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The Snow College ALUMNI AVALANCHE February 2009 • Issue 5/Volume 1 • Alumni Relations • Snow College • 150 College Ave. • Ephraim UT 84627 • 435.283.7062 In this issue: Snow College Emeriti 1........ Greetings from the Alumni Office Student Alumni Association First Quarterly Meeting 6:30 pm, February 26, 2009 2........ Alumni News/Updates/In Memoriam Meet at the Greenwood Student Center for dinner. Afterwards we’ll 3........ Campus News go see “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown at the Eccles Perform- 4........ News from President Wyatt Snow ing Arts Center. See you there! College Library RSVP to Bart Nelson or Joni Lindsay (283-7062) 5........ Snow History: Project S 6........ Upcoming Campus Events Student Alumni Association Laura Christopherson, SAA President 7........ February Calendar Catching the Vision 8........ Library Dedication Information The Alumni Council, whose members also act as officers of the Student Alumni Association (SAA), discussed their “vision” for the next semester at our retreat at the Birch Creek Ranch in Spring City January 2-3. We have focused our attention on four major projects. Greetings from the Alumni Office First, we have begun work on a yearbook—the first in eight years. We have realized the importance of yearbooks as they act as published Joni Lindsay, Director of Alumni Relations histories from year to year at Snow. It has been exciting, enlightening, and at times entertaining to look through past yearbooks and see how Our Alumni Council talks a lot about the principle of much the college has changed. We want to provide our piece of history the flywheel—a flywheel is a tremendously heavy wheel to future generations of Badgers. that seems impossible to get moving on its axis. It does begin to spin with great effort, but with each consistent Second, we have begun “Project S”. As far back as the 1930’s, Snow push—what we call the “tap-tap-tap principle“—the fly- College has hosted an “S” Day near the end of April. This day was a wheel continues to build up momentum until it reaches day of service on campus as well as a day to hike up the mountain and a velocity that is almost impossible to stop. Where that whitewash the S. In an effort to restore lost traditions, we are excited breakthrough moment of self-sustaining motion happens to announce our “S” Day on April 23rd, 2009. This will be the first “S” is also impossible to determine—all those pushes are Day in several years. equally important to the end result, from the first one to Our third major focus is the Student Alumni Association. We want the hundredth and beyond. everyone on campus to get involved. We have refocused our activities We are beginning to feel the momentum building here to include supporting the other 50 or so clubs and organizations on cam- with Alumni Relations. We appreciate all of you who are pus. In supporting the other clubs, we support and serve the majority of spreading the word, telling other alumni and friends to our student body. update their information, and who are telling us they are Our fourth focus this semester is our Snow College Alumni facebook™ interested in being involved at Snow again. We certain- page. We currently have over 580 fans. We are elated that we have ly love hearing from you and what you’ve been doing. connected with that many alumni and we would love to reconnect with We will continue our tapping in the coming months as more! Encourage your friends to become a fan of our facebook™ page, we break ground for the new library, launch our alumni upload photos, check for updates, and reconnect with former class- website, expand our database and tell you about all the mates. things we have in the works. We hope you continue So, as we begin this new semester with our new vision in mind, we to tell other alumni about what’s going on and include invite you to also create your own “vision” of how you want to get them in our ever expanding loop. We need you to join us involved again at Snow College. You can help plan a reunion, create in our tapping so we’ll have an alumni association with an alumni chapter, donate to a scholarship, or share your experience in endless momentum—endless potential—to push Snow your field with students on campus. There are plenty of opportunities on into a wonderful future. for YOU to get involved again at Snow College! 2 Alumni News William N. Felt, (Class of 2000) In Memoriam Will Felt, project electrical engineer at Spec- turm Engineers Inc., Salt Lake City, has been Gwen Stansberry named by the American Council of Engi- neering Companies of Utah as its 2009 Gwen Gleave Stansberry, M.D., an elegant lady, 94 years of age, passed away peace- Young Professional of the Year. Felt is a fully in her sleep Dec. 31, 2008, in Provo. 