TWC ARCHES Summer 2014

The Magazine of Tennessee Wesleyan College 

Honoring 

a Legacy 

TWC grants Honorary Doctorate 

to Burkett Witt 

Spring Commencement 

Giving Back 

Summer 2014 

Faculty, Staff & Student Achievements

Strategic Academic Initiatives 

A message from the President 

Dear Alumni and Friends, 

With much enthusiasm, I am pleased to announce the launching of 

TWC’s second master’s degree program in this issue of ARCHES. This 

fall, pending approval from the Southern Association of Colleges and 

Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), Tennessee Wesleyan will 

launch a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in management. 

I am proud of the work of our Business Administration faculty and 

staff who have gone above and beyond to design an academically 

challenging and competitive program. 

I am truly thrilled by the innovation and dedication of all of our 

faculty and staff who have worked collaboratively to design and 

develop exciting new undergraduate and graduate curricula. Under 

the leadership of Dr. Suzanne Hine, vice president for academic 

affairs, there have been several new academic initiatives that have 

been successfully launched, including the following: 

• Master of Science in Curriculum Leadership: Summer 2012 

• Online RN-BSN program for nursing: Summer 2012 

• The addition of a new minor in human services 

• An emphasis in interdisciplinary gender studies 

• A minor and emphasis in legal studies 

• A new forensics emphasis within criminal justice and natural sciences departments 

• A new fine arts major 

There are many other exciting academic initiatives on the horizon at TWC. These include the launch of a new 

undergraduate communication major and our third graduate program with a Master of Science in Criminal Justice 

Administration with a projected launch in the fall of 2015. The college is also conducting a feasibility study to explore 

the possibility of launching an advanced degree program in Physician Assistant Studies. 

These are exciting times for Tennessee Wesleyan. With your ongoing partnership and faithful support, your college 

will continue to thrive and grow as we prepare students to become positive global leaders. 

Sincerely, 

Harley G. Knowles, Ed.D. 

President


ARCHES 

Volume 14 | No. 1 | Summer 2014 

4 | Honoring a Legacy 

TWC grants Honorary Doctorate to Burkett Witt 

10 | Kilbride donates riverfront preserve 

to Tennessee Wesleyan College 

Bill Kilbride ’72 donates 91+ acres of Dayton, Tenn., 

environmental nature preserve to Tennessee Wesleyan 

12 | TWC’s Chorale tour Europe 

Dr. Nathan Windt extends an appreciative thank you to 

those who supported the Chorale’s summer European Tour 

14 | International Day held at TWC 

Tennessee Wesleyan hosts inaugural International Day to 

celebrate cultural diversity on campus 

16 | Honoring Your Gifts 

TWC celebrates donors at annual scholarship luncheon 

17 | Environmental Stewardship 

8 | Spring Commencement 

Tennessee Wesleyan College graduates 197 

students at 157th Spring Commencement 

Tennessee Wesleyan honored with 2013 Tree Campus 

USA recognition 

22 | Giving Back 

TWC students provide healthscare, community 

service on spring break mission trip to Costa Rica 

Tennessee Wesleyan College adheres to the principles of equal education, employment 

opportunity, and participation in collegiate activities without regard to race, color, religion, 

national origin, sex, age, marital or family status, disability, or sexual orientation. This policy 

extends to all programs and activities supported by the college. 

Tennessee Wesleyan College is a comprehensive, private 

liberal arts institution affiliated with the Holston Conference 

of the United Methodist Church.

Honoring Burkett Witt 

At a special dinner celebration on Tuesday, April 29, Tennessee Wesleyan College celebrated the college’s granting of an Honorary 

Doctorate of Public Service to longtime friend of the college Burkett Witt. Witt’s Honorary Doctorate was then granted at the 

college’s Commencement service the following Saturday on May 3. 

With laughter and tears, more than 200 people filled the room to capacity in TWC’s Sherman Dining Hall for Tuesday’s dinner celebration. 

The celebration included a State of Tennessee proclamation from the Tennessee State Legislature honoring Burkett by Sen. Mike Bell 

and Rep. John Forgety. This was followed by a joint proclamation by McMinn County Mayor John Gentry and Athens Mayor Hal Buttram 

who noted that Burkett’s name and picture adorn the city council room to remind them how business should be done. 

Witt’s public service includes a rich history with Tennessee Wesleyan and the Athens 

community overall. Witt started his relationship with Tennessee Wesleyan students 

in 1949 when he ran Bo and Pete’s Southern Soda Shop, affectionately called 

the “Slop Shop” by the students. In 1956, he began his 16-year career on 

TWC’s campus serving students and being a trusted confidant for the 

generations of students who would go on to be leaders in the Athens 

community and beyond. 

Following his career at the college, Witt continued his service to the region 

and went on to serve as the Mayor of Athens. Witt’s term as Mayor made 

him the first black Mayor in Tennessee., and his 30 plus years elected to 

city council were a large part of the public service that has earned him a 

TWC Honorary Doctorate of Public Service. 

Photo Credit: 

The Daily-Post Athenian

During the week’s festivities celebrating Witt’s legacy and 

accomplishments, speeches were given by many of Witt’s friends 

who detailed their deep appreciation to Witt’s service to the 

community, and his lasting friendship to his beloved friends. 

Among those speakers were Witt’s friends Dr. Clyde Kyle ’57, 

Barbara Pickel Deal ’57, Paul Watkins ’54, Dr. Dick Pelley ’69, 

Dwain Ealy ’61 and Basil Turbyfill. Witt’s great-grandson and new 

TWC graduate Joshua Bragg shared his feelings on the legacy that 

Witt has provided him. 

“I am honored to stand as the first recipient of the Burkett and 

Mildred Witt Endowed Scholarship but more importantly as the 

oldest great-grandson of Burkett L. Witt,” said Bragg. “Papaw 

Burkett has been my friend, my role model, my supporter, my 

wallet, and he has been here every step of the way. I am more 

than honored to share my graduation day with him as he receives 

this monumental recognition.” 

“A work of art is unique, it is a ‘one-of-a-kind’ in the world, not 

another like it anywhere, judged through the ages and engaging 

us each time we come in contact with it,” said Watkins. 

“Burkett is unique, a one of a kind in our world, not another 

like him anywhere. He engages us each time we see and talk to 

him. Each time, he tells us something we didn’t know or didn’t 

remember about ourselves and others. He is truly a masterpiece.” 

Alumni and friends of Witt are invited to make a gift to the college 

to honor him through the naming of a room in the new TWC 

Campus Center. 

All gifts received in Witt’s honor will be used to create a fitting 

display that celebrates his legacy at Tennessee Wesleyan 

for generations to come. Honor gifts may be sent to TWC 

Advancement, 204 E. College St., Athens, TN 37303. To see more 

photos go to the college’s Facebook page. A 

Also speaking at Tuesday’s dinner celebration, Witt’s longtime 

friend and TWC Alumnus Watkins shared his belief that Witt is a 

legend and in many ways a “work of art.” 

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197 students graduate at 157th 

Spring Commencement 

Everyone has the power to positively change someone else’s 

life said Tennessee Wesleyan College Commencement 

Keynote Speaker Bill Kilbride at the college’s 157th Commencement. 

Following your passions and using your abilities to positively change 

other people’s lives were the key messages shared by Kilbride, the 

former president of Mohawk Home and chief sustainability officer 

of Mohawk Industries. He also conveyed to the new graduates how 

being an alum of Tennessee Wesleyan can impact their lives. 

“This college invested in my future,” said Kilbride, now the 

president-elect for the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce. 

“It wasn’t just about getting me through graduation, it was about 

the rest of my life and my gratitude to TWC will be for the rest of 

my life.” 

TWC’s celebration of its 157th Commencement spanned three days 

and three events. The festivities started with a Thursday evening 

Nurse Pinning Ceremony, followed by Friday’s Baccalaureate service 

and Saturday’s Commencement. With 197 students graduating, this 

year’s Commencement celebration was the highlight of the 2013- 

2014 academic year. 

