2014 AnnuAl RepoRt

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2014 AnnuAl RepoRt

2014 Annual Report
Contents
NSU Foundation
2014 Annual Report
Features
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A Message from the NSU President
4
NSU Foundation Board of Trustees
5
Executive Director’s Letter
6-7
Adair scholarships inspire students
8-9
NSU Occupational Therapy
program ends inaugural year with
many successes
10-11
NSU prepares students for teaching
career with EPIC
12-13
New endowed scholarship supports
Optometry’s married students
1 4-15
President’s Leadership Class sees
major scholarship increase
following endowment gift
16-17
NSU “Lights the Way”
for students in need
18-19
Scholarship quotes
20-23 2014 Honor Roll of Donors
24 Financials
25
NSU Foundation growth
26-27Endowments
28-29 Annually funded scholarships
& programs
30
Memorial benches
31
Ways to give
Cover: The NSU Light the Way
Emergency Fund was a beacon in the
darkness for NSU student Kristy Rinehart
and her son. See story, Page 16.
A Message From The NSU President
Dear Friends:
I often recall that, when I was in elementary school, a teacher or
coach would ask for a volunteer to assist them with a special task.
The task usually included taking something to the office for them,
helping them solve a problem on the chalkboard, or some other
errand. Eager hands would go up quickly, signifying willingness to
take on the responsibility for a task that was usually unknown. In
fact, some of my classmates were so eager to be involved that they
would say, “Pick me, pick me!”
I was always willing to raise my hand because I had been taught at
home that if a person in a position of respect and authority asked
for assistance, I should be one of the first to volunteer. My parents
realized that volunteering and getting involved would teach me a great lesson—service to others
adds meaning to life. I expect that many of you were raised the same, as evidenced by your
willingness to give your time and resources to Northeastern State University.
Last year was a record-setting year for the NSU Foundation. Total assets grew to over $23
million, total support and revenue amounted to more than $5.8 million, and we received the
largest single gift in a year: $768,290. To all of you who contributed to NSU in 2014, thank
you. The Foundation cannot support NSU at the level it does without your involvement. By
supporting the Foundation, you are providing assistance to our students and enabling us to
fulfill our mission of providing academic and scholarly excellence.
As you are aware, we have engaged the JF Smith Group to complete a feasibility study that will
guide our next major fundraising campaign. The study enabled us to set an initial working goal
of almost $21 million, which includes student scholarships, funds to strengthen the faculty, new
and revitalized facilities, and enhancements in athletics. We will provide more information in
the next 12 months regarding our campaign titled “Preserve Our Past, ENSUre Our Future:
The Campaign for Northeastern State University.”
Now the call to action. Like the experience I described above from my elementary school days,
I am asking you to volunteer for a special task. I ask you to raise your hand and say that you are
willing to take on the responsibility of getting involved in our fundraising campaign by giving of
your time and financial resources. Consider yourself as having been picked to help NSU reach
higher levels. Your university is counting on you.
Please contact Peggy Glenn at 918-444-4200 ([email protected]) for more information
regarding the upcoming campaign.
Sincerely,
Dr. Steve Turner, President
www.nsugiving.com | 918-458-2143 | 812 N. Cedar Ave. | Tahlequah, OK 74464
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NSU Foundation Board of Trustees
Chair
Larry Adair
Stilwell, OK #
Vice Chair
Denise Roddy
Tulsa, OK +
Secretary/Treasurer
Darrell Sullenger
Tulsa, OK +
Lynna Carson
Stilwell, OK *
Larry Dotson
Tahlequah, OK *
Mike Fine
Tulsa, OK +
Jim Gore
Pryor, OK +
James Howard
Ponca City, OK *
William Langley, Jr.
Stilwell, OK #
Gary Parker
Muskogee, OK #
Wellon Poe, Jr.
Oklahoma City, OK *
Patty Skinner
Tahlequah, OK *
* Term Expires 2017
# Term Expires 2015
+ Term Expires 2016
Dan Sullivan
Claremore, OK +
Maurice Turney
Tahlequah, OK *
Gregg Wadley
Oklahoma City, OK *
Craig Winters
Tulsa, OK +
Tina Young
Fort Gibson, OK #
The Northeastern
State University
Foundation, Inc. is a
501(c)(3) nonprofit
corporation formed
exclusively to
support NSU.
NSU Development STaff
Peggy Glenn
NSU Director of
Development
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Robin Johnson
Assistant Director of
Financial Services
Erin Feller
Development Officer
Northeastern State University Foundation | 2014 Annual Report
Daniel Johnson
Director of Alumni
Services
Meggie Froman-Knight
Coordinator of Information
and Special Events
Cami Highers
Coordinator of Stewardship
and Annual Giving
Shawna Stanley
Secretary III
NSU Foundation Executive Director’s Letter
As we begin our largest fundraising campaign in
Northeastern State University’s storied history, I
have the privilege of hearing many of your stories
about how NSU changed your life, just as it did
mine.
My dad worked in a factory for nearly 45 years;
my mom was a homemaker, as well as my Girl
Scout leader, and later worked the night shift at
a convenience store, served in a school cafeteria,
and then was a cashier at Wal-Mart. Neither of
them went to college (well, my dad went for a
semester to an agricultural college in Texas, but
based on his stories, he spent most of his time pulling pranks on his dorm
mates and didn’t return in the spring). They weren’t able to save for college
for me. Thankfully, a group of Tahlequah leaders 15 years earlier had decided
to establish the NSU Foundation and fund the President’s Leadership Class
scholarship, which I was awarded as a Heavener High School senior in 1986.
The PLC legacy started in 1971 with a bold vision and $10,000. Today,
several hundred NSU PLC alumni continue to lead in their communities,
congregations, and companies. The NSU Foundation has grown to support
an expanded PLC program, as well as over 800 other scholarships, various
academic programs, and transformative capital projects, with total assets
exceeding $23 million.
The need, however, far exceeds these resources. The average age of an NSU
student is 26 years old. All but a tiny percentage of NSU students qualify for
financial aid, most have at least one job, and some are also parents, as shown
on the cover. Many have to take off one or more semesters during their
college career in order to work and save money to finish school.
What can you do to help? As we roll out our campaign to “Preserve Our
Past, ENSUre Our Future,” join me in making a significant financial
commitment to support the scholarships, programs, and/or facilities that
contributed to who and where you are today. For example, I am supporting
the PLC program with a five-year pledge that repays the current value of the
scholarship I received nearly 30 years ago, which will eNSUre that the same
opportunity exists for someone like me in the future.
Please let me know if you, too, would like to be part of this exciting campaign
for NSU. And I look forward to hearing your own NSU story!
Peggy Glenn (’90), MPP, JD
Executive Director, NSU Foundation
Photo of Glenn recognized in Who’s Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges listing in the 1990 edition of
the NSU year book
As well as holding several chair positions in Student
Senate, Peggy Glenn was a member of PLC, Model
United Nations (MUN), Oklahoma Intercollegiate
Legislature (OIL) and the Baptist Student Union
(BSU). Peggy majored in political science and
through MUN and OIL received several honors and
awards including being selected to attend the First
Annual Moscow Model United Nations.
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“Of course, every dollar helps. Really. But this is a
very big scholarship because of everything I got to
do with it. It just helped me to meet so many other
people, I feel it opened a lot of doors for me.”
One door in particular has given Claus the chance
to be a French translator this summer in her home
country for acclaimed author Dr. Richard Preston,
as he researches his new book.
The fortuitous summer job was a direct result
of the networking advantages that came along
with the scholarship. Claus was able to attend the
annual Larry Adair Lectureship Series, in which
Preston, who authored a bestselling book about the
Ebola virus called “The Hot Zone,” was this year’s
feature speaker. Preston met Claus at the luncheon
following the lecture, and hired her on-the-spot, to
translate his French interviews into English.
“Dr. Preston’s offer was a blessing,” Claus
said, proud she will have the chance to add this
experience to her repertoire.
From left: Anne Lindsay, Sarah Claus, Larry Adair, Taylor Eversole, and Taylor Melone
inspire students
Adair Scholarships
Scholarships and grants can be the deciding
factor for whether a student goes to college or
even finishes a degree. The assistance it offers
with tuition and textbooks significantly lightens
the financial burdens that come with attending
university. But some scholarships, like the Larry
Adair Leadership Scholarship at Northeastern
State University, go beyond having just a monetary
value.
“It was a much bigger deal than I thought,” Sarah
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Claus, the 2015-2016 recipient, said.
An international student from Belgium and
majoring in English education at NSU, Claus said
she got a lot more out of the scholarship than the
financial aid.
In addition to receiving $500 per semester until
she graduates, Claus said so far she has matured as
a student and future professional, learning how to
network and be confident.
“So far this is my favorite memory, getting the
scholarship, and getting to work with Dr. Preston.”
Larry Adair and NSU
Larry Adair graduated from NSU twice, first in
1969 with bachelor’s degrees in Language Arts and
Business Administration and then in 1979 with
his master’s degree in Secondary Education. The
lifelong Stilwell resident worked as an educator
and administrator prior to serving 22 years in the
Oklahoma House of Representatives, and as a
Speaker of the House from 2001 through 2004.
In 2004, friends and family of Adair established
the Larry Adair Lectureship Series in Government
and Public Policy at NSU, and the first lecture was
held in 2007. The lectureship series was created to
provide students with a wide spectrum of speakers
and events, which would expose them to pertinent
subjects of interest dealing with current issues,
civic engagement, public policy development,
innovation, global and social issues, and other
student-focused topics.
Adair said the speakers so far have been unique
in their particular fields, and have challenged the
students who attend the lectureship program to be
bold and open to new ideas. Preston, for instance,
spoke about his research on the Ebola virus.
The Larry Adair Leadership Scholarship was added
in 2011 to provide an annual scholarship award for
a current freshman that supports their preparation
in leadership and community engagement while at
NSU.
