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FALL 2015 • VOLUME 15, NO. 1 ULM MAGAZINE MAGAZINE FALL 2015 FALL FROM OUR PRESIDENT IN my five years as president experiences many of you had and of this great institution, I have will have as part of the ULM family. witnessed the exponential growth and evolution of this campus, our We are making strides each day to students, and our ability to serve become a better institution for our our community and our region. students, a better place to work for our faculty and staff, and a better We take pride in the amazing place to call home for our alumni. accolades and awards we have earned over the past year, and we With each turn of the year comes are excited to share them with you new hope and inspiration for the in this edition of the ULM Magazine. future, and our hope is that we continue to impact our community, Dr. Nick J. Bruno Our students and alumni are doing and make our alumni proud. amazing things both here at home, President and across the globe. Whether their Join me as we embark on ULM’s career takes them to the classroom next chapter that will be bigger or to the stage, ULM wants to be and better than ever before. We part of the process to get them welcome you to come back and there and ensure their success. visit, or rediscover the university you still called your own. Our hearts The experiences of those profiled and doors are open. in this magazine are not unlike the GO WARHAWKS! Nick J. Bruno, Ph.D. WWW.ULM.EDU ULM President CONTENTS ON THE COVER The Warhawk mascot holds a local historic connection to northeast Louisiana’s General FALL 2015 • VOLUME 15, NO. 1 Claire Chennault who led a squadron of Curtiss P-40 planes flown against the Japanese in WWII. The name of Gen. Chennault’s P-40 plane was the ‘Warhawk,’ a fighter plane that received many accolades in having a strong part in defeating the enemy. PRESIDENT Nick J. Bruno, Ph.D. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ULM FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI RELATIONS Susan Chappell (BBA ’82, MBA ’87) DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS Robin Stockton Underwood (BBA ’00) PRESIDENT, ULM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Brenda Dudley (BBA ’84, MBA ’86) EDITORS Julia B. Letlow, Ph.D. (BA ’02, MA ’05) Kiwana Sutton (BA ’10, MA ’12) WRITERS/CONTRIBUTORS Michael J. Roboski (BBA ’15) Kiwana Sutton (BA ’10, MA ’12) DeRon L. Talley, (BA ’12) 4 6 CREATIVE TEAM Emerald M. Harris (BFA ’13) Srdjan Marjanovic, (BFA ’12) WE ARE THE WARHAWKS CAMPUS TRANSFORMATIONS Shanette L. Washington (BFA ’02) PHOTOGRAPHY/ILLUSTRATION Emerald M. Harris (BFA ’13) Gabby Henry Srdjan Marjanovic, (BFA ’12) Michael J. Roboski (BBA ’15) DESIGN & LAYOUT Srdjan Marjanovic, (BFA ’12) Shanette L. Washington (BFA ’02) The ULM Magazine is published for members of the ULM Alumni Association and friends of the University of Louisiana at Monroe and the ULM Alumni Association. Letters and comments should be sent to: The ULM Magazine 700 University Avenue Monroe, LA 71209-2500 20 33 (318) 342-5440 Email: [email protected] ONCE A POINT GUARD, ALWAYS A Any letters or comments may be published THE TIES THAT BIND and edited for lenght. POINT GUARD Contents © 2015 by the University of Louisiana at Monroe and the ULM Alumni Association. All rights reserved. The University of Louisiana at Monroe is a member of the University of Louisiana System. 4 BY MICHAEL ROBOSKI ULM MAGAZINE MAGAZINE WE ARE THE FALL 2015 FALL WARHAWKS SINCE its inception in 1931, the University of Louisiana at Monroe has gone through several name changes and continuous growth. Though the name, logo, and a few buildings have evolved, the heart “IT IS NOT THE of the university and its mission STRONGEST remains the same: to provide the best in education and opportunity SPECIES for all who seek it. It is the ability THAT SURVIVE, of the establishment to grow and adapt that has allowed it to NOR THE MOST thrive through many of the United INTELLIGENT, BUT States’ most trying times: the Great THE ONES MOST Depression, World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the Civil Rights RESPONSIVE Movement, and all of the conflicts in TO CHANGE.” the Middle East. This growth has not been without struggle. Over the past decade, Louisiana Higher Education – CHARLES DARWIN has been faced with yearly, devastating budget cuts, yet ULM has grown larger with new buildings, constant renovations, and increased enrollment. Let’s take a look at who we are, where we came from, and where we are going today. continued, the taxpayers of State University. This bold decision Ouachita Parish could no longer to give the school up to the state In 1931, the Great Depression afford to sustain the Junior College. was trivial