OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY SPRING 2014

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ways Texas Wesleyan is putting critical thinking at the 3 forefront of education. ContentsLetter from Texas Wesleyan High Endeavors President Frederick G. Slabach Photos from the Rosedale 1 16 Renaissance groundbreaking, brick dedication and the Trending NOW Business Hall of Fame Our latest points of pride 2 Golf Alexis Belton goes the distance Rams in Focus 19 Soccer 3 Former Rams goalkeeper Faculty Spotlight 20 Dejan “Milo” Milosevic kicks off Biology Professor Bruce Benz professional career dishes on corn 4 Athletics Student-athletes help beautify Student Spotlight our campus { SGA President Kelsi Holland gets 21 5 up close and personal Alumni Message from Alumni Association Alumni Spotlight 22 President Karen Cole ’99 MBA ’04 Author Julie Murphy ’10 shares tips for budding writers Alumni Stories 6 Charles Willett ’66 recalls life at Wesleyan and a lifelong friendship Alumni Spotlight 24 Jeffrey Yarbrough ’85 has a Alumni News 7 Texas-sized passion for chicken fried steak 26 Tribute Gift Recognition Top Tier Value The Ben Hogan Foundation 28 8 and Texas Wesleyan partner to In Memoriam provide a unique combination of mentorship and scholarship 29 The Last Word Professor Carl Schrader makes a Cover Story difference then and now See. Think. Do. Texas Wesleyan 32 students and faculty integrate 10 Applause critical thinking in the classroom The School of Arts & Letters honors its and beyond 33 Distinguished Alumni My Major WEB EXTRA Athletic training is one 14 of the hottest majors in the country Look for this icon for video and and Texas Wesleyan prepares other features connected with this students with hands-on practice article online. PRESIDENT Frederick G. Slabach

EDITOR Ann Davis

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Nancy Bartosek Strini Elaine Sharpe Dave Ferman Darren White Josh Lacy

COPY EDITORS DESIGN Janna Franzwa Canard J.O. Marci Linn

PHOTOGRAPHY Dear Alumni & Friends, Chuck Greeson Welcome to the spring 2014 edition of Wesleyan magazine. Spring brings to mind a time of renewal and rebirth, which, as many of you know, is OFFICE OF ADVANCEMENT exactly what is happening now at Texas Wesleyan. AND ALUMNI RELATIONS 817-531-4404 | 817-531-7560 fax It was my great pleasure to see students, community leaders, esteemed [email protected] alumni, members of the board, faculty and staff rally together for the official Rosedale Renaissance groundbreaking last November. Wesleyan is an official publication for Together, we raised $6.7 million in capital to fund the project, and the alumni and friends of Texas Wesleyan University. The Office of Marketing and transformation is now well underway. The project is revitalizing the Communications publishes it in the fall University and East Fort Worth, and we hope you’ll continue to visit the and spring. The views presented are not campus during this stage of transformation. necessarily those of the editors or the We are making great strides toward our 2020 University Strategic Plan official policies of the University. as well, a transformation and renewal that is not marked by orange cones BOARD OF DIRECTORS and construction signs, but by student success stories and an increase in Trista Allen ’98 applications and admissions. We are creating a learning environment that Barry Baker ’84 cultivates critical thinking and prepares students for graduate school and Patsy Clifford ’55 professional careers. Last year, the University welcomed its largest and Karen Cole ’99 MBA ’04, president highest-performing class, and the University’s accreditation was reaffirmed Martha Cole ’62 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Julie Croft ’98 Colleges, the highest possible accreditation for the University. Martha Earngey ’77, treasurer Brandy Gonzales ’97 As our cover story exemplifies, critical thinking is one of the main pillars Presley Hatcher ’74 of our University. It is a skill we emphasize for the benefit of our students, Syndi Hillberry ’86, secretary faculty, staff, alumni and community. Critical thinking is what will help us David D. Martin MBA ’04, past president transform our strategic plans for the future of the University into reality. Gladys Moore ’73 Lisa Ramos ’06 MBA ’06 Thank you for your commitment to Texas Wesleyan’s renaissance. I could Glen Tuggle ’85, vice president not be more pleased with the work we have achieved together, the work Emily Milutin ’09 we are accomplishing, and what the future holds for our great University. Jorge Vivar ’76 Kathy Walker ’97 Sincerely, Ben Younger ’63

EX-OFFICIO MEMBER Dr. Carl G. Schrader

TEXAS WESLEYAN STAFF Frederick G. Slabach Joan S. Canty, vice president for President university advancement

Gina Phillips ’97 MS ’07, director of development and alumni relations

DeAwna Wood ’05, assistant director of alumni relations

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Visit the Office of We’veAdvancement moved! and Alumni Relations at our new home, located in the Oneal-Sells Administration Building. You can still contact us at 817-531-4404. Come by! We’d love to see you. Faculty Spotlight

Engaging Educators Bruce Benz The professor of biology dishes on corn, the growing world population and exactly what an “ethnobotanist” is.

By Dave Ferman | Photo by Chuck Greeson

s a kid growing up in North Which leads to a bunch of other Together with Michael Blake and Dakota, Bruce Benz spent questions that we asked — and Benz others, we have documented the his summers on a farm that answered — about why corn is so history of maize diffusion through the produced small grains and cattle important to today’s world. Americas, deciphering the impact of a andA wondering, as he puts it, “what staple cereal on the human biological we did to crops to get them to do and social milieu in pre-Columbian America. A book I co-edited/co- what they do.” So, why care about corn? wrote with John Staller and Robert “Maize is the second most important In a lot of ways, Benz, who has Tykot called Histories of Maize in cereal on the planet. Products Mesoamerica recounts the history and been a biology professor at Texas coming from this plant are more prehistory of maize and its impact on Wesleyan since 1997, is still asking widely used than any other indigenous populations.” the same question. He has devoted cultivated plant. Only rice is more much of his career since earning important, but that’s only because his doctorate in botany from the more people eat it on a daily basis. As the population grows, University of Wisconsin-Madison in Maize has the most genetically how important will corn be for 1986 to studying corn, or maize, and variable genome known.” feeding the world’s people? “Maize directly feeds many people its interaction with people. in the world and is the second You are described as an most important cereal in the world In doing so, he says, he’s asking ethnobotanist. What does because so many people depend fundamental questions about that mean? on it for their daily ‘bread.’ Maize is “An ethnobotanist studies plants humanity. different from other cereals in that people use and the people that maize provides raw material for a use them. My interest focuses on “The human population has been wide variety of products including dependent on grain and livestock the domestication process and the high fructose corn sugar, which is for less than five percent of our time impact of human use on plants that one of the leading causes of obesity on earth,” Benz said. “Before that, are modified for their desirable in the world. Corn will continue to we were predators and hunters and characteristics.” feed the human population, the we became dependent on other world’s domesticated livestock and organisms, and all of a sudden What is the benefit the human race’s continuing love we became sedentary, literally of your research? affair with the automobile.” “My research on maize has and figuratively. So why did we documented the rate of change over domesticate the crops we did, when the last 5,000 years. It documented we did? Corn is such a useful crop evolutionary-punctuated equilibrium, WEB EXTRA and so readily manipulated — it’s suggesting that maize could be different from other crops in our effectively manipulated in a relatively Learn more about Professor Benz at ability to change it.” short time. txwes.edu/engagingeducators

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Critical Thinkers Kelsi Holland We sat down for a conversation with SGA President Kelsi Holland about her favorite Wesleyan moments, life aspirations and favorite study hideout. By Ann Davis | Photo by Chuck Greeson

Great minds … Favorite movie Kelsi is the Student Government “The Lion King” Association president and a four- year University Scholarship recipient. If you could travel anywhere in While studying, preparing for the world, where would you go? graduation this spring and leading “Madagascar” student government, Kelsi (in her spare time) is also busy interning Favorite restaurant with the Fort Worth Housing “Mama’s Pizza on Berry Street” Authority and working for The Rambler student newspaper. She is Best place for late night studying? a member of the Guardians of the “Ol’ South Pancake House on Golden Shears, Cru, Gamma Phi Beta University Drive. Open late!” and other student-led organizations on campus. Where do you envision yourself one year from now? Life ambition “In a graduate school program “I want to help the next generation working on a master’s degree in succeed in life by administering counseling.” counseling services to at-risk adolescents and youth. There are many great programs in the Who has been the most community to support children and influential person in your life? teens, but someday, I want to start “My mother. She has always been there my own program. I want to be an for me and has always encouraged me advocate for children.” to pursue my dreams.”

Favorite place on campus What professor challenged “The third floor of the West Library. you the most? “My sociology teacher, Dr. Sara It is so quiet up there.” Horsfall, who is now retired. She engaged me with social workers Favorite Texas Wesleyan memory and taught me the importance of “Ahhh … the first convocation I community counseling.” attended in the fall of 2010. I loved seeing the traditions, regalia and What I wish I knew when ceremonies.” I was a freshman “I wish I had known how important it is to volunteer. Volunteering on WEB EXTRA campus and in the community helps Watch Kelsi discuss her passion for Name: Kelsi Holland students discover their passions, which Major: Sociology leads to smarter decisions about their sociology at txwes.edu/studysociology Year: Class of 2014 course of study and career.” Hometown: Houston What is your favorite Interesting fact: Favorite book Texas Wesleyan memory? Eldest of six children “The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. Email us your favorite at I’ve read all his novels.” [email protected]

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A young alumna skipped a political Movers & Shakers career on the front page and set her sights on the bestseller list. Julie Murphy ’10 By Elaine Sharpe | Photo by Chuck Greeson

ulie Murphy ’10 came to Texas to ignore my cellphone and all these Wesleyan University to be a “UnderstandDon’t compare that yourself writing booksto others different things, and to absorb all the political campaign strategist and is not a one-size-fits-all career. things that inspire me.” speechwriter. Since graduating You’re going to create your own withJ a political science degree, she’s rules and create your own hours, Replenish the well a successful writer — just not in the and you can’t compare yourself to “Creativity is a well, and when you’re field she imagined. others, because you’re going to see writing a novel or working on a that someone writes a book in two piece of art or coding a website or Her debut novel, Side Effects weeks and someone else writes a whatever it is that you do with your May Vary, was published by book in six weeks. life, you’re drawing from the well. HarperCollins’ Balzer + Bray in As you finish projects or complete March 2014. The book is the story That’s not the point of writing. The deadlines, you’re going to find that of a 16-year-old girl who sets out to point of writing is creating your own the well is lower and lower.” right wrongs — however she sees rules and your own environment fit — when she is diagnosed with where you feel comfortable and your leukemia. creativity can flourish.”

