirter, St. We're glad to find that Eleanor Marie Kirkwood, Cockeysville, Md., is a law Petersburg, is an account manager at TEK clerk for Baltimore City Orphans' Court in Systems Inc. in Tampa. Lizhou Hong, Delray Hillman Harper, '42, is alive and well. Baltimore. James Anthony Murphy IV, Webster, Beach, is an analyst for Office Depot Inc. Brandy It was her husband, Wayne W. Harper, has been hired as an instructor of biology at Lord Kamm, DeBary, plans to attend the who died on June 11, 1998, rather Monroe Community College. Jonathan Michael University of Florida, Gainesville, for a doctorate than Eleanor. We humbly apologize Rose, Greenville, S.C., is a server at Chili's Bar & in educational leadership. Jo Ann Kissel, Tampa, to Eleanor and her classmates for Grill. Marti Russell Stuedle, Stone Mountain, is a teacher with Hillsborough County schools. this error. Ga., is an educator at Westchester Elementary in Grace John Kurian, Orlando, is a consultant for Decatur. Dana Marie Faircloth Sumner, Eton Stonebridge Technologies in Lake Mary. Anthony S. Elizabeth Slater, '27 College, N.C., is an assistant director of career Robert Morelli III, Clearwater, is an affiliations development at Meredith College in Raleigh. manager for Valpak.com . Carrie Lee Perman, Kathleen B. Deatherage, '28 Susanne Tomas, DeLand, a physics and physical Holly Hill, had her first solo exhibition, "Screens, Horace B. Gray, '29 science teacher at New Smyrna Beach High Prints and Things," a compilation of works, on Fannie Farr Collins, '30 School, was awarded a FUTURES grant for her exhibit at the African American Museum of the Ruth Foard Hutchings, '30 proposal to create an outdoor classroom for her Arts in DeLand. Erika Seablom Raefski, Dayton, physical science students on Smyrna Creek. Kim Ohio, is an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Catherine Howarth Carter, '34 Marie Whitaker, Hollywood, is a recruiting John L. "Jack" Hughes, '36 specialist for Hospitalhub.com in Boca Raton. ' 99 Edward C. Furlong Jr., '38 Brent Roy Willis, Springfield, Mo., will receive Jonathan William Anderson, Louisville, Ky., is Eleanor Alyce Metz, '38 his doctorate in psychology from Forest Institute an actuarial assistant for Aegon Financial of Professional Psychology. Services. Andrew David Dehnart, Chicago, Ill., Donald E. Pounds, '38 was one of four finalists for the title of American/ Dorothy Pope Karns, '40 '97 -ES Greatest Thinker in The Great American Charlotte Werwage Furlong, '41 Sarah R. Sturdivant Al-Atrakchi, Orlando, is a Think-Off, a debate competition which provides Ray Anastasia Jordan, '41 network administrator for Future Media Products a forum in which important life questions can be Inc. Kimberly Renee Cummings, Altamonte discussed among everyday people. James Patrick Barbara Moore Stephens, '41 Springs, is a Florida region financial analyst for Fleming, Atlanta, Ga., is an institutional sales Mary Smith Lancaster, '43 Hertz Corporation in Orlando. David Michael trader for Salomon Smith Barney. Sara Musgrove Jerre Jay Haffield, '44 Gould, Tampa, received his juris doctorate from Hirter, St. Petersburg, is a first-grade teacher for Russell L. Dixon, '47 Mercer University's Walter E George School of the Pinellas County School System. Kevin M. Virginia Rich Aspy, '48 Law. Leila Chisholm Grassman,Kingwood, Kendrick, Orlando, was named the new assistant Texas, is an assurance and advisory services principal for Palmetto Elementary School. Howard E. Kurtz, '48 assistant for Deloitte & Touche, L.L.P. in Russell Lee Kelton, Orlando, is an auditor for Alan E. Bailes, '49 Houston. Julie Anne Hudson, Columbus, Ohio, Ernst and Young. Anna Berkey McFarland, Fred A. Geromanos, '49 is a program manager for Living in Family Orlando, is a business analyst at Hewitt Associ- John B. Kirkpatrick, Jr. '49 Environments Inc. in Gahanna. Nicole Christine ates. Jennifer Rebecca Pawlak, Newnan, Ga., is Mendez, Atlanta, Ga., is an information manager for O'Charley's Restaurant. Judson Joseph Lawrence McKelligan Jr., '49 technologies consultant with Renaissance Benjamin Renee, Longwood, is a U.S. postal Glenna Steele Chandler, '50 Worldwide Inc. Kellie Colon Pabon, Clarksville, clerk. Sandie Lynn Sauerland, Alexandria, Va., Walter B. Feagins Jr., '50 Tenn., is a 92Y™ supply (unit) specialist in the is a management trainee at Enterprise. Jolie George R. Thompson Jr., '51 U.S. Army. Tammara Kristen Reed,Tallahassee, Marie Sciturro, Orlando, is an associate scientist is attending Florida State University with a at Breedlove, Dennis & Associates Inc. Kristy James Marvin Whittle Jr., '51 graduate assistantship to pursue a doctorate in Leigh Thomson, Tampa, is an analyst for James D. Johnston, '52 flute performance. She won the audition to play Andersen Consulting in St. Petersburg. J. Kermit Coble, '53 piccolo for the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. Peggy Holmes Hurst, '53 Stephanie Suzanne Shafer, DeLand, is a box '00 office manager for the Florida International Holly Justine Culver, Orlando, is a store area Betty Ivey Cramer, '54 Festival in Daytona Beach. Dennis Andrew manager for Kmart Corporation. Lisa Carole Ralph D. Marsico, '55 Simmons, Arlington, Va., is an associate director Fifelski, Orlando, is a process analyst for Janice Raie Krueger, '58 for Western European management and opera- Accenture in St. Petersburg. Grace John Kurian, Barbara Freeman Tow, '58 tions for the U.S. Department of Commerce in Orlando, is a computer consultant for Washington, D.C. Christopher Allan Weinrich, Stonebridge Technologies. Courtney Leigh Don Delano Tullis, II, '58 Port Orange, is a teacher with Volusia County McLean, Miami, has been awarded a scholarship Cecil C. Bellwood, Sr., '59 Schools in Daytona Beach. to study piano in Madrid, Spain, at the Real Harry Lee Coe III, '62 Superior Conservatorio de Madrid. Jackie Etta Wayne A. Myett, '63 ' 98 Ogden, Longwood, is a teacher at Seminole Estelle Sanner McConnel, '70 Stephanie Joy Clark, Davenport, Iowa, is Community College in Sanford. Taryn Kelly studying massage therapy at the New Hampshire Lynn, Eustis, was named to the 2000 GTE Julia Easterly Williams, '74 Institute for Therapeutic Arts. She is pursuing a Academic All-American Second Team for spring Julie Weatherholtz, '84 degree from the Palmer College of Chiropractic. sports. Ranell Margarette Tinsley, St. Petersburg, Robert Alan Hudgins, '87 Nicolette Maria Corso, Gulfport, will take a is an annuity analyst for Bankers Life Insurance Tibor Brown, '93 position in Gray, Harris & Robinson's litigation Co. department after completing her bar exam. Doris "Doc" Leeper, Hon '97
20 ALUMNI NEWS - STETSON UNIVERSITY A Letter from the President Dear Stetson University Family and Friends: In Memoriam We were all shocked and deeply saddened by the violence and suffering imposed upon our nation on Tuesday, Sept. 11. Our lives have been changed forever, yet our steadfast commitment to the principles of freedom, democracy and inclusive community remains.
