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HOMECOMING FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY 2013

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INSIDEFHSU MAGAZINE

2013-2014 ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Executive CouncilMarcella “Marcy” Aycock ’84, Ph.D., Sedgwick,

PresidentStephanie Bannister ’92, Manhattan, Ph.D., Awards

& Recognition ChairDennis Spratt ’71, Lawrence, Chapter Development

ChairDaron Jamison ’03, ’03, Hays,

Finance & Operations ChairTracy Metzger ’96, Hutchinson,

Membership & Marketing ChairMary Martin ’91, Ph.D., Hays,

At-large Member Diane Scott ’88, ’90, Ph.D., Broomfield, Colo. At-large Member

2013-14 Alumni Board Members Jon Armstrong ’96, ’08, HaysMolly Aspan ’00, Tulsa, Okla.Josh Biera ’92, Garden CityMonte Broeckelman ’92, BeloitTim Chapman, HaysLeaAnn Curtis ’76, ’82, TopekaBrian DeWitt ’89, HaysRich Dreiling ’69, WichitaChad Fowler ’99, AndaleEric Grospitch ’93, ’97, Ph.D., LenexaMitch Hall ’05, AnthonyCurtis Hammeke ’85, ’93, HaysEdward Hammond, Ph.D., HaysMike Koener ’00 ’05, HaysKevin Moeder ’82, La CrosseDenise Riedel ’86, Overland Park Ken Ruder ’62, Ph.D., Petersburg, Ky.Charles “Chuck” Sexson ’72, TopekaTwilla Wanker ’57, Holly Ranch, TexasDavid “Dave” Voss ’80, ’82, Colby Barry Yoxall ’81, ’82, PhillipsburgGordon Zahradnik ’55, ’58, Lyons

Italic indicates ex-officio member.

FHSU Magazine is published three times a year (Fall, Spring, Summer) by the Fort Hays State University Alumni Association for alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the university. Subscriptions are by dues paying membership in the Alumni Association with the exception of the Summer issue, which is complimentary to all FHSU alumni. Bulk postage paid at Fulton, Mo. – Permit No. 38.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the FHSU Alumni Association, One Tiger Place, Hays, KS 67601-3767.

ADVERTISING: For 2013-14 advertising rate cards and placement information, contact the FHSU Alumni Association via e-mail, [email protected], or call 785-628-4430 or 1-888-351-3591.

© 2013 All rights reserved. Views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the official position of Fort Hays State University or the Alumni Board of Directors.

CAMPUS NEWS 4 Legislature rejects advice, makes budget cuts to higher education5 Seven online FHSU degrees rated top affordable6 Alumni Association partners with Publishing Concepts Inc.6 Sebelius lecture series6 Hammond sets theme for new academic year 7 HOMECOMING – Oct 2-6, 2013

FEATURE 8 2013 Alumni Awards

12 ATHLETICS 13 FOUNDATION

15 TIGER NOTES 18 Remembering Bloss, Caplan, Carlile and Nichols

20 ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS – Marcy Aycock ’84, Ph.D., ABOD President

21 HALF CENTURY CLUB

21 CHAPTER NEWS

22 CALENDAR

Volume 16, No. 1 HOMECOMING 2013

FHSU MAGAZINEProduction StaffDeBra Prideaux ’86, ’92, Publisher Kent Steward ’02, EditorKurt Beyers, Copy EditorMarcia Tacha ’11, Copy EditorRyan Prickett ’03, ’05, Sports EditorMary Ridgway ’99, Creative DirectorMitch Weber ’81, Photographer

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Steeped in rich history, Tigers worldwide celebrate Fort Hays State Homecoming as illustrated by Andy Stanton '93, '97, of Hays. Photos courtesy of Mitch Weber, FHSU and © Konstantin Romanov - Fotolia.com

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CAMPUS NEWS

Legislature rejects advice, makes budget cuts to higher education

Projects promote FHSU Tiger spiritThe Tiger T-Shirt project was launched by the FHSU Alumni Association in 2011

with the goal of funding the new Tiger Generational Scholarship designed to meet the growing requests to provide scholarships for FHSU legacies. Twenty-eight children and grandchildren of FHSU graduates have been awarded the scholarship in its first two years. Each fall, a new FHSU-themed T-shirt has been introduced. The first theme, The Spirit Lives, was followed in 2012 by Keep it Great – Fort Hays State.

More than 3,000 shirts have been sold in the first two years. Look for an announcement soon of the 2013 T-shirt. Those not interested in purchasing a shirt but who would like to support this noteworthy endeavor can make a tax-deductible contribution to the Tiger Generational Scholarship. Any and all amounts are welcome to further the educational dreams of FHSU students. Learn about the history of the entire project, contribute to the scholarship fund, or purchase the 2013-14 T-shirt at www.goforthaysstate.com/theshirt.

Another project aimed at instilling pride is the Tiger Gold on Friday (TGOF) program, which has its roots in the Tiger T-shirt project.

“During the initial stages of the Tiger T-shirt project, our office conducted a focus group of FHSU students, alumni, faculty and staff,” said Charlene Nichols, assistant alumni director and chair of the TGOF committee. “It became clear that this group felt that a more visible outreach to everyone on campus might help increase school spirit. With a little brainstorming, the TGOF idea was born.”

In its first year, the TGOF committee, comprised of staff from across campus including admissions, athletics, University Relations and the president’s office as well as the project’s corporate sponsor, Eagle Communications, sponsored contests both on campus and within the Hays community to encourage Tigers to wear gold on Friday. The program will continue on in its second year by expanding to include the downtown Hays business district.

“Our hope is to continue to encourage Tigers everywhere to show their school spirit by wearing Tiger gold as often as possible, and particularly on Fridays,“ said Nichols. For more information visit www.fhsu.edu/tgof.

Organization changingBeginning in the 2013-14 academic year,

Tigers4Life, the FHSU student alumni organization, will change its name to Tigers4Ever (T4E).

“While the timing of the change is due in part to confusion caused by the formation of a new campus organization, Students for Life, the members and leaders feel that the Tigers4Ever name better describes the relationship with each other

and the university community,” said T4E President Jessica Zinser, Leavenworth senior.

Tigers4Ever has its roots in the former Student Alumni Association, which

was formed in 1981. The goal continues to be to educate students about the traditions of Fort Hays State and to form connections between alumni and students. T4E will continue its popular programs, including the Tiger Bonfire and Pep Rally at Homecoming, which is co-sponsored by Greek Life, as well as Finals Week Care Packages and the annual 10-point pitch tournament with additional programming to engage the entire Tiger family.

For more details about Tigers4Ever, including membership information and a calendar of events, visit http://goforthaysstate.com/T4E.

The 2013 session of the Kansas Legislature was filled with uncertainty until the very end. Lawmakers debated over whether to extend a temporary state sales tax, and

the Kansas Board of Regents was caught in the middle. Gov. Sam Brownback

recommended no cuts for Regents institutions and toured the state

drumming up grassroots support to hold the state’s universities harmless.

When all was said and done, the Legislature

extended only a portion of the sales tax, and the result was a cut for Regents schools,

including Fort Hays State University.

This is the budget situation for Fiscal Year 2014, which began July 1. With the $845,188 reduction in state funding, an added $606,370 for an increase in base salaries and $279,885 for new positions to accommodate continuing enrollment growth, FHSU faces a total of $1,731,443 that must be funded in the coming year.

That shortfall will be addressed in four ways:

• A raise in tuition of 3.42 percent, which will generate $1,148,000 in new revenue;

• A savings approaching $600,000 in electricity costs in the coming year with the completion of two wind turbines that will supply power to the campus; and

• A reallocation of about $200,000 in savings from retirements, attrition and staff vacancies.

• A reallocation of action plan money from strategic planning will be used to pay for one-time, 2.5-percent bonuses for FHSU faculty and unclassified employees.

FHSU’s increase in tuition was the lowest of all the Regents universities, since FHSU already had the lowest tuition, the gap grew even wider.

Also, FHSU continues to lead the Regents system in enrollment growth.

Dr. Edward Hammond, FHSU president, announced after the governor signed the budget that faculty and most staff would receive 2-percent raises in base salary and the 2.5-percent bonuses.

“Our university has been successful in delivering a high-quality education to an ever-increasing number of students,” he said. “All of you deserve to be rewarded.”

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Seven online FHSU degrees rated top affordable GetEducated.com, a consumer group that

ranks the most affordable online degrees in the nation, recently rated seven Fort Hays State University healthcare degrees in the top 10 in their categories, including three ranked No. 1.

FHSU, through its Virtual College, offers 27 bachelor’s degree programs and 10 master’s degrees completely online and three others that have a small on-campus component.

In GetEducated’s category of health science master’s degrees, the Master of Liberal Studies with an emphasis in gerontology was ranked No. 1, and the Master of Science in health and human performance was ranked No. 2. The degrees cost $7,482 and $7,723 respectively, compared to the average cost across the nation of $24,064 for the same type of degree. Ranked No. 3 is Western Carolina University Master of Health Science, which costs $8,561 for residents. (Online tuition and fees for FHSU’s Virtual College are the same for residents and non-residents.) The most expensive health science master’s degree is Florida International University Online’s degree at $54,016.

In the Master of Science in Nursing category, FHSU’s Master of Science in Nursing, nursing administration track, was ranked No. 1 at a cost of $8,206 compared to No. 2 Western Carolina University’s resident price of $9,858. The M.S.N., family nurse practitioner was ranked No. 8 at a cost of $12,309. The national average for these degrees is $22,130.

Under GetEducated’s category of Master of Public Health degrees, the Master of Professional Studies in public health administration was ranked No. 1 at a cost of $7,241 compared to American Public University’s $14,950, ranked No. 2. The national average cost for a Master of Public Health is $31,985.

In health science bachelor’s degrees, the Bachelor of Science in medical diagnostic imaging ranked No. 2, costing around $22,000 compared to the national average of $47,867. Ranked No. 1 in this category is East Carolina University’s Bachelor of Science in health services management costing $17,892.

For Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees, FHSU’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing, RN to B.S.N. track, ranked No. 2, costing $21,039

compared to No. 3 Western Governors University’s $27,160. The national average for an online B.S.N. is $44,211.

According to GetEducated.com, the rankings indicate that the online learning programs have been independently reviewed and found to offer credible, high-quality distance degrees at a cost well below the national average. The rankings are done every two or three years.

“GetEducated’s ratings are related to the number of students enrolled, accreditation, placement rate and, most importantly, what services are in place to support students,” said Dennis King, director of the Virtual College. “These ratings confirm that FHSU is meeting the best practices that are being put out across the country.”

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Association partners with Publishing Concepts Inc.The Fort Hays State University Alumni Association prints an alumni directory every

few years, and the 2013-2014 directory project is about to begin! Beginning in August, Publishing Concepts Inc. (PCI) will contact alumni via mail, phone and email to request that you update your biographical information. We understand that you might not want to provide your information to just anyone, so we want you to know that their request for your information is legitimate.

Alumni directory project – just the facts

• Why is FHSU using an outside contractor to complete this project? With a small staff in the Alumni Office, the Association elected to partner with PCI, a highly qualified company that creates and publishes alumni directories, to ensure that the directory is complete, accurate and delivered on time. • Why do I need to update my information? Information changes quickly! Mailing addresses, email addresses, children – things are always changing with our alumni, and we want to keep in touch with you. Updating your information will ensure FHSU and the Alumni Association can keep you connected. The directory also provides a useful networking tool.• When will the 2013-2014 Alumni Directory be complete? The directory will be completed and printed in late summer of 2014. To ensure the most cost-effective and environmentally friendly process, only the number of directories that have been reserved by alumni will be printed.• Who are some of the PCI clients? PCI partners with 17 of the top 25 universities as rated by US News and World Report, including Princeton, Harvard, Georgetown, and now, Fort Hays State University. • For questions or concerns, visit the Frequently Asked Questions page at http://goforthaysstate.com/directory13-faq or contact the FHSU Alumni Association at 888-351-3591 or [email protected].

Sebelius lecture seriesFort Hays State University is bringing an

exciting new lecture series to Hays. The Keith Sebelius Lecture Series, named for the late FHSU graduate and First District Congressman, will begin this fall.

The first lecture, set for 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4 in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center in Sheridan Hall, will be in the format of a debate between two prominent but unsuccessful presidential candidates. Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean will square off on “The Proper Role of Government in a Free Society.”

Santorum, a Republican, and Dean, former national chair of the Democratic Party, will offer contrasting views on what to expect during the remaining years of the Obama administration. The debate will address a wide variety of issues concerning Americans today, from the economy to healthcare.

The second event in the Sebelius Lecture Series will be Karl Rove, the GOP political strategist whose provocative methods have made him one of the most sought-after political pundits of our time. During his lecture on Feb. 4, 2014, Rove, the former White House deputy chief of staff under President George W. Bush, will offer insightful analysis and predictions about the heated debates today in Washington, the nation’s political course and the challenges America faces.

Tickets to the Sebelius Lecture Series can be ordered online at www.fhsu.edu/sebelius/.

Hammond sets theme for new academic year“The Power of One” is President Edward

Hammond’s theme for Fort Hays State University in the 2013-2014 academic year. He revealed the theme during his address Aug. 14 at the annual Fall Convocation.

“We are defining The Power of One at Fort Hays State as the result of all your individual hard work that really makes a difference and creates an effective and lasting change in our university, a change that helps our students be successful,” he said.

The phrase, he said, is borrowed from a novel of the same name and a movie based on the book and applied it to FHSU.

“Each and every one of you,” he continued, “has that unique opportunity to use your power, to use the skills and the abilities that you bring to our university to make a lasting

difference. And the beautiful thing is, you have been doing it for years and years and years.”

Larry Gould Ph.D., Provost, also announced that last year's Shearer Award winner, Robert Moody Ph.D., associate professor of advanced education programs, received a certificate of merit in the Faculty advising category from the National Academic advising Association.

Chris Crawford ’89, ’90, Ph.D. professor of leadership studies and assistant provost for quality management, was named this year’s President’s Distinguished Scholar.

Other faculty award winners were also announced. Dr. Jennifer Bonds-Raacke, associate professor and chair of the Department of Psychology, was named Faculty Member of the Year for 2013, and Christa Weigel ’99, ’99, assistant professor of allied health, was named the Shearer Advisor of the Year. Award money for the Faculty Member of the Year, the research, service and teaching awards, and the Shearer Award is provided by Commerce Bank. A new award was presented for the first time this year, the Internationalization of the Campus and Curriculum, which was presented to Mehran Shahidi, director of the English as Second Language Program.

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Welcome to one of the greatest traditions at Fort Hays State University – Homecoming Weekend. This exciting four-day weekend combines the best of time to socialize with fellow alumni and friends while experiencing campus alive with today’s students. Advanced reservations are required for all alumni events listed. Deadline: Sept. 26, 2013. Questions, call 785-628-4430 or toll free at 1-888-351-3591. Register today!

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 2NEW Superhero Leadership – Bill Rosemann, Editor at Marvel, Legendary Comics Publisher7 p.m., Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center

THURSDAY, Oct. 3Tiger Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament8 a.m. registration, 9:30 a.m. shotgun start,Smoky Hill Country Club, 3303 N. Hall

Tiger Alumni & Friends Social5:30-7:30 p.m., Robbins Center

Tiger Bonfire & Pep Rally 7:30 p.m., Robbins Center (east lawn)

FRIDAY, Oct. 4Homecoming Registration8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Memorial Union

Campus Tour10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Memorial Union

Half Century Club Luncheon and Induction11 a.m., social; noon, luncheon, Memorial Union

Oktoberfest11 a.m.-7 p.m., Frontier Park, South Main Street

Football Reunion Social5-7 p.m., Schmidt-Bickle Indoor TrainingFacility, 101 Elm Street

NEW Men & Women’s Basketball Reunion Social5:30-7:30 p.m., Thirsty’s Brew Pub & Grill,2704 Vine

Alumni Awards Reception & Banquet6 p.m. social; 7 p.m. banquet, Memorial Union

NEW Music/Theatre DepartmentReunion Wine & Cheese Reception9:30 p.m., Robbins Center

SATURDAY, Oct. 5Homecoming Registration8 a.m.-noon, Memorial Union

5K Tiger Fun Run/Walk 7:30 a.m registration, 8:30 a.m. run/walk, Robbins Center/campus

NEW Tiger Basketball Continental Breakfast & Facility Tour8:30-10:30 a.m., Gross Memorial Coliseum

NEW Music Reunion – Instrumental Rehearsal 9 a.m., Lewis Field Stadium, (west sideline)

Class of 1953 and Class of 1963 Reunion Brunch9:30 a.m., Memorial Union

NEW Music Reunion – Vocal Pre-game Rehearsal 10:30 a.m., Malloy Hall, Room 115

NEW Tiger Place – Heather Hall Dedication11 a.m., former Agnew Hall site

Wrestling Luncheon and Takedown Competition11:15 a.m., Gross Memorial Coliseum, Victor E. Lounge

Homecoming Parade 1 p.m. Main Street, Downtown Hays

NEW Men’s Basketball Pickup Game3 p.m., Basketball Arena, Gross Memorial Coliseum

Football & Basketball Reunion Tailgates4-6:30 p.m., Tiger Alley outside of Lewis Field Stadium (located along Elm Street)

Tiger Friends & Family Picnic4:30-6:30 p.m., Lewis Field Stadium, (east side)

FHSU vs. William Jewell College Football Game6 p.m. pre-game ceremonies, 7 p.m. game time, Lewis Field Stadium

NEW Music Reunion – Vocal Performance 6:30 p.m. pregame ceremony, Lewis Field Stadium, home sideline near 50-yard line

NEW Music Reunion – Instrumental Performance 7:30 p.m. half-time show, Lewis Field Stadium,NW corner of stadium

NEW Music/Theatre Reunion Social/Jam Session10 p.m., Thirsty’s Brew Pub & Grill, 2704 Vine

OTHER EVENTS Sternberg Museum of Natural History Tues-Sat 9 a.m.-7 pm; Sun 1-7 p.m.; closed Mondays

Crazy for You – FHSU MusicalWed/Thurs/Fri, 7:30 p.m., Sun: 2:30 p.m.,Felten-Start Theatre

Art Exhibit – Matt Ballou, guest artist/painter Opening Reception: Thurs 7-9 p.m., Gallery Hrs: Fri 8:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m., Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Rarick Hall

For more information on these andother Homecoming activities, visit www.goforthaysstate.com/homecoming2013

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Van R. Hoisington Alumni Achievement Award

Van R. Hoisington graduated from FHSU in 1970 with an M.S. in business administration. His B.A. in oral communications was from the University of Kansas. He is the founder, president and CEO of Hoisington Investment Management Co. (HIMCO), which opened in 1980. It is the sub-advisor for Wasatch-Hoisington U.S. Treasury Fund, which has been ranked No. 1 among bond managers for its rate of return on unleveraged, 100-percent U.S. Treasury bond portfolios. He has been recognized by Louis Rukeyser as one of the top fixed income investors. HIMCO is also in the top 1 percent in performance results for fixed-income managers for the last decade.

Hoisington has been featured in Institution Investor, Smart Money, The New York Post, Pensions & Investments, Fortune Magazine, CNNMoney.com, Barron’s and many other financial publications for his investment success. He has twice been featured in Forbes Magazine as an outstanding bond and mutual fund manager, has been a frequent speaker at Grant’s Investment Conference and has been a special guest on the PBS show Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street Week. He has been a guest speaker at Chartered Financial Analyst Institute conferences and has published in the Conference Proceedings Quarterly of the CFA Institute.

