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A look inside McPherson College’s Community community-based strategic planning by Design process Career-oriented Liberal Arts Future of Residential Life Entrepreneurial Faculty Campus Entrance Endowment Growth Modeled After Auto Restoration Success Student Debt Reduction Inside: CONYERS OUTSTANDING ART EDUCATOR • U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT RANKING • NEW MC MOBILE APP Winter 2017 Don S. Peters ‘66, son of the seventh president of McPherson College – Dr. W.W. Peters, addresses Dear MC alumni and friends, crowd at the dedication of Winter 2017• Volume 106 • Number 1 the new campus entrance Published for alumni, friends and community by along Kansas Avenue. “Welcome to McPherson College! You’re McPherson College going to love it here!” 1600 E. Euclid I’ve heard some variation of these words P.O. Box 1402 time and again since I’ve been on the job as McPherson, KS 67460-1402 the new director of alumni and constituent 620-242-0400 relations. It probably won’t surprise you to Toll-Free: 800-365-7402 learn that they have been exactly right. I am Fax: 620-245-9438 finding a campus filled with energetic life, www.mcpherson.edu great academics, and a strong community Written and Edited by: that emphasizes service. And I’ve been Adam Pracht ’16 Public Relations Coordinator finding a place for myself – a place where Design by: I hope to work and grow for many years Dviso Visual Communications to come. Contributions and Assistance from: Let me briefly introduce myself. I’m Roger Brimmerman Vice President for Advancement Monica Rice, and until recently I’ve been an Indiana resident studying Amanda Gutierrez Vice President for and working at Bethany Theological Seminary in Richmond, Ind. My Automotive Restoration passions include literature, crafts, buying local, and corgi dogs (like the Joshua Schroeder Athletic Communications Director Queen of England has!). But my true vocational passions – those that Monica Rice Director of Alumni and live deep in my bones – are for opportunities to explore faith, nurture a Constituent Relations lifetime of learning, and foster relationships. Brian Martin ’06 Director of Auto Restoration Projects On campus, I’ve found constant opportunities to grow and connect. Colleen Gustafson ’06 ’16 Promotions and New Media Manager From attending the wildly successful inaugural Fern Lingenfelter Artist Brian Lundberg Director of Marketing series piano concert with the talented Dr. Stephen Beus (see page 10), to David Barrett ’90 Advancement Officer viewing the art exhibits displayed in Friendship Hall, to cheering loudly Deb Wagoner Donor Relations Coordinator and proudly alongside students attending a women’s volleyball game Marcia Walters Assistant to the Director of Alumni and (see page 28) – campus life offers a wide variety of engaging experiences. Constituent Relations (retired) Campus is not the only place where we are Bulldog strong. Horizon Fund recipients are participating in entrepreneurship in the “real President world” (see page 22), auto restoration students are attending and Michael Schneider ’96 participating in shows across the country, and the college faculty share Board of Trustees their knowledge and time in many locations and venues. Of course, our most valuable off-campus resource is our amazing alumni! All across the Paula J. Schnaithman Vincent ’78, Chair Des Moines, Iowa country and around the globe, alumni are sharing their skills, knowledge, Douglas A. Lengel ’82, Vice Chair and passions in their own unique ways. McPherson, Kan. Carol White Leland ’74, Secretary The college is taking seriously its commitments to “Develop whole Harrisonburg, Va. persons through scholarship, participation and service.” Our current Craig E. Holman ’79, Treasurer Inside McPherson, Kan. students will soon be joining their alumni colleagues in the world beyond the college campus, and each year we have the exciting opportunity to Stephen K. Burkholder ’76, Papillion, Neb. Patricia Cargill ’95, Isabel, Kan. welcome new, eager students. Tom Crist ’82, Oxford, Ohio McPherson College is looking to future students and alumni with Stadium Dean Elliott ‘66, McPherson, Kan. Vincette L. Goerl ’71, Fort Belvoir, Va. the “Community by Design” strategic plan that you will read more J. William Grove ’65, Council Bluffs, Iowa about in this edition of the Review (See page 16 for an introduction). By Renovations Bunny Helman Hill ’70, Wichita, Kan. John Holthus ’75, McPherson, Kan. continuing to develop and improve academics, community, and financial Progressing Julie Gillaspie Huber ’92, Wichita, Kan. stability, this campaign will support future Bulldog generations. Dennis Houghton, McPherson, Kan. Lease also approved Jonathan Klinger ’02, Traverse City, Mich. Amid the tasks and meetings that I immediately jumped into in for baseball-softball Kerrilee Kobbeman ’97, Fayetteville, Ark. this position, the task that is top of the list and most exciting to me is complex Randee Koger, McPherson, Kan. Craig Little ‘70, Grand Junction, Colo. meeting the larger McPherson College