Becoming a published writer right out of the gate? No problem. “IfOvercome I sit at a computer writer’s blockand I don’t know what I’m going to do or if “I took time and polished it,” Murphy I don’t have a scene in mind, it said. “Around February 2012, I usually means that I’m just going decided to start querying agents to bum around on the internet and I found one.” for six hours. My cure for writer’s block is to get up from the Murphy also has another novel, computer and Dumplin’, in the works for publication in 2015. The story is about a girl from the South who decides to overthrow her mother’s beauty pageant.

We asked Murphy what it takes to make it as a writer — and took some notes for ourselves, too. Murphy’s tips for writers

“PursueBe original the art or the novel that you want to read but haven’t found on the shelves. Create the thing that you want to connect to but haven’t found.”

“YouBe persistent have to be persistent. Even when your book isn’t working or people are telling you no, you have to keep going, because if you stop, you’re telling yourself no. Once you stop, there’s no one stopping you but yourself.”

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Movers & Shakers Jeffrey Yarbrough ’85 By Elaine Sharpe | Photo courtesy of bigInk PR

fried steak. The old booths, the When Jeffrey Yarbrough ’85 snarky servers — it’s got a great graduated from Texas Wesleyan Fort Worth vibe.” with a marketing degree, he Lucile’s – “It’s a nontraditional recipe that they’ve been cooking for a long never dreamed of owning his time. It has all the great elements of chicken fried steak, but it’s different. own agency. He also never The preparation goes back to chuck dreamed of being known as the wagon cooking.”

“chicken fried steak guy.” Reata – “It’s a different cut of meat Flash forward a few decades, and with chef-quality presentation that not only is his public relations, you can easily pair with a great glass marketing and real estate agency, of wine.” bigInk, celebrating 10 years of turning his clients into rock stars, but Star Cafe – “Located in the heart of he’s also the driving force behind Cowtown, it’s the prime place to go the creation of Texas Chicken Fried Photo courtesy of Brian Olenjack, in Fort Worth to eat chicken fried Steak Day. Olenjack’s Grille in Arlington steak with a real-life cowboy.”

As a former president of the Texas With a Texas-sized passion for Dallas Restaurant Association and the chicken fried steak, it’s only natural Bone Daddy’s House of Smoke – International Foodservice Editorial that Yarbrough would have a few “It’s not somewhere you’d first Council, Yarbrough has seen his expect to have a really great chicken share of food-driven holidays. favorite places to indulge in the fried steak, but D Magazine named it dish. Whether you like it pan fried as one of the best.” “What I didn’t see is something that or deep-fried, east or west of really shines for the great state of the Trinity, here are a few spots Matt’s Rancho Martinez – Texas,” Yarbrough said. “Chicken Yarbrough recommends: “Get it served ‘cowboy-style’ with fried steak has been cooked for chili, cheese and onions and you decades all across the state by many can’t go wrong.” different people and groups, and I Fort Worth thought we should honor the dish Paris Coffee Shop – “It’s a landmark AllGood Cafe – “It’s a classic Dallas that is truly ours.” restaurant where you can see spot known for its chicken fried steak.” generations of grandfathers, fathers After a two-year journey of fighting Haystack Burgers & Barley – and sons eating together. Combine through red tape and excuses, “Haystack has a chicken fried steak Yarbrough found an advocate for the the rich history of the dish with the burger. It’s the perfect amount of chicken fried holiday in state Rep. rich history of the cafe and you have steak on a buttery bun with gravy. Ralph Sheffield (R-Temple), and the something special.” Highly recommended.” dream began to take shape. Now, every Oct. 26, Texans can officially Fred’s Texas Cafe – “You’ll want to MAX’s Wine Dive – “MAX’s serves celebrate the soul food of their sit inside the cafe, not on the patio, their version at brunch with waffles. great state. when you experience the chicken Need I say more?”

TXWES.EDU Wesleyan { 7 Lance Barrow, producer for CBS Sports, and Robert Stennett, executive director of the Ben Hogan Foundation

The Modern Fundamentals of

OpportunityBy Elaine Sharpe Texas Wesleyan teams with the Ben Hogan Foundation to create a one-of-a-kind scholarship opportunity. Photos by Chuck Greeson

hat happens when two Jerry Wood ’69, a member of the Committed to education institutions with Texas- Texas Wesleyan Board of Trustees, The partnership, which was sized reputations join along with Randy Jacobs ’80 and announced by Slabach and Stennett forces? The lives of five deserving Gary Frankenfield ’71, combined with in November at the Ben Hogan studentsW get changed in a Breakfast Club event at Colonial Texas-sized way. Robert Stennett, executive director of the Ben Hogan Foundation, to Country Club, has an initial value Beginning in fall 2014, Texas work out the details of the program of approximately $400,000 and Wesleyan University and the Ben represents the largest privately and turn it into a reality. Hogan Foundation will partner to funded scholarship program at provide annually renewable, four- the University and the Ben Hogan year scholarships to candidates from “We are proud to partner with two Foundation. It also validates the The First Tee of Fort Worth. great organizations, the Ben Hogan missions of both organizations as What started as the brainchild of a Foundation and First Tee of Fort they strive to provide need-based few alumni and the leaders of the Worth, to provide full scholarships assistance within the Fort Worth Ben Hogan Foundation evolved from to deserving students,” President community. a simple scholarship opportunity to a Frederick G. Slabach said. “At “Even though Mr. Hogan was not complete college experience that will Texas Wesleyan, our ‘Smaller. not only cover the full cost of tuition, able to pursue his education, it was Smarter.’ approach will help these fees and books for the recipients, always something he recognized but also provide a mentor to the motivated students use the lessons as very important,” said Stennett. students throughout their time at they’ve learned in First Tee to “As a result, providing scholarships the University. thrive in college.” for deserving youth has always

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been one area in which Mr. Hogan’s President Slabach agrees and believes foundation has focused.” that having the scholarship recipients on campus is going to benefit the Under the terms of the agreement, University in a number of ways. each organization will cover 50 percent of the cost of the annually “The First Tee is an amazing renewable scholarships for a opportunity for kids to learn life full four-year period. First Tee lessons through golf,” Slabach said. will select the candidates, and a “Many of those lessons they learn review committee comprised of through First Tee are the kinds of representatives from the foundation things we think will help them thrive and the University will award the here at Texas Wesleyan. Our ability scholarships. to provide individualized attention in Two students will be awarded the small class sizes that we offer is scholarships in the first year of the going to be key to making this work. program, and one recipient will be selected in each of the following years. These are going to be really motivated, very energetic students. Texas Wesleyan President Frederick G. More than just financial aid Slabach at the partnership announcement. Having them on our campus is going The scholarship program will also to provide a real benefit to us not only pair students with a mentor from the have down times or issues — to inside the classroom, but also in terms Ben Hogan Foundation to provide have somebody to talk to is a great of their involvement in student life. career guidance and help ensure opportunity.” positive results. A point of pride “This venture between the Ben “This is our opportunity to involve Students who are ready to succeed Hogan Foundation, First Tee of a prominent citizen within the So how will the lessons learned Fort Worth and Texas Wesleyan will community to assist the young from golf and First Tee benefit the change lives,” Stennett said. “It is person with school,” said Stennett. “It scholarship recipients once they’re a partnership that would make Mr. involves patrons of the foundation, on campus? Stennett sees a perfect Hogan very proud.” lets them see the good things that symmetry between the principles of golf and success at Texas Wesleyan. occur with the money they donate Slabach is also proud of the and it creates a relationship between “We like the relationship with First partnership and a foundation the mentor and the student that will Tee because their core values are also designed to honor the memory of benefit that young person for the rest what Mr. Hogan stood for,” Stennett such a phenomenal individual. of his or her life.” said. “When you talk about Ben “The fact that the Hogan Foundation Mark Kalpakis and Dean Williams, Hogan, you talk about perseverance will partner with Texas Wesleyan both leaders in the oil and gas and integrity and honesty. All of those on something as important as industry, will serve as mentors to the things as core values of a young this shows that Texas has a real first two scholarship recipients. person, whether he or she is at First Tee or in business or a student at appreciation for what we’re doing,” “You’re not only getting involved Texas Wesleyan, are going to make Slabach said. “This partnership with financially, you’re getting involved him or her a successful and productive the Ben Hogan Foundation is quite a emotionally,” said Kalpakis. “You’re young person within the community.” feather in Texas Wesleyan’s cap.” helping with your time and as a person to mentor this young adult not only to earn a college education, but to go on and do good things and possibly return that someday to the community.”

Williams, who was a first-generation college student, can specifically relate to the need for support that a program like this can offer.

“Just to have encouragement and somebody who has gone to college and gone through that experience University officials and special guests enjoyed breakfast as the partnership and scholarship details were announced. — just to have support when you

TXWES.EDU Wesleyan { 9 SEE.SEE. THINK.THINK. DO.DO. Great ideas come from great minds. Texas Wesleyan faculty and students are creating a better future through critical thinking.

