The University of Tulsa Magazine HOMECOMING 2007 The University of Tulsa Magazine ISSN 1544-5763 is published by The Homecoming 2007 | www.utulsa.edu University of Tulsa, 600 South College Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-3189. Publication dates may vary according to the University’s When the streetlights come on… calendar, events and scheduling. POSTMASTER: Send change of address to The University of Tulsa Magazine, Office of momma says it’s time to get home. Alumni Relations, The University of Tulsa, 600 South College Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-3189. departments register now for homecoming 2007. Steadman Upham features PRESIDENT Janis I. Zink 2 President’s SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR Perspective PLANNING AND OUTREACH Homecoming 2007 Joan Crenshaw Nesbitt (BA ’86) VICE PRESIDENT, REGISTER TODAY! 24 University News INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Amy Freiberger (BSBA ’96, MBA ’99) DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS 25 College News 3 g Schedule of Events Lindsay Myers (BS ’05) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR All of our exciting Homecoming 2007 events rolled OF ALUMNI RELATIONS into a comprehensive listing. 29 Athletics News Nancy Meyer (BS ’72) COORDINATOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS g 10 Homecoming Event Map 31 Alumni News Chart your favorite Homecoming activity locations. The University of Tulsa does not discriminate on the basis of personal status or group g 33 Classnotes 11 Pardon Our Progress characteristics including but not limited to the classes protected under federal and state With campus transformations at an all-time high, law in its programs, services, aids, or benefits. Inquiries regarding implementation of this get the inside scoop on our latest projects. 44 In Memoriam policy may be addressed to the Office of Personnel and Campus Services, 600 South College Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-3189, g (918) 631-2616. Requests for accommodation 12 100 Reasons to Come Home 45 Bookend of disabilities may be addressed to the Fireworks, football and tailgating action are just University’s 504 Coordinator, Dr. Jane Corso, (918) 631-2315. To ensure availability of a few reasons you should come home to TU this an interpreter, five to seven days notice is Homecoming season. It’s our 100th year in Tulsa, so needed; 48 hours is recommended for all other Correction: The Spring/Summer 2007 accommodations. TU# 7381 we have more reasons to celebrate than ever before! edition incorrectly identified the name and title of Lori Davis, associate professor of communications to contact us or to comment disorders, on page 28. We apologize on this magazine: for the error. (918) 631-2555 (800) 219-4688 [email protected] It’s time for you to come home to TU for our 100th Anniversary Homecoming Celebration. We’ll have more than just streetlights illuminating the night sky. We’re talking a bonfire, fireworks display p. 12 Homecoming p. 26 College News p. 28 College News and, of course, the glowing lights of H.A. Chapman Stadium. For more information, call (918) 631-2555, or visit www.utulsa.edu/alumni/homecoming. Registration material attached. Register today. s s s The underlying theme of every TU homecoming celebration is “Come Home to TU” so that you may reconnect with friends, relive fond memories and engage with your alma mater. However, for today’s TU scholars – and future generations ahead – “coming home” will take on new meaning as the University continues its dramatic transformation into a vibrant residential community. More students than ever will be living on campus following the August opening of nearly 400 new apartments, which will double the amount of market-quality housing available at TU. These new student apartments are arranged into three campus “villages” – Brown perspective Village along Harvard Avenue near Keplinger Hall; and Mayo Village and Lorton Village, both located along 11th Street adjacent to TU’s new south entrance. As a result of this expansion, nearly 82 percent of freshmen will reside on campus this year, a dramatic change from the experience many of you recall from your TU days. The addition of these 18 new apartment buildings probably has been among the most visible statements of TU’s changing landscape, but they certainly are not the only construction activity on campus. Other important physical improvements at TU include: • The recent completion of Collins Hall, which incorporates key student and alumni services president’s under one roof; • The newly opened Case Athletics Complex – the new home of TU football and the academic support center for all student athletes; • The launch of the McFarlin Library expansion to consolidate technology resources into one area upon its completion in 2008; • The south entrance project, also to be completed in 2008, which will create a grand “front october 11-13 door” to campus for the first time in school history (see page 11); s s s • The