Summer 2006 Experience THE ARTS at Washburn CONTENTS 7 Commencement | The St. Andrew Pipes and Drums of Kansas City and grand marshal Myrl Duncan, professor, School of Law, lead law faculty, dignitaries and 148 graduates in procession. 18 FEATURES 10 Blanche Bryden: A legacy that continues shaping lives at Washburn 23 14 Living Art: Experience an abundance of music, theatre and visual arts on Washburn’s campus 23 Jennifer Harris: A Lady Blues star hopes for future in the pros Washburn Alumni Association Alumni director Alumni magazine editor Contact Us! Susie Hoffmann, bba ’87 Joy Thompson Your news, thoughts and questions are important to us. Please write, telephone or send us an e-mail. Contributors Letters to the editor and news of employment, Dena Anson, ba ’01 Martha Imparato, honors, weddings, anniversaries and births are director, university relations Mabee Library reference librarian always welcome. Please include your name, class Jill Bronaugh, Robin Kruschinska, ba ’99 year, address and daytime phone number. Letters communications officer assistant director, Alumni Association Washburn Endowment Association to the editor may be edited for length and clarity. Amanda Millard, ba ’00 Katy Browne, assistant director, university relations Address: 1700 SW College Ave., Topeka, Kan., 66621 secretary, Alumni Association Vickie Waters, Telephone: (785) 670-1641 Gene Cassell, office assistant, university relations sports information director Email: [email protected] Jeremy Wangler, Peggy Clark, assistant sports information/marketing director university photographer Web site: www.washburn.edu/alumni FryeAllen, Inc., Topeka, Kan. To the editor: attention to Joy Thompson, Ernie Gunzelman, b ed ’55 and m ed ’68, design and layout Class Notes (785) 670-1657, [email protected] Student Alumni Association Board president Elise Short From the President 11 Summer brings the arts into full bloom. Of course, on campus, we enjoy the arts all year, but there is an easy, relaxed openness to our enjoyment of the arts in the summer. In the winter we dash from our cars to a program or gallery with our collars up against the chill wind. In the summer, festivals and celebrations DEPARTMENTS encourage a leisurely stroll, an open collar and a contemplative mood. This is the 20th season for the Sunflower 2 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Music Festival at Washburn. Thousands attend eight Jerry Farley nights of full-house performances in White Concert 4 ALUMNI NEWS Hall. The Mulvane Court adjacent to White Concert Hall is a wonderful outdoor gallery with sculpture and plantings adding ambience to COMMENCEMENT musical evenings. 7 The Mulvane/Mountain Plains Art Fair brings art and artists from across the nation to our campus, and the theatre 10 WEA department offers a play in June and August. FEATURE “Summer brings The Mulvane Art Museum will reopen this 14 fall after extensive renovations, with open to bloom our and airy galleries offering wonderful places to 17 HISTORY appreciation for art, display special exhibits. Expanded galleries AND TRADITIONS will allow for the display of Mulvane’s beauty, culture impressive permanent collection. 18 CAMPUS NEWS and expression.” Take a leisurely walk across campus on AND SPORTS the way to a concert or play. Stroll from the fountain at the corner of 17th Street and CLASS NOTES Washburn Avenue past the outdoor sculpture 27 exhibits to the garden surrounding the Carole Chapel and over to the new Harvey Garden by the art building. Summer brings to bloom our appreciation for art, beauty, culture and expression. Join us. Jerry Farley 16 www.washburn.edu/alumni | summer 2006 | 1 CALENDAR OF EVENTS ALUMNI EVENTS NOVEMBER THEATRE 3 After Hours, 5 p.m. 11 Alumni Association tailgate, AUGUST Washburn vs. Missouri Western State 4 After Hours, 5 p.m. University, 11:30 a.m. (Senior Day) 12 - 21 Alumni Association sponsored travel to China All alumni events are in the 31 Wake Up With Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center, Washburn, speaker unless noted. For information, Kevin Moncrief, call (785) 670-1641. bba ’83, 7:30 a.m. Barbara-Waterman-Peters MULVANE EXHIBITS AUGUST SEPTEMBER 25 - 26 “Crimes of the Heart,” 8 p.m. 2 Alumni Association tailgate, AND EVENTS 27 “Crimes of the Heart,” 2 p.m. Washburn vs. Colorado School of Mines, 11 a.m. JULY Located at the Andrew J. 15 After Hours, 5 p.m. 28 - 30 Mulvane Women’s Board and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre, 30 Alumni Association tailgate, Antique Show and Sale, Lee Arena, Garvey Fine Arts Center. Schedule Washburn vs. Southwest Baptist Petro Allied Health Center subject to change. For information, University, 11 a.m. (Family Day) call (785) 670-1639. SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 15 - 16 Grand Opening Weekend ACADEMICS AND 14 Alumni Association tailgate, for newly renovated Mulvane STUDENT LIFE Washburn vs. Northwest Missouri Art Museum State University, 11 a.m. AUGUST 26 Wake Up With The Mulvane Art Museum is 25 All University Convocation, Washburn, speaker located in Garvey Fine Arts Center. Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Gregory Waller, For information, call (785) 670-1511. Theatre, Garvey Fine Arts Center, ba ’70 and jd ’73, 12:45 p.m. 7:30 a.m. MUSIC 19 Fall classes begin 27 Alumni Fellows Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. 21 School of Law classes begin 27 After Hours, 5 p.m. JULY 28 Alumni Association tailgate, 16 - 19 Total Percussion Camp, SEPTEMBER Washburn vs. Emporia State For information, call Tom Morgan. 4 Labor Day (University closed) University, 11 a.m. (785) 670-1521 30 Family Day (Homecoming/Hall of Fame) SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 29 Orchestra Concert, White 19 - 21 Fall break Concert Hall, Garvey 28 Homecoming, Washburn vs. Fine Arts Center, 7:30 p.m. Emporia State University, 1 p.m. 2 | summer 2006 | www.washburn.edu/alumni 29 Healthcare Interview Day, SPECIAL EVENTS Washburn Room, Memorial Union, CRANE OBSERVATORY 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. For information, JULY AUGUST call (785) 670-1450. 17 - 19 Camp BLUE: Business Leaders 24, 31, 8:30 - 10 p.m. Understanding Entrepreneurship, registration required. For SCHOOL OF LAW SEPTEMBER information, call (785) 670-1030. 7, 14, 21, 28, 8 - 9:30 p.m. 19 - 21 Pre-legal Camp. Students JULY learn about the opportunities 20 Kansas Women Attorneys OCTOBER available in a law career, Association annual meeting, Ol 5, 12, 26, 7:30 - 9 p.m. registration required. For Stuga, Lindsborg, Kan., 5 - 6:30 p.m. information, call (785) 670-1030. 27 Chicago area alumni reception VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 26 Washburn Board of Regents public hosted by Gary McCallister, jd ’75 budget hearing, location TBA, 4 p.m. • AUG. 16: WU Move Crew. Alumni and friends are AUGUST needed to welcome incoming students and help them move into campus residence halls from 9 AUGUST 25 Golf Scramble with Lunch and a.m. - 5 p.m. Volunteers will be assigned to work Continuing Legal Education, Shawnee at Kuehne Hall and West Hall, the Living Learning Country Club, Topeka, 8:30 a.m. Center or the Washburn Village. To sign up, contact Brittany Hinegardner, residential living SEPTEMBER complex coordinator, at (785) 670-2545 or 7 Wichita area alumni reception, e-mail [email protected]. Wichita, Kan., 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. • SEPT. 8-17: The Washburn booth at the 8 Southwest Kansas Bar Association Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson. Alumni and Marguerite Perret | Blossom reception, Dodge City Depot, friends are needed for four-hour shifts. Please August through July 2007 Exhibit Dodge City, Kan., 4:30 - 7 p.m. contact Amanda Millard, assistant director of by four Washburn University art 12 Denver alumni reception at the university relations, at (785) 670-2153 or professors: “Prairie Earth,” an home of David Byassee, jd ’75, [email protected], by Wednesday, exploration of prairie ecology and Denver, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Aug. 2 with the day(s) and time(s) you would like land development in Kansas, the 13 Houston alumni reception at the to assist. For more information about the fair, Flint Hills and Sedgwick County, home of Sue Jean White, bba ’77 visit www.kansasstatefair.com. Wichita (Kan.) Art Museum and jd ’80, Houston, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. • NOV. 10-12: The forensics team needs judges for 14 Dallas/Ft. Worth alumni reception the debate tournament they are hosting on the 30 Activities and Majors Fair, Memorial at the home of Paul Hoferer, jd ’75, Washburn campus. To volunteer, contact Kevin Union, 11 a.m - 2 p.m. For Southlake, Texas, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. O’Leary, director of forensics, at (785) 670-2234 or [email protected]. information, call (785) 670-1942. OCTOBER • DEC. 2: Quest High School Academic Competition SEPTEMBER 28 Dean’s Circle Dinner, Inter Continental (formerly High Q), needs volunteers to quiz high 8 - 17 Washburn booth at the State Hotel, Kansas City, Mo., 6 p.m. school participants in “Super Saturday” 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. To sign up, contact Amanda Millard, Fair, Meadowlark Building, assistant director of university relations, at Hutchinson, Kan., Washburn For information on School of Law (785) 670-2153 or [email protected]. alumni will receive a special gift alumni events, call (785) 670-1011. 13 Career and Graduate School Fair, Lee Arena, Petro Allied Health Mark Your Calendars for Homecoming 2006 Center, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. For Let the Games Begin! information, call (785) 670-1450. • Oct. 26 Wake Up With Washburn, • Oct. 28 Athletics Hall of Fame 7:30 a.m., Bradbury Thompson induction and breakfast, 8 a.m., 18 Constitution and Citizenship Day Alumni Center Washburn Room, Memorial Union 28 - 30 60th Annual Mountain-Plains • Oct. 27 Alumni Fellows Luncheon, • Oct. 28 Homecoming parade, 11 a.m. Philosophy Conference. For 11:30 a.m., Bradbury Thompson • Oct 28 Tailgate with the Alumni Alumni Center Association at 11:30 a.m.