Receiving their pins at a Thursday evening service at Cokesbury 

United Methodist Church in Knoxville, Tenn., 65 nursing students 

graduating with their Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Tennessee 

Wesleyan’s Fort Sanders Nursing Department were cheered on by 

proud family members and friends. 

“Tennessee Wesleyan has a reputation of being the best and most 

experience-based nursing program in the region,” said Shannon 

Nelson, the TWC nursing class president who gave the student 

address at the ceremony. “Over the past three years of studies and 

clinicals, I have realized that being a graduate of TWC and having 

that TWC pin carries a lot more weight than I ever imagined.” 

“Everyone has the power 

to positively change 

someone else’s life.” 

-Bill Kilbride 

Following the Nurse Pinning Ceremony, all 197 new graduates 

gathered together in Athens, Tenn., at Friday’s Baccalaureate 

service in TWC’s Townsend Auditorium to enjoy fellowship and 

words of assurance and affirmation from special guest speakers. 

The Reverend Dr. Stella Roberts shared a sermon with the students, 

their family and friends, and the TWC faculty and staff who were 

in attendance. 

Saturday’s 157th Commencement was held in Athens, Tenn., on 

the college’s Wesley Commons Lawn and was a celebration of the 

academic achievements of its 2014 graduates. In 

addition to Bill Kilbride’s keynote address, Sydney 

Varajon, a new 2014 Summa Cum Laude TWC 

graduate, also gave a student address. 

“Tennessee Wesleyan is a place where stories are 

interwoven, where lives intersect,” said Varajon. 

“Rather than an institution where people have 

numbers and not names, Wesleyan is a community 

that emphasizes qualitative instead of mere 

quantitative existence. Professors and peers alike 

encourage us to ask questions, to explore ideas, and 

to grow into ourselves. 

TWC’s 2014 Spring Commencement Keynote 

Speaker Bill Kilbride shared his words of wisdom 

and motivation with TWC’s new graduates. 

“At Wesleyan we have not been taught what to 

think, but how to think, not what to see, but how to 

see. There exists a remarkable bond between TWC 

faculty, staff, and students. As we leave this campus, 

it is my hope that we will go boldly, but gently. We go 

into the world now with a rich Wesleyan heritage, 

a tradition of light and truth. More importantly, we 

have a legacy of love and as heirs of such, we have 

the responsibility to share it.” A 

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This year’s Spring Commencement 

Award Winners 

Honorary Doctorate of Public Service 

Burkett Witt 

Athens Area Chamber of Commerce Awards 

Nathan Harmon, Sydney Varajon, and Megan Dannel 

The Townsend Awards 

Sydney Varajon and Casey Cooper 

The Harry Steadman Award 

Joan Schweibert 

The Mary Mildred Sullivan Awards 

Rachel McDonald (Student) and 

Dixie Liner (Community Leader) 

The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards 

David “Alex” Hicks (Student) and 

Rev. Charles Maynard (Community Leader) 

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Lecture series honors 

distinguished community leader 

Tennessee Wesleyan College hosted its Inaugural Dr. Morris 

D. Goodfriend Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, March 18, 

honoring Dr. Goodfriend as a beloved friend of the college. To 

be held annually, the lecture series will feature guest speakers 

discussing business topics and issues with audiences of TWC 

business students, faculty, alumni, and other guests. 

“We were honored to celebrate Dr. Mike Goodfriend’s legacy 

as an entrepreneur and community leader with this inaugural 

distinguished lecture,” said Dr. Harley Knowles, TWC president. 

“Several of the attendees had worked for Dr. Goodfriend in his 

store in Athens and credit him for their career success.” 

The inaugural guest speaker for the lecture series was Dr. C. 

Warren Neel, a former Dean of the University of Tennessee, 

Knoxville Business School for 25 years who also served in 

government as the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department 

of Finance and Administration, managing a budget of over $20 

billion while serving as the Governor’s chief financial officer. 

Dr. Neel shared his views on ethics and morality in business, 

sharing experiences from his career in education and government 

as well as his work serving on corporate boards. 

Before Dr. Neel’s lecture, 

Dr. Goodfriend’s son, Robert 

Goodfriend, spoke about his 

father’s legacy and successful 

career growing Goody’s 

Family Clothing store to 383 

stores throughout the South 

and Midwest. 

“My father was special and 

he is sincerely missed,” said 

Goodfriend. “I truly appreciate 

Tennessee Wesleyan College 

honoring him in this way.” 

Robert Goodfriend 

To show the families’ gratitude, Goodfriend presented a donation 

of $100,000 from The Goodfriend Foundation to Dr. Knowles to 

support the lecture series and the school’s business department. 

“I was thrilled to receive such an unexpected generous donation,” 

said Dr. Knowles. “Robert and and his wife Wendy Goodfriend are 

wonderful philanthropists and we were honored to accept their 

support to further enhance our business program and continue 

the Dr. Morris D. Goodfriend Distinguished Lecture Series.” A 

From left to right: Gary and Linda Johnson, 

Wendy and Robert Goodfriend 

Dr. C. Warren Neal 

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Online Master of Business Administration 

plans to launch this fall 

Tennessee Wesleyan College is accepting applications for its 

new online Master of Business Administration program, 

tentatively scheduled to begin fall 2014. 

The program is designed to accommodate both full-time and 

part-time students in a 10-course format, providing students 

with the opportunity to achieve a graduate degree in as few as 12 

months. The flexible, online format will allow working adults to 

earn the degree without interrupting personal and professional 

obligations. 

“Tennessee Wesleyan College’s MBA degree is designed to prepare 

working professionals with the knowledge and skills to succeed in 

a competitive business world,” said Dr. Martha Maddox, associate 

dean for business administration and chair of the department of 

business administration. 

“Providing the MBA degree in an online format will assist the 

college in fulfilling its mission to provide students the highest 

quality educational experience, promote personal integrity, 

responsibility, and purpose, and to prepare students for a life of 

leadership and service in an ever-changing global society.” 

TWC’s online MBA program emphasizes ethical decision-making, 

critical analysis and problem-solving, strategic orientation, global 

perspectives, concern for sustainability and growth, and respect 

for people and communities – skills necessary for today’s business 

leaders. 

To apply or learn more about TWC’s online Master of Business 

Administration program, go to twcnet.edu/mba or contact 

Stefanie West by phone at 423-252-1114 or by email at swest@ 

twcnet.edu. TWC’s MBA program is pending SACSCOC approval. A 

you can 

have it all 

Career • Family • Goals 

online mba 

For information contact: 

Stefanie West 

swest@twcnet.edu | 423.252.1114 

www.twcnet.edu/mba 

Pending SACSCOC Approval. 

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Kilbride donates riverfront preserve 

He knows which trees the bluebirds nest in and at what Bringing in groups such as Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency 

times a trail of deer can be seen making their way across and the Tennessee Division of Forestry of the Department of 

the open meadow of the property. There isn’t a square inch of the Agriculture, Kilbride talked with dozens of experts in the wildlife 

nearly 92 acres of Dayton, Tenn., land owned by Bill Kilbride that and agricultural fields to come up with a plan to rehabilitate the 

he hasn’t explored, harvested, or rehabilitated. 

land to its natural state. 

After a decade of rehabilitating the 92 acres of land that he has 

loved and nurtured, the former President of Mohawk Home and 

Chief Sustainability Officer of Mohawk Industries is now donating 

that land to his alma mater, Tennessee Wesleyan College. 

With the hope that the college can use the land for scholastic 

research in its science and art programs, as well as the possibility 

of being used as a sanctuary for the college’s religious studies 

program, Kilbride chose to donate the land that he loves so much 

to the school that has given him so much. 

Nestled along the banks of the Tennessee River, the Dayton, Tenn., 

property was originally purchased by Kilbride in 2004 when he 

bought it from a seller who had been trying to turn it into lots for 

hundreds of future homes to be built on. Kilbride’s intent for the 

property was that it become an environmental reserve. 

“I wanted the land to be returned to its natural state,” said Kilbride, 

now the president-elect for the Chattanooga Area Chamber of 

Commerce. 