Before forming HIMCO, he was director of national and international macroeconomic studies and Trust Department vice president and economist for United California Bank. Later, he was senior investment officer, executive trust officer and executive vice president for Texas Commerce Bancshares.

His community and professional activities are extensive, including membership in the National Association of Business Economists and service as secretary of the Southern California chapter. He is also a member of the Financial Analysts Federation. He is on the

Six alumni and one friend of Fort Hays State University will be honored at the Alumni Awards and Recognition Banquet Friday, Oct. 4, during Homecoming celebrations.

Four honorees will receive the Alumni Achievement Award, the association’s highest honor, established in 1959 to recognize graduates who have made outstanding and unselfish contributions in service to their community, state or nation as citizens, in chosen career fields or through philanthropic work.

This year’s recipients are Van R. Hoisington ’70, owner and president of Hoisington Investment Management Company, Austin, Texas; Dr. Babak Marefat ’93, ’94, an ophthalmologist with Cotton-O’Neil Ophthalmology, Topeka; Ella S. Rayburn ’70, ’76, Scranton, Pa., retired historian and curator; and Peter J. Werth '59, founder, CEO and president of ChemWerth Inc., Woodbridge, Conn.

One alumnus will receive the Young Alumni Award, which is granted to graduates of 10- through 15-year reunion classes to recognize those early in their career for significant business or professional accomplishments, or for service to the university and the Alumni Association. The recipient is Dr. John P. Thyfault ’98, ’99, associate professor and researcher in nutrition and exercise physiology at the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Leo R. Lake ’57, ’61, Salina, a retired educator and administrator, will receive the Alumni Association’s Nita M. Landrum Award, which recognizes alumni or friends who have provided sustained volunteer service for the betterment of the Alumni Association or FHSU, especially in their home communities or at any local level.

Dr. Pete Vander Haeghen, Cocoa, Fla., a retired educator, administrator and private entrepreneur, will receive the Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes an individual who is not a graduate but is a friend of the university who has demonstrated a continuing concern for humanity on a universal, national, state or community level; who supports spiritual, cultural and educational objectives; and who endorses and exemplifies the highest standards of character and personal attributes.

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board of directors of Seton Hospital, Austin, chair of the Stewardship Campaign for the United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas, and chair of that church’s administrative board. He is a past vice president of the Austin Lyric Opera Endowment Fund and a past director of the Wine and Food Foundation of Texas. He is a former advisory director of the Texas State Teacher Retirement fund and a former city councilman for Piney Point Village, Houston.

He is a Gold Member of the FHSU Alumni Association, a President’s Council donor to the FHSU Foundation and served the Foundation as a member of its Board of Trustees from 2008 to 2011. He was on the Foundation Investment Committee in 2008 and is a member of the FHSU Leadership Circle.

Hoisington and his wife, Ethel ’66, have two sons, David and Van Jr.

Scout Ranch, New Mexico, the national center for the Boy Scouts of America. In Topeka, he has served as event chair for the Topeka Heart Ball Leadership Team and chair for two years of the American Heart Association Heart Gala. He is a volunteer lecturer for the Baker School of Nursing and has worked with medical informatics since 1993 to improve the safety and accuracy of medical charting.

A large portion of his humanitarian and philanthropic work is in support of worldwide nursing charity work. He has financed college tuition for orphans from Rwanda; been a major donor to the Shakuru Project in Tanzania, which provides secondary education for more than 500 women; and is a supporter of the Global Grassroots Project for social change to support vulnerable women in Rwanda and the Congo.

For the women of one village on the border of Namibia and Angola, in Africa, he financed a water tank that, in addition to providing clean water for the village, helped reduce dramatically the number of rapes and HIV infections among the village women. Before the gift of the water tank, the women had to walk two miles to a well. Many were raped along the way, contributing to an epidemic of HIV and fistula as well as mental trauma.

In 2008, he volunteered with Himalayan Health Services as part of a mobile clinic that treated patients in Buddhist monasteries. The crew of three physicians and one dentist treated more than 300 patients daily. Marefat continues to support this medical mission financially and with gifts of medicine each year.

During her time with the National Park Service, she was a museum curator and created the service’s steam locomotive museum. At the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, where she worked from 1987 to 2007, she established the cultural resource division working with industrial and railroad objects, including steam locomotives, rail passenger and freight cars, and other artifacts and records. During the development phase of the Steamtown project, she worked with architects, exhibit designers and installers to prepare 1,200 items for exhibit and worked on the museum design, production and installation. Steamtown’s two museums are the largest in the National Park Service system. The Steamtown project was a new park requiring, among other things, a computerized museum catalogue program for more than 100,000 artifacts and 1,200 linear feet of archives.

Before going to Steamtown, she was the historian of the William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Cincinnati, Ohio, and a member of the team that completely restored Taft’s birthplace.

Her National Park Service career began at the Fort Union National Monument, Watrous, N.M., from 1974 to 1976, and then progressed through Independence National Historic Park, Philadelphia, Pa., from 1976 to 1978. While at Petersburg National Battlefield, Petersburg, Va., Rayburn supervised living history activities, taught 19th-century muzzle-loading small arms and artillery, among other specialties, and was the first historian at the newly acquired City Point property from which General Ulysses S. Grant directed the end of the Civil War.

She is a Gold member of the FHSU Alumni Association and a Diamond-level donor to the FHSU Foundation. Her proceeds from a book she co-authored, Old City Point and Hopewell, the First 370 Years (1984), go to support the Historic Hopewell Foundation, which interprets the long history of Hopewell, Va. She is a member of the Lackawanna Historical Society, Scranton, for which she has been a member of the board of trustees since 1997 and chair of the Collections Committee since 1998. Her memberships also include the Architectural Heritage Association, the American Association of Museums and the American Association of University Women.

Her awards and honors include the Midwest NPS Regional Director’s Award for 1988 for her work as a curator at the Taft National Historic Site and a Special Achievement Award for the opening and dedication of the City Point Unit of Petersburg Battlefield.

Rayburn is joined in life by her partner, Lynn Gano.

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Babak Marefat Alumni Achievement Award

Babak Marefat twice graduated from FHSU, with a B.S. in physics in 1993 and a B.S. in chemistry in 1994. He earned his M.D. degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, in 1999. He is licensed to practice in both Kansas and Florida. He is a board certified ophthalmologist with Cotton-O’Neil Clinic, a division of Stormont-Vail Healthcare, Topeka. During his time at KU Medical Center, Marefat participated in aerospace medicine for NASA.

In addition to treating patients at his Topeka clinic, Marefat provides complimentary service and treatment at free clinics in Topeka, including Marian and Health-Access indigent clinics.

He was instrumental in the software development of a collection of ophthalmology templates for electronic paperless charting of handheld computers.

Marefat’s community involvement has included serving every year since 1998 as a volunteer and a camp physician at the Philmont

Ella S. RayburnAlumni Achievement Award

Ella S. Rayburn graduated from FHSU with a B.A. in history in 1970 and an M.A. in history in 1976. She retired in 2007 after a 33-year career with the U.S. Department of the Interior as a park ranger and historian for the National Park Service.

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Peter J. Werth Alumni Achievement Award

Peter J. Werth graduated from FHSU in 1959 with a B.S. in chemistry. He earned an M.S. in organic chemistry from Stanford University in 1961. He is the CEO of ChemWerth Inc., Woodbridge, Conn.,a company he founded in 1982 to develop active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to produce generic drugs.

He is also on the boards of directors for Scidose, a specialty pharma development company; Innopharma, a pharma R&D company; VM Pharma, a pharma R&D company targeting chronic pain; UConn Ventures, formed to capitalize on the discoveries and inventions by the staff; VM therapeutics, a pharma R&D company targeting neuropathic pain; Altos Therapeutics, a pharma R&D company targeting gastroparesis.

Werth is involved in several startup companies as an Angel investor. Two of these companies (Putney and Piedmont) are developing generic drugs for companion animals. Alopexx Vaccines licensed technology from Harvard to develop a vaccine to kill multiple types of bacteria.

Werth began his career with Hewlett-Packard in 1961. In 1964, he worked as a staff scientist at Spindletop Research before taking a job as head chemist for Upjohn Pharmaceuticals (now Pfizer). In 1965, he became manager of Upjohn’s R&D department. From 1975 to 1983, he was vice president of sales and marketing for Ganes Chemicals.

ChemWerth was founded in 1982, a virtual generic API development company. The company holds exclusive U.S. rights to sell more than 100 APIs and represent 29 FDA approved China-based pharma factories. He has

established an office in Shanghai to monitor product quality, provide regulatory and GMP compliance services to partner factories to meet FDA standards.

He founded the Werth Family Foundation (WFF) in 2000 to make a difference, by supporting specific projects in educational, cultural and medical-related programs. The Werths directly and through the WFF made donations of more than $15 million. WFF endows the Werth Center For Coastal Marine Studies at Southern Connecticut State University and at Hartford High School and CPEP, which completed a wind turbine solar panel energy generating system for a school in Nepal.

WFF supported educational endeavors including expanding educational programs of Long Wharf Theatre; Cardinal Sheehan Center, supporting educational programs; and long-term support for the Housatonic Community College Museum of Art. Werth is a major contributor to the construction of a new basketball practice facility at the University of Connecticut.

WFF gives strong support to health and welfare programs, which include Women’s Health Research at Yale, Healthy Eye Alliance, Gaylord Hospital, Columbus House, Boys & Girls Village, and AmeriCares. WFF funded the building of a primary school in Dzongsar, China.

Werth is married to Pamela. They have three children – Deborah, Jacqueline and Peter III.

Physiology at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, N.C., from 2002 to 2005. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology and the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Thyfault, who joined the departments as an assistant professor in 2005, is also director of the MU Healthy Activity Center. From 2005 to 2011, he was also a health scientist for the Harry S. Truman Memorial VA Hospital-Research Division, which is adjacent to MU.

