SUMMER 2009 • VOL. XXVII, NO. 3

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SUMMER 2009 • VOL. XXVII, NO. 3
Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends,
As we begin the 2009-10 academic year, we are thankful for an exciting and successful 2008-09. Through the
support of many alumni and other friends, the last year was exceptional for Morehead State. We enter the new
school year with much enthusiasm and excitement about things to come. Our goal is to increase diversity and
overall resources as part of a comprehensive, strategic master plan process now under way.
2008-09 saw these spectacular achievements:
• The highest academic profile of an incoming freshman class in the history of the institution.
• NCAA recertification and berths into the national basketball and soccer tournaments.
• The opening of the Space Science support facility that is home to a state-of-the art Star Theater and one
of five space science programs in the country.
• An academic review resulting in a more efficient, reorganized structure in Academic Affairs.
• Continued academic excellence as our graduates were accepted into professional schools at rates above
state and national averages.
Among these and other signs of Morehead State’s continued progress and momentum, we look to the year
ahead for a new building project of the Campus Recreation Center, work on our SACS reaccreditation and
Quality Enhancement Plan, and the focused efforts of our newly-appointed Chief Diversity Officer. Never has
it been more important to support your alma mater. Your gift to MSU can and will make a difference in the lives
of current and future students, ensuring the University’s vitality and progress for years to come.
I invite you to join me in your commitment of time, energy and talents to Morehead State University.
Wayne D. Andrews
President
2 • STATEMENT THE MAGAZINE OF MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY
CONTENTS
COVER
6
THE SKy IS No LoNGER THE LIMIT
FEATURE
UPDATES
4
ARouND MSu (News & Notes)
16
EAGLE EyE: PHoTo SToRy
Featuring Lavon Williams
22
CAREER NoTES
FoCuS:
Remote sensing of Triplett Creek Watershed
25
FAME & GLoRy (Athletics updates)
10
ALuMNI IN PHILANTHRoPy
28
CLASSNoTES (Alumni updates)
18
HoNoRARy DEGREE AWARDED To MSu ALuMNuS
30
IN MEMoRIAM
19
SIFE TEAM oFFERS HANDS-oN EXPERIENCE
31
uPCoMING EvENTS
23
A WALK DoWN MEMoRy LANE
Excerpt from former president
Dr. Nelson Grote’s Book
24
ALuMNI HALL oF FAME
8
9
FoCuS:
Ky-HMP: Improving economic development, education
and safety across Ky
Contact the Office of Alumni Relations at (800) 783-2586 or via e-mail at
[email protected].
STATEMENT is published three times a year by Morehead State University through an off-campus printing contract with Jeffrey Fannin Enterprises,
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Blvd., Morehead, KY 40351, or e-mail [email protected] • Dr. Wayne D. Andrews, president, Morehead State University; Sylvia
Lovely (73), chair, Board of Regents; Patricia Dorton Whitaker (75), president, MSU Alumni Association, Inc.; Steve Lewis, chair, Board of
Trustees, MSU Foundation, Inc.; James Shaw, publisher; Mindy Highley (91), Jami Hornbuckle (96), Tami B. Jones (82), April Hobbs Nutter (97),
Pauline Young (84), editors; Toni Hobbs (02), creative director; Shawn Kay, production manager; Tim Holbrook (94), Guy Huffman (02),
photographers; Jason Blanton (03), Julia Hawkins, contributing writers.
Morehead State University is committed to providing equal educational opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, and armed
forces service medal veterans, or disability in its educational programs, services, activities, employment policies, and admission of students to any program of study. In this regard the University conforms to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal
employment opportunities and affirmative action. This includes: Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Executive Orders 11246 and 11375, Equal Pay Act of 1963, Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment
Assistance Act of 1974, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and Kentucky Revised Statutes 207.130 to 207.240. Vocational educational programs at
Morehead State University supported by federal funds include industrial education, vocational agriculture, business education, and the associate’s degree program in nursing. Any inquires should be addressed to: Affirmative Action Officer, Morehead State
University, 101 Howell-McDowell, Morehead, KY 40351, 606-783-2097.
www.MOREHEADSTATE.EDU/STATEMENT
SUMMER 2009 • 3
Botts-Butler elected
KABHE president
Brown named ambassador
Amy Brown (99),
professor
of nursing, has been
appointed by the
National League for
Nursing to serve as
a NLN Ambassador.
As a participant, she will help keep faculty
and administrators informed about the NLN’s
initiatives, grant opportunities, conferences,
publications, workshops, and other benefits
available to NLN members.
After receiving a nursing degree, Brown
started her career as an emergency room nurse
in a Level I Trauma Center at the University of
Kentucky. She obtained her master’s degree
in public and community health nursing from
UK in 2005, as well as her certification as a
Clinical Nurse Specialist from the American
Association of Nurse Credentialing.
Brown managed an emergency room and
intensive care unit in a small rural hospital for
two years before starting her current position of
assistant professor of nursing at MSU in the fall
of 2006. She still currently works as needed on
weekends and summers in a local emergency
room and holds BLS, PALS, STABLE, ACLS
and TNCC instructor certifications.
assistant
New Staff Regent elected
Terry White (89),
construction manager
Francene BottsButler,
director
multicultural
in
of
student
has
services, was elected
the
ninth
president
of
the
Kentucky
Association of Blacks
in Higher Education at its annual meeting in
April.
Botts-Butler will serve a two-year term
and continue to work toward ensuring that
colleagues and higher education agencies
know KABHE’s mission. She also will work
on developing a mentoring program for young
higher education professionals.
KABHE seeks to aid Kentucky colleges
and universities in the recruitment, retention,
and development of African American faculty
and staff by sponsoring regional meetings
and an annual conference where pertinent
educational issues are discussed and solutions
are drafted.
the
Office
of
Facilities Management,
been
elected
staff representative to
the Morehead State
University Board of Regents.
The third MSU staff member to hold the
position, White assumed his three-year term on
July 1. He succeeded Lora Pace (89), MSU’s
first year program and retention director, who
had served since 2006.
A member of Staff Congress for six years,
having served as chair in 2006-07, he also
is a member of the President’s Leadership
Academy, Elliottville Baptist Church, the
Association of Physical Plant Administrators
and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Alumni Association.
An MSU employee since 2001, he has
coordinated fundraising efforts for Rowan
County Christmas, participated in Relay for
Life and served as team coordinator for MSU’s
Facilities Management team for the Rowan
County Heart Walk.
President’s Leadership Academy class for 2009-10 selected
Members of the 2009-10 class of the President’s Leadership Academy at
MSU have been selected. Class members are, front row from left:
Dr.
Dr.
Lesia
Janet
Lennex,
McCoy,
associate
assistant
professor
professor
of
of
education;
public
relations;
Dr. LaTonya Hesterberg (84), assistant professor of social work; Kerry Murphy
(01), curriculum management coordinator; and Amanda Mason (03), financial
aid counselor. Middle row from left are: Dr. J. Marshall, assistant to provost/
projects specialist; Weihong Sun, senior enrollment services counselor; and
Dr. Philip Prater, professor of veterinary technology. Back row from left are:
Dr. Ritta Abell (75), assistant professor of speech; Dr. Sean Reilley, associate
professor of psychology; Joe Fraley, farm manager; and Dr. Steve Hunt (75),
professor of information systems. The President’s Leadership Academy
provides quality professional development, mentorship and internships
to selected faculty and staff that show potential to become more effective
leaders.
4 • STATEMENT
THE MAGAZINE FOR MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY
Dr. Little has had a big year
Dr. Ricky Little,
Dr.
Little
conducted
the
American
associate professor
Spiritual Ensemble which was part of a cast
of music at MSU
of 375 performers that staged a musical-
and assistant con-
historical celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s
ductor and soloist
200th birthday. Other performers on the
with the American
program included nationally known Public
Spiritual Ensemble,
Radio
personality
Bob
Edwards,
Nick
performed with the ensemble as guest artist
Clooney, nationally acclaimed violinist Mark
on “The Bob Edwards Show,” a nationally ac-
Connor, Metropolitan Opera stars Angela
claimed syndicated radio talk show.