Ridding the property of overgrowth, bringing in crops, and 

planting trees soon became Kilbride’s weekend projects. With 

many of the trees being planted by Kilbride himself, the property 

holds a special place in his heart, which is why he took great care 

in his decision to donate the property to Tennessee Wesleyan. 

“Just as I set about to find the best restoration plan for the land all 

those years ago, I recently set about finding the best plan for what 

to do with the land now,” said Kilbride. “I talked to several nonprofits 

and groups about the land and finally came around to the 

idea of donating the property to TWC. 

“I began to think about how our generation needs to take the 

students of today, the leaders of tomorrow, and in some shape 

or form, introduce them to the importance of environmental 

sustainability.” 

Kilbride’s hope for donating his land to TWC was that the property 

would attract different types of science and liberal arts students 

as well as add value to the Tennessee Wesleyan education. TWC 

Bill Kilbride receives appreciation gift from TWC science 

students visiting the sanctuary for science studies. 

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has embraced Kilbride’s land and have chosen to call it “The 

Kilbride Nature Sanctuary.” In addition to plans for arts and 

religious studies uses, the college’s science department will 

primarily use the land. 

“I plan to use the land for my ecology, environmental science 

and biology courses for field-oriented projects,” said Dr. 

Allen Moore, TWC associate professor of biology. “It will also 

be an extremely valuable asset for those students wishing to 

undertake independent research projects under the direction 

of one of the natural sciences faculty members. 

“This generous donation from Mr. Kilbride enables us, as 

instructors, the opportunity to get our students outdoors and 

actually see firsthand many of the interactions in nature that 

we lecture about in the classroom. This truly opens up many 

avenues of research for both TWC’s students and faculty.” 

The main building on the Kilbride Nature Sanctuary 

property holds bathrooms and other facilities. 

A member of the college’s Board of Trustees and the keynote 

speaker at the school’s Spring Commencement ceremony, 

Kilbride’s appreciation for Tennessee Wesleyan, and its mission 

to be a leader in higher education, are what led him to donate his 

land reserve to the college. Kilbride hopes that new generations 

of TWC students will learn the historical significance of the land 

and benefit from conducting their studies there. 

“The land has a rich history that dates back to the late 1500s 

and includes exploration from the Spanish explorer Hernando 

de Soto and American politician and soldier Sam Houston who 

lived in the area in the mid-1800s,” said Kilbride. 

“For me, it’s a joy to share that history with TWC and its students. 

I believe that this land will benefit Tennessee Wesleyan in 

the future in ways that we haven’t even thought of yet. TWC 

invested in my future and my gratitude to TWC will be for the 

rest of my life.” A 

TWC science students conduct 

a study on the property. 

“I believe that this land will benefit 

Tennessee Wesleyan in the future in ways 

that we haven’t even thought of yet.” 

-Bill Kilbride 

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Dear Friend of Tennessee Wesleyan College, 

What a year we have had with the TWC Chorale! After a number of 

splendid concerts, church services, and wonderful music made here in 

the State of Tennessee, our Chorale had the opportunity, thanks to your 

generous support, to travel to Germany, the Czech Republic, and Austria, 

performing as part of our 2014 European tour. It was a life-changing 

experience for all of us, and while all of the stories would fill pages and 

pages of letters, I’d like to share a few with you that summarize why this 

trip was so important, so beneficial, and so rewarding for us. 

We spent our first three days in Berlin, and our second day offered a wonderful study in contrast. We began the 

day with a moving visit to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, allowing our students to see an ugly, horrific 

side to human nature. While it was certainly difficult to see this, it offered our students a valuable opportunity to 

experience history in person, not just from a textbook. In the same day, we gave a concert at the St. Elisabeth-Stift 

Chapel, a retirement hospital and chapel. Many of these residents were shut-ins, and it was a joy to be able to 

share our music with them. What was even more rewarding for our students was to collaborate in this 

concert with the Berlin-Mozart Choir, who found our students at the hotel later that evening to share 

musical stories and sing further together. The day was a testament to the entire human experience: 

while there is darkness, hate, and evil; music, and its shared experiences, can bring about light, love, 

and beauty. 

A personally fulfilling moment for me—and if I may dare say, the group—came for us in Leipzig, at our 

third concert, given at the Nikolaikirche. The St. Nicholas Church has a unique history: it was the center 

for the Peaceful Revolution of 1989, begun with prayer against the communist regime, and where the 

“Miracle of Leipzig” prevented a single drop of blood from being shed as protesters continued to gather. 

Well before that event, it was one of the churches that the great German composer Johann Sebastian 

Bach led music as part of his church music post in the town of Leipzig, including being the site of the 

premiere of his major choral-orchestral work, The St. John Passion, in 1724. Some of us had just come 

from the Thomanerkirche down the street, where Bach’s tomb is found, so it was already a meaningful 

day. Our group of 25 walked into the side doors of the Nikolaikirche to prepare for our concert, through 

the hallway, and finally, into the sanctuary, where I stopped, breathless: what does one do or say, when 

such a genius of music and theology had been here but 300 years before? One of the students behind me 

asked, “Dr. Windt, you’re totally having a fan-boy moment, aren’t you?” I said, “Yes. Yes I am. And I have 

no regrets!” It was a magical concert that evening, including two standing-ovation encores, which attests 

to the hard work the students put into singing this difficult music to such high acclaim. 

At the end of this trip, I think we all understood the benefit of those Sunday morning 5:45 A.M. call times, and 

the extended trips we made throughout the year to raise money for the trip, to recruit for the college, and to 

simply gain musical experience that would allow us to perform at our musical best. If you have the opportunity 

to review the pictures in this magazine, and to see the videos posted online, you will once again be affirmed as 

to why Tennessee Wesleyan College is rated as one of the Best Regional Colleges of the South by U.S. News and 

World Report. As their music director this year, and for the past six years, I can honestly say that I have not 

been more proud of their efforts as musicians and student ambassadors for Tennessee Wesleyan College, and I 

hope that this becomes one of the college’s newest traditions. Talk with any of our Chorale members, and you’ll 

find changed people: students who will take this global experience with them back to their TWC classrooms, 

out to the workforce, and hopefully, shape their world for good. Please accept my most heartfelt thanks and 

appreciation for every gift you sent in to help our students in this endeavor. I can say without any hesitation, that 

their musicianship, scholarship, and conduct, made me proud to conduct this group, and to represent Tennessee 

Wesleyan College. 

On behalf of the TWC Chorale, with our warmest 

thanks and regards, 

Dr. Nathan Windt 

Director of 2014 TWC Chorale

Thank Youfor Supporting the 

Chorale’s 2014 European Tour 

Tennessee Wesleyan Chorale 

European Tour 2014 

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TWC celebrates inaugural International Day 

To celebrate the cultural diversity of its faculty, staff, and professor of French and coordinator of international programs. 

students, Tennessee Wesleyan College hosted its first “TWC is a great institution committed to diversity and support for 

International Day on Wednesday, March 26. Organized by TWC’s our community and I am truly blessed to be part of it.” 

International Student Services and Student Life departments, TWC 

International Day featured an exhibit of historical information 

and cultural artifacts from countries such as West Africa, Nigeria, 

Kenya, Romania and Latin America, and a lunch presentation of a 

Planning this first International Day with help from other TWC 

departments, Dr. Bocco hopes that the event will grow to be an 

annual celebration of the college’s diversity. 

procession of students, faculty, and staff in the traditional national 

“Our inaugural International Day exceeded everyone’s 

clothing of their native countries. 

expectations,” said Dr. Suzanne Hine, TWC vice president for 

“Words cannot express how grateful the college is for the support 

of all the TWC staff, faculty, students, and administration to make 

academic affairs. “The event was an explosion of colorful costumes 

and varied cultural experiences. Dr. Bocco did an extraordinary job 

this event a successful one,” said Dr. Augustin Bocco, TWC assistant 

of bringing the world to TWC.” A 

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Alumnus establishes McMinn 

County commuter scholarship 

Joe Townsend, ’93, has generously established the Milford 

and Lorayne Streeter Annual Scholarship in honor of his 

wife Sabra’s paternal grandparents. The scholarship will benefit 

commuter students from McMinn County. 