Thyfault is a former president of the Central States Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and is on the national Health-Fitness Content Advisory Committee for the ACSM. He is also a member of the American Physiological Society and the American Diabetes Association.

He has several publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has also served as a peer reviewer for scientific journals and for funding agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the American Heart Association.

Thyfault's work has also been covered in international and national media including The New York Times, Outside Magazine, Men’s Health, The Lawrence Journal-World, Men’s Fitness, The Kansas City Star, The St. Louis Dispatch, The Washington Post and Genetic Engineering News, among others.

He has been a primary investigator or a co-investigator on several national grants, including a five-year NIH grant to study aerobic fitness, mitochondrial dysfunction and fatty liver disease, which are his major research interests; a three-year Veterans Health Administration Career Development Award to study physical inactivity in association with insulin resistance in skeletal muscle and an American Heart Association Grant studying the negative interactions between statins and exercise responses.

He is a Silver member of the Alumni Association and a Bronze donor for the FHSU Foundation. He serves or has served on 10 committees at the University of Missouri. He won his university’s Gold Chalk Award for excellence in graduate teaching in 2011 and the Research and Creativity Award from MU’s College of Human Environmental Sciences in 2010.

Thyfault is married to Jessica. They have two boys, Lincoln and Miles.

Alumni Awards, cont. from p. 9

John P. ThyfaultYoung Alumni Award

John P. Thyfault graduated from FHSU with a B.S. in health and human performance in 1998 and an M.S. in exercise science in 1999. He received a Ph.D. in exercise physiology from the University of Kansas in 2002. He was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of

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Leo R. LakeNita M. Landrum Award

Leo R. Lake graduated from FHSU in 1957 with a B.S. in elementary education and in 1961 with an M.S. in education administration. He has been an ambassador and advocate for education in general and Fort Hays State in particular ever since. He has twice been a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, from 1986 to 1989 and again from 2009 to 2012.

In 2007, 50 years after his undergraduate class graduated, he became a member of the Alumni Association’s Half Century Club and, two years later, became the club’s president, a position he held until 2012. He also played a leading role in helping to establish the Half Century Club’s Dr. Edward H. Hammond Leadership Scholarship.

Volunteerism for FHSU and for many other worthy causes are in his blood.

Since his graduation in 1957, Lake has spent countless hours promoting FHSU across the state and country. He readily participates in alumni gatherings, attends student recognition programs, offering prospective students sage advice on the importance of attending a quality institution such as FHSU and drives the FHSU, entourage as needed during President Hammond’s annual media tour stop in Salina.

During his long career in education, Lake was called on many times to consult with university leadership on the institution’s education programs, devoted many hours to service on ad hoc committees to deal with educational issues and, as a superintendent, he hired countless graduates. His son, Rodney Lake ’80, notes that his father’s devotion to the university in time, service and support has spanned more than six decades.

educators to use the Internet for curriculum research and development. He is a member of the board of governors of William Howard Taft University, Denver, and is also a member of its business faculty and helped the university develop its doctorate of business administration program.

Along the way, he was instrumental in helping FHSU make a connection with a brand new, privately owned college in China: Sias International University. He is founding president of the Sias International University Foundation. He has served in leadership positions on several professional organizations during his career, including the Northern Illinois Learning Resources Consortium, the Illinois Audio Visual Association, the Chicago Audio Visual Roundtable, the Instructional Telecommunications Consortium and the Newport Mesa American Cancer Society Board of Directors.

Vander Haeghen has a focus on distance education and the utility of technology in its delivery. As administrative dean of the senior management team of Coastline College from 1994 to 1999, he was instrumental in developing joint venture agreements to design, produce and distribute multimillion dollar tele-courses worldwide.

He was awarded two regional Emmys as executive producer of two college-level tele-courses. He also implemented Coastline’s first distance-learning program for military personnel and developed projects for Thailand, Taiwan and Japan.

As a consultant for Chapman University, Orange, Calif., he redesigned the university’s distance-learning program and designed and implemented marketing efforts for more than 50 military and civilian academic centers worldwide. He has also served on the accreditation teams of five post-secondary higher education institutions and two private universities. His service to FHSU in helping forge its connections to China has been invaluable and, on his part, voluntary.

Sias founder Shawn Chen asked for his help in finding a U.S. partner to deliver education to the university he was starting in China. Vander Haeghen led him to FHSU and accompanied Chen to the university when Chen was making his first contacts.

Vander Haeghen has since helped in many other ways in strengthening the relationship between FHSU, Sias and China, from attending graduations to making connections for students, helping them with research and giving them work.

Pete Vander Haeghen Distinguished Service Award

Pete Vander Haeghen has more than 35 years of experience in higher education, including 10 years teaching in the classroom and at a distance and various administrative positions at Coastline Community College, Fountain Valley, Calif., and William Rainey Harper Community College, Palatine, Ill. He retired early to pursue his entrepreneurial instincts. With a partner, he founded Professional Focus Inc. to develop graduate level professional development courses to train K-12 and community college

Lake has also devoted time and energy in the service of education and educators. He has served in a Kansas governor’s Education Cabinet (Gov. John Carlin, 1986); been executive director of the Kansas Association of Retired School Personnel as well as the organization’s membership and convention chair and historian. The United School Administrators of Kansas honored Lake, who was a leader during a transition period following the sudden death of the organization’s executive director.

Over his career, his membership and participation have benefited the United School Administrators, the American Association of School Administrators, the Kansas Association of School Administrators, the Kansas State Teachers Association and the Lions Club.

Following his retirement, Lake has unselfishly devoted his time and talent working with senior citizens. He served on the Salina RSVP Board and spends many hours each week at the Presbyterian Manor assisting in many different activities to help the residents.

He holds Platinum membership status in the FHSU Alumni Association. Lake and his wife, Dorothy, have three children – Randy ’80, Rodney ’80 and Jolynn.

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ATHLETICSWrestler competes in Pan-American Junior Championships

Fort Hays State sophomore Adam Ludwin, Yuma, Ariz., (left) competed for the United States in the Pan American Junior Championships in Santiago, Chile, July 12-14. Ludwin took home the silver medal in the freestyle discipline at 121 lbs. That helped the United States win the team title over Venezuela, which placed second, and Canada, which finished third.

In the Greco Roman discipline, Ludwin competed but did not place. The U.S. team was second in the team competition in Greco Roman.

Ludwin also competed on the 2013 Junior World Team in Stillwater, Okla., in the Greco Roman discipline at 121 pounds. He qualified for the World Team Trials by placing fifth at the FILA Junior National Tournament in Las Vegas in April. The bracket was small but comprised of only the United States elite Greco Roman wrestlers who qualified for the tournament. Ludwin finished with a record of 1-2, taking fourth.

Volleyball continues rise in toughest region in nation

The Fort Hays State volleyball team in 2012 posted its first 20-win season since 2004, going 23-14 overall in Coach Kurt Kohler’s fourth year. After a complete rebuild of a struggling program that saw just 14 wins total over his first two years, Kohler’s teams have averaged 20 wins the past two years with 17 wins in 2011 and 23 in 2012.

The team looks to continue that success in 2013 with a tough non-conference schedule early and brutal conference schedule throughout the year.

Even with the solid overall record, FHSU still finished seventh in the powerful MIAA in 2012, with seven conference wins, the most since joining the conference in 2006.

With the realignment of regions in 2012, the Central Region is now by far the toughest region in NCAA Division II. Concordia-St. Paul of the NSIC has won six consecutive national titles, and all eight teams in the Central Regional of the NCAA Tournament last year ranked in the top 16 nationally, including the top five ranked teams in the nation.

The MIAA had four teams in the regional last year, and three of the teams ranked in the top 10.

Soccer teams look to continue success

The Fort Hays State men’s and women’s soccer programs this year will try to build on the success of the 2012 season, which saw both teams qualify for the NCAA Tournament in just their second year of existence. The FHSU men were one of the final 16 teams in the national tournament, falling to Super Regional host Northeastern State (Oklahoma) in the Super Region Semifinals.

The Fort Hays State women were the MIAA Tournament champions, clinching an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, but fell in the opening round to conference foe Central Oklahoma.

The Fort Hays State women saw an eight-win improvement in the program’s second year after totaling just six wins in the program’s first year. FHSU finished 14-7-1 in 2012. The Tigers look to sustain that success in 2013 with the return of one all-region and two all-conference selections.

The Fort Hays State men matched their first-year win total in 2012, winning 11 matches for the second straight year, going 11-6-2. Head coach Brett Parker has done a tremendous job putting the Tigers in line for national success from the program’s advent in 2011. Fort Hays State had seven All-MIAA and Daktronics All-Region selections, and six of those players return in 2013.

Tanner Brock, junior, Winfield

Jenna Ulrich, senior, Luray

FHSU football to be televised twice in 2013

The Fort Hays State football team will be featured in the MIAA Network Game of the Week twice in 2013, against Southwest Baptist in Hays and Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo. Fort Hays State looks to build upon a 5-6 season in Chris Brown’s third year as head coach in 2013. The games will be back-to-back Saturdays, with the contest against Southwest Baptist on Oct. 19 and the contest against Lincoln on Oct. 26. Both games are slated for 2:30 pm. The channel listings cover the games on a weekly basis. Available channels:KSMO-TV (Kansas City) – available to 100% of the Kansas City market. It is broadcast over the air on Channel 62 and it is found on most cable systems (Time Warner, Comcast, etc.) on Channel 10 Eagle Cable (western Kansas) – Channel 15 Cox (Kansas) Cable System – Channel 22 Cox (Oklahoma) Cable System – Channel 3 Mediacom (Columbia, Springfield, Jefferson City, etc.) – Channel 22 Suddenlink (St. Joseph) Cable – Channel 19 Suddenlink (Maryville) Cable – Channel 6

“I cannot thank the donors of Fort Hays State University enough for the support they have given me. With their generous contributions, and the scholarships that I’ve received, I have been given more opportunities for my education that I would not have received otherwise. Thank you so much to all of the donors who truly do make a difference for students like myself, and GO TIGERS! “

Kyra Fulton, Junior in Agriculture

“Between school and track there isn’t much time for me to work during the school year. Without the generosity of donors, I would not be able to continue to compete in track, while still maintaining the academic standards that I strive for. The scholarships I have been awarded allow me to focus on the most important aspect of school, learning. The generosity shown by donors of Fort Hays State University has allowed many students, like myself, to represent FHSU academically as well as competitively.”