After meeting Adair at the luncheon following the
lecture in February, Claus described him as “easy to
talk to,” and committed to NSU and developing its
students.
“He was really thankful for us, and that’s
something that surprised me, because I am
thankful for him.”
When asked about this, Adair said it was his honor
to assist these outstanding students.
“I am very honored and happy to provide some
needed assistance to those scholarship recipients.
I enjoy all aspects of this. Getting to meet bright,
enthusiastic, and highly motivated young university
students and watching them grow, mature, and
become successful is the most rewarding thing I get
to do.”
Leadership development
Claus noted another aspect that set the Adair
scholarship apart was its commitment to
recognizing and developing leaders.
She compared a previous scholarship for academic
excellence she received to the Adair experience, and
reiterated that the money was very helpful, but the
leadership development was an invaluable perk.
“I think receiving this scholarship made me feel
much more confident in my leadership skills. It
helped me learn how to prepare to go out and meet
new people.”
Adair said his wish was to challenge the recipients
to excel in leadership roles, serve as role models for
others, strive for excellence in everything they do,
and become critical thinkers and problem solvers.
“Each of these traits are equally important because
they help prepare the recipients to become
productive citizens in whatever vocation or career
they might choose. A professional person who
masters these traits will be successful throughout
his or her personal life,” Adair said.
Because demonstrating leadership on campus was
part of the criteria for being an Adair scholar, Claus
said she knew of the past three recipients because
they were outstanding students.
Previous scholarship recipients include Taylor
Eversole, who was Claus’ big sister in their sorority
and encouraged her to apply; Taylor Melone, who
was recognized in April as an outstanding senior
and Hall of Fame recipient on the Tahlequah
campus, and Anne Lindsay.
Lindsay agreed with Claus that one of the perks of
the scholarship and lectureship was networking.
included being a Senator-at-Large for the
Northeastern Student Government Association, a
member of the International Student Organization,
working with the International Advocacy Team,
Baptist College Ministries, and Northeastern
Activities Board, and finally, a RiverHawk
ambassador.
Claus is also a student worker at the Student
Academic Success Center, 20 hours a week.
“I think that’s it. Next semester, I will hopefully
be a peer instructor with incoming freshmen,”
she said, showing no signs of lessening her extracurricular commitments.
She said Adair was committed to supporting NSU
students, and wanted to celebrate those who made
the campus better.
“It’s something that makes me stand out as a
student. I think it’s going to take me further. It’s
something that, once on my resume, looks really
good.”
“It gives me a chance to catch up with the other
scholarship recipients, as well as meet new faculty
and speakers. The president of the university,
President (Steve) Turner, and his wife Penny,
always come and it is very nice to get to talk with
them,” Lindsay said.
Claus, 20, has plans to be a teacher.
Melone also described the scholarship as an
excellent opportunity for NSU students.
Adair said that conviction was precisely what he
intended to be the legacy of the scholarship and
lectureship.
“Not only are we, as Larry Adair scholars, exposed
to international leaders and distinguished speakers,
but we are able to connect with the other Larry
Adair scholars through these lectureships,”
Melone said.
Scholarship requirements
In order to be considered for the Adair scholarship,
applicants must have a 3.0 GPA, log at least 15
hours of community service each semester, and
hold membership in two campus organizations.
Claus surpassed the requirements for the
scholarship, as her involvement on campus
“I would like to teach English in high school.”
She learned that being involved on campus teaches
leadership. She hopes to teach that to her future
students.
“My desire for the Adair Lectureship legacy is to
instill the belief that we never quit learning, and
that dreams can become a reality if a person is
willing to assume the roles of leadership and serve
as a role model to others.”
To view a list of past lecturers and several recorded
lectures visit:
www.nsuok.edu/Outreach/ServingtheRegion/
TheLarryAdairLectureshipSeries.aspx
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NSU Occupational
Therapy program
ends inaugural year
with many successes
The City of Muskogee Foundation funded a $900,000 grant that
started the NSU Occupational Therapy program in January of
2014. A year later, the program is still gaining momentum.
The three-year award helped to offset start-up costs as the
university debuted its newest health care degree on the
Muskogee campus.
Now, as the inaugural 10-student cohort has passed the oneyear mark, they are beginning their first Level I fieldwork
experience, visiting numerous sites with the focus on
psychosocial and mental health. The students will spend the
summer at sites providing services to individuals with physical
disabilities. In the fall, they will be in various pediatric settings.
Next January, the same class of students will begin their Level
II fieldwork, which are full-time experiences. The program
currently has fieldwork contracts with more than 40 different
sites.
“The program has attracted qualified, dedicated students,”
Dr. Judy Melvin, director of the OT program at NSU said.
The last of the OT laboratories, the Pediatric Lab, was
completed in December and the program continues to develop
courses and learning opportunities for the students enrolled.
The program is also continuing through the accreditation process. An
accreditation self-study was submitted in April 2015 and the Accreditation
Council for Occupational Therapy Education will review it by August with
the subsequent accreditation site visit scheduled for February 2016.
D.J. Thompson, the chief operations officer and foundation manager for
the City of Muskogee Foundation expressed unanimous pleasure in the
direction the OT program is headed.
“This is the progress we’re really looking forward to,” Thompson said.
“We can’t wait to see what economic impact these students and this
program will have on Muskogee. Will these students stay local? Those are
the long-term outcomes we’re waiting to see.”
The second cohort of OT students, who began this January, has 17
students. The program will accept up to 20 students each year.
The students currently in the program have started a Student OT
Association, and three students from the first cohort attended the
American OT Association Annual Conference in Nashville, Tenn. in April.
Northeastern State University remains committed to moving progressively
within the health professions arena and ensuring that demands for
professionals are met with highly qualified, trained and experienced
individuals.
The Master of Science in Occupational Therapy program is a 30-month,
81-hour program with a focus on training high quality occupational
therapists for the rural region of eastern Oklahoma. Cultural sensitivity
education to the American Indians served in the area will be integrated
throughout the curriculum and will complement the professional
programming within the coursework. The program addresses curricular
standards of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
“We’re very pleased with the community support and the donations that
NSU has been able to bring in for this program,” Thompson said.
“This program holds a lot of promise for the Muskogee area, as well as
eastern Oklahoma.”
For more information on the Occupational Therapy program, contact the
program director, Dr. Judy Melvin, at 918-444-5232.
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New scholarship
helps NSU students
in EPIC teaching internships
NSU’s Education Professionally Immersed Co-teaching program,
more commonly known as EPIC, is a unique internship program
started in 2013 in the College of Education. The program was
designed to maximize training for future teachers, by introducing
a co-teaching model within a classroom, for up to a year. NSU
students who participated would meet their regular credit hours,
while completing their field experience three days a wekk at a
designated school. Dr. Stan Sanders, the program’s founder and
director of clinical education at NSU, said the value derived
from immersing students into the real world of teaching was
immeasurable.
“EPIC was specifically designed to give students the opportunity
to be out in the field for an entire year, with one clinical faculty
(mentor teacher), learning how to prepare, present and deliver
lessons,” Sanders explained.
EPIC allows interns/co-teachers, to spend up to 1200 hours in a
classroom setting, using the co-teaching model, where they directly
interact with students, with guidance from the clinical faculty.
The duration of the internship is one of the keys to its success,
said Sanders.
“That extra time has proven to be an invaluable lesson-learning
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experience for them, and it has also given them the
opportunity to prepare to take on the challenges of
teaching.”
Now in its second year, the EPIC cohort has
grown to 30 co-teachers and is servicing most
majors in the College of Education, including
Early Childhood Elementary, Special Education,
Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and English.
Interns have been placed in seven schools districts,
Tulsa, Tahlequah, Broken Arrow, Stilwell, Union,
Owasso and Sallisaw, as well as Educare in Tulsa.
NSU candidates get tremendous amounts of book
theory, said Sanders, but the practice aspect of
EPIC adds a powerful component.
“Being able to see and mentor and follow a clinical
faculty throughout course of the year, to see how
they handle different situations, is invaluable,”
Sanders said.
How EPIC works
For EPIC’s purpose, the academic school year is
divided into four quarters.
Co-teachers spend a minimum of three days per
week with the assigned clinical faculty for the first
and second quarter, which works out to be 18
weeks or one semester.
In the final two quarters, co-teachers spend five
days per week with the assigned clinical faculty, for
another 15-17 weeks.
Co-teachers also follow the same daily schedule of
the assigned clinical faculty for the duration of the
academic-year field experience.
scholarships, is often essential for students to
commit to EPIC’s structure.
Students are never on their own during the
internship process, and take more of a lead role in
the second semester, in terms of lesson planning
and delivery.
Scholarships
Even for this part of internship, they are still
monitored and mentored by clinical faculty.
Constant and immediate feedback is another tenet
of the EPIC process.
“The EPIC model is designed to have both
the teacher and intern involved in the lesson
presentation on an active basis. It’s a dual effort,”
Sanders explained.
He added that the interns are constantly evaluated.
There are lesson observations made by clinical
faculty, and an NSU coordinator visits and
observes in the first half of the year. There is also
a mid-term evaluation, which is a team effort
between clinical faculty, NSU coordinator, and
intern, in a face-to-face setting, where areas for
improvement are highlighted.
There are no additional costs for EPIC candidates,
as they do not pay extra tuition or fees to be part
of the program. Also, there are no additional
classes they must enroll and those candidates can
earn their bachelor’s degree with the minimum
124 credit hours. However, the candidates may
have to cut back on hours at other jobs during the
academic year in order to meet the demands of the
EPIC model. This means financial aid, especially
Recognizing this need, the George Kaiser Family
Foundation awarded NSU’s College of Education
a $50,000 grant in July 2014, for students teaching
at Tulsa Educare, an early childhood program with
three schools in the Tulsa area.
