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Viewpoint magazine Connections Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.* *Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci VOL. 6, NO. 2 A Publication of Cottey College FALL/WINTER 2019 CREATORS OF INCREDIBLE FUTURES cottey.edu VIEWPOINT MAGAZINE FALL/WINTER 2019 Letters to the Editor Dear Steve, Hello Steve enjoyed it! And I found out that the two Stockard Just a note to let you know what an excellent job I attended Cottey from Fall of 1970 to Spring of boys also attended Cottey! you do on the Viewpoint Magazine. Although I 1972. That was during the political discussions, served on the Cottey Board only from ’91 to ’95, controversy, and then passage of Title IX. I Perhaps you might consider that Cottey has I always try to keep track of the College. Any didn’t follow it much but was aware that some been, at least momentarily, a co-ed campus, publication my wife Dee (she was a MO State Ivy League Schools and military academies had worth writing about for the Viewpoint? P.E.O. officer from ’80 to ’87) and I receive from to start accepting women into their programs. I enjoy every issue of the Viewpoint. Thank you Cottey is always first rate. You must be in charge As I remember, two young men from Nevada for doing what you do! of all publications. challenged Cottey’s standing as an all-women Sincerely, school and enrolled in some classes. I remember If you are in touch with Dr. Washburn give her at least one guy attending at least one class for Myrna Ray Klupenger my best regards. I saw her at International in St. at least one semester. Class of ‘72 Louis a few years ago. I was on another college Florence, Oregon board prior to Cottey and the two presidents at I’ve always thought that this was a minor but that college could not compare to Helen. interesting part of Cottey’s history that shouldn’t Readers, be forgotten. Do you have any insight or personal In the last Viewpoint I saw that Neal Swarnes experience regarding men enrolled at Cottey? retired. By now you must be one of the veterans Fast forward 46 years. In anticipation of visiting Share your stories with me at of the College – and to me you are young! the Cottey campus for the first time since I [email protected]. graduated, I pulled out of storage The Life of Steve Here’s hoping you and Cottey are doing well. I Virginia Alice Cottey Stockard, which I had very much enjoyed my service there. purchased while a student at Cottey but had Yours truly, never read. I expected it to be boring. I might John W. Acuff have thought it boring when I was 20, but I really A Message from the EDITOR Social Media and a Change to the Class Notes Section Over the last three months, I’ve had the changed the way we communicate with we receive news of career highlights, we responsibility of doing the College’s social each other. It’s certainly changed the way will make space for those. We will continue media postings on Facebook, Instagram, alumnae communicate their news. I mention to print the death notices of Cottey alumnae and LinkedIn. Someone once compared this specifically because the Viewpoint no as you may not learn of those elsewhere. managing social media to owning a horse; longer receives the same alumnae news it has to be fed every day. That is the truth, from you that we used to print in the Class I always enjoyed the happy news in your friends! Notes section of this magazine. life as you chose to share it with us. I still celebrate all of those milestones with you Although I do have my own personal In planning each issue, I traditionally saved as your friend. We’ll just be sharing those Facebook account, I don’t post to it nearly four pages for alumnae news, marriages, moments in social media, or until the next as often, unless there is some funny cat births, and deaths. With the last two issues, communication revolution comes along to video that I feel needs to be shared among we didn’t receive anything for the marriages change that. my circle of friends. For Cottey, however, and births. we try to have something new at least once As always you are encouraged to write me every day, and sometimes we may have Because alumnae seem to be sharing at [email protected]. two postings in the same day. those life events on social media, we have reluctantly decided to abandon the births Sincerely, Social media has, for better or worse, and marriages section of the Viewpoint. If Steve Reed, editor VIEWPOINT MAGAZINE FALL/WINTER 2019 1 message from the PRESIDENT Viewpoint magazine A Publication of Cottey College: Creators of Incredible Futures Invisible Threads Are PUBLISHER Cottey College EDITORIAL Editor: Steve Reed The Strongest Ties* Phone: 417-667-8181, ext. 2140 Fax: 417-667-8103 Email: [email protected] To our treasured alumnae, I submit this question: create friendships, connections, and bonds that will DESIGNER what are your memories of Cottey and the ties you last me a lifetime.” Steve Reed created with classmates, faculty, or staff? What Students often share that it is that connection that PHOTOGRAPHY stories come to mind when you think back to your helps them create their own world view. A student All photos copyright of Cottey days on campus, whether 50+ years ago or simply College unless otherwise noted. from Texas recognizes that she has “met a lot of last spring. Do you recall walking across campus different women of different beliefs and races and ENVIRONMENTAL in the first snow of the season? Can you picture Viewpoint Magazine is printed ethnicities who have changed my view on the using soy-based vegetable inks, yourself gathered with friends to watch a favorite world.” which have replaced petroleum- movie (or for those of you of a “certain age,” based inks. gathered around a TV to enjoy All My Children)? For many students, such as a student from COPYRIGHT Does your mind take you back to an athletic event, Kentucky, “making new friends and connections All material appearing in Viewpoint Magazine is copyright a concert, or a play you attended in support of your with others” is what they enjoy most about Cottey. unless otherwise stated. suitemates? Viewpoint Magazine takes all Connections with professors and with the world care to ensure information is Do you recall spending an evening at BIL Lodge beyond Cottey are also important ties students correct at time of printing. playing board games, meeting for a study session know they are creating. “Cottey is helping me ADVISORY GROUP prior to a big exam, or taking a much-needed to make connections in the political community Members of the Viewpoint Advisory Group include Steve Monday afternoon nap in the library? Do you and bring together my education in biology and Reed, Dr. Joann Bangs, Christi remember where you sat in a specific class leadership in this endeavor,” was a comment Fulton Ellis ‘96, Margaret Haverstic, Nancy Kerbs ‘79, and during a life-changing conversation or rushing to made by a student from Missouri, while a student Dr. Kathy Pivak. Raney Dining Room on baked potato soup day? from Kansas expressed that “Cottey offers me When Cottey pops into your mind, do you recall the ability to gain an education without being the words of a favorite Cottey song or picture drowned out in a lecture hall of students in a single yourself participating in treasured traditions, such class. I appreciate the way I can connect with as Signing of the Cottey Book, Hanging of the my professors and be confident they know who Greens, or the Daisy Chain? I am and how to help me if I come to them with questions.” Thus, what are the invisible threads that tie you to Cottey and to each other? Cottey students connect with the past as they move into their futures. A first-year student from Over the past weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to California shared that “my life is already being read letters written by students to thank donors changed as I learn the history of this college, for gifts that make their educations possible. I find how one woman made the education of women a myself in awe of the connections current students priority; today I am a beneficiary of her greatness.” already recognize they are creating with the College and with others on campus. And a student from Tennessee summed it all up when she recalled her initial trip to Cottey: Students often speak of the personal connections “When I first visited campus, I fell in love with the they make with each other, with students from their community that Cottey provides to its students. home state as well as with students from across The connectivity among everyone provided an the globe. A student from Colorado said in her environment that I knew I wanted to be a part of.” letter that Cottey “gives me the opportunity to learn more about the world around me and to connect Although these ties may not be tangible, they are with many different people from all over the country absolutely the strongest forms of connection. and all over the world” while a student from Florida recognizes that “my life will change through the Jann R. Weitzel all-women’s education I am receiving. I know I will * Friedrich Nietzsche 2 VIEWPOINT MAGAZINE FALL/WINTER 2019 Still One of the Best! Cottey Again a Top-Ranked Institution by U.S.