Brett Ottley, Senior in Technology Studies

Robbins Center, P.O. Box 1060, Hays, KS 67601785.628.5620 http://foundation.fhsu.edu

Students at Fort Hays State University may change from year to year, but the need and appreciation for scholarships has remained constant throughout the history of our university. By far, the No. 1 need for students is scholarship assistance! The challenge today is that alumni and friends choose to donate to areas of FHSU that were of interest to them back when they were students. Obviously, the university is thankful for all donations; however, this creates a bottleneck effect in the attempts to attract students with broad base interests in all areas of study. Investing in scholarships

is vitally important. To invest in scholarships with broad base criteria is even more important. Each year the Office of Financial Aid at FHSU seeks to assist students who have financial need. While they help as many students as possible, there are still far too many potential Tigers who will not receive support due to insufficient funding. Helping students who hope to come to Fort Hays State University as their school of choice is the ultimate goal.Please consider investing in scholarships and help fill the

gap so that worthy students are able to receive support. — Tim Chapman

Help us to fill the gapA note from your FHSU Foundation President and CEO

Students’ appreciation to those who have helped fill the gap:

fhsu foundation

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“I cannot thank the donors of Fort Hays State University enough for the support they have given me. With their generous contributions, and the scholarships that I’ve received, I have been given more opportunities for my education that I would not have received otherwise. Thank you so much to all of the donors who truly do make a difference for students like myself, and GO TIGERS! “

Kyra Fulton, Junior in Agriculture

“Between school and track there isn’t much time for me to work during the school year. Without the generosity of donors, I would not be able to continue to compete in track, while still maintaining the academic standards that I strive for. The scholarships I have been awarded allow me to focus on the most important aspect of school, learning. The generosity shown by donors of Fort Hays State University has allowed many students, like myself, to represent FHSU academically as well as competitively.”

Brett Ottley, Senior in Technology Studies

Robbins Center, P.O. Box 1060, Hays, KS 67601785.628.5620 http://foundation.fhsu.edu

Students at Fort Hays State University may change from year to year, but the need and appreciation for scholarships has remained constant throughout the history of our university. By far, the No. 1 need for students is scholarship assistance! The challenge today is that alumni and friends choose to donate to areas of FHSU that were of interest to them back when they were students. Obviously, the university is thankful for all donations; however, this creates a bottleneck effect in the attempts to attract students with broad base interests in all areas of study. Investing in scholarships

is vitally important. To invest in scholarships with broad base criteria is even more important. Each year the Office of Financial Aid at FHSU seeks to assist students who have financial need. While they help as many students as possible, there are still far too many potential Tigers who will not receive support due to insufficient funding. Helping students who hope to come to Fort Hays State University as their school of choice is the ultimate goal.Please consider investing in scholarships and help fill the

gap so that worthy students are able to receive support. — Tim Chapman

Help us to fill the gapA note from your FHSU Foundation President and CEO

Students’ appreciation to those who have helped fill the gap:

fhsu foundation

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THE BROADWAY BOYS

Aquila Theatre Company Presents

Danú Presents

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15

RAY BRADBURY’SFAHRENHEIT 451TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29

CHRISTMAS IN IRELAND:AN NOLLAIG IN ÉIRINNTUESDAY, DECEMBER 10

THE ADDAMS FAMILYSUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16

JAIMEE PAUL IN AT LASTTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

H.M.S. PINAFORETUESDAY, MARCH 25

STEP AFRIKA!SATURDAY, APRIL 12

MEMPHIS

+For more information visit: www.fhsu.edu/encore

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23

SERIES

2013-2014 Fort Hays State University

SEASONEVENT

OFF

VIENNA BOYS CHOIRTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12

Season tickets on sale now! Renewal deadline is August 30, 2014.

*Image shown is from the musical Memphis.

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TIGER NOTESDon’t forget to share your news with the Tiger community, be it new

employment, honors, appointments and/or births so we can update your biographical file and keep others informed about the important happenings in your lives. Items will be listed as space permits. Additioanl news may be posted in FHSUTigerTalk. Send your news items and pictures (jpeg or tiff format), if applicable, to FHSU Alumni Association, One Tiger Place, Hays, KS 67601-3767, or e-mail [email protected] or FAX 785-628-4191.

CLASS NOTES1950s

Z. Lew Melnyk, ’51, Cincinnati, Ohio, authored/coauthored four editions of Cases in Business Finance and 29 articles in scholarly journals in the United States, Italy, Australia, England, Germany, and Israel, and three reviews. He presented 47 research papers at scholarly conferences, and received six professional grants and scholarships over the course of his career.

1960s

Vicki (Werts) Constable ’69, Phillipsburg, retired after 38 years as an English teacher at Phillipsburg High School.

Maynard “Bud” Estes ’68, Dodge City, was elected as the representative for Kansas House District 119.

Roger W. Hale ’65, ’68, Colby, received the Colby Community College 2013 Honorary Associate Degree.

Kenneth Miller ’68, ’70, Wellington, was inducted into the Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame.

Doloris (Pfeifer) Pederson ’68, Russell, was an honored artist at the “Earth and Sky: Women of the Prairie” exhibition at the Gallery at Artworks, Wichita, as well as the “Endless Horizons: Women Paint the Prairie” exhibition at the Deines Cultural Center, Russell.

Geneva (Smith) Scott ’65, ’79, Weatherford, Texas, wrote the book The Making of a Nurse.

Larry B. Sullivan ’67, Manhattan, received the Manhattan Christian College Alumni Crusader Ministry Award.

1970s

Connie (Montgomery) Bretz ’73, Dighton, retired after 40 years of service to the Lane County Extension Agency, most recently as the Walnut Creek Extension District director.

Marilyn (Stanton) Davidson ’71, Hays, retired from Roosevelt Elementary School.

Eugene “Gene” Dreiling ’71, Hays, retired after 42 years as an English teacher at Victoria High School.

Marcia (Turnbull) Giess ’72, ’79, Arnold, was inducted into the Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame.

Duanne Herrmann ’74, ’85, Topeka, was added to the Map of Kansas Literature, a project by the Center of Kansas Studies in the Department of English at Washburn University. His works will be included in a new display of literature by Kansans placed in Mabee Library.

L. Kent Needham ’75, Tonganoxie, has been elected to the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka and will serve on the Housing and Governance and Risk Oversight committees.

Nadine (Aton) Peters ’73, Chanute, retired after 33 years of service in education, most recently as an interrelated resource teacher for Chanute Public Schools USD 413.

Patricia (Foos) Petz ’78, ’86, McCracken, was inducted into the Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame.

Lesley (Cooper) Schonthaler ’77, ’80, Zurich, retired as the counselor at Roosevelt Elementary School, Hays.

Paul Wheeler ’79, Wichita, retired after 33 years with Koch Industries Inc., most recently serving as president of Koch Business Solutions, LP.

Shirley (Horyna) Wilson ’71, Ulysses, retired after 42 years of teaching, 40 of which were spent in Ulysses USD 214.

1980s

Brett Akagi ’88, Lenexa, was hired as media director and content strategist for the Journalism Department at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.

Karen (Lang) Amrein ’82, ’94, Ellis, retired after 25 years of service as an instructor in the business department at North Central Kansas Technical College, Hays.

Michael “Mike” Berblinger ’82, Buhler, was named superintendent for Buhler USD 313.

Annette (Olson) Frenzl ’83, Salina, retired after 34 years of service to the Kansas Army National Guard.

Donna (Ross) Henry ’80, ’87, Colby, has been nominated for the Kansas Department of Education Teacher of the Year award.

Troy Hickman ’87, ’88, Hays, retired after 16 years of service to the Hays City Commission. In addition, he served four and one-half terms as mayor of Hays.

Donna Hudson-Hamilton ’88, ’90, ’91, Stockton, received the National Head Start Director of the Year award.

Charlie Hoch ’81, Topeka, retired after 31 years at Royal Valley High School as the technology education instructor and the industrial arts teacher.

Downer L. Hull ’86, Woodston, an agent since 1997, was recognized by American Family Insurance for providing outstanding customer experience under the American Star Excellence in Customer Experience Certification.

Brenda (Schrott) Legleiter ’80, McCracken, was hired as the chief executive officer/administrator at Rush County Memorial Hospital, La Crosse.

Clarence “Clancy” Moses ’86, Lyons, retired from Lyons High School after 31 years of service in education. He also taught in Phillipsburg and Smith Center.

Deanna (Black) Nech ’80, Kensington, retired after more than 40 years in education as an English and social studies instructor at Phillipsburg High School and Smith Center Junior-Senior High School.

Jeff Peier ’80, ’80, was awarded the 2013 Quality of Life Award by the Wichita Medical Research and Education Foundation.

Linda C. Riedy ’81, Hope, was hired as city clerk for the city of Hope.

Annette Suppes ’80, Salina, was awarded the Marilyn Gates Award from the Kansas Hospital Human Resources Association.

Mitchell L. Thompson ’88, Waco, Texas, was named head coach for the Highlander baseball program at McLennan Community College, Waco.

Randal “Randy” Wilson ’82, Colby, was named the chief executive officer and president of Farm Credit of Western Kansas.

1990s

Lola (Kvasnicka) Baalman ’96, ’00, Hoxie, was elected to a second term on the Hoxie Community Schools USD 412 School Board.

Clifford “Chuck” Bisbee ’97, Hutchinson, was hired as head football coach and a para-educator at Russell High School.