Critical thinking . . . it’s the difference between hearing education” by using its small class sizes to develop real and listening. It’s the difference between memorizing skills and real opportunities for its students. and remembering. Critical thinking is happening at Texas Wesleyan — in It’s the difference between innovating and “I dunno.” the classroom, yes, but also out of the classroom, where Critical thinking has taken over at Texas Wesleyan. From students are getting real opportunities to learn and teacher workshops that journey into the “heart of critical apply real skills. There aren’t enough pages to cover thinking” to milestones in the University’s strategic plan, everyone who is changing the world, but here are a few Texas Wesleyan is shaking up the “traditional college that are making a big impact.

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Linda Metcalf, professor of graduate counseling

Photo by Chuck Greeson

Starting in fall 2014, Texas Wesleyan University will begin offering a doctorate in marriage and As Texas Wesleyan family therapy. Students won’t just take notes in the classroom; moves forward, they’ll interact closely with some of the best and brightest in their field.

“A Ph.D. speaks to your credibility and gives you it’s creating more clout within the counseling community,” Linda Metcalf, professor of graduate counseling, says. programs The program will build on the success seen in graduate counseling programs, and it will provide seminars where students will be exposed to master centered on family therapists from around the world. Pending approval by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), critical thinking. this degree will lead students through the design and research of projects that are intervention based, providing new strategies for working with families and couples.

Graduates of the Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy will go on to serve as supervisors to master- level counselors, guide students as professors in higher education, take the lead in agencies and hospitals utilizing medical family therapy, and further research in this ever-changing field. – Darren White

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Learn more about Texas Wesleyan’s new marriage and family therapy program at txwes.edu/phd

TXWES.EDU Wesleyan { 11 TERRI CUMMINGS BRINGING PHOTOGRAPHY INTO THE SOCIAL MEDIA AGE.

Photos by Chuck Greeson Terri Cummings is focusing photography on the future. Photography class has moved Once that phase is complete, With Flickr, students have their far beyond the darkroom, and Cummings will start incorporating photos linked directly to creative one Texas Wesleyan professor is social media into her assignments. comments, but they’re also able to helping her students move forward She has two goals she hopes to license their own work and learn the on a global level. accomplish through the use of Flickr. ethical use of other people’s images. Associate Professor of Art Terri “They’ll be assuming the mantle “The other aspect I liked in terms of Cummings’ students use Flickr, of responsibility for their images a professional link is the connection an online photo management and to a broader audience. It’s not ‘our with Getty Images,” Cummings said. sharing application, to expand the little secret’ between the student “Every few months they can put classroom and add a new dimension and the teacher or the class with a forth 10 images for Getty to consider to their photography experience. small critique.” taking into their photo banks.” By sharing their photos, her students Her students will also be required to With Flickr, her students are will not only be assuming a greater find and comment on other images going to be thinking critically responsibility for their work, but they from across the world and start at about photography, establishing will be encouraged to think critically least one gallery that incorporates themselves in a professional by starting discussions and engaging the work of other Flickr users. context and expanding their global with others in the Flickr community. “Essentially they’re curating and interaction. thinking through what these things “They’re training themselves to are,” Cummings said. Allowing Time to Develop look at other people’s images, not The Flickr assignment comes late in just creating their own. They’re the semester, which allows students Why Flickr? also building a broader context to develop their photography skills Cummings looked at several of critique and professional before sharing their work online. different social media options, networking.” including Instagram, before choosing “The initial pics I have them do are Flickr. She wanted her students to – Elaine Sharpe purposefully designed not to be work with a rectangular format for any good,” Cummings said. “So the their photos, but she also wanted WEB EXTRA next thing we do is separate the them to present their work in a more difference between a snapshot and professional setting. a photograph. Then we send them Learn more about Terri Cummings at back out with an understanding “Instagram, with all the filters, txwes.edu/cummings of aperture and depth of field and seemed more playful than business- shutter speed and motion.” like,” Cummings said.

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Lean learning Biz project was a case study in reality.

Being efficient as possible is the crux of lean manufacturing, so Trisha D. Anderson, assistant professor of management, brought a real-world project into the classroom last spring to give her students direct experience with the production practice.

The 30 juniors and seniors in her operations course split into groups to solve a production problem for Berkshire Hathaway-owned electronics distributor TTI, Inc. The project not only gave TTI valuable information, students also got a real-world lesson in critical thinking.

“To complete the project, the students had to understand exactly how the components fit together, which meant they had to ask the right questions,” Anderson says. “That’s where the critical thinking came in. Only one group really got it right because they asked the right questions.”

The successful group of five not only got it right, they got to present their report to TTI executives, who were impressed by the students’ work.

Anderson says that students found it very challenging because they had to think far beyond the information they were given — a situation that encouraged them to stretch and build their problem-solving skills.

Of course, sometimes you can learn just as much — if not more — by getting it wrong than you might by getting it right.

“The students who were successful really appreciated the challenge,” she says. “Others, not so much. Though those students might actually have learned the most.”

This spring, the operations class will tackle a data problem for Hilton Worldwide.

“I’ve been working on connections with various companies so the students will have more of these kinds of experiences,” Anderson says. “Critical thinking is what employers need so we need to be sure our students are skilled at it.”

– Nancy Bartosek Strini

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Learn more about how Dr. Anderson applies real- world concepts in class at txwes.edu/anderson Students learn during a tour of TTI.

Photos courtesy of TTI

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Treatment A 100-percent pass rate on licensure exams punctuates the athletic training program’s successes. Katherine Rosenbusch, senior By Nancy Bartosek Strini | Photos by Chuck Greeson

very athletic training student at its rigorous academics and 1,500 Wesleyan passes the required hours of clinical experience, is like Board of Certification exam carrying 15 credit hours and a Athletic Trainers before graduating — on the first try. part-time job. What they do: E Evaluate, advise and assist They all find a job in the field or get “If I was in any other institution, I individuals in their recovery into graduate school, as well. The would not be able to do athletic from, or in avoiding, athletic- athletic training program educates training and play volleyball,” she related injuries and illnesses, says. “But here, they not only allow and prepares students to become and helping athletes maintain it, they work around your schedule certified and licensed athletic peak physical fitness. trainers. Half of the students begin when you compete. They really careers in allied health as athletic customize things.” trainers after graduation while the Rosenbusch needs them both: What they earn: other half go on to get graduate A median salary of $42,090 Volleyball provides scholarships, degrees in other health professions. a year. Texas’ average is and the program is her future. She among the highest in the At least that’s been the case for the plans to be a physical therapist for country at $52,900. past four years — and there’s good the Wounded Warriors project and reason to assume it’ll happen again needs to get into PT school. And this year. being a certified athletic trainer puts Where they work: her well ahead of candidates who go In every size and level of Pam Rast, kinesiology chair and the academics-only route because educational institutions; the performing arts; amusement athletic training program director, she actually works on patients. credits the “rock star” students. and recreation industries, such Students say it’s the caring attention For example, she was able to apply as rodeos; and all areas of of the staff, faculty and preceptors techniques she learned through health care, including offices, who mentor them for hundreds of evidence-based research she clinics and hospitals. hours every semester. conducted in class on real patients during her PT clinical rotation. Most likely, it’s the laser focus this Expected job growth tight-knit group has on academic and “I was not only practicing new things (2012-2022): career success as they practice, teach and learning them better, I was 21 percent and research the latest innovations in also able to teach the preceptors the field. The magic is hidden deep in something new,” she says. “So we From the Bureau of that focus and the relationships they got to talk about things that are just Labor Statistics: bls.gov develop along the way. coming out, that are fresh. That was really cool.” Personal. Practical. Preceptors are the working Like half of the 20 students in professionals who oversee the clinical the program, senior Katherine experience. Students work alongside, Rosenbusch is also a student-athlete which allows them to get real hands- — a practice prohibited at most on experience, Rast says. “The other schools. Athletic training, with students are not just observers.”

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Mental. Physical. Prepared. The small high school that senior In their senior year, students are Did You Know? Tabitha Evans attended hired its first assigned to one of the athletic Athletic training is recognized athletic trainer last year, a move the teams. They essentially function as by the American Medical former cross-country runner says is the athletic trainer for the team that Association as an allied health the trend. year, Rast says. “You are supervised, profession. Athletic trainers but you’re making the decisions.” “There’s a big push to have athletic provide prevention, emergency trainers in every high school now, and They assess, treat, set up rehab care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic even middle schools,” Evans says. plans and communicate to the intervention and rehabilitation of “Anywhere there are people in contact coach. The last on that list is a injuries and medical conditions. sports, they need to have a health care key component of the Wesleyan Other allied health professions professional there to care for them.” experience, says Laura Kunkel, identified by the AMA include clinical coordinator for the program. physical therapy, occupational With concussions and mental health therapy, respiratory therapy, and in athletes such hot national topics, “We interviewed athletic trainers and physician assistant, to name a few. job opportunities are certain to they said the one thing they didn’t increase. So Evans’ next step will be get as a student was learning how a master’s in sports psychology. Her to communicate with a coach,” she WEB EXTRA experience is that athletic trainers says. “Our students get that in their are often pressed into helping with senior sport.” Want to learn more about a degree more than physical challenges. in athletic training? Go to Kunkel admits the demands of the txwes.edu/athletictraining “Athletic trainers spend so much program can be exhausting, but for time with the athletes, so you hear those who stick it out, the rewards about a lot of problems,” she says. are enormous. “And you’re the first person they want to talk to.” “Many weed themselves out,” she says. “We’ve graduated some who She sees eating disorders, unwanted probably wouldn’t have made it pregnancies, drug use and more. in a bigger program, and they are And of course there is “the whole very, very good athletic trainers issue of injury and adapting to that now. Without all that one-on-one injury. All that falls under sports attention, they probably would have psychology.” fallen through the cracks.”