Senior Program Officer at GKFF, Anne
VanHanken, said providing high-quality, early
childhood experiences for Tulsa’s children,
especially those living in poverty, was the
Foundation’s central mission.
“In order to accomplish this goal, GKFF wants
to ensure the highest quality teacher in every
classroom at Educare.”
She said the best way to understand the Educare
culture was to work in the centers and get a
personal feel.
“EPIC gives Tulsa Educare that opportunity to
get to know new teachers and introduce them,
in a supportive and gradual way, to the Educare
model,” VanHanken said.
Sanders said the NSU teacher candidates who
graduate, leave with a very valuable career.
“I believe the P-12 schools in the state of
Oklahoma are in good hands with our candidates
who teach.”
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New endowed scholarship
supports Optometry’s married students
Virginia LaQuey, past president of the American Foundation of Vision
Awareness, has created a fund to provide scholarships to students in
NSU’s Oklahoma College of Optometry.
to families who could not afford it through a program at our church. We
were both also able to help with the Opening Eyes Special Olympics,
which she has a real passion for,” Bryce said.
The endowed scholarship was established in May 2014 to assist married
students in their second or third year of optometry school.
When the couple moved to Tahlequah, Sophia’s involvement in the field
increased, as she was hired as the contact lens director at the Optometry
College.
The guidelines state the scholarship is intended to provide monies
annually to a full-time student, who has exemplified the values of
the profession and whose spouse has played an important role in the
support of the profession.
LaQuey said the chosen student’s spouse must show interest in the
Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians (OAOP), and be active
in NSU’s Optometry School.
Former Dean of Optometry at the college, Dr. George Foster, said an
optometrist must be committed to the profession and play a major role
in his or her community, therefore requiring the support of their spouse.
Bryce Geiger, a second-year optometry student, won the $1,000
scholarship for 2014-2015, and described the process of becoming an
optometrist as challenging.
With his two-year-old son, and the intensity of the course work, Geiger
said in his application essay he was grateful for the support of his wife,
Sophia Geiger.
At the beginning of their relationship, Sophia worked for a local
optometrist doing special testing and billing, in order to help Bryce pay
for school.
“Two years later she started working for a different optometrist where
she was able to learn and practice even more aspects of the profession.
Through those job experiences, she was able to help give free eye exams
“She has enjoyed getting to know and helping the NSUOCO students,
learning from the awesome staff, and getting to put together educational
workshops. Even with all that, she manages to chase our son all over the
countryside so that I can have all the time I need to study.”
Bryce said he was fortunate to have a wife with the same passion for
optometry.
Such commitment by a spouse to the field of optometry made Bryce an
ideal candidate for the scholarship.
The foundation was formerly known as the Oklahoma Optometric
Association Auxiliary, and was a service organization of spouses of
optometrists in Oklahoma.
LaQuey is married to optometrist Dr. Ronny LaQuey, who practices in
Duncan, Okla.
Funds for the scholarship were provided by the Auxiliary, and LaQuey
said it was the wish of those members back in the 1970s to support those
students who were married and had a commitment to optometry in
Oklahoma.
“That’s how it began,” LaQuey explained.
The funds are now handled by the NSU Foundation, and the amount of
the scholarship is determined after a review of the money produced by
the endowed fund.
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Through PLC, I
have learned many
valuable lessons.
I have learned to
have great time
management and
organizational skills,
but it’s also given me
friends I will have for
a lifetime.
Garrett Butler
Freshman; Idabel, Okla.; Mathematics Education
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President’s Leadership Class
sees major scholarship increase following endowment gift
The President’s Leadership Class (PLC) was
recently endowed a substantial portion of the
late Mary Katherine and Eva Harriet Stewart
estates.
The inaugural PLC students attended NSU
at a time when tuition was $10.50 per credit
hour, or $157.50 per semester, and through
the program each student was able to receive a
$315 tuition waiver and $1,415 cash. Current
PLC students receive 15 credit hours of
tuition waivers and $1,200 cash per semester.
Thanks to the Stewart sisters, who both
attended NSU in the 1930s and worked
for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
Conservation, the stipend amount from the
NSU Foundation for each continuing PLC
student, beginning in the fall of 2015, will
increase by 20 percent. In addition, NSU will
provide incoming freshmen with funds to
cover half of their on-campus housing costs.
These are the first significant increases in the
PLC scholarship in many years.
PLC is a unique program that gives incoming
freshmen both continual leadership skill
building opportunities and a break on costs
associated with attending college in return for
participation.
The program has a long history at NSU,
dating back to 1974. Former NSU President,
Dr. Don Betz, was an assistant professor of
political science at the time, and he saw the
need to promote and subsequently reward
leadership demonstrated by incoming
freshman.
Since then, PLC has had 329 alumni members
and currently has 51 students. Notable
graduates include Dr. Denise Spears Roddy
and Dr. Kathleen Foster Elliott, who both
have been named Oklahoma Optometrist
of the Year; Stephen Highers, Tahlequah
City Councilman; Glenn Coffee, the 30th
Oklahoma Secretary of State and former
Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore;
John deSteiguer, the president of Oklahoma
Christian University; and NSU directors Jeff
Walker, Peggy Glenn, Chris Adney, Daniel
Johnson, and Anita Thompson.
This year more than 250 high school seniors
applied for the program. NSU offers
approximately 15 spots to each incoming class
of freshmen.
Those selected as PLC members are held to a
high standard of excellence and are provided
with ample opportunity to excel at NSU in
leadership positions.
“The question we ask when choosing the
incoming class is, ‘Are you a mover and
shaker?’ and if they are, we ask, ‘Can we
get you to do that here at NSU?’” Kin
Thompson, faculty sponsor of PLC, said.
In the first year of the program, students are
required to complete a freshmen orientation
course led by Thompson focused on personal
leadership. Thompson hopes to further the
support he can offer to students in the future
by extending the course schedule to last all
four years, with sophomore year focusing
on leading peers, junior year on leading in
the community and senior year on leading
globally.
“This class historically consists of outstanding
students, some of which have been named to
NSU’s Hall of Fame,” Thompson said. “You
can’t be surprised they end up as standouts
on campus. They’re very driven academically,
and the networking that is available for them
allows them to make connections, build
skills and confidence, and be equipped to be
excellence practicing leaders after graduation.”
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NSU
“Lights the Way”
for students in need
Kristy Rinehart, a Northeastern State
University student in her senior year,
aced her practicum interview in April,
and is now on the way to securing a job
in her intended field. But a mere nine
months earlier, Rinehart was not sure
she would even graduate.
In August 2014, a fire destroyed her
apartment complex, burning almost
all her belongings; including her new
computer, clothes, furniture and textbooks. It was the day before the start of
the fall semester.
“I was able to grab my five-year-old
son, his stuffed animal, and run out the
apartment,” the then-single mother said.
With the loss of her books, Rinehart had
to consider some unfavorable options,
including having to drop a few classes.
“If I dropped classes, I would have had
to drop out completely because I would
lose other grants, and then wouldn’t be
able to pay.”
Rinehart was receiving a Pell Grant, as
well as funds from Oklahoma Promise,
to help pay her tuition.
Fortunately, help came to Rinehart in a
way she never anticipated—the Light the
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Way Emergency Fund.
Established in 2014 and maintained
by the Northeastern State University
Foundation, Light the Way was an
emergency fund designed for NSU
students (undergraduate and graduate),
to assist during times of crisis, in order
for them to maintain their enrollment.
Rinehart was an ideal candidate, as it
would help meet a short-term financial
hardship and keep her in school.
“It really saved me from falling behind
or having to drop out,” she said.
Rinehart received $159 from the fund in
order to re-purchase her books.
“It was a big help for me.”
According to the fund’s guidelines, book
expenses are not covered. However, as
Rinehart needed replacement books
after the fire, these special circumstances
exempted her from this rule.
Rinehart was required to fill out
an application form, detailing the
circumstances surrounding her request,
how the unexpected expenses would
impact her ability to remain enrolled at
school, and how she would utilize the
fund if awarded.
“I told them how much I needed for my books,
and provided receipts.”
A designated multidisciplinary team brought
together by Student Affairs is responsible for
the review process. Student Financial Services
verifies the potential recipient has met with
a representative to ensure all financial
resources have been exhausted.
The amount awarded is fluid
and is determined based
on the request, proof
of need, and available
funds. Most awards
do not exceed $500,
unless extenuating
circumstances
warrant a higher
amount.
Dr. Steve Turner,
NSU president,
said financial aid
and scholarships,
like Light the Way,
were not simply
good policy for the
university, but a way to
get students through with
a helping hand.
At the ceremony for the 125th
anniversary of Seminary Hall in
May 2014, Turner said: “I owe everything to
higher education and, as a first generation, nontraditional student, I would not be standing here
today without significant financial assistance along
the way.”
He said a student could be in good standing,
have solid grades, and attend all their classes, but
a single financial crisis could be their undoing,
causing some students to withdraw from classes,
and possibly never to return to campus again.
“Having a fund for such situations would allow
NSU to be able to intervene and help a student
with a small scholarship that would keep them in
school and on track to graduate,” Turner said.
Rinehart, who got married in November, is now
on track to graduate and become a social worker,
thanks in part to the small, but helpful fund.
“I’m pretty excited. It was
definitely a blessing,”
Rinehart said.
Rinehart said she was
grateful something
like that existed for
those unforeseeable
incidents.
“You never know
what’s going to
happen. I was
not saving up
for something
unexpected like
that [fire]. And I
didn’t expect to have
access to a fund like
this.”
She said receiving help
from Light the Way, as well as
private donations, enabled her to
stay on track to achieving her goals,
despite losing everything.
The scholarship’s
name was inspired by
the original dedication
ceremony of Seminary
Hall in 1889, where a
speaker said that the
seminary
“ignited the lamp
of learning in the
wilderness.”