Todd A. Brungardt ’92, ’99, Hays, completed a master’s degree as a clinical nurse specialist from the University of Cincinnati.

Mike Gower ’93, ’02, Phillipsburg, is the superintendent of Logan USD 326 and Phillipsburg USD 325.

Celeste (Perkins) Gray ’95, Plainville, completed a master’s degree in organizational leadership in nursing from the University of Kansas.

Cont. on p. 16

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Sam Gross ’97, Hays, completed the Certificate of Training in Adult Weight Management. He is a registered dietitian with Nutrition Now LLC.

Michela (Goll) Hiesterman ’97, ’98, Phillipsburg, retired after 32 years in education, the past 18 as K-8 counselor/district test coordinator for Phillipsburg USD 325.

Bret A. Lange ’91, Moundridge, was named staff member of the month for May 2013 at Moundridge High School.

John Lobato ’98, Salina, was recognized for 15 years of service with the Central Kansas Mental Health Center.

Darrin Lynch ’96, WaKeeney, was hired as general manager for Western Cooperative Electric Association Inc.

Tara (Arensdorf) O’Connor ’95, Hays, was named Hays USD 489’s 2013 Master Teacher of the Year.

Eber Phelps ’96, Hays, was elected to a second term as Hays City Commissioner.

Brian J. Ruder ’98, Hays, an American Family Insurance agent since 2008, was recognized for providing outstanding customer experience under the American Star Excellence in Customer Experience Certification.

Patricia (Harris) Schumacher ’98, ’04, Hays, a teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School, retired from Hays USD 489.

Kathleen (Meyer) Taylor ’90, Hays, was named principal of Thomas More Prep-Marian High School.

Jane (Haselhorst) Wagner ’99, Victoria, retired after 14 years of service to Russell High School as a journalism and English teacher.

Stephanie (Ring) Wiese ’93, Pratt, received the Professional Higher Education Association Instructor of the Year Award from Pratt Community College.

2000s

Cassie (Blau) Bryant ’08, Hays, was hired as a teacher at Wilson Elementary School.

Brenda (Sparks) Craven ’03, Hays, led a discussion of Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson at the Stafford County Museum Library, Stafford.

Tim Detrixhe ’09, Hays, was promoted from volunteer firefighter to firefighter with the Hays Fire Department.

Sarah (Williams) Eubank ’06, ’12, Pratt, is a family nurse practitioner for Pratt Family Practice.

Taylor Klug ’08, Great Bend, vice president for First Kansas Bank, graduated from the 2013 Bank Compliance School held in Topeka.

Bobbi (Urban) LaViolette ’06, Great Bend, was promoted to assistant vice president and assistant operations officer/assistant cashier for Farmers Bank and Trust.

Robert Lawson ’09, ’13, Salina, is an insurance claim adjuster for Farm Bureau.

Tonya (Newton) Lawson ’08, Salina, is a retail store manager with Nex-Tech Wireless.

Tamara (Bainter) Lynn ’00, ’06, Hays, was inducted into the Kansas State Chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

Robert Readle ’06, Hays, joined First Assured Mortgage as a loan officer.

Darin N. Reed ’05, Ellis, was recognized as the Fraternal Insurance Counselor of the Year at the National Association of Fraternal Insurance Counselors convention, Savannah, Ga.

Heather (Ummel) Rohr ’03, Hays, joined the staff of FHSU’s Memorial Union as a senior administrative assistant.

Sarah M. Schaeffer ’00, Dodge City, was inducted into the Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame.

Lisa Scheve ’08, ’12, Hays, was promoted to mortgage loan originator at Sunflower Bank.

Elizabeth “Beth” (Renk) Schiel ’02, Ellis, joined Hays USD 489 as a high school teacher.

Lesley Schmidt ’08, Park City, was elected to the board of directors for Challenge Games, where she will also serve as the social media director.

Bryan Sowards ’08, ’12, Preston, is a fisheries programs specialist for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.

Wade Stewart ’00, ’01, Firestone, Colo., is training manager in the Ag Division of Trimble Navigation Limited, Boulder.

Shelly Swayne ’01, Solomon, was named Valley Heights Junior-Senior High School principal.

Daniel “Dan” Yoder ’09, ’12, Dodge City, is a high school science teacher for Dodge City USD 443.

Ryan Zimmerman ’09, ’10, ’12, Hays, was hired as a speech language pathologist with Hays USD 489.

2010s

Laura Dougherty ’12, Hays, joined the FHSU Foundation staff as executive assistant to the president/CEO.

Class notes, cont. from p. 15

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IN MEMORY

1930s

Ruth (Schiller) Jackson ’36, Topeka, April 29, 2013.

Wade D. Zeigler ’36, Ottawa, April 27, 2013.

1940s

William K. “Ken” Clark ’42, Hill City, May 6, 2013.

Allen G. Van Kooten ’42, Concordia, May 13, 2013.

Gloria (Buck) Lindenmuth ’49, Scott City, June 3, 2013.

Ruth (Nelson) Winton ’42, Aurora, Colo., Jan. 11, 2013.

1950s

John Baker ’57, ’59, Great Bend, June 2, 2013.

Robert D. Coy ’58, Dodge City, April 25, 2013.

Leonard W. Cullison ’51, Fort Scott, June 8, 2013.

Terry J. Dibble ’56, ’57, Elizabethton, Tenn., July 7, 2013.

Kenneth “Dean” Dreiling ’51, Corpus Christi, Texas, April 30, 2013.

Otto Haase Jr. ’59, Bettendorf, Iowa, June 28, 2013.

Irvin J. Jacobs ’57, Hays, Nov. 5, 2010.

Alma (Smith) Johnson ’59, ’64, Peoria, Ariz., April 21, 2013.

Donald C. Price ’56, Fort Morgan, Colo., April 25, 2013.

Robert L. Wilkens ’54, Bend, Ore., April 22, 2013.

1960s

Eugene “Gene” Barrett ’61, Boise, Idaho, May 30, 2013.

Melva L. (Hayse) Bernard ’69, Mullinville, May 9, 2013.

Rodney T. Barrows ’62, Ness City, June 20, 2013.

Charlotte (Leaton) Bettenbrock ’63, ’70, Geneseo, July 14, 2011.

Marie F. (Williams) Erb ’67, Ness City, June 15, 2013.

Jack D Geist ’63, Denver, Colo., Feb. 8, 2013.

MARRIAGES

BIRTHS

1980s

Travis Grizzell and Pamela Channell ’89, June 29, 2013.

1990s

Doug Otten and Jennifer Weber ’95 Otten, March 17, 2013.

Howard A. “Andy” Tincknell ’96, ’07 and Janett Naylor ’00, Hays, May 26, 2013.

2000s

Brady Fuller ’09 and Courtney Madsen, May 3, 2013.

Zachary Ewert ’09 and Melissa Garrison, April 27, 2013.

David Lang ’11 and Beverly Wolf ’08, ’12, Hays, June 1, 2013.

David Lohrmeyer and Kelly (Thomas) Giebler ’09, ’12, Hays, April 19, 2013.

Garrett Parker and Melissa Barb ’06, ’08, April 27, 2013.

Rodney Solko ’05 and Erica Volker, May 4, 2013.

Jerrod Stanford and Traci Konrade ’07, ’09, May 11, 2013.

2010s

Lane Bruce ’11 and Emmele Reed, April 27, 2013.

Cody Kelly and Jessica Schenk ’12, ’12, April 27, 2013.

Devin Konkel ’11 and Dawna Evers ’12, June 22, 2013.

Tanner Pabst and Katerina Walters ’11, May 4, 2013.

Sean Pate and Nakeisha Kinney ’10, ’10, June 22, 2013.

Brodie Pfannenstiel ’11, ’11 and Samantha Hixon ’11, ’11, May 4, 2013.

Daniel Schneider ’12 and Stephanie Schmeidler, May 11, 2013.

1990s

Matthew and Mardy ’98 (Robinson) Ortman, Olathe, a boy, Zachary, Feb. 14, 2013.

2000s

Eric and Erica ’07, ’07 (Schmidtberger) Dinges, Victoria, a boy, Zeek Gavin, May 1, 2013.

Cory and Amy ’05, ’05 (Frenzl) Feldt, Ellis, a girl, Ava Nicole, Oct. 15, 2012.

Luke ‘06 and Jessica ‘06 (Shields) Gottschalk, Houston, Texas, a girl, Lily Elise, Sept. 20, 2012.

Michael ’08, ’08 and Desiree ’08 (Creek) Hammett, Salina, a boy, Christopher James “C.J.,” Jan. 15, 2013.

Anthony ’03 and Rachel (Heideman) Karlin, Milwaukee, Wis., a girl, Rose Sophia, Oct. 29, 2012.

Josh ‘04, ‘06 and Misty (Hill) Kingsley, Milwaukee, Wis., a girl, Vivian Deloraine, May 1, 2013.

Dru ’03 and Jenna ’03 (Stout) Miller, Gorham, a boy, Matthias Jerome, June 4, 2013.

Jason and Michelle ’03, ’04 (Desmarteau) Shump, Berryton, a girl, Allie Kay, Nov. 11, 2012.

Nathan ’06 and Cynthia ’06 (Becker) Staab, Hays, a girl, Bridget Marie, April 2, 2013.

Chris and Laura ’07, ’07 (Fisher) Waldschmidt, Hays, a boy, Kenneth Christopher, Jan. 8, 2013.

Dustin ’09 and Emily ’07, ’10 (Herl) Washburn, Hays, a girl, Tessa Marie, Oct. 15, 2012.

Emily Elsasser ’12, McPherson, works as a teller for Farmers State Bank.

Alisha Enriquez ’12, Wichita, is a group home support worker for the Mental Health Association.

Staci (Bertholf) Foreman ’12, Kensington, works for Pro Ag Marketing as an office bookkeeper.

Danna (Hockman) Hager ’12, WaKeeney, is a registered nurse at Hays Medical Center, Hays.

