SPRING 2014 The Magazine of East Tennessee State University Going Green: new green space is a place for reflection and recreation In This Issue: An Artist of a Teacher Who’s Going to ETSU? In Memory of Dave Walker Supporting the Arts TABLE OF CONTENTS SPRING 2014 1 President’s Message 25 Who’s Going to ETSU ETSU President 2 Parking Garage Passion 28 Only at ETSU Brian Noland Replaces Parking Panic 29 Difficult Decisions Executive Editor 3 ‘Chloe Glass’ Fred Sauceman 30 Student Focus Vital for 4 Reporting Crime from Libraries’ Success in the Managing Editor Both Sides of the Camera Information Age Joe Smith 6 An Artist of a Teacher 32 Reading the ET Leaves Advancement/Alumni Editors 8 ETSU Professor 34 Drum Echoes, SCUBS, Jeff Anderson Strives to Remove and Scholarships Bob Plummer Assembly-line Thinking 35 Where Is He Now? Contributing Writers from School “Reform” Kevin Brown 36 Business Professors’ 10 Looking Up, Looking Back Karen Crigger Legacies Live on Lee Ann Davis 12 The Essence of Emmett Through the Arts Susan Epps 14 A One-Year Promise 37 Alumni Awards Carol Fox Extended 40 In Memory of Jennifer Hill 16 A Back to the Dave Walker Brad Lifford Future Look at Preview Randy Sanders 42 Tennessee’s “Mr. Science Fred Sauceman 17 “Happy Campers” Educator” Honored Joe Smith with Scholarship 19 Encircling the Globe Karen Sullivan 43 Class notes/Obituaries 22 From My Notepads Rebecca Tolley-Stokes Michael White 24 Connecting and Reconnecting Wayne Winkler at the Archives of Appalachia Graphic Designer Jeanette Henry Print Coordination 4 10 ETSU Printing and Publications Photographic Services Ron Campbell Jim Sledge Larry Smith Charlie Warden Printed by Kingery Printing Co. Franklin, Tennessee On the cover: The newly created green space in front of Brooks Gym is the perfect 17 25 place for reading, for reflection, and for simply enjoying the day. East Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution and is fully in accord with the belief that educational and employment opportunities should be available to all eligible persons without regard to age, gender, color, race, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. TBR 160-018-13 85M East Tennessee State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, masters, specialist, and doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, or call 404-679-4500, or Web site: www.sacscoc.org with any questions regarding the accreditation of East Tennessee State University. THE PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE EAS SITY T TENNESSEE STATE UNIVER The President’s Perspective As you receive this edition of ETSU Today, the campus of East Tennessee State University is a wonderland of color. Spring in East Tennessee is unforgettable, and our campus abounds with pink and white dogwood blossoms and brilliant redbuds that are so gorgeous they almost take your breath away. I believe that a university campus should offer something beautiful around every corner and that environment is clearly evident at ETSU in the spring. One of my responsibilities as President is to ensure that we accentuate that natural beauty and give our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community more opportunities to slow down and enjoy all that our campus has to offer. On the cover of this magazine, for example, you will find a photograph of Veterans Memorial Lawn, our newly created green space located in the heart of the campus. Stepping into that area, you immediately feel a sense of calm. The lawn is a place for reading, reflection, and simply enjoying the day, as the fascinating life of a university surrounds you. In the months and years ahead, you will be hearing and reading more about our efforts to make our university an even more inviting place. From new facilities that provide a home for the arts, to enhancements in our student center, we are actively engaged in efforts to enrich our great university. In this modern and often frenetic world, as we are tugged constantly by technology, it is vital that we as educators preserve and protect the sense of serenity that universities uniquely offer. Come spend time with us and reconnect with your ETSU. Best wishes, Godspeed, and go Bucs! Brian Noland President ETSU TODAY | 1 SCENE ON CAMPUS Parking Garage Passion Replaces Parking Panic tudents at ETSU tend to be happy, easy-going, dedicated, Sand diverse—except in one area. They all become animated and agitated when discussing the difficulties of parking garage. The size is impressive. putting up safety fences, blocking finding a place to park. The building encompasses 424,933 off roads, and keeping the building Freshman Elizabeth Saulsbury