TODAY

Fall/Winter 2009

A Department of Note Music program showcases its breadth, depth

Teaching in the Tropics President in Transition Whitworth Goes Downtown Message from President Bill Robinson

Whitworth is in the midst of an awfully good administrative team. I’m not sure exactly what ‘The Right year. In this ailing economy, we never could my future holds, but I have agreed to be available have imagined our vital signs would be so strong. on a part-time basis to work for the new president Thing Our mission lives in the hearts and minds of our behind the scenes. At Manchester College, I students. We are grateful. Our most recent source followed a 30-year president. I learned great ways to to Do’ of thanksgiving came when construction began on support a new president without getting in the way. the new science building. We still need gift support I’ll write a little more about my departure in to complete the funding plan, but we believe the spring issue of the magazine. I have a lot to do Whitworth’s many friends will step forward. between now and June 30, so I need to stay focused. When I was in college, our basketball team To do that, my plan is to postpone all the farewell headed off in a blizzard for an away game in stuff until the end of the academic year. We’re Minnesota. None of us felt even modest surprise coiling for a pretty good party. when our bus piled into a snow bank. The next Just a brief glance at this issue of Whitworth Today day, the coach of a nationally ranked in-state rival should convince you that Whitworth continues to observed that we must have had “potatoes for prepare its students for lives of service. We are on brains to leave the university.” the move. For 120 years, God has blessed this place. In September, I announced that this would be This morning at Parents’ Weekend worship, I spoke my last year as Whitworth’s president. In the midst from the text that tells the story about a synagogue of this great year, there are days when I hear that leader named Jairus who asked Jesus to heal his coach’s words about having “potatoes for brains to daughter. The whole story turns when the servants leave the university.” But I know this is the right come to Jairus and report that it is too late for a thing to do. I don’t know how anyone could love miracle. Jesus replies, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.” a place more than Bonnie and I love Whitworth. I These are always good words. Fear cripples us. will always consider Whitworth my life’s work. This Faith propels us. In times of challenge and in times university embodies our most deeply held spiritual of prosperity, our courage comes from our faith in and professional values, but we believe that the Christ. At Whitworth, we believe. time has come for me to step away. In making this decision, I am fully convinced that Whitworth will benefit from the new ideas, skills, energies and passions of a new president. The university will be able to launch its 2010-15 strategic plan with new leadership and a great

2 WT Fall 2009 Vol. 78, No. 2 Editor Terry Rayburn Mitchell, ’93 Associate Editor Julie Riddle, ’92 Assistant Editor TODAY Emily Proffitt, ’05 Art Director Tamara Hartman Contributors Jordan Beauchamp, ’12 Kari Dykhouse, ’08 M.Ed. Morgan Feddes, ’11 Kirk Hirota Robert Huggins, ’04 Andrea Idso, ’12 Aaron McMurray, ’95 Rachel O’Kelley, ’12 Greg Orwig, ’91 Garrett Riddle Jaime Warfield, ’05 MIM Tad Wisenor, ’89 Taylor Zajicek, ’11 Editorial Board Kari Dykhouse, ’08 M.Ed. Marianne Hansen, ’97 Janet Hauck Rick Hornor, ’70 Melinda Larson, ’92 Michael Le Roy, ’89 Aaron McMurray, ’95 Jim McPherson Scott McQuilkin, ’84 Terry Rayburn Mitchell, ’93 Greg Orwig, ’91 Features Fred Pfursich 6 A Department of Note Emily Proffitt, ’05 Jazz legend Lee Konitz’s performance with the Whitworth jazz Garrett Riddle ensemble this fall demonstrates the prominent place the music Julie Riddle, ’92 program has carved in the region. With an expanded faculty, more Tad Wisenor, ’89 student ensembles than ever before, and increasing recognition, Administration Whitworth provides a topnotch education for musicians and a remarkable listening experience for aficionados of all kinds of music. President William P. Robinson 10 Go East, Young Man (and Woman) East Residence Hall, Whitworth’s just-finished home-away-from-home Acting Vice President for Institutional Advancement for students, provides a sustainable environment in which residents Scott McQuilkin, ’84 from all four classes can live in comfort, build strong community, and contribute to a more livable planet. Director of Communications Greg Orwig, ’91 12 ¡Vamos a Costa Rica! Whitworth’s newest classroom building and student residence are Managing Editor of University located between an urban center and a tropical rainforest – in Costa Communications Rica, where, by fall 2010, 30 students will be enjoying the many Garrett Riddle educational benefits of cross-cultural study. Whitworth Today magazine is Departments On the cover: Saxophonist Lee published twice annually by 2 President’s Message Konitz, winner of the National Whitworth University. 4 Editor’s Note/Letters Endowment of the Arts’ 2009 Jazz Send address changes to Master Award, gets his groove on 14 Whitworth News with the Whitworth Jazz Ensemble, Whitworth Office of Communications 22 Faculty Focus directed by Dan Keberle (right). 300 West Hawthorne Road Photo by Kirk Hirota Spokane, WA 99251 24 Class Notes or [email protected]. 34 AfterWord www.whitworth.edu/whitworthtoday WT 3 EDITOR’Snote

If Whitworth was once thought ’84, her successor. Scott has moved over to I.A. from his of as a bucolic little college in small- previous home in the athletics department, where he’s been town America, it certainly doesn’t the go-to guy for 15 years. We’re glad Scott’s here, and we fit that description anymore. When know that he’s going to – sports metaphor alert! – take the I arrived in 1983, we might, indeed, advancement ball and run with it. have been characterized as a bit of a Along with the ebb and flow of human resources, backwater. But things move fast these Whitworth is hopping with events, visitors, programs, days. We’re bigger. Needed positions innovations – and, of course, with students and the energy are created as others become obsolete, and we must adapt that only they can provide. Read in this issue’s news the way we spread the word about Whitworth to appeal to section about our new location downtown; check out the potential students who multitask 16 hours a day in a world features on our thriving music program and our soon-to- that’s moving 900 miles an hour. Though the important stuff be-dedicated satellite center in Costa Rica; see who’s been – the mission, the heart, the essence of Whitworth – remains speaking and performing here; take a look at the photo the same, our methods, programs, and approaches evolve to essay on East Hall, our newest student residence. We have serve our students and our constituency far beyond Spokane. much good news to share. One of the goals of Whitworth Today is to keep you aware of Whitworth’s substance remains as it was when you both the immutable and the ever-changing elements of the alums were here. And the university will continue to make Whitworth experience. decisions about how best to embrace and uphold its mission Bill Robinson has announced that this will be his last year and flourish in a fast-paced, evolving world. Change is as Whitworth’s president. We’re sad about that. He’s asked constant, and sometimes disconcerting. But we’re ready to us to save our goodbyes for the spring, and that’s what we’ll deal with the changes that life throws at us – because, as do, but I’ll say now that we’ll really miss Bill. We’ve enjoyed Bill Robinson has reminded us any number of times, we telling people in the community, “I work at Whitworth,” and stand on rock-solid ground. hearing them say, “Is that Robinson guy really as great as he I hope you enjoy this issue of Whitworth Today. seems?” Yes, folks, he really is. We’ve also said a fond goodbye to Kristi Burns, our V.P. for institutional advancement, and welcomed Scott McQuilkin,

Thanks for the recent issue of Whitworth Today, in particular the YOUR several pieces on Clem Simpson. I was recently asked to submit stories about integrity to a friend writing a book on leadership. Hearing that Dr. Simpson had passed led me to the computer, and letters I’ve sent off a copy. (See Paul’s stories online at www.whitworth.edu/ Letters should be under 200 words and are subject to whitworthtoday.) editing. Send letters to [email protected]. Paul Chafee, ’67

I have just learned of Dr. Simpson’s death, and have been in Though he focused with a specialist’s intensity on literature and contact with friends who also studied under him. More than any the Scriptures and history and culture, Dr. Simpson taught me to other human being Dr. Simpson epitomized for me scholarship and be a generalist. He would always subtly and suddenly leap from the spirituality. I went to Whitworth with a mind formed (and limited) by particulars to talk about big things, things that matter. rigid fundamentalism, and I left having learned to expand my outlook He knew that God could shine out of the ordinary at any moment. He immeasurably. The phrase “the human condition” evokes for me his knew, with Gerard Manley Hopkins, that “the world is charged with the wise understanding of our fallibility, yet our ability to come back grandeur of God./ It will flame out like the shining from shook foil,” again and again to new starts. My theology today has its basis in his often when we least expect it. And so we’d better stay attentive and teaching, a far more generous theology than I had known before. expectant. That’s what I learned from my teacher, Dr. Simpson. Fifty years after leaving Whitworth, when I remember my experience, I I thank God for this powerful teacher in my life. In whatever ways we remember first Dr. Simpson’s classes. must change education in the future, adjusting our economic models, Alice Brubacher Thorn, ’59 we cannot lose sight of [the] special, sometimes mysterious, encounter between professor and student. Phil Eaton, ’65

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* Dec. 5-6 Whitworth Christmas Festival concerts. Dec. 5, First g Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, 7 p.m.; Dec. 6, First Presbyterian Church, Seattle, 3 p.m. $18 admission; $15 seniors/students/ blo children. Tickets can be purchased by calling 800.532.4668 or visiting www.whitworth.edu/musictickets. Dec. 11-12 Whitworth Christmas Festival Concerts. Dec. 11, 8 p.m.; Dec. 12, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 318 S. Cedar St., Spokane. $18 admission; $15 seniors/students/ Huggins shares a portrait he’s just children. Tickets can be purchased by calling 800.532.4668 or shot of Daniel, a church planter visiting www.whitworth.edu/musictickets. Robert Huggins, ’04 and pastor in northern Ghana. Feb. 19-21 Leonard A. Oakland Film Festival. Robinson Teaching Blog: Light: Faith, Photography, Culture Theatre in Weyerhaeuser Hall; Friday, Feb. 19, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday light.roberthuggins.com/blog and Sunday, Feb. 20 and 21, 2 p.m. As a Christian, an important question to me is, “What does the gospel seed look like when it’s been planted, watered Feb. 23-April 2 Art exhibit, “Art+Text: Concepts, Images, and and grown to maturity in the native soil of a non-Western land Insights,” Bryan Oliver Gallery. Opening reception Tuesday, Feb. 23, and culture?” Some of my most vivid memories – and images 5-7 p.m.; lecture by David Siedell Feb. 23, 7 p.m. Gallery will be – have been made in the company of people whose worldly closed March 20-28 for Spring Break. realities could not be farther from my own, yet with whom I March 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 Whitworth Theatre share the strong, unseen bond of mutual Christian faith. spring production, Is He Dead? – A NEW I have sat with African believers in mud huts far out of reach of Comedy by Mark Twain. Cowles Auditorium, electricity or running water as they experience newfound joy in 8 p.m. March 5, 6, 12, 13; March 7, 2 p.m. Christ because of the witness of other Africans; I have engaged matinee. General admission $7; students/ with Indians scratching out an existence in the slums of Delhi seniors $5. Call 509.777.3707 for details. while setting up schools and micro-economic co-ops to elevate April 9 Endowed English Reading with the lives of their neighbors; and I have wrestled in prayer with David Daniel. Robinson Teaching Theatre in Indonesian Christians struggling to make sense of their trauma Weyerhaeuser Hall, 7:30 p.m. in the wake of a devastating tsunami, yet still trying to reach April 10 40th Annual Hawaiian Club Lu’au, featuring out to the 99.9 percent Muslim population around them that is authentic Hawaiian food and entertainment. Fieldhouse, going through the same trial. These are my brothers and sisters 6 p.m. Admission $20. in Christ, and I try to tell their stories with my camera and blog. April 17 Whitworth Symphony I love how blogging allows me to share photos and the stories Orchestra spring concert. Cowles that go with them. Artists thrive on positive feedback, so it’s Auditorium, 3 p.m. Admission $5; especially fulfilling when I hear from people who have seen my students/seniors free. photos and read my stories and have been somehow touched by them. My hope is that visitors to my blog are blessed, as I April 23 Nadine Chapman have been, by these images and the lives they represent. Endowed Reading featuring Jess Walter. Robinson Teaching Theatre Robert Huggins is a graphic designer and multimedia in Weyerhaeuser Hall, 7 p.m. communications coordinator for Partners International (www.partnersintl.org), a global ministry that works to create April 25 Whitworth Wind Symphony spring concert. Cowles and grow communities of Christian witness in partnership Auditorium, 3 p.m. Admission $5; students/seniors free. with God’s people in the least Christian regions of the May 2 Whitworth Women’s Choir spring concert. St. Augustine world. Huggins’ role with Partners International and other Church, 3 p.m. opportunities have allowed him to do photojournalism and May 9 Whitworth Choir spring concert. Cathedral of St. John the documentary work in areas including the Himalayas in Nepal, Evangelist, 7 p.m. the Aceh area of Indonesia, remote villages in West Africa, and the southernmost tip of India. He lives in Spokane with his May 15 Graduate Commencement, Cowles Auditorium, 10 a.m. wife, Megan (Blank) Huggins, ’05. May 16 Baccalaureate, Whitworth Fieldhouse, 10 a.m. May 16 Undergraduate Commencement, Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, 3 p.m.

WT 5 JAZZ STUDIES Konitz joins a list of jazz greats who have performed with the Whitworth Jazz Ensemble over the years. Other guest artists include Terence Blanchard, Bob Mintzer, Joe Lovano, Slide Hampton, Nicholas Payton, Kenny Garrett, Phil Woods and Gene Harris. Many of those artists also have conducted workshops with Whitworth music students, providing rare opportunities for students to interact with and learn from first-rate musicians. “Attracting a musician of Konitz’s stature is a wonderful testimony to the A DEPARTMENT OF 20 years of high-quality jazz education that has taken place on Whitworth’s Music program campus,” says Dan Keberle, professor of music and director of jazz studies and expands repertoire, the jazz ensemble. “It’s inspiring and motivating for students to be on stage gains prominence performing with the top jazz musicians in the world. Years later, I often hear from former students who say the guest artist oteby Emily Brandler Proffitt, ’05 jazz concerts were a highlight of their Whitworth experiences.” When alto saxophonist Lee Konitz took the stage at the beautifully Keberle recently had the opportunity restored Fox Theater in downtown Spokane this November, the jazz legend’s performance with Whitworth’s award-winning jazz ensemble not only blew the roof off the place, the concert also represented the culmination of two decades of work developing the jazz program into one that can attract a Where Are They Now? musician of Konitz’s caliber. Notable Recent Music Alums: Konitz, winner of the 2009 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award – our nation’s highest award in jazz – is widely considered one of Laura Smith, ’08, is earning a master’s degree the world’s most important living jazz musicians. He greatly influenced the in piano performance at the University of transition of jazz from swing to the modern era by helping to launch the Houston, where she is a graduate teaching “cool jazz” movement, which arose in the late 1940s and featured smooth, assistant. composed arrangements and improvisation. During the Whitworth concert, Seth Ahnert, ’07, is earning a master of music Konitz played expanded arrangements from the landmark jazz album Birth of degree in jazz studies at University of Northern the Cool, which he and a collective of artists recorded with Miles Davis and Colorado, where he serves as a graduate Gerry Mulligan in 1949-50. teaching assistant. The jazz studies program at Whitworth, bolstered by annual performances with renowned guest artists such as Konitz, has earned a respected place in Kyrsten Hafso, ’07, is earning a master of fine the national jazz education scene, but it isn’t the only note the Whitworth arts degree in musical theatre at San Diego Music Department plays. The choir, wind symphony, symphony orchestra, State University. and women’s choir have gained prominence in the region, have toured Michael Saccomanno, ’07, completed the MIT both nationally and internationally, and have produced several albums. program at Whitworth and is director of choral In addition, worship music plays an integral role in the university’s music activities at Mead High School and director of scene. In recent years, Assistant Professor of Music Ben Brody, ’98, has been music at St. Charles Parish in Spokane. working to expand and deepen worship music’s presence on Whitworth’s campus and in its curriculum.