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HundredsGroundbreaking came out Friday, Ceremony Nov. 15, 2013, to kick off the beginning of the Rosedale Renaissance project, which includes the revitalization of the Texas Wesleyan community through improved streetscapes, a new clock tower and campus “front door,” the United Methodist Church Central Texas Conference Service Center, and the Jack Morton Business Accelerator Center housed in the former Polytechnic Firehouse. 4. 5. | Photos by Chuck Greeson Photos1. Fort Worth Assistant City Manager Susan Alanis, Fort Worth Assistant City Manager Fernando Costa, Tarrant County Commissioner Roy C. Brooks, Fort Worth Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem W.B. “Zim” Zimmerman, Texas Wesleyan University President Frederick G. Slabach, Fort Worth Councilman Dennis Shingleton, Fort Worth City Manager Tom Higgins 2. SGA President Kelsi Holland 3. Bobbie Roberts and Edna Anderson ’44 4. Tarrant County Commissioner Roy C. Brooks, Fort Worth Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem W.B. “Zim” Zimmerman, Texas Wesleyan University President Frederick G. Slabach 5. Louella Baker Martin HON ’03 6. Lee McConnell and Jimmy DuBose HON ’12 7. Catherine Daniell and Dr. Bill Koehler 8. Nick Martin HON ’03

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HaveBrick you Dedication left your mark on Ceremony the Texas Wesleyan campus? New bricks in honor of graduates, family and mentors were placed in front of the Eunice and James L. West Library in a special 2. dedication ceremony, Oct. 19, 2013. Buying a brick for Texas Wesleyan directly supports the Wesleyan Fund, which provides institutional scholarships and program support for students.

ContactWant Ginato getPhillips a brick?’97 MS ’07, director of development and alumni relations, at 817-531-4220, or donate online at txwes.edu/makeagift.

| Photos by Chuck Greeson 1.Photos Oliviu Vasilca ’12 5. Richard Reed, Kelly Reed, Katelynn Reed and Dr. Bill Morton 2. Della Harp ’13 and Eric Oglesby 6. Dedication brick in honor of 3. Trent Sandles President Frederick G. Slabach 4. Dr. Bill Morton, Katelynn Reed, Kelly 7. Frederick G. Slabach 3. Reed and Richard Reed

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Fort Worth Worth business Business leaders honored Hall Mike of Berry,Fame president of Hillwood Properties, as Executive of the Year at the 44th annual Fort Worth Business Hall of Fame at The Fort Worth Club, Oct. 3, 2013.

Texas Wesleyan, the Fort Worth Business Press and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event.

Berry joined Hillwood in 1988 and leads the development efforts for AllianceTexas, a unique planned community. Under his leadership, AllianceTexas has become a 3. community that spans 32 million square feet and has 330 corporate residents and more than 31,000 employees.

Photos | Photos by Chuck Greeson 1. Ross Perot Jr. and Mike Berry 2. Felice and Marvin Girouard 3. Erica Estrada 4. Charles and Beverly Volkman Powell ’92, MBA ’99 5. Ross Perot Jr. 6. Nick Karanges, publisher, Fort Worth Business Press; Frederick G. Slabach, president, Texas Wesleyan University; Mike Berry, president, Hillwood Properties; Susan Halsey, chair, Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce; and Ross Perot Jr., chair, The Perot Group 4.

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AlexisA WesleyanBelton shines both on the Winner course and in the classroom.

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exas Wesleyan has a rich Through the fall semester of her passion was golf. “I had met the history in men’s golf but had junior campaign, Belton owned seven goal I wanted to in basketball, which never competed in women’s of the top-10 individual rounds for a was to have the chance to play golf. In the summer of 2012, Kevin women’s golfer at Texas Wesleyan. Division I, but golf always presents a MillikanT ’98, assistant athletic On Oct. 1, 2013, she became challenge,” Belton said. director and head women’s golf Wesleyan’s first winner when she coach, had to recruit an entire squad topped the field of 43 golfers at UT- Belton went on to play her for a brand new program. Tyler’s Al Jones Memorial. freshman season at the University of Mobile where she posted three One of those recruits, Alexis Belton, In the final round, she matched Texas top-10 finishes. a mass communication major, Wesleyan’s single round record with has proven to be an outstanding a card of 73 to finish at 1-over par, Over the holiday break this past competitor, student, individual two shots ahead of UT-Tyler’s Taylor year, she was one of 15 individuals and ambassador for both Texas Sloane. That performance paced the who participated in a mission trip Wesleyan and the game of golf. Lady Rams to a second-place finish with Athletes in Action Global Sports and their sixth consecutive top-10. and College Golf Fellowship. After “The first time I met Alexis, her Christmas, Belton took her clubs and Belton’s outstanding fall led the athleticism was obvious,” Millikan her faith on a two-week trip to Kenya. said. “She had a great golf swing, but Lady Rams to their first-ever national ranking. Texas Wesleyan was rated she hadn’t yet posted the scores she In Kenya, Belton helped distribute 18 in the 2014 NAIA Women’s Golf knew she was capable of. With her golf equipment at several golf clubs Preseason Coaches’ Poll. In five personality and work ethic, however, and schools. The group hosted a events this fall, the Lady Rams I knew it was just a matter of time.” tournament at Muthaiga Golf Club posted four top-10 finishes. where they also put on a clinic for She finished eighth in the 2013 In their second tournament of members and their children. She Red River Athletic Conference the season, the Rams posted a also helped lead a field day for the Championship. She followed program record low round of 308 children at Soweto Academy in that performance by winning the at Oklahoma City’s Susie Maxwell Kibera, Kenya. 2013 PGA Minority Collegiate Berning Classic. They finished Golf Championship, an event that “It was an awesome experience,” second at the Al Jones Memorial as Belton said. “We played seven featured competitors from all levels well as the UT-Brownsville Ocelot of college golf. Invitational, where Belton placed rounds of golf in 10 days, and got to third individually. play some beautiful courses with a Belton also shot a final round 74 lot of great people and share about in Port St. Lucie, Fla., to win by a Belton’s success comes as no our ministry and about golf.” single shot over UT-Pan American’s surprise. A native of West Monroe, Samantha Garcia. La., she has a very strong athletic Not surprisingly, Belton is beginning background. At West Monroe to see her efforts recognized. In May, She also excelled in the classroom, High School, she was an All-State she will be inducted to the African where she holds a 3.2 GPA, but she selection in basketball and was American Collegiate & Youth Golfers wasn’t alone. The inaugural team named Fellowship of Christian Hall of Fame. Belton will be honored was named an NAIA Scholar-Team, Athletes Female Athlete of the Year during the 28th Minority Collegiate an honor reserved for teams that for northeastern Louisiana. Golf Championship at Bear Lakes hold a minimum combined GPA of Country Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. The Lady Rams Belton had several offers to play easily met that requirement at 3.21. NCAA Division I basketball, but her – Josh Lacy

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Milo Records Rare Shutout for Sidekicks In January 2013, former Texas Wesleyan University goalkeeper Dejan “Milo” Milosevic began his professional career with the Dallas Sidekicks of the Professional Arena Soccer League. Photo courtesy of Dallas Sidekicks This season, Milo made history by recording the first shutout by a Sidekicks keeper in the PASL-era. ounded in 1984, the Sidekicks were one of the longest- running soccer franchises in the United States before closing operations in 2004. The team won league championships in 1987, 1993, 1998 and 2001, before resurfacing as members of the FPASL in 2012. The PASL was founded in 2008, with 20 franchises across the country.

Milosevic’s signing gave him the opportunity to gain experience under the tutelage of a pair of indoor soccer legends, goalkeeper Sagu and head coach Tatu.

“From my tryout to signing, everything went very fast,” Milosevic said. “That first year I was still learning the indoor game and didn’t play a whole lot, but now I feel like I have been accepted, the numbers are there this season, and I’m having fun.”

On Saturday, Jan. 4, Milo’s Sidekicks traveled to Park City, Kan., to take on the Wichita B-52s at Hartman Arena. Milo recorded seven saves to preserve just the seventh shutout in league history in a 6-0 victory. The shutout was also just the ninth in the Sidekicks’ extensive franchise history.

Now the Sidekicks starting keeper, Milo is enjoying the indoor game. “As long as they want me here, I am happy. It is fun, especially when we are at home. We get good crowds and it is fun to play in that kind of atmosphere.”

A standout player from Belgrade, Serbia, Milo played two seasons for head coach Tyler Powell at Texas Wesleyan. He was a two-time All-Conference selection and was named Red River Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year following the 2011 season.

The following year, he led the Rams to the NAIA National Tournament. In the first round of the national tournament, the Rams traveled to seventh-ranked University of Mobile. Milo shut out a high-powered UM squad for 110 minutes before Mobile prevailed 7-6 on penalty kicks. That was one of six shutouts of the season for Milosevic who notched a GAA of 1.17 with 67 saves.