community and developing lasting PAGE 26 Balbir Mathur, Wichita, Kan. relationships with alumni and friends. Katherine J. Ramsey Melhorn ’77, Wichtia, Kan. Steve Porter ‘82, McPherson, Kan. That means I can’t wait to meet and get to know you! I love being part Carolyn A. Pieratt Schrock ’67, McPherson, Kan. of the McPherson College community! Leslie M. Shenefelt ’69, Denver, Colo. Library Archive Paul D. Ullom-Minnich ’89, Moundridge, Kan. Sincerely, Martin J. Ward ‘78, Corpus Christi, Texas Alumni Goes Online Recognized The McPherson College REVIEW is published by the 130 years of college Pebble Beach Car Unveiled Office of Advancement at no subscription cost. Annual Dayton Rothrock publications now Automotive Restoration students The REVIEW welcomes and reports the news of our diverse and Young Alumni award available from home alumni. Their activities may represent a variety of viewpoints Monica Rice work to take 1953 Mercedes-Benz recipients honored. which may or may not be endorsed by the college. McPherson Director of Alumni and Constituent Relations PAGE 7 convertible to Pebble Beach College does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, PAGES 8-9 color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation or physical or PAGE 24 emotional disability. 2 | M C P HERSON C OLLEGE R EVIEW | www.mcpherson.edu www.mcpherson.edu | M C P HERSON C OLLEGE R EVIEW | 3 FACULTY NEWS Dear McPherson College alumni, friends and family, Luke Chennell, assistant Violence” and “1 Corinthians 14:33- professor of technology, 38 as a Pauline Quotation-Refutation presented a paper titled “The Device.” He also moderated a session Before we went through ‘Original’ Car’ – Conservation, on “Church History: 15th-17th Century.” the process that resulted Preservation and the Dilemma Dr. MacGregor also published the article MC Ranked Highly in our Community by of Mass Production” at a first- – “The Neo-Molinist Square Collapses: A Design 2021 strategic of-its-kind academic conference Molinist Response to Elijah Hess” in the plan, a key aspect of it was focusing on preserving historic latest edition of “Philosophia Christi,” In Midwest Region not on my priority list – a automobiles. “Driving History: which is one of the world’s top-circulating new campus entrance Protecting Our Overlooked Automotive Heritage in the Twenty-first philosophy of religion journals, and accepts By ‘U.S. News & World along Kansas Avenue. Century” was held in October in Allentown, Pa. for publication only about 12-15 percent of submissions. Since I started in the president’s office, I’ve Report Best Colleges’ Dr. Herb Smith, professor of philosophy and religion, and primarily been focused Dr. Jeanne Smith, professor emerita of English and teacher on lifting up people and education, again have been asked to teach this winter at the programs rather than Gujarat School of Theology in India. This will be their fifth ood news arrived for McPherson bricks and mortar. It has year of teaching at the graduate school which is located near been a positive focus that led to our entrepreneurship College with a distinguished Gandhi’s ashram. They also are affiliated with a leprosarium and program (see page 22), a new master’s degree program orphanage, which the Smiths support. ranking. (see page 8), high career placement rates (see page 13), G and the new Fern Lingenfelter Artist Series (see page 10). Dr. Herb Smith will host a travel adventure to Indonesia with Dr. “U.S. News & World Report” rated MC highly on But when we decided to develop our next strategic Scott Holland of Bethany Theological Seminary in January 2018. its respected annual “Best Colleges Rankings” list for plan through community rather than committee last fall, I Regional Colleges Midwest. The national publication quickly realized I needed to allow my priorities to evolve. Dr. Jeanne Smith published her book is widely considered the gold standard for rankings of The idea of a new and attractive campus entrance came “Refugees! A Family’s Search for Freedom and up many times after listening to alumni, students, faculty, colleges and universities in the United States. the Church That Helped Them Find It” in July and staff in a variety of formats and group sizes. McPherson College ranked 38th on the list. 2016 and held a book signing in December. And after much consideration we are moving forward McPherson College President Michael Schneider noted Dee Erway-Sherwood, executive director of visual arts and professor with a new campus entrance. that only one college in Kansas ranked higher on the of graphic design, took MC graphic design students in December to Kerri Vinson Snell, assistant professor of The first stage which includes a donor recognition area list than MC. a lecture in Wichita by Ram Castillo, a visiting graphic designer from English, will have four poems published in is complete, and we honored the generosity of the Peters’ Sydney, Australia. The students learned about “How to get a Design “The Oklahoma Review,” a literary journal “We’re in some wonderful company with this ranking family at Homecoming (see page 20).