Amelia Harrison ’12, Wichita, is a senior partner advocate in the High Complexity Incentives department for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Chance Hobrock ’12, St. Francis, is an agronomist for Crop Quest, Dodge City.

Darcy Hubka ’12, Wilson, joined the staff of Wilson Communications.

Niccoli “Nicci” (Huck) Jellison ’11, Coldwater, is a math teacher, a girls basketball head coach and assistant girls track coach for Comanche County USD 300.

Trey Joy ’12, Smith Center, is the president and CEO of Midwest Holdings Inc.

Kyle G. Lynch ’12, Brush, Colo., was named recreation assistant for the Brush Recreation Department.

Geena (Cubbage-Riddle) Mason ’10, ’12, Newton, is a revenue cycle analyst for Via Christi Health, Wichita.

Darin Myers ’11, Hays, was promoted to fire lieutenant/EMT with the Hays Fire Department.

Stasia Nelson ’12, Eureka, Calif., is a data specialist with St. Joseph Hospital.

Erick Punches ’12, Emporia, joined Hills Pet Nutrition as an operations technician.

Lilian Rezende ’12, Hays, is a para-educator at Lincoln Elementary School.

Kaylee Sotelo ’12, Wichita, is a high school math teacher for Wichita USD 259.

Caleb Wiegman ’12, Shawnee, is a speech language pathologist for the Kansas City, Mo., School District.

Shanea Wyatt ’12, Phillipsburg, is a licensed tax preparer for H&R Block.

Tiffany (Rohr) Zimmerman ’12, Hays, is a clinic office assistant in the Hays Orthopedic Clinic for Hays Medical Center.

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Alfred E. “Eric” Gustafson ’64, Hugoton, April 20, 2013.

Harry W. “Bob” Hairfield ’64, ’65, Larned, May 15, 2013.

Donald J. McMullen ’69, Norton, May 1, 2013.

William D. “Bill” Nelson Sr. ’61, High Point, N.C., May 14, 2013.

John R. Weber ’65, Valley Center, April 3, 2013.

Fred E. Webb Jr. ’60, Protection, April 12, 2013.

Kenneth D. Williams ’63, Great Bend, April 13, 2013.

1970s

Michael S. Fox ’75, Arvada, Colo., April 3, 2013.

Sally Lou (Brenton) Frank ’73, Hays, April, 27, 2013.

Harold D. “Harry” Gross ’70, Raytown, Mo., June 24, 2013.

Larry M. Long ’75, Oberlin, April 3, 2013.

Roy M. Piper ’78, Dodge City, April 30, 2013.

Kristina (Diehl) Schmidt ’79, Hays, May 8, 2013.

1980s

Henry D. “Huck” Huddlestun ’88, Lawrence, June 15, 2013.

Roger B. Rabuck ’82, Manhattan, June 2, 2011.

1990s

Wanda Sue (Hurtt) Haflich ’93, Garden City, Nov. 26, 2012.

Adelia “Dee” (Haun) Stoecker ’96, Dodge City, June 17, 2013.

Dennis L. Sowers ’95, ’96, Murdock, April 22, 2013.

Donald Ralph Bloss

Former director of testing services and professor of education at Fort Hays State University, Donald Ralph Bloss, Hays, died Sunday, July 7, 2013, at Hays Medical Center. Bloss graduated from Iowa State University with a B.S. degree in industrial education in 1950 followed by an M.S. in counseling and guidance in 1953. Following a career as a principal and counselor at Graettinger, Iowa, 1954-57, he was counselor and then director of guidance services in Davenport, Iowa, from 1957 to 1968, with a total of 18 years in the public schools of Iowa. In 1970, Bloss finished his work for a doctorate in education degree in counseling psychology at the

University of Missouri. He began his tenure at FHSU as an assistant professor in 1970 and retired in 1990 with the rank of professor.

Survivors include his wife, Phyllis; a son, James Bloss ’83, ’83, McKinney, Texas; a daughter, Jeannine Bloss ’88, Hays; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Services were July 12, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church of Hays. Memorials are suggested to First United Methodist Church, 305 W. Seventh, or the Humane Society of the High Plains, P.O. Box 311, both in Hays, KS 67601.

Harriet (Gingerich) Caplan

Harriet E. Caplan, Hays, began her FHSU career as an affirmative action officer in 1997 and served as an instructor in the Department of Business Administration beginning in 1998 before transitioning to teaching full-time in 2002. She was reappointed in 2007 as director of equal opportunity and moved to instructor of record and College of Business and Leadership International Coordinator in 2009 before retiring in 2011. Caplan graduated from Ohio State University with a B.A. in social work in 1969 and earned a Juris Doctorate from Washburn University in 1976.

Caplan died on Aug. 2, 2013, after a two-year battle with colon cancer. She is survived by her husband, Lou. A memorial service to celebrate her life was held Aug. 17 at the FHSU Robbins Center. Memorials to Heifer International, the Adopt-A-Library Program or Geneva Glen Camp (Indian Hills, Colo.) are suggested in care of Brocks North Hill Chapel, P.O.Box 86, Hays, KS 67601.

Sid Carlile

Sid Carlile, Hays, died June 9 in a farming accident on his family farm near Fowler. He served in the Army National Guard of Kansas and was first employed by Fort Hays State University as a patrolman in 1972. He resigned that position in 1975, then transferred back to the university from the Department of Revenue in 1978 as a police sergeant. He obtained the rank of University Police captain in 1992 and retired from Fort Hays State University in 2004.

Survivors include his wife, Arlene; a son, Matthew Carlile, Urbandale, Iowa; a daughter, Holly Schmidt ’01, ’08, Kenosha, Wis.; and two grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on June 12 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Hays. Memorials are suggested in his honor to Pheasants Forever No. 424, 224 E. Eighth St., Hays, KS 67601.

Francis “Frank” Neale Nichols II

Francis “Frank” Neale Nichols II, FHSU art professor emeritus, passed away Friday, May 31, 2013, in Hays.

Nichols received a B.S. from Emporia State University, an M.F.A from Wichita State University and completed 32 hours toward a doctorate in art education at the University of Kansas.

He was an instructor of art at Chanute High School and Junior College before joining the FHSU faculty in 1967 as an instructor in the Division of Applied Arts.

Nichols was promoted to assistant professor in 1971, associate professor in 1976 and professor in 1982. He taught printmaking most of his career prior to his retirement in 1999.

Nichols is survived by his wife, Karen ’74. A memorial service was held June 15 at the Hays Arts Council. Donations are being accepted in his honor to the FHSU Department of Art and Design Frank Nichols Scholarship Fund c/o the FHSU Foundation, P.O. Box 1060, Hays, KS 67601, or online at https://secure.fhsu.edu/foundation/default.aspx.

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ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Lea Ann (Scott) Curtis, Topeka, earned a B.S. in elementary education in 1976 and an M.S. in education administration in 1982, both from FHSU. She

will serve a four-year term. She is a testing coordinator for Washburn University.

Chad Fowler,

Andale, graduated from FHSU with a B.B.A. in finance in 1999. He is a compliance manager and vice president with Wells Fargo. He will serve a four-year term.

Eric Grospitch, Ph.D., Overland Park, dean of students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, graduated from FHSU in 1993 with a B.B.A. in marketing and in 1997

with an M.S. in counseling and guidance. He was appointed to a four-year term.

Mitchell “Mitch” Hall, Anthony, received a B.A. in political science from FHSU in 2005. He is the owner of H2O Drilling LLC and Hall Family Land and Cattle LLC. He will serve a four-year term.

Mike Koerner, Hays, operations/systems manager with Eagle Communications Inc., received a B.S. in information networking and telecommunications,

media studies, in 2000, followed by an M.L.S. (information networking and telecommunications) in 2005, both from FHSU. He was appointed to a four-year term.

Ken Ruder, Ph.D., Petersburg, Ky., graduated from FHSU in 1962 with a B.A. in communication. He holds professor emeritus status with Southern Illinois

University, Carbondale. He will serve a four-year term.

Association welcomes new board membersThe Executive Council of FHSU’s Alumni Association Board of Directors, at the annual two-day meeting in Hays on June 7-8, was joined by

seven new board members.

President's MessageDear Tigers – as president of the Alumni Board of Directors, it is my honor and privilege to send greetings to all FHSU alumni and friends.

I look forward to the second year of my term with anticipation of the opportunities to meet you and serve as your representative. In my role as board president, I have challenged each board member to do his/her part to keep Fort Hays State great by “Giving Five for

Fort Hays State” – collaborate, communicate, connect, choose and commit. I also challenge each and every FHSU graduate to do the same:

• COLLABORATE: Share your ideas and talents with other FHSU alumni. Together we can make FHSU even stronger!

• COMMUNICATE: The Alumni Association wants to hear from you. How can we best serve you?

• CHOOSE: Be involved with FHSU, attend area events, and recommend FHSU to future students.

• CONNECT: Now is the time to connect with other alums, be it at Homecoming, attending events, purchasing a Tiger tag, “liking” the Association’s Facebook page or checking out www.goforthaysstate.com. The future is in your hands!

• COMMIT: Upgrade your membership, purchase the Tiger Generational T-shirt or attend chapter functions. We are committed to serving alumni, from recent graduates to seasoned ones!

As Fort Hays State University continues to grow at a significant rate, we need you to help the Association grow not only for the benefit of current students, but generations to come. Don’t forget to stay in touch. The Alumni Association is here to serve you – call 785-628-4430 or toll-free 1-888-351-3591, drop an e-mail to [email protected] or stop by the office located in the Robbins Center at FHSU.

I look forward to working with you to “Keep it Great – Fort Hays State.” I hope to see you at Homecoming 2013, Oct. 2-6. Make sure to stop by the Alumni Association tent during Oktoberfest in Frontier Park to connect with other alumni. Mark your calendar now and plan to attend!