Another connection is
that light helps us find
a path when a situation
seems darkest, according
to Peggy Glenn, NSU
Director of Development.
“My life would have turned out very differently.”
Since September 2014, five students have received
funds totaling $2,724.60 for hardships ranging
from Rinehart’s apartment fire to identity theft
resulting in stolen bank funds.
To donate to the Light the Way Emergency Fund,
go to www.nsugiving.com/donate and specify this
fund in the comments box.
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Thank you for helping students
Gather Here and Go Far.
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It is a great honor to be awarded this scholarship with so
many qualified and deserving Optometry students that were
eligible to be nominated. I would like to thank you not only
for the scholarship, but for your dedication to the profession
of Optometry and your years of service at NSUOCO.
Nathaniel Edwards, Duncan
Fourth-year Optometry Student
Hank Van Veen Award for Outstanding Clinician Recipient
“Your generosity has inspired me to help others. I hope
to one day be able to help students achieve their goals
just as you have helped me.”
Seth Arney, Gore
Senior, Environmental Health & Safety Management
Roots from the Cherokee Scholarship Recipient
It is because of your donation, I will be able to finish a major life
goal and provide a better future for both me and my son.
Jaclyn Toney, Warner
Senior, General Studies
Nowicki Non-Traditional Student Scholarship Recipient
I was truly thrilled to learn of being selected to receive this
scholarship. The monetary aspect certainly helps defray the cost of
school and the honor of receiving such an award is inspiring and
humbling. I also look forward to the experiences I will encounter in
volunteering for my community.
Phillip Murray, Tulsa
Senior, Chemistry
Dr. Tiffany Maher Memorial Scholarship Recipient
Your gift through the NSU Foundation has not only given a monetary
gift but also the gift of time. With this extra time, I can continue to
spend the evenings with my son ensuring to continue supporting his
emotional and developmental growth. To a mother, this gift is priceless
and I cannot relay the depth of my appreciation.
Rochelle Butler, Broken Arrow
Senior, Special Education
Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Recipient
I would like to thank the NSU Music Department for this
scholarship. It is my home and without all the wonderful faculty
that have taught me so much, I would not be where I am today
and for that I am truly thankful.
Michael Sims, Tahlequah
Freshman, Music
NSU Music Scholarship Recipient
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2014 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
FOUNDATION
GIVING LEVELS
The Honor Roll of Donors
identifies significant gifts made
by alumni, faculty, staff, students,
parents, friends, and community
members during the calendar year
2014. We not only celebrate the
gifts you make each year, but also
recognize your cumulative giving.
The contributions you provide have
a profound impact for generations
to come. Thank you all for your
generous support of Northeastern
State University and we appreciate
your name appearing in this very
special list.
*Denotes deceased
Sequoyah Society
$500,000 and Above in
Lifetime Giving
Seminary Society
James* and Sally Armstrong
Jerry and Sue Catron
Armstrong Bank of Muskogee
Century 21 Wright Real Estate
Bob* and Norma Roady
Ruth Arrington*
Charities Foundation
Mary Golda Ross*
AT&T Foundation
Charlie’s Chicken of Muskogee
SBC Foundation
AVB Bank
Broken Arrow Chamber
of Commerce
Ernie and Kay Shannon
Janet Bahr
Cherokee Nation Education
Corporation
William and Stephanie Sick
Tim* and Isabel Baker
Kathyleen Burnett*
Belva Smith*
BancFirst of Muskogee
Cherokee Nation
John Smith*
Bank of America
ConocoPhillips Petroleum
Company
State Farm Companies Foundation
Bank of Cherokee County
Darrell Sullenger
Michael Bartlett
Bertie and Candler Cooper
Elizabeth Timmons*
Harold and Mary Battenfield
Eastern Oklahoma
Development District
Maurice and Clarice Turney
Bausch and Lomb
Lorena Walker*
Tom and Priscilla Been
Waters Charitable Foundation
Ed and Denise Bell
Francis Wheeler*
Jeanette Bernier
L.P.* and Ann Woods
Bob and Sandy Berry
Robert and Carrie Zoellner
Don and Susanne Betz
Young Family Foundation
Mark Bighley
BancFirst of Tahlequah
James Blossom*
Gene and Helen Branscum*
Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic
Center, Inc.
Diane Fitzgerald
Tom and Anne Johnson
Johnson Scholarship Foundation
James Kerr*
Jack Castleberry*
E. Phil and Roberta Kirschner
Foundation
Jesse* and Marilyn Gailey
City of Muskogee Foundation
Mary Kathryn Stewart*
Paul Carter*
Reasor’s
Lucille Ketcher*
Founders of Doctor’s
Hospital Foundation
Wesley and Susie Ard
Ruth Presley*
$100,000 - $499,999 in
Lifetime Giving
Freda Burtner*
John Eddings*
Nix Foundation
Founders Society
Marie Bishop*
BP Foundation, Inc.
Cherokee Nation Industries Inc
Kim and Myron Cherry
Chouteau Telephone Company
Helen Clark Hanan*
Coca-Cola Bottler’s Foundation
Jack and Jane Cochran
Matthew and Teri Cochran
Don and Barbara Coffman
Welch Cole
Mark and Leona Collins
Communities Foundation of
Oklahoma
Crescent Oil Company
James and Sharon Coventon
John Crittenden*
Bob and Joy Cunningham
Love Bottling Company
$10,000 - $99,999 in
Lifetime Giving
Charles Briggs
Donald Maritt*
Action, Inc.
Bright Family Foundation
Masonic Charity Foundation
of Oklahoma
Advance Alarms, Inc.
John Brooks
Jerry and Martha Albin
Philip and Anna Brown
Henry and Jo Ann McCabe
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
William Brown
Descendants of Cherokee
Seminaries Students
Detrick OK Foundation, Inc.
Nell Stapler Bradshaw*
Dal Tile, Inc.
Veraman and Billie Davis
Zoe Davis*
Wesley DeRosier and Heidi Thoden
Eddie and Kendyll Miller
William F. Tolbert*
Gary and Dee Alderson
Gail Burden
Bess Monroe*
American Optometric Association
James and Barbara Burnett
Dewberry Architects, Inc.
Trippet Foundation, Inc.
MOPH Service Foundation, Inc.
Dorman Anderson
John* and Janice Carletti
William Diehl
Gregg Wadley and Betsy Brackett Esther Moss*
Terry and Vanessa Anton
Christa Carlton
Jack Dobbins
Ryker and Tina Young
Nabholz Construction
ARCO Founation, Inc.
Leland Carr
Larry and Linda Dotson
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Dow Chemical Company
Foundation
Lavelle Dugger
Drew and Linda Edmondson
Equitable Foundation
Essilor of America, Inc.
Freddie Lou Etter*
Max and Peggy Eversole*
Exxon Mobil Foundation
Facet Quantek, Inc.
Roger Fain
Charles and Lorene Farris
Charles Faudree*
Clay and Kay Felts*
Mike and Sherry Fine
Fine Airport Parking, Inc.
First National Bank & Trust Co
Lu Ann Fite-Morris
Helen Fleming*
Robin Flint-Ballenger
EK Grigsby
Arno and Linda Lindorfer
Lorraine Gunter*
Justin and Jennifer Lindsey
Larry Ham*
Chet Lombardi*
Jay and Valerie Hannah
LoneOak Ventures, Inc.
Arlan and Janie Hanson
Michael and Dianne Maher
Nadene Harris*
John Marouk
Patrick and Doris Harris
Mike and Carol Martin
Hathaway Farms
Mass Mutual Financial Group
Matthew Henderson
Joe and Jeanette Maxfield
Mary Hill
Leo Mayfield*
Bill and Doris Hinds*
Ella Mazur
Oklahoma Association of
Optometric Physicians
Timothy Snider
ONEOK Foundation, Inc.
Burl and Barbara* Overmon
Southwest Contact Lens
Society, Inc.
Gary and Carol Parker
Southwest Council of Optometry
C.H. Parker
Spaces, Design and
Architecture, Inc.
Virginia Parker
Sodexo Inc and Affiliates
James and Betty Pate
Denise Spears Roddy
Douglas and Alphie Penisten
Spectra Energy Foundation
Walter Pettit
Kenneth and Lois Stern
Player Development Products
Boyd Steveson*
Stilwell Foods
Ed and Dorthene Pointer
Wes Studi
Kenneth Hoar
Mazzio’s Pizza Corporation
Wellon Poe and Kim Hefner Poe
Hobsons, Inc.
Mark Hodson
McAlester Scottish Rite C and E
Foundation
Warren* and Bettye Poteete
Daniel Sullivan
Bruce Hoop
McGee Eye Care Alliance, Inc.
Carl Raczkowski
Janet Sullivan
James and Lynn Howard
Robert and Jeanette McQuitty
David and Robbi Rader
Zelma Lou Summers*
HOYA Optical Laboratories
Frances McSpadden*
H.E. Rainbolt
Delores Sumner
Grace Hudlin*
Anne McWilliams
Donna Ramsdell
Tahlequah Lumber Company
J D Young Company
Meigs Jewelry
Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation
Tahlequah Quarterback Club
Bill and Paula Jones
Mid-America Arts Alliance
Red Man Charitable Trust
Joe Teaff*
John and Lucy Jones*
Miss America Organization
Lanny and Barbara Reed
Robert and Deborah Mitchell
Jack and Lois Reese
Tim Foutch
United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
Anne and Henry Zarrow
Foundation
Moffitt Parker and Company, Inc.
Herald and Linda Ritch
The Vision Care Institute
Dorothy Frie
Keetoowah Casino
Charles Moore
RLI, Inc.
George Tolbert
Gene and Susan Frusher
Kelley Family
G.G. and Lelia Morgan*
Reba Robison*
Totah Communication Co, Inc.