6 WT FEATURES to reminisce with some of those past performance tour of New York City and thereby developing future generations of students. The Konitz concert was the New Orleans. jazz fans. highlight of a series of events celebrating Yet the ensemble is just one component The jazz program has grown to include the 20th anniversary of Whitworth’s jazz of jazz studies at Whitworth. The jazz eight faculty members. One of the studies program. program has been listed in Jazz Times professors is Brent Edstrom, who teaches The jazz alums had plenty of memories magazine as one of the top jazz education jazz piano and coordinates the music to share during the reunion. In the past programs in the country. Students can theory and composition program; a jazz 15 years, the ensemble has won first participate in jazz ensemble II, six jazz pianist, he also is active as a performer, place in the college/university division of combos, vocal jazz class, private jazz- composer and arranger. the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival seven improvisation lessons, and classes in jazz Edstrom says he enjoys teaching times and has earned second place six history and jazz arranging. traditional theory and ear training as well times. The group also has been selected “Every year some of the most as jazz, and he looks for ways to intersperse from colleges and universities across talented high school jazz students those courses with jazz theory, since jazz the Northwest to perform at seven All- in the Northwest choose to come to can provide insights into the creative Northwest Whitworth to process in ways that benefit both jazz and and All- develop their classical music students. Edstrom finds State Music musical and it particularly rewarding to work with Educators jazz skills,” students in a performing ensemble and is Conferences. Keberle planning to rearrange his schedule so he The says. “For can teach a jazz combo. 18-piece students who “In terms of departmental goals, we ensemble come here want to continue to attract the best has produced specifically student musicians, so recruitment is a eight CDs to be a part crucial consideration,” Edstrom says. and performs of the jazz “Last year Dan led a very successful several program, the regional mini-tour, and I look forward concerts each university to traveling with the jazz band on future year on campus, as well as at jazz festivals, has been able to blend the small-college regional tours.” in public schools, at civic events, and experience with a high-quality jazz on annual tours throughout the United program that typically can be found only MUSIC OFFERINGS States. The group also takes part in at the larger universities in the country.” The future looks bright for the other international performance residencies, In a wider sense, Keberle says, the jazz music department ensembles as well. performing with leading jazz artists in Italy, program has helped the entire student The Whitworth Choir, led by Marc A. Brazil, Cuba, Germany and Australia. This body gain an appreciation for the artistry Hafso, professor of music and director January, the ensemble will embark on a and creativity of the American art form, of choral activities, has established a

Mark Stevens, ’06, is earning a master’s University, where she is researching the effects degree in piano pedagogy at the University of long-term musical training on the brain. of Nebraska, where he is a graduate teaching David Parks, ’02, is touring with the United assistant. States Army Field Band after earning a James (Singleton) Pants, ’05, is an master’s degree in saxophone performance at internationally-known DJ and producer of indie the University of Southern Mississippi. music. His sophomore album, Seven Seals, is Jonelyn Langesntein, ’03, earned a master’s due out in late November. degree from the New England Conservatory Kim Dolge, ’04, is studying ethnomusicology of Music and is a professional opera singer at Istanbul Technical University, Centre for who currently is performing with the Boston Advanced Studies in Music, in Turkey. Lyric Opera. Mike Frederick, ’04, taught guitar lessons Heather Steckler Parker, ’96, (right) earned and played for Carnival Cruise Lines and is the 2009 Whitworth Recent Alumna Award earning a master’s degree in jazz studies and for her work as a world-class soprano. She contemporary media at Eastman School of holds an M.M. from Eastman School of Music Music. and made her New York opera debut at Alice Dana (Hamblet) Strait, ’03, is earning a Tully Hall as a winner of the 2002 Puccini doctorate in music cognition at Northwestern Foundation Competition. Photo by Taylor Zajicek, ’11 Zajicek, Taylor Photo by

WT FEATURES 7 reputation as one of the premier choirs Hafso says. “We also want to connect our and regional performances. Every other in the Pacific Northwest and leads an students to diverse musical communities year the group tours over Spring Break; active performance, touring and recording and cultural experiences.” its most recent tour was to Northern schedule, including performances of major The repertoire of the Whitworth California and the San Francisco Bay works with orchestra. In the popular Women’s Choir includes sacred and Area, in 2009. Christmas Festival Concerts, which also secular music from diverse eras and styles. The Whitworth Wind Symphony has feature the women’s choir, the choir In addition to performing in the Christmas been recognized as one of the outstanding performs Festival college bands in the region. Directed by each year to Concerts, Professor of Music Richard Strauch, the full houses in the women’s wind symphony has appeared at five state Spokane and choir, directed and regional conferences in the past 10 the Seattle by Associate years and has regularly toured the western area. Last Professor United States and Hawaii. The group also February, and Chair of has released four CDs. the choir Music Debbie The music department has added two performed Hansen, more ensembles in recent years to expand by invitation presents performance opportunities available to at the 2009 concerts on students. The no-audition-required men’s Music campus and chorus makes joint appearances with other Educators throughout ensembles and performs at athletics and National Conference Northwest Division Spokane, including St. Augustine Church, service events. Convention, in Spokane. where it performs each spring. The concert band, started by Strauch in In May 2009, the choir embarked In addition to Whitworth’s choral fall 2006, is a no-audition-required group on a tour of South America, its first programs, student-musicians excel in the designed for students who want to play international tour in more than 40 university’s symphonic groups, which are but don’t have the time to commit to the years. To view the choir’s travelogue led by music faculty who are current or wind symphony. When the concert band of Argentina and Uruguay, visit past members of the Spokane Symphony launched, the number of students in the whitworthchoirtour2009.blogspot.com. and are active as recitalists, soloists, and Whitworth band program nearly doubled. Hafso says he chose South America for chamber musicians. Kyla Fague, ’01, directs the band. the choir’s first international tour because Associate Professor of Music Philip Argentina has a rich choral tradition, and Baldwin leads the Whitworth Symphony WORSHIP MUSIC it was a destination students might not Orchestra, which performs prominent Six years ago, Brody returned to his choose to visit on their own. In the future, symphonic and string literature. Through alma mater to become director of music the Whitworth choral program plans to the symphony orchestra’s partnership in campus worship, through which he send students on an overseas tour every with the Spokane Symphony Orchestra, coordinates and helps lead worship music four years. students learn from some of the area’s during campus services. Brody works with “International tours are important finest musicians who come to campus worship intern and master’s in theology in part for recruiting purposes and also to lead master classes, section coaching, student Keith Petersen to recruit and help because of the practical experience and clinics with principal players and prepare nearly 30 students to lead worship students gain by preparing for an extended conductors. The ensemble takes part in in Tuesday chapel services as part of one period of important performances,” an annual concerto competition and local of four chapel worship teams; he and

8 WT FEATURES What would college be without student bands? Whitworth’s residence halls have always proved a breeding ground for student musicians, and some acts have gone on to produce popular albums and tour the country after graduation. The university continues to be home to student groups that play in a variety of musical styles, ranging from rock and pop to reggae and folk and everywhere in between. Following are a few bands currently making the rounds on the coffeehouse circuit. Green Light Go Members: Nathan Webber, Bass Guitar; Tom Okura, Trombone; Jeff Johnson, Guitar; Matty Davenny, Sax/Lead Vocals; Rick Aiello, Trumpet/Back-up Vocals; Matt Cooper, Drums; Peterson recruit musicians for Thursday In addition to organizing Mike Seaver, Guitar chapels, as well. worship services, Brody heads Genre: Ska-punk (a mix of reggae, jazz & rock) Brody also works closely with the leaders the certificate in church music of Hosanna, a student-led worship service, program, which was added in 2003 as a Hella Fitzgerald and Restore, which is a new Thursday- track within the B.A. in music degree. Members: Justin Catlett, Bass; Tyler Kruse, evening service that focuses on prayer Brody started the program to help prepare Baritone; Steven Cutter, Tenor; Tyler Freeman, and contemplation. In addition, he plans student musicians to serve churches Tenor; Kevin Johnson, Tenor and works with students to lead worship in worship leadership. Along with the Genre: A cappella for other services that take place during standard music requirements, students In the Company of Paranoia the year, such as the Parents’ Weekend taking this track also complete courses Members: Alex Moffitt, Bass Guitar; Jeff service, the Christmas Candlelight service, in worship theology, church music Podmayer, Drums; William Franz, Guitar/Vocals the Senior Commissioning service, and techniques, music and theology electives, Genre: Alternative Rock the Baccalaureate service. and a year-long internship. Brody donned another hat this year This year, Brody also led the launch of Paper Tigers when he became director of worship for a new summer diploma program through Members: Spencer Dorway, Guitar/Slide/ Whitworth’s master’s in theology program, the Weyerhaeuser Center for Christian Vocals; Drew Peterson, Banjo/Guitar/ which was launched in 2008. Brody leads Faith & Learning. The diploma in Percussion; Scott Sims, Electric Guitar; Chris worship services for students that draw worship, theology and the arts is a non- Trumbo, Guitar/Bass Guitar/Vocals on content covered in each course. For degree program designed particularly Genre: Folk example, during the portion of Professor for practicing church musicians and of Theology Jerry Sittser’s church history others involved in worship leadership. It course that focuses on the medieval combines a core curriculum of theology period, Brody’s service will feature courses with courses specifically designed medieval hymns, Gregorian chant and to help those involved in church music liturgical resources from that era. leadership. Brody says his goal in overseeing campus With their combined efforts, Brody and worship is to ground the Whitworth his colleagues in the music department, community’s focus in worshiping God. along with others involved in making and “Participation in worship gathers us as teaching music at Whitworth, are ensuring Stockholm a community across roles, departments that opportunities continue to abound for Members: Branden Cate, Lead Vocals/ and other differences to remind us of students to create, perform, and appreciate Keyboard/Guitar; Jackson Cate, Bass Guitar/ our unity in Christ, and puts our work as music, in hopes that they will share their Synthesizer/Vocals; Jordan Kamikawa, Drums students, teachers, and staff members into passions and talents with others long after Genre: Pop/rock, reminiscent of UK Brit-pop/ perspective to remind us that our chief they leave campus. rock bands purpose is to glorify God and enjoy Him “It is always a poignant moment when forever,” Brody says. “My hope is that our students receive their diplomas on Hot Lava more people will come to appreciate that graduation day,” Edstrom says. “But that Members: Kris Mayhew, Lead Guitar; Steven worshipping together is a unique privilege poignancy is tempered by the fact that Cutter, Drums/Background Vocals; Tyler Kruse, and joy that we have the opportunity to these young musicians are taking their Lead Vocals; Justin Catlett, Synthesizer/ participate in here.” love of music to a larger community.” Background Vocals; Nic Vargus, Rhythm Guitar; Sean Tyson, Bass Genre: Popcore

WT FEATURES 9 Young Man (and Woman) ’04 Robert Photo by Huggins, Go East, New hall houses students in eco-friendly style East Hall, which opened this fall, is a 170-bed facility that houses all four class levels in single, double and triple rooms. The three-story residence features unique common spaces, large-group and small-group meeting areas, and study spaces.

• The hall has one residence director, eight resident assistants, • Heat tape on the roof is connected to two snow sensors that one cultural diversity advocate, one senator, and two small- remove snow above entryways before it becomes a problem. group coordinators. Residents hail from 13 states and three • Heated stairs on the exterior means that walks are less likely to non-U.S. countries. be snow-covered or a slipping hazard. • The first residence hall on campus to use an“angled” • Wide hallways mean that residents are more likely to hang out in footprint, East’s unique construction gives residents the halls than to treat them as a means to an end. connectedness and privacy. • Extra soundproofing materials and techniques are installed in the • East is the first residence hall to have an indoor balcony. noisy areas of the building: elevator shaft, game room, vending • Four outdoor patios provide areas for residents to study, machines, etc. hang out, and get a little fresh air. A large front patio is a first • The music practice room is located in the basement to reduce for Whitworth’s residence halls, moving residents from their noise; it has five walls instead of a simple, four-wall shape, which rooms to the outdoor benches. helps deaden sound. • The main staircase is open from the basement to the third • Proximity-card building access affords students greater safety and floor, allowing a more cohesive feeling between the floors flexibility than traditional keys. and the residents. • Instead of the usual “Whitworth white,” the interior of the building • Two walls of windows from the first floor through the third floor is painted in a palette of warm earthtones. give an open feeling to the side stairwells.

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• Fresh air from the outside is brought in, filtered through allergy- reducing filters, and then pumped into each residence room. • Dual-flush toilets waste less water than regular toilets and give residents more control of how efficient their building will be. • In East’s bathrooms, changing areas provide residents more private areas in which to dress and undress as well as to hang towels, robes • Dimmable lights in the lounges allow for almost infinite lighting options at a reduced cost over installing multiple lighting systems. and clothing. • Low-VOC paint was used throughout the building, giving residents • Due to its use of hundreds of best practices and new, creative designs and solutions, East Hall will be LEED-certified by the U.S. higher air quality than traditional paints. Green Building Council. • All of the fabric on the lounge furniture is made from 100 percent recycled material. • In-floor radiant heating gives residents individual control of their heating and a more efficient option over traditional forced-air heat. East Hall info courtesy of Alan Jacob, associate director of housing

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¡Vamos a by GregCosta Orwig, ’91 Rica! Whitworth’s first international study center offers access to rainforests, home stays, innovative curriculum Less than an hour’s bus ride out of Costa Rica’s bustling opportunity to immerse themselves in a culture and to cultivate capital city of San José, up a scenic mountain road to the edge a broader understanding of what it means to love one’s neighbor of a rainforest teeming with plants and animals lie Whitworth’s and follow Christ.” newest classroom building and residence hall. The Costa Rica site includes two buildings that need some With October’s unanimous approval of the board of trustees, work but are structurally sound and are well-suited for the Whitworth is set to establish its first international study center, university’s needs. The 27-acre property also features broad lawns in Costa Rica. Up to 30 students will begin taking classes there where one can easily imagine Whitworth students introducing in the fall, advancing the university’s long-term goal of increasing Ultimate Frisbee to Central America; a spring-fed stream that cross-cultural learning opportunities for students while also spills into two ponds; and, along a perimeter edge, a second- adding affordable capacity for anticipated enrollment growth. generation rainforest. “After a long search, we believe we’ve found a site that is The main building, formerly a French restaurant frequented ideal for providing students the life-changing cross-cultural by Latin American heads of state and celebrities, includes space experience afforded by international study,” says Michael Le for two or three classrooms, food service, student lounge and Roy, ’89, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the study areas, and an attached apartment for Whitworth’s on- faculty. “Through our Costa Rica program, students will see site director. The adjacent hotel building can accommodate first-hand that problems such as poverty and environmental up to 30 students when they’re not in home stays with Costa degradation are inextricably linked to social context. These Rican families or traveling to cloud forests, service-learning connections are much clearer when students have the engagements and other off-site activities.