Brown (a former music student of Dr. Little’s),
The program was broadcast across the
and Gregory Turay, Kentucky’s poet laureate,
country on National Public Radio stations dur-
Jane Gentry, Kentucky Repertory Theatre, the
ing the month of March, and can be download-
University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra,
ed from Edwards’ Web site.
the Lexington Singers, their Children’s Choir,
Dr. Little has been featured again this
the UK Chorale, and Kentucky Chautauqua.
year in broadcasts of “the Spirituals,” a docu-
One of the highlights of the program
mentary on the history of the Negro Spiritual,
included the world premiere of a composition
which to date has aired nationally on more
based on the Gettysburg Address, written
than 100 PBS television stations across the
by composer Allan Gershwin, son of famed
nation. He also has participated in two major
composer George Gershwin. The Spiritual
tours with the ensemble in America and Spain
Ensemble also gave a special performance
this academic year.
of this work at the Majestic Theater/LeVan
In February, Dr. Little made his conduct-
Performing Arts Center in Gettysburg, Pa. This
ing debut at the John F. Kennedy Center for
concert also was a celebration of President
the Performing Arts as a part of the “Our Lin-
Lincoln’s birthday. Many dignitaries attended
coln” celebration presented by the Kentucky
the Kennedy Center Performance, including
Humanities Council and the University of Ken-
MSU President Wayne D. Andrews and his
tucky Opera Theatre.
wife, Sue.
Holloway named Chief
Diversity Officer
Charles Holloway of Lexington has been
named chief diversity officer at MSU.
“We are pleased to have Charles join the
Morehead State University family. He brings
a great deal of experience and knowledge,
perspective and enthusiasm to his position,
and our efforts to enhance the diversity of the
campus community will move forward under
his leadership,” said Dr. Karla Hughes, provost
and vice president for academic affairs.
He was selected in a national search
and comes to MSU with more than 20 years
of experience. Prior to accepting his new job,
he was a global delivery project executive with
IBM.
Among his other positions, Holloway
worked as an IBM college recruiter and
university liaison, chairperson for diversity
network council and chairperson of YMCA
Black Achievers scholarship program, and
conference speaker for the Kentucky Council
on Postsecondary Education.
“I look forward to working with the
students, faculty, and staff of the Morehead
State University family,” said Holloway.
MSU’s chief diversity officer develops and
oversees programs, services and initiatives
designed to enhance the recruitment and
Oops . . .
successful retention of students and/or faculty
2008 Annual Donor Report
The names below were inadvertently omitted from a donor acknowledgment list published in the
Spring 2009 issue of Statement.
and staff from diverse and under-represented
We are grateful to all of our donors who help provide opportunity to deserving students, and we
sincerely regret the error.
in computer science and applied mathematics
Fellows
Homer & Kathy Cablish; Kent & Kay Freeland
Restricted Gifts ranging from $5000 - $7,500
Steve and Jan Lewis
population groups.
Holloway earned the Bachelor of Science
degree at Alcorn State University and Master
of Business Administration degree from Xavier
University and was named the 2008 North
Lexington Family YMCA Volunteer of the
Year.
Honorary Gifts
Margaret Patton
To view the complete 2008 Annual Donor Report, please visit
www.moreheadstate.edu/donorreport.
www.moreheadstate.edu/statement SUMMER 2009 • 5
Calling it the most exciting project in recent memory, Morehead State University President Wayne D. Andrews
officially opened the new $16.6 million Space Science research, instructional and support facility on June 11.
Gov. Steve Beshear, members of the Board of Regents and
other officials took part in the ribbon cutting ceremony.
Rep. Hal Rogers and U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, and research
grants obtained by the faculty.
“This exciting project is a tribute to the vision and imagination
“To his lasting credit and to the University’s benefit,
of those who conceived the space science program and to the
Dr. Eaglin recognized the great potential of what Dr. Ben
pride and determination of our legislative alumni, especially
Malphrus and his dean, Dr. Gerald DeMoss (65), believed
Rep. Rocky Adkins (92) and Sen. Charlie Borders (75),
could happen in these hills…far removed from NASA operations
who were key players in our state funding for this component,”
in Texas, Florida and California,” said Dr. Andrews. “A reporter
Dr. Andrews said.
wrote at the time that Dr. Eaglin had shown that the sky was no
Financed primarily with state funds and located east of
Normal Hall on Vaughan Drive, the two-story, state-of-theart building encompasses 45,000 square feet of floor space.
longer the limit at MSU. Today is further evidence of that fact.”
In his remarks to an overflow audience in the rotunda of the
new building, Gov. Beshear said:
It includes a control center for the 21-meter space tracking
“For decades, we have launched brave men and women
antenna system on the ridge top above Nunn Hall, RF and
as well as numerous satellites into space, hoping a closer,
electronics laboratories, an anechoic chamber that mimics the
firsthand look – one that literally surrounded ourselves with
electromagnetic environment of space, a rooftop antenna test
this mysterious environment - would help us understand what
range, space system development laboratory, classrooms,
a telescope could not.
offices and reception area, and a digital Star Theater.
The building will serve as a research and development
facility for fundamental and applied research and for instruction
in the space science and astrophysics degree programs.
MSU’s Space Science operations began in December 2004
“Today, [MSU] is proudly declaring the role it wants to take
in future space explorations and discoveries with the official
opening of the state-of-the-art MSU Space Science Facility.
“President Andrews, President Eaglin, Dr. Malphrus: I am
thrilled about this Space Science Program and this university.
with the commissioning of the $3.5 million space tracking system
Your vision for and faith in
by former President Ronald G. Eaglin. That facility was financed
Morehead State will
largely with federal funds secured with the assistance of U.S.
one day translate
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into big things. Even though the program and your undertaking
are still young, everyone here maintains high expectations.”
For Dr. Malphrus, professor of space science and director of
the SSC, the wait was worth it.
“This is a dream come true. This is a major milestone for
the Space Science program at Morehead State University. The
MSU is among only five institutions in the U.S. with a
bachelor’s degree program in space science.
The control center will remotely operate the 21-meter
antenna which will serve next year as the primary earth station
for a satellite, KySat-1, to be launched by Kentucky Space, a
consortium of universities and private organizations.
new facility will greatly enhance our capacity to develop, test,
The digital Star Theater is a 108-seat, multi-function, digital
validate and operate spacecraft systems. The new laboratories
classroom with a full 360-degree projection system with six digital
and research infrastructure will allow us to engage our students
star projectors. The Star Theater will be used as an instructional
in engineering design efforts for space systems and intimately
tool for MSU space science students, visiting K-12 students and
involve them in astrophysics research,” said Dr. Malphrus.
the general public.
“The facility will support the Kentucky Space program’s goal
D.W. Wilburn Inc. of Lexington was the general contractor
of creating a cottage aerospace industry in the commonwealth
and Hastings and Chivetta of St. Louis was the project architect.
and greatly expand our role in Kentucky’s space enterprise.
Generations of students will be trained in this facility that will
support not only scientific research but also an industry vital
For more pictures of the ceremony, click on
MSU’s flickr® site at www.moreheadstate.edu.
to the nation’s economy and security as we enter a new space
age.”
MSU officially opened the new $16.6 million Space Science research, instructional and support facility with a
ribboncutting ceremony in June.
SUMMER 2009 • 7
KY-HMP: Improving economic development, education and safety across KY
Whether it is for a home or a business, a
remote sensing information. With it, there is an
support development and use of the expanding
highway, waterway or utility, efficient and safe
improvement in the knowledge of elevation,
geospatial resources in the state. The central
construction activities depend on establishing
the most basic of mapping and planning tools,
hub for these services is the Web site of the
a strong infrastructure and require lots of
making access to it better, faster and cheaper.
Kentucky Center for Geospatial, Education,
time, evaluation and financial resources. One
Sixteen base stations have already been
Research and Outreach (KCGERO). These
of the first considerations in any project is
established, in addition to the four already
activities are especially targeting teachers so
determining a feasible location. Does it have
provided by IRAPP, utilizing GPS equipment
they can better motivate students in math and
accurate elevation, or is it sitting on a fault
and recording information on an around-the-
science.
line or in a floodplain area? Are these data
clock basis. One working station is located on
The geodetic infrastructure is based on
readily available? In the past, these resources
the MSU campus. Information from the first
the development and maintenance of geodetic
have been limited in Kentucky, slowing down
systems is already available for free through
reference systems and reference frames to
development,
the Internet at the CORS Web site. A number
support surveying, mapping and researching
of business and government agencies are
with the necessary accuracy and integrity.
inhibiting
construction
and
siphoning scarce funds from other projects.
Progress has been made in securing
this information and making it accessible
Funding for KYHMP’s phase one was
using the existing data provided.
Since coming to MSU, Dr. Hare has
provided by a $500,000 appropriation grant by
to
been actively involved in this project because
Congress to NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey
Dr. Timothy S. Hare, assistant professor of
of his background in geospatial technology.
for Geodetic Surveying in Kentucky. Providing
anthropology in Morehead State University’s
He wants to educate the members of his
oversight is the Kentucky Geodetic Consortia,
Institute for Regional Analysis and Public
community to use the new technologies and
a collaborative project team comprised of
Policy. Working through the Kentucky Height
make better choices for a safe environment.
representatives from MSU, the Kentucky
Modernization Project (KY-HMP), a team is
Dr. Hare and other team members are
Division of Geographic Information, Kentucky
building the infrastructure necessary to support
spearheading outreach activities for teachers,
Transportation Cabinet and a host of selected
all individuals and businesses that have a
business people and government officials to
organizations.
to
all
interested
parties,
according
need.