“I was a commuter from McMinn County and I want to help as 

many people from where I am from that I can,” said Townsend, 

a configuration manager with Indiana Public Retirement System 

Joe Townsend ’93 

in Indianapolis, Ind. “I have been blessed financially and want to 

pay it forward. I challenge everyone who attended and attends TWC to consider the college 

in their prayers and financial support because of the difference they have made and will 

continue to make in the lives of students and alumni.” 

Townsend has four kids with his wife Sabra: Abby, nine, Keegan, eight, Hope, six, and Parker, 

five. He hopes that the established scholarship will ensure that his wife’s grandparents are 

never forgotten. 

Milford was a Veteran of World War II, serving in the Navy in 1949 when he collapsed and 

died of polio on a ship. He was only 30-years-old. He had two sons with Lorayne who, upon 

his death, was given $300 for train tickets and the casket containing her husbands body and 

went to St Augustine where he is buried. 

Lorayne then worked and raised her three boys, never remarrying. Townsend believes that 

Lorayne exemplifies what hard work and perseverance truly means. A 

Collins starts fund for 

student field research 

D 

r. Joseph “Leo” Collins ’69, has established the Eldon Bonds Field Studies Fund to 

provide grant assistance to TWC students who choose to participate in studies at an 

accredited research field station. Dr. Collins established the fund to honor the memory of 

his former TWC Natural Sciences professor, Eldon Bonds. Dr. Collins wants to recognize 

the impact Bonds had on him as a student. Bonds encouraged Dr. Collins to participate in a 

biological field study at 

the Gulf Coast Research 

Lab in Ocean Springs, 

Miss. It was there that 

Dr. Collins says he saw 

the career potential in 

the field of botany and 

he has since spent his 

career as Chief Botanist 

for the Tennessee Valley 

Authority. Please contact 

From left to right: Randy Nelson, TWC vice president of 

the Advancement Office 

advancement, Caroline Young, assistant professor of biology 

if you would like to 

and chemistry, Dr. Allen Moore, associate professor of biology, 

learn more about this 

Dr. Joseph “Leo” Collins ’69, Dr. Mark Shoop, professor and 

fund or would like to 

associate dean for science and mathematics, and department, 

make a contribution to 

and Dr. Harley Knowles, president. 

honor Eldon Bonds. A 

“Our passion and love for 

TWC runs deep. Establishing 

a charitable gift annuity was 

the perfect way we could show 

our faith in the college and the 

Holston Conference Foundation 

while receiving a lifetime income, 

a charitable deduction, and the 

opportunity to help students.” 

- Paul and Gracie Coates Keith, ’59 

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Celebrating donors at annual luncheon 

Tennessee Wesleyan College held its annual 

Scholarship Donor Appreciation Luncheon on 

Thursday, March 20. Donors to the college’s endowed 

and annual scholarship fund joined the student 

recipients of those scholarships for fellowship at the 

luncheon. 

“These are exciting times at Tennessee Wesleyan and 

we are thankful to our donors that are such an integral 

part of our proud heritage and strong future,” said 

Randy Nelson, TWC vice president of advancement. 

“Our annual luncheon is our way of saying thank you 

and an opportunity for our donors to meet and get 

to know the students that are achieving their goal of 

a college education because of donor support for the 

college’s scholarship fund.” 

TWC’s scholarship luncheon was a celebration of 

student success, donor generosity, and the power of 

helping those in need. 

In addition to fellowship between the scholarship 

recipients and the donors, recent TWC graduate 

and AmeriCorps Visa Matt Harper from the college’s 

Center for Servant Leadership office shared a special 

presentation on the many servant leadership programs 

that have been successful at the college throughout 

the past year. TWC students who receive scholarships 

pay it forward by also giving back to the community 

through community service and volunteer work. 

“Our donors make a difference in the lives of our 

students,” said Dr. Knowles, TWC president. “The 

students look forward to our donor luncheon each 

year. Having the opportunity to say thank you to the 

person that has helped made their college education 

possible is a monumental moment for our students.” A 

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TWC declared 

Tree Campus USA 

Tennessee Wesleyan College was honored with a 2013 Tree Campus 

USA recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment 

to effective urban forest management. 

Tree Campus USA, a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day 

Foundation and sponsored by Toyota, honors colleges and universities for 

effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students 

in conservation goals. 

TWC achieved the Tree Campus USA honor by meeting the program’s 

five standards, which include maintaining a tree advisory committee, a 

campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for its campus tree 

program, an Arbor Day observance and student service-learning project. 

“We’re proud to receive the designation as a Tree Campus USA,” said Mike 

Ingram, TWC director of physical plant services. “TWC is a vital part of the 

Athens urban canopy and it is exciting to be a part of enhancing its vitality. 

“Prospective students and their families frequently mention that our 

beautiful campus is an important part of their decision in choosing to 

attend Tennessee Wesleyan. The tree committee is proud that our work 

and the work that has occurred since 1857 enriches the lives of our 

campus and community members.” A 

From left to right: Dr. Allen Moore, TWC associate 

professor of biology and Tom Simpson, State of 

Tennessee Regional Urban Forrester 

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Spring 2014 

Women’s Basketball 

The Lady Bulldogs finished the season 24-5 overall and 18-2 in 

the AAC, along with a trip to Sioux City, Iowa for the NAIA Division 

II Women’s Basketball National Championships. TWC won the 

Appalachian Athletic Conference and the 2014 Regular Season 

Championship, and was also named the Champions of Character 

team. Armeka Booker was named to the NAIA All-American 2nd 

team and was the AAC Player of the Year. Coach Jeff Rice was 

named as the AAC Coach of the Year. 

Men’s Basketball 

The Bulldogs finished third in the Appalachian Athletic Conference, 

finishing the year with a 16-13 overall record and 12-6 in the 

conference. Tyler Burse was named to the All-Conference team 

while Shannon Smith was named to the All-Conference 2nd 

team. Arden Beeler and Andrew Scofield were named to the All- 

Academic team 

Baseball 

The TWC Bulldogs won the AAC Regular Season Title for the 3rd 

year in a row with a 19-8 conference record. The Bulldogs lost in 

the AAC Tournament but were given an at large bid to the NAIA 

Baseball National Championship opening round. In the Daytona 

Beach Bracket the Bulldogs were 2-2, finishing the season with a 

loss to Embry Riddle. Billy Berry was named the AAC Coach of the 

Year. James Boddicker and Matt Malloy were named to the AAC 

All-Conference Team. 

Men’s Golf 

The Bulldogs Golf team ended the season in record fashion with a 

9th place finish in the NAIA National Championships. The Bulldogs 

earned the bid to the National Championships by winning the AAC 

Direct Qualifier at Governors Towne Club in Acworth, Ga. Josh 

Wheeler tied for 5th overall, which is the highest finish in a NAIA 

National Championship for a TWC golfer in the college’s history. 

Wheeler was named to the All-Tournament team. 

Women’s Golf 

The Lady Bulldogs Golf team finished 3rd in the AAC Regular season 

and also finished third in the NAIA Direct Qualifier tournament. 

Stephanie Carr and Abby Dukes were both named to the AAC All 

Conference 2nd team. 

Accomplishments in 

Athletics 

Tennis 

For both the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs tennis teams, the season 

ended at the AAC Conference tournaments. The men finished the 

season at 12-6 while the women were 12-4. TWC had two tennis 

players that were named to the NAIA All American teams. Ezequiel 

Gils, a junior from Punta del Este, Uruguay, was named to the 

All-American 2nd team. Ekaterina Vezhenkova, a senior from St. 

Petersburg, Russia received Honorable Mention. 

Softball 

TWC Softball finished the season with an overall record of 13- 

27 and 9-11 in the AAC. Lindsay Arndts was named to the AAC 

All-Conference team, while Courtney Gobble was honored with 

the Gold Glove Award. The Lady Bulldogs were third in the NAIA 

for the number of athletes named as Daktronics NAIA Scholar 

Athletes. Those receiving the honor included: Lindsay Arndts, 

Courtney Gobble, Brittany Kilduff, Stacie Nelson, Hannah Smith, 

and Brooke Ward. 