As we continue to deal with the aftermath of the losses suffered by our country, we turn to our friends and family for comfort and help. Stetson students, faculty and staff have faced the horror of Sept. 11 by drawing together to grieve, remember and offer support. After classes were canceled Sept. 11, we met within hours in Elizabeth Hall Chapel for a Stetson alumnus Christian vigil of prayer and peace. The Counseling Center has Wemmers, San Francisco, helped us find solace in coping with the assault upon, or was lost in the World Trade death of, immediate and extended family and friends. The Center collapse, while university chaplain continues to support us through special attending a trade show on ti mes of prayer and meditation. Faculty, students and staff the 106th floor of the north have enlightened us through educational forums, focusing tower. A 1981 Stetson on the problems we face as a nation and helping us understand the common graduate with a degree in Humani- bond of faith in God and values we share with our brothers and sisters of ties, he worked for Callixa Corp., a different cultures in the Middle East. For these and all other efforts to bring software integration company. A healing, we are grateful. memorial service was held for him Oct. 12 on Mount Tamalpais, a We are concerned about our off-campus family, too. We have confirmed the peak just north of San Francisco's loss of two alumni, Christian Wemmers and Christopher Lunder. Another alumnus Golden Gate Bridge, and one of escaped from the World Trade Center after it was hit. Christopher Manning, who his favorite places. His mother and received his Business Administration degree in May 2000 and works for Morgan sister traveled from Hamburg, Stanley,managed to make it down safely from the 61st floor of the south tower. Germany, for the service. His story is available on Stetson's web page at http://www.stetson.edu/deck/SUAlum1.htm in an e-mail letter he sent to Finance Professor Jim Mallett.
We cannot help but feel unsettled and numb in the face of the tragedy and evil unleashed on innocent people. Yet, we can also feel inspiration and hope from the countless acts of heroism, compassion and unity.
Stetson students are contributing to relief efforts and showing support in a variety of ways. Groups such as Stetson's Into the Streets (ITS) and Delta Delta Delta sorority distributed red, white and blue ribbons. ITS members also asked people to write letters of support in honor of the victims of the attacks and of efforts by law enforcement, fire fighters and rescue teams. Several groups are Stetson alumnus collecting donations for relief efforts. Christopher Lunder was working for Cantor We are trying to find other ways to pay tribute to members of the Stetson family Fitzgerald on the 104th floor who were lost, and to help those who lost loved ones in New York, Washington, of the World Trade Center's D.C., and Pennsylvania as a result of the attacks. If you or someone you know north tower when the were affected, please contact Susan Anderson, Executive Director of Alumni building collapsed. A Relations, at (800) 688-4287 or via e-mail at < [email protected] >. We 1989 graduate with a degree in would also like to know of any alumni who might be working in the cleanup Finance, Lunder had worked for efforts in New York City or Washington, D.C. - whether firefighters, police the company for six years as a officers or humanitarian aid workers - and of any alumni who have been government bond broker. His wife, called to duty in the Armed Forces Reserves or National Guard because of the Karen Bittenbinder Lunder, is a ongoing crisis. 1990 graduate. A memorial service was held Nov. 3. We continue to keep all of you in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. May God bless you.
Sincerely yours, Doug Lee
FALL 2001 21 Stetson's Florida Stetson, neighbors meet on Amelia Avenue, birthday celebration Lynn Business Center projects Stetson University hosted a special meeting to discuss its Amelia Avenue recognized in streetscape and Lynn Business Center renovation projects with area Congressional Record neighbors. U.S. Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) In January, the DeLand City Commission and Volusia County Council unanimously placed recognition of Stetson approved Stetson's proposal to increase safety and aesthetics on Amelia Avenue as it runs University's Celebration of Florida's through the Stetson campus. The first phase of the project was completed this summer and 156th birthday in the May 10 includes new campus entry signs. The project, when completed, will include new landscap- Congressional Record. ing, lighting, curbs, sidewalks and intersection crosswalks. Stetson has agreed to pay the majority, if not all, of the costs of the Amelia Avenue improvements. Alumni and friend of Stetson's four Stetson officials, along with project design and construction representatives, also discussed colleges and schools, including the College the $12 million Lynn Business Center reconstruction. The renovation will dramatically of Law in St. Petersburg, met at the Rayburn transform the former bank building into a state-of-the-art academic center for Stetson's House Office Building in Washington, D.C., School of Business Administration at the southwestern corner of Stetson's campus. for the birthday reception. Stetson President Doug Lee and College of Law Dean W Gary Vause were on hand to greet guests. Stetson's International Guitar Workshop For Mica's complete remarks in the Congressional Record, visit http:// concert series features five performances thomas.loc.gov/home/rl07query.html . (Type The music of 10 international artists highlighted the 11th Stetson into the search field.) Joining Mica Annual Stetson University International Guitar Workshop as honorary co-chairs of the event were U.S. concert series in June. Sen. Bob Graham and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, The festival, acknowledged as one of the finest in the world, drew 14 both Florida Democrats, and U.S. Rep. C.W international artist faculty members, as well as 150 classical guitar students "Bill" Young, a Florida Republican and from the United States, Canada, Europe and Central and South America. This senior member of the state delegation. year's event included master classes, seminars, a guitar orchestra, concerts and a In addition to College of Law alumni and luthiers' exhibition. friends, graduates and supporters of Stetson s Housed in Stetson's Duncan Gallery of Art, the free luthiers' exhibit show- College of Arts and Sciences, School of cased the exquisite instruments of renowned builders Manuel and Alfredo Velazquez, Business Administration and School of Eduardo Moreno More, Hector Marrero, Augustino LoPrinzi, Pablo Quintana, Rawdon Hall Music in DeLand, as well as the new Stetson Guitar, Royal Anderson and Robert Desmond, among others. University Center at Celebration, came The concert series featured performances by world-renowned guitarists Dr. Stephen together at the March 7 event. Robinson, Lily Afshar, Denis Azabagic, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Michael Chapdelaine, Oscar From left, Doug Lee, Pat Mica and Ghiglia, Nicholas Goluses, Antigom Goni, Raphaëlla Smits and Fabio Zanon. Congressman John Mica cut the birthday cake. The artist faculty gave four concerts, and both students and faculty performed a fifth concert during the workshop. Robinson is the founding artistic director of the International Guitar Workshop and a professor of guitar at Stetson. His recent concert season included performances in Italy, Germany, Canada and the United States.