12 WT FEATURES El Astillero 86˚ 85˚ 84˚ 83˚ 82˚ San Jorge Lago Rivas Salinas Isla de de Ometepe Rio Tule Nicara gua Bahia Punta Archipielago Morrillo San Juan del Sur Penas de Solentiname NICARAGUA Gorda Blancas Rio Indio San Carlos Across one of the two large ponds on Santa Colon Rio San Juan Cecilia 11˚ 11˚ La Cruz Whitworth’s Costa Rica property lie the student Los Chiles Cabo Santa Elena San Juan del Norte Hacienda Amparo residence (left), a classroom building (middle) Murcielago Upala San Carlos Caribbean Colorado Golfo de Rio San Juan Trinidad and an attached apartment (right) for the Papagayo Rio San Carlos Sea Liberia Boca Coco Languna Arenai Inter-American Highway de Arenal Puerto center’s on-site director. Rio Sarapiqui Encina

Altamira Rio Chirripo Carpintero Sardinal Tilaran Viejo Ceibo Rio Muelle Pital Filadelfia Arenal Fortuna Canas Site of Whitworth’s Santa Tempisque Florencia Rosa Rio Cuarto Rio TortugueroAngeles Parismina Quesada Roxana Palma Rio Jimenez Santa Cruz Juntas Costa Rica Center ferry Dorotea Zapotal Rio Sarapiqui Just to the north of the property is Costa Paraiso Colorado Guapiles Nicoya San Siquirres Marbella San Ramon Pedro Puerto Rica’s renowned Braulio Carrillo National 10˚ Alajuela Rio Reventazon Matina 10˚ Jesus Puntarenas Barrance Heredia Moin Peurto Limon Garza San Mateo San Jose Caldera Tres Rios Turrialba Victoria Park, with dense virgin cloudforest that is Naranjo de Tarcoles Colon Bomba Cartago Moravia Carrillo Santiago Jabilla Paquera Paraiso Cachi San Ramon Pigres Rio Grande San Ignacio home to more than 500 bird species and 150 Rio Estrella Golfo Atalanta de Rio Pirris Rio Chirripo Puerto Viejo Uatsi Rio Negro Nicoya San Telire different mammals. The 9,534-foot inactive Cabuya Marcos Cabo Parrita Rio Telire Suretka Elena Barva Volcano is also nearby. Blanco Bixaola Puerto Quepos Changuinola Bocas San Isidro COSTA RICA del Toro Rio Teribe A short bus ride to the southwest is the Savegre Almirante Archipielago de Rio General Bocas del Toro Dominical city of Heredia, with Buenos Aires Rio Changuinola Laguna Bahia de de 9˚ Coronado Ciudad Chiriqui 9˚ a population of about Cortes Rio Coto Brus de Tarcoles Palmar Rio Grande Chiriqui 110,000 and the main Sur Cerro Punta Grande Inter-American Highway Sabalito Rio Chiriqui Viejo Bajo Boquete Isla del Cano Drake Volcan campus of Costa Rica’s Rincon Golfito Neily P ANAMA San Andrea Soloy largest university. The Canoas La Concepcion Puerto La Cuesta Santo Jimenez David Domingo university hosts hundreds Madrigal Puerto Gonzalez Pedregal North Pacific Hornoncitos of international Ocean Puerto Armuelles Bahia de exchange students from Charco Azul Golfo de Chiriqui around the world every 8˚ Punta Burica 8˚ year; arrangements can be made for Whitworth 86˚ 85˚ 84˚ 83˚ 82˚ students to take credit or non-credit courses on site. Arguedas Jeffrey Photo by Vice President for Academic Affairs Building on Michael Le Roy (middle) and Director of Whitworth’s 30-plus Capital Projects Steve Thompson (right) years of experience discuss renovations to the classroom leading study programs building with Costa Rican architect in Central America, Daniel Sancho during an October visit the Costa Rica center to the property. initially will offer courses that meet general education requirements, including Spanish language at various levels; Latin American history, politics or theology; ecology or environmental science and Core 350 – the capstone course in Whitworth’s worldview studies program, in which students explore how biblical virtues such as justice, mercy and equity are reflected in the ethics and politics of contemporary Photo by Greg Orwig, ’91 Greg Orwig, Photo by Western culture. Dense second-generation rain forest covers the The site also will be used for a special Jan Term program northern edge of the property. offered to freshman students admitted with honors, for intensive language training for participants in the Central America Study colleges and universities nationwide, including Whitworth – Program, and for other major-specific programs still in the offered “compelling evidence” that study abroad boosts student planning stages. Le Roy says that Whitworth’s long-term plans performance across a variety of desired educational outcomes. call for possible international centers in Africa, East Asia and Moreover, Schrambach notes, the benefits of study abroad Europe, with continued development of faculty expertise, on-the- are long-lasting, according to a study by the Institute for the ground experience, and student demand in those regions. International Education of Students. Regardless of the location or course of study, the educational “Living and studying away from all that is familiar, all that has benefits of international study are clear and profound, according defined them – such as language, family and community – forces to Associate Professor of Modern Languages Bendi Benson students, in a sense, to define themselves,” says Schrambach. Schrambach, who has participated in faculty efforts to expand “Their convictions and ideologies are challenged and Whitworth’s international study programs. She recently refined. They return strengthened and humbled through the published an article in the Journal of Christianity and Foreign experience, better knowing themselves and what is important Language that documents the positive outcomes of study abroad to them. I am thrilled that Whitworth is opening a center in for undergraduate students. Costa Rica. The fact that it will offer general education courses The article notes that the 2007 National Survey of Student will encourage many Whitworth students who might not Engagement – including responses from 313,000 students at 610 otherwise consider spending a semester abroad to do so.”

WT FEATURES 13 WHITWORTHnews Whitworth Heads Downtown Business degree, general education courses offered in Spokane’s U-District This fall, Whitworth answered the call from its students to offer classes downtown by opening a new facility in the University District, just east of Spokane’s hub. Vawter “Whitworth Robinson welcomes freshman Matthew Shishido to campus. has a longstanding relationship with the downtown business Robinson Readies for Transition community, and we are thrilled to expand our services to the Spokane region by Search is under way for new Whitworth president offering evening classes for adults who In mid-September, Whitworth President Bill Robinson dropped a bit of a live or work downtown,” says Cheryl bombshell. In an e-mail to the Whitworth community, Robinson wrote that “I Vawter, ’94, Whitworth’s director of have informed the board of trustees that I would like 2009-10 to be my final year as administrative services for graduate and Whitworth University’s president.” continuing studies. “After many prayers and careful assessments,” Robinson continued, “I’m convinced Classes at the new site are structured that leaving the presidency is best for Whitworth and best for Bonnie and me.” in the university’s accelerated format, Robinson mentioned the launching of Whitworth’s new strategic plan in 2010, and said which is geared toward non-traditional that he anticipated great success for the university, with a new president and “a great students who want to attend classes at cabinet” helming Whitworth in the upcoming years. night. Whitworth is currently offering Robinson will serve Whitworth part time through academic year 2010-11 as one general education course and one president emeritus and consultant to the new chief exec. This one-year appointment organizational management course per will allow him to help with matters like fund-raising that require additional time session, with tentative plans to begin to ensure a smooth transition. Chairman of the Whitworth Board of Trustees offering a third course, depending on Walt Oliver, ’67, informed the community about the search process for Robinson’s demand. successor. “We plan to conduct the same vigorous search process that brought Bill “Offering courses in the University to Whitworth,” Oliver wrote, “and that will identify an individual who can build on District gives working adults access the excellent work that has been accomplished during Bill’s tenure.” Two members of to our student-centered, high-quality the board have agreed to serve as co-chairs of the presidential search committee. The academic programs closer to their homes committee also includes members from Whitworth faculty, staff, student body and or workplaces,” says Terry Ratcliff, alumni, and from the Spokane community. Whitworth’s dean of continuing studies. “As for me,” Robinson wrote, “I just think it’s time to step back. This is my 17th year “Students can expect the same high- at Whitworth and my 24th as a college president. Bonnie and I have lived where I work quality instruction and student support for two-thirds of our married life. We love it. And I love going out and campaigning for whether they attend courses on campus Whitworth, but I think maybe my adrenaline addiction is masking some fatigue. I’m not or downtown.” ready to retire, but I am ready to quiet myself and listen. We love Spokane and we have no plans to leave. I feel God’s hand in our future, and it feels good.” For the latest information on Whitworth’s presidential search, go to www.whitworth.edu/ presidentialsearch.

14 WT NEWS Blue Like Jazz Author Issues Challenge to Revise Life Stories Donald Miller’s 2003 book, Blue Like recliner, ate ice cream, and watched Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Oprah. He snapped out of it when two Spirituality, took a long, meandering route movie producers called and persuaded to becoming a New York Times bestseller. him to join them in writing a screenplay Miller told a full Cowles Auditorium based on his spiritual memoir. Miller’s audience that the book’s slow-growing experience working with the producers success was due to readers’ word of to translate his life into a structured mouth and, he confessed, to him slyly narrative led to his latest book, A Million moving the book from obscure shelves to Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned prominent display tables in bookstores. While Editing My Life (Thomas Nelson, Miller’s humor and candor on a host of 2009), which depicts his efforts to craft topics are winning readers and audiences a better life for himself and challenges nationwide. In Blue Like Jazz, Miller others to revise their own life stories. wrestles with questions about faith and Miller also is the author of four other doubt, and explores his disillusionment nonfiction books and is founder of with churches that offer conditional The Mentoring Project, a nonprofit love and community. He also ruminates organization that works to recruit 10,000 on sin, guilt, loneliness, romantic mentors through 1,000 churches as an ’04 Robert Photo by Huggins, relationships, materialism and money. answer to the crisis of fatherlessness in Donald Miller reads from his new book during After Blue Like Jazz took off, Miller America. his September presentation at Whitworth. His fell into a months-long “what next?” For more on Donald Miller, visit www. campus visit was part of a 65-city national funk, during which he camped on his donaldmillerwords.com. book tour.

Oakland Appears in Illusion Whitworth Prepares for, In October, the Whitworth Theatre Responds to Flu Season Department presented its fall Whitworth anticipated and prepared for seasonal flu and production, Pierre Corneille’s The potential H1N1 flu outbreak by engaging in summer meetings Illusion. and coordinating response plans with the Spokane Regional Adapted by Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Health District, the County Department of Emergency Kushner, the play is a tale of loss and Management, and other educational institutions in the Spokane redemption that explores the most region. These groups have continued to meet, to jointly monitor real illusion of all – love. Special guest and coordinate information and response to the flu season. Since performer Leonard Oakland, longtime the start of fall semester, the Whitworth Health Center has professor of English at Whitworth, joined treated about 100 students with flu-like illness. the cast as Pridamant, a bitter old man The health center is strongly encouraging students to be searching for his estranged son. vaccinated for both seasonal influenza and H1N1 influenza. The Diana Trotter, the play’s director and health center has dispensed 300 seasonal influenza vaccinations a professor of theatre at Whitworth, and is authorized by the Washington State Department of says she has wanted to direct the play Health to be an H1N1 vaccine provider. Whitworth received for years, but that it’s very challenging the H1N1 vaccine in early November and is administering it to because the roles are incredibly those who wish to receive it and who meet the CDC guidelines complex for young actors, the technical for vaccination. needs are substantial, and the role of For more information on CDC guidelines and Whitworth’s Pridamant needed to be played by an flu preparation, www.whitworth.edu/health&counselingcenter/ older adult. Trotter says she has always flupreparation.htm. wanted Oakland in the role, and she was delighted he agreed to take it on. Photo by Robert Huggins, ’04 Robert Photo by Huggins,

15 WHITWORTHnews Burns Ends Successful Tenure McQuilkin takes over as V.P. for advancement In August, Vice President president for institutional advancement. “It is imperative that for Institutional Advancement this academic year be one in which we attract significant support Kristi Burns announced her for capital projects, particularly the new biology/chemistry resignation from Whitworth. building,” Robinson says. “Scott’s institutional knowledge, Burns, who is making a move intelligence, drive and communication gifts are ideal for leading to more hands-on work in this effort. He has inspired confidence from our trustees and helping people grow in their major donors. He loves and knows Whitworth, its mission and faith, came to Whitworth in its people. He’s the best person to move into this position.” 1997 after serving for a number Though McQuilkin’s new position includes the word “acting” of years at Washington State in the title, Robinson believes that the new V.P. will forge University. “This is a big loss ahead full steam to address Whitworth’s bold fund-raising for Whitworth,” said President agenda. Robinson says McQuilkin “will function as if the Bill Robinson of Burns’ departure. “More than anyone, Kristi position is permanent; there will be nothing tentative in the has built the advancement program we have today.” In order way he goes about his work.” McQuilkin will have the option to to keep the fund-raising arm of the university stable and return to his athletics role at the end of the two-year term and healthy, Robinson appointed Athletics Director and Professor will make that decision in consultation with Whitworth’s new of Kinesiology Scott McQuilkin, ’84, to serve as acting vice president.

Facebook + Frogurt = Freshman Friends First, a few definitions of terms: “I got to meet a lot of great freshmen community, their tech-savvy parents Facebook: A global social from other dorms and even my own posted cathartic status updates via Twitter. networking website dormmates and hallmates,” Berry says. “We’re packing up our son to take him “Spending some time together before all to Whitworth this weekend. He’ll be a Viral: Information that rapidly the craziness started was really beneficial freshman. Fun, but stressful....” propagates from person to person and made us all a lot more excited – if that Whitworth delved into social media in Frogurt: Frozen yogurt was even possible.” spring 2008, when the communications After polishing off office launched a fan page on Facebook So there’s this new their frogurt, the gang where followers can learn about notable student, Lillie Berry, took a self-led campus campus happenings, view videos, and who met some awesome tour and made stops at take quizzes that are tied to upcoming Whitworth freshmen each other’s dorms. “The events. The university’s dearly departed on Facebook during the RAs setting up for the founder, George F. Whitworth, even summer and just couldn’t next day were surprised has a profile page (www.facebook.com/ wait until Orientation to see so many freshmen george.f.whitworth). Other Whitworth- Weekend to meet walking around and related Facebook pages have sprung up in them in person, so she checking everything recent months, including athletics, the sent them a Facebook out,” Berry says. MIT program, alumni, theatre, volleyball, invite to get together at Berry may well have and The Ten. Didier’s on Friday night, established a new Want to get connected? Visit www. before move-in day, for Lillie Berry, left, and her Baldwin- Whitworth student- whitworth.edu/socialnetworks to become conversation and frogurt, Jenkins roommate, Brittany Fulton bonding tradition akin a Whitworth fan on Facebook; view our and the invitation went to Mock Rock and Birdie photos on Flickr; engage professionally on viral and Berry’s new friends invited their on a Perch. The wired freshmen, however, LinkedIn; follow us on Twitter; and watch new Whitworth friends, and 40 eager, weren’t the only networking Whitworth our videos on YouTube. smiling frosh (plus a handful of parents) contingent. As they established a new showed up.