In his Texas Wesleyan career, Milo recorded an overall record of 21-12-5 with a GAA of 1.28. Last season he served as an assistant coach, while continuing to work toward his degree in business, and he helped the Rams to a 13-6-1 record, just one win shy of the school record. Dejan Milosevic – Josh Lacy

Photo courtesy of Jose “Little Joe” Valdez

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character values of integrity, respect, University’s mission to have a safe, responsibility, sportsmanship and clean and aesthetic campus. In an servant leadership. effort to support this mission, our athletes have volunteered their time “In athletics, we believe that one of to support our facilities department the greatest contributions we can with campus cleaning and painting make is service to others,” Steve projects. Their volunteerism is Trachier, athletic director, said. “This congruent with the aims of the NAIA starts with sharing our talents. Our Champions of Character initiative, coaches and athletes are constantly and we are very proud of their working with the youth in our servant leadership.” community, giving free camps and clinics and serving as mentors and All 14 varsity teams have been positive role models.” involved with campus improvement projects this year. If you have been Recently, Texas Wesleyan athletes on campus, there is a good chance Rams Pitch in have taken part in numerous you have seen a student-athlete with community outreach projects, a paintbrush, a rake or a shovel. They including a number of camps and have painted, stained, sanded, raked for a Better clinics for children. Wesleyan student- and generally taken matters into athletes have been involved with their own hands as they work toward Habitat for Humanity and taken part a better, more beautiful Wesleyan. Wesleyanexas Wesleyan is proud to be in heart walks. They have helped raise one of the National Association funds for organizations like Susan G. – Josh Lacy of Intercollegiate Athletics’ Komen for the Cure and Victory Over Champions of Character Five Star Violence. They have also developed Institutions.T Wesleyan student-athletes strong relationships with local are encouraged to get involved elementary school students. outside of the field of play as a crucial This year, Trachier has challenged his part of their development as leaders in coaches to get their teams involved the community. on campus, as well. With the Rosedale Renaissance project in full swing, the College coaches are charged not timing was right to make a difference only with winning but also helping right here on the historic campus. student-athletes develop as individuals and helping to give them “We also believe in giving back to the skills necessary to succeed in the community that supports us the life beyond their playing careers. most, our University,” Trachier said. The Champions of Character “We are proud of Texas Wesleyan program helps coaches to define, and its rich tradition of educational model, shape and reinforce the five excellence. We want to support the

TXWES.EDU Wesleyan { 21 Dear Fellow Alumni, I am privileged to serve as the president of the Texas Wesleyan Alumni Association. The goal of all of us who serve on the Alumni Association board is to connect with you, the alumni of Texas Wesleyan.

It was exciting to see students, alumni, faculty and staff, ministers, city officials, and friends and supporters of the University come together for the Rosedale Renaissance groundbreaking in November. This community effort will Don’t miss this year’s revitalize our campus neighborhood and encourage local business growth for many years to come. Alumni Reunion,

At December commencement, we celebrated the April 24-26. accomplishments of our new graduates. Each graduate was welcomed into the Alumni Association with a Texas Return to campus, reminisce Wesleyan alumni pin. It was an honor to participate in this ceremony and also to see the first class of Doctor of about your days at Texas Education students from the School of Education graduate. Wesleyan and reconnect with fellow Rams. All alumni are Coming back to Texas Wesleyan is like coming home. It is invited, and we will honor a place where friendships were formed, plans were made and good times were had. We would love to see all of the following milestone you at the Alumni Reunion April 24-26. Reunion is a great anniversaries: 1954, 1964 time to reminisce and rekindle old friendships. (Golden Anniversary), 1974, 1984, 1989, 1994, 2004 and Texas Wesleyan graduates have found success both in 2009. Hope to see you there! Texas and around the world. However, what we accomplish in life is sometimes not as important as the legacy we leave for others. Please consider your legacy to help ensure the More information online at Wesleyan experience for future generations of students. alumni.txwes.edu/reunion

Come back, give back and get involved. GO RAMS!

Karen Cole ’99 MBA ’04 President, Texas Wesleyan University Alumni Association

22 } Wesleyan SPRING 2014 The Wesleyan Fund My parents taught me and my siblings the “importance of service to others and giving back to the community. Texas Wesleyan has played such an instrumental part within my family that

it is only natural that we give back to our alma

mater. The University has given me not only a solid education but has also set an example of “ staying involved in the community. Texas Wesleyan University is my family.

— Joseph Ralph Martinez ’89

A gift to the Wesleyan Fund will go to work immediately to:

• Provide scholarships for talented and deserving students

• Develop and maintain academic programs and provide student support resources Every gift • Provide teaching resources and funding for faculty development • Support campus improvements and student life activities matters.

One of the goals of the Wesleyan Fund is to increase the Make yours today at number of alumni who support Texas Wesleyan every fiscal year. Strong alumni participation is a valuable measure of txwes.edu/makeagift Ram pride and satisfaction. Texas Wesleyan’s fiscal year runs from June 1- May 31.

For more information on the Wesleyan Fund, contact Gina Phillips ’97 MS ’07 at 817-531-4220 or [email protected].

Thank you for your support this year! Alumni Stories

LettersAfter nearly from50 years, Charles a Friend Willett ’66 still remembers his friendship with Dr. William A. Ward through five decades of correspondence.

By Darren White | Photo courtesy of Charles Willett

harles Willett ’66 doesn’t student. He grew up in a two-room had saved from his friendship with remember the first time that house in Dallas. He saw himself as Ward — letters, quotes, other notes he met Dr. William A. Ward, the average “Joe.” — and he consolidated them into a but he still remembers the lessons he binder along with proverbs of Ward’s Clearned from him. But Wesleyan felt like a home. he also saved. Everyone put the students first. Even Ward who held many positions at the legendary President Law Sone “They meant something to me,” Texas Wesleyan — including assistant felt like a friend. Willett thrived at Willett said. “His friendship meant to the president — was also a writer Wesleyan, where he was a popular something to me.” whose quotations and thoughts, student and charter president of the “Think it Over,” appeared daily in Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity. Like Ward, Willett has kept in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, were touch with many of his students, collected in books, and still pop up Willett, a lifelong Methodist, likens oftentimes through a more it to the classic hymn “Spirit of the from time to time on calendars and modernized method — Facebook. greeting cards. Living God.” The lyrics — “melt me, mold me, fill me, use me” — are He still corresponds regularly with But the quotes that made the similar to the experience he got at students he mentored over his biggest impact are found in the Texas Wesleyan. 30-plus years in education. “It gives letters he wrote to Willett. me joy,” Willett said. But even then, Willett and Ward’s Willett was shaped by his friendship friendship was unique. They In 1997, Willett returned to the with Ward. He received a master’s corresponded for years, long after metroplex, where he has been an degree and became a successful the point when Willett had students active participant in alumni activities educator and administrator in the who looked up to him. Galveston area, mentoring students at Texas Wesleyan. for more than 30 years. The example Willett’s friendship with Ward That includes helping out in drawn by Ward stuck with Willett. would continue well past his admissions by calling potential Willett served as an administrator at graduation and until Ward’s death students and being a Ram Wrangler. Ball High School, logging more than 30 in 1994, a perfect example of how years of service before retiring in 1995. Texas Wesleyan’s small, intimate He knows what a difference his time atmosphere creates graduates at Texas Wesleyan made in his life, “If I hadn’t gone to Texas Wesleyan,” who understand the importance of and he wants to share it with others. Willett said, “I don’t know that I people, friendship and community. He wants to give back to the school would have been where I am today.” that shaped him. When Willett moved back to the Like many Wesleyan students, Dallas-Fort Worth area in the late “Wesleyan taps into unknown Willett was a first-generation college ’90s, he realized just how much he resources,” Willett said.

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Your planned gift benefits generations.

It is my pleasure to establish, upon my death, an endowed scholarship for students studying education or Christian studies for a career in the United Methodist Church. Dr. William A. Ward was my primary mentor from my days as a student until his death in 1994. I collected all of his books and many of his published quotes; some were original notes he mailed to me over the years. His quotes are examples of how he continues to influence my life: “We can make tomorrow great by our wise and grateful stewardship of today.”

— Charles Willett ’66

By naming Texas Wesleyan as a beneficiary in your will or establishing a planned gift, you can provide long-term benefits for generations to come. To learn more about how your gift can make a difference in the lives of our students, contact:

Gina Phillips ’97 MS ’07 Director of Development and Alumni Relations 817-531-4220 [email protected] Alumni News

1950s Quentin McGown ’79 JD ’00 appeared 2000s as Jimmy in Hip Pocket Theatre’s production of Sassafras, Poppy Cock, and Bobby Hill ’53 was Prittleprattle with Lum and Abner. Darrell Bartell ’00, actor, playwright and recognized at the cancer survivor, completed his master’s Lubrication Engineers degree in drama from Texas Woman’s Inc. annual sales 1980s University. He is a U.S. Army veteran and a meeting as the former private investigator. Darrell received Comeback Player for Thanks to Jeffrey Yarbrough ’85, Texas second place in the Oklahoma Writers’ Sales Achievement Chicken Fried Steak Day was established. Federation Inc. 2011 playwriting contest because of his The holiday falls on Oct. 26. Read more for his play When the Echoes Whisper outstanding performance in 2012. In on page 7. My Name, a story based on several cases his 58 years with LE Inc., Bob has been that he worked. He also took first place in recognized as one of the top producers a OWFI’s 2013 playwriting contest for The total of 24 times. 1990s First One-Hundred Days, which is about the first woman president of the United States. 1970s Lisa Stephens Shelton ’93 co-wrote a He currently has six short stories published Christian novel titled The Perfect Couple, in the anthology Out of Our Minds, which is which was released in October. available on Amazon.com as well as other Bill Davis ’74 retired from Lockheed e-book readers. and opened his own business teaching concealed carry and NRA classes in Goodwill Industries of Fort Worth Inc. Weatherford. His wife, Karen Davis ’77, transformed the dorm rooms of two Sharna Wood ’00 recently presented at the National Alliance of Professional received her master’s degree from TCU deserving Texas Wesleyan students — Psychology Providers conference in and teaches fourth grade at Fort Worth Rolandra West and Ilksen Kirmizi. They Las Vegas and was selected as the first Country Day School. designed the rooms to showcase that female to serve on the executive board. In students do not need to spend hundreds January, she assumed her duties including on decorating their dorm rooms. Lyle Kanouse ’75 filmed Bad Teacher, a serving as chief editor of the national Many thanks to the contributions from new sitcom in which he has a recurring newsletter, The Clinical Practitioner, Goodwill, where David Cox ’94 serves as role as the school janitor. He also started where she has been associate editor for his 63rd film in Los Angeles called Sex, the president and CEO. almost two years. Death and Bowling and appeared as the lead in a film called Sweet Corn. Robert Riza ’94 was named the new Melinda Massie ’01 performed with president of Clarendon Community the Fort Worth Opera as a lady’s maid Mike Skipper ’78 recently produced and College in the Texas panhandle. Prior to in Daughter of the Regiment during directed a workshop production of a new this position, he served as vice president its spring opera festival at Bass Hall musical, Pure Country, which is based on of student services at Hill College. last spring. In August, Melinda spoke the film starring George Strait. Mike’s son, about home organization at the Visions Graham, starred in a new movie called Kathy Walker ’97 is Women’s Expo at Dallas Market Hall. Almost Human, featured at the Toronto proud to introduce her International Film Festival in September. new granddaughter, This film was selected along with three Callie Vivion-Matthews ’02 JD ’06 was Henley Rose. others to be featured at the Midnight the recipient of the Dwight H. Moore 2013 Madness premiere, which introduces the Special Recognition (Attorney) award festival’s top selections of the year. by the Fort Worth Clinic of Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas.