at the time, but ultimately had taken its toll on the primarily This allowed for the school to show allowed the school to survive the agricultural state of Louisiana and one of its greatest strengths: the toughest of economies. WWW.ULM.EDU Ouachita Parish Junior College ability to adapt. Under the guidance opened its doors for the first of James A. Noe, Ouachita Parish In 1939, the school upgraded its time, allowing men and women to Junior College entered under the name to Northeast Junior College begin bettering their lives through Louisiana State University umbrella and allocated all lands to Louisiana education. As the Great Depression as the Northeast Center of Louisiana State University. At the same time, 5 ULM that we became Northeast Junior Magazine, thrusting him forward College, a new fighter plane went into the American public’s eyes as MAGAZINE into production at the Curtiss plant their first military leader. Names like WE ARE THE in Buffalo, NY. Though developed MacArthur and Eisenhower would 1,227 miles away, this plane shaped not become household names until 2015 FALL the land and history of North later in the war. Louisiana. Throughout the war years, Monroe served as an airport Ending his career as a heavily and training ground for future Aces, decorated Brigadier General by pilots, and gunners. The runways of both the United States and Chinese Selman Field are still in use today at Military, Chennault’s name lives on Monroe Regional Airport. Of the 160 today through his many monuments buildings comprising the base, only across the globe, the Chennault WARHAWKS one still stands today. It is now the International Airport in Lake Charles, Chennault Aviation Museum. and the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum located at the General Claire Lee Chennault mouth of Monroe Regional Airport— was born in Commerce, Texas on home of Selman Air Field. Most September 6, 1893 and grew up importantly, Chennault and his in North Louisiana in the towns of Flying Tigers are commemorated Gilbert and Waterproof. He learned in a way that touches all of our to fly during World War I. His community’s lives. expertise landed him an opportunity to go travel to China in 1937 to In 2006, the University of Louisiana survey the Chinese Air Force. The at Monroe changed its mascot from Second Sino-Japanese War broke the Indians to the Warhawks, to out during this time and Chennault honor the name of the Curtiss P-40 became a chief air adviser, even that General Chennault and his men flying scouting missions himself. used to win the Pacific theatre in After the Chinese Air Force World War II. collapsed from poor training and a shortage of equipment, Chennault The Warhawk now represents and gained the permission of the U.S. unites thousands of students and government to create the American alumni of northeast Louisiana under Volunteer Group, an international a symbol of courage, perseverance, squadron of mercenary pilots. In and the power to change. It is under the Spring of 1941, 100 P-40B this banner that we, like brave men Tomahawk aircraft originally built for and women of the past, unite for the the British war effort were shipped greater good of our university. The to China and flew their first battle Warhawk was small in numbers, yet on December 20, just thirteen days stood against and defeated one of the Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party seized after the Japanese bombed Pearl greatest military powers in history. control of Germany and began Harbor in Hawaii, which sent the U.S. The Warhawk adapted to change as it their invasion of Poland, officially into World War II. flew over both Asia as well as Europe. starting the European theatre of The Warhawk lives on today as our World War II. Still under a suffering Chennault and his American mascot, our logo, and as our pride. It economy, the United States stayed Volunteer Group gained publicity in is important that we learn where we WWW.ULM.EDU out of European affairs. Though not the States after several successful came from to better understand who officially at war, the United States air battles with the Japanese. we are, so we can better pursue who was producing supplies for the Chennault was featured in the we want to become. Allied war effort. The same year August 10, 1942 issue of Life 6 ULM 2 MAGAZINE MAGAZINE FALL 2015 FALL 3 4 WWW.ULM.EDU 7 ULM 1 MAGAZINE MAGAZINE FALL 2015 FALL CAMPUS TRANSFORMATIONS IN The Building of a University, 1931 to 1950 campus was the 373-page book by former made up of six buildings. 1. Event Center, completion fall 2017 university President Dr. George From 1958-1976, Walker T. Walker, a plan for creating and his administration built 2.

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