Becky Thyhsen named Stetson University head volleyball coach Stetson University Director of Athletics Jeff Altier has announced the promotion of Becky Thyhsen to head volleyball coach. Thyhsen, who joined the Hatters as an assistant coach in January, takes over for Janiece Holder, who resigned. " We are excited about having Thyhsen in charge of our volleyball program," Altier said. "She is a proven, outstanding athlete and has experience at both the high school and collegiate levels. " Thyhsen has extensive coaching experience at the high school level, including a recent two-year stint at Centennial High School in
22 STETSON UNIVERSITY Franklin, Tenn. She compiled a 72-49 record as Centennial's head girls' Volleyball coach. 'Ballpark Thanks 2001' provides From 1994-98 Thyhsen served as the free days of Hatter baseball athletic director and both the head girls' and Stetson University invited the community to root for the head boys' volleyball coach at Trinity home team - free of charge - at the Hatters' season Christian Academy in Deltona. Thyhhsen opener at Melching FWd at Conrad Park in DeLand. led the Eagles to four consecutive state As a thank you to residents of DeLand and Volusia County, playoff appearances and an 81-32 record in Stetson distributed complimentary general admission tickets to the her four seasons at Trinity. She also served as first Hatter baseball game of the season, "Ballpark Thanks 2001." the head boys' volleyball coach at Deltona "Stetson University is proud of our 118-year relationship with DeLand and Volusia County High School from 1992-94. and this is a great way to say thanks," said Brian G. Miller, executive director of marketing A two-time All-American volleyball and communications. "We hope families will enjoy `Ballpark Thanks' this year and for years player at Florida Southern College, to come." Lakeland, Thyhsen set eight school records Although general admission, which is normally a $4 value, was free for opening day, only and four NCAA Division 11 records during 1,000 tickets were available. In addition to the free afternoon of baseball, Stetson gave away her three-year playing career. She collected prizes throughout the day. The tickets were "sold out" due to an overwhelming response over 1,000 kills and over 1,000 digs, and was from the community. So Stetson gave away an additional 1,000 tickets for the Hatters' named Champion Woman of the Year. She Sunday game. graduated in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in secondary education. Stetson University Race for Restoration Piero Demichelli, Analia benefits Athens Theatre Longoni named first team Stetson University and downtown DeLand welcomed runners and fitness All-TAAC In tennis walkers in January for the Second Annual Stetson University Race for Stetson men's tennis junior Piero Restoration, a benefit for DeLand's historic Athens Theatre. Stetson Univer- Demichelli of Lima, Peru, and sity was the presenting sponsor. women's tennis sophomore Analia Participants in the 5 K race took on downtown streets, residential areas and Stetson's Longoni of Caracas, Venezuela, beautiful campus. were named to the first team " My family and I walked in the race last year through historic downtown DeLand," said All-Trans America Athletic Brian G. Miller, Stetson's executive director of marketing and communications. Conference for the 2001 season. "The history of DeLand and Stetson University are so intertwined that becoming the Playing entirely at No. 1 singles, primary sponsor of this race was natural for us," Miller said. "Preserving local history is a Demichelli posted a 17-5 singles record, Stetson priority. The funds raised will be used for work on the Athens' interior." including a winning streak of 14 matches in a row from Feb. 19 to March 26. He also won GAIL RADLEY, lecturer in English, has a key match against Troy State University's Books, etc. written four books explaining the extinction Will), Campos in the 2001 TAAC Men's CASSADAGA: The South's of animals to children. Vanishing from Forests Tennis Championship. In doubles action, he Oldest Spiritualist Commu- and Jungles, Vanishing from Grasslands and finished the season with an impressive 13-6 nity, edited by Associate Deserts, Vanishing from the Skies and Vanish- record. Professor of Religious ing from Waterways The Hatter junior earned first team Studies Phillip C. Lucas, each present honors for the third consecutive season. He John J. Guthrie Jr. and Gary 10 creatures owns 49 career wins at the No. I position, the Monroe, is a collection of whose second-highest total in school history. essays and photographs existence is in Longoni, meanwhile, was 15-5 at the exploring the history, danger. With No. I singles positions for the Stetson people, cultural environment and religious Jean women's tennis squad. She was also 10-9 in system of Cassadaga. Founded in 1893 as a Sherlock as doubles competition for team-leading 25 Spiritualist winter camp, the small town illustrator, the books overall victories. Longoni tied a career-high located 25 miles north of Orlando is now on explore the balance by winning I1 matches in a row from March the National Register of Historic Places. The between life forms and their habitats, using 8 to 26. It was her first all-conference book's interviews, analysis and photographs essays, poems and key facts to show how the selection. give both insiders' and outsiders' perspectives threatened animals live and how concerned The Stetson men's tennis team was 19-5 on this living Spiritualist community. people can help them. in 2001, while the women's tennis team ( University Press of Florida, 2000) (Lerner Publishing Group, 2001) finished the season with a 13-8 record. FALL 2001 23 Members of the Meadows family join Gary to Christian higher education," said Stetson Meadows, center, at the dedication of the President Doug Lee. Meadows Alumni House. "The Parsons' concern for others has always guided them, and it is in the pattern men's basketball games for 35 years. of their everyday living that they best Stetson also honored Meadows by exemplify the spirit of this award," said Dr. naming its Alumni House the Meadows David B. Rinker, chairman of Stetson's Alumni House March 30. Whittaker said Board of Trustees, in honoring the couple. he, President Doug Lee and the Alumni DeLand residents since 1974, when Board wanted to name the house for Harold Parson retired from a distinguished Stetson University's retiring 22-year career as a special agent with the Gary Meadows receives Meadows because of his loyalty and Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Parsons Distinquished Service Award dedication to Stetson over many years. "He is dearly loved by the alumni and the have strong ties to West Volusia. A DeLand native who studied music as a child in Gary Meadows says Stetson University has a Alumni Board, and this action will recognize Stetson's piano department, Rabel Moremen number of qualities that made him want to him in a timeless way," Whittaker said. met the young Harold Parson, a Stetson begin and end his career here, but one Meadows said the announcement took business administration student from Miami, characteristic rises to the top-the caring him by surprise and that the honor exempli- when both were singing in the First Baptist environment. fies the caring environment of the university. "That was the last thing in the world that I Church choir. "It's a people-related institution," said the expected or anticipated ... What greater World War II interrupted their education. former associate vice president for Alumni compliment can you get?" he said. He served as a Navy pilot and flight Relations. "People are important." Meadows plans to continue his involve- instructor; she became DeLand's first female For his dedication of more than 41 years ment with the university as an alumnus and postal letter carrier in a program to replace to Stetson, Meadows was honored with the volunteer. "I'm definitely a member of the men at war. They married in 1945, and university's prestigious Distinguished Service extended Stetson family," he said. "It's been returned to Stetson in 1946. They took turns Award. Meadows, who retired from the a love affair. I really, truly love the place. It's caring for their first child so both could university at the end of February, received j ust home to me." attend classes, and she taught music and the award at a Board of Trustees dinner. played the piano and organ for a variety of "As associate vice president for Alumni In retirement, Meadows hopes to spend groups. He graduated in 1948, and they Relations, Gary made a strong contribution more time enjoying some of his hobbies, moved to Fort Pierce where he worked to the success of the university's recently which include singing, fishing and traveling. briefly in the business world before joining completed $200 Million Campaign," said Over the years, he has lent his deep bass voice to the Stetson Choral Union and is on the FBI in 1952. Mark Whittaker, vice president for Univer- the board of directors of the Bel Canto His FBI career took them to Philadelphia, sity Relations. "Serving in this capacity, he singers. He also is a soloist in the choir at Washington, D.C., Miami