Mark Ball ’79 M.Ed. ’87 is now the athletic director for Lubbock ISD.

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Aaron Whaley ’03 is a ceramic interpretation of the Pieta. Robyn Bone MA ’11 is and Dr. Rachel Marianne completed her doctorate on excited to announce (Loftin) Whaley ’06 May 24, 2013, with her dissertation titled the birth of her welcomed Everly “Solution Art Finding Recovery.” daughter, Sophia Grace Whaley on Danielle, born Sept. 24, 2013, July 8, 2013. weighing 8 pounds, 9 ounces and measuring 20 1/2 inches long. Lisa Wilks ’04 MA ’07 is the proud grandmother. Courtney Lyles ’11 is a proud grandmother of future Ram Kaci Womack Christian Hamilton Jr. ’03 MBA ’06 welcomed Madison Brooke Womack into the world on Aug. 17, 2013. Ben Phillips ’09 appeared as King Arthur in Spamalot at Greater Lewisville Community Theatre last fall. He also provided the voice for the character Susannah (Phillips) Freed Sellzen in the animated series High Sladek ’11 is the proud Lindsey (Villa) School DxD, which was released on mother (and Gina Castro ’06 married Blu-ray and DVD in August by Phillips ’97 MS ’07 the Sam Castro on FUNimation Entertainment. proud grandmother) March 17, 2012. of Reid Sladek, born on Aug. 13, 2013. 2010s

Michael Kreitzinger ’10 was recently hired as a print model for Dickies Authentic Jonathan Phillips American Workwear and also currently MSNA ’12 is the proud works at Ellerbe Fine Foods in Fort Worth. father (and Gina Karen Pearson ’06 MA ’08 is now the Phillips ’97 MS ’07 the director of care coordination for Mesa proud grandmother) Springs Hospital in Fort Worth. She Julie Murphy ’10 attended Wesleyan of Madelyn Phillips, recently finished her LPC-S training and with plans of being a political campaign born on Oct. 18, 2013. renewed her license in February. Karen also strategist and speechwriter, but she has a private practice in her spare time. found success as a published novelist. She has written two novels and her third, Dumplin, is slated for publication in 2015. Cassandra Beltran ’13 played the role of Marianne Horne Ed.D. MS ’07 displayed Read more on page 6. Annelle in the Granbury Theatre Company’s her most recent work at her art show at production of Steel Magnolias last fall. J.O. Design in October. The title of the exhibit is “Fleeting Glimpses and Frozen Ashley Shetter MA ’10 presented Moments” featuring everything from “Superwoman’s Kryptonite” in October. abstract to impressionistic works. Her She discussed the symptoms of piece, Steven’s Lake II, was inspired by superwoman syndrome and the steps photos taken in San Antonio. Wesleyan a woman can take to heal from playing owns two of her pieces, one of which multiple roles and juggling family, careers hangs in the Glick House and the other and social activities.

TXWES.EDU Wesleyan { 27 Tributes

Tribute Gift Recognition A gift to a charitable organization is a wonderful way to recognize someone of importance in your life. Texas Wesleyan is honored to receive gifts in memory or honor of alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends. These gifts acknowledge the relationship individuals have with the University and the community. We are pleased to recognize these gifts and the role each honored person and donor has in the lives of our students. We gratefully acknowledge the following donors for their tribute gifts received from 8/1/13 through 1/31/14.

IN HONOR OF Carol Routt Austin to the The Rev. Sidney Roberts ’50 HON ’68 Carol Corley Employee Library Fund to the Wesleyan Fund Bob and Shirley Corley Bobbie Roberts “Friends” for the 2013 Holiday Season James Bailey, my father, to the Wesleyan Fund Adam and Dr. Ron Reed to the Reed Memorial to the Wesleyan Fund Laura Bailey Arena ’10 Endowed Scholarship Fund George Ann Carter Bahan Ann Reed ’82 Joe Bradley ’53 to the Johnnie Edwards, “Friends” for the 2013 Holiday Season Jeremy Reed ’91 Dan Hart, Jim Bridges and Ray Jefferson to the Wesleyan Fund Endowed Men’s Basketball Scholarship Fund Tim Russell ’64 and the class of 1964 to the Anne Street Skipper ’78 Dorothy Baum ’53 Wesleyan Fund Dr. Betsy Alexander to the Gerald Baum ’54 Wanda Russell ’64 Tribute Scholarship Fund Jeff Sellers to the Wesleyan Fund Stephen and Judith JD ’94 Alton Jim ’54 and Helen ’55 Bridges to the Johnnie Edwards, Dan Hart, Jim Bridges and Maudine Goodman ’73 Dr. Linda Carroll to the Ray Jefferson Endowed Men’s Basketball Billy W. Sills to the School of Education School of Arts & Letters Scholarship Fund Barbara Sills ’51 W. David and J.M. Wende Dorothy Baum ’53 Jim Olney ’71 to the Wesleyan Fund Gerald Baum ’54 Bill ’50 and Janice ’50 Smith to the Rosedale Philip Thompson ’71 Renaissance Campaign, The Rev. Dr. Lamar E. Gene Burge ’54 to the Athletics Expansion Smith Center John H. Maddux ’59 to the Fund and the Wesleyan Fund Barry ’76 and Susan Smith John Maddux Jr. Endowment Fund Ann Burge ’54 Madelon Bradshaw Bernice Coulter Templeton to the Art Marty Clifford ’52 to the Johnnie Edwards, Department Fund Anne Street Skipper ’78 and Scotty Dixon Dan Hart, Jim Bridges and Ray Jefferson D. Coulter Templeton Fund to the Tribute Scholarship Endowed Men’s Basketball Scholarship Fund Victor Mario Valdes ’51 to the Tribute Evan ’76 and Janie ’77 MA ’83 Faris Dorothy Baum ’53 Scholarship Fund Gerald Baum ’54 Frederick G. Slabach to the Wesleyan Fund Lorraine Valdes Dr. Richard ’52 and Joan Hunt Alta Lewis Dollar ’66 to the Alta Lewis Dollar Henry Whipp to the Tribute Scholarship Fund Endowed Scholarship Fund Richard J. Lind ’04 and James M. Lind ’03 Tyla Holsomback ’95 to the Tribute Scholarship Fund David Dollar ’85 Barbara and John Lind Lou Zastoupil to the Johnnie Edwards, Dan Dr. Russell Floyd to the Wesleyan Fund Hart, Jim Bridges and Ray Jefferson Endowed The Rev. Dr. Lamar Smith ’50 HON ’65 Sharon Weeks ’92 Men’s Basketball Scholarship Fund to the Wesleyan Fund Dorothy Baum ’53 Martha Carroll ’52 Tim Russell ’64 to the Wesleyan Fund Wanda Russell ’64 Gerald Baum ’54 Randy and Patti Turner JD ’94 to the Tribute Scholarship Fund Sargent Hill ’47 to the Tribute Scholarship Fund Stephen and Judy JD ’94 Alton Sylvia Mandeville ’59 GIFTS IN KIND Catharine Wakefield ’39 to the Wesleyan Fund Dr. F.B. Huey to the Tribute Scholarship Fund Sharon Allen ’67 Florine and Barker Chapman Drs. Jim and Elizabeth Alexander Sidney Alexander Kamella Wheat ’10 to the Wesleyan Fund Joe Martinez ’56 to the Wesleyan Fund Barry Baker ’84 Connie Wheat Veronica Vasquez ’81 Blue Mesa Grill Bea, Roy, Sue and Jason Eubank; Richard O’Neal to the Carol Corley Employee Karen Cole ’99 MBA ’04 Luther McManus; MaryNell Pickle; Rodney Library Fund Martha Cole ’62 Rudolph; Craig Smith; Joyce Smith; and Max Bob and Shirley Corley Martha Earngey ’77 Smith to the Tribute Scholarship Fund Jan Fersing Karlee Wimberley Herbert Owens ’64 to the Wesleyan Fund Syndi Hillberry ’86 Diesta Owens Debra Maloy MHS ’91 A.M. Pate Jr. and Sebert L. Pate to the Tribute Julie McCoy IN MEMORY OF Scholarship Fund Paul Proffitt ’67 Dr. Stuart Rosenkrantz The Pate Foundation Anne Street Skipper ’78 Jerry Alexander to the J.D. and Brunetta Pinkston to the Religion Glen Tuggle ’85 Tribute Scholarship Fund Department Fund Kathy Walker ’97 John ’59 and Linda Maddux D. Coulter Templeton Fund Jerry Wood ’69