16 WT NEWS Whitworth Faculty Fill Bookshelves In her second volume of poems, Conservative Resurgence and the Press: Without Wings, Laurie Lamon, ’78 The Media’s Role in the Rise of the (English), continues her exploration of the Right (Northwestern University Press, observable mysteries that surround us, but 2008). Named in honor of the Pulitzer often go unnoticed. Lamon’s poems distill Prize-winning Mott, the annual award is the essence of experience into polished given for the best book on journalism gems that refract a kind of necessary and mass communication based on light and venture to a world of things original research published that year. as they are, without preconceptions, Professor of Theology Jim rationalizations or verbal clutter. Edwards, ’67, has just published (CavanKerry Press, 2009) The Hebrew Gospel and the Gordon Jackson (Communication Development of the Synoptic Studies) has published his fifth book of Tradition (Wm. B. Eerdmans quotations, The Weather Is Here, Wish Publishing Co.). Edwards’ You Were Beautiful: Quotations for the colleague, Associate Professor of Thoughtful Traveler. The compilation, Theology Keith Beebe, calls the which includes more than 500 quotes by book “a significant advance in well-known and unknown authors and New Testament studies, because travelers, captures the lure of the open it challenges the Q-source road, the mystery of the road not taken, theory, a long-held theory about the the magic of far-off places, and the joy of origins of the Gospel accounts.” Beebe returning home. (The Intrepid Traveler, expects that the book “will provoke a lot 2009) of debate in the scholarly community and Jackson targets a herd of sacred raise the scholarly profile of Whitworth.” cows in his forthcoming book, ‘Jesus Residential Patterns of Arab Does Stand-Up’ and Other Satires, a Americans: Race, Ethnicity, and collection of 50 short, original parables Spatial Assimilation, by Jennifer and parodies that highlight the weaknesses Holsinger (Sociology), analyzes of the contemporary Western church the segregation and neighborhood and the increasingly secular culture in characteristics of Arab Americans to which its members live out their faith. examine the ways that race and ethnicity The humorous pieces gently admonish are manifested in urban landscapes. the church and Christians to be the (The book is a monograph in The New distinctive countercultural presence and Americans: Recent Immigration and witness that God calls them to be. (Wipf American Society series from LFB Scholarly and Stock, due in early 2010) Publishing, 2009.) In Participation in Christ: An Entry Lyle Cochran (Mathematics) into Karl Barth’s ‘Church Dogmatics,’ is co-author of Calculus: Early Adam Neder (Theology) offers a fresh Transcendentals, which takes a perspective on a central theme in the geometrically intuitive approach to theology of Barth, a towering figure in teaching students calculus. The hardback 20th-century theology who was a pastor, version of the book will be supplemented university professor, and the primary with the first-ever fully electronic, author of the Barmen Declaration, which interactive calculus textbook. (Pearson resisted Nazism in the German Church. Higher Education, January 2010) (Westminster John Knox Press, 2009) Whitworth faculty books may be Jim McPherson (Communication purchased at the Whitworth Bookstore, Studies) was selected in summer 2009 www.whitworth.edu/bookstore, and at as one of six finalists for the esteemed www.amazon.com. 2008 Frank Luther Mott/Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award for his book, The

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Whitworth has had on his family, Karl and his wife, Suzan, decided to include the university in their will as a way to leave a lasting legacy and to inspire others to support Whitworth’s mission to provide an Molly Zeiger, ’09, “education of mind and heart.” harvests vegetables Now, the Zeigers’ daughter, Molly, is for distribution to carrying on the family’s legacy of giving people in need at back to the community. Her choice to the Good Cheer attend Whitworth was made during a tour Food Bank, on South of colleges with her family. “Whitworth Whidbey Island. was the college I went to where the students seemed happy,” she says. Molly is now putting her Whitworth degree to work: She serves with AmeriCorps in South Whidbey, at the Good Cheer Food Bank and Island Coffee House. Molly hopes eventually to work wife, Wilma, recognized the important in a high school or university in a service- Paying It Forward role that Whitworth has played in their learning program. family’s life, and they have donated Generations of Zeiger family These three generations of Whitworth to The Whitworth Fund each year for build Whitworth legacy alumni are making a difference in the nearly 50 years. world, built upon a foundation laid during Earlier this year, Karl Zeiger, ’75, Karl Zeiger followed in his parents’ each family member’s time on campus. beamed as he watched his daughter, Molly footsteps, completing his bachelor’s Their continued support of the Whitworth Zeiger, ’09, don a Whitworth cap and and master’s degrees at Whitworth. He mission ensures that many more students gown and receive her degree in peace recalls many professors whose impact will have the same opportunity. studies through the Whitworth Political continues in his life even 34 years after Science Department. Karl’s connection his graduation: Bill Johnson, professor with Whitworth goes way back: He is emeritus of psychology; Leonard Oakland, the son of Whitworth alumni and is an current professor of English; and Howard Have you completed alum himself. He also served Whitworth Stien, professor emeritus of biology, are your will? at one time as cross-country coach. But among his favorites. watching his daughter graduate added “So many professors had an impact on Recommendations from an extra dimension to Karl’s Whitworth me; it’s not fair to single some out,” Karl The Whitworth Foundation: experience. says. He particularly values how he was • Make a plan today to create your will. The Zeiger-Whitworth connection taught to think deeply about the people Pencil in a date on your calendar. began more than 60 years ago. Karl’s late and the world around him. “When I was • Find an attorney with estate-planning mother, Wilma (Greene) Zeiger, ’47, attending Whitworth,” he says, “some experience. See if s/he will charge a attended Whitworth first, followed a few students viewed it as a utopia, as if that flat fee for legal services. years later by his father, Ed Zeiger, ’49. were a bad thing. I viewed it as a good Karl’s aunt, JoAnne (Greene) French, ’60, • Determine the best distribution thing. Where else on Earth is there a of your assets, whether specific and his sister-in-law, Kim (Nisker) Zeiger, place like that where you can live for a amounts, percentages, or the ’79, are also Whitworth alumni. part of your life?” residual of your estate. After Karl’s dad, Ed, completed his Karl’s time at Whitworth helped prepare education, he began a long career in the • Consider the legacy that you want to him for a successful career as an attorney. leave for your family, for Whitworth, Puyallup School District. He served as “Law is a peacemaking enterprise,” he says. and for the world. a principal and a mentor to thousands “I don’t look like the missionary in Africa, over his 42 years of service to the school but I’m still in the peacemaking business, For more information or for a free personal district. if I’m doing it correctly.” estate-planning course, please contact The value of a university education is Reflecting on his time at Whitworth, The Whitworth Foundation at foundation@ very important to Ed, who says that “Not Karl says, “I’ve come to realize that, for whitworth.edu or at 800.532.4668. including grandchildren, my family has 55 me, Whitworth is hallowed ground.” years of college combined.” Ed and his late Because of the lasting impression

18 WT NEWS Ten Years at the Top U.S. News ranks Whitworth a top 10 university, value in West for 10th straight year Whitworth is again ranked among the 10 best regional universities and best values in the West in U.S. News & World Report’s annual America’s Best Colleges guide, which this year also recognized the university for extraordinary undergraduate teaching. Whitworth tied for No. 10 in U.S. News’ 2010 rankings of 116 master’s-level Senior Wins universities in the 17-state region of the West, and is No. 6 in the ranking of best Prestigious Award for values for the same category. In the magazine’s new ranking of schools where professors are known for having an unusually strong commitment to undergraduate teaching, Scientific Research Whitworth was ranked No. 5 in its category. Senior Danjuma Quarless received “The growth of Whitworth’s applicant pool – both in overall numbers and in first place in the 2009 Scientific academic qualifications – reflects a commitment to excellence that is also seen in Poster Presentation last summer while the rankings,” says Whitworth Vice President for Admissions and Financial Aid Fred participating in the University of Pfursich. “The fact that our graduation rate and retention rate are among the best in our Massachusetts Medical School Summer peer group is a clear indicator that we are attracting excellent students and are helping Research Fellowship Program. He earned them to complete their degrees in a timely manner. Those outcomes are even more perfect scores for presenting his research in important to us than high rankings.” deflagellation-induced gene expression in Chlamydomonas. Groundbreaking “My experience presenting in Boston paled in comparison to the experience of Community celebrates start of science project performing the research at UMass Med,” A few small shovels of dirt at an early Silver Certification by implementing Quarless says. “I was treated as a true November campus ceremony marked a number of sustainable practices in grad school student and I carried a major a huge step in ensuring the continued the construction and operation of the portion of responsibility for the project, success of Whitworth’s building. Phase II of which forced me to step up to the plate thriving science the project includes and provided an opportunity for personal program. The a 16,000-square- and professional growth.” ceremony signified the foot addition to the Quarless’s study examined the genetic start of construction north end of the Eric regulation of flagella growth in the on a new $32 million Johnston Science microbe Chlamydomonas. These are biology/chemistry Center and renovation similar in structure and function to human facility on the site of of the rest of the cilia, which are cells that create a lashing the former fine arts building. movement, especially found in free building. The three- Whitworth’s unicellular organisms. Defects in human story, 63,000-square- biology, chemistry and cilia are linked to kidney disease, male foot structure will feature state-of-the-art physics departments currently are housed sterility, retinal degeneration and obesity. laboratories and instrumentation, and in the Johnston Center, which opened Quarless developed an analysis that can be classrooms that can be converted to in 1966. The physics department will used to measure the extent of flagella gene labs to meet the university’s science and remain in the Johnston Center after the expression in Chlamydomonas. classroom needs for the next 20 years. The new building is completed, and the math Quarless was also recently selected to building is slated to open in fall 2011. and computer science department, which present his research at the American This is the first phase of a planned $53 is currently in the Lindaman Center, will Society of Cell Biology’s annual million project to serve Whitworth’s move to the vacated space in Johnston, conference, which will be held in San science students, whose numbers have along with the health science department. Diego in December. After graduating from swelled by 50 percent over the past For more information about the Whitworth in May 2010, Quarless plans decade, and to meet the urgent state biology/chemistry building and the to attend graduate school in the field of and national need for well-educated story of the sciences at Whitworth, or bioinformatics, mathematical biology or scientists, engineers and science educators. to make a gift to the project, visit a new biomedical sciences. Whitworth has designed the facility to interactive website at www.whitworth.edu/ meet the Green Building Council’s LEED supportingthesciences.

WT NEWS 19 WHITWORTHnews Teaching to Fish and Building Cathedrals: Whitworth Center for Service-Learning and Community Engagement marks 10-year anniversary was established. The number of service- project aimed at recommending grants learning courses at Whitworth has grown to nonprofit organizations serving West from five in fall 1999 to 91 last year, and Central. Most recently, the center has the number of students involved in service added mediation and dispute resolution to has burgeoned from about 100 to more its repertoire of community resources. than 2,200. Students served a total of While service-learning remains the 63,538 hours in the community last year, center’s pedagogical core, Rhodes says providing an estimated benefit of she is excited about the ways in which $1.3 million to the Spokane area. students and faculty are taking initiative Much of the university’s service and to strengthen and expand the university’s community engagement is focused on engagement with the community. She has Rhosetta Rhodes, the energetic director organized a series of events throughout of Whitworth’s Center for Service Spokane’s West Central neighborhood, which is among the poorest in the the year to mark the center’s 10-year Learning and Community Engagement, anniversary. can’t keep herself from using metaphors state. Whitworth students and faculty are collaborating with West Central “We’re not just engaging in short- to describe the ways students and faculty term, ‘drive-by’ service; we’re involved serve people in need in the Spokane residents and organizations on workforce development, business development, in sustainable engagement,” Rhodes says, community. before launching into another metaphor. “We’re giving them fish to eat for a neighborhood revitalization, and a neighborhood plan to address poverty, “When you ask someone who is moving day, and we’re teaching them to fish for bricks what he’s doing, one person may a lifetime,” Rhodes says. “But we’re also housing and community services. Whitworth was one of just five say, ‘I’m moving bricks.’ You ask another helping to provide access to the pond for person doing the same work what she’s generations to come.” institutions nationwide selected by the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund in 2007 doing, and she’ll say ‘I’m building a The center has been involved in a cathedral.’ We’re building cathedrals.” lot of fishing in the 10 years since it to develop a student-run philanthropy The Whitworthian Online Is Notably Fine Student newspaper wins top national award The online edition of Whitworth’s Whitworth was one of 20 schools selected “The Whitworthian has a record of doing student newspaper, The Whitworthian, as finalists in the four-year non-daily excellent work,” says Jim McPherson, won a 2009 Associate Collegiate Press online newspaper category and was the associate professor of communication Pacemaker Award, considered the most only school from the Pacific Northwest studies and the newspaper’s advisor. “Last esteemed honor in student journalism. represented in that category. The year, under the leadership of editor-in- The Whitworthian online, found at Whitworthian competed against universities chief Joy Bacon and web editor Jasmine www.whitworthian.com, combines text as much as four times Whitworth’s size, Linabary (Class of ’09), it reached new and photos and incorporates a variety of including the University of Miami and the levels, and this year’s staff picked up right multimedia tools such as video, slideshows University of Missouri. where last year’s left off.” and interactive timelines. The online In addition to winning an online The current newspaper staff includes entries were judged by Ellyn Angelotti, Pacemaker award, The Whitworthian was editor-in-chief Morgan Feddes, ’11, and interactivity editor for the Poynter selected as a finalist in the print edition online editor Yong Kim, ’11, as well Institute, who noted that the winning sites awards category, making it one of only four as 16 editors and roughly 40 reporters, displayed excellence in areas including non-daily newspapers in the country that columnists, photographers and graphic the integration of multimedia and user- were finalists in both the print and online designers. generated content, breadth of coverage categories. Whitworth’s print edition was To read about other top awards The and sound news judgment. judged alongside schools including the Whitworthian has garnered in recent Roughly 220 schools nationwide University of Chicago, MIT, Vanderbilt years, visit www.whitworth.edu/ participated in the online contest, University, and Ithaca College. communicationstudies. which was divided into four categories.

20 WT NEWS In Memoriam

his book A Venture of Mind and Spirit: An Alan W. Peterson, Ph.D. Illustrated History of Whitworth College Alan Peterson, who taught physics at (1990). “Professor Johnson spearheaded Whitworth for a number of years, died the annual Messiah performances, which June 6. A first-generation American, grew into an all-city affair involving 200 Peterson was born in Georgia after his Whitworth singers and as many as 80 parents came to the U.S. from Latvia. He local church and school choirs. The event earned his B.A. in astronomy from U.C. became a Spokane Christmas tradition, Berkeley and his Ph.D. in physics from playing to full houses first in the Coliseum the University of New Mexico. After and later in the Opera House.” completing his education, he was awarded Soden also wrote of the yearly tours numerous research grants from NASA that the choir pursued under Johnson’s and the National Science Foundation, direction. “One year,” Soden writes, was the author of 39 publications, and “the choir toured Europe, performing was involved in airglow experiments and in Edinburgh, Coventry Cathedral, and other research at Whitworth, where he Amsterdam.” The choir then, as now, sometimes worked alongside his wife, welcomed non-music majors and, writes Physics Professor Emeritus Lois Kieffaber. Soden “truly reflected a cross-section of Peterson is survived by his wife and their the student body; the campus community two children, Sarah May Peterson and as a whole took pride in it.” Robert August Peterson. Milton Johnson Messages of love and appreciation for Johnson continue to arrive at Whitworth. Milton Johnson, professor of music “What a wonderful honor it was to from 1957-1984, died June 29. His impact be a student of Dr. Johnson,” writes Jim on the Whitworth Music Department Bailey, M.Ed. ’72. “He brought to the John Pouk was profound, and many of his students rehearsal hall a flair and enthusiasm Former trustee John Pouk died in gathered at a memorial service for that we young musicians soaked up like August. Pouk was president and C.E.O. Johnson, held in August, to pay tribute to sponges.” Bailey traveled to Europe with of Pouk and Steinle, Inc., electrical their former teacher and friend. the Whitworth Choir in 1965, where, contractors, and was a prominent lay OJ Cotes, of the Whitworth School he writes, “I played trumpet along with leader at Palm Desert Community of Education, also attended the service. my roommate, Walt Oliver [Class of ’67, Presbyterian Church. Prior to entering “His contributions to both the students currently the chairman of Whitworth’s private business, he served in the U.S. at Whitworth and our community were board of trustees], on percussion. In the Marine Corps, in the South Pacific, outstanding,” Cotes says. “He was also next few years, as Milton introduced more China and Korea. He met his wife, the minister of music at First Presbyterian contemporary music (including Jesus Selma, who also served in the Marine Church from 1959-87. The lives he Christ, Superstar) to Whitworth audiences, Corps, while both were on active duty, touched both through his music and love Walt and I provided bass guitar and drums and they married in 1945. She preceded of God were inspiring.” accompaniment.” Reminiscing about him in death, in 2008. “Over the years,” says Whitworth the 2004 alumni choir reunion, Bailey A faithful supporter of Whitworth, President Bill Robinson, “I have writes, “What a thrill it was to sing under Pouk donated to The Whitworth Fund as encountered countless alumni who Dr. Johnson’s musical direction one more well as to many other causes. During his referenced the legacy of Dr. Johnson’s time. His musical legacies will live on in time as a trustee, he was a valued member influence. In every sense, his music has each of us forever.” of the Finance Committee. lived on in their lives. He continues to Johnson and his wife, Joyce, were He is survived by his son, two bless us all.” married for 62 years. Cards and letters may granddaughters, and other family. “The Whitworth Choir’s long-standing be sent to her and to the family at 20219 reputation for excellence continued . . . N. Clear Canyon Drive, Surprise, AZ under the direction of Milton Johnson,” 85374. writes Dale Soden, campus historian, in

