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Transitions Spring 2014 # From the Archives … Fall 2016 marks the 50th Anniversary of Prescott College opening its doors. We’d like to take time before then to look back, and reflect on the winding journey that has led us to where we stand today. Do you know who these intrepid rafters are? If you can identify these folks, what year it was, or what brought them together, please let us know at [email protected]. Photo courtesy of the College Archives Prescott Connect with us There are more ways than ever to tell us what’s on your mind: Call us. We’d love to hear your feedback Email us at (928) 350-4506 [email protected] Transitions Magazine Twitter users can follow Join our Facebook Prescott College Prescott College at community. Log on to 220 Grove Ave. twitter.com/PrescottCollege facebook.com/PrescottCollege Prescott, AZ 86301 Cover photo: John F. Van Domelen, Volunteer President of Prescott College; Photo by Miriam Glade ’03 Contents TransitionS 8 Women’s Studies at PC: The Beginnings Publisher Richard A. Ach 11 Ratings and Rankings Editor 12 Combating Gender/Sexual Disempowerment Ashley Mains 14 Arizona Serve at Prescott College Designer 16 Larry Barker: From Prescott to Moscow Miriam Glade 18 Courtney Osterfelt: A Life of Service Contributing Writers Ilse Asplund • Larry Barker • Joan Clingan • Matthew 19 Honor Roll of Donors: Fiscal Year 2013-14 Einsohn • Anita Fernández • Lisa S. Garrison • Sam Henrie Ashley Mains • Lucy McNichols • Robert Milligan • Todd Mireles • Ben Olsen • James Pittman • Peter Sherman 22 Welcome New Alumni Board Members John Van Domelen • Lisa Zander Staff Photographers Denise Elfenbein • Miriam Glade • Aryn LaBrake Departments Ashley Mains 4 College News Photo Contributors 23 Class Notes 365.0rg • Academic Search • AmazonSmile.com • Walt Andrson • Arizona Serve • Larry Barker • Ilse Asplund Geoff Barnard • Joel Barnes • TheBestSchools.org • Dan 26 Faculty & Staff Notes Boyce • Beliz Brother • Peter Evans • Anita Fernández Roxann Gallagher • Lisa S. Garrison • Amber “Cricket” 28 In Memoriam Harrington • Derk Janssen • Michelle Lanzoni • The Launch Pad teen center • Brian Leibold • Luna Martinez • Ben 29 The Last Word: The Raven Review Online Olsen • The Online College Database • Courtney Osterfelt Prescott College Archives • Prescott College Art Gallery at Sam Hill Warehouse • The Princeton Review The Raven Review • Mark Reigner • Mike Rooney Elizabeth Schwartz • Jerry Secundy • Sierra Magazine GIVE FOR A CHANCE TO Skyview School • StartByBelieving.org • Bradley Swain Sean Thomas • U.S. News and World Report • James Walsh Shawna Weaver • Wikipedia • Ken Ziesenheim • Lisa Zander Win Latest Chief Advancement Officer Richard A. 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So tell us: Do you like getting a printed copy of Transitions through the mail, or would you prefer to be notified when an electronic version is available? Contact Admissions at Let us know at: (877) 350-2100 • [email protected] For the Liberal Arts, the Environment, and Social Justice http://Transitions.kintera.org WWW.PRESCOTT.EDU President’s Corner Wikipedia defines volunteering as “an altruistic activity intended to promote goodness or improve human quality of life. In return, this activity can produce a feeling of self-worth and respect. There is no financial gain involved for the individual.” It has been my good fortune to travel extensively in this world. I have managed to visit or live in more than 40 countries, and I have been struck by the fact that volunteerism is far less prevalent as a cultural norm outside the United States. I am sure that this is because the citizenry in those countries look to their govern- ments to provide essential services. In the United States charitable groups staffed with volunteers provide many of these services. The founding of our nation was greatly enhanced through the use of a volunteer army and navy against a British military conscripted into service or mercenaries paid to fight. It is true that our volunteers President John F. Van Domelen at AZ Veteran Certification Ceremony, 2014 Certification Ceremony, Domelen at AZ Veteran Van John F. President were eventually paid, but pay was secondary to the belief that they were serving a cause important to their family, their friends, and, ultimately, their greater community and future nation. In the last century this sense of serving a greater cause led thousands to volunteer for the Peace Corps. Again, there is compensation for members of the Corps, but at a very modest level. We are fortunate that we are a nation of volunteers and givers. It has enriched the lives of many of our citizens who receive services and goods they may otherwise not have been able to aspire to (through no fault of their own). I truly believe the benefits of giving work in both directions; that those who have volunteered or given of their wealth have had their lives enriched by being involved citizens and making a difference in the world around them. I volunteered for military service long before there was a draft in force. After leaving active service I volunteered in the Vermont Air Guard. Yes, I was compensated for both activities, but at a far lower Prescott College Volunteer Board Members Walt Anderson Dan Boyce Roxann Gallagher Faculty Trustee Financial Planner, Attorney, Center for Financial Sacks Tierney, P.A. Planning, Inc. Richard Ach’73 Geoff Barnard Peter Evans Volunteer, Retired, President, Independent Chief Advancement The Grand Consultant Officer Canyon Trust 2 Transitions Fall 2014 rate of remuneration than I would have earned as an engineer. between self-fulfillment and service to others.” Each of our students For me the true pay was the sense of service to my country, despite is instilled with a sense of obligation to enhance our world commu- its many warts. nity and environment, and equipped with the skills to make a living making a difference. Not surprisingly, many of our graduates go on As an educator I volunteered for just about any service group to work in the nonprofit world, at NGOs, in conservation, teaching, available. I served as an accreditation team member, then chair, and and in the fields of counseling and psychology. Even beyond then finally as a member of the board of the New England Associa- altruistic forms of employment, many still find the time to tion of Schools and Colleges. I served on numerous committees and volunteer in their communities and give from what means they boards for the State of Vermont and then the City of Boston—too have to organizations acting on worthwhile missions every day. many to list. But I am not atypical. Almost everyone I’ve known has volunteered for something that would help their community, their I am proud of my service on the Board and as President of Prescott state, their country. I have used the multitude of good examples College and hope it helps in some small way to encourage a sense surrounding me and tried to emulate them. I have tried to be of volunteerism in our graduates, and reinforce it in our alumni. charitable with what wealth I have and with the time I have. There is no gift as special as your time. I volunteered for the Prescott College Board of Trustees because Thank you, a good friend, Dan Garvey, said he needed me, and when the President left during the middle of last academic year, I agreed to serve as president until a replacement could be found because I knew the institution needed me. The College was clearly in need John F. Van Domelen, Ph.D. in many aspects, so I have and continue to serve in this position President without pay. It is the largest charitable contribution I have ever made to an organization and the one that has brought me the greatest satisfaction of any volunteer effort I have ever undertaken. My wife, despite an ongoing illness, encouraged me to take the time to serve the College, in essence sharing her precious time with me with the College as well. Prescott has graduated and continues to graduate students who care about the quality of life the members of their society enjoy.