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Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar Marshall Magazine Marshall Publications Spring 2010 Marshall Magazine Spring 2010 Marshall University Follow this and additional works at: http://mds.marshall.edu/marshall_magazine Recommended Citation Marshall University, "Marshall Magazine Spring 2010" (2010). Marshall Magazine. Book 10. http://mds.marshall.edu/marshall_magazine/10 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Marshall Publications at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Marshall Magazine by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Athletic Director Mike Hamrick is off to a bold start Be Marshall Green! A new initiative on campus is saving money and reducing the university’s impact on the environment. See page 40 for ALUMNI WEEKEND NEWS and more Spring 2010 www.marshall.edu Marshall President Stephen Kopp Interim Chief of Staff Jan Fox Executive Editor Marshall Susan Tams m a g a z i n e Director of Communications Dave Wellman The official magazine of Marshall University. Publisher Jack Houvouras Managing Editor features Katherine Reasons-Pyles Art Director In an effort to “Be Marshall Green,” Rachel Wilson 4 students and faculty work to create a 4 more environmentally friendly university. Sr. Graphic Designer Casey Pauley-White The new Marshall Foundation Hall, Home 10 Photography Editor of the Erickson Alumni Center, honors David E. Fattaleh Marshall’s past and welcomes its future. Contributing Photographers With new technology and new opportuni- Jeff Baughan, Rick Haye, 16 Rick Lee ties, today’s Marshall students face a different world than students of years past. Contributing Writers James E. Casto, Cory Jackson, Meet 16 Marshall University alumni who Jessica Farner Linville, 20 dared to follow their dreams, overcoming Molly McClennen, Clint McElroy, great odds to achieve their goals. Keith Morehouse, Halcyon Findley Moses, Dan O’Hanlon Marshall welcomes Athletic Director Mike 26 Editorial Advisory Board Hamrick, who has already taken Marshall Randy Burnside, William “Tootie” athletics to a new level. Carter, Frances Hensley, Beverly McCoy, Michael Newsome, The Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Rebecca M. Samples, 32 Fran Simone, Susan Tams, has been providing opportunities for Ralph J. Turner quality health care since its inception. The Board of Governors welcomes Dale Marshall Magazine is 38 Lowther, whose commitment to service distributed three times a year by: Marshall University has defined his life and career. departments One John Marshall Drive Huntington, WV 25755 PRESIDENT 2 ADVERTISERS CONTACT: HQ Publishing Co. P.O. Box 384 ever Huntington, WV 25708 (304) 529-6158 [email protected] YOURALUMNICONNECTIONGREENGREEN For subscription information contact: MU Office of Alumni Relations at MESSAGE FROM NANCY CAMPBELL (304) 696-2901 40 Comments or suggestions should be ALUMNI WEEKEND 2010 PREVIEW addressed to: 41 [email protected] DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS 2010 43 Designed & Published by: MILESTONES 48 TM CLASS NOTES HQ 49 PUBLISHING HQ Publishing Co. P.O. Box 384 Huntington, W.Va. Marco poses with some of the faculty, staff (304) 529-6158 and students who are key players in the uni- versity-wide effort to “Be Marshall Green.” Photography by Rick Lee. on the cover © 2010 by Marshall University p r e s i d e n t Sustainability: A key to success in challenging times Difficult times confront us. It is no secret that our state • Led the State in the and nation are in the midst of the worst recession our Demand Response Program, nation has faced in 80 years. a regional energy curtail- Recently, I have been asked whether Marshall University ment system adopted to is positioned to weather the repercussions of this deep eco- reduce electrical usage in five nomic recession, including projected cuts in state appropri- campus academic buildings ations over the next few years. My answer is a resounding during peak demand peri- yes—the University will not only outlast this crisis but with ods. Marshall is the first dedicated planning, hard work and a healthy degree of sac- West Virginia higher educa- rifice, we envision emerging stronger from it. tion institution to partici- A significant key to our success will be sustainability pate in this voluntary pro- efforts like those you will read about in this issue. gram to reduce demand on During a time when public universities across the coun- the national power grid dur- President try are battening down the hatches, capping enrollments ing peak usage periods. STEPHENJ.KOPP and struggling to stay afloat, at Marshall University we have • Promoted dining with- been working to accelerate growth, improve productivity out trays to reduce food waste and water and energy usage, and gain efficiencies. We are examining every aspect of which is having the added benefit of improving meal plan the University — from top to bottom — to actualize choices for our students. opportunities and leverage resources that will help us serve • Continued to give students a voice in the process of our students and our constituents more effectively and advancing campus sustainability through the Greening more resourcefully. Marshall Committee, a process unique to our University. We are combing the University for increased efficien- As a result of their hard work and ideas, their Green Fee cies—from the president’s office to boilers and light bulbs. has made possible our new Sustainability Department and Last fall, the University’s new Sustainability Department other vital initiatives that will help us as we work to “Be began the task of monitoring everything from our power Marshall Green.” Our students are responsible thinkers usage to the food we waste in our dining halls. These efforts and doers. Their conservation and environmental con- have rapidly produced significant monetary savings in sciousness bodes well for our future. I am very pleased they University operations, while benefiting our students and wear the Green and White. our environment. We are confident that Marshall University will continue In fact, the University is on track to save approximately to achieve success, and even growth in these challenging $600,000 due to changes instituted on campus in the wake times. These future successes will be built on an enduring of the student-initiated Green Fee, the hiring of a sustain- foundation that the University’s strategic initiatives have ability manager and continued energy savings produced helped establish. The recent sustainability projects are an by practices and improvements instituted by our extension of these initiatives and demonstrate our willing- Physical Plant. ness to adapt our plans to take advantage of new opportuni- Consider that the University has: ties. Adapting and adjusting to new realities — quite literal- • Conserved more than 17 million gallons of water ly retooling our organization as we move forward — is during the past year. what you can expect to see at Marshall University as we • Held natural gas expenditures steady and decreased continue the important work of fulfilling the promise of a power usage from 73.5 million kilowatt hours to 71.3 better future. million kilowatt hours. Throughout, we will remain a community steadfast in • Launched a campus-wide recycling program funded by a our unwavering commitment to serving, educating and grant from the West Virginia Department of Environmental inspiring future generations of students, advancing knowl- Protection. These measures are diverting tons of waste from edge, discovery and innovation, and catalyzing greater our local landfill and reducing waste removal costs. economic development and opportunity. 2 S P R I N G 2 0 1 0 S P R I N G 2 0 1 0 3 c o v e r s t o r y Be Marshall GREEN Students and faculty work together to answer the question of how Marshall can reduce its environmental impact while saving money, being innovative and appealing to students of tomorrow. arshall has always been the home of the ly conscious, members of the Marshall community had green and white, but a bold, new initiative at one major question: how could the university reduce its the university is changing the way people environmental impact while saving money, being inno- thinkM about being green. vative and appealing to students of tomorrow? “Green” is the universal buzzword for being environ- To answer that question, Marshall University mentally responsible, and Marshall recently joined the President Stephen J. Kopp began by simply listening to ranks of responsible individuals, households and major the concerns expressed by students, faculty and staff. corporations making an effort to be better stewards of After being approached by the Student Government the environment. “Be Marshall Green” is the name of a Association and the Sierra Student Coalition to create new program aimed at making the university more envi- a more sustainable university, Kopp formed the ronmentally efficient. Greening Marshall Committee to serve as a sounding “The environment, and the earth as a whole, is a board for the university’s environmental concerns. beautiful thing,” said Karen Nelson, senior environ- That decision led to an explosion of positive activity mental science major and secretary of the Marshall for Marshall University and the environment. The Environmental Student Association (MESA). “As mem- Greening Marshall Committee, consisting of students, bers of an educational community it is our responsibili- faculty and staff, was established in spring 2008. After ty to learn as much as possible about the earth and to a few meetings, the committee was able to reenergize preserve it for future generations so they can enjoy it as the existing Be Green tailgate recycling program and much as we do.” land a $65,000 Recycling Assistance Grant for a cam- Major universities are known for leaving large carbon pus-wide recycling program. Soon after, a “Green Fee” footprints, the total set of greenhouse gas (GHG) emis- was implemented for Marshall students, who voted to sions caused by an organization, event or product.