renovation of H.A. Chapman Stadium following the 2007 football season to add impressive amenities and improvements such as a new video scoreboard, loge and club seating, and a three-story skybox with private suites (see page 29); and • The expansion of wireless Internet infrastructure to cover the entire campus, making TU the Homecoming first university in Oklahoma to provide a totally wireless experience (see page 24). This physical renaissance is driven by TU’s strategic plan to attract and retain the nation’s top students by advancing our standing among the nation’s top universities. Initiatives to support this long-range plan have fallen into several key areas, including: developing a residential campus, strengthening academic programs, enhancing students’ campus experience, defining campus boundaries, consolidating key student and alumni services, bolstering academic and research support, and engaging the City of Tulsa. TU students are benefiting from this progress not only while they are on campus, but also following their graduation as they see the value of their degrees grow with the University’s reputation. TU’s advancements also serve as a catalyst to growth and development in Tulsa and the surrounding region. Major construction and renovation projects in Tulsa include the new Jazz Hall of Fame, the remodeled Tulsa Air and Space Museum, enhancements along historic Route 66 and the construction of the $180 million BOK Center downtown that will serve as one of the premier facilities of its kind in the region. Our Homecoming celebration, to be held October 11-13, honors the 100th anniversary of the partnership between TU and our namesake city. For this special edition of the alumni magazine, we polled many members of the TU family to develop a list of their 100 favorite reasons to return to TU and Tulsa. As you peruse this list, I trust you’ll find many reasons that will entice you to come home to TU so that you may experience for yourself the new vitality so evident across our campus and the community we proudly call home. I look forward to seeing you all in October! schedule of events Warmest regards, 2007 Steadman Upham President Your Guide to the What, Where and When Official Registration Form enclosed. The registration deadline is Friday, October 5, 2007. Visit www.utulsa.edu/alumni/homecoming for an updated calendar of events or to register online. 2 HOMECOMING 2007 | VOL. 10 | NO.2 SPRING/SUMMER 2007 | VOL. 10 | NO.1 3 TULSA of of TULSA begins with schedule events schedule events begins with Come home as we celebrate TU’s 100 years in Tulsa! Alumni, students and friends of TU are or [email protected]. If you need Canterbury Suite and the offices of the invited to attend the annual Lettermen’s CLE credit for another jurisdiction, please Sharp Chaplain. Also, take a few quiet 10 0 Y E A R S All events, locations and times are subject to change. Please check the TU Alumni and 10 0 Y E A R S a nd counting Golf Tournament at LaFortune Park. let us know at the time of registration. moments to visit the renovated sanctuary a nd counting HOMECOMING 2007 HOMECOMING 2007 Friends Web site at www.utulsa.edu/alumni/homecoming for an updated schedule of events The cost is $100 per person or $400 per with its new slate floor, reconfigured The registration deadline is Friday, October 5, | The 2007. registration deadline is Friday, Official Registration Enclosed Form foursome. For more information, please Hotel Hospitality Suite chancel, lighting, sound system and organ. or to register online. The registration deadline is Friday, October 5, 2007. contact Chris Kaiser at (918) 850-3095 3:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. For more information, contact Mary McKee or [email protected]. The deadline for DOUBLETREE HOTEL at (918) 631-2546. Wednesday, October 10 Thursday, October 11 Fourth Annual Alumni registration is Friday, October 5. AT WARREN PLACE Society Of Women Homecoming Art Show and Reception 1967 Class Reunion Sponsored by the Henry Kendall College of Arts Homecoming Sharp Chapel Open Reception Engineers Alumni Headquarters and and Sciences and the TU Alumni Association House and Reception 5:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. Luncheon Heritage Display 6:00 P.M. – 7:30 P.M. Headquarters and 3:30 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. DONAld W. REYNOlds CENTER, 12:00 P.M. 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. COLLINS HALL, 2905 EAST 8TH ST. Heritage Display 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. SHARP MEMORIAL CHAPEL UPPER CONCOURSE AllEN CHAPMAN ActIVITY CENTER, COLLINS HALL, 2905 EAST 8TH ST. Please join us for dessert and a COLLINS HALL, 2905 EAST 8TH ST. 6TH & COLLEGE FORMAL LOUNGE Members of the TU Class of 1967 are Stop by the new Collins Hall, the official champagne reception as TU celebrates Stop in for a visit at the recently renovated invited to a complimentary reception The Society of Women Engineers invites Homecoming Headquarters, and enjoy TU you — our alumni — as a point of pride.