WT NEWS 21 FACULTYfocus

Crossing the Line What community-based theatre can accomplish by Brooke Kiener, ’99 Assistant Professor of Theatre As a theatre instructor were hesitant to mingle While we stretched ourselves beyond at Whitworth University, or to interact, afraid of our disciplinary limits, researching I’ve had the opportunity saying the wrong thing, everything from restraint devices to to witness incredible acts of being criticized or excited delirium, we again ventured of transformation, both for misunderstood. But as the into the community, to collect not just students and audiences. work began, interaction “expert” information but public opinion Theatre, as a live and was necessary. And as and diverse perspectives about law human art, brings people participants shared their enforcement issues. You might expect together into one space stories, fear gave way to that the most significant challenge we to experience stories that awe and respect. The faced was familiarizing ourselves with illuminate and redefine strangers in our midst, foreign terminology, data and concepts. human experience. And whom we had expected But once again I found that it wasn’t the as such it can be an to need us, soon began to subject matter that was disconcerting; it

incredibly powerful tool. Kirk Hirota Photo by change us. was the subject “bearer.” Students readily However, the most transformative Further, we discovered through the admitted their pre-existing biases about theatrical experiences I’ve had have workshop that accurate testimony the police, stating, “I want to believe that been in a community arts context, or meant we could not censor the parts of the police are good, and that as long as more specifically, while working on the story that were hard to tell. In one I follow the rules I won’t ever get hurt.” community-based theatre projects. As a particular instance, a community member But when confronted with evidence that growing field, community-based theatre had witnessed a homeless friend of his showed otherwise, their inclination was to includes theatre organizations and artists being kicked out of a shelter because he question the validity of the source bearing who center their artistic life in specific was Muslim and refused to participate the information. Can we trust a lawyer communities for the purpose of using in the Christian prayer at meal time. who articulates her faith differently than theatre to express the values, interests My students were shocked by this story we do? Can we trust someone who has and concerns of those communities. and found it difficult to believe. And been convicted of a crime? If the “expert” In other words, it is theatre that is of as the group was writing the script, this doesn’t share my worldview, can I still the people, by the people, and for the particular story became a topic for heated trust his or her testimony? people. And it is in this kind of working discussion. Some insisted that including As we worked on creating our show, context that I have also experienced and the story villainized Christian charities, Crossing the Line: an investigation of the found need for the Christian practices of which generally do a lot of good in the police, power, and people, our challenge was hospitality and testimony. community. Others fought tooth and nail to find one narrative that would equitably For instance, in 2004 my department for its inclusion, believing that to exclude present the multitude of perspectives we hosted the Theatre for Social Justice it was to be dishonest and to insult the had uncovered. In the end, we realized Institute at Whitworth, inviting participants who shared it. In the end, the the story we could most accurately tell was community members to participate in a story was included because most agreed our own – the story of a group of learners, week of workshops that focused on the that it was important to give accurate who started with two questions, engaged issue of socio-economic discrimination testimony. in an extensive civic dialogue about and culminated in the creation of an In 2008 I taught a practicum course in those questions, and still had a hard time original script. One community group in community-based theatre, and students deciding what to believe in the end. particular was central to the formation and I worked with a local nonprofit law Thus, as an artist and a teacher, I of the work – a group of individuals from firm to investigate issues of police power in continue to look for ways in which I can poor neighborhoods who met regularly Spokane through the following questions: use theatre to bring strangers together to to provide support for each other. When “What should the relationship be between share stories and to create new work that they came to Whitworth and worked a police force and its citizenry?” and expands our understanding of citizenship, among our students, many in the room “What do we do when that relationship is justice and democracy. experienced “fear of the stranger.” People somehow threatened or harmed?”

22 WT NEWS 2009 Whitworth University Alumni Award Winners This fall, Whitworth feted its 2009 Alumni Award winners at the university’s annual George F. Whitworth banquet. Morgan Feddes, ’11, compiled these bios of each of this year’s winners.

Ben Frank Moss III, ’59: Distinguished Alumni Award Ben Lindstrom, ’63, Alumni Mind & Heart Award While a student at Whitworth, Ben Frank Moss studied Since graduating from Whitworth, Ben Lindstrom has been painting with Herman Keys, an adjunct professor who taught a pastor in several churches throughout California, Oregon Moss what it meant to be a committed artist. Since his and Washington. Over the years, he found his calling serving graduation, Moss has proved his commitment and his talent smaller congregations. He has served as pastor at Southminster through both his art and his work as a professor. After spending Presbyterian Church, in Des Moines, Wash., for 31 years. By a short time as a graduate student at Princeton Theological serving a smaller congregation, Lindstrom says he has been able Seminary, Moss received his to focus on his relationships master’s degree in fine arts from with those in his church. “I’m Boston University. During his a simple servant doing a simple tenure as director of the MFA task,” he says. “I’m doing and the Visiting Critics Program Jesus’ work in Jesus’ way.” As at Fort Wright College, in a pastor, Lindstrom focuses on Spokane, Moss founded and relationships with those already served as acting dean of the in his church rather than on Spokane Studio School. He growing a larger congregation. then taught for 13 years at the His closeness with his University of Iowa, in Iowa City. congregation has allowed Today, Moss is on the faculty of him to focus on cultivating Dartmouth College, where he strong Christian leaders – serves as the George Frederick something he says he learned Jewett Professor of Studio Art at Whitworth. Lindstrom has and, for the past 21 years, as (L-R) Ben Lindstrom, Kathie Koopmans Neir, Ben Frank Moss III, and maintained a strong connection chair of his department. Moss’ Heather Steckler Parker with the university over the work has been included in years. He has been to several 359 group shows throughout the United States and around the reunions and has missed just a few meetings of the Whitworth world. He has had more 57 solo exhibitions, including shows Institute for Ministry since its founding nearly 34 years ago. at Philips Exeter Academy, Kansas State University, Colorado Lindstrom and his wife, Mary Jo, have also supported numerous State University and Swarthmore College. In addition, his work Whitworth students by providing excellent leadership in the is featured in more than 43 public exhibitions, as well as in more funding of scholarships for incoming students. than 385 corporate and private collections. Moss has been a visiting artist or lecturer at nearly 100 institutions and has been Kathie Koopmans Neir, ’64, Alumni Service to honored with numerous awards for both his art and his teaching. Whitworth Award Kathie Koopmans Neir began her career in coaching and Heather Steckler Parker, ’96, Recent Alumni Award teaching right out of Whitworth. She earned her master’s As a student, Heather Steckler Parker had many opportunities degree in physical education and taught at schools in California to get involved in the music world. A Spokane native, Parker and Washington. She also coached swim, track, cross-country studied with Whitworth voice instructor Marjory Halvorson and basketball teams. Neir served as the youth coordinator for in high school and throughout her time at Whitworth. “It the Oregon’s Governor’s Commission on Youth, and she was was her mission to support and encourage young talent,” head coach of the women’s basketball team at the University Parker says. “She always believed in my talent and encouraged of Washington from 1975-79. Today, Neir, in partnership with me to keep singing, no matter what.” With guidance and her son, runs a swim school she started in Sammamish, Wash. encouragement from Halvorson and other professors within They teach both children and adults, giving approximately 500 the music department, Parker pursued a career in music after lessons a week during their busy season. Neir has also devoted graduating from Whitworth. She completed her master of music much of her time to organizing Whitworth class reunions. In degree at Eastman School of Music, in Rochester, New York, 2005 she organized the joint reunion of the classes of 1963- then moved around a bit before settling in New York City, 65, one of Whitworth’s largest reunions ever. She is currently where she auditioned for roles and continued to study voice. In organizing another reunion, for the classes of 1963-67, which 2002, Parker took second place at the Licia Albanese Puccini will take place next June. The Kathie Koopmans Neir 1963- International Vocal Competition. As part of her prize, she 65 Endowed Scholarship was established in Neir’s honor by performed at Alice Tully Hall, in New York City. Since then she graduates of the classes of 1963, ’64 and ’65, who wanted to has sung with opera companies all over the United States. She show their appreciation for her leadership and her organization and her husband, Derrick Parker, a baritone, have a 1-year-old of the 2005 reunion. daughter, Grace Elizabeth.

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An “x” before a class year indicates that health administration and finished his health- Chelsea Globe-Kallio was accepted into the person attended, but did not graduate system pharmacy administration residency at Seattle University’s School of Theology and from, Whitworth. the University of Washington. He is now the Ministry, where she is pursuing a master ambulatory pharmacy operations manager at of divinity degree. She plans to pursue Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. ordination as a pastor in the Evangelical 2000 Christina Anderberg Liz Rich married Ben Schrieber Sept. 5. Lutheran Church. Alyssa Hansen married 00s recently received her 2003 Elizabeth Abbey received a Ph.D. in Matthew Bell on July 24. Meghan McGarry master’s degree in counseling psychology nutrition in sport and chronic disease. She’s in earned a medical degree from the University from Northwest University. In July, Gretchen the midst of a one-year internship at the Mayo of Washington School of Medicine. She was Anderson married Josh Cleveland, ’01, in Clinic School of Health Sciences in Rochester, accepted into a pediatric residency at Rainbow Seattle. Many Whitworth alumni, staff and Minn. Kelsey Rice Bogdan graduated in June Babies and Children’s Hospital at Case Western current students were in attendance. University, in Cleveland. Heather Gretchen and Josh live in the new Stout married Greg Svanidze, ’06, East Residence Hall at Whitworth, in July 2007. Heather also received where Josh is the resident director; a master’s degree in international Gretchen is now Whitworth’s executive affairs from George Washington assistant to the vice president for University in May. academic affairs. Andrea (Palpant) Homecoming 2006 After two years in Dilley secured a book deal with Guatemala, Lora Burge is Zondervan for a spiritual memoir 2010 beginning work on a double that will track her years growing up master’s degree program in in the evangelical church in Kenya he classes of 1990, 2000 and 2005 theology and social work at and will cover the faith struggles will celebrate class year reunions, and McCormick Seminary and the she encountered in her 20s. The Tmembers of Whitworth’s Cool Whip theatre troup University of Chicago. Neal Dixon book is due out in spring 2011. will gather for a reunion, during Homecoming is teaching English as a second Mina (Gormanos) Gokee is a language at a school in Changsha, board member for The Whitworth Weekend next Sept. 24-26. All alumni are invited to campus for a weekend of athletics contests, Hunan, China. Brad Hixson Foundation. William and Rachal and Andrea Lewis, ’07, were (Shim) Mather are currently lectures and other great events. More details are married on May 9. Greg Svanidze developing an outreach to new available at www.whitworth.edu/homecoming. received his master’s degree in friends and neighbors through sports. international affairs from George Lydia (Jones) Reid completed her Washington University in May. nursing degree in June and works as 2007 Sarah Rim married Bernie an R.N. in Neuro Trauma at Salem Mabinion March 8 in University Hospital in Salem, Ore. 2001 Peter Place, Wash. They had a traditional Olsen is the vice president of sports and from Harvard Divinity School with her master Cambodian wedding, at which Tara Yi, competition for Special Olympics Montana. of divinity degree. She will spend the next year Crystal Viken, and Nissana Nov, ’08, were in Danielle Pulham recently earned her Ph.D. in working in collegiate ministry for Trinity Church, attendance. psychology from the University of Denver. Erin in Boston. Elaina Erickson married Christopher 2008 Alisha Anderson and Clayton Townley (Benson) Raska graduated from Princeton Stubb on July 11. In March, Amy Robinson were married July 11 in Arlington, Wash. Guests Theological Seminary with her master of became an ordained Presbyterian minister in included Amanda Albright, Megan (Carper) divinity degree. Jeremiah Webster’s poetry Juarez, Mexico. Benjamin Robinson recently Peterson, Zak Cannard, Dustin Smith, Daniel appeared in The North American Review and graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary Moore, Andrew Peterson, Janae Brewster, The Midwest Quarterly this fall. with his master of divinity degree. Elizabeth Sutherland, ’07, Brian Baumann, 2002 Katie Harris lives in Colorado Springs, 2004 Jena Lee and James Nardella were ’07, Genesis (Kuhlman) Avalos, ’05, and where she serves as the student ministries married Dec. 30, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn. Whitworth faculty and staff members Kari associate for the middle school group at First 2005 Mary Adolfson married Eli Henson on Dykhouse, ’08 M.Ed., Cheryl Carney, Kamesh Presbyterian Church of Colorado Springs under May 3 at the Glover Mansion in Spokane. Sankaran, and John Larkin. Alisha and Clayton the leadership of senior pastor and Whitworth Whitworth alumni in the wedding party live in Mukilteo, Wash., where Alisha works as trustee Jim Singleton. Roger Sandberg formed included maid of honor Sarah Adolfson and an engineer at Boeing and Clayton just earned a law partnership, Esser & Sandberg PLLC, bridesmaids Chelsea Globe-Kallio and Angie his master’s degree in teaching at Seattle located in Pullman, Wash., in June. Majid Cesena. Katie Brown lives in Midland, Texas, Pacific University. Alexandra Blore and Andrew Tanas completed his master’s degree in where she is a legal secretary at a law firm. Seccomb were married Aug. 1. Ashley Metcalf

