TM Spring 2008 Decade of Progress: Washburn grows with renovation and new addition to Stoffer Science Hall CONTENTS 6 4 FEATURES 5 Celebrating outstanding alumni: Washburn Alumni Association to confer six awards during Alumni Weekend ’08 6 Stoffer Science Hall renovation on the cover and addition show Washburn’s Stonecrops make up the bulk of the plantings commitment to science education on the roof of the new addition to Stoffer Science Hall. See page 9 to learn more about the new vegetative roof. This is the third and final in a three-part series looking at Washburn’s progress 10 Brenneman professorship serves as since fall 1997, when Jerry B. Farley became the catalyst for change 14th president. Cover photo by Peggy Clark. Washburn Alumni Association Alumni director Alumni magazine editor Susie Hoffmann, bba ’87 Joy Thompson Contributors Dena Anson, ba ’01 Jim Schnoebelen, 11 director, university relations assistant director of forensics Katy Browne, Scott Sewell, secretary, aa ’07 communications officer, Washburn Endowment Association Contact Us! Gene Cassell, sports information director Jeremy Wangler, Your news, thoughts and questions are important assistant sports information/marketing director to us. Please write, telephone or send us an e-mail. Amanda Hughes, ba ’00 Letters to the editor and news of jobs, honors, assistant director, university relations Vickie Waters, office assistant, university relations weddings, anniversaries and births are always Martha Imparato, welcome. Please include your name, class year, Mabee Library special collections librarian FryeAllen, Inc., Topeka, Kan. design and layout address and daytime phone number. Letters to the Robin Kruschinska, ba ’99 editor may be edited for length and clarity. assistant director, Alumni Association Address: 1700 SW College Ave., Topeka, Kan., 66621 Telephone: (785) 670-1641 Student Alumni Association Board president E-mail: [email protected] Lindsay Holtz Web site: www.washburn.edu/alumni The Washburn Alumni magazine is published quarterly by the Washburn Alumni Association To the editor: attention to Joy Thompson, for alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the university. Subscription is by dues-paid membership (785) 670-1657, [email protected] in the Washburn Alumni Association. Third-class postage paid at Topeka, Kan. From the President photo by Gene Cassell photo by 18 To those who visit the campus, the physical changes are the most obvious signs of progress. New buildings, improvements to our facilities and landscaping are visible, beautiful and dramatic. But what do they mean? Nice buildings and grounds represent a statement of quality and pride. They reflect the way we approach our duty to educate students and elevate our society. The look of the campus DEPARTMENTS makes a statement. More importantly, buildings Jerry Farley are the places where students and faculty interact. Thousands of great minds work in these buildings. 2 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Washburn’s buildings also provide places to express the height of our culture on the performance stage, at the speaker’s podium, in the art gallery and at athletic contests. Those expressions of culture thrive 4 ALUMNI NEWS in our wonderful facilities. You may hear of crumbling classrooms and of maintenance crises from other 10 WASHBURN ENDOWMENT universities. Washburn’s buildings are well “Nice buildings maintained, and we work hard to do so. and grounds No crisis here. Our facilities were built 14 CAMPUS NEWS & SPORTS through donations and the generosity of represent dedicated alumni and friends who have a statement supported building projects and building 20 HISTORY & TRADITIONS improvements for nearly a century and a of quality half. In the last decade, our donors have and pride.” been particularly generous. Outstanding 22 CLASS NOTES facilities represent commitment - the commitment of our donors to the university and the commitment of this university to being a good steward of our fine facilities. If you have not been on campus in a while, no time is better than the spring. When you are here next, take note of your beautiful campus and ponder what it all means. Hear the echo of your favorite professor’s voice in a classroom. Remember the football crowd on Saturday afternoon. Picture a couple sitting on a bench by a flower garden. Know that today’s and tomorrow’s students will also have a great place to remember. 