Men’s Lacrosse 

The Men’s Lacrosse team finished their season at 7-6 in the MCLA. 

Receiving Honorable Mention All-Conference honors were Will 

Munley and Parker Thomas. 

Women’s Lacrosse 

The Lady Bulldog Lacrosse team finished third in the conference 

tournament, which allowed them to take their second trip to 

the NWLL National Tournament which was in Belleville, Ill. TWC 

finished 7th in the tournament after winning their final game of 

the season against Missouri Baptist. Serra Kerley was named to 

the All-Tournament team after scoring eight goals and having 

seven assists in the tournament. 

Track 

The Bulldogs Track and Field team finished the season with a 1st 

and 2nd place finish in the AAC. The Bulldogs won the conference 

for the first time in the college’s history while the Lady Bulldogs 

finished 2nd behind Milligan. TWC had three individuals and a 

relay team who qualified for the NAIA National Championships. 

The women’s 4x100 relay team, consisting of Justina Jones, Alexus 

Lyons, Kiana Froedden, and Beth Sexton, finished in a time of 

47.82, placing them 17th out of 24 teams. Roderick Bowman ran 

in the 10000 meter and finished 4th (30:48.76) giving him All- 

American honors. Also receiving All-American honors was Avery 

Hubbard who finished 7th in the 100 meter dash. 

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Mayfield named AAC 

Athletic Director of the Year 

Tennessee Wesleyan College’s Athletic Director Donny Mayfield has been named the 

2013-14 Appalachian Athletic Conference Athletic Director of the Year. The nomination 

was made during the conference’s spring meeting in Kingsport, Tenn., and approved by the 

AAC Council of President’s in June. 

The TWC Athletic Department enjoyed another great year of success during the 2013- 

14 athletic year. The college won three AAC Conference Championships in Men’s Soccer, 

Women’s Basketball, and Baseball, while capturing two AAC Tournament Championships in 

Men’s Outdoor Track and Men’s Golf. In all, TWC had four teams qualify for the NAIA national 

championship tournaments. 

“I am humbled to be selected by my colleagues in the AAC with this honor,” said Mayfield. 

“Being chosen for this award is a reflection of the hard work and dedication that our coaching 

staff and student athletes put forth every season to bring success to TWC.” 

Donny Mayfield 

In addition to his duties at TWC, Mayfield serves as the Coordinator of Officials for the AAC and for the past three years, has served as 

the NAIA Site Supervisor at the Baseball Opening Round tournament in Kingsport, Tenn. This is the third time that Mayfield has received 

this award. A 

Bulldog signed to San Diego Padres 

Senior right-hander Tyler Wilson was selected in the 20th Wilson appeared in 26 games, starting five. He posted a 6-2 winloss 

record, along with five saves with a 3.49 earned run average 

round of the MLB Amateur Draft by the San Diego Padres. 

The Gaffney, S.C., native made the transition from a mid-week (ERA). In 49 innings of work, Wilson struck out 58, walked 38, hit 

starter earlier in the year to the bullpen where he finished the five batters and gave up 32 hits (25 singles and seven doubles). 

season sharing the closer role with junior Brandon Landrie. 

His most impressive outing came in the second game of a 

doubleheader against 2013 national champion Faulkner University, 

which finished fifth in this year’s World Series and amassed a 50- 

16 record, on March 5. After TWC dropped game one, 9-1, Wilson 

pitched the Bulldogs to a 5-2 victory in the nightcap. Wilson took a 

no-hitter into the seventh and finished with a three-hitter, striking 

out 12. 

A junior college transfer in 2013, Wilson had a 3-4 record, 

appearing in 19 games with a 3.51 ERA, striking out 58 and issuing 

31 walks over 41 innings. 

“A lot of these guys start their college careers with hopes of one 

day playing professional baseball,” said TWC Coach Billy Berry. 

“Most don’t get the chance to realize that dream and I’m happy for 

Tyler that he now has that opportunity.” 

Wilson is currently in Arizona playing for the Arizona Padres. 

He pitched one inning in the game on July 6 against the Arizona 

Athletics where he gave up one hit and struck out one. A 

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Dwain Farmer Memorial 

Golf Tournament 

The Eighth Annual Dwain Farmer Memorial Golf Tournament was held on 

Monday, May 12. For the second year in a row, Fox Den Country Club in Knoxville, 

Tenn., played host to the tournament, joining three other premier East Tennessee 

courses as hosts. The field of 17 teams enjoyed the beautiful afternoon weather and 

wonderful course conditions. This year’s tournament raised over an estimated $17,000 

in net proceeds for the athletic department. The annual tournament helps continue the 

tradition of athletic excellence at Tennessee Wesleyan College, while honoring a legend. 

From 1992-2006, Tennessee Wesleyan College hosted the Dwain Farmer Golf 

Tournament, during Homecoming weekend, to honor the legacy of the late Dwain 

Farmer ’58, a coaching legend at Tennessee Wesleyan College. He began as a coach 

for the men’s basketball team in 1965. During his 21 years at the college, he served as 

the golf and men’s tennis coach, athletic director and physical education professor. In 

the spring of 2007, the Dwain Farmer Golf tournament was expanded and improved 

to create a first-class tribute to Coach Farmer. Although the changes were made, the 

tournament’s mission continued, and still continues, to be about raising funds for 

athletic scholarships, facility upgrades, and team upgrades. 

F armer 

COACH DWAIN 

memorial golf 

tournament 

1st Flight Champion 

Logan Cass, Ross Dodson, Marcus Guinn, 

Stan Harrison 

1st Flight Runner-Up 

Athens Insurance Team 

Robert Greene, Chris Liner, Chuck Liner, 

Heath McKeehan 

2nd Flight Champion 

Steve Crass, Harley Knowles, Shane Sewell, 

Larry Wallace 

2nd Flight Runner-Up 

Aramark Team 

Joe Combs, Tim McWilliams, Dave Parsonage, 

Yaser Zaatini 

In those eight years, the tournament has raised close to $200,000 for the Tennessee 

Wesleyan athletic department. The proceeds each year have improved the experience 

for TWC student-athletes. The 2007 tournament, the first in a new location, helped 

double the corpus of the Dwain Farmer Endowed Scholarship, create the Coach 

Farmer Memorial Statue on campus, and provide additional equipment updates for the 

department. Some of the facility improvement projects have included renovating and 

expanding the bathrooms in James L. Robb Gymnasium, installing a new scoreboard 

and press box at the soccer/lacrosse field, and constructing batting cages and new 

backstop at the Jack Bowling Baseball Field at the Athens Insurance Stadium. 

The tournament has been a constant success because of the sponsors, participants, 

and the Farmer family. Dwain and Sheliah’s children, Debbie, Misti, Dalen and Mary, 

have all continued to support the tournament and strive to continue the legacy of their 

father, as well as their mother. They are at every tournament greeting, thanking the 

players for supporting the tournament and Tennessee Wesleyan College. Many of the 

participants’ lives were impacted in some way by Coach Farmer or his family, and it 

provides them a way to honor the legacy. 

