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Where Are They Now? Eunice Conrad Steve Morley Wes Gerig Tim Warner Rose Ann Nickel Where are they now? Spring 2014 Bill Gerig Grant Hoatson 010 ’m sure you’ve heard the expression, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” I I love cracking open an old scrapbook or looking at today’s virtual scrapbooks online. Facebook’s “Throwback Thursdays” feature posts with pictures of friends from years ago—with all of the crazy fashions and unique hairstyles from yesteryear. When you saw this magazine’s cover displaying pictures of FW Vine is published two former Fort Wayne campus faculty and staff, what did you times per year for Fort Wayne think? Did special memories from your time on campus come campus alumni and friends to mind? by the Fort Wayne Alumni & Friends Resource Center and Recently, I asked some alumni, “WHY is having the the Taylor University Alumni Resource Center important?” One respondent said, Relations Office. Copyright © “It provides a present-day connection to those times of 2014 Taylor University®. transformation as an encouragement and an inspiration to keep going. Life is tough sometimes, and having a tangible Send address corrections and connection to the past when God shaped and prepared us mailing updates to: for life can be very significant.” Fort Wayne Alumni & Friends This spoke to my heart. It reminded me of Joshua 4:21-22, Resource Center, 915 W. when the Israelites built an altar after crossing the Jordan Rudisill Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN River into the Promised Land. Joshua said, “In the future when 46807, or call (260) 744-8790. your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’ E-mail: [email protected] tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground (NIV).’” or online at fw.taylor.edu. We hope the pictures and people featured in this issue of the FW Vine will help you remember and reminisce about Opinions expressed by what God did while you were at the Fort Wayne campus and individuals in this publication the stories will encourage you by what He continues to do do not necessarily reflect the ® in the lives of alumni like you. Soak in these memories and views of Taylor University . reconnect with those who walked with you at Indiana and Rudisill, where The Ministry Continues! The Fort Wayne campus was founded in 1904 as the Fort Let’s Celebrate! Wayne Bible Training School. It was renamed Fort Wayne Bible Institute, Fort Wayne Bible College, Summit Christian College, and later became Michael D. Mortensen g91 Taylor University Fort Wayne. Director of Fort Wayne Alumni & Friend Relations Founded in 1846, Taylor [email protected] University is one of America’s oldest Christian liberal arts P.S. You may notice we personalized this magazine for you. I want to give special thanks to Kathryn Fenstermacher g14, Tim Embry g02, Kayla Ann Villanueva, colleges. Over 2,000 graduate Bill g 69 and Sharon (Walters) g67 Hull, Jay g69 and Shirley (Mertz) g69 and undergraduate students Platte, Catherine (Beers) Cwanek g97, Bill Gerig g62, Marlene (Sholl) from 41 states and 37 foreign Embry g96 , Arlene (Dissinger) Motter g67, and Angela Hudson. countries attend Taylor, where majors in 50 fields of study are available. Celebration of Five Years! • Volunteer Hours = 18,234 as of Looking Back... March 31, 2014 On June 2, 2009, I walked into a furnished • Fort Wayne Fund = $57,764 yearly avg. Brown Gables, the former President’s home, • Funds still needed = $19,000 which was to be used for the new Fort by May 31, 2014 Wayne Alumni & Friends Resource Center. • Fort Wayne Endowment for Self- My charge – care for Fort Wayne campus Sustainability = $310,000 alumni. I had the contents of the archives, (Goal is $1.6 million through but no staff and no volunteers. What would estates, annuities, etc.) the future hold? Who would volunteer? Who would give financially? Pressing On… With a strong Alumni Council and alumni and friends willing to give and volunteer, the The Resource Center is NOT a museum, but ministry continues. It is amazing what has a place where ministry takes place daily. From been accomplished over the last five years. the Ramseyer Retreat Room, which can be scheduled for prayer and planning, to our Here are just a few of the accomplishments: Alumni Volunteer Prayer team, consisting of 26 individuals, we for our alumni in • CARE Alumnus & FW Vine published = 11 multiple ways. How has the Fort Wayne Alumni filled with stories andNews Notes & Friends Resource Center blessed you? • FW Falcon (e-newsletter) published = 52 issues We CONNECT our alumni together with • DVD projects = 14 jobs, transcripts, and resources not to mention • CD projects = 14 each other through events, publications/web, • Books published = 6 and Facebook, and this leads to encouragement. Who would you like to celebrate with at Homecoming? • Website with Virtual Archive • Facebook page = 1,010 LIKES As a result of our work today, our memories • FW Celebrates!