and Fort Pierce, took Stetson's alumni program to an entirely First Baptist Church of DeLand and is and she served as a church organist and new level." president of the DeLand Breakfast Rotary choir director wherever they lived. She also Meadows earned his bachelor's degree in Club. taught fifth grade in Fort Pierce, where she psychology in 1959 and began working as an was selected Teacher of the Year. admissions counselor the next day. He Meadows has three grown children and Rabel Parson returned to Stetson to finish earned a master's degree in counseling from lives in DeBary with his wife, Gail Kadlec her music degree Stetson five years later. During his 30-year Meadows. after her husband tenure in admissions, Meadows served as retired, and taught assistant director, director and dean. Stetson University honors DeLand couple with Doyle E. music at Orange While in Admissions, Meadows helped Carlton Award City Elementary bring fine students to the university and School until her own counseled them when making education Harold and Rabel Moremen Parson of retirement in 1986. and career decisions. He saw some of those DeLand, both Stetson University alumni, Wanting to share her same students give back to Stetson and students' talents, she become re-involved in the university while received one of the university's highest led them to produce working in Alumni Relations. honors, the Doyle E. Carlton Award, during elaborate musicals "It's just been a wonderful experience a meeting of Stetson's Board of Trustees. each year before both ways," he said of his years in Named for former Florida governor and community groups. Admissions and Alumni Relations. "I Stetson alumnus and trustee, Doyle E. Carlton, the award recognizes "extraordi- She served for wouldn't trade it for anything." nary contributions to the life and develop- several years as one In addition to his duties in the Admissions ment of Stetson University, the City of of the directors of The Parsons in and Alumni offices, Meadows has been the DeLand, the state of Florida, and devotion the annual county 1948. voice of the Hatters at various times at the 24 STETSON UNIVERSITY music festival. N Named Orange City's 1985 played as a solid and productive team athletes to be recruited by Stetson. While at Teacher of the Year, she also won the Volusia member from 1953-57. Stetson, he was involved in numerous Educators Association's Mary Karl Award McLin completed his bachelor of arts organizations, including Scabbard and for "a lifetime of distinguished service to degree from Stetson in 1957 and his law Blade, Student Senate, Omega Phi Frater- quality education." She continues to be degree from the University of Florida in nity, the Baptist Student Union, the active in many community and church 1962. Commissioned through the Stetson Accountancy Club and intramural athletics. groups, often sharing her musical talents ROTC program, he served his country from He played for Coach Glenn with them. 1957-59 as a U.S. Army first lieutenant. Wilkes and the Hatter An active church layman, Harold Parson A senior partner in the law firm of McLin, Basketball Program as a served as an elder and chaired a capital gifts Burnsed, Morrison, Johnson, Newman & freshman and sophomore. campaign for First Presbyterian Church of Roy of Leesburg, McLin's professional Montgomery graduated DeLand. He also works with many West affiliations include Pi Delta Phi Legal from Stetson in 1970 with a Volusia community groups, including the Fraternity, the American Bar Association, bachelor of business adminis- chorus, Great Expectations, which sings for Florida Bar Association and Lake-Sumter tration degree in finance. He many charitable events. Bar Association, which he served as Montgomery continued his education at The couple has contributed year after president, 1967-68. His awards and honors Columbia University where he earned his year to a variety of Stetson scholarships, so include Outstanding Young Man of the Year, master of business administration degree in that others may follow their path. He Leesburg, 1965; Omicron Delta Kappa 1972. chaired Stetson's Homecoming in 1979 and National Leadership Fraternity Award; and His professional career includes working served as president of the DeLand Alumni Outstanding Service, Florida Bar Associa- at Ford Motor Company from 1972-73 as an chapter in 1982-83. She worked with tion, 1972. He serves on the Board of analyst; Chevrolet Division of General Stetson to establish Florida's only collegiate Governors of the Elks Club and is a past Motors as an analyst/supervisor from 1973 chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha, which leads president of the University of Florida through 1980; Gulf and Western as a students into community service. Both Alumni Association. He also received a director of business planning from 1980 to remain active in the Alumni Association Stetson University Distinguished Service 1985; and a GM Dealer School trainee from and co-chaired the 45th and 50th reunions for Award. 1985 to 1986. the Class of 1948. Their DeLand-area ranch McLin has served the State of Florida as In 1988, Montgomery purchased the is often the scene of alumni get-togethers, as chair of the Capital Center Planning Mountain Home Ford dealership in Moun- well as fundraisers for St. Jude Children's Commission, 1972-74; as a member of the tain Home, Idaho. He is currently the owner Hospital and the American Cancer Society. Board of Business Regulation, 1974-80; Fifth and CEO of Flagler Ford Inc. in Palm Coast. Strong supporters of the Friends of the District Court of Appeal and Circuit Court His most recent professional associations School of Music, Hatter Boosters and School Nominating Committee; and Chair of the include serving on the Stetson University of Business Administration, they are also Governor of Florida's Select Committee on Board of Trustees; membership in Alpha Phi Stetson Society members and Presidential POW/MIA Families of Southeast Asia, Alpha; holding a leadership position on the Counsellors. 1975. In addition, he served as a member board of directors of the Ford-Lincoln- They have four children: the late Harold and chair of the State Pari-mutuel Wagering Mercury Minority Dealers Association; and Parson Jr.; Charles Parson, a professor at Commission, 1978-80; and as a member of appearing in Who's Who Among African Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, the House of Representatives Select Water Americans. Denver, Colo.; Linda Parson Davis, associate Task Force, 1983. He and his wife, Valorie, have two grown vice president for planned giving at Stetson; His business relationships include the children, Ryan and Raven. and Nets Parson, land use coordinator for board of directors, Citizens Bank of the St. Johns River Water Management Leesburg; board of directors, Blue Cross and The late Edward C. Furlong was born District. Blue Shield of Florida; and board of and raised in West Virginia and enrolled as directors, Florida Combined Life Insurance a transfer student at Stetson University in Three alumni earn `S' Club Company. 1936 on a football scholarship. Furlong was lifetime achievement awards McLin is an active member of St. James an outstanding lineman for the Hatters Church in Leesburg and also is a devoted while earning honors as a student body Walter S. `Bud' McLin III '57, Robert Ervin Rotarian. He and his wife, Gwen, have one leader. He was named "Most Popular Boy" in Montgomery '70 and the late Edward C. daughter, Mary Shannon Carlyle. his 1938 graduation class. After graduation, Furlong '38 were awarded Stetson `S' Club he was asked to join the faculty of the lifetime achievement awards. Robert Ervin Montgomery was born and School of Business, where he served as an Walter S. "Bud" McLin III was born in raised in the Lake Wales and Fort Meade instructor while continuing his studies. In Tallahassee in 1935. After graduation from areas of Florida. He graduated from Fort 1940, he earned a master's degree in Leon High School with both athletic and Meade High School in 1966 and, along with economics from Stetson. scholastic honors, he accepted a football Ken Showers, Ron Beal and Jimmy Johnson, During World War 11, Furlong served in scholarship to Stetson University where he was among the first African-American the U.S. Army and rose from private to