DID YOU KNOW?The Tiger Generational Scholarship

funded by the Alumni Association

supports both first and second generation

FHSU students.

www.goforthaysstate.com/generationalscholar

Twilla (Brown)Wanker, Holly Ranch, Texas, a retired elementary school teacher, received a B.S. in 1957 in home economics. She will serve a two-year term as the

Half Century Club representative.

The FHSU Alumni Association Board of Directors is a 24-member governing board that sets the policy and direction of the association in developing life-long relationships between the university and its alumni and friends.

Board nominations are currently being accepted as positions become available.

For more information, visit www.goforthaysstate.com or e-mail [email protected] or call 785-628-4430 or toll-free 1-888-351-3591.

Marcy Aycock, ’84, Ph.D. Alumni Board

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HALF CENTURY CLUB

Be sure to mark Oct. 2-6 on your calendar and plan to attend Homecoming 2013, a wonderful time to renew acquaintances and meet new friends. This is true for all FHSU alumni; however, for those who graduated in 1963, the Half Century Club (HCC) fall luncheon and induction ceremony will be a special event. As 50-year graduates of FHSU, you will be recognized as the Honor Class and inducted into the prestigious Half Century Club. All 1963 graduates in attendance will receive a 50-year HCC pin and a certificate.

Another special group, the class of 1953, will be honored at the HCC luncheon for its 60th anniversary, and attending members will receive an FHSU marble paperweight.

Let’s have a record number of ’63 and ’53 graduates attend! Wear your best smile as individual class pictures will be taken following the luncheon. The alumni office has many activities planned during Homecoming and will soon send details.

FHSU alumni chapters are active in

several Kansas locations, plus other states – Oklahoma, California, Colorado and Texas.

As an HCC member, you are an important component of the Tiger community and are invited to participate in one of these local units or assist in the development of others.

One of the privileges of serving as HCC president is the appointment to the Alumni Board of Directors. Members of the board are truly loyal to FHSU, giving their time and talent. Each individual is also appointed to serve on a committee that has conference calls throughout the year. During the annual two-day meeting in June, the board meets on campus, addresses business as required and takes action. This year, in addition to the meeting itself, the board saw firsthand changes to residential life and the soon-to-be-opened Schmidt-Bickle Indoor Training Facility located next to Lewis Field Stadium.

Students today are faced with tuition costs and the need for scholarships to obtain a college degree. HCC takes great pride

Onward and upward in the coming year!in presenting students with educational opportunities, so we continue to ask for scholarship donations. Don’t delay, do it now. Your help gives students the financial support they need. Send your tax-deductible contribution to FHSU Foundation, Robbins Center, One Tiger Place, Hays, KS 67601-3767.

Remember that the Half Century Club also needs operational funds in terms of HCC programming costs, whether it be events, pins and certificates or mailings. If you choose to assist in this manner, again tax-deductible, please indicate if the funds are to be used for the HCC Scholarships or HCC operational expenses.

I look forward to seeing you at Homecoming on the beautiful FHSU campus. Until then, or any time throughout the year, I can be reached at [email protected].

All the best!Twilla Wanker ’57, PresidentHalf Century Club

CHAPTER NEWS2013 Leadership Symposium – Oct. 19

FHSU continues to grow and excel because of the support of Tigers who have shown their commitment to the university through past volunteerism. Because of your spirit and desire to support FHSU through Tiger chapter involvement in its growth, join us for the 2013 Leadership Symposium in Hays. Designed to provide Tiger leaders the opportunity to interact with other key Tiger alumni and friends, the symposium will feature sessions on volunteer engagement, recruitment, finances, event management, traditional vs. virtual students, development and updates on news from across campus.

Special guest speakers include: Dr. Edward Hammond, FHSU president; Tammy (Brooks) Wellbrock '94, '02, Hays Area Chamber of Commerce executive director; DeBra Prideaux '86, '92, FHSU executive alumni director; Andy Stanton '93, '97, Eagle Communications marketing director; Tricia (Kohl) Cline '99, '02, FHSU Admissions director; Dennis King, FHSU Virtual College director, and Tim Chapman, FHSU Foundation president/CEO.

The symposium is designed to help you advance the Fort Hays State message in your local community. Interested in participating, go to www.goforthaysstate.com/leadership2013 or call the Alumni Office.

Need Alumni information? Call today!The Alumni Association is committed to offering the highest level of programs and services to members of the Tiger community. Whether it is alumni chapters, recognition of successful Tigers, the Kansas FHSU Tiger tag program, raising funds for the Tiger Generational Scholarship or events scheduled worldwide – the Association is here for you. Call 1-888-351-3591 for assistance, stop by the Alumni Center located in the Robbins Center or visit www.goforthaysstate.com to participate in the many programs and services available.

DID YOU KNOW?Paid alumni members receive greater benefits from their membership in the FHSU Alumni Association, including worldwide travel programs, discounts on lodging, merchandise, tickets and admission to events.

Magazine readership surveyThe FHSU Magazine

over the course of its existence has seen many changes relating to design, format, length, content, and purpose. In an effort to better serve you, our alumni and friends, a short Readership Survey will be released this fall requesting your assistance in providing feedback. We are seeking your feedback to evaluate the magazine and how we can make it better and more desirable to you. As an added incentive, all responses received with contact information (name, email or phone number) provided in the survey will be entered into a drawing for an official FHSU Tiger gift basket.

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Kansas also eliminated most state income taxes for small business —sole

proprietorships, LLCs and subchapter S corporations. If you are thinking about

starting a small business— or already have one—then establishing or moving a

business to a ROZ county offers you an even bigger advantage.

Visit TaxFree.ks.org to learn more, see detailed profi les of participating counties,

and fi nd out about eligibility requirements and the application process.

RURAL KANSAS IS A

GREAT PLACE TO LIVE!Kylee found a career, fi nancial freedom

and a future in rural Kansas.

Kansas has designated 50 counties as Rural

Opportunity Zones (ROZ). ROZ provides two

great incentives for participants.

The fi rst incentive allows out-of-state residents

to move to an ROZ county and pay no

Kansas state income tax for up to fi ve years.

The second incentive allows any out-of-state

or current Kansas resident who graduates

from an accredited, post-secondary institution

to have up to $15,000 in student loans repaid

after moving.

August

14 FHSU Fall Convocation

18 South Central Kansas Chapter – Tiger Party at Wichita Wingnuts, Wichita

19 Fall semester begins

19 Back To School Picnic, FHSU Quad, Hays

20 Smoky Valley Alumni & Friends Chapter Kickoff Party, Salina

24 Schmidt-Bickle Indoor Training Facility dedication south of Lewis Field Stadium

24 Tiger Auction, Memorial Union, Hays 29 Tiger Gold on Friday Campus & Community Kickoff, Hays

September

4 A2/FASTigers Back to School Bash, Robbins Center

6 FHSU Alumni & Friends Kansas City Golf Classic, Kansas City, Mo.

6-7 Tigers4Ever Lock-in, Robbins Center, Campus

14 Central Kansas Tiger Chapter – Wear Your Colors Tiger Social, Kansas State Fair, Hutchinson

14 Takin’ the Ichabods by Storm Tailgate Party, Topeka

20 KCAC Wine Night, Wine Barn Winery & Vineyard, Kansas City

21 High Plains Chapter Picnic, Colby

October

2-6 Homecoming Weekend, Campus (see page 7 for list of events)

4 Oktoberfest, Frontier Park, south Main Street

5 Tiger Place–Heather Hall Dedication, former Agnew Hall site (inclement weather inside)

5 Homecoming Parade, Main Street, downtown Hays

7-11 Media Tour 2013

10 FHSU Kansas City Tiger Reception (Media Tour), Overland Park

12 FHSU Tiger Pregame Party, FHSU at Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Mo.

15 Encore Series: Broadway Boys

19 2013 Alumni Leadership Conference, Robbins Center

29 Encore Series: Fahrenheit 451

November

4 Sebelius Lecture Series – Rick Santorum & Howard Dean, Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center

5 Tigers – Takin’ the Jayhawks by Storm Pregame Exhibition Party, Lawrence

9 Tiger Day, campus

12 Encore Series: Vienna Boys Choir

25-29 Fall break

December

10 Encore Series: Danu – Christmas in Ireland

13 Semester ends

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Kansas also eliminated most state income taxes for small business —sole

proprietorships, LLCs and subchapter S corporations. If you are thinking about

starting a small business— or already have one—then establishing or moving a

business to a ROZ county offers you an even bigger advantage.

Visit TaxFree.ks.org to learn more, see detailed profi les of participating counties,

and fi nd out about eligibility requirements and the application process.

RURAL KANSAS IS A

GREAT PLACE TO LIVE!Kylee found a career, fi nancial freedom

and a future in rural Kansas.

Kansas has designated 50 counties as Rural

Opportunity Zones (ROZ). ROZ provides two

great incentives for participants.

The fi rst incentive allows out-of-state residents

to move to an ROZ county and pay no

Kansas state income tax for up to fi ve years.

The second incentive allows any out-of-state

or current Kansas resident who graduates

from an accredited, post-secondary institution

to have up to $15,000 in student loans repaid

after moving.

Calendar 2013

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Fort Hays State University is proud to present the Sebelius Lecture Series in honor of former United States Senator and FHSU graduate Keith Sebelius.

P H O N E 785.628.4664 E M A I L [email protected] W E B S I T E www.fhsu.edu/sebelius

The Proper Role of Government in a Free Society

Karl Rove: America’s Challenges

Debate featuring Rick Santorum and Howard DeanFormer White House Deputy Chief of Staff

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

7:30 PM

Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center

Monday, November 4, 2013

7:30 PM

Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center

Rick Santorum and Howard Dean, both former Presidential candidates, offer a bi-partisan look at what we can expect from the next few years of the Obama administration.

With over two decades of experience in the political arena, Karl Rove is an iconic political strategist, whose provocative and robust knowledge of the major political issues of the day have made him one of the most sought-after political pundits of our time.

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