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founded and chairs the Hawaii League of April 12, to Tamara (Nuttall) and Kurtis Science University in June. He has joined the Young Real Estate Professionals as a chapter (x’04) Reese faculty at OHSU as an assistant professor. of the National Association of Realtors. Ashley 2001 a boy, Liam Douglas, to Jeremiah and 1997 Wade Baker is an adjunct voice was also chosen to attend the 2009 Hawaii Kristin (Allison) Webster, Aug. 14 faculty member at University of Portland Association of Realtors Leadership Academy. 2002 a boy, Andrew Jeffrey, to Hillary Starr and a private voice instructor. He was Jeffrey Rodland married Lindsay Reitsema, and Jeff Lamb, March 27 recently elected to the board of governors ’09, on June 27. Elise (Hinrichs) and Brian 2002 a girl, Maile Calu, to Roger and Heather of the American Guild of Musical Arts. Jamie Stenberg, ’09, were married Aug. 1 at Linfield Sandberg, May 28 (Pace) and Sidney Friedman, ’05, and their College. Guests in attendance included 2003 a boy, Levi Gerrit, to Elizabeth (Marx) daughter, Isabella, 5, moved to Portland, Mitch Carver, Kyle Ritter, Anne Dugas, Anna and Derek Anderson, June 4 Ore., where Jamie is finishing her dissertation Monroe, Jesse Hinrichs, ’03, Cara Bellwood, 2003 a girl, Adelyn Jae Edwards, to Caleb and in medieval English literature and Sidney ’08, Jodi Tangen, ’08, Elesha Johnston, ’08, Naomi (Barkley) Edwards, April 9 works for Liberty Northwest Insurance. Dave Kelly Fink, ’10, Erin Pugh, ’06, Joe Gaines, 2003 a girl, Emerson Paige, to Michael and Luttinen is the owner of Wheaton Way ’04, and Joel Stenberg, ’06. Stephanie Howard, March 9 Veterinary Clinic, in Bremerton, Wash., and 2009 Erin Cooley is part of the Jesuit Volunteer 2003 a girl, Adrianna Corynn, to Brandi University Place Veterinary Hospital, in Tacoma, Corps Northwest, and is a clinic coordinator (Harwood) and Justin Rilkoff, July 27 Wash. He completed an examination this at Wallace Medical Concern, in Gresham, Ore. 2004 a girl, Emma Lorraine, to Mark and Amy fall to become a board-certified specialist Hailey Johnson married Michael Burgess on Baker, May 29 in dogs and cats. His daughter is enrolled Camano Island, Wash., on May 23. Kendra 2004 a girl, Clara Joanne, to Jonathan and at Whitworth as a freshman. Bill Kaufold Hamilton and Derek Weyhrauch were married Amy (Vaughn, ’05) Hook, May 3 finished his ophthalmology residency at the on May 25. 2004 a girl, Quinn Marie, to Stephanie (Van University of Missouri in June and moved to DEATHS Dam) and Chris Rockwell, Aug. 24 eastern Connecticut to join a comprehensive Colleen (Hanley) McComb, ’02, died Nov. 2004 a boy, Brighton Tanner, to Lee and Kenna ophthalmology practice. 28, 2008. She was a chemical dependency (Klempel, ’05) Stoops, Aug. 25 1998 Jeremy Watson married Julie Olsen in professional, an alcohol/drug information 2005 a girl, Madelyn Jeanine, to Tiffany Bruce, Lake Oswego, Ore., on April 24. He now has a school instructor, a registered therapist, and a Jan. 25 four-year-old stepson, Colby, and is the pastor certified relapse counselor. Her gift was working 2005 a boy, Carson Achilles, to Jennifer of life development at St. Andrews Presbyterian with youth, and she was employed as a juvenile (Wiseman) and Andy Yancey, Feb. 22 Church, in Portland, Ore. probation officer. Colleen is survived by her two sons and other family. Robert Marsalis, 1990 Katherine (Kopp) x’05, died Aug. 14. He served in the U.S. Air Jones recently returned Force after graduating from high school. He 90s from a mission trip to Taut, Romania. Charles was retired from the U.S. Post Office, and he is McCrone owns the Kaleidoscope School of survived by his four daughters, his mother, and Music, in Issaquah, Wash. other family. 1991 Chrystal (Cook) Helmcke received BIRTHS a master’s in theatre arts from Western 2000 a boy, Tobias Robert, to Tyler and Nicole Washington University in June 2007. She is Bauer, Oct. 15, 2007 now an adjunct faculty member at Northwest 2000 a boy, Kiefer David, to Joshua and Maria University, in Kirkland, Wash. She recently Celeste Hug, June 9 directed the school’s fall play, All My Sons. Sin City Welcomes Whitworthians 2000 two boys, Max Robert, June 13, 2007, 1992 Matt Freeman accepted an Whitworth women from the early 1990s and Miles Steven, Jan. 30, to Damian appointment as the chief fiscal officer for the gather bi-annually to reminisce about Putney and Anne Henning Putney, ’01 Idaho State Board of Education, which has their days together among the pines. The 2000 a girl, Ivy Christine, to Benjamin and general supervision, governance and control of group recently hit the bright-lights city Lindsey Swinehart, Jan. 27 all state educational institutions. of Las Vegas for a mini-reunion. Pictured 2001 a boy, Owen Matthew, to Matthew and 1995 Heidi (Warner) Bagnall and her (l-r) are Angie (Fowler) Platt, ’93, Krista Tiffany (Dittmar, ’03) Fechter, March 21 husband, Rick, live in Indiana, where Heidi Vasquez, ’93, Maria (Bumpus) Putzi, 2001 a girl, Elliot Elizabeth, to Jared and Tara works as a chemist at Purdue University and ’93, Andrea (Everson) Bruno, ’93, Julane (Milliken, ’03) Hungerford, Dec. 11, 2008 Rick is pursuing a doctorate in chemical (Lussier) Dover, ’93, Lisa (Peebles) 2001 a boy, Caden Ledesma, Oct. 5, 2007, education. Scott Chadderdon finished his Smith, ’92, and Julie Fox, ’92. and a girl, Brooklyn Victoria Kamehanaokala, cardiology fellowship at Oregon Health &

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Britt (Blom, ’94) Green, June 19 1990, a girl, Grace Christina, to Jennifer (Crowe) and Paul Tolo, Oct. 21, 2008 1992 a boy, Samuel Keilin, to Susie Chang and Brad Eldridge, Sept. 15 1995 a girl, Grace Elizabeth, to Kristi Lonheim and Jonathan Acker, May 26 1995 a boy, Richard James, to Heidi (Warner) and Rick Bagnall, May 22 1995 a boy, Reid William, to Scott and Melanie (Atwood, ’97) Chadderdon, April 10 1996 twin boys, Jesse Edwin and Noah Eugene, to Rachel (Hornor) and David Barach, April 23 1996 a boy, Finley, to Darcy Blanchard and Thad Klocksieben, May 26 1996 a girl, Audrey Susan, to Heather (Simon) Mixing Business with Pleasure and Benjamin Horst, Sept. 3, 2008 The Whitworth School of Global Commerce & Management hosted a reunion last summer 1997 a girl, Molly Minhee McFarland, to for graduates of the SGCM’s Master’s in International Management (MIM) and Master’s Nicholas Brownlee and Kari McFarland, in Business Administration (MBA) degree programs. Pictured outside Weyerhaeuser Hall Aug. 11 after a celebration banquet to kick off the weekend’s festivities are alumni, faculty and 1997 a girl, Madeline Laine, to Steve and their guests. Andrea (Palpant, ’00) Dilley, April 13 1997 a girl, Melia Grace, to Bill and Sarah 1999 Jodi Carlson, in addition to writing minor. They are looking forward to celebrating Kaufold, Jan. 27 and editing for world evangelist Luis Palau, their 10th wedding anniversary in December. 1997 a boy, Orrin Ames, to Mindi (Thackston) recently co-authored her first book. Selby Tyler Reid is working toward his law degree and Jack Lippard, Dec. 9, 2008 and Rachael (Gazdik) Hansen have an with the Class of ’12 at Willamette University. 1997 a girl, Evelyn Renee, to Jeremy and indoor soccer team for Whitworth alumni in Allison (Foster) Stephens started a children’s Nicole (Windhurst, ’98) Nelson, June 6 Denver. In addition to Selby and Rachael, and maternity consignment business called 1997 a girl, Allison Marie, to John and Kelly Nate Gazdik, ’02, Lydia (Wingrove) Gazdik, Just Between Friends, to help South Sound (Rodimel) Rasmussen, June 21 ’02, and Dalyce Young, ’03, are also on the (Seattle) people care for their families and be 1997 twin girls, Sophia Quinn and Ayden team. Phillip Harrington works as an assistant good stewards of what they have been given. Victoria, to Sarah (Coleman) and Joshua Sidwell, Jan. 5 professor in the department of mathematical DEATHS 1998 a girl, Marta Julia, to Carrie (Wasser) sciences at the University of Arkansas. Mary Karen Skogman, ’91, died recently. She and Steve Andersson, Sept. 23 (Hubele) Hodge moved from Philadelphia, to received her master’s degree in special 1998 a boy, Erik Brayden, to Ruth (Kaluza) Portland, Ore. Tamara Kennedy-Gibbens taught education from Whitworth and taught in and Patrick Eichholtz, Jan. 8 a course, Teaching Writing and Adolescent Spokane-area schools for 20 years. She is 1998 a boy, Grahm Aidan, to Kendra Literature, at Whitworth last spring. Andrew survived by her daughter, her mother, and Nickerson and Paul Custer, Aug. 5, 2008 Lane was appointed interim executive director other family. Jason Watts, ’96, died May 1998 a girl, Ava Caroline, to Tanya (Grunner) of the Salem Interfaith Hospitality Network, a 24 in Ephrata, Wash. After graduating from and Scott Wunsch, ’07, April 28 nonprofit organization that provides emergency Whitworth, Jason worked on his family farm 1999 twin girls, Emma Catherine and Teadora shelter to homeless families through local with his father, mother and grandfather. He is Marie, to Rhad and Anastasia Brown, churches in Salem, Ore. Jay Niehaus survived by his parents and other family. Linda March 8 completed his first Ironman competition in Anastasio, ’97, died July 7. Her love was 1999 a girl, Jayana Elise, to Nicole (Bealey) Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Anne Osterlund had her teaching, and she had spent the past eight and John Grubbs, May 1 second book, Academy 7, published in the years working with special needs preschoolers. 1999 a girl, Bannon Mackenzie, to Tiffany spring. Josh and Karla (Folkins, ’00) Parbon She is survived by her husband, daughter, (Brotherton) and Michael Hanf, May 10 have two sons and live in Spokane. Josh is parents, and other family. a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance, 1999 a girl, Leah Ellen Hope Kalal, to Tiffany and Karla is an instructor for Whitworth and BIRTHS (Smith) and Kevin Kalal, Jan. 29, 2008 Gonzaga University in the theatre arts dance 1990 a boy, Braden Nathaniel, to Adam and 1999 a girl, Kalani Leinaala Alene, to Kevin

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and Cassandra Nabalta, Sept. 3 1999 a girl, Eliana Nafisha, to Angela (Reynolds) and Reuben Schug, June 8 Odd Couple: Alumna blends science 1999 a girl, Larkin Marie, to Adam and Joscelyn (Wilson) Stevens, April 15 and music by Rachel O’Kelley, ’12 DEATHS Dana Strait, ’02, has the ear of a musician and 1980 Deborah (Crouse) the mind of a scientist. A classical pianist and and Dean Bitz, ’88, live in 80s oboist, she graduated with her general B.A. in Cheney, Wash. Both work at the Union Gospel music, receiving a number of awards during her Mission, and they love to hear from Whitworth days as a Whitworth student. Strait’s love for classmates. music has led her to look deeper into the human Alice Krehbiel is a physician at The Polyclinic, obsession with music and the way it makes us in Seattle. Christina (Reynolds) Moreau is in feel when we experience it. her 20th year of teaching music. She directs a Strait looks back thoughtfully at her time choir and writes children’s novels in her spare at Whitworth, where she memorized complicated pieces of music and tried to time. Her book The Professor’s Telescope was understand how the brain is capable of processing such complex patterns. She was published in 2004; she is currently working on interested in the emotions that musical experiences create, as well. her second book in the same series. Referring to her desire to understand the effect music has on our lives and 1981 Andrea (Knappen) Neault graduated minds, Strait says, “I’m the kind of person who overthinks everything, and the in June from Western Washington University question of how music affected both my audience and me was no exception.” with a master’s in educational administration After graduation, Strait took an interest in the link between autism and music; and a principal’s certificate. Dee Ann Potter she wanted to know how a person with autism can be helped by music. Strait Wylie came across fellow Whitworthian Oliver worked as a private autism therapist with a Spokane family for about 18 months, Crocco, ’08, in Chiang Mai, Thailand during a after which she worked as an autism therapist at a trauma center in Sierra Leone, fourth of July celebration. West Africa. 1983 Gyl Elliott received her master’s degree In 2006, Strait moved to Chicago to join Northwestern University’s Auditory in Buddhist studies in May. She also visited Neuroscience Lab. She was named the first student board member of the Society Masaki Taniguchi, ’81, in Nishinomiya, Japan. for Music Perception and Cognition, and she received a grant from the National 1985 Susan (Insko) Bryant and her husband, Institutes of Health. She began to intertwine her love for music and her interests John, recently built a home in Kittitas Valley in neuroscience, and she led a study that found a biological link between music (Wash.) after his 23 years of service in the Air and the enhancement of the way one experiences emotion through sound. Force as a lieutenant colonel. Susan is certified She also wrote “Musical Experience and Neural Efficiency: Effects of Training as a K-12 teacher; she homeschools her three on Subcortical Processing of Vocal Expressions in Emotion,” a study funded by the children: Amy, 13, Gabe, 10, and Julianne National Science Foundation. In the article, Strait sought to explain the effects Faith, 3. Rebecca Douglas and her husband of musical experience on the brain and its ability to memorize and respond to continue raising their sons, ages 10 and 12. complicated mental processes. She also looked at ways in which this information Rebecca will begin serving on their school might be used to help people with autism. board in December. Natalie Dong is a clinical Today, Strait lives in Chicago, where she is a doctoral candidate in music neuropsychologist in the Center for Polytrauma cognition, with a focus on auditory neuroscience, at Northwestern University. Care at the V.A. Puget Sound Healthcare “My education at Whitworth was foundational to my current work and has System. Margaret Fowler continues to create served me well,” Strait says. “My education was very well-rounded, and this gives paintings and greeting cards. She is writing me an advantage not only in academia, but in many areas of my life.” and illustrating books for children, as well as one for adults about her experience with brain cancer. Kathy (Jacobi) Knoefler is the national Daniela Ozana, and both look forward to 1986 Catherine (Verdier) Brown lives in director of healthcare systems for the American bringing her home from Haiti. Nancie (Nelson) Colorado after serving as a missionary for 10 Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Struck teaches high school English and drama years in Central Asia. Tobyann Willis-Camp Care Department. Scott Miller and his wife at Liberty Classical Academy, in Maplewood, began work as the director of libraries for the celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in Minn. Todd Ulrich was named New Era Cap Law Society of Saskatchewan in March. She August. They have two daughters in college and Company’s Regional Representative of the Year oversees a system of 15 libraries that provide one still at home. Michael Patterson and his for 2008. research support to lawyers, judges, and the wife completed the adoption of their daughter, public in the province.