Fuels and Supplies
Kirkpatrick Foundation, Inc.
BJ Mosteller
Richard Ryerson
Tulsa Teachers Credit Union
Frances Gable*
Kiwanis of Tahlequah
Muscogee Creek Nation
Sarkeys Foundation
Steve and Penny Turner
Gannett Foundation, Inc.
Alfred Knight
Todd and Paula Mutzig
Robert Scott
Carrie Underwood
Toni Garner
Stephen Koupe
Suzanne Myers
George and Sally Seibold
Tom Vanderpool
Georgia - Pacific Foundation
Michael and Debbie Landry
Carl and Pitsy Nick
Ken* and Debbie Selby
Marco R Seymour Family
Foundation, Inc.
Vanguard Charitable
Endowment Program
George and Rita Foster
Foundation for Tulsa Schools
Mark and Bonnie Giese
Bill and Linda Langley
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Helen Gilbert*
Virginia LaQuey
Glaceau
Patrick and Patti Lester
Northeastern Health Systems
Peggy Glenn
Dennis and Billie Letts*
Jim and Becky Gore
Ray and Mary Jane Letts
Gena Gray
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.
Greenhaw-Eddings Ford
Debra Lilburn
Greenleaf Nursery
Darryl and Cassandra Linde
Gregory Vann
Orville and Lucille Shapley*
Martin Venneman
O. Glen and Margaret Sizemore
Vision Service Plan
Paul Skeans
Willard Walker*
James Ogletree*
Randy and Patty Skinner
Wal-Mart Foundation
Oklahoma City Community
Foundation
Linda Small
Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
Patsiann Nix Smith
Bob and Terri Webb
Michael and Linda Nowicki
Bill Nowlin
OGE Energy Corp Foundation, Inc.
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2014 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
Jack and Julia Webster
John Brooks
Lucille M. Ketcher*
Philip and Anna Brown
Kenneth and Barbra Weikel
Kathlyeen Burnett*
Tim and Carla Livesay
Gino and Carolyn Uccellini
Gail Burden
Paul Westbrook and Lynn Cyert
Freda James Burtner*
Donald Ernest Maritt*
Lorena Walker*
Lynn and Paula Burris
Lawrence White
Laureita Caldwell*
Dr. June C. May, MD
Lesley and Mary Ann Walls
Bart and Rebecca Byrum
Emerson and Rosemary Capps
C Janice Carletti
Earl and Susie Williams
John* and Janice Carletti
Edward L. McCoy*
Larry and Pam Williams
Larry and Pam Williams
Dr. Paul Carter*
Henry Migliore
John P. Yeutter Williams Companies, Inc.
Jack Castleberry*
Mary Ellen Williamson*
Alan Chapman
Bess Monroe*
Diane Willis
Darrell Wilson Jr.
Doris Winkelman
Craig and Shelley Winters
Richard Womack
WPX Energy, Inc.
Scott and Tommye Wright
Yates Auto Mall
John Yeutter
Daniel Yoder
President’s Circle
$1,000 or More in 2014
A. Michelle Clifton
Esther Sexton Moss*
Glenn and Lisa Coffee
Suzanne Myers
Larry and Jan Adair
John Crittenden*
Rocky Adcock
Zoe Davis*
Lorene Owen*
Alred Glass Company, LLC
Hazel Deem*
Levi and Virginia Parker*
Terry and Vanessa Anton
John* and Mary Jo deSteiguer
James W. Phillips
Apsco, Inc.
John and Darla deSteiguer
Wellon and Kim Hefner Poe
Wesley and Susie Ard
L. Leon Dockery
Ruth Presley*
Arvest Bank
Freddie Lou Etter*
Bill and Norene Rauch
AT&T, Inc.
Leland Carr
Drew Carson and
Lynna Hembree Carson
Steven and Melissa Cartmell
Estate of Jack Castleberry
Jerry and Nancy Catron
Cavallo Bus Lines, Inc.
Century 21 Wright Real Estate
Charlie’s Chicken of Muskogee
Cherokee Nation
Cherokee Nation Education Corp
Cherokee Nation Enterprises
Ben Hollywood Zeigler Scholarship
Foundation
Max and Peggy Eversole*
David A. and Barbara E. Reid
AVB Bank
Clay and Kay Felts*
Bob* and Norma Roady
Janet Bahr
Chuck and Judy Ziehr
Jesse* and Marilyn Gailey
Reba Robison*
Baker’s Furniture
Ann Leinn Gibson
Mary Golda Ross*
BancFirst of Tahlequah
Jim and Becky (Smith) Gore
Linda Small
Clyde and Carol Ann Barkley
Lorraine L. Gunter*
Belva C. Smith*
Harold and Mary Battenfield
Dr. Gene Hall
John Arthur Smith*
Ed and Denise Bell
Mary Kathryn Stewart*
Bob Berry
Donn and Sharon Baker
Nadene Harris*
Rennard Strickland
Brian and Christina Berry
Tim* and Isabel Baker
Matthew O. Henderson
Darrell Sullenger
Debra Bezan
Tim and Diana Baker
Bill and Doris Squyres Hinds*
Dan Sullivan
Mark Bighley
Dennis and Helen Bearpaw
Lucille Hurd Hitson*
Janet Sullivan
BIOS Management Co., LLC
Tom and Prissy Been
Gerald Jones*
Larry Ray Timbrook
Michael Bolding
Ed Bell
John and Lucy Jones*
Elizabeth Timmons*
Shane and Laura Boren
Descendants of Cherokee
Seminaries Students
Marie Bishop*
Ethel F. Kalbitz*
William Frank Tolbert*
Phillip and Shannon Bridgmon
Jack Dobbins
Nell Stapler Bradshaw II*
Jim and Maureen Kerr*
Michael and Lisa Turner
Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce
Larry and Linda Dotson
Guardian Society
Estate Gifts
Ruth Arrington*
Bill John Baker
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Chickasaw Nation
Jack and Jane Cochran
Matthew and Teri Cochran
Glenn and Lisa Coffee
Welch Cole
Mark and Leona Collins
Community Development Group
ConocoPhillips Petroleum Co.
Jerry and Barbra Cook
Thomas and Anne Cottrill
Jerry and Carla Crow
Dano’s Convenience Store, Inc.
Thomas and Leigh Rorschach
Duncan Health Care, Inc.
Dale Jackson
East Side Abstract Company, LLC
Travis Janssen
Nick Oil & Gas, Inc.
Ross Charitable Foundation
Eastern Chapter-Oklahoma Society
of CPAs
Christee Jenlink
Carl and Pitsy Nick
Jennifer Ryal
Johnson Scholarship Foundation
Nix Foundation
Richard Ryerson
Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic
Center, Inc.
Larue and Janet Johnson
Patsi Nix Smith
SAS Construction
Kenneth Jones
NJoy Vision, LLC
Schnake Turnbo Frank, Inc.
Jordan Advertising
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Ernie and Kay Shannon
Howard and Melanie Kelsey
Northeastern Health Systems
J Christopher Shannon
David and Betty Koehn
William and Stephanie Sick
Michael and Debbie Landry
Bill Nowlin
Heath and Charlesa Sims
Bill and Linda Langley
Nuttall Ornithological Club
Virginia LaQuey
Oklahoma Gas and Electric
Site-Students Incorporated For
Textbooks & Equipment Jay and Rhonda LaValley
Richard Ogden
SM Energy Company
Richard and Nancy Sevenoaks
Oklahoma Association of
Optometric Physicians
Timothy Snider
Dean Evans
Evolution Championships, LLC
Roger Fain
Erin Feller
First National Bank & Trust Co.
Mark and Pam Fly
George and Rita Foster
Tim Foutch
Marilyn Gailey
Rodger Lefler
Mike Geiger
David and Patrice Lewerenz
George Kaiser Family Foundation
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.
Georgia - Pacific Foundation, Inc.
Darryl and Cassandra Linde
GH2 Architects, LLC
Arno and Linda Lindorfer
Mark and Bonnie Giese
Justin and Jennifer Lindsey
Peggy Glenn
LoneOak Ventures, Inc.
NextGen UAS Transponders
Smithsonian Institution
Oklahoma City Community
Foundation
Sodexo Incorporated
Oklahoma State University
Denise Spears Roddy, OD PC
ONEOK Foundation, Inc.
Osage Nation Executive Branch
C H Parker
Gary and Carol Parker
Phyllis Sordahl
Spectra Energy Foundation
Angelia St Gemme
Kenneth and Lois Stern
Arthur Goad
Love Bottling Company
Edward and Jodi Gooden
Michael and Dianne Maher
John Pembroke
Jim and Becky Gore
Willa Faye Mason
Douglas and Alphie Penisten
Charles and Pam Gosnell
Wesley Matthews
Joseph Phillips
Gena Gray
June C May, MD
William Pierce
Greater OKC Chamber
of Commerce
Henry and Jo Ann McCabe
Wellon Poe and Kim Hefner-Poe
Timothy and Lonnie McElroy
Bettye Poteete
Gregg Wadley Foundation, Inc.
Errol McKoy
Pregis Intellipack Corporation
David Hall
Meigs Jewelry
Charles and Billie Prigmore
Kenneth and Leigh Ann Hancock
Gregory Meyer
David and Robbi Rader
Bill and Norene Rauch
Ben Hardcastle
Jeff Miller
Jeff and Mitzi Reasor
The Anne and Henry Zarrow
Foundation
Ivan Hembree
Moffitt Parker & Company, Inc.
