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WELCOME BACK BONAMEGO RETURNS TO CMU FOR HIS DREAM JOB centralight fall 2015

on the cover CMU’s newest head football coach, John Bonamego, couldn’t be happier to back at his alma mater doing the job he loves.

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features 12 22 Get fired up! Virtual tour There’s so much more than football If it’s been awhile since you’ve visited happening on campus this homecoming campus, you might be surprised to see how weekend. it’s grown and changed. 14 40 Take your pride on the road Do you remember? More than 8,000 grads, employees, fans Alumni Field was home to all sorts of sports and students are wearing their CMU for decades. Do you know what sits in its “heart” on their license plates across place today? Michigan. Executive Editor and Executive Director of Alumni Relations Marcie Otteman Grawburg, ’87 20 Editor Betsy Miner-Swartz, ’86 Managing Editor Robin Miner-Swartz Graphic Designer Amy Gouin Photographer Steve Jessmore, ’81 Writers departments Cynthia Drake, M.A. ’08 Terri Finch Hamilton, ’83 4 CMU Today Andy Sneddon College of Medicine launches its Saginaw facility with a grand opening Research Associate Bryan Whitledge 32 Hidden Central Editorial Assistants CMU’s Biological Station on Beaver Island Vicki Begres provides opportunities for hands-on Lori Conroy coursework, research and student employment. Communications Committee Rebeca Barrios 34 Alumni news Kevin Campbell, ’74, M.A. ’76 The Transportation Security Administration’s Tom Wrobec new leader is a Chippewa. Vice President of Development and External Relations 38 In Memory Kathleen M. Wilbur Associate Vice President of University Communications Sherry Knight, ’86 32 For advertising information Call Cindy Jacobs, ’93 (800) 358-6903 stay connected Send change of address 22 information to: Alumni Relations Carlin Alumni House Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 Phone: (800) 358-6903 Fax: (989) 774-7159 Email: [email protected] Web: cmich.edu/alumni/Centralight

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centralight fall ’15 1 CMU, an AA/EO institution, provides equal opportunity to all persons, including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities (see cmich.edu/ocrie). UComm 9229 Calendar Welcome home. We missed you. September By Marcie Otteman Grawburg, ’87 21 Executive director of alumni relations Great Lakes Bay Region Scholarship Golf Outing, I was walking in front of Warriner Hall on a beautiful Apple Mountain, Freeland afternoon this summer when I ran into four women snapping photos and discussing where to go next on 26 campus. I stopped and introduced myself and asked if CMU at MSU, East Lansing they were back for a visit or reunion? TBD Art Prize, Grand Rapids I discovered they were roommates during their time on campus in the late 1970s and had been getting together for many years to spend a few days together. One of the October four was back for the very first time since graduation. 3 Homecoming weekend, Mount Pleasant campus “What did you do with my CMU?” she asked. 3 We all had a good laugh about the changes here, but that got me thinking about 50-year class reunion, Mount Pleasant campus how we embrace change as progress and opportunity, yet we still long for things 9 to be the same. New York Philharmonic, Ann Arbor In this issue, we’ll take you on a virtual tour of your campus and show you some 17 of the shiny new things right along with the old haunts – the places you CMU vs. Buffalo, Mount Pleasant campus remember and love the most from your days here. 18 We also will travel back a few decades to recount our tradition of homecoming Jersey Boys, Wharton Center, East Lansing kings (now Gold Ambassadors) and how those men joined the women in being 23-25 recognized for their leadership every fall. We will introduce you to John Mackinac Island Alumni Weekend, Bonamego, CMU’s new head football coach and the first alum to lead the Mackinac Island program since 1966. We will learn about Bono’s dream to coach for his alma mater and how it came true when he was hired in February after a career November coaching in the NFL, most recently two seasons with the Detroit Lions. 13-16 As I left my four new friends in front of Warriner, still home to CMU’s Second annual Alumni Cruise, Bahamas administration, I walked right into three more coming from the Bookstore, where they had picked up some new CMU gear. I again asked the women if they were December here for a reunion. “Sort of,” they said. “We came up for the Keith Urban concert at Soaring Eagle.” They, too, were all college roommates still connected, 12 years 3 Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers, after leaving campus in 2003. Bags in hand, they were headed to grab something Ford Field, Detroit to eat at the iconic Bird Bar & Grill downtown before going to the show. 16 While some things do change, some remain steadfast. The lifelong connections Straight No Chaser, Fox Theatre, Detroit made at CMU are as constant as Warriner Hall and its striking collegial architecture. As fall returns and classes are back in session, it’s comforting to know that no This is a small sampling of the many alumni events throughout the U.S. Please visit alumni.cmich.edu matter how much the campus changes, we are all forever maroon and gold. for a comprehensive list. Happy homecoming,

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CMU football player dies after College of Medicine launches two-year cancer battle Saginaw facility with grand opening Derrick Nash, a 20-year-old redshirt freshman cornerback from Simulated exams, procedures, surgeries and state-of-the-art Saginaw, died of leukemia on June 22. technology were on display in June as the CMU College of Medicine hosted the grand opening of its new educational Nash was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2013 building in Saginaw. as a high school senior, after signing his national letter of intent to play football for CMU. President George E. Ross welcomed more than 200 guests at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the 46,000-square-foot facility, which Following chemotherapy in the summer and fall of 2013, Nash was completed in May. Members of the College of Medicine’s joined CMU in January 2014 and took part in spring practice. He inaugural class of 64 students, who started in 2013, began their played in the Chippewas’ annual Maroon and Gold Spring Game third year of studies in the facility in July. at Kelly/Shorts Stadium and was on schedule to claim a spot on the active roster for the 2014 season when his cancer returned. “Our founding class … will be at St. Mary’s, they will be at Covenant, He served as CMU’s honorary captain for the 2014 Popeyes they will be with community physicians,” says George Kikano, dean Bahamas Bowl. of the College of Medicine. “By next June, all 64 students will have done clinical rotations in Saginaw. We have really committed to this “Derrick fought a great fight, and building. This is going to be the hub for training for our students.” • he will never be forgotten,” CMU head coach John Bonamego says. “I never got to coach Derrick on the football field, but I am proud to have been his coach the last few months. He is one of the toughest young men I have ever known, and the determination and resolve he showed is how we will always remember him. •