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1988 Janine Hoffman married Robert Noel pastor of Westwood First Presbyterian Church, on Oct. 10, 2008. Paula Olson-Dunbar has in Cincinnati. His wife, Lucinda (Warner) been teaching kindergarten for 15 years. She Gorman, ’71, is a life coach and founder of has three children: Connor, 5, Cameron, 3, and Seasons of Purpose, in Cincinnati. Sarah, 15 months. Catherine (Hager) Graville owns and operates 1989 Julie (Meagor) Brown enrolled in a Valley Air Photos, a company in Caldwell, master’s program in clinical psychology at Idaho, that provides vertical aerial photography the Wright Institute. She and her husband, for contour mapping and land-use planning. Andrew, ’90, live in El Cerrito, Calif., with their Marilyn Hoyt retired after 20 years as the CEO three sons. Christine (Klesch) Hamilton of the New York Hall of Science. She is currently is homeschooling her two daughters, ages consulting, teaching and working on nonprofit 5 and 7, and enjoying church life. Kevin leadership issues. David Johnson retired Peterson has been selected as the new from the Ephrata School District, in Ephrata, Alumni from the classes principal of Midway Elementary, in the Mead Wash., after 36 years of teaching; he currently of 1963 through 1967 are School District. Kevin and his wife, Tammi, works for Canfield Insurance Co. and coaches Mid-60s live in Mead with their three sons. Tammi is a a summer baseball team. His daughters, invited back to campus June teacher at Spokane’s Ridgeview Elementary. Kim (Johnson) LaVine, ’01, and Rachel 25-27, 2010, for a weekend DEATHS Johnson, ’08, graduated from Whitworth. of reconnecting and enjoying Kathryn Gottschalk, ’80, died May 11. She Linda (Robertson) Johnson is a high school Whitworth’s beautiful campus. served in the U.S. Coast Guard Women’s English as a second language and Bible Alumni from surrounding class Reserve during WWII and retired from Pacific literature teacher in Ennis, Texas. Linda and her husband also encouraged their three sons to years are welcome to attend Northwest Bell after 34 years. She is survived as well, and those interested by her brother and other family. Susan (Davis) pursue college educations and the youngest Gum, ’82, died May 31, after a long battle just finished his degree. Linda (Graham) Summerin singing in the reunion choir against ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). She was Stevens continues to work and be involved in should contact Peggy (Kim) a teacher in the Mead School District for her church, leading two Bible studies. Lowell Burrough, ’64, at pkburrough@ 27 years, and she retired with her husband Wood is the senior pastor at Northside Bible Church, in Muskegon, Mich., and is a workplace msn.comReunion or 253.922.1642. in Ferndale, Wash., to be with family. She is Visit www.whitworth.edu/mid60s survived by her husband, Bob, her two children chaplain at three car dealerships. and other family. Margie Raymond, ’84, died 1971 Thomas Babagian retired in 2006 after for ongoing updates. April 10. She began teaching at Hamilton teaching for more than 32 years. He serves on the board of Students International Mission Elementary School before getting her master’s 1978 Cathy (Svare) Oehler, who has been Organization. 1973 William and Selina degree in counseling, which she used in the teaching at international schools in Kobe, (Alexander, ’75) Slater have been married for Displaced Homemakers Program at Spokane Gifu, and Nagoya, Japan, created programs 30 years. Falls Community College. Margie was a loving for city governments and was the head of the 1974 David and Cheryl (McPherson, ’75) woman who reached out to many people. She foreign English department for a private high Votaw will celebrate 35 years of marriage in is survived by three daughters, one son, and school in Aichi Prefecture. Cathy currently lives December. Cheryl has been in full-time ministry other family. Robert Bruce Eckley, ’87, died in the U.S. and awaits the day she may return for more than 30 years. April 25. He was a dedicated father and had a to teach in Asia. 1975 Ted Cook is retired from the U.S. Army passion for photography and cooking. Robert 1979 Paul Meyer is proud to be the father of and lives in Kansas with his wife. David Hunter is survived by his wife, Valerie (Buch, ’87), two Whitworthians, Gretchen Meyer, ’07, and is a pastor in Brookings, Ore. Carolyn (Curley) two daughters, his mother, Barbara (Bertsch) senior Heather Meyer, ’10. Eckley, ’57, sister-in-law Susan (Buch) McNeil still loves teaching after 34 years. DEATHS Stewart, ’89, and other family. Deanda (Sylte) Roberts has been married for 45 years and is a mental health counselor Kay Chew (Ida Katherine Olson), ’70, died BIRTHS in Spokane. Carol Stewart-Smith has been March 18. Kay served in the U.S. Navy WAVES 1988 a girl, Sarah Grace, to Paula Olson- directing music for 30 years at St. Mark during WWII, was an accountant, and later Dunbar and Montgomery Dunbar, May 2, 2008 Presbyterian Church, in Oregon. taught accounting at Spokane Falls Community 1977 Sue (Repanich) Hague recently College. She is survived by two daughters DEATHS graduated with a master’s degree in and other family. Richard Mitchell, ’70, died 1970 Carol Bryan teaches linguistics from California State University, Sept. 25. After graduating from Whitworth, 70s fifth grade in Spokane. Fresno. She hopes to teach basic English at Richard attended Fuller Seminary and was Steve Gorman is entering his 19th year as the the college level. an interim pastor. He was also a Washington

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More Than Meets the Ear: David Myers, ’64 David Myers is an award- experimental research with support from the National winning social psychologist, a Science Foundation, which ultimately led to many other psychology professor at Hope opportunities. College, in Holland, Mich., Q. How did you meet your wife, Carol, ’65? and a 1964 Whitworth alumnus A. We met over Whitworth’s family-style dinner – four and current trustee. He has women and four men to each table. That practice forced been a repeat guest speaker at a shy guy like me who’d never seriously dated to meet and Whitworth, most recently in talk with women. Voila! Carol and I were engaged before October, when he presented a spring break of her second year and married that next lecture based on his latest book, summer. We then lived in a small but free HUB apartment, A Friendly Letter to Skeptics and with my being responsible for locking up the building each Atheists: Musings on Why God Is Good and Faith Isn’t Evil. night. Myers’ writings have examined diverse topics including happiness, intuition, sexual orientation, group influence, Q. What factors spur you to research and write about assistive listening, and faith and reason. His recent essays certain topics? have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of A. Occasionally I come across information and insights Higher Education, and on the Newsweek/Washington Post that strike me as so fascinating and humanly significant that religion blog. His articles have appeared in three dozen I have an urge to tell more people, which has prompted academic periodicals and four dozen magazines, and he has my writing of trade books and magazine articles, and books authored 17 books, including psychology textbooks that relating psychological science to Christian faith. have been translated into 12 languages. My avocational passion, making American assistive Read on to learn a few choice tidbits about Myers: listening hearing-aid compatible, grows out of being a person with significant hearing loss. My efforts were inspired Q. Why did you major in chemistry at Whitworth? by my experiences with hearing assistance in the United A. I was a pre-med chemistry major, biology minor. During Kingdom, where my hearing aids can serve as customized college I worked three summers as an orderly in Seattle’s in-the-ear loudspeakers at venues ranging from churches Harborview Hospital. I took the Medical College and cathedrals to post office windows. These experiences led Admissions Test and completed half of my medical school to my creating www.hearingloop.org and authoring related applications. After doing everything right to become a articles, to introducing this technology to west Michigan physician, I abruptly changed my mind and decided I’d (where it now can be found in some 300 venues, including rather be a college professor. most churches and both concourses of Michigan’s second After my junior year I thought back to how much I had largest airport), and to supporting its spreading adoption in enjoyed a psychology class I’d taken my first year. So I took other states and communities. several psych classes my senior year, with mentoring from Pat MacDonald (professor emeritus of psychology), and For more about David Myers, visit www.davidmyers.org. got admitted to two science-oriented psychology graduate A podcast of Myers’ Whitworth lecture is available at www. schools. whitworth.edu/podcast. My Whitworth science and math training prepared me to appreciate psychology as a science and to do state probation and parole officer. Richard is A former Whitworth library employee, Carolyn survived by his wife and five children. Timothy survived by his wife, father, Howard Mitchell, taught English as a second language in Taiwan. Charbonneau, x’74, died May 30. He retired ’52, mother and other family. Bruce Nave, She is survived by her husband, her parents, after 30 years at Kaiser Aluminum, in Mead, ’72, died Feb. 27. Bruce enjoyed spending and other family. Diane Thomas, ’72, died on Wash., and later earned a degree as an R.N. time in the outdoors, especially fishing. He is Dec. 1, 2008, of cancer. She was a lifelong from Spokane Community College. He is survived by his wife, three children, parents, advocate for peace and justice. She is survived survived by his four children and other family. and other family. Carolyn Cutter, ’72, daughter by her partner, David, her daughter, two sons, Ellen Wales, x’77, died April 4. She enjoyed of Professor Emeritus of Physical Education and other family. Clark Irwin, ’73, died May cooking and traveling. Ellen is survived by her Ross Cutter and his wife, Shirley, died Oct. 21. 3. He was an education administrator. Clark is son and other family. James Raskell, ’79,

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died May 8. He is survived by his children, his former Whitworth employee, died June 9. After granddaughter, Elisha Rose, ’10, and other graduating from Whitworth, she earned her family. master’s degree and administrative credentials and became a teacher. She enjoyed writing and illustrating, as well as traveling. She is 1960 Jon Adams is semi- survived by her husband, four children, sister 60sretired but still has fun Elizabeth (Krause) Close, ’68, and other working at Pacific Galleries, in Seattle, and family. Geraldine (Thompson) Couture, ’61, working on his home. Richard Frost continues died March 31. She taught English, art and to do more than 100 magic shows each year. horticulture in Spokane. She is survived by two Eric Iverson enjoys oil painting and assists children and other family. Marybeth (Mayhill) the gallery at First Presbyterian Church, in Lannigan, ’61, died April 18. She is survived Lexington, Ky., in recruiting artists to exhibit by her husband, Dean, ’58, and other family. their works. Eric and his wife, Libby, also assist Ernest Gosnay, ’62, died June 30. He served Living Waters for the World to install water- in the U.S. Marines during WWII, graduated treatment systems in the Yucatan Peninsula. from Washington State University, and earned a Maralyn (Dover) Killorn has served for two master’s degree from Whitworth. Ernest retired, years with Wycliffe Associates doing volunteer after 28 years, from Spokane Public Schools; construction jobs and traveling. Diane Sharp he taught mathematics and science. Bill Kelso, currently works as a substitute teacher in A Night at the Opera x’63, died May 11. He was well-known for his Spokane’s Mead School District; she has Whitworth alumni find each other in the athletic abilities, having played baseball for the appeared in numerous local plays. Dick Silk most interesting places. Laurie (Hydorn) Los Angeles Dodgers, the Oakland A’s and the continues to work in his group counseling Skouge, ’95, discovered recently that one Cincinnati Reds. After retiring as a player, Bill practice, Silk and Associates, with two of her colleagues at the Seattle Opera spent the next 29 years as a talent scout for Whitworth alumni: Ken Cochran, ’66, and was a Whitworth grad from the mid ’70s. the California Angels. He is survived by his wife, Suzie (Short) Johnson, ’99. Pictured are Skouge and Petrude W. four children, and other family. Leon Ross, ’63, 1961 Tom and Verna (Stillman, x’61) Black Olds, Jr., ’75, during the opera’s recent died May 21. He is survived by his wife, two celebrated 53 years of marriage on Sept. 23. production of Wagner’s Ring of the daughters, and other family. Daniel Gerpheide, 1964 Marti Lane is now semi-retired after Nibelung. ’64, died Sept. 1. Daniel served in the U.S. more than 40 years of full-time work in adult Army and was a long-time business owner literacy. She recently co-authored Staying in Bellevue, Wash. He is survived by his wife, Healthy, a book for English as a second involved in the Sacramento Concert Band, the Lynda, two children, and other family. Margaret language students. Sacramento Valley Sweet Adeline Chorus, and (Bundy) McEachern, ’65, died Jan. 26, 2008. 1965 Joan (Cross) Barden supervises student the Fair Oaks United Methodist Choir. She was a nurse and a resident-care manager. teachers in Whitworth’s Master in Teaching 1966 Paula (Cook) Nordby retired in 2002 She is survived by her two children and other Program. Ann (Perry) Saari retired from after 32 years as a social worker for Tacoma’s family. Joan Barnes, ’65, died July 27. She teaching and library work and now serves on Department of Social and Health Services. retired after 24 years of teaching, and she the Ilwaco (Wash.) Library Board. She enjoys 1968 Kathy (Best) Franz has worked as the enjoyed traveling. She is survived by her three needlework, gardening, travel, and spending director of human resources at Yakima Valley children and other family. Linda (Harton) time with her children, Nick and Chuck, ’95, Memorial Hospital for 35 years. The Kathy Clark, ’66, died in a car accident March 23. and her grandson. Marilyn (Munger) and Franz Award was created in her honor to be She and her husband served with the Peace Peter Wuertz were married May 3. James awarded to people who significantly contribute Corps in South Korea, where she later returned Roghair is “an honorably retired” member of to the field of human resources management to teach English on faculty sojourns at Seoul’s the Presbytery of Chicago. A. Wesley Seideman in healthcare. Kim and Christine (Sacco, Yonsei University. She also served on the staff started Tresco of Idaho, a professional fiduciary ’70) Williams enjoy living near their children, of Harvard Law School. While in San Antonio, company, and is involved with several volunteer including Anne-Marie (Williams) Strohman, Texas, Linda worked at First Presbyterian positions in his community, including his ’95, her husband, Trevor, and their children. Church and Trinity University; she also taught church and Kiwanis. DEATHS in the Alamo Heights School District. She Bob Sharp and his wife, Carol, celebrated their Gladys (Dartford) Meriwether, ’60, died was most recently on the library staff at Texas 40th wedding anniversary on Aug. 23. Bob was July 23. She is survived by her daughter, Lutheran University. She is survived by her selected as one of five outstanding professors Margaret (Meriwether) Connell, ’79, her husband, Donald, ’65, two daughters, sisters- by students and staff at Eastfield College, in son, grandson Corin Faye, ’08, and other in-law Kathleen Clark and Dorothy (Clark) Mesquite, Texas. Betty (Garrett) Steinbach is family. Margaret (Krause) Erickson, ’61, a Brooks, both ’58, and other family. Samuel

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and getting to work on some of the Three for 14Four biggest brands in the country. His Alums find creative niche work with 14Four includes a wide at cutting-edge agency range of brands; lately, he has been working on applications for Live by Rachel O’Kelley, ’12 Nation and Jansport. Looking back to Adam Van Ornum, ’02, Ryan his undergrad years, Moede says that Moede, ’04, and Natalie Danielson, Whitworth’s emphasis on building ’06, are using their unique gifts at community and relationships has 14Four, a Spokane agency that works helped to prepare him for work at closely with advertising agencies 14Four. “In my job, you can build to create online campaigns. The a cool website,” he says, “but if you alums’ work includes web design don’t foster and strengthen great and creating interactive websites relationships with your clients, for agencies working with large nothing else matters.” corporations like McDonald’s, After Van Ornum graduated from Jansport and Microsoft. (L-R) Moede, Van Ornum and Danielson Whitworth, he left Spokane and Danielson’s journey to 14Four headed to Seattle to work on IT and began with information from another Whitworth grad, who web development. He soon received a call from a computer was leaving the agency to go back to school. Danielson was science professor telling him that a Spokane computer game interviewed and offered the job, and she accepted the position company, Cyan Worlds, was looking for someone with his skill the next day. She was most recently part of a year-long project set. Within weeks he was back in Spokane. After five years in which she worked on a large, user-generated site with a at Cyan Worlds, his circumstances changed and he began to heavy content-management system that tied in multiple social look for a new job. Through networking, Van Ornum was platforms. She says that this experience taught her useful interviewed by14Four for a position as a web developer. Due to management skills, requiring her to make difficult decisions his experience in that area at Whitworth, he was able to join and to manage the participating parties. Of her undergraduate the 14Four team. Van Ornum says that he “gets to work on a preparation for such a challenge, Danielson says, “I think wide variety of projects for a wide variety of brands, ranging Whitworth not only prepares students well academically, for simple, single-page sites to large, data-driven community but it challenges graduates not to live life sitting down – to sites.” He has worked with Reader’s Digest, Gonzaga University, be active participants in society.” Whitworth’s interpersonal and Microsoft (where he helped develop Live@Edu). His work communications course was one of the most memorable, in the computer science department at Whitworth gave him Danielson says, because it taught her skills that are vital to any “experience working with the foundation of web development career and, more important, to life. technologies,” he says. “So it was easy to learn the advances Moede joined the 14Four team last spring, after working that took place in the years in between my time at Whitworth for an interactive agency in Washington, D.C. Moede says it and my start at 14Four.” is great to be back in Spokane working for “an amazing shop”

Wharton, ’66, died June 19, 2008. Carol kindergarten for many years before retiring, in the annual award. Peter Hewitt has been (Fritsch) Hardy, ’67, died May 17. She had a 2002. She is survived by her husband, two an elder in his church, as well as a soloist passion for teaching, primarily second grade, children and other family. in the choir, for 50 years. Donald and Ruth and was known for her cooking. She is survived (Wimpy, ’51) Smith are still in contact by her husband and daughter, and by other 1950 Robert and Carmen with and treasure the friends they made at family. Jacob Stappler, x’67, died March 23. (Poole, ’51) Farley were Whitworth. Graley Taylor concluded 40 years He served in the U.S. Navy before and during 50shonored in June 2008, of ecumenical media ministry in 2008 with WWII. He was a teacher and wrestling coach, after more than 30 years of volunteer work, the Academy of Religious Broadcasting. He and he retired as an insurance agent. He is by the Spokane Children’s Theatre, which also served as temporary supply pastor at survived by his wife, three stepchildren, and established a scholarship program in their Inglewood Presbyterian Church, in Bothell, other family. Linda (Ashworth) Pugh, ’69, died name. Elementary and high school cast Wash. Graley continues to work in media April 29. She taught home economics and and crewmembers are eligible to apply for production, traveling to Thailand and New