/Homecoming will be preserved for future generations, Celebrations with Reunions = 3 “when children ask….” Our work is not • Hall of Fame Induction Dinners: 2 complete. Our mission here and abroad is not finished, so let’sCELEBRATE ! with a third one planned for Sept. 19 • Sunday Sings = 4 With a vision to Care, Connect, and Celebrate, • Volunteers = 170 we press on! The Ministry Continues! 2 CONNECT Where Are They Now? By Michael D. Mortensen g 91 Through the years names have changed, buildings have been built and razed, and faculty, staff, and students have come and gone. The one constant besides Jesus Christ has been change. What I hear most often is that the people are what made the Fort Wayne campus. The Resource Center loves to connect with “these people” (our alumni), and you often ask about former faculty and staff – “Where are They Now?” They want to reconnect with you, too, hopefully at Homecoming 2014! Eunice Conrad Rev. Ron Scharfe unice Conrad began her ev. Ron Scharfe came teaching at Fort Wayne to Fort Wayne Bible EBible RCollege College in 1957 and in 1970 to serve in retired from Taylor a dual capacity of University Fort Wayne Librarian and Bible in 1995 – 38 years of teacher. After leaving ministry to hundreds Summit Christian of students. College in 1992, he taught Philosophy, Eunice continues Ethics, and Religion to live here in Fort and Culture at IPFW Wayne and is active in her church, until his retirement in 2004. First Christian Church. She still has a heart for young people and tries to “It is very precious thinking back to help the youth at her church. my time at the Fort Wayne campus,” Professor Scharfe said in a recent One of the little unknown stories phone interview. “I look back with a we discovered is that Eunice began lot of gratitude.” taking voice lessons from another former Fort Wayne campus staff Now, he is involved in pulpit supply member, Marlene Everson in 1995. preaching in different churches. He She continues getting together with has also taught overseas in a number Marlene each week for voice training. of different countries: Japan, Ukraine, She even has a recital coming up soon. Netherlands, Russia, Bermuda, and Her comment was, “The days are not Jamaica. He lives in Fort Wayne, IN. long enough to get everything done.” Editor’s Note: More profiles are available at this link: http://fw.taylor.edu/where-are-they-now/. Additional updates will be made available online as we have volunteers to write them. If interested in serving in this area, please contact the Resource Center at 260.744.8790 or [email protected]. Dick Baxter g70 Dr. Grant Hoatson ick Baxter g70 served r. Grant Hoatson 40 years on the Fort came to Fort Wayne DWayne DBible College to teach campus primarily as Radio and Television broadcasting Joy Gerig’s assistant in and Journalism in 1958-59. He the Christian Service also produced the radio program Department and later “Crossroads” on as an Associate Dean WOWO. of Students directing Taylor World Outreach During that time and the Career he met one of Services Department. his Broadcasting He did not stray far from campus even students, Patti after his retirement in 2007. (Witt) g59. After his class, they He continues to volunteer on the began dating and Alumni Council and as one of our FW eventually married. Alumni & Friends Resource Center She became the Facebook page administrators. He acting Dean of Women after her often posts pictures that need to be graduation, and he was named the identified. These photos then appear Director of Public Relations and in our Virtual Archive on our website Alumni Coordinator while continuing (http://fw.taylor.edu) after being to teach. identified. In 1984 he accepted a role with St. Off campus, Dick has formed Jamaica Petersburg Junior College in Florida Upriver Outreach (www.jamaicaupriver. and Patti served as an instructor in com), a not-for-profit organization, that Speech. They both retired from SPC supports feeding 24 Jamaican children a in 1996. They live in Seminole, FL. hot lunch five-days a week. To do this, he continues to take teams twice a year The Hoatsons continue to keep active to Jamaica. by teaching Bible studies in their apartment complex and their church. Additionally, Dick continues to mentor They are also taking a course in men in their walk with Christ here Personal Life History Writing. and in Jamaica. He and his wife, Ruth (Landes) fs64, a nurse, who teaches Reflecting back, Grant said, “we loved CPR to medical professionals and our time at FWBC. The fellowship works as a home health care nurse among faculty and staff was precious with children who have disabilities, live to us.” in Fort Wayne.
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