Search launched for VP of advancement President George E. Ross announced plans this summer to separate the development and external relations functions at CMU as fundraising efforts accelerate on behalf of students, the colleges and the university as a whole. At the same time, CMU will see heightened work with political leaders and communities. A search for a vice president of advancement began this summer. Kathy Wilbur, who has served as vice president of development and external relations since 2011, will become VP of government and external relations once the new advancement leader is appointed. In her new role, Wilbur will focus on policy matters in Lansing and in Washington, D.C., and direct the university’s community relations efforts, including those with the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe. “Kathy has done an extraordinary job serving in this combined role for more than four years,” Ross says. “She has been and continues to be a vital, effective player in bringing CMU to new prominence. This is a time of great momentum for CMU.” • STEVE JESSMORE PHOTO BY

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Children experience campus through GrandparentsU CMU hosted the eighth annual Grandparents University, a summer camp that brings grandparents and their grandchildren together for three days of fun on campus. This year’s experience included hands-on education sessions by faculty members for grandparents and children ages 8 to 12. Alumni and their grandchildren eat and sleep in the residence halls, attend customized educational sessions and participate in other fun activities. Classes this summer included Mini Medical School; Zombie University; GoldieBlox and the Three Engineers; and Kids, Lemonade

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CMU students excavate historical Michigan lighthouse artifacts Central’s anthropology students unearthed artifacts at the 40 Mile Point Lighthouse in Rogers City this summer as part of the university’s Archaeological Field School. Detroit graduate student S.K. Haase says Michigan’s lighthouses are an important part of the state’s history and culture. Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state. “This is our story. This is what ties us all together. How many ships made safe passage along these waters and across these currents because this lighthouse was here?” says Haase, a student in CMU’s new cultural resource management master’s degree program. Over the course of six weeks, the field school taught CMU students how to survey, excavate and analyze archaeological remains. “Essentially what we’re doing is a hands-on practicum where students are applying the methods they learned in class and learning how to excavate properly,” says Sarah Surface-Evans, a CMU assistant professor of anthropology who leads the field school. EMILY MESNER EMILY The students began their field research and archaeological surveys

PHOTO BY at the Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School and concluded at the 40 Mile Point Lighthouse. •

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8 centralight fall ’15 HOMECOMING IS SWEET IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD FOR CMU ALUM-TURNED-COACH JOHN BONAMEGO

IT’S SAID THAT IT’S NOT THE Bono knew he wanted to be the head the colors, I loved the passion and DESTINATION, IT’S THE JOURNEY. coach at his alma mater when he played enthusiasm the fans had. It was clear that for the team in the ‘80s. He’s 51, but football was very important here and they For John Bonamego, it’s been both. possesses the enthusiasm and energy of a had a tremendous amount of tradition. A childhood in a military family and a man half his age – something even a And they had an iconic head coach.” recent bout with tonsil cancer can’t squash. career in coaching have kept “Bono” on That coach was the legendary Herb the move. In coming to Mount Pleasant, He shifts seamlessly from a self- Deromedi. he has reached his long-desired deprecating quip – “Anybody who thinks “John Bonamego is one of the most destination as he begins his first season I can’t recruit, just look at my wife” – to genuine people I know,” says Deromedi, as Central Michigan’s football coach. serious and sentimental, inevitably who has maintained a close relationship striking an emotional tone, his voice The gregarious Bonamego was named with Bonamego through the years. “What wavering as he speaks of his undying love the 28th coach in program history in you see is what you get. for CMU. February – the frst alum to hold the He has a tremendous capacity to be able position since Coach Bill Kelly (1951-66). “It’s more than a job for me,” he says. to relate to people.” His introductory press conference ran the “This is something highly personal. It’s a Like all nonscholarship walk-ons, gamut: laughter, tears, inspiration, passion, tremendous mantle of responsibility. It’s Bonemego started at the bottom, fitting unbridled enthusiasm. At the core: not something I take lightly.” in where he could, working with the heart-on-his-sleeve sincerity. A quarterback at Paw Paw High School in scout team. He eventually climbed the The ensuing six months have done southwest Michigan, Bonamego could depth chart and saw game action as a nothing to dull the luster of that first have made a go of it as a college player at special teamer and as a scrappy backup impression as the former Chippewa the Division III level. But he became wide receiver, lettering during his final player engaged students, alumni, faculty, smitten with CMU when, as a high school two seasons. staff, community members – anyone and student, he attended a game at Kelly/ No, he wasn’t a star, but he earned everyone with an interest in CMU and its Shorts Stadium. star-like respect and admiration from the football program. “The first time I walked into the stadium coaching staff and his teammates for a game, that was it,” he says. “I loved through a steely determination to make the most of his 5-foot-9, 180-pound body. >

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“You don’t succeed by complaining about “I’ve realize a dream,” says Bonamego, things you don’t have, you build success who earned an honorary doctorate from The by doing the best with what you have,” CMU after serving as the university’s Bonomego says. “I had to work very hard commencement speaker in 2009. “I’m Bonamego to prove that I belonged, that I was in a position I’ve always wanted to be in. worthy of running out of that tunnel on “It’s the people that make this place file game days, even if I wasn’t going to play special. It’s not the buildings, it’s not the Family: Wife, Paulette; children in the game. trees, it’s not the streets, it’s not the books Javier (17), Giovanni (13), Bellina (10) “Even though my career may not have in the library. Education: ’87, health fitness been as distinguished as some of the “It’s the young men in our locker room, players I played with, I’m still very proud College coaching career: it’s the coaches on our staff, it’s the of what I accomplished here.” Maine, Lehigh, Army people who work in the athletic Bonamego’s first college coaching post department, it’s the students NFL coaching career: Jacksonville was at Maine in the late 1980s, then came who fill those classrooms, Jaguars, Green Bay Packers, stops at Lehigh and Army before the it’s the faculty and staff, it’s New Orleans Saints, jump to the NFL, where he honed his the alumni. It’s a special Miami Dolphins, craft over 16 years as an assistant with five place because we Detroit Lions • teams, most recently as special teams have great people coordinator for the Detroit Lions. here.” He could have, at turns, pursued a college Including one head coaching job, but he didn’t want to who, at long be a head coach at a college. He wanted last, has come to be the head coach at Central Michigan home. • University.