FALL 2001 25 captain during the 1942-46 war years. After the war ended, he returned to Stetson and was named dean of the business school in ohn Jett knows the day will come substantially ahead of most universities in 1947, a position he held until his retirement when Americans won't have any the nation in commitment to environmental in 1979. In recognition of Dean Furlong's choice but to be environmentally stewardship. In addition to support from the many contributions to the university, Stetson conscious. But he wants the Stetson university's administration, Stetson is unique conferred on him an honorary doctor of laws community to do its part to help put because of the leadership role the Facilities degree in 1983. Joff that day by becoming good Management Division has taken in many of Furlong served the university as business environmental stewards now. the university's environmental initiatives. manager for several years in addition to his Jett was hired late last year as the "Facilities Management is not afraid to duties as dean. He also served the City of university's first director of environmental diverge from the `normal' way of business in DeLand as a city commis- affairs. In this position, he is responsible for order to explore new and novel approaches sioner and mayor, and was providing direction and coordination for the to environmental friendliness," he said. president of the DeLand development, maintenance and enhance- Jett said one of the school's strongest Chamber of Commerce. ment of environmental stewardship within environmental programs is recycling. This Both Furlong and his the campus community. He's school year, Stetson has wife, Charlotte, were loyal also a key member of the recycled 570 pounds of Stetson alumni. All five of Environmental Responsibility plastic, 19,200 pounds of fiber their children are Stetson Council, which was created and 366 pounds of aluminum. graduates. He was also an Furlong under Stetson's Values Additionally nearly 6 million active member of St. Council to advance ecological pounds of material has been Bamabas Episcopal causes. recylcled from the Lynn Church, where he served on the vestry and "Stetson's approach to Business Center. sang in the choir. environmental stewardship is Another environmental unique in that we have initiative the university is Knight, Maldonado earn Stetson support from the top down," currently working on is University leadership honors; Jett said of Stetson's adminis- making the renovated Lynn Knight also wins Turner Award tration. "Most colleges Business Center a green Jett experience stewardship from a building under the Leader- Stetson University graduates Melissa Jill grassroots standpoint and ship in Energy and Environ Knight of Merritt Island and Luis struggle for recognition and funding." mental Design rating system. Some of the Maldonado of LaBelle were the 2001 The Values Council was founded in 1998 extra steps the university is taking to recipients of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan to lead campus conversation about values accomplish this are recycling demolition Award, the top leadership honor for Stetson and to establish a commitment to action in material, installing low-organic emission graduates. key areas, including the environment. As carpeting and using reclaimed water for Knight, who served on Stetson's Values part of the university's values and vision, irrigation. Council and Environmental Responsibility Stetson has collectively affirmed the In the future, Jett plans to move out into Council, also won the university's 2001 Etter obligation of individuals and communities to the community to spread the word of McTeer Turner Award for outstanding act as responsible stewards of the natural Stetson's commitment to the environment. academic performance, leadership and environment. He also hopes that students who leave the community service. Jett received his bachelor's degree in university will take the message of environ- environmental studies at the University of mental stewardship with them. The Sullivan award goes annually to a Kansas and his master's degree in environ- "It is vitally important that we, staff and woman and a man in the senior class "whose mental science from Oklahoma State faculty, create a learning environment that personal example and influence throughout University. Before coming to Stetson in instills in our campus community the desire the campus best exemplify the noblest November 2000, he was a bacteriologist at an to do the right thing while on campus, but human qualities ... and the finest values that animal disease diagnostic laboratory and a also inspires people to continue the good Stetson nurtures." graduate research assistant at OSU. For work when they graduate or otherwise move Presented by President H. Douglas Lee to several years, Jett was an animal behaviorist on," Jett said. "Since the majority of those cap Stetson's annual Academic Honors working with killer whales at Sea World in on our campus are students who will be gone Convocation, the Sullivan Award is made Orlando. in four years or less, it's important to educate j ointly by the New York Southern Society of His hiring is yet another example of them to carry on with small contributions the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation Stetson's increasing commitment to the such as recycling and energy conservation." and by Stetson University. environment. Jett said Stetson is probably Citing Melissa Knight for her community service efforts, Lee called her "a pioneer for
26 STETSON UNIVERSITY positive change," noting that she has worked In addition, she served on Stetson- Winner o f the with Stetson's Values Council and Environ- sponsored summer mission and service Turner and the mental Responsibility Council. She helped trips to Belize, and has been a resident Sullivan awards, raise money for charity through the campus assistant and hall director in the university's Melissa Jill Knight Greenfeather campaign and organized the Residential Life program. An environmental is congratulated by campus OXFAM fast to fight world hunger. science major, Knight earned a cumulative School of Music She took part in Model Senate, and grade point average of 3.7 and was selected Dean Jim Wood- served as a student intern in Stetson's for membership in several honor societies, ward, chair o f the Community Service Office, the Florida including Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Council of Deans. Farmworkers' Association and the Volusia Board and Phi Beta Kappa. Her immediate County Environmental Management goal is to work with the Peace Corps. Agency. Lee described Luis Maldonado as a Mark your calendars for Stetson Weekend 2002
lans are in progress to make Stetson Weekend 2002 new and exciting! On Saturday, start the day right by Join us on February 22-24, 2002, for a fun-filled weekend. Here's what's connecting with classmates and iin store for you... current and former faculty at the We'll kick off Stetson Weekend on Friday evening, with Decade President's Home, where you'll enjoy a PParties hosted by the two reunion classes in each decade. Decade delicious brunch. Following the Alumni Parties provide a unique opportunity to bring everyone together from the same Buffet Brunch, head over to Elizabeth "era." Classes celebrating a reunion in 2002 are: '47, '52, '57, '62, '67, '72, '77, Hall for the new and improved All- ' 82, '87, and '92. For information about the Decade Parties, or if you would like to Alumni Gathering, with an update from assist with your class's reunion plans, call the Alumni Office at (386) 822-7481 or President Doug Lee and musical 800-688-4287, or the following class contacts: entertainment provided by students in the School of Music. A university-wide Class of 1947 - Ruth Cobb Arnold, (386) 734-8855 or Dee Rutledge, cookout is scheduled for noon, fol- (386) 822-8920, [email protected] u lowed by student-sponsored family fun and games. Later in the afternoon, join Class of 1952 - Carl "Sonny" Gaffe, (912) 649-3400 us for a pep rally, block party with food and beverages, and bonfire-guaran- Class of 1957 - Grady Snowden, (386) 228-2532, [email protected] ; teed to generate spirit and enthusiasm Tom Allerton, (407) 339-9085, [email protected] ; or John Morgan, for the men's basketball game against (703) 978-6408, [email protected] Florida Atlantic University. We'll snake dance over to Edmunds Center for the Class of 1962 - Millie Schibanoff Dykes, (386) 736-4208, or Bill Siegel, game (GO HATTERS!), and conclude the (863) 293-5214 evening's festivities with the Homecom- ing Dance, where the king and queen Class of 1967 - Maggi Smith Hall, (386) 740-1009, [email protected] or will be crowned. Gena Medrano Swartz, (352) 343-9174, [email protected] Alumni Chapel and a continental breakfast on Sunday morning will Class of 1972 - Tina Wolf-Wiley, (386) 740-0068, [email protected] ; conclude Stetson Weekend 2002. Wayne Dreggors, (386) 947-4270, [email protected] ; Barry Brassard, c/o Jan Other events are being planned by the Nestle at the Alumni Office; or Terry Rhodes, (850) 410-1094, [email protected] Class of 1947, the Law Class of 1952, the "S" Club, the Roland George Class of 1977 - Still need Class Co-Chairs and committee members Investments Program, the School of Music, Stover Theatre, Lambda Chi Class of 1982 - Cindy Gilliland Hedgepeth, (386) 738-5531, Alpha and other fraternities and [email protected] sororities, the Ministerial Alumni Association, the Black Alumni Council Class of 1987 - Corinne Chatfield Gaertner, (813) 348-0039, and other campus organizations. Stay [email protected] or Kimberly Harrison Pertler, (352) 365-7204 tuned in the coming weeks for more information on Stetson Weekend 2002 Class of 1992 - Mickey Desai, (404) 245-4458, [email protected] ; and check out the Alumni page at or Stephen Wright, (919) 846-0142, [email protected] www/stetson/edu for updates. Mark your calendars, and start spreading enthusi- asm NOW, by encouraging everyone you know to spread the word that Stetson Weekend 2002 is not to be missed.