A federally-funded program, Kentucky
Height Modernization is a cooperative effort
of the Kentucky Division of Geographic
Information, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
and IRAPP. Height Modernization builds
the geospatial infrastructure necessary to
establish accurate, reliable heights using
Global Positioning System (GPS) technology in
conjunction with traditional leveling, gravity and
Dr. Timothy Hare, left, assistant
professor of anthropology, uses a
hand-held GPS to collect information,
assisted by Dr. Jason Holcomb,
associate professor of geography.
Full article available online at:
www.moreheadstate.edu/focus.
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Remote sensing of Triplett Creek watershed
The health and integrity of aquatic ecosystems are strongly
“The project will contribute to the growing area of applied landscape-
influenced by the surrounding landscape. It is important for local
water resources research, as well as the literature in remote sensing,
watershed managers and scientists to understand how these influences
water resources and environmental science,” said Dr. McMichael.
impact aquatic communities at different spatial scales and over time.
The task of assessing water quality was accomplished by two
That was the basis of research supported by a Morehead State
methods of analyses: a biological survey to determine if the water was
University Research and Creative Productions grant awarded to two
supportive of sensitive organisms (macroinvertebrates) requiring clean
professors who served as coprincipal investigators; Dr. Christine
or moderately clean water, or if it contained organisms generally tolerant
McMichael, assistant professor of geography in the Institute for Regional
of pollutants, and a review of satellite imagery to evaluate a “snapshot”
Analysis and Public Policy, and Dr. David Smith, associate professor of
of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the landscape.
biology in the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences.
Water quality is affected by a number of factors, according to
An ecosystem is described as a natural functional unit consisting
Dr. Smith. “In our region water quality is primarily degraded by sediment
of all living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in the area,
from soil washing into streams, and the presence of bacteria (potentially
interacting with all the non-living physical factors of the environment.
causing disease), influenced by inadequate septic systems and
For their study, the researchers focused specifically on the 487 km2
mammals (wild and domestic).”
Triplett Creek watershed, located in the Daniel Boone National Forest
in Rowan County.
Remotely sensed data for the watershed was obtained from
a Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite image processed to produce
selected landscape condition indices (e.g., greenness and wetness).
Resulting data were imported into a Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) database and geographically linked to the macroinvertebratebased metrics.
The researchers then analyzed the relationships between landscape
condition indices and macroinvertebrate-based metrics using a range
of multivariate statistical techniques including Principal Components
Analysis and Canonical Correspondence Analysis.
Findings from the study were compared with those from related work
in the remote sensing, water quality and aquatic ecosystem literature.
These results will contribute to the growing area of applied landscapewater resources research and will be utilized by watershed managers.
Full article available online at:
www.moreheadstate.edu/focus.
Dr. Christine McMichael and Dr. David Smith examine
MSU’s campus.
SUMMER 2009 • 9
phi•lan•thro•py [fi-lan-thruh-pee] –noun, plural -pies.
altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually
manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy
persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by
generosity to other socially useful purposes.
10 • STATEMENT
Mary Logan Gilmer
CLASS OF 1957
Thanks to the generosity of an alumna,
six Lewis County High School graduates will
reap the rewards when they enroll at Morehead
State University this fall.
Receiving awards from the Mary Logan
Gilmer Scholarship Endowment Fund are
Heather Logan, Mikia Madden, Samantha
Parks, Kayla D. Polley, Clay Stamm and Ashley
Wallingford. The scholarship has a total value of
$8,000 during the next four years.
One recipient will be added each year allowing Mrs. Gilmer’s
dream of continually assisting Lewis County students with their
educational endeavors, said Dr. John D. o’Cull (78), a member
of the MSU Board of Regents and a Vanceburg dentist, in making
the presentation at the high school’s awards ceremony in June.
Mary Logan Gilmer (57), a Lewis County native born in
1920, was a firm believer in the value of a college education.
To achieve her educational goals, she had to overcome many
obstacles, including the financial burdens associated with higher
education.
After earning a degree in elementary education at MSU,
she would fulfill a long and productive career in the teaching
profession in North Carolina. When she retired, she was
teaching the sixth grade in the Charlotte-Mecklinburg Schools in
Harrisburg. She also taught gifted students in junior high school
her native county. Her goal was simple: to help
alleviate the financial burden for future students.
While she was happy to offer an award, even
though it was smaller than she would have
liked for it to be, she knew that eventually the
money would be greater.
With the passing of Mrs. Gilmer in 2008,
an Endowment Fund was established with
assistance from her son Larry. She left an
estate gift to Morehead State that accelerated the scholarship
fund to nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
“Your mother has left quite a legacy,” Dr. O’Cull said in
correspondence to her son. “I am very grateful that she has
paved the way for Lewis County students and others that will
follow in the future.”
The Mary Logan Gilmer Scholarship Endowment Fund will
provide scholarships to eligible students who were born in Lewis
County or have lived there for at least five years. The recipients
must have a high school grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0
scale, be unconditionally admitted for study at MSU, and have
sufficient financial need.
The scholarship is renewable for up to four years if the
student maintains a minimum 2.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale in their
studies at MSU.
In the 2007 Alumni Directory, Mrs. Gilmer noted her fondest
memory of her college days:
“I shall always remember the
beautiful campus, the natural
woods with all its sounds of nature
in the early hours during the study
of ornithology.”
With her endowment, she
has ensured that many others will
have the opportunity to experience
life on the campus for years to
come.
Dr. John O’Cull, from left, congratulated the 2009 Gilmer scholarship recipients: Ashley Wallingford,
Clay the
Stamm,
Kayla D. Polley, Samantha Parks and Heather Logan. Also a recipient, not pictured, was
during
summers.
Mikia Madden. (Photo: Courtesy of Lewis County High School.)
In 1992, Mrs. Gilmer established a scholarship to help in
SUMMER 2009 • 11
Denise Taylor
CLASS OF 1988
Surviving the obstacles that come in life is not easy; it is
how one deals with those challenges that make the difference in
whether one is a victim or a victor.
Denise Taylor (88) believes that everything happens for a
reason and we must use those perceived stumbling blocks as
stepping stones to help us be a better person, provide assistance
to others especially those in need, and keep a positive attitude.
“We are all given a different measuring stick and it is up to
us to decide how to use it,” she said. “We all have a story, and
whatever the experiences, we need to be compassionate and do
what we can to help.”
Among the many hats she wears, Taylor is a wife and
mother, motivational speaker, athlete and volunteer. Now she is
beginning a new role as a published author. Her book, due out in
early fall, is a compilation of the daily journal articles she wrote
while dealing with her daughter’s struggle with leukemia.
“Before leukemia, I saw life through a view finder, one frame
at a time,” she said. “Now, on a high definition big screen, I see
the big picture. I know that God has a plan for me. I want to pass
on what we have learned so that others may be helped.”
When writing the journal, Taylor was compelled to write
every day, and to be specific and honest, even on those nights
when she was very tired. “I pray this book will be a blessing and
inspiration for many,” she said, noting that many people waited
for her nightly blog to see how she was doing that day and were
surprisingly empowered by what she had to share.
The book, titled “Heavenly Birth,” documents the nine
months of 15-year-old Jonnae Taylor’s relapse until her passing.
The cover photograph was taken at the funeral when her mother
released a single white dove, symbolic of admitting her into
heaven.
“My daughter and her bout with leukemia have made me a
better person. I’ve always been a faithful person, but never had
the intimate relationship with God or the heart of love I now have,”
Taylor said. “I tell people her life began with me teaching her; it
ended with her teaching me. I miss her beyond comprehension,
Taylor got her first publication experience while in
college when she worked on Morehead STATEment
as part of an internship.
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but I’m grateful for the woman I am because of what we endured
together.”
Throughout the three-year battle, Jonnae remained upbeat
and positive and her mother continued to find ways to support
her faith and get the message out about her daughter’s life.
Because Jonnae focused on the bright side of everything, the
family adopted the phase “we get to” rather than “we have to.”
A worldwide following
have purchased the
purple bracelets with
the words, as well
as another favorite
saying, F.R.O.G. (Fully
Relying on God), which
may be read on orange
bracelets that continue
to be worn today.
While this book
has not been released,
Taylor believes her
next publication will
be titled “We get to.”
Slowing down is not
in her nature and she
remains active, productive, constantly promoting the joys of living
and sharing her message which “affects everyone, regardless of
age, gender or race.”
