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WILDCATWSU Alumni Magazine | FALL 2016 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY News for Alumni & Friends WILDCAT Vol. 21, No. 2, Fall 2016 editor in chief Creative director Amy Renner Hendricks Hillary Wallace BFA ’98 Contributing writers designers Ivonne Dabb BA ’15 Emily Caraballo Matt Gerrish BS ’10, MPC ’15 Amy Hajdas Amy Hendricks Hillary Wallace BFA ’98 Allison Barlow Hess photographers Karin Hurst Matt Gerrish BS ’10, MPC ’15 Jaime Winston Amy Renner Hendricks contributing editors Justin Johnson Nancy B. Collinwood BS ’94 Andy Marks John Kowalewski Joe Salmond Brad Mortensen Sean Smith Amber Robson BS ’05 Zac Williams BS ’01, MPC ’13 Benjamin Zack, Standard-Examiner SPECIAL THANKS Jean-Louise England BS ’98, Costume Shop Corie Holmes BS ’13, WSU Athletics Comments and questions may be sent to Wildcat, Weber State University, 1265 Village Drive Dept 4025, Ogden UT 84408-4025. The editor may also be contacted by phone: 801-626-7359 or email: [email protected]. Send address changes to Advancement Services, Weber State University, 1265 Village Drive Dept 4018, Ogden UT 84408-4018, call 801-626-6138 or email [email protected] to update your records. WE’VE COME A LONG WAY postmaster: Send address changes to Advancement Services, Weber State University, 1265 Village Drive Dept 4018, Ogden UT 84408-4018. In the past 50 years, medical imaging has the second largest group of students at Weber changed rapidly. From X-ray films to digital State, and it is consistently ranked among the imaging to 3D printing, WSU’s Department of top radiologic sciences programs in the nation. Radiologic Sciences has changed along with it, weber state university board of trustees 2016-17 ensuring students graduate with the knowledge, Here’s to another 50 years of advancement Nolan Karras BS ’70, chair Scott Parson skills and judgment needed to provide patients and achievement. Louenda Downs BS ’78, Steven E. Starks BIS ’03 vice chair Jeff M. Stephens BS ’84, MS ’88 with quality health care services. Kearston Cutrubus Retired Gen. Kevin Sullivan Karen Fairbanks Gregory Woodfield Heather Hales BS ’91, M.Ed. ’06 Today, the radiologic sciences program offers associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees 5o on campus, online and in rural Utah counties. From 2011-2015, the program has graduated weber.edu/radsci weber.edu/wsumagazine | alumni.weber.edu CONTENTS WEBER WATCH Allison Hess, Matt Gerrish BS ’10, MPC ’15 and Ivonne Dabb BA ’15 MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS An Arm’s Reach Circuit boards, nuts, bolts, batteries, wires, remote controls, light sensors and stainless steel tongs were the materials that middle and high schoolers used to design and build prosthetic arms during the 2016 MESA USA National Engineering Design Competition. Hosted by Weber State University’s College of Engineering, Applied Science & Technology (EAST), the event 12 featured the creativity and intellect of students from nine states. Each prosthetic arm was required to perform several different Play Like a Girl - No Longer An Insult exercises, including distance, object relocation and dexterity tasks. They were also evaluated on design efficiency. WSU’s female student-athletes are role models in sports, education and life. Two teams from New Mexico — Red Mountain Middle School and Demming High School — took home top honors in the middle school and high 22 It Started With a Mystery 45 Class Notes school categories. An anonymous donation leads Wildcats share their successes and to WSU’s largest fundraising updates. MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement), campaign in history, with many an organization that partners with EAST, is nationally highlights along the way. recognized for its innovative and effective academic 51 Dixon Awards development program. MESA engages thousands of educationally disadvantaged students, so they excel Howdy, Pardners! Named in memory of former Weber in math and science and graduate with math-based 42 College president H. Aldous Dixon, Alumni Association leaders are the awards go to … degrees. hankerin’ to get you involved. Photo by Andy Marks Fall 2016 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 5 WEBER WATCH Need printing? We can help! Digging Deep 500 Students parking in the newly resurfaced W4 lot on the north side of Stewart Stadium DESIGN & PRINT PRINTED ENVELOPES don’t know they are also parking on top of a significant source of energy savings. Over the summer, crews bored more than 200 wells 275 feet deep into earth to take advantage of the consistent temperature underground. Starting at Since the 1960s, Weber State has heated and cooled its buildings with super-heated NOW SERVING • 801-626-6107 steam or chilled water circulated through 1.5 miles of pipe in tunnels connected to CAMPUS, every building. ALUMNI & • email: [email protected] FRIENDS $99.99 The university will continue to use those pipes, but now part of the water’s path will • 7:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday travel through the wells where the temperature will be restored to 57 degrees. OF WSU The project was one of a number of sustainability efforts mentioned by the Utah Association of Energy Users when it presented Weber State with its Outstanding Leadership in Energy Efficiency and Conservation award. Bienvenue, Scott Sprenger On July 1, 2016, Scott Sprenger officially became the dean of Weber State University’s Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities. Sprenger came to WSU from the America University of Paris, where he was provost. He also previously served as associate dean of Brigham Young University’s College of Humanities. “I am thrilled to return to Utah as dean of one of the most progressive arts and CUSTOM humanities programs in the West,” Sprenger said. EMBROIDERY 100 1-COLOR SCREEN Sprenger succeeds Madonne Miner, who served as dean of the Lindquist College for BUSINESS CARDS PRINTING ON T-SHIRTS eight years before accepting the position of Weber State University provost. Starting at Starting at Starting at $3.99 $18.99 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Fall 2016 $4.99 6 WEBER WATCH Weber State: An NBA “I have something in common with Joel Bolomboy,” Steve Starks tweeted the Pipeline day after the Utah Jazz selected Bolomboy in the second round of the NBA draft. For the second time in five years, Weber State Like Bolomboy, Starks, the president of the Utah Jazz and Larry H. Miller Sports men’s basketball sent a player to the NBA when & Entertainment Group, is also a WSU alumnus. Starks served as student body star forward Joel Bolomboy was selected No. 52 president and graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor of Integrated Studies degree. overall by the Utah Jazz in June’s NBA draft. Just three months removed from helping the Wildcats win the Big Sky Conference championship, the Big Sky MVP heard his name called in the second round by a professional franchise that is just 45 minutes down the road from Weber State. March Madness, Affordability Style Being so close to his home of the past four years comes as a pleasant surprise. While Villanova may have won the 2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, Weber State claimed the victory in a bracket based solely on tuition, being named the most affordable university of all the institutions participating in the NCAA Tournament. “It’s going to be real cool,” said Bolomboy, who the Jazz officially signed According to the website attn.com, where the March Madness affordability bracket was first posted, “A student paying full “sticker in August. “I’m always going to be in the gym watching (the Weber State price” at Weber State would graduate having paid over $50,000 less than the most expensive school competing in 2016 March team) practice, and when I have time, I’m going to come watch them Madness.” For that, we say, “Weber State, Weber State, great, great, great!” play. I’ll be just down the road, so we’ll see each other a lot.” Bolomboy follows WSU alumnus Damian Lillard BS ’15, who was drafted by the Portland Trailblazers in 2012. 1 Kansas North Carolina 1 Austin Peay Florida Gulf Coast 16 Austin Peay Florida Gulf Coast 16 Austin Peay Florida Gulf Coast 8 Colorado Southern Cal. 8 Colorado Providence 9 Connecticut Providence 9 S. Dakota St. Florida Gulf Coast 5 Maryland Indiana 5 S. Dakota St. Chattanooga 12 S. Dakota St. Chattanooga 12 S. Dakota St. Chattanooga 4 California Kentucky 4 Hawaii Stony Brook 13 Hawaii Stony Brook 13 Success … SOUTH UNC Asheville Weber State EAST 6 Arizona Notre Dame 6 Wichita St. Michigan For Riley Cook, success was winning the 2016 Ogden 11 Wichita St. Michigan 11 Wichita St. West Virginia Marathon, earning his MBA and providing for his family, 3 Miami (Fla.) West Virginia 3 Buffalo West Virginia 14 Buffalo Stephen F. Austin 14 working as a cost analyst at Hill Air Force Base. UNC Asheville Weber State 7 Iowa Wisconsin 7 Iowa Wisconsin A former Weber State track star, Riley says his 2007 10 Temple Pittsburgh 10 UNC Asheville Weber State bachelor’s degree in business economics and 2011 MBA 2 Villanova Xavier 2 UNC Asheville Weber State put him on the right track. 15 UNC Asheville Weber State 15 1 Oregon Southern Weber State Weber State Virginia 1 “Everything I learned in the program correlated perfectly Southern Virginia 16 Southern Hampton 16 with my work, and the flexibility helped me achieve work- Southern Texas Tech life balance.” 8 Saint Joseph’s Texas Tech 8 Cincinnati NATIONAL Texas Tech 9 Cincinnati Butler 9 Southern CHAMPIONSHIP Little Rock 5 Baylor Purdue 5 Baylor Little Rock THE WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY MBA IS: 12 Yale Little Rock 12 UNC Wilmington Little Rock 4 Duke Iowa St. 4 • A sound investment, combining outstanding UNC Wilmington Iowa St. 13 UNC Wilmington Iona 13 faculty, innovative curriculum and affordable tuition WEST Southern Little Rock MIDWEST 6 Texas Seton Hall 6 Northern Iowa Gonzaga • Designed for the working professional, 11 Northern Iowa Gonzaga 11 Green Bay Fresno St.