FALL 2001 2 7 student with "a passionate commitment Stetson students win Sullivan Meeting the Challenge to social justice and social change, whose Endowment for Writing awards efforts have enriched our campus and ichard Carl George graduated helped further our commitment to creating Four Stetson University students, all English from Stetson University in 1976 as a an open, enlightened and diverse commu- majors, won Tim Sullivan Endowment for political science major. After nity." A leader in many Stetson organiza- Writing awards during Stetson's April graduation, George became tions, including Circle K International, the Academic Honors Convocation. Presented R involved in local government in Volusia County, and eventually started R. Student Government Association, Common by English Professor Terri Witek, two George and Associ- Ground, the Multicultural Student Council awards went to Gina Welker of Altamonte ates, a library furniture and the Hispanic Organization for Latin Springs: the poetry award for her poem, and equipment firm American Awareness, he was an English "Hermanito," and the playwriting award for based in DeLand. major with a minor in French. her play, Queen of Hearts. Also honored When Stetson He maintained a grade point average of were Michael Hoffecker of Port Orange, launched its major 3.7 and served as a tutor in both Spanish and who received the fiction award for "To Have renovation and French in Stetson's foreign language lab. In and Have Not"; Katheryn Wright of expansion project of the summer of 2000 he won a Stetson DeLand, who earned the creative non- the duPont-Ball Library Undergraduate Research Experience grant fiction award for "Holding Hands"; and in 1998, he expressed to study the loss of native languages as a Robert Pagliazzo of Orlando, who received his interest in assisting. The library project, problem in post-colonial identities, and the graduate portfolio award for "First and initiated to relieve presented a report on his research to the Last Words to Finnegan's Wake." existing space Lilis and National Conference on Undergraduate Now in its sixth year, the Tim Sullivan limitations within the Richard George Research. Endowment for Writing Program funds library, makes The first person in his family to attend scholarships and prizes for student writers, sophisticated media services available, college, Maldonado was recognized in April visits by professional writers and student trips enhancing learning and supporting the as one of Florida's 20 outstanding students in to national writing conferences; and helps to technology necessary to create an elec- a competition sponsored by Florida Leader hire extra faculty members to teach regular tronic library for onsite and offsite users. A new magazine, SunTrust Bank and Publix Super English courses, freeing members of the three-story north wing was added to the Markets. He also won Stetson's June Brooks English faculty with writing experience to library - an additional 13,000 square feet. Memorial Award for Community Activism, teach special workshop classes. The Richard and Lilis George recognized this project was necessary to lead the university as w ell as first place in the Ann R. Morris endowment is funded by a gift from Stetson into the 21st century. They made a generous Women and Gender Studies Essay and Trustee Art Sullivan of Stuart, a 1962 contribution of six study carrels to the library. Creative Writing Competition. He was one graduate, and his wife Melissa, in remem- These carrels are designed specifically for the of two student speakers at Stetson's May 12 brance of Art's son Tim, who died in an space in the duPont-Ball Library and offer Commencement. accident at the age of eight. areas for study and computing applications. He plans to pursue a career in public The Georges also underwrote the acquisition interest law and currently attends the Stetson Professor wins McEniry of furniture for the Reference Service Desk, University of Florida's Levin College of Law Award for outstanding teaching the center of the library's main floor and the on a full scholarship. information focal point for the facility. Dr. Robert K. Sitler, who teaches Spanish George also agreed to assist Stetson The Turner Award, won by Knight, language and culture at Stetson University, University in fulfilling the study carrel portion of the library campaign. Twenty-two carrels are honors Stetson's first woman dean of is the 2001 recipient of Stetson's McEniry needed to complete the project. Richard has students and was established by the family Award for Excellence in issued a challenge to Stetson alumni and of former Stetson President J. Ollie Teaching. English friends and has agreed to donate a $1,500 Edmunds, through their Gualala Founda- Professor Terri Witek, the study carrel for each set of oak chairs that the tion. It is presented annually during Spring 2000 McEniry Award university receives. The chairs are available as Commencement to a graduating senior who inner, made the gift opportunities for $250 each. So, for every excels both academically and in campus announcement during $500 donated for the purchase of oak carrel activities. Stetson's Spring Com- chairs, the university will receive $2,000 in In nominating Knight for the Turner mencement. benefit because of the Georges' generosity. Award, members of the Student Life staff Both students and An engraved dedication plate will be called her "an outstanding motivator and professors praised him for mounted on each chair in recognition of Sitter each donor's gift to this effort. role model in all aspects of life (and) a going beyond the Please contact Jenine Rabin at (386) 822- true portrait of the well-rounded college classroom to engage his students in the 7738 for further information on contributing to student." outside world. A colleague noted that "his the duPont-Ball Library study carrel challenge. contributions to the cultural life of Stetson University through his contacts in Central
28 STETSON UNIVERSITY America have provided a unique insight to THE HOWARD THURMAN Metropolitan Washington, D.C., she has our students, especially in terms of his PROGRAM served as the keynote speaker for many indigenous contacts and friends. ... His LECTURE SERIES educational and religious institutions. gentle persuasiveness has (also) introduced many to the need for an environmentally Anthropologist and social activist Dr. Niara friendly approach to living, learning and Stetson's Howard Thurman Program was Sudarkasa addressed "Reclaiming the teaching." established in partnership with New Birth Anchors." Sudarkasa has achieved many A member of Stetson's modern languages Inc., a national board of African-American significant "firsts" in her academic career. and literatures faculty since 1994, Sitter leaders headed by the Rev. Jefferson From 1987 to 1998, she served as the first earned a doctorate in Hispanic literature Rogers. The program's goal is to unite woman president of Lincoln University, Pa. from the University of Texas at Austin, and scholars and community leaders in seeking At the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, his master's and bachelor's degrees from solutions to social, religious and ethnic she was the first African-American woman Kent State University. His specialty is Mayan problems, and to extend the legacy of Dr. to be awarded tenure in the arts and culture, and he has published several articles Howard Thurman. A Daytona Beach sciences, the first to become a and speaks frequently on the Mayan native, Thurman was a mentor and full professor, the first to head influence in Spanish American literature. spiritual guide to leaders of the civil rights an academic center and the (See story, p. 13.) At Stetson, he chairs the movement. first to be appointed associate Environmental Responsibility Council, one vice president for academic of six groups making up the Values Council, Biblical scholar Dr. Cain Hope Felder affairs. Sudarkasa I and directs the Discovery Program for first- launched Stetson University's Fall 2000 Sudarkasa attended Fisk year students. A member of the Latin Thurman Lecture Series. Felder discussed