10 centralight fall ’15 CHIPPEWA COACHES

John Bonamego isn’t the only alum coaching a CMU team. Over the years, many Chippewa players have returned to their alma mater as head coaches and assistants to help shape the next generation of students. Here are three current coaches who’ve come back:

Football Women s Baseball George Ricumstrict gymnastics Steve Jaksa For George Ricumstrict, ’90, M.A. Jerry Reighard For Steve Jaksa, the bond was ’92, the CMU campus was starkly immediate, the comfort level high different than inner-city Detroit. A familial atmosphere has played a when he arrived at CMU in the mid major role in keeping Jerry Reighard 1970s. “That was a big selling point for at Central Michigan. me, and I wanted to go to a “I loved the atmosphere and the university that was truly a college “The family atmosphere that the community of people,” says Jaksa, campus,” says Ricumstrict, an athletic department has, I couldn’t a pitcher who earned his all-league football player as a match that no matter where I went,” bachelor’s degree in 1979 and is Chippewa now in his second stint says Reighard, ’74, who is in his fourth now in his 14th season as CMU’s as an assistant with the program. decade leading the highly successful head baseball coach. women’s gymnastics program. “Central was, and is, a place where “I enjoyed every part of my students stay around on the “The atmosphere of this community experience: the coaching staff, how weekends; they’re involved. You and the entire athletic department we were treated. The campus was get a chance to know everybody, and the staff has been such a great just the right size and since then and it’s been just an unbelievable experience for me that I really it’s just become better and better. experience. wanted to stay here. “The fight song still to this day gets “I met my wife here, my second “All the coaches are close-knit, and me a little charged up.” • son was born here, it’s a place as I looked around at opportunities, that’s near and dear to my heart.” I could never match that.”

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Friday, Oct. 2 5 p.m. Rock Rally Beginning at 6 a.m. Go to Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium for WMHW-FM 91.5 Alumni Takeover the pep rally, mock rock contest for the Tune in to 91.5 FM to hear alumni Maroon Cup, presentation of the football take over the student radio station all team and the announcement of the 2015 weekend, continuing through Homecoming Gold Ambassadors. midnight Saturday. 8 p.m. Third Eye Blind concert McGuirk Arena For updates to the schedule, visit alumni.cmich.edu Saturday, Oct. 3 8 a.m. Noon– 3 p.m. 5K run and Miles for Medals Alumni Village fundraising run/walk Join the free campuswide celebration Check-in begins at 7:30 a.m. near Rose Ponds for food, fun and at Finch Fieldhouse for the 8 a.m. start. friends. WMHW-FM alumni will Choose a 5K run/walk or a one-mile broadcast live on location. Visit with a fun run/walk. All proceeds benefit favorite professor, grab some food and Special Olympics Michigan. soak up the CMU homecoming atmosphere. 9 a.m. 50-year Reunion 1 p.m. Celebrating the classes of Cardboard Boat Race 1960-65. Highlighting the Held the afternoon of homecoming, class of ’65. this event draws quite a crowd to Rose Ponds (near the CMU Events Center). 9:30 a.m. For two weeks, students in the Alumni Continental engineering programs work on building Breakfast cardboard boats. They sail the boats Start your day off right with a across the ponds, and the first team to complimentary breakfast the other side wins. outside Powers Hall. Stay right here to watch the parade. 3 p.m. Football game 11 a.m. Cheer on the Chippewas as CMU takes Homecoming parade on Northern Illinois at Kelly/Shorts The annual parade begins in Parking Stadium. Order tickets at 1-888-FIREUP-2 Lot 22 and travels through campus or get them online at before heading north on Main Street www.cmuchippewas.com. to downtown Mount Pleasant. 11 a.m. Tailgate Lots Open The parking lots at the south end of campus will open four hours prior to kickoff.

12 CLARKE HISTORICAL LIBRARY CLARKE HISTORICAL LIBRARY Jodi Urban and John Nader, Heidi Dunaway and Jim Tedder, Katie Kennelly and Dan Gaken, 1982 Homecoming Queen and King 1990 Homecoming Queen and King 2003 Gold Ambassadors

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Men joined the ranks of homecoming honorees in the 1980s BYTERRI FINCH HAMILTON, ’83 It took awhile for the kings to arrive, but Homecoming King in 1990 “a high honor.” exemplary leader on campus.” once they did, they made CMU proud. “You’re a representative of the university, and That suited Dan Gaken just fine. The tradition of Homecoming Queen your actions speak to its reputation,” says Gaken, ‘04, director of CMU’s Leadership started at Central in 1946, but for the next Tedder, who now represents the 43rd District Institute, was voted Gold Ambassador in 2003. several decades, the queen reigned alone. in the Michigan House of Representatives. It seemed he was involved in everything, Then, on Sept. 25, 1981, CM LIFE asked: “The night I was tapped to be king, my from Program Board to Siblings Weekend to Why don’t we have a Homecoming King? fraternity brothers hoisted me up on their Leadership Institute to Greek life. shoulders,” Tedder says. He laughs. “It was a The next year, we did. little over the top.” Gaken’s homecoming Saturday dawned It was John Nader, a resident assistant in with a thick fog, and his mom fretted she Homecoming night, as he spoke at an Emmons Hall. wouldn’t be able to get good photos. Gaken alumni dinner, Tedder got a little choked up, recalls riding in a horse-drawn carriage in Nader, ‘83, stayed up all night making he says. kingthe parade and the emotional experience campaign posters. “There I was, at this place that had become of seeing so many friends and supporters “I wanted to be king,” says Nader, senior such a special part of my life, thinking of all waving to him from the parade route. vice president and finance consultant for the friends I had made,” he recalls. “I have “After four years of such tremendous memories Comerica bank in Bloomfield Hills. fond and vivid memories of the whole and wonderful people, here was this finite homecoming process.” “I thought it would be a cool thing to be the moment that characterized all of that,” he says. first king. People remember the first of As the years passed, the role of king evolved. “It was a moment you remember forever.” something. Everybody knows George By 1997, the homecoming royalty were no At the game, dozens of alumni approached Washington, right? longer called king and queen, but “Gold him to chat. Ambassadors,” a title that remains today. “Not that I’m comparing myself to him,” “You become a symbol of CMU,” Gaken says. he quickly adds. “It was a move away from the royalty, “It was clear this is a tradition alumni hold hierarchy idea and more about what you’ve More than 30 years later, the plaque Nader dear. There were people who hadn’t been contributed to CMU during your time here,” received at the game still hangs on a wall at to campus in 25 years who wanted to tell says Bryan Whitledge, reference specialist at home. me what residence hall they lived in,or tell CMU’s Clarke Historical Library. me about their favorite food from the “I think it was inevitable that we had a king,” “Today, there’s more of an expectation of cafeteria. he says, “so nobody gets left out.” service,” he says. “You’re presenting a good “The affinity for CMU runs deep.”• Jim Tedder, ‘92, calls his role as face of CMU. It shows you were an