square feet, capable of handling 1,224 growing at a steady pace. drives to campus from Jonesborough. vehicles. But there are more amenities Bill Rasnick, ETSU’s Associate Vice She says, “I am always concerned in addition to parking. President for Facilities Management, about getting to campus in the Hena Yakoob, a health sciences Planning, and Construction, is mornings and not being able to find a major from Lebanon, Virginia, says, especially proud of the garage project. parking space and being late for class. I “Even though I’m within walking “The new parking garage brings to try to get here 30 minutes early, but it distance of campus, I’ll probably still culmination years of planning regarding would be really nice if I didn’t have to spend some time in the parking garage parking, vehicular flow, and pedestrian be in such a panic about parking.” since we’ll be getting some new places access on the west end of campus,” he In response to those difficulties, a to eat.” notes. “Not only does the garage provide new student parking garage has been There will be two dining options in parking spaces, but it improves the built along State of Franklin Road, next the new building. A Subway sandwich traffic flow at the west campus entrance. to Warf-Pickel Hall. shop will offer made-to-order Students can park in the new facility Alicyn York, Secretary of the sandwiches. A Provisions on Demand and access the campus core along a new Student Government Association and (POD) Market will offer fresh food and and improved sidewalk system without a junior majoring in political science, produce, prepared meals, and everyday crossing any vehicular flow.” says, “I cannot wait for the parking essentials. A subsidiary of ARAMARK Kimberly Cox, a Human Resource garage to open! All of the students on Higher Education, POD Markets are Management student, predicts that campus are excited, too. I am so proud also found at schools such as New the entertainment value of the garage of our campus for extending services to York University, the University of will not end when it opens. She says, benefit students.” North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the “The parking garage will be a big Students have been a part of the University of Tennessee. change to parking at ETSU, and it will project from the hot day in August of Also attached to the garage will be interesting to see how it all plays 2012 when ground was broken for the be the first-floor Welcome Center, out. Will there be a spot for everyone $26.1 million garage. They volunteered moved from its former location in the attempting to park? Will we still to greet dignitaries, handing out D.P. Culp University Center. The new remember there are other places to programs and guiding visitors out of facility will house staff to greet visitors park besides the garage? As a student the sunshine and into the shade of a and provide campus tours. The Public who lives on campus, I won’t rely on tent for the ceremony. Safety Office, located on the second the new garage, but it will be fun to Since that time, students have level, will handle all campus safety watch what happens!” endured even less available parking issues. The Parking Office will relocate Student leader and senior Adam while the new facility was under to the former Public Safety home base Jarvis summed up student sentiment: construction, but they are looking on the eastern edge of the campus. “I think now is an extremely exciting toward a rosier future. Sadie Miller, a The Knoxville architectural firm time on campus, not just with the junior, says, “I love that we are finally of BarberMcMurry designed the parking garage, but with the whole getting a parking garage! It is going garage. Nursing student Caitlin Cherry campus environment. Many changes to make my life a lot less stressful notes, “I’m excited about how pretty can already be seen on our campus, when I’m trying to park. I’m a dental the design is for the garage. I love and many more, like the garage, are hygiene major, and it will benefit my the incorporation of brick to make it coming along. As a student, I’m excited patients who are coming to see me, match the rest of campus instead of the to see ETSU growing.” since there will be more places to park typical ‘concrete monolith’ appearance around campus, thanks to students of most garages. Ours looks inviting. Carol Fox came to the University using the garage.” Little touches like that make campus a Relations Office as a graduate assistant As they drove past the site watching lot more attractive.” in 1996 and has remained on the staff the building’s progress, students Rentenbach Constructors Inc.