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Annual Report to Donors SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY VOLUME 8 • NUMBER 1 • 2014-2015 Annual Report to Donors SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY VOLUME 8 • NUMBER 1 • 2014-2015 Back row: Jose Perez, Keith Diggs, Jim Coker, and President Dana G. Hoyt; Front row: James Paul Ferris, Danielle Ferris, Jim Ferris, Tonya Ferris, Michael Landolt and Ann Wismer, A Message from the President s an important stakeholder in the future of our state and nation, your choice to invest in Aeducation through gifts made to Sam Houston State University should bring you an enormous sense of pride while you read the 2014-2015 Annual Report to Donors. As you explore the pages, you will find a record 11,592 donors gave $16.5 million in support of the university. Without question, Sam Houston has been on the upswing for many years. This past fall, SHSU saw record enrollment go beyond the 20,000 mark. While we are an increasingly attractive choice for traditional and non- traditional students, our faculty and staff have done an outstanding job of strengthening retention and graduation rates. In addition to providing a caring environment that produces well-educated citizens, it is important to our students’ parents and to the state of Texas that recent graduates are able to find jobs. I am proud to say that Sam Houston State University is ranked second among 38 public universities, with 74.3% of our graduates securing employment within the first 12 months following graduation. As one of the fastest-growing universities in the nation, it is imperative we keep pace with enrollment while responding to the changing educational needs of our students. If you have visited campus lately, you cannot miss all of the construction. The Fred Pirkle Engineering Technology Building and the South Residential Complex, which includes a residence hall and new dining facility, are well underway, with opening dates expected in early 2017. We received approval to build a biology facility in order to provide desperately needed laboratory space to accommodate core course demand and the needs of our growing health science programs. Three new, state-of-the-art video boards for football, basketball, and softball were installed this fall. A replacement of the entire playing surface at Don Sanders Stadium with artificial turf also was completed. We are planning to break ground at the end of this year on an expansion of the Lowman Student Center, making this hub for student life reflect not only the beauty of our campus but also function more efficiently and effectively as growth continues. There is no doubt that donor and alumni support can have a direct, positive impact on a university’s future. In five years, Sam Houston State University gift income has grown by more than 64%, with 11% of alumni and friends as donors. The results are measurable in new and enhanced facilities, need- and merit-based scholarships, academic program enrichment, and faculty support. Your generosity is helping to take us from good to great. While staying true to our institutional values and traditions, we find ourselves poised to take that next great leap forward. In order to chart a new and exciting course for our university, we will need your leadership and continued support. I look forward to taking this exciting journey together. Dana G. Hoyt President, Sam Houston State University Vice President SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY VOLUME 8 • NUMBER 1 • 2014-2015 for University Advancement Frank R. Holmes Contents Assoc. VP for Development Featured Donors.............................................................................2 Thelma Mooney Samuel Houston Society .................................................................5 Committee Darlene Andrews Rhonda Ellisor The Old Main Society .....................................................................7 Cindy Truax The Austin Hall Society ..................................................................9 Editor Jennifer Gauntt The Harry F. Estill Society ............................................................11 Writers Tammy Parrett The Mallon-Smith Founders Society ............................................13 Romney Thomas Chelsea Keller The Anniversary Society ..............................................................16 Julia May Jennifer Gauntt Where do contributions1879 Society go? .................................................................................21 Art Direction and Design Alumni Donors .............................................................................23 Amy Bass-Wilson Scholarships Student DonorsAthletics ............................................................................52 Infographics Isaac Moen 71.2% Friends of 13.1%SHSU Donors ...............................................................55 Photography Brian Blalock Faculty & Staff Donors .................................................................59 Academic Program/ Construction/ Division Support Other Assoc. VP for Marketing & 10.3% Corporations,5.4% Foundations, Organizations, Estates, and Trusts...63 Communications Kris Kaskel-Ruiz Tribute Gifts .................................................................................65 Director of Marketing & Communications Sam Houston University Foundation Board of Trustees Jeff Olsen Richard A. Hartley .................................President, Houston Leo T. Metcalf ..................................Vice President, Conroe The Annual Report to Donors celebrates Ferne S. Frosch .................................. Treasurer, Huntsville and recognizes the Erin M. Steele .....................................Secretary, Pearland people who through Charles E. Amato .........................................San Antonio their generosity and Robert L. Bruner ..........................................Huntsville support have made a commitment to the future Robert E. Hutson ...............................................Katy of our university and our Preston Johnson ..........................................Sugar Land students. Gifts made Jack C. Parker ............................................Huntsville between September 1, Don A. Sanders .............................................Houston 2014, and August 31, 2015, are reflected in this William P. Thomas ......................................... Richards publication. Gary L. Whitlock. The Woodlands Every effort has been The Texas State University System Board of Regents made to ensure the information contained Dr. Jaime R. Garza, Chairman ...............................San Antonio in this report is accurate. Rossanna Salazar, Vice Chairman ................................ Austin We apologize for any errors or omissions and Charlie Amato ...........................................San Antonio ask that you bring them Veronica Muzquiz-Edwards ................................San Antonio to our attention. David Montagne .......................................... Beaumont Vernon Reaser III ........................................... Bellaire Please report any corrections to: William F. Scott ...........................................Nederland Office of University Alan L. Tinsley .........................................Madisonville Advancement Donna N. Williams .........................................Arlington Box 2537 Spencer Copeland, Student Regent ...........................Huntsville Huntsville, TX 77341-2537 936.294.3625 Brian McCall, Chancellor ...................................... Austin shsu.edu/giving 2014–2015 Contents 1 Three Is The Magic Number The Ferris family is big on first to graduate from Sam Houston cheer career in Bowers Stadium, tradition, and while it may be more State University. under the video scoreboard that was of a coincidence than a tradition, “The name changed three times installed in 2006. there is no denying that when it while I was there,” he remembers. Now, as Danielle entered her junior comes to them and Sam Houston “Two weeks after graduation, I year, her parents, Jim and Tonya, and State University, three is the magic received another diploma in the mail, godparents, Michael Landolt and Ann number. so now I have one from SHSC and Wismer, from Wismer Distributing, Jimmy Ferris walked onto the one from SHSU.” have teamed up with fellow former campus of Sam Houston State Jimmy was a student long before Bearkat Kurt Stevenson, from Teachers College in 1965 as a Bowers Stadium came alive with Stevenson Distributing and Anheuser- freshman, eager to jump into as many lights and cheers during Saturday Busch, to donate three new state-of- organizations and social events as he night home games. As head the-art video scoreboards for Bowers could. Later that year, the school was cheerleader, he stood on the sidelines Stadium, the Bernard G. Johnson renamed Sam Houston State College, at Pritchett Field underneath a Coliseum and the SHSU Softball and in 1969, he walked across the manually operated scoreboard. When Complex. stage with his Bachelor of Arts degree his daughter Danielle decided to The idea came to the trio during in teaching as a member of the last follow in her father’s footsteps and the 2014 football season, when the class to graduate from SHSC and the cheer at SHSU, she began her college Bearkats were trailing Colorado State 2 SHSU Annual Report to Donors Jim and Tonya Ferris—along with Ann Wismer, Michael Landolt from Wismer Distributing and fellow former Bearkat Kurt Stevenson, from Stevenson Distributing and Anheuser-Busch—donated three new state-of-the-art video scoreboards. University-Pueblo by a score of 27-0 cheered under from two to three. from SHSU. in the bottom of the second
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