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Wilson Canafax ’40 HON ’74 William Sargent Hill ’47 Nov. 7, 2013, Fort Worth Oct. 1, 2013, Fort Worth

The Rev. Wilson Canafax was born Oct. 11, 1918, in Millsap. Sargent Hill was born March 31, 1921, in Fort Worth. He He attended grade and high school in Dallas, graduating will be remembered as larger than life, with a magnificent from Woodrow Wilson High School. Wilson graduated and engaging personality that lit up any room. He will be from Texas Wesleyan in 1940 and received his Master of remembered equally as a true patriarch to his extensive Divinity from Perkins School of Theology at Southern family and for his transcendent and limitless love for his Methodist University. In 1974, he received an honorary wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. doctorate from Texas Wesleyan. Wilson married Bernice Dearly missed, his constructive and loving influence on Henderson ’40 on Sept. 4, 1942, and they began their the lives and hearts of those privileged to know him ministry in the Haslet Charge with Keller and Saginaw. will stir within us forever. Sarge, as he was known to all, During World War II, Wilson served as a chaplain with the attended D. McRae Elementary School, William James U.S. Army in Europe. During this time, he assisted pastors High School and graduated from Polytechnic High School in the German Methodist Church and helped restore in 1938. He attended Texas Wesleyan and just prior to some local churches. Wilson was privileged to participate his junior year volunteered for the Army Air Corps as in the early life of Glen Lake Camp at Glen Rose. During an instrument flight instructor. Upon completion of his his 60-year appointment, Wilson served the ministry military service, he returned to Texas Wesleyan and with commitment and dedication. Wilson served in both earned a bachelor’s degree in speech/drama. Sarge the Central and North Texas conferences of the South married his high school sweetheart, Frances Bales, on Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church. He Nov. 30, one week before the bombing of Pearl Harbor pastored at United Methodist churches in Fort Worth, in 1941. He received his master’s degree in business from St. Luke, Polytechnic, Couts Memorial in Weatherford, Pepperdine University. He was an excellent pilot with a Hamilton, Cisco, McKinney, Commerce and Hurst. Wilson multiengine rating. He was also an avid golfer and loved also served on the Texas Wesleyan alumni board and as to travel. Sarge read every Louis L’Amour book ever director of the Conference Council on Ministries. written. He was president of the Texas Wesleyan Alumni Association from 1971-1972 and was selected as Alumni of the Year in 1973. Sarge was the 274th recipient of the Guardian of the Golden Shears award on March 24, 1947. He enjoyed spending time at Hot Springs Village, Ark., with his family and grandchildren. He was a lifelong member of First United Methodist Church in Fort Worth and a member of the Masonic Temple.

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as an educator. He received his master’s in H.A. Owens ’64 1940s education from Texas Woman’s University Sept. 17, 2013, New Braunfels Raymond M. Talkington ’41 and retired from Fort Worth ISD in 1992. He Herbert Arden Owens July 30, 2013, Carlsbad, Calif. also enjoyed painting, reading, traveling and Jr. graduated from Texas After graduating from sharing stories of his many adventures, and Wesleyan in 1964. He retired Texas Wesleyan in 1941, he was the happiest when he spent time with from the Fort Worth Star- Raymond Maurice Talkington family and friends. Telegram in 1994, where he attended officer training at held various writing and Northwestern University for Rady G. McCormack ’56 editorial positions. He then moved with his the U.S. Navy. Ray served as Aug. 12, 2013, Mansfield wife to New Braunfels to become an antique a supply officer on an LST Rady G. McCormack served junkie. Everyone loved him and his witty sense during the invasions of Kwajalein, Eniwetok, in the Coast Guard prior of humor, especially the funny nicknames he Saipan, Tinian, the Palaus and Luzon. Upon to graduating from Texas would give people. “He never looks for praises, returning from World War II, Ray met and fell Wesleyan with a teaching in love with Mary Marshall, who had also served he’s never one to boast and he just goes on degree in music. He retired in the Navy during the war. They married in quietly working for those he loves the most.” from Fort Worth ISD after a 1946 and settled in Hollywood, Calif., where they lived for more than 60 years. Together, career as a band director and music and chorus Jeannine C. Van Noy ’64 they ran Ray M. Talkington Insurance Agency. teacher. Rady was skilled behind the sewing Dec. 9, 2013, Fort Worth machine and created elaborate clothing. He also Jeannine Crill Van Noy Mary L. Owen ’42 enjoyed square dancing, traveling and camping. received her bachelor’s Nov. 23, 2013, Bedford He was a member of Meadowbrook United degree from Texas Wesleyan Mary Louise Alfrey Owen Methodist Church and sang in the choir. in 1964 and her master’s graduated from Texas degree from University of Wesleyan in 1942. She Patricia Renfro ’58 Texas at Arlington in 1969. worked toward her master’s Sept. 14, 2013, Graham She loved teaching and taught English for degree at UT-Austin; she Patricia “Pat” Hagler Renfro 30 years. In 1981, Jeannine began teaching then worked as an executive received a Bachelor of at Tarrant County College and retired from secretary for a major oil Science in business from TCC’s Northeast Campus in the summer of company. She met Samuel Phillips Owen when Texas Wesleyan in 1958. She 1993. After retirement, she enjoyed spending he was in flight school at Hicks Field during was a devoted stay-at-home time with her family, traveling, volunteering World War II. They were married for 45 years. mother for years and began and working with her dogs. Jeannine She was a devoted mother, grandmother, a her career at Bell Helicopter Textron in 1974. She wonderful homemaker, talented pianist, artist touched many lives during and after her started as a steno, working her way up to MRP and seamstress. She served as past president career in teaching, and she was a favorite of specialist at the time of her retirement in 1997. In of Texas Wesleyan Women Exes. her students wherever she taught. 1977 she married Charles O. Renfro. They shared 20 years together before his passing in 1997. LaVerne Camp ’45 Junille W. Shepardson ’66 Nov. 8, 2013, Friendswood Aug. 31, 2013, Rockland

LaVerne Camp graduated Junille “Juni” Glenda Wieting from Texas Wesleyan in 1945. 1960s Shepardson received a She celebrated 69 years of Bobby W. McDowell ’60 Bachelor of Arts in English marriage with her husband, July 27, 2013, Hope, Ark. from Texas Wesleyan in Dick. LaVerne was a faithful Bobby McDowell received a Bachelor of 1966, a Master of Religious and devoted pastor’s wife, Science in chemistry from Texas Wesleyan. Education from Southern serving in many capacities in Methodist University in 1971 and a Master of Dick’s churches. She was known for her beautiful Clyde W. Stratton ’60 Divinity equivalent from Bangor Theological sewing and handwork, which she unselfishly Aug. 2, 2013, Carbondale created for her family and friends. Her most Seminary in 2001. Juni officially retired Clyde W. “Bill” Stratton outstanding accomplishment to her family was from the ministry in 2008, but she had the served in the U.S. Army Air her role as a wonderful mother and homemaker. opportunity to serve two more congregations. Corps in World War II and Since her childhood, Juni enjoyed making William L. Hensley ’48 then graduated from Texas music. She directed the John Street UMC Sept. 5, 2013, Houston Wesleyan in 1960. He worked choir in Camden and played percussion for the William “Bill” Lee Hensley graduated from 34 years for Southwestern Midcoast Community Band. Juni collaborated Texas Wesleyan in 1948. He then began a brief Bell Telephone. Bill was with her longtime friend to write a book about career as a Methodist minister. After leaving the preceded in death by his beloved wife of 60 the band, titled … And the Band Plays On. ministry, Bill pursued a career in accounting with years, Nada P. Stratton. a specialization in tax. He enjoyed all types of Mary K. Blessing literature, politics, travel, music, volunteering, Gibbs M. Slaughter ’62 Dec. 30, 2013, Fort Worth helping those in need and spending time in Aug. 30, 2013, Fort Worth Mary Kathryn Blessing fellowship with his family. Bill was married Gibbs Mood Slaughter attended Texas Wesleyan to Margaret (Simmons Gray) for 48 years. Jr. graduated from Texas until 1966. Her true passion Wesleyan in 1962. He was was music. Mary impacted 1950s a respected boatman and hundreds over a lifetime of inventor of specialized musical service. Mary was a Victor Mario Valdes ’51 fiberglass materials for the member of the AGO-Fort Worth Chapter and Nov. 6, 2012, Mansfield marine industry. Gibbs served in the Air Force Victor Mario Valdes received served in many choirs and choruses. Mary was a bachelor’s degree in art Reserve and was owner/operator of Slaughter a staff accountant with Bell Helicopter Textron from Texas Wesleyan in 1951. Marine Company and Gibco Flex-Mold Inc. He for 42 years. She was a master of showing Victor was an accomplished was a member of Lake Country Church, Fort appreciation with her kind words at just the Texas artist and shared Worth Boat Club and the Eagle Mountain right moment or dropping a card in the mail to his skill of art with others Classic Boat Club. celebrate or pick one up.