The life she leads now is not how the former Denise Metzger
of Corbin had envisioned. She came to Morehead State University
on a partial tennis scholarship, recruited by former coach Beverly
Mayhew, along with athletes from England, Zimbabwe and
Florida. Then Mayhew left before Metzger arrived on campus.
Metzger chose art as a major with the goal of having a
business in graphic design as a career. Her recurring dream was
to “work in New York as an executive in a high-rise with a view of
the city.” She had that all planned. To get there, she carried 21
credit hours per semester and graduated in three-and-one-half
years. She credits Toni Hart Carloftis (85) for taking her under
her wing, treating her like a sister, getting her excited about
school and her sorority, Chi Omega, which she also joined.
As she worked on her future, another Corbin student,
John L. Taylor (88), was becoming a part of her life. By the time
graduation rolled around, the two were engaged and had decided
that they would go with the one who got the job first.
John attended a career day when Wal-Mart came to campus
looking for employees. That followed up with an interview and
he was offered a job. The couple got married and headed to
East Kentucky. They lived in Whitesburg, Prestonsburg, Hazard,
London, and Pikeville, with stops also in Virginia, Maryland and
West Virginia, before arriving in Sellersburg, Ind., seven years
ago.
While moving 11 times in 13 years, the Taylors had five
children, which range in age from 18 to 12: Nolan, Jonnae,
Austin, Layne and Lydia. Mrs. Taylor doesn’t want to relocate
anytime soon. “It was hard to continually say goodbye because
I’m very affectionate and bond easily,” she said, adding that she
told her husband she didn’t want to move again even if the Pope
called, she would tell him no.
Keeping busy is just
part of the life of this wife
and mother. She worked
from home until her children
were in school, and began
a faux finish painting and
decorating business. She
used the art principles she
had learned in college,
deciding which colors to
use, what works better
together and being creative.
She has decorated her
home with personality and
mementos from her life.
Each Wednesday, she
dons a colorful wig, funny
clothes and other disguises and heads off to Kosair Children’s
Hospital in Louisville where she serves as a “spirit lifter” for
children by replacing their sickness with silliness for a day. She
began “Wacky Wednesday” when her daughter was ill, believing
that “if laughter is the best medicine, we are providing a hefty
dose of it!” She hopes that just as casual Friday began in one
office and spread across the country, Wacky Wednesday will one
day be in place in all children’s hospitals.
In the down time, she enjoys reading, writing, listening to
inspiring music, weight training, golf, and quiet reflection. In
addition, she has returned to playing tennis and has joined some
organized teams.
She also is adding more speaking engagements to her
calendar. Earlier this year, she returned to the MSU campus
to speak at the Chi Omega 40th Anniversary Celebration. She
has been invited to participate in the Alumni-in-the-Classroom
program during Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 22-24.
“I am passionate about speaking and sharing the experiences,
awareness and lessons we encountered as a result of leukemia,”
she said. “Not every gift is wrapped in pretty packaging. The gift
of cancer is certainly ugly on the outside, but in the center of it is
God’s grace. That is a gift like nothing the world can provide.”
She will continue to share her story and hopes others will
be empowered by her words and find comfort in the message
she brings. You may learn more about her life on the Web at
www.wegetto.com.
SUMMER 2009 • 13
Teresa Howell
CLASS OF 1980
Two professors in
MSU’s Department of
Nursing are working to
help others deal with
trying times, issues that
must be dealt with at the
end of one’s life or the
loss of a loved one.
Nathania Bush,
assistant
professor,
and Teresa Howell (80),
associate
professor,
are End-of-Life Nursing
Education Consortium (ELNEC) trainers. This designation gives
them the knowledge and skills required to provide specialized
care and to positively impact the lives of patients and families
facing the end of life. They also are qualified to teach the essential
information of palliative care to nursing students and practicing
nurses.
Because of their ELNEC distinction and their development
of a Camp Nursing course, the two professors were awarded the
2008 Excellence in Nursing Education Award by the Kentucky
League of Nursing. They presented their work at the ELNEC
National 50th Anniversary Celebration in Chicago last summer.
Their accomplishments were also recorded in the 2009 winter
edition of the national newsletter ELNEC Connections.
After completing ELNEC’s core requirements and attending
two national conferences, the faculty members wanted to start a
bereavement camp for children and involve nursing students in
a service learning project within the community. Their research
led them to Camp SMILE (Sharing Memories in a Loving
Environment), a program started in 2007 by St. Claire Regional
Medical Center’s (SCRMC) Hospice and Palliative Care Program.
A partnership was formed with further development of Camp
SMILE as the goal.
Camp SMILE is a bereavement camp designed for children
(ages 5-17) who have lost a loved one. They participate in
bereavement activities that are incorporated into games and
crafts, in groups and individually. Opportunities for recreation,
such as dancing, basketball and swimming, also are included.
14 • STATEMENT
“There are so
many children in our
service region who
have lost parents,”
Howell said.
“This
is
an
amazing opportunity
for
our
nursing
students to participate
with service learning,”
Bush said.
During the spring
semester,
nursing
students were offered a new course in their program of study,
which was developed by Bush and Howell. It involved students
in research and evidence-based practice and assisted them in
caring for children who had suffered a loss.
“The students develop age-appropriate interventions for the
activities they do,” Bush said.
The class brought accolades from the nursing students who
completed the course, Howell noted. “They say they learned
more from the hands-on and service learning experience than
they did from any other class.”
These sentiments were echoed by others who were involved.
In a study completed by Hospice, parents were cited as saying
the program “changed a child’s life.”
From a personal level, Howell was pleased when her
daughter chose to volunteer at the camp. “It had such an impact
on her life. She has made presentations at two state meetings,
discussing what took place at the camp. A senior in high school,
she has changed her mind about a career and now wants to
attend MSU and major in clinical psychology.”
Last year, 17 nursing students were involved in the field
experience; that number has already been surpassed for the
upcoming term and the professors have been asked to extend
the cap to allow more students to enter.
The camp, which is provided at no cost to the campers, was
funded by donations and fundraisers in 2008. This year Howell
and Bush were awarded a community partnership grant to assist
with the cost. They have documented the project on video which
they shared with numerous groups.
“There is not a dry eye in the room when others look at that
video,” said Howell.
Bush, who joined the MSU faculty in 2004, earned an
associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from
Eastern Kentucky University. She obtained a post-master’s
certificate in Nursing Education from Rutgers University in 2006.
She is also a clinical nurse specialist practicing in gerontology
and community-based settings.
Howell, an MSU faculty member since 1999, received an
associate and bachelor’s degrees in nursing from MSU and a
Master of Science in Nursing degree from the University of
Kentucky. Her specialty is maternal/child, nursing administration
and medical surgical. She is accredited by the National League
for Nursing as a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) and a member
of Sigma Theta Tau International, the honor society of nursing.
Howell will begin her doctoral studies this fall at UK in the
Doctorate of Nursing Practice Program.
To complete the ELNEC project, participants are selected
by a competitive application process. The ELNEC-Core content
is divided into eight modules which include nursing care at the
end of life, pain and system management, ethical and legal
issues, cultural considerations, communication; and loss, grief
and bereavement. More than 5,600 nursing faculty and clinicians
from more than 50 countries around the world have attended
ELNEC.
Camp SMILE will continue as a partnership between MSU
and SCRMC. Additional information is available from Bush at
(606) 783-2699; Howell at (606) 783-2815; or Melanie Hurst (01)
with SCRMC’s Hospice and Palliative Care at (606) 783-6881.
The next time your phone rings
In the coming weeks, a Morehead State student
will be calling to talk with you about your MSU
experience, and how you can make a difference
at Morehead State by contributing to the Fund
for Excellence.
Your support allows MSU to retain topnotch faculty, offer the latest in technological
advances, provide outstanding student support
services, and award hundreds of scholarships to
deserving students like me each year.
We look forward to talking with you soon!
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SUMMER 2009 • 15
MSU’s Kentucky Folk
Art Center’s exhibit “La
Von Williams:
Rhythm in Relief” will rem
ain on display through
September.
The exhibition is funde
d in part by a grant fro
m the National
Endowment for the Arts
and the Kentucky Arts
Council.
“In my six years at KF
AC, this is the most
important,
enjoyable, and energizi
ng project that I’ve been
as
sociated
with,” said Matt Collin
sworth, KFAC director
. “So many
people across the coun
try have been moved by
LaVon’s
work to become a part
of this project. When yo
u hear
a great song, read a gre
at book, or see great art
, you
know it. Williams’ work,
gathered together like
this,
leaves one awestruck.”
The exhibit features mo
re than 60 works by
the
Lexington woodcarver.