University, Nashville, Tenn., and Oberlin American Studies committee, he serves as "Rediscovering the Bible in an Age of College, Ohio, on Ford Foundation early director of internships in the Mexican- Multiculturalism: Troubling Biblical Waters.' entrant scholarships. She graduated from American community and helped institute a A leading Biblical scholar and prolific Oberlin in 1957 at the age of 18. She Stetson study-abroad program at the author, Felder taught at earned a master's degree and a doctorate University of Guanajuato, Mexico, serving as Princeton Theological Semi- in anthropology from Columbia University, its program director for several years. nary in New Jersey and was the New York City. In the summer of 2000, Sitter studied in first national director of the Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, as part United Methodist Black Religion historian and author Dr. Andrew of a National Endowment for the Humani- Caucus, then headquartered in Manis discussed "Civil Religions and the Felder ties Summer Institute, examining the Mayan Atlanta. Problem of Race in the New Millennium," movement in those countries. Felder holds a bachelor's degree in highlighting his view of history and his Sitter spends time each year in the Mayan philosophy and classics from Howard thoughts on the future of religion and race. community of Todos Santos Cuchumatdn in University, Washington, D.C.; a master of Since 1996, Manis has Guatemala, to immerse himself in the divinity from Union Theological Seminary, been editor at the Mercer culture and to study the Main Mayan New York City; and a diploma of theology University Press in Macon, language. from Oxford University, England; as well as Ga., where he also teaches in The McEniry Award is the most presti- master's and doctoral degrees in Biblical Mercer's College of Liberal languages and literature from Columbia Arts and McAfee School of gious award given to a DeLand campus Manis faculty member. Selections are made jointly University, New York City. Theology. A native of by faculty and students and recipients must Birmingham, Ala., Manis earned a be both outstanding scholars and excellent Attorney and public policy analyst Andrea bachelor's degree from Samford University. teachers. Stetson's 27 McEniry Award Young, the daughter of Andrew Young, He holds a doctorate from the Southern winners share a common goal: to excel as gave a lecture, "In Praise of Women," based Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. teachers, sharing knowledge of their chosen on her book, Life Lessons My Mother Taught fields with students in ways that excite and Me, a tribute to her mother, Jean Young, a The first Stetson University Howard stimulate them to achieve their fullest respected advocate for social justice through Thurman lecture of the Spring 2001 term potential. her work in the civil rights movement. featured the Rev. Marvin Chandler, a Former Stetson President J. Ollie Educated at Swarthmore musician and pastor emeritus of San Edmunds established the award in 1974 to College and Georgetown Francisco's Church for the Fellowship of All honor William Hugh McEniry, former dean University, Andrea Young has Peoples. of the university, who led the academic life worked for the United Church Chandler's lecture, "Deep River and the at Stetson during the years following World of Christ as director of the Mountaintop," celebrated the lives of War II to 1966. The Gualala Foundation, African Mission Program. A Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King established by the Edmunds family, contin- former vice-president of Jr. in meditation and song. ues to support the award. Planned Parenthood of Executive director of the Howard
FALL 2001 29 Thurman Educational Trust in San Francisco from 1980 to 1984, Black Alumni Initiative draws interest CI Chandler was director of the San Francisco Interfaith Choir In an effort to reconnect black alumni with their alma mater, Stetson Trustees Bob Chandler and pastor of the Church for the Montgomery '70 and Tom Stringer JD '74, in collaboration with the Office of Alumni Relations, are leading the new Black Alumni Initiative. This fall the Black Student Fellowship of All Peoples. Association hosted a reception at the President's Home for black alumni and community Executive director of the San Francisco leaders. The Black Student Association, along with the Values Council, will be hosting Council of Churches in the mid-1970s and another black alumni event during Stetson Weekend. A luncheon will be held Saturday, an executive with the Rochester Council of Feb. 23, from noon to 2 p.m., with a performance by Stetson's Gospel Choir to follow. Churches in New York from 1963 to 1975, For information, contact Susan Anderson, executive director of Alumni he created the first black congregation- Relations, at 800-688-4287, or via e-mail at [email protected] based ecumenical organization in the country. From left, the Rev. Jefferson A graduate of Colgate Rochester Divinity Rogers, director of Stetson School in New York, Chandler holds a University's Howard master's degree in divinity. Thurman Program; Bob Montgomery '70; Tom Stringer JD '74; and Jill Nelson offered empowering words for President Doug Lee. African-American women on the topic "African American Women: Finding Voice and Taking Action." Nelson, a working journalist for more than 20 years, is a From left, Chabre Upshaw '03, graduate of the City College of candidate for JD/MBA at the Stetson New York and the Columbia University College of Law; Lisa Rowe Nelson University School of Journalism ' 01; Iris Owens '00; Millesa Edwards in New York City. ' 04; and Latoya McClam '03. Her first book about her experiences at the Washington Post, "Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience," was a best- From left, students Sidney selling memoir and earned an American Jackson '04; Chabre Book Award in 1994. Upshaw '03; April McCray Nelson currently is a journalism professor '04; Jamil Turner '02; Mary at City College of New York and a freelance Rodgers '04; and Michaelle Finch, associate director of writer. Residential Life.
Performer and educator Rawn Spearman also has recognized him as an African- lecture titled `An Apology for spoke about his life as a musician in a talk American trailblazer in opera and musical Violence." titled "My Life: A Singer's Quest for Soul." theater. Butts earned his bachelor's Spearman, a former member of the famed A graduate of Florida A&M University in degree in philosophy from Fisk Jubilee Singers in the 1940s, has Tallahassee and the Columbia University Morehouse College in Atlanta, Teachers College in New York City, he was a master of divinity degree in appeared on Broadway in productions of Butts "Let's Make an Opera," "Kwamina," "Four supervisor of cultural affairs for an anti- church history from Union Saints in Three Acts" and "Nude with poverty program in Harlem, a faculty Theological Seminary in New York City Violin." In another Broadway member of Hunter College in New York and a doctorate of ministry in church and show, "House of Flowers," he City and coordinator for the college's public policy from Drew University, performed with musicians Harlem education center. Madison, N.J. Pearl Bailey, Ray Walston, Butts has taught at City College and Juanita Hall and Diahann One of New York City's prominent Fordham University in New York City. Carroll. African-American leaders addressed the President of the Council of Churches of the Spearman Spearman has been issue of violence during the final spring City of New York and vice chairman of the honored with the Marian Anderson Award, Howard Thurman lecture. The Rev. board of directors of the United Way in the Roland Hayes Award, the American Calvin O. Butts III, pastor of Harlem's New York City, he serves as chairman of the Theatre Wing Award, Jon Hay Whitney Abyssinian Baptist Church and president National Affiliate Development Initiative of Award and the Ville de Fountainbleau of the State University of New York the National Commission on AIDS and as Award. The National Opera Association College at Old Westbury, delivered a president of Africare in New York City.