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MORE THAN 8,000 CMU GRADS, The university plates are just one EMPLOYEES, FANS AND STUDENTS TAKE more way for Michigan residents to wear their colors: “The ability to THEIR CENTRAL PRIDE ON THE ROAD promote that in a simple way IN MICHIGAN WITH LICENSE PLATES speaks volumes,” Senyko said. SPORTING THE UNIVERSITY’S ICONIC Rosemary Saunders of Mount ACTION C EMBLEM. Pleasant has hers. That’s the third highest number It’s personalized with the letters of custom college plates, behind OWAHH, the traditional chant Michigan State University (54,430) preceding CHIP-OO-WA. “Mine Ben Franas, ’70, M.A. ’76 and the University of Michigan isn’t spelled correctly because the (33,552). And – an important point state wouldn’t let me get OOWAH, of MAC pride – CMU’s plate total says Saunders, whose husband, ranks above Western Michigan by Jack, ’60, M.A. ’65, was director of UNIVERSITY LICENSE PLATES more than 1,100. CMU’s marching band from 1979 ON MICHIGAN ROADS until 2000. License plates for each of Michigan State University: 54,430 Michigan’s 15 state-funded “I’m always looking at license University of Michigan: 33,552 universities were first made plates for that Action C, and when Central Michigan University: 8,002 available 15 years ago to raise I see one outside of Mount Western Michigan University: 6,822 money for the schools. There are Pleasant I always give them a little more than 126,000 on the roads honk,” she said. Ferris State University: 4,165 today, and they’re as popular as Michigan Technological University: Who knows, she might have seen ever, says Mike Senyko, chief of staff 4,066 Ben Franas, ’70, M.A. ’76, tooling for Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Grand Valley State University: 3,776 around town with his CMU plate Johnson. Wayne State University: 2,740 CHIP70. He lives in Dearborn but Eastern Michigan University: 2,705 “We attribute that to the fact that drives north to campus 30 or 40 Oakland University: 2,218 so many people are proud of their times a year for events and games. Northern Michigan University: 1,840 school,’’ he says. “And you’re For Franas, the plate is just one Lake Superior State University: 1,560 beating Western!” more layer of maroon and gold. University of Michigan Dearborn: 827 “I’ve got Central everything – Saginaw Valley State University: 818 clothes, hats, stickers on the car,” University of Michigan Flint: 666 he said. “My plate just lets me amp it up a notch.” • STEVE JESSMORE PHOTO BY

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The CMU ROTC Queen’s Guard is a select group representing the Chippewa Battalion with pride and respect. The guard presents the U.S., state of Michigan, Army and university flags before each home football game. Cadets are experts at rifle drills and synchronized marching, participating in ceremonies and events throughout the community. • PHOTO BY STEVE JESSMORE, ’81

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Room with a view The top floors of the Charles V. Park Library offer quiet study spaces with views of the academic mall below and CMU’s evolving architectural landscape.

22 centralight fall ’15 TEXT BY CYNTHIA J. DRAKE, M.A. ’08 this wayPHOTOS BY STEVE JESSMORE, ’81

They say that the more things change the more they stay the same. You might find this to be true about CMU’s campus. Though it may have been a few years since you’ve been back, that first visit always brings a flood of memories, and a little shock at the newer “faces” on campus – those shiny buildings that make the landscape feel a little off-kilter for you. Rest assured, we’re still that place you called home, and we’re happy to have you back – anytime. Join us on these eight pages for a virtual tour of your campus. >

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24 centralight fall ’15 a palettefor all seasons

Top left, Warriner Hall gets a dose of fiery maroon and gold in the fall and a thick blanket in the winter, top right. Tulips add a burst of color to campus in the spring. Each fall, 1,500 mums are planted, with teams of students adding 1,000 bulbs near their residence halls in just one day. >

centralight fall ’15 25 The Education and Human Services Building just celebrated its sixth year of training educators in an environment loaded with tech.

Dow Science Complex contains 70 research and teaching laboratories. Next door in the Brooks Astronomical Observatory, you can still explore the stars and planets during open houses.

26 centralight fall ’15 Labsfor days

Healthy programs The 175,000-square-foot Health Professions Building, open since 2004, boasts some of the most competitive graduate programs on campus, including audiology and physical therapy. CMU’s College of Medicine adjoins the building. One of its active learning classrooms is shown here. CMED welcomed its third cohort of future physicians this year. >

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As CMU’s programs continue to evolve to meet the needs of future generations, the Biosciences landmarkBuilding is poised to captivate bright minds tackling big challenges. The $95 million 169,000-square-foot project will be completed next fall and open for classes in January 2017. The largest capital project in CMU history, it will house cell and molecular biology programs, biotechnology, Great Lakes research and more. fired up

Let’s get a little rowdy Ready for your tour? That game day excitement you remember is still alive and well on Travel to Mount Pleasant from wherever you are right campus, whether you’re at Kelly/Shorts for a fall football game, now by surfing our interactive map and getting the Theunissen Stadium for baseball or CMU’s new Events Center, where lowdown on all the old and new campus buildings. the crowd pumps up the b-ball teams in McGuirk Arena. • tour.cmich.edu

centralight fall ’15 29 CMU Bookstore Fall Hours Monday -Thursday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Extended hours on home football game days or visit CMU Bookstore’s Varsity Shop in Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

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While thousands of people spent their summer enjoying the beaches and waters of the Great Lakes, CMU researchers and students were on the largest island in Lake Michigan, working to ensure others can continue enjoying the largest freshwater system in the world. Beaver Island’s incomparable ecosystems, natural habitat and inland lakes provide an unparalleled learning and research environment in a tight-knit community.