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Zealand to produce mission documentaries DEATHS and news reports. Betty (Follett) 1953 Edwin “Pete” and Kay (Kennedy) Alsgaard, ’50, died Swanson have been married 55 years and last spring. Betty enjoy retirement in Woodbridge, Calif., where taught for many years they live (and play tennis) near their children in Spokane and led and grandchildren. Sunday school music, 1955 Lois (Ostenson) Barndt recently retired sang in the church and hopes to write a devotional book. Nancy choir and carried out Howard is now retired and plans to do some many other activities freelance writing. Leta (Randal) Kempton at First Presbyterian enjoys her nine grandchildren and four great- Church, where her grandchildren, as well as teaching women’s husband, Russell, was Bible study. Carolyn (Kolden) Owens and a pastor. She enjoyed her husband, Bill, recently celebrated their dancing and traveling, Athletes Singled Out for Induction into Heritage Gallery 50th wedding anniversary. Carolyn’s niece, not only the U.S., but Homecoming Weekend 2009 included the addition of three a freshman at Whitworth, assures her that throughout the world. worthy inductees into the Crimson Club Heritage Gallery Hall of Whitworth remains a great school. She is survived by her Fame. Pictured (l-r) are former track & field coach Arnie Tyler, Sr., 1958 Barbara (Monteith) and Donald husband, daughter, Kristin (Shields) Hinton, ’04 (track & field), and Wayne Ralph, Spellman, ’59, enjoy retirement, traveling, and Catherine, ’76, ’87 (football). spending time with their grandchildren. son, Joel, x’77, and 1959 Stanley Blackwell enjoys gardening and other family. Robert oil painting. Canfield, ’50, died Aug. 3. Bob served in the died July 11. She is survived by her husband, Marines during WWII, fighting in the South daughter Rebecca Sherwood, ’83, and other Pacific, where he was awarded a silver star, family. Priscilla Buchin, ’56, died June 29. a bronze star, and two purple hearts. After She earned a master’s of public health degree graduating from Whitworth, he earned a from the University of California, Berkeley, and master of divinity degree from San Francisco a master’s degree in Christian leadership from Theological Seminary and a doctor of ministry Western Seminary. She spent most of her degree from Colgate Rochester Divinity School. working life as a dietitian and public health He later joined the Navy as a chaplain, and he nutritionist. She is survived by her brother, was a minister after retiring from the military. George Buchin, ’53, nephew Dan Buchin, Bob is survived by his wife, Marilyn (Nelson, x’80, and other family. Tommy Luce, x ’56, died x’50), his six children, including Jan Canfield, April 23, at the age of 74. Bob Phillips, ’56, x’69, and Doug Canfield, x’75, and other died Jan. 8. He worked for several ad agencies family. Ralph Felger, ’50, died last Dec. 23. in Eastern Washington, and he enjoyed Bill Gwinn, ’50, died April 17. He is survived spending time with his family. He is survived by by his wife, Colette (Stirm, ’49), four children, his wife, three children, and other family. Robert sister, Barbara Antes, ’50, sister-in-law, Cleath, husband of Virginia Cleath, ’58, died Ruth Gwinn, x’45, and other family. Nancy recently. Robert, who once taught at Whitworth, 1960/1950 (Johnson) Starrh, ’50, died July 9. Nancy, is survived by his wife and other family. Donald who enjoyed painting, was a nurse. She is Johnson, ’59, died June 16. He served in the survived by her husband, four children, niece U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict, and was Reunion Karen Shoemaker, ’75, and other family. Mary a teacher and school principal for many years. The classes of 1960 and 1950 (Kunkel) Breen, ’54, died June 7. She lived He is survived by his wife, three children, three will celebrate their 50th and 60th in Sequim, Wash., and was a music teacher stepchildren, and other family. reunions during Commencement for many years. She enjoyed sewing and flower Weekend next May 14-16. All arranging. Mary is survived by her husband and alumni from 1960 or earlier are other family. Alice (Stalsberg) Holladay, ’55, 1945 Floyd and Velma invited to the festivities. More died Sept. 22. After receiving her bachelor’s 40s(Hoff, x’45) Gurnsey and master’s degrees in education, Alice taught recently celebrated their 70th wedding details are on the way. for 40 years. She is survived by many nieces anniversary. Mary (Burkland) McRobbie and and nephews. Mary (Rice) Sherwood, ’55, her husband, Mac, recently celebrated their

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60th wedding anniversary. Mary earned first Aug. 4. She was a teacher for many years place in the 80-plus-year 5K event at the and was a member of multiple organizations Pacific Crest Sports Festival in June.Marjorie in the Wenatchee area. She is survived by Roose lives in Silverton, Idaho. Richard her husband, Jim Taylor, x’45, sister, Billie Schwab has been a pastor for nearly 60 years. (McKay) Rappé, x’43, two children and other His grandson, Nathaniel Schwab, ’13, is a family. Lenora (Carlson) Moore, x’46, died freshman at Whitworth. on Feb. 7. Lenora worked at a variety of places 1949 James and Barbara (Wilson) Larsen as a secretary. She ran a café and a post enjoy living at Covenant Shores Retirement office for a time, and then started a farm with Community, on Mercer Island, Wash. Jaye her husband in Colfax, Wash. Lenora was a (Christensen) and Ben Fairchild, ’50, recently member of Selbu Lutheran Church, and she celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary served her community in many different ways. where they honeymooned, in Banff, Canada. She is survived by her husband, three sons, DEATHS and other family. Barbara Parks, x’46, died Helen (Mitchell) Cook, x’40, died April 25 And the Winner Is . . . Jan. 9, 2001. Marian (Pond) Breckenridge, on Bainbridge Island, where she had lived for Doug Bocaz-Larson, ’93, and his wife, ’49, died March 7. She was offered a post 52 years. Buford Clark, ’42, died May 19. He Kim, were honored recently with an with the Christian Missionary Alliance, which was a Baptist minister. Buford is survived by Emmy Award in the Southwest/Rocky sent her to France for training, then on to his wife, four children, and other family. Keith Mountain region for their work on a French Guinea, Africa, where she was a school Hickox, ’42, died April 17. After graduating historical documentary about the heroic nurse. She went on to teach, nurse, translate from Whitworth, Keith attended computer efforts of World War II medics. Bocaz- the Bible, and write booklets in other parts of programming school with IBM and worked Larson is the program manager for Africa. Returning to the U.S., Marian worked as on the Space Shuttle program for NASA. He computer science and a creative media a deputy in the office of the Stevens County is survived by his daughter and other family. instructor at New Mexico State University treasurer, in Colville, Wash. She is survived by Jane (Bovee) Brand, ’43, died Aug. 17. Jane at Grants. The idea for the documentary, nieces, including Geneva (Reno) Erickson, worked for the U.S. Postal Service and filled Saving Lives in World War II, came from ’66, nephews, and other family. Ellen (Olsen) many different roles in her church. She is Kim. She wanted to share the story of Hewitt, x’49, died April 14. She is survived by survived by six children, brother Chuck Bovee, World War II medic Judson Hemperley, a her husband Peter, ’50. ’50, sisters Helen (Bovee) Finlayson, x’46, young man who saved many lives during and Mary (Bovee) Taylor, ’48, brother-in-law his service in the European theatre. The Clifford Taylor, ’49, nephews Michael Bovee, Larsons’ Emmy-winning documentary DEATHS ’78, Spence Bovee, ’84, and Mark Bovee, can be viewed at www.whitworth.edu/ 30sJanet (Williams) Perry, ’33, ’83, niece Michelle (Bovee) Masters, ’78, whitworthtoday. died July 6. She spent her career teaching grandson David Snyder, ’93, and other family. math at Ridgefield High School, in Ridgefield, Loren Gothberg, ’43, died July 19. Loren met foster daughter, Chany Sak-Humphry, ’79, Wash., at Portland State University, at Clark his wife, Eleanor (Hook, ’44), at Whitworth, and other family. Merle Wood, ’44, died April College, in Vancouver, Wash., and at the and they married soon after graduation. Loren 19. He attended Grace Theological Seminary international school in Mangla, Pakistan. went on to earn a medical degree from Harvard and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. She is survived by her daughter, Ann (Perry) University School of Medicine. He served with He is survived by his wife, Helen (Ghormley, Saari, ’65, and her three grandsons, including the U.S Army during WWII, and was a medical ’44), five children, and other family. Donald Charles Saari, ’95. officer in the Korean Conflict. After his service McInturff, ’45, died May 16. He was a teacher in Korea, he returned to Spokane and opened for more than 30 years. He is survived by his Corrections to Spring/Summer ’09 issue: a medical practice. He is survived by his son, wife, Mae, ’46, their two sons, and other Kevin Benson’s graduation date is ’00, not ’96. daughter, Karen (Gothberg) Yamada, x’77, family. Estel (McKay) Taylor, x’45, died We characterized James Singleton the younger as “Jim”; his father, not he, goes by Jim. Nancy (Reno) otice something missing on these pages? We aren’t getting enough class notes Perkins, ’64, volunteers one day each week at Grant Elementary School, in Tacoma (not in Spokane). Nfrom alumni who graduated during, and just following, the Warren era. Having fun Theatre Professor Rick Hornor, ’70, and Center for in retirement? Serving in a volunteer capacity with a church or nonprofit organization? Service-Learning & Community Engagement Director Rhosetta Rhodes, ’99, joined Assistant Professor Traveling the world? Enjoying extended family or reunions with classmates? We want of Theology Moses Pulei, ’97, as co-leaders of to hear from you! E-mail is easy ([email protected]); letters are appreciated, too: Whitworth’s first study program to Tanzania, in Jan Whitworth University Alumni Office, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd., Spokane, WA, 99251. Term 2009. Whitworth Today regrets these errors.

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Far left: Villagers congregate to check out a new wheelchair. Left: Gufwan (left) and Rice

Wheelchairs University of Jos, and he is the only university graduate in the history of his from Jesus far more than the number donated by any village. Imagine, a young man who walks by Ron Rice, ’58 organization in Nigeria, a country that on his hands is his village’s Number One Nigeria has the highest incidence of has half the population of the U.S. We Son! More than 1,500 villagers attended polio in the world. Tens of thousands have our own shop, in Jos, Nigeria, with Ayuba’s wedding (the story appears on of children and adults spend their lives 21 employees (five who are crippled by the website). His example is a powerful crawling on the ground, and nobody polio), where, for $150 each, we build inspiration to the disabled, and it helps is doing anything significant about it three-wheeled, self-pedaled tricycles made to dispel the stereotype held among many – not donor agencies, not government of bicycle parts. Africans that a disabled person can never agencies, not NGOs. Most of the victims Watch the five-minute video at www. amount to anything. are hidden away. If you can’t get further wheelchairsfornigeria.org to get an Polio eradication in Nigeria received a from your little house in the village than overview of our work. The photography huge setback in 2003, when the Supreme you can crawl, how often are you going skills that got their start at Whitworth in Sharia Council, comprising Nigeria’s top to be out in public? Children can’t go to the 1950s, when I was the campus’ student Muslim leaders, called for a moratorium school unless someone carries them. They photographer, have enabled me to share on all polio vaccinations due to a rumor become throwaway children, a burden this need. I’ve shown the powerful images that the vaccine contained an anti- and a disgrace to their families. In January of Nigerian polio victims to churches, fertility component and was a conspiracy 2009, the Gates Foundation pledged schools and other audiences. Most of the West to depopulate Islam. Polio $255 million, Rotary International Americans have never seen children and infections shot up, and the Nigerian $100 million, the German and British adults crawling on the ground because, as strain has spread to other Muslim governments each over $100 million, all polio victims, they have no other way to countries in Africa and Asia. for polio eradication, which is absolutely get around. It breaks your heart. Wherever Our ministry reaches out to people of wonderful. But they pledged zero for I show my videos, people are deeply all beliefs. In one remote area in 2007, polio’s victims. moved, and many contribute to our cause. some Muslim militants began insisting My wife, Sharon, and I have been doing Where else can you transform a child’s life that wheelchair recipients remove the volunteer mission work in Nigeria since and give him or her a future for $150? statement “Jesus cares for you,” which is 1998 – 16 trips so far. My initial project My friend Ayuba had polio when he stenciled on the chairs. The dispute was was developing teachers’ manuals for was four. His father, a simple farmer in a carried to the village head, a Muslim. He Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) remote village, sent him to a rehabilitation said, “Jesus brought you these wheelchairs, teachers in Nigeria’s public schools. These center. When Ayuba finished the third and if you remove Jesus’ name, he may sets of six 500-page manuals are now in grade, his father told him it was a waste to come and take the wheelchairs back. use in more than 2,500 junior high and spend any more money on school fees for Besides, Jesus’ name is in the Qur’an and high schools and have already improved a boy who walked on his hands. It wasn’t nobody has removed Jesus’ name from the Bible teaching for millions of Nigeria’s until Ayuba was 19 that his uncle built Qur’an. So tell the Christians that if Jesus teenagers. him a wheelchair and made it possible for wants to bring more wheelchairs, he is most At a CRK teacher’s workshop, in 1999, his nephew to attend fourth-grade classes. welcome!” Ayuba and I returned for the I met a young teacher, Ayuba Gufwan, With great determination, Ayuba went third time to this remote town in October who, as a result of his having had polio, right through school, including three years 2009 to give out 30 more wheelchairs, half walks on his hands. That providential of teachers’ college. On his first day on the to Christians and half to Muslims. meeting has led to an amazing partnership. job as a teacher, his principal sent him to For more information about this ministry, Together, we have now built and donated the workshop where we met. e-mail [email protected]. Information re: more than 2,600 wheelchairs. This is far, Ayuba has now graduated from the tax deductions is available on the website.

34 WT AFTERWORD Pirates! , ience savvy if oy orth sc ye dare.. h hitw . A r W you st Te 1. From 1890-1946, where were Whitworth science labs conducted? a. Dormitory basements b. Dining hall kitchen c. Men’s/women’s restrooms

2. What Spokane-area building did President Frank Warren purchase in 1947 6. In three of the past six years, Whitworth and relocate to campus, to serve as students have been selected from among Whitworth’s first dedicated science facility? 1,100 top math, science and engineering a. A Burlington Northern railway students nationwide to receive prestigious station Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. True b. A hay barn owned by Palouse False wheat farmer Ole Olson c. A wing of Baxter General Hospital 7. What objects have recent physics students launched skyward as part of their 3. In what year was Whitworth’s current engineering-orientation and electricity and science building, the Eric Johnston Science magnetism coursework? Center, completed? a. High-altitude balloons equipped with a. 1966 GPS receivers and radio equipment b. 1957 b. Pumpkins c. 1978 c. Chemical propulsion rockets

4. How many science majors were there in 8. What percentage of Whitworth’s pre- 1967/how many are there in 2009? professional health studies students a. 48/279 are accepted into medical, dental and veterinary schools? b. 92/600 a. 91 percent c. 75/450 b. Almost 100 percent 5. As part of the 1998-99 Eric Johnston c. 93 percent Science Center remodel, what item was removed that Geology Professor Ed Olson installed in 1962 to conduct carbon-dating To view timelines highlighting Whitworth’s research? science story and notable science alums, a. A 4.3-ton section of petroleum and to learn about the university’s exciting pipeline from Colonial Pipeline Co. new science initiative, which includes the b. A 2.8-ton cement septic tank from construction of a 60,000-square-foot the City of Spokane Solid Waste biology/chemistry building, visit www. Management whitworth.edu/scienceinitiative. c. A 6.5-ton section of gun barrel from the WWII battleship USS Wisconsin

Answers: 1. a; 2. c; 3. a; 4. b; 5. c; 6. T; 7. a,b; 8. b

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