2006 graduate of the University of Utah in Gwen was born in Annabella Oct. 21, 1914, electrical engineering. By age 26 he has to Tora Earl and Lillie Nebeker Gleave. She been an electrical engineer on medical, was the second child of seven children. She grew up in Annabella surrounded by many industrial, retail, office, residential, education and gov- aunts, uncles and cousins and had many fond ernment projects. He has managed projects facing tight memories of her early childhood years. Gwen schedules and budgets from pre-design through comple- was educated in Annabella in her early years. tion and has completed cost estimating; power, lighting, She attended Richfield High School for two generator/emergency power and uninterruptible power years and completed her high school education in Monroe, graduat- ing from South Sevier High School. She attended Snow College supply designs, short- and fault-current analyses, and and graduated as valedictorian of her graduating class. After receiv- detailed specifications. ing a teaching degree from Brigham Young University, Gwen taught elementary school in Annabella and Richfield. Major Rush Gwen spent her summer breaks working in the office of Dr. Mc- Quire, where she was tutored and encouraged to become a medical The Leadership students at Snow College are planning an doctor. She applied and was accepted at the University of Utah event called Major Rush and we need your help! This will Medical School. As one of three women in her graduating class of be a night where students can come and learn about their 30, she achieved the distinction of earning the highest scholastic major and careers that pertain to those majors. We need average. Gwen furthered her education in Chicago specializing in anesthesiology. She practiced as a doctor in La Grange, Ill., as an alumni from the following areas that would be willing to anesthesiologist for 30 years. come and tell students about their career: While living in the Chicago area, Gwen married Charles Fredrick Career & Technical Education “Huck” Stansberry. Gwen and Charles were married March 16, 1973 in Plainfield, Ill. They spent 18 happy years together until he passed Business away in 1990. After her husband passed away she moved back to Fine Arts (Musicians, Artists, Dancers, etc) Utah where she enjoyed being a volunteer at Utah Valley Hospital. She continued her pursuit of knowledge as she took art classes and Humanities Spanish classes. Gwen was an eternal optimist. She accepted life as it was and lived it to the fullest. She touched the lives of all who knew Natural Sciences (Doctors, Nurses, Chemists, her and left this world a better place because of the life she lived. Physicists, Engineers, etc) Social and Behavioral Science (Psychologists, Historians, Linnie Taylor Marchant Findlay Sociologists, etc) Linnie Taylor Marchant Findly, 89, passed The details of Major Rush are being determined, however away peacefully surrounded her family we want to let you know about this excellent opportunity on January 10th, 2009, in Salt Lake City. now! If you are interested in participating please contact Linnie was born April 22, 1919, in Ioka, Duchesne County to Robert H.C. and the Alumni Office @ 435-283-7062. Agnes Taylor Marchant. She married Ross P. Findlay on July 11th, 1945, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She and Ross had eight children. Attention Golden Badgers! Linnie was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She 50 Year (and beyond) Reunion and Ross served a mission in Hawaii in 1983-84. They were also awarded honorary doctorate degrees from Snow College for exten- April 25, 2009 sive community and humanitarian service. Put it on your calendar and spread the word! Linnie and Ross were workers in the Manti LDS Temple, and also served as directors of the visitor center there. Linnie assisted in the We’re still looking for Badgers who attended Snow in 1959 founding of the Mormon Miracle Pagent and participated in numer- ous church and civic capacities over the years. She was one of the or earlier for one fantastic gathering. If you are one or co-founders of the “Saga of the Sanpitch,” a collection of historical know one, please contact the Snow College Alumni Office writing related to Sanpete County, published each year from 1967 (435) 283-7062 to join the Planning Committee and help to about 2000. us make this event a success. The Snow College Alumni Avalanche visit us at www.snow.edu/alumni Campus News 3 Snow College Democrats Snow College Nursing The Snow College Democrats understand The students in the nursing department are that it is the Faculty, and staff members who moving through the clinical site rotations for make Snow College such a great place.