Plans for the 2015 Dwain Farmer Memorial Golf Tournament are being made, so look 

for more information in future Tennessee Wesleyan College publications. If you have 

any questions about becoming a tournament sponsor, please contact Jared Wright by 

email, jwright@twcnet.edu or by phone, 423.746.5210. A 

By Jared Wright 

3rd Flight Champion 

SouthEast Bank Team 

Tom Hughes, Boyd Reynolds, Bill Thompson, 

Scott Underwood 

3rd Flight Runner-Up 

John Berch, Tenna Hornsby, Britany Rader, 

Shirley Woodcock 

Special Awards given each year to show the 

appreciation of support for the Dwain Farmer 

Golf Tournament and for Tennessee Wesleyan 

College Athletics 

Coach’s Award - Ross Dodson 

Hustle Award - John Saylors, Doug Raymer, 

Ray Barr, Bobby Davis 

MVP Award - Regenia Mayfield

Stephanie Huskey’s Faculty Perspective 

The Tennessee Wesleyan College campus has been the scene at whatever occupation I decided to pursue. Inspired by this, I 

for many important moments in my life. When I was in began designing my courses like jobs and included three rules to 

elementary school, I sat on the old football field, now Wesley classroom success in each of my syllabi. Students may not always 

Commons Lawn, and watched my dad graduate from TWC. When recall who was the Father of German gymnastics, but they will 

I was a student at Wesleyan, I met my future in-laws behind remember, “No slacking. No whining. No excuses.” Of course, 

Durham Hall while working as a student ambassador and giving a these three rules apply to assignments, but they are also important 

campus tour, though I didn’t know it then that they would be my rules to succeeding in a career. In class, the students’ jobs are to 

future family. 

not get fired (or fail), stay in communication with their boss (me), 

demonstrate that they are doing what has been asked of them 

I would eventually marry the guy who hit me in the face with a (following instructions on their assignments), and continually 

snowball behind the gym during a mass campus snowball fight. improving their skills. 

When I interviewed for my current position as a faculty member, 

I gave my sample lecture in the very classroom where I attended Since most of our students will have several careers and jobs 

my first college class ever and met one of my best friends. A few over their working years, I find it most valuable and rewarding 

years ago, I was sitting with the faculty in Nocatula Gardens as I to teach the process of learning about a topic rather than teaching 

watched my brother graduate. For me, TWC is intertwined with by lecture. Students often hear me relate academics to athletics. 

my life’s story. 

Learning how to succeed in a class or in a job requires the same 

process as exceling at a sport. So, my courses typically require 

For many of our students, TWC will be the source of great some amount of group work, teaching or presenting experiences, 

memories, but it may not be such an influence for them as it has personal reflections, and assignments that demand attention to 

been for me. When I began teaching at TWC, I did what I thought directives rather than relying solely upon exams. 

I should do as a professor: use Powerpoints to guide my lectures 

and give a few really difficult exams. I soon began to reflect on What I remember most from my days as a student at Tennessee 

the professors who had most influenced me to be a better person. Wesleyan are the class discussions, late night projects, study 

I learned the material that they presented, but I took much more sessions, and stressful presentations. Those experiences helped 

valuable life lessons from their courses. It made me consider the me in each job and career that I have engaged in. While I cannot 

moments when I was the most challenged to think about my life ensure our students have memorable moments across the TWC 

philosophies, and I realized that inside the classroom was where I campus like I have, I hope to contribute to their opportunities to 

really began to grow. 

develop friendships and cultivate skills for learning no matter 

what career they decide to pursue. A 

Those professors were not just teaching me course material. They 

were teaching me how to be an adult who could be successful 

Stephanie Huskey 

was named the 

2014 Exemplary Teacher 

by the General Board 

of Higher Education and 

Ministry of the United 

Methodist Church. 


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Students provide healthcare, 

community service on spring break 

mission trip in Costa Rica 

Agroup of 26 Tennessee Wesleyan College students, faculty, 

and guests traveled to the mountains of Costa Rica for a 

cross-cultural service experience during TWC’s spring break. 

Thirteen nursing students from TWC’s Knoxville campus and 

five students from TWC’s Athens campus joined with five faculty 

members and three guest RNs to provide health check-ups in 

remote areas that included Santa Rita, Penjama, and the Maleku 

Indian village of Tonjibe. The TWC nursing team served 300 

patients, ranging in age from 1-month-old to 92-years-old. 

“I left for this trip expecting to bless other people, but looking back 

on it, I was the one who received the real blessing,” said Kathryn 

Inman, a TWC nursing student. “This experience was life-changing 

and I learned things about myself that can’t be taught in a school 

setting.” 

The TWC team was headquartered in Ciudad Quesada at the Centro 

Rural Methodisto Center with United Methodist missionaries 

Marion and Mary Woods. The camp is located high in the foothills 

surrounding the Arenal Volcano National Park. 

Under the supervision of Dr. Robert Cornette, Mrs. Lisa Kirkland, 

and Ms. Debora Coyle, the nursing students checked blood 

pressures, blood sugar rates, vision, and provided other routine 

health exams that are indicators of wellness. Vitamins and 

toothbrushes were provided to all patients, along with glasses and 

other over-the-counter products, as needed. 

Patients rotated through health stations and enjoyed making 

crafts and doing Bible school activities conducted by TWC students 

under the supervision of Dr. Chris Dover and Dr. Nancy Gregg. 

One morning was spent touring the public hospital in Ciudad 

Quesada, where team members learned about the social medicine 

system of Costa Rica and got a first-hand look at the country’s 

medical practices. 

The TWC team ended their spring break in Costa Rica by zip lining 

along the top of the rainforest canopy across eleven cable stations, 

through lush tropical greenery, over a waterfall, and ending on 

the canopy floor. They also hiked, had a tour of the Arenal Volcano 

Observatory, and enjoyed relaxing in the thermal waters of the 

Tabicon River. 

“The TWC students and faculty members really worked together to 

serve the Costa Rican students, their families, and the communities 

we visited,” said Dr. Nancy Gregg, TWC assistant professor of 

education and psychology and coordinator of the master of science 

in curriculum leadership program. “Senior nursing students 

helped junior nursing students with their clinical skills while prenursing 

and other students also had the chance to participate in 

both health checks and Bible school activities. All of this occurred 

in a setting that is radically different from the students’ home 

surroundings. It is humbling to know that we are so blessed, and 

that knowledge creates in us a desire to truly ‘go into the world’ 

as the Bible tells us so that we can share the Gospel and serve our 

brothers and sisters, whatever their needs may be.” A 

“The TWC students and faculty 

members really worked together 

to serve the Costa Rican 

students, their families, and the 

communities we visited.” 

- Dr. Nancy Gregg 

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TWC and J103 award 

Management Excellence scholarship 

F 

or the third year in a row, Tennessee Wesleyan College 

has teamed up with J103 to award one lucky winner a full 

scholarship to the college’s Management Excellence evening 

program. The winner of the $12,000 scholarship is Crystal Hatcher 

from Benton, Tenn. Hatcher will begin her studies in the fall at 

TWC’s satellite location at Cleveland State Community College in 

Cleveland, Tenn. 

“As a working adult with a family and hectic schedule, the 

opportunity to get a college education once seemed hopeless,” 

said Hatcher. “A college education to me means a sense of 

achievement, independence and financial stability, and the 

ability to set a positive example for my children.” 

In addition to Hatcher’s big win, six other finalists were awarded 

scholarships to the college’s ME program. A $2,000 scholarship 

award went to Stephanie Barnett from LaFayette, Ga., and Lisa 

Bates from Athens, Tenn. 

Four $1,000 scholarships 

were awarded and the 

recipients were Matthew 

Nevins of Etowah, Tenn., 

Amberly Melton of 

Cleveland, Tenn., Lesa 

McCant of Cleveland, 

Tenn., and Jeff Bennett of 

Cleveland, Tenn. 

“We are so happy to 

be able to provide this From left to right: Crystal Hatcher 

opportunity to Crystal and Stefanie West, TWC director of 

admissions for the ME degree 

and the other scholarship 

evening program 

recipients in partnership 

with J103 radio,” said Stefanie West, TWC director of admissions 

for the ME degree evening program. A 

Knoxville Area Alumni Dinner held 

Tennessee Wesleyan College hosted a Knoxville Area Alumni Dinner at Calhoun’s on the River in downtown Knoxville, Tenn., on May 20. 

The college’s Alumni Relations Office sponsored the event which included the traditional barbecue fare. More than 20 people attended 

including Jo Lundy ‘88, TWC alumni board president, and Larry Kleinman, TWC trustee. Those in attendance were able to see friends or 

classmates they had not seen in many years. Dr. Burkett Witt ’14 was in attendance and ran into a friend, Reaves Bingham, ’53 that he had 

not seen in over 50 years. 