Born in Florida in 1958
, his
family moved to Denver
in 1968. Williams finish
ed
high school in 1976 and
was named a high scho
ol
All-American. He then
played basketball at the
University of Kentucky
and was a member of
the 1978 NCAA champio
nship
squad. In 1980, W
illiams
graduated from UK wi
th a
degree in sociology. He
now
resides in Lexington wi
th his
family.
16 • STATEMENT
Williams dedicated himself to carving at the conclusion of his basketball career. For more than 20 years, he has
maintained his own studio, separate from the family’s home. Working with hammers and chisels, Williams has become
one of America’s preeminent wood carvers.
Kentucky Folk Art Center is a cultural, educational and economic development service of MSU. The center is
open Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additional information is available by calling (606) 783-2204 or by visiting
www.kyfolkart.org.
Honorary degree awarded to MSU alumnus
After
being
river once. Actually twice, once
awarded
of
going and once coming back. But I
Communications degree during
had a problem that he didn’t. There
MSU’s Spring Commencement,
was only one ferryboat, which went
Steve Inskeep (90) delivered
across on a cable, and on the day
this address:
I arrived it wasn’t running, so I was
the
honorary
Doctor
great
stuck on the near bank. There was
to wear this academic robe,
nothing near that ferry crossing
especially now that the Centers
except a little house where the
for Disease Control declared
Afghan guards lived. They let me
Thank
you.
It’s
it the best possible uniform to
You can’t mess it up much worse than
protect against swine flu. All you have to
your elders already did.
spend the night with them. We
sat in a crowded, smoky room, and after
do is wear it everywhere you go, all day
Above all, when you graduate during
awhile the commander reached under his
long, for the next few weeks, and you
a recession, you don’t have to worry
bed and pulled out a box. It was a case of
won’t have to worry about getting infected.
about looking for job security. There is no
vodka, totally illegal in Afghanistan. And
Nobody will come near you.
job security. You’re free to take a chance
that’s how we spent the time until the ferry
I will treasure this honorary doctorate,
on yourself, free to go where you like. You
came. I showed them photos of the Trade
though I don’t deserve it. Any small
don’t have to limit yourself. You don’t have
Center and the Pentagon, which they’d
accomplishment of mine has come on the
to say that you’re just one person from a
heard about on the radio, but never seen.
shoulders of family, friends, and teachers,
small university in Eastern Kentucky. You
When I was waiting to cross that river,
and above all my wife Carolee, who also
can try what you love.
I was about as far from Morehead, Ky., as
went to Morehead, who has shared my
When Carolee and I left here, we
I could possibly get. But I was ready for
joys and sorrows for more than twenty
went to New York. We went to the city
that situation -- hanging out with shaggy
years now, who is in this crowd today, and
we loved, and there was never a day
guys, sitting in a dirty room, talking about
who is just as lovely as she was the first
that I wasn’t happy just to walk through
life, drinking forbidden alcohol, waiting for
night she got me into Mignon Hall after
it. We took a lot of walks because walks
something to happen. I had experience
curfew.
were free and we were broke. Sometimes
with that. I lived for two years in Cartmell
As Carolee knows, I graduated just
our old college friends came to visit,
Hall.
in time for a recession, in 1990. It wasn’t
and we would take them on a tour of
And though I’d never in my life
as bad as the recession today, but we
the landmarks. Sometimes we went to
expected to end up in that place, I was
learned some lessons worth passing on.
the World Trade Center. Sometimes we
doing what I love. I was learning something
It is tough to graduate in hard times, but
took pictures at the base of those towers,
and passing it on. I did that when I sent
there are advantages.
looking up.
back news reports to America, and I did
Carolee
that in a different way when I showed
broke, but so is everybody else. It’s a level
showed me one of those pictures. It was
those photographs. My time by the side of
playing field.
the morning after the towers fell. A few
that river was not wasted.
New college graduates are usually
Years
later,
in
2001,
Your electricity may get shut off, but
weeks later, she packed the picture in my
This morning is when you finish your
you can tell your friends you’re doing your
suitcase. She thought I should take it with
time waiting on the bank of this river. And
part to stop global warming.
me. By then I was working for NPR, and
that’s why I will treasure this doctorate.
they were sending me off to cover the war
I am grateful to share this moment with
that was just starting in Afghanistan.
you, and to see you make the crossing.
Your parents may not be able to sell
their house, but that means you can still
One night in Afghanistan, I was
The whole world spreads out for you on
And while it’s true that the world is on
supposed to cross a river in the mountains.
the far shore. Good luck on your journey.
your shoulders now, there’s no pressure.
Alexander the Great had crossed that
Thank you.
go back to live in your old bedroom.
18 • STATEMENT
College of Business SIFE Team offers hands-on experience
Members of the 2008-09 MSU Students In Free Enterprise team, adviser and coach were:
front row from left, Crystal Worman, Adam Lynch, Amir Ahmadi, Matt Wells, Nathan Mills,
Ezra Dike, Maurice Thompson and Kacie Tackett; middle row from left, Rachel Massey,
Dr. Lola Smith, Dr. Janet Ratliff, Ashley Whitt and Kristin Looney; back row from left, Cate
Bevis, Stephanie Thorpe, Savannah Slone, Megan Detar, Sara Bradley and Johnathan
Thornsberry.
If everyone could go to college, gain
professional experience, and be prepared
for a position in today’s job market - all
while completing a degree - many would
look at life differently. For MSU students
in Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), this
is a reality.
“In SIFE, students participate in
activities based on real-life experiences,
learn to deal with people and complete a
project, just as one would do on the job,”
said Dr. Janet Ratliff (91), the team’s
adviser and director of the Center for
Economic Education.
Among the rewards for this year
has been the overall accomplishment of
the team. They were named a regional
champion, from one of the 15 Regional
Competitions held across the country. As
a result, they advanced to the national
competition where they were runners-up
in League 16 at the SIFE USA National
Exposition.
This is the highest performance
MSU has achieved, ranking in the top
32 of all public and private universities
and colleges in the nation, on its third
appearance at nationals.
During this academic year, the MSU
SIFE team organized 13 projects and
devoted more than 2,150 hours in the
Morehead community/service region.
They used business concepts to develop
community outreach projects that improve
www.moreheadstate.edu/statement the quality of life and standard of living
for people in need. The culmination of
the program was the series of yearly
competitions where the teams presented
the results of their projects and were
evaluated by business leaders who
served as judges.
“Having representatives from the
top major companies in the country, such
as Wal-Mart, Sam’s, Procter & Gamble,
Hershey’s, Walgreens, Dell and 3M,
judging the students’ performances make
this a win-win situation,” Dr. Ratliff said.
The members who presented the
results of the organization’s community
outreach projects for 2008-09 at the
regional competition in Cincinnati and at
the national meet in Philadelphia, were
Amir Ahmadi of Morehead; Ezra Dike of
Norfolk, N.Y.; Nathan Mills of Pikeville and
SIFE team president; Savannah Slone of
Pikeville; Adam Lynch of Vine Grove;
Kacie Tackett of Morehead; Maurice
Thompson of Louisville; and Matt Wells
of Grayson.
Making up the team were: Kenna
Allen of Morehead; Kristin Looney of
Flatwoods; Sara Bradley of Morehead;
Crystal Worman of Shepherdsville; Ashley
Whitt of Belfry; Johnathan Thornsberry of
Vanceburg; Erica Belmont of Ft. Thomas;
Stephanie Thorpe of Cadiz; Cate Bevis of
Springboro, Ohio; Megan Detar of New
Albany, Ind.; Garrett Cline of Owingsville;
Gabriel Ferguson of Frenchburg; Ashley
Redmond of Newhall, Calif.; Robyn Nickell
and Parker Banks of West Liberty; and
Amber Wilson, Karla Spencer and Rachel
Massey, all of Mt. Olivet.
The SIFE program concentrates on
six areas: market economics, success
skills, entrepreneurship, financial literacy,
environmental sustainability and business
ethics. An additional consideration is the
long-term sustainability of the team and
educational programs.
There were a variety of projects,
completed by SIFE members or in
conjunction with another entity, in 200809: a university and community economics
forum; awareness of imports and exports;
Girl Scouts “Business Wise Badge;”
entrepreneurship tours to inspire students
to go from a business idea to a profitable
venture; Biz Kids—taught primary and
intermediate students about saving, loans,
profit, loss and revenue; entrepreneurship
competition which provided teachers with
innovative ways of introducing students to
the elements needed to run a business;
financial planning; university waste
management project; organic garden and
curbside recycling service.
SIFE, a global, non-profit organization,
was established in 1975 to provide college
students the best opportunity to make
a difference and to develop leadership,
teamwork and communications skills
through learning, practicing and teaching
principles of free enterprise.
MSU’s program, one of more than
500 in the U.S., is coordinated through
the College of Business and provided
oversight by the Business Advisory
Board.