Reasor’s, LLC
The Austin E Knowlton Foundation
Jim and Lynn Howard
Mortgage Holdings, LLC
Lanny and Barbara Reed
The HQ
Hoya Optical Laboratories
Muscogee Creek Nation
Bob and Connie Reilly
Tobi Thompson
Imagenet Consulting, LLC
City of Muskogee Foundation
Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation
Estate of Elizabeth Timmons
Tanya Ingels
Gary Myers
Colby Roberts
Tinker Industrial Developers
Estate of Mary Kathryn Stewart
Steve and Victoria Strange
Don and Janet Stucky
Darrell Sullenger
Delores Sumner
Tactical Electronics
Tahlequah Lumber Company, Inc.
Larry and Sharon Tarpley
Texarkana Eye Associates
Texas Instruments Foundation
Tom J and Edna Mae
Carson Foundation
Rufus Tom
Totah Communications, Inc.
Trippet Foundation Incorporated
Tulsa Metro Chamber
of Commerce
Tulsa Teachers Credit Union
Steve and Penny Turner
Unmanned Systems Alliance
of Oklahoma
Ray and Joyce Van Nostrand
Pete Vanzant, Jr.
Vince and Theresa Vestal
Visionscience Software, Inc.
Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
James Ward, OD
Washington Regional Medical Center
James and Linda Wasson
Waters Charitable Foundation
Kenneth and Barbra Weikel
Charles and Michelle Welch
Paul Westbrook and Lynn Cyert
Louis White
Nickolas White
Bill and Mary White
Salisa Williams
Diane Willis
Darrell Wilson Jr.
Craig and Shelley Winters
Richard Womack
Scott and Tommye Wright
Todd Wright
John Yeutter
Young Family Foundation
Chuck and Judy Ziehr
Robert and Carrie Zoellner
*Denotes Deceased
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Financials
25000000
20000000
15000000
Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Assets— December 31, 2014 and 2013 (Unaudited)
Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Investments
Accounts Receivable
Accrued Interest Receivable
Prepaid Insurance Expense
Cash Surrender Value-Life Insurance
Due from (to) other funds
Land
Total Assets
Liabilities and Net Assets
Charitable Gift Annuities Payable - Current
Charitable Gift Annuities Payable - Long-Term
Accounts Payable - Current
TOTAL LIABILITIES
NET ASSETS
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
UNRESTRICTED
TEMPORARILY
RESTRICTED
RESTRICTED
TOTALS
2014
TOTALS
2013
CHANGE
$2,366,076
–
–
–
$2,896
$19,952
($510,321)
$112,703
$1,991,306
–
$5,211,366
–
–
–
–
$1,895,917
–
$7,107,284
–
$15,415,162
–
$5,024
–
$43,247
($1,385,596)
$9,000
$14,086,837
$2,366,076
$20,626,529
–
$5,024
$2,896
$63,198
–
$121,703
$23,185,426
$325,202
$19,159,770
–
$13,485
$3,710
$59,612
–
$121,703
$19,683,482
$2,040,874
$1,466,759
–
($8,461)
($814)
$3,586
–
–
$3,501,944
UNRESTRICTED
TEMPORARILY
RESTRICTED
RESTRICTED
TOTALS
2014
TOTALS
2013
CHANGE
–
–
–
–
$1,991,306
$1,991,306
$10,830
$6,921
$4,433
$22,184
$7,085,099
$7,107,284
–
–
–
–
$14,086,837
$14,086,837
$10,830
$6,921
$4,433
$22,184
$23,163,242
$23,185,426
$11,680
$9,301
$135
$21,116
$19,662,366
$19,683,482
($850)
($2,380)
$4,298
$1,068
$3,500,876
$3,501,944
Total Increases in Net Assets
Total Decreases in Net Assets
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
Transfers
Unrealized Gain (Loss) in Market Value
Change in Net Assets
Net Assets, Beginning of Year
Net Assets, End of Year
TEMPORARILY
RESTRICTED
$1,626,593
$872,033
$754,559
($784,650)
$41,609
$11,519
$1,979,787
$1,991,306
$2,643,123
$1,455,937
$1,187,185
($76,329)
$339,192
$1,450,048
$5,635,051
$7,085,099
RESTRICTED
$1,177,903
$423
$1,177,480
$861,829
–
$2,039,309
$12,047,528
$14,086,837
10000000
1000
5000000
800
0
600
Statement of Activity for the Year Ended— December 31, 2014 and 2013 (Unaudited)
UNRESTRICTED
10000000
25000000
5000000
20000000
0
15000000
TOTALS
2014
TOTALS
2013
CHANGE
$5,447,619
$2,328,394
$3,119,225
$850
$380,801
$3,500,876
$19,662,366
$23,163,242
$2,972,510
$2,207,555
$764,955
–
$2,168,222
$2,933,177
$16,729,189
$19,662,366
$2,475,109
$120,839
$2,354,270
$850
($1,787,421)
$567,699
$2,933,177
$3,500,876
400
1000
200
800
0
600
800000
400
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Endowments
Endowment descriptions are available on our website, www.nsugiving.com under Endowments & Funds.
Larry Adair Leadership Scholarship
Larry Adair Lectureship Series in
Government & Public Policy
Nell Stapler Bradshaw II Memorial
Scholarship
Gene & Helen Branscum Scholarship
Adanedi Scholarship
Bricks & Windows Scholarship Fund
AFVA Family Scholarship
Marjory Hensley Bright Scholarship
American Indian Merit Award
Scholarship
Broken Arrow Chamber of
Commerce Scholarship
George K. Antoine Scholarship
Dr. Sara Brown Scholarship
Fannie Baker Memorial Scholarship
Buffington/Shannon/Caris
Scholarship
Buck Ballard Memorial Scholarship
Louise Covey Ballard
Memorial Scholarship
William H. Ballard Memorial
Scholarship
Dr. Harold Battenfield and Dr. John
Carletti Entrepreneur Lectureship
Series
Mary & Harold Battenfield
Scholarship Endowment
MSG Michael Beck Superior
Cadet Award
Ed & Denise Bell Scholarship
Dr. Richard B. Bullock Scholarship
Jerri Chandler Burrows Memorial
Scholarship
Vernon & Mary Helen Burrows
Freda James Burtner PLC
Endowment
Campus Bench Endowment
Lela Canada Scholarship
John & Janice Carletti Endowment
Christa Carlton Scholarship
Dr. Ron Carter Memorial Scholarship
Corn/Stern Family Endowment
Drew Edmondson Debate Scholarship
Crafton & Leoser Families Scholarship
for Non-Traditional Students
Embrace the Vision Scholarship
Endowment
John & Marguerite Crittenden
Bob Cunningham Memorial
Scholarship
Faye Cunningham Memorial
Scholarship
Lynn A. Cyert Award for Excellence
in Pediatric Optometry
Dr. Lynn Cyert Women in
Optometry Scholarship
Alice Davis Memorial Scholarship
Zoe Davis Memorial Scholarship
Deem/Smith/deSteiguer Endowment
Descendants of Cherokee Seminaries
Students Scholarship
Dewberry Faculty Award
Martha Poynor Dickerson Alpha
Sigma Alpha Sorority Endowed
Scholarship
Wesley “Dub” Berry Memorial
Scholarship
Castleberry Family Scholarship
Zula Belle Dobbins Memorial
Scholarship
Donald & Mari Betz Global
Citizen Scholarship
Bryan “Jake” Chanate Memorial
American Indian Scholarship
L. L. Dockrey Endowed Scholarship
Fred Dupy Scholarship
Dr. Debra Bezan Geriatric
Optometry Scholarship
Elise Manus Chance Memorial
Scholarship
Marie Bishop Early Childhood/
Elementary Education Scholarship
Circle of Excellence Awards
Endowment
John C. and Hazel P. Eddings
Endowed Chair in the College of
Education
James H. & Norma R. Blossom
James & Susie Coats Memorial
Scholarship
Dr. Kirk Boatright Endowed
Professorship in Optometry
Jack & Jane Cochran Scholarship
Susan E. Brackett Endowed Chair
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Bertie Craig Cooper Scholarship
Scholarship for the President’s
Leadership Class
Scholarship for the College of
Education
Dr. Everett Grigsby Memorial
Scholarship
John H. Grubbs II Memorial Fund
Freddie Lou Etter Library Endowment
Lorraine L. Gunter Scholarship
Eversole Family Fund for Media Studies
Dr. Warren Gwartney Memorial
Scholarship
Mary Elizabeth Crittenden Fain & I. A.
Fain Endowed Book Scholarship
Jacob Farinelli/Joe Davis Memorial
Scholarship
Merle & Lucille Gilbert Farnsworth
Kay Felts Memorial Scholarship
Elvin W. Fenton, OD Scholarship
Mike Fine Scholarship
Charles Lafayette Ford Memorial
Scholarship
Dorothy Frie Scholarship
Dorothy G. Frie Health & Kinesiology
Scholarship
Jesse & Marilyn Gailey Endowed
Professorship
Toni Garner College of Business &
Technology Endowment
Debbie (Wing) Garrett Memorial
Scholarship
Phyllis Garroutte Memorial
Scholarship
General Endowment
General Scholarship Endowment
Green Country Funeral Home
Scholarship
Jess & Gladys Grider Memorial
Scholarship
Larry Ham Endowment
Dr. Daniel Hansen Memorial Scholarship
Ella Sexton Harmon & Grover
Harmon Memorial Scholarship
Martha Harrington Memorial
Nursing Scholarship
Dr. Nadene Harris Memorial
Scholarship
Frank Haven Memorial Scholarship
Ruth Ann Hembree Memorial
Scholarship
Norman & Mary John Hill
Scholarship
Roy & Cherrie McSpadden Hinds
Lucille Hurd Hitson Memorial
Scholarship
George M. Hopkins Memorial
Scholarship
James K. Howard Endowment
Hoya Vision Care Wilma Mankiller
Scholarship
International Program Endowment
Tom W. Johnson Memorial
Scholarship
Jones/Mershon Property Endowment
Jordan Twins Scholarship
Kalbitz Endowment
Kansas Children’s Project Scholarship
Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma Band
Fund
Jack Kaufman Memorial Scholarships
Phil Kirschner Memorial Scholarship
Kiwanis Club of Tahlequah
Scholarship
Kelly Koupe Memorial Scholarship
Marjory Griffin Leake Memorial
Scholarship
Belva Lester Scholarship
James L. Lester Sr. & James L. Lester Jr.