TWC President Dr. Harley Knowles was provided an update on Tennessee Wesleyan and shared the exciting strategic plans for new academic 

programs and the proposed new campus center, while also fielding questions about the college. Most of those in attendance were able to 

share with Dr. Knowles, one-on-one, about their experiences at TWC. Alumni and friends enjoyed the experience which concluded with door 

prizes. The TWC Alumni Relations Office plans to host more of these events throughout the region, and encourages you to join us. A 

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Merck joins Advancement team 

Marica Merck has been named the new Director of Alumni “It is an honor to serve and connect 

Relations and Annual Giving. 

alumni back to TWC, especially 

since my father is an alumnus,” 

“I am thrilled that Marica has joined our Advancement team,” said 

said Merck. “I look forward to 

Randy Nelson, Vice President for Advancement. “Her professional 

collaborating with the alumni 

experience in higher education will be a tremendous asset to the 

college as we continue to implement best practices in alumni 

relations and annual giving.” 

Merck joins TWC’s Advancement department from her position as 

Director of Marketing and Career Services at Bryan College. She 

has over 15 years experience working in education in various roles 

board, faculty, staff, students, and 

friends as we develop events and 

programs to support TWC’s alumni 

and mission.” 

Merck can be contacted by email at 

msmerck@twcnet.edu or by phone 

including fundraising at Kennesaw State University and Georgia 

State University. Merck holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from 

Georgia State University, Atlanta where she was captain of the cross 

country team. 

at 423.746.5331. A 

Marica Merck 

Make a Lasting Impact 

There are many ways to support Tennessee Wesleyan College. Whether 

you choose an outright cash gift or graciously include the college in your 

estate plans, your gift will make a lasting positive impact in the lives of 

students, faculty, and staff. 

The Heritage Society was established to honor alumni and friends who 

have made a bequest or other deferred gifts in support of the college’s 

mission. If you have included Tennessee Wesleyan in your estate plans, 

we would love to know so that we can honor you by including your name 

on the Heritage Society Honor Roll. 

To notify us of your estate plan intentions or if you would like to know more 

about how you can support the mission of Tennessee Wesleyan College 

through your estate, please contact: 

Randy L. Nelson 

Vice President for Advancement 


204 East College Street | Athens, TN 37303 

Email: rnelson@twcnet.edu | Office: 423.746.5330 

The Heritage Society 

Tennessee Wesleyan College

IN LOVING MEMORY 

Beginning December 2013 

Ending May 2013 

Friends of Wesleyan 

Dr. Durwood Dunn 

Athens, TN 

February 15, 2014 

Lowell Hess 

Honaker, VA 

April 16, 2014 

Rev. Kyle V. Overton 

Knoxville, TN 

January 25, 2014 

Martha Trotter 

Athens, TN 

May 18, 2014 

Betty D. Watkins 

St. Petersburg, FL 


1940 

Margaret C. Hartman 

Hickory, NC 


1943 

M. Evelyn Cooke 

Knoxville, TN 


Mary Jo S. Cross 

Richmond, VA 


Doris S. Howell 

Ringgold, GA 

December 31, 2013 

George W. Oliphant 

Oak Ridge, TN 


Evelyn W. Williams 

Johnson City, TN 


1944 

R. Quay Morgan 

Etowah, TN 


1950 

Jena H. Norman 

Cleveland, TN 


1952 

Rev. Henry M. Groseclose 

Hixson, TN 


1953 

Jane B. Walker 

Chattanooga, TN 


1954 

Joanne G. Mossburg 

Chattanooga, TN 


1958 

Rev. Ted F. Baker 

Sweetwater, TN 

March 30, 2014 

1962 

Charlotte T. Kaeserman 

Columbus, GA 


Robert F. Lee 

Niota, TN 


1964 

Betty Jean Petty 

Ooltewah, TN 


1970 

Rev. William H. Lassiter 

Guild, TN 


1994 

Barbara M. Dodson 

Athens, TN 


2001 

Voncile R. Miller 

Sweetwater, TN 


Students study abroad in Colombia 

to learn Spanish, teach English 

Two Tennessee Wesleyan College students recently traveled 

to Bogotá, Colombia during their 2014 spring break to study 

abroad. Traveling with TWC Assistant Professor of Spanish Dr. 

Lorena Gómez, Emily Miller and Sara Phelps’ trip to Colombia 

provided them with a Spanish-speaking environment to practice 

speaking Spanish as well as the opportunity to teach English at a 

local Bogotá elementary school. 

While in Colombia, Miller and Phelps lived with a native 

Colombian family who only spoke Spanish. In addition to teaching 

English to elementary school students, Miller and Phelps also had 

the opportunity to experience the Colombian culture, visiting 

cultural sites such as museums, parks, and churches. Traveling to 

towns such as Zipaquirá, Ubaté, Chiquinquirá, and Villa de Leyva, 

they also stayed in Paipa for a portion of their trip, where they 

experienced the culture of a small Colombian town. 

“To be able to immerse myself in such a different culture was an 

experience that I will never forget,” said Miller, a TWC psychology 

major. “It was rewarding in ways that I never could have 

imagined. Colombia is a busy city with 8 million people, which is 

quite different than Athens, Tenn. To be able to experience that 

different pace was enthralling.” A 

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MEMORIALS & HONORARIUMS 

IN HONOR OF 

We wish to recognize those who have made gifts 

in honor or memory of friends or loved ones. 

IN MEMORIAM 

Mandie Thacker Beeler 

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thacker 

Whitney L. Cardin 

Jerry Cardin 

Dr. Durwood C. Dunn 

Hal and Susan Buttram 

Anne Catron 

Amy Eastridge 

Darrell Eastridge 

Louis and Alma Freyre 

Margaret Green 

Sheilah Farmer Grubb 

Ed and Barbara Deal 

Harrison Hart 

Jean Stewart 

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Hawkins 

Dr. John Bardsley 

Dr. Danny Hays 

Mr. and Mrs. Doug Brandon 

Mr. and Mrs. Lester Simerville 

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hornsby 

Howard and Tenna Hornsby 

Bryan and Beth Jackson 

Jim and Patti Greek 

Bill and Mary Kilbride 

Mark and Becky White 

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Lay 

Lloyd Adams 

Hazel Lowry 

Amy Jo Castor 

Karl Schwarzmann 

Henry and Judith Schwarzmann 

Wayne Strickland 

Dr. Bill Akins 

Carl “Sonny” Tarpley 

Mr. and Mrs. D. Greg Rooker 

Vickie Thomasson 

Jim and Verdine Thompson 

Leonard and Susan Berbee 

Hugh Walker 

Mary Walker 

Mildred Archer 

Sharon Hollaway 

Leon Austin 


Rev. Ted Baker 

Dr. and Mrs. Danny Hays 

Sara Jo Greever Bardsley 


Helen Grills 

Helen Jackman Webb 

Goldman “Goldie” Barefield 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Korn 