SIFE is funded by corporations,
financial institutions and government
agencies while at some schools, funding
is provided by endowments. The students
hold fundraisers throughout the year and
accept donations. Since its inception on
campus in 1999, Dr. Ratliff has acquired
more than $30,000 in grants which has
enabled the team to fund their projects.
SUMMER 2009 • 19
A history of Eagle pride . . .
President Andrews listened to
Mabel Patra Hackney Dixon (32) as she recalled
fond memories of her alma mater.
Dixon, 100, recently attended the Alumni &
Friends event hosted in Washington, D.C.
Attend an Alumni & Friends
event near you!
See page 31 for a calendar of events or visit
www.moreheadstate.edu/alumni for more
information.
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20 • STATEMENT
Thursday, October 22
Homecoming Parade 6 p.m.
Main Street, Morehead
Friday, October 23
Alumni & Friends Welcome Reception 5 p.m.
ADUC, 3rd Floor
Alumni Hall of Fame 7 p.m.
ADUC, Crager Room; $20
Saturday, October 24
Space Science Center Open House
9 - 11 a.m.
Star Theater shows at 9:15 & 10:15 with tours before and after
Homecoming Tailgate 11 a.m.
AAC Lawn
Eagle Football vs. Marist
1 p.m.
Jayne Stadium
Make plans to attend today! For more information, contact the
Office of Alumni Relations at (800) 783-2586 or via e-mail at
[email protected].
African American Alumni Reunion
Join other African American Alumni for the following reunion events:
Friday, October 23
• 7 p.m.: MSU African American Alumni Assoc./MOJO’s
“Mix & Mingle,” Host Hotel Comfort Inn Suites – 1st floor
• 7 - 9 p.m.: MSU African American Alumni Assoc. Dinner,
KY Army National Guard Readiness Bldg.
4911 Hwy 801 N. Morehead, KY 40351
NOTE: 1.2 miles on the same road as host hotel
• 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. Old School Party (same location as dinner)
• 2 a.m., Host Hotel Comfort Inn Suites – 1st floor
Celebration of Greek Life
Join other Greek Alumni in celebrating 40 years of Greek Life!
• 5-8 p.m.: All Greek Alumni Reunion, Eagle Trace Golf Course
Cost: $10/adult; $5/children 12 & under (includes food & soft
drinks)
To join us for this fun-filled event, register online at
www.moreheadstate.edu/alumni (click on the Homecoming Button) or
call the Alumni Association at 800-783-ALUM by October 16.
Cost of the reunion is $38 and the deadline to register is August 31.
You can register online at www.moreheadstate.edu/alumni (click on
“Events”) or call 800.783.ALUM.
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22 • STATEMENT
Download a copy of
A Walk Down Memory Lane at
www.moreheadstate.edu/aboutmsu.
Unless one has lived through the time when the campus has changed so much, it is hard to visualize what the
campus looked like 48 years ago. The photos incorporated in the text should help the reader in that transition. The
campus has continued to change over the years (i.e., the Boulevard). Most people do not know what the original
buildings looked like as many have under-gone architectural changes, some times dramatic change, such as the
student center. I have said to many people over the years, that there is a great advantage of having known most of
the people whose names enshrine the facades of the buildings on our campus. Since I knew most of the people,
I have memories of them that make each building come alive so that names are not just markers but descriptive
in human terms. Many of the short stories in italics allow the reader to “step aside” from the central theme to get
better acquainted with the person or the situation. They give you insight into the background of the individual’s
unique contribution to the history of an institution that has evolved into a Great Regional University. Read the
narrative, enjoy the photos and attachments and you too can walk down memory lane with me. I hope the readers
gain a new respect for the people who helped make this University what it is today. ~ From Preface, A Walk Down
Memory Lane
New future Eagle in your family?
Share your baby announcement with the Alumni Association
and we’ll mail a “Future Eagle” baby bib to celebrate your newest
family member! This is open to both parents and grandparents
that are MSU alumni!
To request a bib, send an e-mail to [email protected]
with “Future Eagle” as the subject line.
Aryn Huffman, daughter of Guy (02) and Alicia Parker Huffman (01)
Alumni Hall of Fame
Dr. David Adair
Dr. Adair (86), resides in Signal Mountain, Tenn., and is a professor at the University of
Tennessee. He is the founder, chairman, and chief science officer at Glenveigh Medical
as well as founder and CEO of Regional Obstetrical Consultants. He has written and
contributed to numerous medical publications and been the recipient of multiple awards
within his field.
Jay Flippin
Jay Flippin (70), currently resides in Morehead. He is a retired professor and an
accomplished musician. Flippin taught multiple music courses at several universities
throughout Kentucky and West Virginia while simultaneously performing and composing
musical arrangements professionally. He has recorded with numerous famous recording
artists, composed arrangements, conducted for orchestras and symphonies, and arranged
music for television shows and movies. Along with receiving many other distinguished
awards, Flippin is a recipient of two Regional Emmy awards and is a National Daytime
Emmy award nominee.
Langston D. Smith, D.M.D.
Dr. Smith (69), resides in Silver Spring, Md., where he is chairman of the Endodontics
Department at Howard University College of Dentistry in Washington, D.C. He is a retired
captain of the U.S. Navy where he served in the Dental Corps. He is a member of multiple
Dental Associations and has received numerous military awards. Dr. Smith has also been
nominated for two separate National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP) awards, and several other civilian recognitions.
24 • STATEMENT
Celebration of MSU Athletics
An engaging endeavor
Morehead State University hosted
“It was good to visit with all our friends
the “Celebration of MSU Athletics” in
of MSU Athletics,” said Brian Hutchinson
June.
(96), director of intercollegiate athletics.
“It was good to see all the former players
and coaches and to hear those ‘Steve
Hamilton stories’ again.”
The golf tournament was held in
memory of Steve Hamilton (58), who
had an 11-year major-league pitching
career and coached in the minors before
returning to MSU as baseball coach.
Hamilton was named director of
athletics in 1988, where he served
until his death in 1997. As AD, he led
the program to success on the field, in
facilities and in the classroom.
Proceeds from the event will be used
to support the greatest needs of the MSU
athletic program, assist the CamdenCarroll Library with the preservation
of Hamilton memorabilia and increase
the principal value of the Hamilton
Scholarship Fund which supports MSU
student athletes.
A number of visiting celebrities,
alumni, coaches, current and former
Eagle athletes and friends of MSU were
on hand for the two-day event where net
proceeds came to nearly $40,000.
Festivities included a reception in the
Adron Doran University Center, followed
by dinner, an auction and entertainment.
Ashland alumnus and game show
host Chuck Woolery enthusiastically
greeted old friends and new ones when
he returned to the campus to serve as
emcee for the evening and play in the
golf tournament.
Highlighting the events was the Steve
Hamilton Celebrity Golf Tournament
Mr. Woolery was a guest on Morehead
State Public Radio during his recent
visit to campus.
at Eagle Trace Golf Course. Twenty-
Leon Buchannan (09), Jim Coates, Doug
five teams registered for the day which
Flynn, Ron Gathright (70), Jaime Gordon,
concluded with a luncheon and awards
Lamar Green (69), Willie “Hobo” Jackson
(70), Mark Kennedy, Wayne Martin (68),
Ed Noe (62), Bobby Perry, Billy Reed,
Rick Seratte, Jay Shidler, Josh Teater
(01) and Donnie Tyndall (93).
ceremony.
Each team had the opportunity to
interact with a celebrity. Golfers for the
day included: Matt Ballard, Stephanie
Barker, Mike Bradbury, Holly Bruder,
Athletics earns full NCAA certification
Morehead State University has earned
primary components: governance and commitment to rules
compliance; academic integrity; and equity and student-
full certification status after undergoing the
athlete well-being.
second cycle of athletics certification by the
The second round of athletics certifications is being
National Collegiate Athletic Association’s
(NCAA) Division I Committee on Athletics
completed on a 10-year cycle rather than the five-year
Certification.
cycle used during the initial certification process. All 326
active Division I members participate in the certification
A designation of certified means that
an institution operates its athletics program in
substantial conformity with operating principles adopted
by the Division I membership.
process.
“There were many people who worked long hours to ensure
that MSU remains a solid member of the NCAA. I want to thank
“Morehead State University’s intercollegiate athletics program
them publicly for their efforts. Once again, the hard work of student-
has long been a great source of pride for the campus community,
athletes, coaches, staff and University officials make me proud to
alumni and Eagle fans,” said President Wayne D. Andrews. “This
be an Eagle,” said Brian Hutchinson (96), director of intercollegiate
certification confirms that the program meets the highest standards
athletics.
of quality in compliance, equity, academic integrity and commitment
to the well-being of all our student-athletes.