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323232 centralight fall ’15 CMU’s Biological Station on Beaver Island provides opportunities for hands-on coursework, research and student employment. Whether researchers are looking at the quality of coastal wetlands or testing samples of invasive species, there are unmatched opportunities to make the Great Lakes healthier.

The M/V Chippewa – a unique 38-foot vessel – makes observing, monitoring and sampling freshwater wetlands on a group of islands in Lake Michigan much easier for Central Michigan University researchers.

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CMU’s Beijing alumni chapter TSA’s new leader gets a visit from the vice provost is a Chippewa Claudia Douglass, CMU vice provost, and Emily Liu, director Peter Neffenger, M.A. ‘86, was nominated by of international recruitment, visited the Beijing chapter of the CMU President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Alumni Association and attended an alumni reception this spring. U.S. Senate as the Transportation Security Administration’s sixth administrator in June. The event was planned to recognize the chapter for promoting He leads a workforce of nearly 60,000 employees, CMU in China and sending high-quality students to Mount security operations at nearly 450 airports Pleasant to study. Eighteen alums attended. throughout the United States, the Federal Air “CMU officials gave us a wonderful presentation and also Marshal Service, and shared security for highways, introduced some CMU news,” says Songtao Shi, chair of the Beijing railroads, ports, mass transit systems and pipelines. chapter. Douglass Neffenger joined the Coast Guard in 1981, inspired and Liu shared by an uncle who had been a Coast Guard captain. some CMU He was commissioned an officer in 1982 upon souvenirs, which completion of Officers’ Candidate School and was were a big hit. • assigned to the cutter Gallatin, stationed in the North Atlantic Ocean. Among his responsibilities: intercepting Haitian refugees and returning them to Haiti. He went on to serve as the Coast Guard’s director of strategic management and doctrine, and by 2010 he was the Coast Guard’s deputy commandant for operations and deputy national incident commander. He also worked on much of that service’s response to the April 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Alumni friends produce reality show Mexico. for cable’s Sportsman Channel In May 2014, he was made vice commandant of the The new show “Sheep Shape” explores the personal struggles of four Coast Guard, that service’s No. 2-ranking officer, a hunters who have battled cancer, sexual abuse, bullying, PTSD and war post he held until his nomination as TSA director. • injuries. It was created by CMU alums Chad Hall, ’02, and Jason Brown, ’00. Hall was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer his sophomore year at Central. He had a total knee replacement and lost part of his quad muscle, femur and tibia as a result of the disease. A lifelong hunter, Hall still wanted to fulfill his dream of hunting wild sheep. The two friends talked about filming a show documenting Hall’s journey, and their idea evolved into the creation of a show that followed four people fighting to return from physical challenges. “Sheep Shape” debuted June 25 as an 11-week series on the Sportsman Channel. In the series, the four hunters – including Hall – are put through a grueling training program to prepare them to hunt Dall and Fannin sheep in Alaska, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. Each hunter’s story unfolds from his or her personal challenges, and the series follows them as they go on the hunt. What did the experience filming the show teach them? “Any limitation you have, you can find a way to overcome it,” Hall said in an interview with CM Life. “That is the meaning behind the show: No challenge is too great.” • Peter Neffenger

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JEFFREY SAUGER PHOTO BY Chippewas bring the maroon and gold to the Detroit Tigers More than 1,500 alumni turned out for the 13th annual CMU Night CMU cheerleaders and the dance team performed on the field at Comerica Park in June to watch the Detroit Tigers take on the before the game and during the seventh inning stretch. Chicago White Sox. The Tigers beat the White Sox 5-4. William Kanine, president of the CMU Board of Trustees, threw out All alumni who purchased tickets through the university’s block the first pitch, and On the Rox, CMU’s female student a cappella received a CMU T-shirt and a special edition maroon and gold group, sang the national anthem and performed on the concourse Tigers hat. • prior to the game.

CMU music alum earns prestigious bandmaster honor CMU School of Music alumnus where he has twice led the band to perform at the Midwest Clinic, William Eicher, ‘84, has been elected the largest international band and orchestra conference in the to become a member of the American country. Bandmasters Association, the most Invitational membership in the ABA numbers nearly 300 prestigious honor bestowed in the conductors and composers from across the U.S. and Canada. Prior bandmaster profession. to his appointment at Clarence, he taught for 11 years in Plainwell. The honor recognizes concert band Eicher is a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor conductors and composers’ Society, the National Band Association, College Band Directors outstanding achievements. National Association, World Association of Symphonic Bands and Eicher is in his 19th year as director at Ensembles, and New York State Band Directors Association. • Clarence High School in New York,