Tom & Joe Lester Scholarship
Henry & Joann McCabe NSUOCO
International Mission Scholarship
Dr. Edwin & Dorthene Pointer
Endowed Pre-med Scholarship
Reba Starr Robison Stilwell HS
Scholarship
Hazel McClure Vann Memorial
Scholarship
Ray T. McSpadden Memorial
Endowment
President’s Leadership Class
Endowment
Deborah Stauss Memorial Scholarship
Wadley Center Maintenance
Endowment
Charles A. & E. Anne McWilliams
Scholarship
Rex O. Presley Memorial Scholarship
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Service Foundation Scholarship
Captain Terry Rains Memorial
Scholarship
Doris Ione Mills Stauss Memorial
Scholarship
Aaron K. Stern Memorial Scholarship
Kenny Ramsdell Memorial Fund
Mary Kathryn and Eva Harriett
Stewart PLC Endowment
Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation Music
Scholarship
Marilyn Stinson Memorial
Scholarship
Reading Clinic/Wadley Center Fund
Leonard & Claudia Moore Family
Alumni Scholarship
Mary Stratton Optometry Scholarship
Larry Reasor Memorial Scholarship
Debbie Hicks Morgan PLC
Scholarship
Clare M. Stroup & Thomas E. Stroup
Endowed Music Scholarship
Lena Seitz Robertson Lectureship
Model the Way Awards Endowment
W. Gene Moffitt Memorial
Accounting Scholarship
DeLoyd Reed Memorial Scholarship
Darrell & Sandra Sullenger
Scholarship
John A. Morris Memorial Scholarship
John Ross Endowed Scholarship
Mary Jane Craig Letts & Ray Don
Letts Scholarship
Charlie Murchison Memorial
Scholarship
Kristy Leann Seachris Memorial
Scholarship
Janet Sullivan Scholarship
Light The Way Fund
Music Scholarships Endowment
Dr. Alison Lindorfer Memorial
Optometric Scholarship
Carl and Loretta Nick Scholarship
Endowment
W.C. & Mollie Sexton Memorial
Scholarship
Lou Summers Endowed Vocal Music
Scholarship
Greg Shaw Endowment
Survivors 2 Scholars Scholarship
Dr. Justin & Jennifer Lindsey
Endowed Meeting & Convention
Management Award Dr. George Nolan Pre-med
Scholarship
Sigma Sigma Sigma Jeanne Johnson
Service Scholarship
Mike Synar Center Endowment
Michael & Linda Nowicki Endowed
Scholarship for Non-Traditional
Students
SINCO Scholarship Endowment
Stacy Michelle Taylor Memorial
Scholarship
Oral G. Sizemore Scholarship
Teacher Education Scholarship
NSU Alumni Association Legacy
Scholarship
Don & Fran Smith Scholarship
Bob Thomason Memorial Scholarship
LaFerne Smith Memorial Scholarship
Evelyn R. Woods Thomson
Memorial Stipend
Dennis & Billie Letts Scholarship
Dr. Justin and Jennifer Lindsey
Endowed Optometry Practice
Management Award
Dr. Valgene Littlefield Debate
Scholarship
Dr. Betty Ritch Lombardi Memorial
Scholarship
Dr. Tiffany Maher Memorial
Scholarship
Kristi Malenski Leadership Tahlequah
Scholarship
Donald Ernest Maritt Merit
Scholarship
Dr. John Marouk Endowed Fund
Charlene Mason Memorial
Scholarship
Masonic Leadership Endowment
James D. Ogletree Scholarship
Optometry General Scholarship
Endowment
Burl & Barbara Overmon Scholarship
David Pan Endowment
Thelma Parker NSU/Oklahoma
Music Hall of Fame Scholarship
Dr. John Pembroke Practice
Management Award
Pioneers in Optometry General
Endowment
Wellon B. & Verna Dean Poe/ Betty
Lackey Hefner Scholarship
Mary Tennessee Lynn Smith
Shawntel Smith Scholarship
Dan Sullivan Scholarship
Allen and Elizabeth Timmons
Endowed Scholarship for Education
Wadley Family Endowment for
Athletics
Lorena F. Walker Memorial
Scholarship
George Wallace Memorial Scholarship
Dr. L. E. Wallen Memorial
Scholarship
Wal-Mart Supply Chain Management
(Logistics Emphasis) Endowed
Scholarship
Nancy Ward Scholarship
Dr. William J. “Bill” Ward
Dr. Feron G. Waters Library
Endowment
Francis Wheeler Athletic Support
Scholarship Endowment
Dr. Dorothy Willey Memorial
Scholarship
Dr. Al Williams Scholarship
Dr. Larry & Pam Williams Endowed
PLC Scholarship
Diane Willis Endowment
Winters Family Scholarship for
Students with Physical Disabilities
Darrell Wilson, Sr. Memorial
Scholarship
Dr. Stephen Smith Scholarship
William Frank Tolbert Endowed
Chair for Business
Society of Physics Students
Scholarship
William Frank Tolbert Memorial
Scholarship
Southwest Contact Lens Society
Scholarship
Calvin Turnbow Scholarship
Southwestern Bell Endowed
Lectureship for the Performing Arts
Maurice & Clarice Turney Scholarship
Dr. L. P. Woods Endowed
Lectureship in Mathematics
University Services Scholarship
L. P. Woods Endowed Scholarship
Denise Spears Roddy Award for
Leadership
Dr. Hank Van Veen Award for
Outstanding Clinician
Ben Hollywood Ziegler Memorial
Scholarship
Reba Starr Robison Keys HS
Scholarship
Harry T. & Nancy A. Vanhooser
Dr. William M. Wilson Family Merit
Scholarship
Joy Blakemore Wiseley Memorial
Scholarship
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Annually Funded Scholarships & Programs
Scholarships
Georgia-Pacific Foundation Scholarship
David Gordon Memorial Fund
AAUW Scholarship
Green Country Funeral Home Scholarship
Darren & Eric Alexander Scholarship
Dr. Robert Greubel Memorial Scholarship
Helen L. Alred Memorial Scholarship
Ken and Leigh Ann Hancock Scholarship
Adopt-A-Player Scholarships
Frank Haven Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Sally Armstrong Scholarship
Health Science Scholarship
Dr. Janet Bahr Scholarship
Margret Blan Memorial Scholarship
Dr. William “Pipes” Heck
Broken Arrow Community Scholarship
Psychology & Counseling
Book Scholarship
Dr. Brian Rader Memorial Scholarship
PROGRAMS
RISE Scholarships
Athletics
Herb Rozell Scholar Program
Adopt-A-Player Program
SNAG Scholarship
Athletics (general)
Scottish Rite/Rite Care Clinic Scholarship
Baseball
Preston Smith Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Dan DeLoache Field Fund
Mary Stratton Optometry Award
Football
Ray Heinicke Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Rennard Strickland Scholarship
Hall of Honor
Bertie Carter Memorial Scholarship
Matthew O. Henderson Scholarship
Tau Kappa Epsilon Apollo Scholarship
Men’s Basketball
Cherokee Promise Plus Scholarship
Wiley Charles Hickey
Trail of Tears Remembrance
Association Scholarship
Men’s Golf
Kenneth Hoar Scholarship
Robert S. & Helen Grey Trippet
Foundation Scholarship
Multipurpose Event Center
Kim Cherry Housing Scholarship
College of Education
General Scholarship Fund
College of Liberal Arts
College of Science & Health Professions
Johnson Scholarship
Barbara Fern Jones & Delpha Mae Moore
Memorial Scholarship for Nursing
Dr. Tim Jones Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Steve & Penny Turner Scholarship
William M. Ulrich Scholarship
Dr. Jim Walker Memorial Fund
Waters Health Scholarship
Men’s Soccer
NCAA Basketball Hall of Fame
Softball
Spirit Staff
Women’s Basketball
Women’s Golf
Dr. Randall Cox & Friends Scholarship
Deborah Joseph Memorial Scholarship
Don “Chief ” Crittenden
Lewis B. Ketchum Memorial Scholarship
Lambda Chi Alpha Scholarship
Dr. Roger West Scholarship
Women’s Tennis
Callie Davis & Kenneth E. Jones Sr.
Scholarship for Elementary Education
Licensing Scholarship
Jerry White Memorial Scholarship
Light The Way Scholarships
Lawrence White Family
College of Business
& Technology
The Doors Scholarship
Phillip Driskill Scholarship
Charles Faudree Scholarship
Finance Alumni Scholarship
Mary Lou Chastain Floyd
Miss NSU Pageant Scholarships
Lois Nichols Memorial Scholarship
Trapper Harmon White &
George Harmon White Sr.