The Division I Committee on Athletics Certification preliminarily
reviews an institution’s certification materials and provides a list of
“A great deal of hard work by faculty, administrators and
issues identified during the evaluation. The university then hosts a
athletics staff went into the self-study that led to this successful
visit by peer reviewers who file a report regarding the institution’s
certification and I appreciate that very much.”
resolution of those issues before a final certification decision is
The athletics certification strives to ensure integrity in the
rendered.
institution’s athletics program and to assist institutions in improving
their athletics departments. NCAA legislation mandating athletics
certification was adopted in 1993.
The certification process, which involves a self-study led by
an institution’s president or chancellor, includes a review of these
26 • STATEMENT
2009 HOME SCHEDULES
EAGLE FOOTBALL
DATE
Sept. 5
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 24
Nov. 14
Dec. 5
TEAM
Southern Virginia
Butler
Dayton
Marist (Homecoming) San Diego
Gridiron Classic
EAGLE SOCCER
DATE
Aug. 21
Aug. 23
Sept. 4
Sept. 6
Sept. 9
Sept. 11
Sept. 27
Oct. 2
Oct. 9
Oct. 23
Oct. 25
TEAM
Valparaiso
Georgia St.
Akron
Evansville
Kentucky
Miami Univ.
Illinois St.
Jacksonville St.
Eastern Kentucky
Southeast Missouri
Eastern Illinois
www.moreheadstate.edu/statement TIME
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
TBA
TIME
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
EAGLE VOLLEYBALL
DATE
Aug. 28
Aug. 29
Sept. 15
Oct. 2
Oct. 3
Oct. 9
Oct. 10
Oct. 22
Oct. 23
Oct. 30
Oct. 31
Nov. 13
Nov. 14
TEAM
James Madison
Chattanooga
ETSU
Marshall
Eastern Illinois
Southeast Missouri
UT Martin
Murray St.
Eastern Kentucky
SIU Edwardsville
Austin Peay
Tennessee St.
Tennessee Tech
Jacksonville St.
TIME
11 a.m.
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
5 p.m
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
7 p.m.
5 p.m.
SUMMER 2009 • 27
1960s
Richard Crowe (67) lives in Hazard
where he is chairman of the North
Fork Valley Community Health
Board. North Fork Valley provides
primary health care, including
dental and psychology care for a
multicounty population, as part of
the University of Kentucky’s Rural
Health Center. After 38 years
of teaching college courses in
economics and management in the
Kentucky Community and Technical
College System, he has moved to
a halftime teaching schedule which
allows him more time for travel, golf
and grandchildren.
Duane E. Hahn (69) published
his debut novel “Shenandoah
Moon” about the building of the
Shenandoah National Park and the
displaced mountain families that
lived there. The work was presented
as a major musical in April. His new
play, “Tuesday Mourning,” which
will be presented in the fall, is about
the D-Day landing and a group of
boys from Bedford, Va., that gave
the ultimate sacrifice. He is currently
working on three collections of
children’s plays. His works are
available on his Web site at
hahn-arts.com.
28 • STATEMENT
Before retiring, Hahn had taught
English and speech/theatre in
Waynesboro (Va.) public schools
for nearly 40 years. He was named
Virginia Secondary Communication
Teacher of the Year in 2000. Hahn
also is a ceramic artist whose works
are featured in galleries in Virginia
and North Carolina.
1970s
Gerald “Gerry” W. Hargis (73) has
served as vice president of the
Virginia Transportation Construction
Alliance for the last year. Elected by
the membership, the VTCA
executive council and board of
directors govern the alliance,
providing sound fiscal management,
strategic program planning and
membership services among its
priorities. Hargis is area manager
for Virginia with R.R. Dawson Bridge
Co. LLC in Alexandria.
Dr. Larry Blocher (76), director of
the John M. Long School of Music
at Troy (Ala.) University, has been
selected as a Lowell Mason Fellow
by the National Association for Music
Education (MENC). The award
is given to those who have made
significant contributions to music
education. Dr. Blocher, who earned
the Ph.D. degree from Florida State
University, serves as an associate
conductor with university bands,
and teaches undergraduate and
graduate courses. He has previously
held similar posts at Wichita State,
MSU, Syracuse University and
University of Dayton.
Dr. Blocher is a past president of the
Kansas Bandmasters Association
and received its Outstanding
Bandmaster and Outstanding
Contributor to Bands awards. He
is a member of the National Band
Association School Reform and
Research committees and a past
member of the Editorial Committee
for the Music Educator’s Journal.
1980s
Frances Hardin-Fanning (81),
lecturer at the University of
Kentucky College of Nursing, was
awarded the James S. Brown
2009 Graduate Student Award for
Research on Appalachia and the
Louise J. Zegeer Award, during the
UK College of Nursing faculty and
staff awards ceremony.
The Brown Award supports
graduate student research on the
Appalachian region. The Zegeer
Award is given to college faculty
or teaching staff demonstrating:
a commitment to excellence
and undergraduate education; a
visionary in both teaching methods
employed and substantive teaching
areas, enthusiastic and promotes
pride in the nursing profession;
energetic and honest, ethical in
dealing with students and others;
and encourages positive growth and
mentors students in a successful
transition into practice and graduate
education.
Joseph “Rocky” Wallace (83) had
two books published by Rowman
& Littlefield Education in 2008:
“Principal to Principal: Conversations
in Servant Leadership and School
Transformation,” and a follow up
book, “The Servant Leader and
High School Change: More Lessons
From Principal to Principal.” The
resources may be ordered at
www.rowman.com or www.amazon.
com. Wallace teaches graduate
instructional leadership classes in
MSU’s Department of Professional
Programs in Education.
Brian Kelly (86) has been named
Fleming County High School’s boys
basketball coach. He had been
coaching at Centennial High School
in Tennessee since 1996. A former
player at MSU, Kelly also coached
in Lawrence County.
Dr. Dawn Erckenbrack (87) has
joined Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s
HealthCare (JHSMH) in Louisville
as president and chief executive
officer of Jewish Hospital Medical
Center South and JHSMH assistant
vice president. She came on board
in early April after completing her
active military assignment at Ireland
Community Hospital in Fort Knox
where she was chief operations
officer.
Before joining Ireland, Erckenbrack
served as a senior health program
manager and senior health policy
analyst, both at the Department
of Defense (Health Affairs) in
Arlington, Va., and as director of
clinical business operations for the
North Atlantic Regional Command
in Washington, D.C.
While an undergraduate student at
MSU, the former Dawn Barnhart
was a scholarship student in ROTC.
She received her master’s degree
in health care administration from
Baylor University and her Doctorate
of Education degree in health
services administration and policy
from The George Washington
University. She is a fellow in the
American College of Healthcare
Executives and serves on the
Regents Advisory Council.
1990s
Sabrina Shumsky (93) has been
promoted to vice president of
human resources, North America,
with Atos Origin, one of the world’s
leading international information
technology services companies
in the role of compensation and
benefits manager. She had been
with that company since 1998,
serving in various HR management
and generalist roles.
Prior to joining Atos Origin, she
served as a Fellow for the Ohio State
Bar Association and HR manager
for Siemens Power Generation. She
earned a law degree from The Ohio
State University and is certified by
the Human Resources Certification
Institute as a Senior Professional in
Human Resources (SPHR).
Shawn P. Moore (95), a teacher
at Russell High School, has been
awarded a Fellowship by the James
Madison Memorial Fellowship
Foundation of Washington, D.C.
The lone Kentuckian was one of 55
Fellows to receive the award.
Moore was selected from applicants
from each of the 50 states, the District
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and the nation’s island
and trust territories. Recipients are
required to teach American history or
social studies in a secondary school
for at least one year for each year
of fellowship support. The award is
designed to recognize promising
and distinguished teachers, and
strengthen their knowledge of the
origins and development of American
constitutional government to expose
students to accurate knowledge of
the nation’s constitutional heritage.
Scott Raynes (96) has been
named senior vice president and
administrator of WakeMed Health
& Hospitals in Cary, N.C. He will
be responsible for leading, defining
and executing the overall direction
of WakeMed Cary Hospital.
With more than 15 years of
experience in health care leadership,
Raynes was CEO of Northcrest
Health System in Springfield, Tenn.,
and CEO of Preston Memorial
Hospital in Kingwood, W.Va., before
joining WakeMed. He earned an
undergraduate degree in business
administration at the West Virginia
Institute of Technology, master’s
degree at MSU, and an M.B.A.
degree, specializing in health care,
from West Virginia University.
He and his wife Shawna are West
Virginia natives and they have two
daughters.