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Central alum named president Young alum mentors new of statewide school association generation of workers Catherine “Kit” Spring, ’69, a former DeAnte Thompkins, ’14, was named to Crain’s Detroit’s prestigious teacher for Sault Ste. Marie Area Twenty in their 20s list this spring. He was chosen because he has Public Schools and an educator with hired and mentored 500 high school students through the the Michigan Department of Michigan Department of Transportation leadership program he Corrections, has been named once participated in. president of the Michigan Association The program’s director left suddenly, putting Thompkins in the of Retired School Personnel, the unenviable position of rebuilding the summer Youth Development state’s largest association of former and Mentoring Program in only a month. The program gives public school workers. hundreds of students civil engineering and transportation job Spring, of Sault Ste. Marie and Spring training. Hill, Florida, will serve as MARSP The program, which the 26-year-old now manages, has a budget president through June 2017 and help set the tone and direction that ranges between $650,000 and $1 million. for the organization’s efforts to protect public school retiree pensions and health care benefits.• “To me, change starts with the youth,” he told Crain’s Detroit. “Everybody needs somebody positive they can look up to, but you need someone to guide you, someone that you can learn from their past mistakes, particularly with our youth in our inner city. Chippewa’s automated treadmill They don’t have someone to turn to. matches runner’s pace “As young black males, they don’t necessarily Exercise researchers have developed a new treadmill that know the steps to be successful. I love to kind of automatically changes speed to match the pace of the runner. reach out and show people the possibilities.” • The automated treadmill uses sonar to tell exactly where the » Does your office observe runner is on the treadmill. If the runner picks up pace and moves casual Friday? Sport your toward the front of the running belt, the speed automatically increases. If the runner slows down and moves toward the back, Detroit native adding maroon and gold to spread the speed decreases. 8th diploma to her wall Chippewa spirit across The result is a treadmill experience that is much closer to walking or running outdoors, says Steven T. Devor, ‘89. Some people collect stamps or porcelain figurines. the nation. “If you’re running outside and you want to speed up or slow Juanita Gregory-Harvey collects college degrees. down, there is no button to push. It is the same with this new The 93-year-old Hamtramck woman has seven, and automated treadmill,” says Devor, who is now an associate she’s just about to earn No. 8. professor of kinesiology at Ohio State University. Many are from Wayne County Community College, “It is seamless and feels completely natural. You just go.” where she’s been attending classes for free with Devor developed the new treadmill with Cory Scheadler, a tuition waivers available for senior citizens who live former graduate student of his. in the county. But one degree is from CMU – her M.A. in human resources, earned in 1981. The researchers revealed the automated machine in a study published online in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports and Gregory-Harvey – now retired from a 29-year career with AT&T, Exercise. • among other jobs – earned her first associate degree in 1974. Her stack of diplomas covers topics from business and arts to science and information technology. •

Steven Devor, front, discusses the new automated treadmill with doctoral student Rich LaFountain. Chippewas Everywhere Chippewas Everywhere invites all alumni to submit their news about employment, educational achievements and family updates at go.cmualum.com/ChipsEverywhere. You can also upload a photo with your news. For information on alumni chapters and clubs in your area or to see how to host alumni events in your geographic region, check out the Chapter and Club pages under the Engage tab on cmich.edu/alumni. • CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

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Young Alumni board Orlando Raychel Cesaro, ‘05 In Memory President [email protected] Violet E. (Harwood) Cotter, ’38, James F. McGovern, ’56, Ashleigh (Klipper) Laabs, ’07 Mara Shorr, ‘05 Tawas City, died May 27, 2015, age Royal Oak Saginaw, died April 28, 2015, [email protected] 98. age 81. Vice president NYC/New Jersey/Philadelphia Mariana (Thomsen) Warren, Dale D. Parkinson, ’56, Michael Zeig, ’08 Michael Waas, ’05, M.A. ’07 Mount Pleasant ’39, Onaway, died May 29, 2015, Pompano Beach, Fla., died [email protected] age 101. March 7, 2015, age 82. Past president Ohio/Oxford John Kaczynski, ’03, M.P.A. ’08 Allyn R. Kehrer, ’41, Jackson, Joseph R. Newton, ’57, Roseville, Tylere Presley, ’12 died Jan. 28, 2015, age 97. Calif., died April 15, 2015. Lansing [email protected] Margaret A. (Wainwright) Directors Texas Martha L. (Ballew) Speier, ’57, Michael Decker, ‘07 Austin Lesperance, ’41, Bay City, Nathrop, Colo., died April 9, 2015, Beverly Hills Dan Rathke, ’07 died Jan. 30, 2015, age 96. age 81. Morgan (Curtis) Hales ’06, M.A. ’11 [email protected] Mary A. (Pullman) Frederick, Donald L. Davenport, ’58, Farwell Washington DC ’48, Flushing, died June 5, 2015, Owensboro, Ky., died May 23, Spencer Haworth, ’12 Colleen Scheidel, ‘10 age 91. 2015, age 83. Charlotte, North Carolina [email protected] Virginia F. (Stanhope) Neiger, Lynne M. (Curtiss) Mester, ’59, Scott Hillman, ’10 ’48, Marquette, died June 5, 2015, Royal Oak, died June 20, 2015, Royal Oak Alumni board age 88. age 77. John R. Hood, ’50, M.S. ’70, Eric Johnson, ‘11 President Terry W. Streeter , ’61, Sun City, Spring Lake Jan (Keegan) Hagland, ’77 Traverse City, died July 28, 2015, Ariz., died May 11, 2015, age 76. Danielle Leone, ‘10 Berkley age 90. Carl John Anderson, ’60, M.A. Saint Clair Shores [email protected] Arlyle (Roberts) Koehler, ’50, ’62, Converse, Texas, died April 15, James (J.J.) Lewis, ’06 First vice president Detroit, died July 30, 2015, age 89. 2015, age 76. Howell Ryan A. Fewins-Bliss, ’02, M.A. ’04 Ester J. (Streeter) Bareham, ’51, Evelyn L. (Baldwin) Jaime R. Leyrer, ’10, M.P.A. ’12 Bath Barryton, died Jan. 29, 2015, age Buckenberger, ’60, Battle Creek, Saginaw Second vice president 85. died June 24, 2015, age 82. Darlene Nowak-Baker, ’87 Jennifer Lopez, ’10 Virgil L. Bareham, ’51, Barryton, Natalie J. (Mason) Callesen, Royal Oak Milford [email protected] died April 20, 2015, age 89. ’60, Manistee, died April 21, 2015, Gregory Marx, ’08 Verna R. (VanZyl) Post, ’52, age 76. Troy Directors Rebeca Reyes Barrios, ’00, Tacoma, Wash., died March 29, Diana K. (Green) Hudak, ’60, Brittany Mouzourakis, ‘08 MBA ’02 2015, age 86. M.A. ’81, Rogers City, died June Dearborn Heights Canton Clinton L. Caszatt, ’53, M.A. ’59, 11, 2015, age 77. John Reineke, ’09’ Jean (Bennett) Brown, ’88 Shepherd, died July 4, 2015, age Charlie P. Murphy, M.S.A. ’60, Oxford, Ohio Northville 90. Moorestown, N.J., died May 29, Michelle Rush, ‘07 Kevin Campbell, ’74, M.A. ’76 Alice M. Hehn, ’53, Davison, 2015, age 77. Berrien Springs Midland died May 29, 2015, age 89. Donald M. Wismer, ’60, Jeffrey Stoutenburg, ’10, M.P.A. ’13 Lynn Garrett, ’97 J.D. Shuttleworth, ’53, Clinton, Fort Gratiot, died June 10, 2015, Midland Detroit died May 14, 2015, age 93. age 81. Michael Wiese, ‘09 Laura Gonzales, ’79, M.A. ’89 Nancy L. (Condon) Reed, ’61, Grand Rapids Mary H. (Bachelder) Bunting, Mount Pleasant ’54, Belding, died June 4, 2015, Grand Rapids, died May 28, 2015, Young Alumni regional fellows Daniel Herzog, ’91 age 83. age 76. Saginaw California Dorothea B. (Brown) Daniels, Shirley H. (Amacher) Robinson, San Francisco Bay Brian Jones, ’90, MBA ’94 ’54, Tawas City, died July 17, 2015, ’62 , M.A. ’67, Mount Pleasant, Courtney Duvendack Midland died April 26, 2015, age 93. [email protected] age 83. Linda (Scharich) Leahy, ’82 Karen K. (DeValut) Chicago Helen E. (Kuhn) Treend, ’54, Midland Lincoln City, Ore., died July 10, VanDorsten, ’62, Battle Creek, Spencer Long, ’08, M.A. ’10 died July 27, 2015, age 74. [email protected] Thomas C. Olver, ’98 2015, age 83. Mount Pleasant Michigan Edwin R. Anderson, ’55, Clinton, Judy S. (Blakely) Faber, ’64, St. Holland Darcy Orlik, ’92, M.S.A. ’95 died July 21, 2015, age 82. Charles, died Aug. 1, 2015, age 73. Mount Pleasant Briana Hartline Marilyn A. (Syring) McClintic, Patricia K. Fild, ’64, M.A. ’65, [email protected] Charles Selinger, ’94, M.S.A. ’98 ’55, St. Louis, died Aug. 3, 2015, Birmingham, died June 4, 2015, Ceresco Metro Detroit age 82. age 72. Emily Lamoreaux, ’07 Darryl Shelton, ’85 Louis D. Gazay, ’64, Reno, [email protected] Grand Rapids Mary E. (Richmond) Newton, ’55, Roseville, Calif., died March 11, Nevada, died June 8, 2015, Mid-Michigan Nathan Tallman, ’07, M.A. ’09 2015, age 81. age 75. Megan Lawless, ’08 Auburn Hills Robert J. Fairchild, ’59, Alpena, Jerry A. Mawhinney, ’64, Dallas, [email protected] Robert VanDeventer, ’74 died July 19, 2015, age 80. Texas, died April 24, 2014, age 73. Florida Saginaw Miami Kathleen M. (Pierce) Asher, ’56, Jacqueline L. (Pety) Campbell, Adam Romano, ‘13 Thomas L. Worobec, ’93 M.A. ’67, Vassar, died Jan. 6, 2015, ’65, M.A. ’75, Saginaw, died Aug. 4, [email protected] Dearborn Heights age 82. 2015, age 85.