Oklahoma Treatment Services Scholarship
William E. (Bill) White Scholarship
Overcoming Adversity Scholarship
Joy Blakemore Wiseley
NSU-Muskogee Scholarships
Foundation for Tulsa Schools Scholarship
Warren D. Poteete Memorial Scholarship
Kris Frye Memorial Scholarship
President’s Leadership Class Scholarships
Toni Garner/Delta Zeta Scholarship
PIKE Alumni Association Scholarship
General Scholarships
Betty Price Scholarship
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James W. Watkins & Irene Morgan-Watkins
Anne & Henry Zarrow
Women’s Soccer
College of Business &
Technology (general)
Accounting & Finance
Environmental, Health, & Safety Program
Hospitality & Tourism Management
Info Systems & Technology
Info Systems & Technology-Broken Arrow
Management
VITA Program-Broken Arrow
College of Education
College of Education (General)
College of Education-Broken Arrow
Bagley Alumni Fund
Curriculum & Instruction
Early Childhood
EFL: Teaching & School Administration
Edubots (Education Robotics)
Elementary Education
Full Intern Award
Dr. Kay Grant Retirement Fund
Health & Kinesiology
International Activity Fund
Psychology & Counseling
Psychology Student Research
Reading
Reading-Broken Arrow
Resource Room
Special Education
Student Council for Exceptional Children
Wadley Center Book Fund
Capitola “Cappi” Wadley Reading
& Technology Center
Galaxy of Stars
Biology
Graduate College
Geography
Chemistry
Great Expectations
Humanities
Computer Science
Green & White Room Renovation
Jazz Studies
Environmental Science
Haskell Hall Renovations
Landforms Geography Field Trips
Family & Consumer Sciences
Honors Program
Language & Literature
Geology Field Trips
Housing/Residential Life
Language & Literature-Broken Arrow
Math
Human Resources Training
Media Studies
Natural Sciences
Indigenous Leadership Center
Music
Nursing Faculty Development
Jack Dobbins Court
Opera/Theatre Workshop
Occupational Therapy Lab
James Kimbrough Living Garden
Piano
Occupational Therapy Program
Library Beautification
Political Science
Science Building
Sarah Brick Archer Library Memorial Fund
River City Players
Speech Language Pathology
Library-Broken Arrow
Social Work
Other
Clarence G. Oliver Plaza
Social Sciences
Spanish
Administration Building First Floor
Women’s Bathroom
Summer Camps
Alumni Association
President’s Leadership Class Activity Fund
Carrie Underwood Downtown Country
American Indian Alumni Association
President’s Ambassador Network
Dr. Sharon Winn Memorial Fund
Society of American Indian Professionals
President’s Discretionary Fund
Writing Center-Broken Arrow
Archives
President’s Professional Development
Auxiliary Services
Redmen Heritage Wall
BancFirst Centennial Fund
RiverHawk Food Pantry
The Big Event
Senior Class Gift
Bob Berry Beautification Fund
Staff Council
Broken Arrow Campus
Student Affairs
Business Affairs-Broken Arrow
Student Affairs-Broken Arrow
Campus Beautification
Student Affairs-Health/Wellness
Campus Police
Student Affairs-Leadership/Service
Career Services
Student Catastrophic Event
CASE Building
Student Financial Services
Center for Teaching & Learning
Student Financial Services-Broken Arrow
Communications & Marketing
Mike Synar Technology Center
NSU Oklahoma College
of Optometry
NSUOCO (General)
College of Liberal Arts
Clinical Equipment Planned Replacement
College of Liberal Arts (General)
Design & Planning Fund
Advertising Club
Embrace the Vision General Fund
Army ROTC Cadet Fund
George Foster Legacy Fund
Art
Low Vision Room
Band
Tahlequah Campus Specialty Care Clinic
Cherokee Language
Lesley L. Walls Vision Center at NSUBA
Choral
College of Science
& Health Professions
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice-Broken Arrow
Debate
Drama
Maintenance-Broken Arrow
College of Science &
Health Professions (General)
Physical Plant Maintenance
Continuing Education
Symposium on the American Indian
Delta Leadership Program-Broken Arrow
University Center-Equipment/Renovations
Enrollment Management-Broken Arrow
Video Technology Services
FlintCo Fund
Winters PLC Program Fund
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Memorial benches
Rest a while, read a book, talk to a friend. Creating a more user-friendly, comfortable environment is the inspiration behind the Northeastern State University Foundation’s
Memorial Bench Program.
The goal is to place handsome practical park benches that compliment the campus landscaping and traffic patterns, and offer visitors, as well as students, faculty, and staff,
the opportunity to relax and enjoy the beauty that surrounds them.
History and tradition are the hallmarks of the Tahlequah Campus, founded on the site of the Cherokee National Female Seminary. The addition of benches throughout
campus enhances the historical appeal of Oklahoma’s oldest state university and provides a lasting legacy for generations of NSU students.
Through the generosity of friends and alumni of NSU, the first benches, made possible through the Memorial Bench Program, were placed on campus during the spring of
2002. Each bench includes a copper nameplate honoring the donor or the individual in whose memory the bench is endowed.
Many friends of the University have already committed to endow benches, and others are considering benches for memorials and honorary gifts. To endow a bench requires
a tax-deductible contribution of only $1,500. For more information, contact the NSU Foundation.
A Gift from Alpha Sigma Alpha
A Gift from Lyle and Annette Haskins
In Memory of Dr. Jim Schooley
In Memory of Sarah Brick Archer
A Gift from Steven Daniel Jacobs
In Memory of Lloyd and Lillian Slagle
In Honor of Dr. Isabel Baker
In Memory of Koby & Claudia Jones
A Gift from Sigma Sigma Sigma
A Gift to Mary Battenfield from
Her Loving Husband
In Memory of Neal O. Jones
In Memory of Luceal Stanford
A Gift from President Don & Susanne Betz
In Memory of Oliver W. and
Cathryn B. Jones
Honoring the Strong Women of our
Past and Future
A Gift from The Burris Family
In Memory of Charles F. King
In Honor of Dean Ron Cambiano
Dr. Irwin D. and Susan Agnew Loeser
Descendants
To Commemorate the Investiture of
Dr. Steve Turner
A Gift from Roy and Mary Cartwright
In Memory of Inez Turney
A Gift From Leo C. Mayfield
In Memory of George W. Underwood
In Memory of Ken “Kinky” McDaris
Dedicated to James P. Walker, Ph.D.
A Gift from Delta Zeta Sorority
A Gift from Jeanette N. McQuitty
In Memory of Francis E. Wheeler
In Memory of Don Easterling
Dr. Robert A. McQuitty
In Memory of Dr. Ted Fisher
Dedicated to Instrumental and
Vocal Music Students 1962-67
A Gift from President and
Mrs. Larry Williams
In Loving Memory of
Patrick “Wookie” Davis
In Memory of Laura Fruge
In Memory of Stan Fulson, O.D.
In Honor of Floyd Norris
In Memory of Dr. Robert Greubel
A Gift from President Leadership
Class Alumni
In Memory of Dr. Dan Hansen
A Gift from Robert R. Roady
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In Memory of Herb Bynum Willis
A Gift from Ann Daniel Woods and
L.P. Woods, Jr.
In honor of all those that help support this
great university
Ways to give
The NSU Foundation helps fulfill NSU’s mission to empower students, faculty, staff and the community to reach
their full intellectual and human potential by creating and expanding a culture of learning, discovery and diversity.
Gifts of Cash
Cash is the most common form of gift that comes
to the NSU Foundation. Your gift of cash, like
other gifts, can be directed to any fund, specific
scholarship, or program, which are listed on pages
26-29.
Gifts of Securities or Real Property
Contributions of stock or real estate with
appreciated value are another way to lend support.
When the NSU Foundation acquires your gift of
appreciated stock or property, you receive a tax
deduction equal to its fair market value and avoid
costly capital gains tax on the increase in value.
Gifts-in-Kind
Your donations of software, licenses, services,
vendor products, art, books, and other property
also support the mission and programs of NSU.
These gifts-in-kind allow us to use our resources
for other needs while you get a credit for your
support. Contact us for guidelines and acceptance
policy regarding gifts-in-kind.
Charitable Gift Annuities
A deferred gift, such as a charitable gift annuity,
is a great way to make a significant contribution.
In exchange for your gift of cash or property, the
NSU Foundation guarantees you a lifetime of
income.
Charitable Remainder Trust
Your charitable remainder trust can be funded
during your lifetime or through a testamentary
disposition. Each provides life income for
designated beneficiaries, which can include you.
Life Insurance
Naming the NSU Foundation as the owner and
beneficiary of your life insurance policy is also
an option, especially when your policy has a face
amount that is much greater than the amount
you can afford to give in cash. This ensures that
future premium payments made by you are taxdeductible. Pay the entire policy, or make annual
contributions to the NSU Foundation for the cost
of premiums.
Wills and Trusts
The NSU Foundation can also be named as
beneficiary in the wills and trusts of Northeastern
alumni and friends. You can elect to leave all or part
of an estate to benefit the university.
The NSU Foundation Guardian Society honors
individuals with outstanding discernment—a
special group of visionaries who look beyond
the present to the future of our university. This
includes friends of Northeastern who are heroes to
the students whose lives are changed through their
generosity.
By naming the NSU Foundation in their wills or
trusts these individuals have designated all or a
portion of their estate to be used for endowment
or other special purposes. Honorees also include
those who have arranged a charitable gift annuity
with the NSU Foundation. These philanthropic
donors are sharing their assets with NSU, while
maintaining an economic stream for their lifetime.
Other members have made the NSU Foundation
a beneficiary of their life insurance or retirement
plan accounts. These donors invest in the future
of Northeastern, and in doing so, reaffirm their
commitment to permanence.
Leave a Lasting Legacy with an
Endowment
When you establish an endowment with the NSU
Foundation, you:
»»Enable Perpetual Support
Your gift toward an endowed fund creates
never-ending support for students, faculty, and
programs.
»»Ensure a Strong Future
Your endowment is an investment in the future
of Northeastern State University. As it grows,
the university gains additional support.
»»Enact a Lasting Legacy
Your endowed fund is a wonderful way to pay
tribute to a family member, loved one, classmate,
or professor. Created in perpetuity, your
endowment has a long lasting legacy associated
with NSU. Endowed funds are reminders of
the great support provided by those who came
before.
Be sure to consult with a qualified professional
before you draft your will or trust, and review it
often. Sample language is available for any of the
bequests listed above. For additional information
on donations, wills, bequests, gift acceptance
policy, or planned giving in general, please
contact the NSU Foundation at 918-458-2143.
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