Kevin Harris (97) is a member of a
jazz trio known as the Kevin Harris
Project. The group has three albums
to its credit as well as a growing
slate of high-profile performances,
including at the famed Blue Note
Jazz Club in New York City. Their
reputation earned them a full page
feature in the Boston Globe in
April. Harris teaches music at the
Cambridge Friends School and
Charles River School. In the 1990s,
he was a pianist with MSU’s Jazz
Ensemble I.
www.moreheadstate.edu/statement Leigh Ann Lambert Heineman
(97) is the new executive director
of the Highlands Museum and
Discovery Center in Ashland where
she strives to increase membership
and promote its new and visiting
exhibitions.
In college, Heineman majored in
business and marketing with a minor
in history. For the last 17 years, she
has been an agent with the Harold D.
Miller Insurance Agency. The 1996
Miss Ashland, she is the executive
director of the Miss Ashland Area
Scholarship Pageant. She and her
husband Jack have two children.
Stacy DeRossett (98) has joined
the firm of Hayflich & Steinberg,
CPAs, PLLC in Huntington, W.Va.
The business administration major
is working in the firm’s assurance
and accounting division. She brings
more than 10 years of experience in
auditing of governmental, nonprofit
organizations, financial institutions,
school districts, manufacturing, and
colleges and universities.
2000s
Marine Corps Reserve Capt. Kelly
E. Fields (00) has been serving in
Iraq. The military personnel have
a variety of missions including
convoy escort, corrections and
border security. They have been
working on improving their combat
outposts, reducing vulnerabilities
and continue to work on military
education requirements.
Dr. Jason Kennedy (00) is an oral
and maxillofacial surgeon at Blount
Memorial’s Southeast Oral Surgery
office in Maryville, Tenn. He earned
a doctor of medicine degree in 2004
and completed his clinical fellowship
at the University of Louisville, and
his residency at the University
of Tennessee Medical Center in
Knoxville.
Casey Marie Carter Hovermale
(03), a member of the Frankfort
State Journal’s 1999 All-Academic
team, was among those profiled in
the newspaper with an update on
where they are now. A graduate
of Franklin County High School,
she earned a bachelor’s degree in
elementary education from MSU.
She currently lives in Columbus,
Ohio, with her husband, Ivan “D.J.,”
and their two children.
Rebekah Richie Duke (05) is a
financial assistant at the Robert
C. Byrd Institute for Advanced
Manufacturing (RCBI), based in
Huntington, W.Va., but also works
with the company’s centers in
South Charleston, Bridgeport and
Rocket Center. Before joining RCBI
in 2007, she was employed with
Bow-Mech Services in Ashland and
with the Ware & Hall auditing firm in
Huntington. She and her husband
David make their home in Ashland.
Navy Seaman Adam N. Meyer
(08) has completed U.S. Navy
basic training at Recruit Training
Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During
the program, he completed a variety
of training which included classroom
study and practical instruction on
naval customs, first aid, firefighting,
water safety and survival, and
shipboard and aircraft safety, as
well as physical fitness. A capstone
event of boot camp was “Battle
Stations,” which gives recruits the
skills and confidence they need to
succeed in the fleet.
What’s new with you? Fill
out the form on page 22 or e-mail
[email protected].
SUMMER 2009 • 29
Dr. Albright dies in April
Jules R. DuBar, 1923-2009
Dr. A. D. Albright, the
Dr. Jules R. DuBar, 85, whose scientific works dealing with geological and
10th president of MSU died
environmental evaluations of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains achieved international
at his home in Wilmore.
recognition, died in Charlottesville, Va. He is survived by his wife, Susan, his two
The 96-year-old retired
children Nicole and Scott, and two grandchildren, Selena and Ariana.
educator served as presi-
Dr. DuBar came to Morehead State University in 1967 to provide leadership
dent of Northern Kentucky
for the continued development of the geology program which has since provided
University (1976-83) and as
quality undergraduate degrees to numerous students, many of whom have obtained
executive director of what is
advanced degrees and meaningful careers. While at MSU he obtained over $300,000
now the Council on Postsecondary Education,
in grants from the National Science Foundation and other organizations to support his
in addition to several senior-level administrative
research and to strengthen the geology curriculum. He was the 1980 recipient of the
posts at the University of Kentucky.
University’s Distinguished Researcher Award.
At 73, Dr. Albright came out of retirement to
Prior to coming to MSU he had faculty positions at Duke University, University of
serve as MSU’s president from 1986 to 1987. He
Houston, Southern Illinois University and the University of Kansas and was a senior
is credited for his personal leadership at MSU in
geologist at the largest research laboratory in the oil industry. Throughout his career
reversing an enrollment decline, strengthening
he frequently served as a consultant for both government and industry.
academic programs and major gift fund raising.
He was a World War II veteran whose enlistment in the Coast Guard marked
Dr. Albright earned the Ph.D. degree from
the interval between high school and college. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s
New York University, the M.S. degree from the
degrees in geology from Kent State University and Oregon State University,
University of Tennessee and the A.B. degree
respectively. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas under the tutelage
from Milligan College. A former Fulbright Lec-
of the noted paleontologist R. C. Moore.
turer to Belgium, he holds honorary degrees from
A dedicated researcher, he was the author or co-author of over 60 publications
MSU, Berea College, NKU, Eastern Kentucky
and an additional 25 unpublished contract reports. He was a member of numerous
University and Thomas More College.
professional organizations and a fellow of both the Geological Society of America and
Dr. Albright was married to the former Grace
the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Carroll of Etowah, Tenn., since 1939. His survi-
Contributions to the Dr. Jules R. DuBar Academic Geology Scholarship Fund at
vors also include two sons, Carl Wesley and Earl
the MSU Foundation, Inc., Palmer Development House, Morehead State University,
Thomas Albright, and four grandchildren.
Morehead, KY 40351-1689, have been suggested as appropriate memorials.
The Morehead State University family remembers . . .
Professor emeritus dies
Joyce Brown LeMaster
(58), professor emeritus
at MSU, died July 20. A
two-time MSU graduate,
she taught writing courses,
American literature, and a
course of her own design,
Appalachian Writers, at MSU for 38 years.
She has held many leadership positions
at MSU, including president of the Alumni
Association. LeMaster was a member of the MSU
Alumni Hall of Fame.
She is survived by her husband, James
C. LeMaster; one daughter, Jennifer Chaney
Estill and husband Donnie, of Frankfort, and
two grandchildren, Eric Justin Estill and Olivia
Addison Estill.
30 • STATEMENT
Ruby R. Miller
ND
Jane Yarbrough Duncan
1969
I. Lester Miller
1937
David K. Moore
1969
Virginia R. Harpham
1939
Laura R. Stephens Goldberg
1970
Robbie Harney
1944
William T. Parker
1970
Donald Litton
1957
Katherine K. Taul
1974
Lillard E. Gilbert
1959
Sylvester M. Singleton
1978
Edwin W. Vansant
1961
James B. Watson
1978
Wanetta Ward Setser
1962
Penelope Adams Lindon
1989
Evelyn Triplett
1963
Heather D. Brown
2000
Joann G. Foxworthy
1968
CORRECTION:
David McFann, II (2007) was mistakenly on the deceased list in the Spring 09 issue.
To make a gift in memory of one or more of these individuals,
please call the Office of Development at (877) 690-GIVE.
ND = Non-degree
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1. Ouray® All Pro Hat [royal] (#2006908) ............................ $9.99
2. Ouray® Gameday Hat [black] (#2006978) . ..................... $11.99
3. Ouray® Double Tee Package (#2007513) . ..................... $19.99
4. 100% Cotton Gold Long-sleeved T-shirt (# 2006624) ...... $19.99
5. Gameday Hoodie Royal (# 2007672) ............................... $42.99
6. Cutter & Buck® Polo with Eagle Head (#2007643) ......... $36.99
7. Ouray® Youth Hoodie (#2006921) .................................. $26.99
8. MSU Car Flag (#2006285) . .............................................. $9.95
9. Eagle Football Pennant [royal] (#2003938) ...................... $13.50
10. License Plate Lenticular (#2006823) ................................ $14.99
11. MSU Golf Balls (#76944812289) ...................................... $8.50
October 10
Alumni Day at the Races Alumni Tailgate
Keeneland Race Track
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Pack a cooler & bring a lawn chair to the Tent
Tailgating Area located near Gate 2.
RSVP by Oct. 2: 800.783.ALUM
[email protected]
October 21-25
MSU Homecoming
October 29, 6-8 p.m.
Worthington Hills Country Club
920 Clubview Blvd S
Columbus, OH 43235
RSVP by Oct. 22: 800.783.ALUM or
[email protected]
October 30
Dayton, OH
November 12
Prestonsburg, KY
November 13
Pregame Reception
(MSU vs. Kentucky basketball game)
Lexington Downtown Hotel
369 West Vine Street
Lexington, KY 40507
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SUMMER 2009 • VOL. XXVII, NO. 3

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