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Linda M. (Baldwin) Knowles, Bobby J. (Holman) Moore, Michael R. Palma, ’79, Davison, Terra A. Stevenson-Bingaman, ’65, Alma, died July 25, 2015, ’73 M.A. ’80, Atlanta, Ga., died died June 1, 2015, age 61. ’99, Muskegon, died June 20, age 73. June 17, 2015. Timothy L. Fox, ’80, Lansing, 2015, age 39. Thomas O. Lemieux, M.A. ’65, Janice H. (Cromwell) Wagner, died April 20, 2015, age 59. Kevin P. Lewis, M.S.A. ’01, Oak Park, died May 20, 2015, ’73, Clarkston, died April 13, 2015, Lance D. Nesbitt, M.A. ’80, Springfield, Ohio, died May 14, age 75. age 63. Huntsville, Ala., died April 23, 2015, age 59. John R. Ribner, ’65, Flint, died James B. Clouse, ’74, Cedar 2015, age 72. Mary E. (Clark) Trizila, M.S.A. May 4, 2015, age 76. Springs, died Jan. 29, 2015, Lee W. Russler Jr., M.A. ’82, ’01, Sedan, Kan., side July 14, William F. Baker, ’66, M.A. ’67, age 65. Lewistown, Pa., died June 16, 2015, age 65. Dexter, Mo., died Jan. 22, 2015, Alexander Rolletta, M.A. ’74, 2015, age 62. Lenora M. (Hudson) age 76. Newark, Ohio, died May 1, 2015, Jeffrey A. McDonald, ’84, M.A. Littlejohn, M.S.A. ’02, Dayton, William G. Tacey, ’67, Essexville, age 84. ’89, died July 13, 2015, age 54. Ohio, died June 22, 2014, age 53. died June 22, 2015, age 78. Marilyn L. Brewer, M.A. ’75, Lynn R. Bosom, ’86, Jackson, Adrienne Willis Bradshaw, Mary A. (Dawson) Ralph, West Hartford, Conn., died died May 4, 2015, age 52. M.A. ’04, Conyers, Ga., died July May 5, 2015, age 74. 12, 2015, age 42. ’68, Bay City, died May 23, 2015, John R. Drain II, ’86, Troy, died age 81. Daniel L. Lahner, M.A. ’75, Ph.D. June 23, 2015, age 56. Savil A. Sinclair, M.S.A. ’04, Darell L. Andersen, ’69 , M.S. ’81, Cleveland, Ohio, died May 15, Saginaw, died June 6, 2015, age 2015, age 64. Cathy Geerlings, M.S.A. ’86, 74. ’72, Barryton, died April 28, 2015, Wyoming, died April 25, 2015, age 67. Richard E. May, M.A. ’75, San age 54. Joshua B. Leason, ’06, Okemos, Glenn R. Bachman, ’69, M.A. ’70, Antonio, Texas, died April 9, 2015, died June 21, 2015, age 32. age 78. Donald A. Nolan, ’86, Troy, died Ed.S. ’84, Whitmore Lake, died April 19, 2015, age 78. Regina C. (May) Babb, M.A. ’09, July 22, 2015, age 67. Corbett G. Pool, M.A. ’76, Ardmore, Okla., died May 17, Patrick T. Riepma, M.A. ’86, David F. Jason, ’69, Williamston, Corpus Christi, Texas, died 2015, age 58. June 5, 2015, age 77. Midland, died July 14, 2015, died Jan. 25, 2015, age 69. age 54. Olugbenro M. Adeyemi, M.S.A. Ronald D. Textor, ’69, M.M. ’76, John F. Snyder, ’76, Prescott, ’10, Memphis, Tenn., died March Ariz., died July 9, 2015, age 67. Kathleen C. Kehoe, ’88, Grand 27, 2015, age 40. Las Vegas, Nev., died Jan. 23, Forks, N.D., died Jan. 7, 2015, 2015, age 67. Edward B. Strom III, M.A. ’76, age 49. Latricia M. Mahee, M.P.A. ’10, Richard L. Haughton, ’70, Grand Rapids, died July 25, 2015, New Castle, Del., died May 27, age 67. Elgin M. Schmidt II, M.S.A. ’89, 2015, age 39. Chesaning, died May 12, 2015, San Jose, Calif., died May 24, age 66. Ralph S. Waldeck, M.A. ’76, 2015, age 57. David T. Kavanaugh, M.S.A. ’13, Joan K. (Postema) Marsh, ’70, Woodland, Calif., died May 14, Eaton Rapids, died April 25, 2015, 2015. Matthew J. Sullivan, ’90, Troy, age 34. Ferndale, died May 22, 2015, died May 4, 2015, age 49. age 74. Michael H. Wieland, M.A. ’76, Jamee A. Wellman, ’14, Rosabelle (Jefferson) Michael A. Stephens, ’70, Allen, O’Fallon, Ill., died June 6, 2015, Copemish, died Jan. 5, 2015, age age 74. McKinney, M.S.A. ’91, St. Clair 24. Texas, died June 8, 2015, age 67. Shores, died July 5, 2015, age 70. Gary A. Chippi, ’76, MBA ’78, Faculty Theodore J. Swierad, ’70, Kimberly S. Pugh, M.A. ’92, Springfield, died June 18, 2015, Harbor Springs, died June 1, Howard Evans, Naples, Fla., 2015, age 62. Saginaw, died May 5, 2015, age 87. age 51. died April 27, 2015, age 92. Claude E. Fernandez Jr., Elizabeth A. (Flynn) Hayman, Jeffery D. Pierce, ’93, Harvey Jerome Fitzhenry, Reno, Nev., M.A. ’71, Saginaw, died July 12, M.A. ’77, Cartersville, Ga., died died June 6, 2015. March 24, 2015, age 80. Gap, Colo., died June 5, 2015, 2015, age 80. age 46. William Hawkins, Mount Susan C. Heckendorn, ’77, Robert Brick Lancaster, ’71, Michael R. Harrison, M.S.A. ’94, Pleasant, died April 13, 2015, M.A. ’72, Traverse City, died July Traverse City, died July 19, 2015, age 88. age 59. Washington, Ga., died April 6, 25, 2015, age 66. 2014, age 67. Robert D. Hays, Eagle, Idaho, Blaine H. Miller, MBA ’77, Carol J. (Rossman) Brossard, Joan C. (Hicks) Stapleton, died June 22, 2015. ’72, Boyne City and Port St. Joe, Denver, Colo., died May 30, 2015, age 79. M.A. ’94, Flint, died April 27, 2015, Carl Smith, Ada, died Aug. 16, Fla., died June 3, 2015, age 65. age 66. 2004, age 77. Gary M. Stanley, ’77, Robert M. Rapson, M.A. ’72, Kenneth R. Browning, M.S.A. Karel Topinka, Ludington, died Dayton Mountain, Tenn., died Pinconning, died July 24, 2015, age 61. ’95, Wasilla, Alaska, died May 1, July 28, 2015. July 14, 2015, age 79. 2015, age 67. Kenneth W. MacDonald, Daniel R. Salisbury, ’72, Nancy A. Kerrison-Stimac, Mecosta, died May 8, 2015, M.A. ’78, Flint, died April 21, 2015, Staff age 83. ’98, Gladwin, died April 24, 2015, age 65. age 68. Diane Howard, Mount Pleasant, Sara M. (Myers) Dora, ’73, Gale F. Benoit, M.A. ’79, Yakima, died April 5, 2015, age 72. Wash., died June 8, 2015, age 80. Nicole S. Ballinger, ’99, M.A. ’07, Norton Shores, died May 1, 2015, Alma, died Aug. 5, 2015, age 44. Dixie Moss, Shepherd, died Jan. age 64. Tracy D. (Andrews) Fike, ’79, 9, 2015, age 74. Craig G. Newton, M.A. ’99, Virginia J. (Florio) Johnson, Youngstown, Ohio, died July 10, William Walker, Ludington, 2015, age 58. Farwell, died June 20, 2015, ’73, Luther, died June 4, 2015, age 67. died April 8, 2015, age 92. age 63.