30 Stetson 'celebrates' new $7.2 million campus By Molly Justice
tetson University and its 118-year history in Central Florida now have a place of their own in the community of Celebration with the opening of the $7.2 million Stetson University Center. The center, which has become one of the distinctive landmarks in downtown Celebration, moved into its 36,000-square-foot facility on Celebration Avenue in late August, in time for fall classes. "Stetson University brings a rich academic heritage that will complement and broaden the existing opportunities for life-long learning in the town,"S said Perry Reader, president of The Celebration Co. "The addition of a university is a great milestone in Celebration's history." While Stetson has had a presence in Celebration since the early '90s, the university began leasing Ron Clifton, space in the town's Teaching & Learning Center for its graduate and training programs after receiving associate vice a Ford Foundation grant in 1997. About three years later, Stetson broke ground for a permanent center. president and "I think the Stetson University Center here is in fact a reflection of the values commitment of the institu- director of the tion in DeLand itself," said Dr. Ron Clifton, associate vice president and director of the center. "It's a reflection Stetson University of the institution's interest in providing life-long learning; providing high-quality education, counseling and Center at business programs; and providing the kinds of opportunities that are needed for professionals and for others Celebration, who are interested in a richer cultural life." surveys the new The exterior of the center is brick, in keeping with the brick architecture of Stetson's historic DeLand l andscape. campus. The semi-circular format was used to meet both site and programmatic requirements and creates a distinctive icon for downtown Celebration. The building was designed by the New York architectural firm of Deamer + Phillips. Schenkel Schultz of Orlando and Foley & Associates of Daytona Beach are the architect of record and contractor respectively. David Noyes, Stetson's vice president for facilities management, supervised the construction project. The Stetson University Center has become one of more than a dozen icon buildings located throughout the town. These buildings possess a character of their own, while providing a variety of styles within the overall traditional design theme at Celebration. The town's center is a showcase of the work of some of the world's best known, acclaimed architects. Clifton said the Stetson University Center at Celebration was planned for flexibility, with multi-use space within it. For example, a video-conference room can be used for distance learning or as a seminar classroom The theater space with break-out rooms. A theater space designed to seat 150 can be used for a conference or an exhibit space. at the Stetson "It's a uniquely planned building," he said. University Center Other features of the building include a room with a wooden floor and mirrored walls that will be used for a at Celebration is dance studio, music practice rooms, faculty offices, counseling rooms and a media/library resource center. The designed to seat 150. state-of-the-art building has more than 260 active computer ports; wireless connectivity; and integrated cabling for video, computers and telephones. The center also houses about 20 commercial office spaces available for lease to professionals. Clifton said it's hard to estimate how many students the center can serve because of the variety and number of programs being offered. In about five
FALL 2001 31 The three-story atrium looks out onto undisturbed wetlands. It will serve as a venue for events ranging from art exhibits to music and theater performances. years, he said the university plans to serve 80 students in the business program, between 50 and 60 in education and between 50 and 60 in counseling. This enroll- ment would be in addition to participants in professional development and other specialized programs offered at the center throughout the year. For example, Stetson's Technology to enhance learning is a key Community School of the Arts has provided individual music lessons to residents component of the facility's design and from ages 3 to 50 since 1998. programs. The center currently offers graduate courses in business, counseling and education. The master of business administration program moved to Celebration last year from Disney University, where the degree was limited to Disney employees. The center's counseling program offers degrees in marriage and family therapy and school counsel- ing - preparing students for work in venues such as schools, social service agencies, hospitals and churches. Those interested in teaching can earn a master of education degree in educational leadership at Celebration. In addition to offering graduate courses, Stetson's Center for Information Technol- ogy manages the Celebration Community Network, including the Front Porch Intranet. And through a newly developed program named SUITE (Stetson University Institute for Technology Education), the university also plans to form strategic partnerships with national and international corporations to offer high-tech training programs at the center. Stetson's involvement with Celebration dates back to 1992 when the university began participating in the early development phases of Osceola County's public K-12 Celebration School. Two years later, the university launched a nationally recognized teacher training program called "Best Practices." The Celebration School now works with Stetson and three other universities participating in a professional developmen- A graduate course in counseling is just tal consortium. The other institutions involved in the consortium include Johns one of a wide variety of course offerings. Hopkins University, Auburn University and the University of Central Florida. The university continues to be involved at the Celebration School on a daily basis though faculty and teacher intern visits. "From the initial phases of the town's planning, Stetson University has played a critical part in nurturing Celebration's education cornerstone," Reader said. "Completion of the Stetson University Center brings another source of vitality and strength to Celebration." Go to www.stetson.edu/celebration for more information.
3 2 STETSON UNIVERSITY Stetson University Women's Basketball: A winning team
By Jamie Bataille
he Stetson University Women's Basketball guard Satu Raimesalo provided a three-point threat. Team recently began a new year, hoping to Ginny Bencivenga's outside shooting ability added build on one of its most successful seasons in depth to Stetson's backcourt. Stephanie Parnell and school history. The Hatters finished last Stephanie Mullis have also contributed off the bench this season with a 22-7 mark, breaking the season. schoolT record for most wins in a season. The team also The Hatters were a perfect 6-0 in the month of posted one of the best home records in the country (14-1) December and put together a school-record seven-game and placed third in the Trans America Athletic Confer- winning streak. After a one-point loss at home to ence with a 13-5 league record. While Stetson fell just Campbell (Stetson's only defeat at the Edmunds Center), short of its goal of making the NCAA Tournament, the the Hatters strung together another five-game winning team can proudly look back on its achievements in streak. the 2000-01 campaign. The momentum carried over into the TAAC Tourna- Stetson's offense was in high gear all season as ment where the Hatters defeated arch-rival University of the Hatters averaged a TAAC-best 74.2 points per Central Florida 73-61 in the quarterfinals. It was Stetson's game. And as Stetson's opponents found out, the first post-season victory in four years. Eventual tournament scoring did not come from just one individual; four champion Georgia State ended the Hatters' run in the players averaged over 10 points per game. semifinals, but not before Stetson capped off a very "Our balanced scoring made it very difficult for successful season. opponents to defend against us," Head Coach Dee Romine said. "They could not focus on one player Bataille is the sports information director in the Stetson when everyone on the court was a threat to score." University Athletics Department. Leading the way was 6-3 center Kaisa Tuure, a junior transfer from Seminole Community College. Stetson Women's Basketball No. 51 Kaisa Tuure Tuure averaged a team-high 13.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game. A first team all- conference selection, Tuure was named TAAC Women's Player of the Week three times during the season. Basketball Senior guard Cher Dyson, another first team all- No. 21 Audrey TAAC selection, averaged 13.1 points per game. While Kull Dyson finished her career with well over 1,300 points, her claim-to-fame is the 403 career steals she collected in a Hatter uniform. That total ties her for 11th-place all-time in NCAA women's basketball history. Joining Dyson in the backcourt was freshman point guard Linda Palonen, who led the team with 102 assists. Forwards Audrey Kull and Amy White each put forth an outstanding season. Kull, a senior, excelled in all facets of her game, averaging 12.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.0 steals per game. She registered a career-high 29 points in Stetson's 26-point win over Georgia State on Jan. 6, and was named TAAC Player of the Week two days later. White, a junior, averaged 10.6 points and 6.5 rebounds a game and recorded six double-doubles on the year. Opponents didn't get a reprieve when the Hatters went to their bench. Post players Eboni Long and Lisa Terry crashed the boards and wreaked havoc in the lane. Point guard Sally Spooner helped run the offense while shooting