20 Jerry Farley www.washburn.edu/alumni | spring 2008 | 1 “Image of Imagination,” photograph, Bahman Jalali CALENDAR OF EVENTS ALUMNI EVENTS APRIL 5 - 14 Alumni Association-sponsored Danube River cruise 17 - 20 Alumni Weekend For more information, see pages 4 - 5. For schedule of events and to register, see page 29. MAY “Revelation,” photograph, Koroush Adim 2 After Hours, 5 p.m. 3 Baseball tailgate and game, Washburn vs. Emporia State “31 Works of Art: The Rich Legacy University, Falley Field, 1 p.m. of 40 Years of the Mulvane MUSIC Women’s Board,” from the JUNE collection of the Mulvane Art MARCH 6 After Hours, 5 p.m. Museum 28 Choral Concert, 7:30 p.m. 20 Kansas City T-Bones tailgate, 5:30 p.m., game 7:05 p.m. “Visual Encounter with Paraguay: Celebrating 40 Years of Kansas- APRIL Paraguay Partnership” 4 High School Jazz Festival, 8 a.m. All alumni events are in the 5 Kasandra Williams, senior voice Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center, unless MAY recital, 7:30 p.m. noted. For information, call (785) 670-1641. 6 Honors Concert, 3 p.m. 3 - July 13 2008 Washburn Art Student 10 Allison Smith, senior flute recital, Exhibition 7:30 p.m. 11 Emily Charles, sophomore voice MULVANE EXHIBITS 17 - August 24 “Persian Visions: recital, Carole Chapel, 3 p.m. Contemporary Photography 13 Amy Imparato and Samantha AND EVENTS from Iran” Kostelecky, junior voice and flute recitals, 3 p.m. MARCH JUNE 17 State Large Ensemble Festival, Showing through 7 - 8 Mulvane Mountain/Plains Art Fair 8 a.m. April 13 “Out of the 17 Percussion Ensemble Concert, Depths”: Works by JULY 7:30 p.m. French Expressionist 25 - 27 Mulvane Women’s Board 18 Jessica Halpin, senior flute recital, Georges Rouault Antique Show and Sale, Lee Arena, 7:30 p.m. Petro Allied Health Center 19 Natalie Moreland, senior bassoon “Qui ne se grime pas?,” recital, 3 p.m. Who does not wear a mask? The Mulvane Art Museum is located in 22 Michelle Lassiter, senior viola etching/aquatint, Georges Rouault Garvey Fine Arts Center. For information, recital, 7:30 p.m. call (785) 670-1124. 2 | spring 2008 | www.washburn.edu/alumni 24 Percussion Ensemble Festival, 18 Apeiron: Visual 7:30 p.m. ACADEMICS AND and performing 26 Washburn Singers Cabaret Concert, arts, Mulvane Washburn Room, Memorial Union, STUDENT LIFE Art Museum, 7:30 p.m. 11:30 a.m.; keynote address, 28 Amy Puderbaugh, senior flute MARCH Mulvane Art Museum, 1:05 p.m.; recital, Carole Chapel, 3 p.m. 17 - 23 Spring recess oral presentations, Henderson 29 Percussion Studio Recital, 7:30 p.m. Learning Resources Center, 1:30 p.m.; APRIL poster presentations, Mabee Library, MAY 3:30 and 4 :30 p.m.; honors 7 Advance registration begins for 1 Orchestra and Choral Concert, reception, Mabee Library, 5:30 p.m. summer sessions and fall semester 19 Rowing Crew alumni reunion, 7:30 p.m. 21 - 25 Greek Week 3 Shannon Coffman, senior violin boathouse at Lake Shawnee, 10 a.m. 28 Greek Awards Banquet and Ball, For more information, contact recital, 7:30 p.m. Washburn Room, Memorial Union, 4 Ragen Murray, (785) 232-3097, Matt Kloepfer, senior trumpet 6 p.m. recital, 7:30 p.m. [email protected]. 7 Wind Ensemble and Band Concert, 19 Stoffer Science Hall community 7:30 p.m. MAY ribbon cutting and open house, 8 Jazz Concert, 7:30 p.m. 9 Last day of classes 1-3 p.m. 10 Sarah McQuere, senior violin 10 - 16 Final exams recital, 7:30 p.m. MAY 19 Washburn Women’s Alliance Award JUNE COMMENCEMENT Luncheon: Brig. Gen. Deborah 6 - 14 Sunflower Music Festival, May 17 Lee Arena, Petro Allied Rose, speaker, Washburn Room, 7:30 p.m. (No concert Thursday, Health Center Memorial Union, 11:30 a.m. June 12) 9 a.m. School of Applied For more information, visit Studies www.givetowashburn.org/Newsevent- 12:30 p.m. School of event/ or call (785) 670-4483. All concerts are in White Concert Hall Business and School of Nursing in Garvey Fine Arts Center, unless noted. 4:30 p.m. College of Arts Schedule subject to change. and Sciences CRANE OBSERVATORY For information, call (785) 670-1511. 7:30 p.m. School of Law OPEN HOUSES AWARDS CEREMONIES MARCH THEATRE May 17 White Concert Hall, 13, 27, 7:30 p.m. Garvey Fine Arts Center APRIL 11 a.m. School of Applied 3, 10, 27, 24, 8 p.m. APRIL Studies certificate and MAY 18 - 19 “Boy Gets awards ceremony 1, 8, 8:30 p.m. Girl,” 8 p.m. 2:30 p.m. School of Nursing 25 - 26 “Boy Gets certificate and pinning Girl,” 8 p.m. ceremony 27 “Boy Gets Waterman-Peters Barbara Girl,” 2 p.m. Termed by one reviewer as a stalker SPECIAL EVENTS SPITZ PLANETARIUM drama, this play by MARCH APRIL Rebecca 21 WU Board of Regents, location 5 2 and 3 p.m. Gilman is the tale of a blind date TBA, 4 p.m. that becomes a living nightmare. The Crane Observatory is located on APRIL Located at the Andrew J. and the fourth floor of Stoffer Science Hall. 11 Thomas L. King Lecture in Religious The Spitz Planetarium is located on Georgia Neese Gray Theatre, Studies: Bart Ehrman, Garvey Fine Arts Center, unless noted. University of North the first floor of Stoffer Science Hall.