30 } Wesleyan SPRING 2014 Jack N. Martin ’76 1970s Sept. 10, 2013, Fort Worth Jack Martin graduated from Texas Wesleyan Gilbert T. Martinaz ’70 in 1976. Jack retired from the city of Fort Nov. 16, 2013, Worth, and he will be missed by many nieces, The Woodlands nephews, family and friends. Dr. G. Terry Martinaz received a Bachelor of Science from Texas Wesleyan in 1970. He 1980s went on to earn his Master of Religious Education in Richard R. Rutter ’80 1972 and a Doctor of Educational Ministry in Dec. 29, 2013, Euless 2004 from Southwestern Baptist Theological Richard Roman Rutter Sr. Seminary. Terry actively served in Christian left high school to join the ministry for 38 years. He was minister of Navy. Shortly after enlisting, education at Hillcrest Park Baptist Church World War II ended and he in Arlington, First Baptist Church of White returned home to finish high Settlement and First Baptist Church of school, serving as senior Madison, Miss. In 2005, he moved to The class president and lettering in wrestling. Upon Woodlands and began his work as a consultant graduation, he enlisted in the Army where he to churches representing LifeWay Christian served proudly and honorably for 25 years. Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. In setting an example for the importance of continued education, he achieved his lifelong Eldon R. Hager ’71 ambition to earn a college degree. Richard HON ’87 Sept. 21, 2013, San Antonio Bob Bolen earned a Bachelor of Arts in business from Jan. 6, 2014, Fort Worth Eldon Hager received a Texas Wesleyan in 1980. In 1953 Richard bachelor’s degree from married the love of his life, Alfreida Sturges, in Robert “Bob” Eugene Bolen was the Texas Wesleyan in 1971 and Dallas. They were happily married for 56 years. former mayor of Fort Worth and received a master’s degree from During this time, they traveled the world with an honorary degree from Texas Wesleyan Texas Christian University. their four children, providing them with many in 1987. After a year in college, he served He began his career as the wonderful cultural experiences. social action director of Catholic Charities in the U.S. Navy as a gunnery officer for the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth. He aboard the USS Iowa. He returned to John E. Johnson ’82 went on to work for the International Catholic A&M and earned a Bachelor of Science Nov. 28, 2013, San Antonio in business administration in 1948. Soon Migration Commission and the United Nations Dr. John Johnson, M.D., after obtaining his degree, Bob joined High Commissioner for Refugees. He lived graduated in 1982 from Texas McCrory’s Variety Store and eventually and worked, often accompanied by his wife, Wesleyan with a Bachelor worked as a store manager. Bob met Fran throughout much of Asia and Africa. of Science in chemistry. He Ciborowski, who was a native of Syracuse, earned his medical degree while he was working there. Bob and Fran John E. Miers ’73 from the University of Texas began dating even though there was a Oct. 20, 2013, Aledo Medical School in Houston. He enjoyed 15 years company policy that prohibited employees Dr. John Edward Miers of private practice in Lake Jackson before from fraternizing. According to legend, received a bachelor’s degree moving to San Antonio in 2006 and practicing their socializing included several trips to from Texas Wesleyan in 1973 at Texas Med Clinics. John touched many lives. basketball games where it was necessary for and then earned a Doctorate He loved his patients and they loved him. His Fran to sit on the floor of Bob’s car to avoid in Osteopathic Medicine love of golf was equal to his love of medicine. from Texas College of detection as his accomplice in exploring the Osteopathic Medicine in 1977. While in medical city sights! By the time Bob was transferred school, he married Linda Harrison, his beloved 2000s to Fort Worth in 1951, they were already wife of 39 years. John maintained his medical engaged. The Bolens were wed in Syracuse practice on the corner of Eighth Avenue on May 3, 1952. In 1953, Bob and Fran began and Magnolia for more than 20 years, until Joseph P. Rodriguez ’01 lifelong business ventures that included he retired in 2012. Thousands of babies met Aug. 12, 2013, Fort Worth Bolen’s Toy Palace, Bolen’s Bike World and, Dr. Miers in their first moments of life. John Joseph Paul Rodriguez eventually, multiple Hallmark card stores acquired a lifelong love for baseball from his III received a Bachelor of throughout the state of Texas. Bob began father. Following this passion, he supported Arts from Texas Wesleyan his tenure as a councilman in 1979 and was youth baseball, Texas Wesleyan baseball, and in 2001. He was a law elected the mayor of Fort Worth in January was a dedicated Texas Rangers fan. enforcement officer with 1982. With his vision, his consensus-building the Arlington and Benbrook and his love for the city, he became a Susan K. George ’74 police departments. Joseph later became transformational leader in city government Oct. 1, 2013, Kilgore a crime analyst consultant. He was also a for the next 3,400 days. Susan George graduated member of the Shriners. from Texas Wesleyan in 1974. She taught in the Kilgore Independent School District for 32 years and was a member of CTA. She was an avid hunter and enjoyed fishing, working in the yard, and spending time with her family and friends. Susan will be missed by all her loving family and friends.

TXWES.EDU Wesleyan { 31 The Last Word Teaching by Example Professor Carl Schrader is still rockin’ the Wesleyan way. By Nancy Bartosek Strini

harles Willett ’66 admits that Dallas. “Being a local kid, it felt like he was “Joe Average” when going to New York City,” he says. he was at Wesleyan. But that was before Professor Carl Schrader’s “A lot of baseball players took CGerman class back in the ’60s, his classes,” he says, noting that Did you know? where he was introduced to Black Schrader attended most of the home Forest cake. games. “He would make a point Professor Emeritus to comment about our individual Carl Schrader: “Dr. Schrader took us all to a performance. He wasn’t there just to German restaurant, which was a very show up, but he knew how well we • Taught German one year, special treat for me,” Willett recalls, were doing on the field.” then English still mentally savoring his first bite of • Sponsored a scholarship for the cherry-drenched delight and the Schrader’s influence inspired Elliott athlete with the highest GPA exciting experience of an unusual to major in English rather than restaurant meal nearly 50 years later physical education. “I spent 36 years • Was founding faculty (see Willett’s story on page 24). in the classroom and I really, really advisor for Alpha Phi enjoyed teaching. If he hadn’t cared, Omega and former sponsor No, cake didn’t change his life, but I might have gone another route.” for Sigma Tau Delta, Alpha {Schrader’s caring, involved type of Chi and Sons of Sakkara teaching did. Today, the gastronomic Schrader shrugs off all the praise in • Is an emeritus member on connection continues — since his typically humble way, noting that the Alumni Association board returning to the area in recent years, a story about students who received • Received Honorary Alumni Willett and Schrader have lunch the athletic scholarship he sponsors Award in 2012 together about once a month. would be much more interesting. “They’ve gone on and done well,” • Awarded Order of the “How many professors does anyone he says, noting that his only regret Golden Rule by students know that 40 or 50 years after is that he has lost track of at least a several times graduation still stay in touch with few students. their students?” Willett asks. “I am • Is a Presbyterian minister not the exception. Dr. Schrader “I wish I knew where all the students • Standing member of the has shown a lot of care for a lot of are now and how they are doing,” he informal First Friday Lunch students, especially former athletes.” says. “We had a lot of good students.” group of alumni and faculty Tommy Elliott ’76 is one of them. Schrader notes he’s been incredibly Elliott was a teacher and coach blessed. In addition to teaching, he’s with the Fort Worth ISD until his been a Presbyterian minister for 50 with a small school. We see them in retirement last year. Now he is years and is still serving at the First the classroom, at organizations and the assistant baseball coach at Presbyterian Church in Crowley. That in the lunchroom.” Southwest Christian School. faith has always been a driving force Elliott agrees but says Schrader in his teaching. “Carl [Schrader] embodies what was exceptional — the best among Wesleyan is all about,” he says. the best. “I feel like what I believe and “Small classes and one-on-one what I taught was an example opportunities with your professor. “The thing is, he stayed in contact You felt like you were the only one in to others,” he says, noting that over the years,” Elliott says. “He’s there because he had this amazing Wesleyan’s intimate size is perfect not just a distant memory. That deep ability to connect. He really cared.” for influencing students. “[The voice and all those memories come faculty at Wesleyan] all tried to flooding back.” Elliott also remembers a dinner out meet the needs of students and help with Schrader that left a big impact: them individually as well as in the Share your stories about Schrader took him and another ball classroom. They would come to us Professor Schrader with us at player to a “fancy steak dinner” in to ask advice. That’s the advantage [email protected].

32 } Wesleyan SPRING 2014 Applause The School of Arts & Letters is proud to honor its inaugural class of DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI during Reunion Weekend Please join us for a reception on Thursday evening, April 24, from 5:30 to 7:30 at Lou’s Place, as we celebrate the careers and ongoing service of these two exceptional honorees.

Jennifer Oliver Henderson is a marketing communications specialist Tamlyn Wright works internationally as a freelance scenic production with nearly 20 years of experience in public relations, brand development, designer and art director for television, theatre, corporate events, marketing, communications, social media and graphic design. Since theme parks and feature films. Live televised entertainment has been founding J.O. in 1998, Jennifer has focused on providing strategic her main focus for the past 14 years. Some of her projects include the marketing campaigns that deliver results for clients in a variety of industries. Academy Awards, Emmys, Grammys, MTV Movie Awards, Kennedy Prior to J.O., Jennifer served as the director of communications at Texas Center Honors and the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Wesleyan University and was responsible for Tamlyn is a four-time Emmy winner for overall strategic marketing and planning for the art direction for the Academy Awards and school. Henderson is also the founder of a new the Grammys. Additionally, she has been nonprofit, The Cause Agency, and sits on the Jennifer Oliver honored with four Art Directors Guild board of Tarrant County Blue and Botanical Henderson ’96 Awards for her work on live tele-events. Research Institute of Texas. Her professional Tamlyn earned her Bachelor of Arts degree achievements include “40 Under 40” awarded in theatre arts from Texas Wesleyan in 1992. by the Fort Worth Business Press in 2008, Texas She then returned to her native Los Angeles Wesleyan University’s Alumni Service Award Tamlyn Wright where she received her MFA in scenic and in 2012 and the recipient of more than 100 local costume design from California Institute of to international design awards. Jennifer earned ’92 the Arts. a Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas Wesleyan University in 1996.

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