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1969 Alumni Field Alumni Field in the heart of campus fieldhouse was built and a new and dean of Health, Physical was the home of Central Michigan Alumni Field was established. In 1981, Education and Recreation. University’s football team for more the university paid $350,000 to Alumni Field no longer exists in than 40 years and home to baseball substantially renovate Alumni Field, physical form. On Nov. 4, 1972, the and track for 70 years. installing bleacher-type seating, a football team played its first game at ticket booth, concessions stand, and The 22-acre plot that made up Perry Shorts Stadium. By the 1990s, restroom and media facilities. Alumni Field consisted of a track and the university made an effort to field facility, a gridiron, a grandstand In 1986, the track and field facility concentrate all of the athletic that could seat 2,500 spectators, a commonly known as Alumni Field facilities on the south side of campus. baseball diamond and practice fields. was officially renamed the Lyle The Health Professions Building and Its location made it a convenient and Bennett Track, in honor of a former the College of Medicine Building are popular place for students to attend CMU track coach. situated where Alumni Field once athletic events – or even drop by on A year later, the baseball stadium was existed, and the grassy area between their way to and from classes. rededicated as Theunissen Stadium these facilities and Finch Fieldhouse Major improvements to the field in honor of Bill Theunissen, a former is the former site of the football field were made in 1930, when a new CMU baseball coach, athletic director, and Bennett Track. •

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