Nita Black 

Mike and Janice Nash 

Mabeth Blackburn 

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Boyd 

Dr. Floyd “Jack” Bowling 

Melvin Reynolds 

Edith Shields Bray 

Jonah Eng 

Denny “Bubba” H. Brewer III 


Edward Chester 

Carolyn Chester 

David C. Cooper 

Kathryn Cooper 

David Decker 


Business Administration Faculty 

Barbara M. Dodson 

Chris and Meloyne Adams 

Jean Arrants 

Frank and Susan Carpenter 


James and Nancy Grant 

Betty Grater 

Mr. and Mrs. S. Thomas Hamilton 

Jerry and Velva Howell 

Virgil Mincy 

Roy and Joan Patton 

Dr. Durwood C. Dunn 

Dr. Billy Akins 

James Baumgardner 

Steve and Sandra Clariday 


Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Howard 

Betty Keirn 

Shannon Land 

The Rev. Adam Love 

Dr. Marcia McDonald 

Greg Moses 

Doctors William and 

Elizabeth Ruleman 

Steve Sliger and Julie Adams 

Daniel and Beverly Smith 

Joseph Townsend 

Eric Martin Eaves 

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Eaves 

Coach Dwain Farmer 

David Pesterfield 

Mitchell Franklin Frazier 


Marvin B. Gass 

Walter Evans 

Ann Gass 

Joy Smith 

Dr. Mike Goodfriend 

The Goodfriend Foundation 

Dr. Regenia L. Mayfield 

Rev. Henry Groseclose 


Sheilah Farmer Grubb 

Mr. and Mrs. James Andrews 

Dr. Joyce Baker 


Clare Breeden 

Carolyn Cox 



Howard and Tenna Hornsby 

Betty Keirn 

Mr. and Mrs. Terry Krug 

Bill Mayfield 

Dr. Regenia Mayfield 

Dolores Reynolds 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spurling 

David Tucker 

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Bobby White 

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Lynne Gylani 

Steve and Sandra Clariday 

Juliann Mathis 

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Elizabeth Ruleman 

Steve Sliger and Julie Adams 

Marlene Taylor 

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W. Elroy Hamilton 

Nona Hamilton Morgan 

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Beginning December 2013 

Ending May 2014 


IN HONOR OF 

David Jack Henderson 

Lillian Henderson 

Rankin Hudson 

Dr. James A. Rawls 

Katie Hunter 

Deborah Hunter 

Karen Treher Johnston 


Dr. Milnor Jones 


John Kennerly 

Robbie J. Ensminger 


J.C. Kizziah 

Nancy Kizziah-Bryant 

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Roy Kramer 

Jean Shetterly 

Ralph Lewis 

Anna Lewis 

Mae Cannon Logan 

James and Hazel Johnson 

LeRoy A. Martin 

Julia Betts 

Dr. Jim McGuire 


George Morris 


Betty Potter Moss 

Patsy Wilson 

Mary Ellen Naff 


Dr. Sam Neeley 

Betty Neeley 

George W. Oliphant 

Travis Baldridge 

Mr. and Mrs. George Bishop 

Emma Boyd 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Craven 


Jane Garman 


Mr. and Mrs. David Judish 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward LeClaire 

E. Carole McNabb 

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Mr. and Mrs. Bill Oliphant 

Mr. and Mrs. James Oliphant 

Jim, John, and Sally Oliphant 

and Families 

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Sealed Air Coporation 


Betty Winchester 

Rev. Kyle Overton 


Charles Peavyhouse 

Eula Peavyhouse 

Betty Jean Douglas Petty 

Linda Kirchner 

Dr. Robert Powers 


William H. Proctor 

Lillian Proctor 

Virginia Patrick Rains 


C. Herbert Reed 

James C. Reed 

Rev. Ray Robinson 

Dr. and Mrs. Douglas 

Vanderbilt, II 

Homer Roth 

Charlotte Roth 

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Rowan 

Sara Rowan Huggins 

Dixon, Lena and Donald Rule 

Andrew and Carolyn Nardo 

Dr. William D. Sullins Sr. 

Robert and Mary Bowmaster 

Evan and DeLane Haren 

Martha Ann Trotter 


Betty Keirn 

Sue Wallace Tutton 

Lillian Proctor 

JoAnn Boles Wallace 

John Wallace 

Joe Wimberly 

Dr. Donald Schaefer 

Helen E. Wright 

John Wright 

Special Note: 

Every entry within this report has been 

carefully reviewed and every effort has 

been made to ensure that it is 

accurate and complete. 

If there are errors or omissions, please 

accept our apologies 

and contact Jared Wright 

at 423.746.5210. 

Dr. Burkett Witt 

Richard and Carolyn Anderson 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Arnwine 

Charles Bailey 


Bargain Barn, Inc. 

Melanie Beene 

William Borden 


Mr. and Mrs. John Boyd 

Michael and Sandra Boyd 

Jack and Carolyn Brewer 

Steven and Janet Burce 

Edna Burger 

Hal and Susan Buttram 

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Carter 

Alvin and Darres Carter 

John and Elaine Cathcart 

Anne Catron 

Dr. and Mrs. Gabe Clark 

Cary and Judi Davis 


James Dodson 

Dwain and Sally Ealy 


Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Estes 

Mike and Margaret Fleming 

Mr. and Mrs. Keith Forsyth 

William Gibson 

Rev. and Mrs. Carl Glenn 

Harry Gross 

Rev. and Mrs. Vant Hardaway 

Shirley Harper 

Jo Ann Harris 

Robert J. Hawk 


Bill and Sandra Hicks 

Evonne Hoback 

Glenn and Martha Huggins 

Jane Irwin 

Rebecca Jaquish 

Grace Keith 

Peter Kerl 

Ethel King 

Betty Koeninger 

Mary Kubala 

Nellie Kyker-Sliger 

Dr. Clyde Kyle 

Elizabeth Lamb 

Honors list continued on page 28. 

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IN HONOR OF 

Honors list continued from page 27. 

Dr. Burkett Witt 

Nathan and Anna Lewis 

Nathan and Nancy Lewis 

Buddy and Dixie Liner 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lucas 

John and Margaret Mahery 

Dr. H. Lynn Massingale 

Dr. Regenia Mayfield 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael McNair 

Virgil Mincy 

Mitchell Moore 

Nancy Morgan 

Harry and Elizabeth Newman 

Sue Parham 

Jimmy and Oletha Parris 


Rick Perachio 

Bo Perkinson 

Wanda Prewitt 

The Rev. Thomas Reed 

Dolores Reynolds 

James Richardson 

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Riley 

Donita Rochelle 

Hal Roe 

Roy and Gail Rogers 

Cynthia Runyan 

Wayne and Susan Scott 

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Simmons 

Pauline Stamper 

Richard and Cornelia Swett 

Sonny and Joyce Tarpley 

Vivian Thomas 

Jim and Verdine Thompson 

Scotty and Lela Tinney 

Mr. and Mrs. Basil Turbyfill 

The Rev. Audrey Wise Vincent 

Peter and Linda Von Dreele 

Hugh and Kathryn Walker 

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Wallace 

Virginia Walthall 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Watkins 

Catherine Wentworth-Johnson 

Jean Whitehead 

Dr. Genevieve Wiggins 

Maxine Williams 

Paul Williams 

Mintie Willson 

Paul and Debbie Willson 

Carleton Wright 

Remembering 


Faculty, staff, students, and alumni shared their 

memories of Dr. Durwood Dunn, a beloved TWC 

professor, friend, and accomplished historian who 

is greatly missed by his TWC family. 

“Dr. Dunn was an amazing professor! I loved his 

Geography class. He will be greatly missed.” 

- Katie Hanley ’11 

“I never had him a professor but I know of his great 

impact he had on his students. Many of my friends, and 

my boyfriend had him and liked him very much. Praying 

for all friends and family during this time of loss.” 


- Elizabeth Ann Anderson ’13 

“His geography class was by far the best class I’ve ever taken.” 

- Stephen Hang ’11 

“Very sad at his passing. One of the best professors I had at TWC and someone who was a 

friend after I graduated. He will be greatly missed.” 

- Adam Abbott ’93 

“Dr. Dunn was one of those exceedingly brilliant people who fortunately also had a passion 

for passing on his vast knowledge of History. One of the best! God bless him.” 

- Mallory Hayes ’12 

“You will be missed, Dr. Dunn. Thank you for your love of History and Methodism. I always 

enjoyed our conversations.” 

- Matt Trussell ’99 

“He will be missed by all of the history majors he has ever taught! I will never forget that he 

would yell “Schnell Schnell” when trying to finish a holocaust biography quiz. Dr. Dunn you 

were one amazing professor!” 

- Jonathan Brock ’08 

“Dr. Dunn was one of the greats. His courses begged you to think and he pushed his students 

to be curious. His absence will be felt!” 

- Amalauna Brock ’06 

“I have so many fond memories of Dr. Dunn. He was one of a kind. His passing is our loss. 

May he rest in peace.” 

- Johnna Hampton ’00 

“He was a born teacher, a challenging and brilliant intellect, and a nurturing thinker. I know 

that he made a lasting impact on me, something that I think I will feel for years to come. He 

will be deeply missed. Rest in Peace.” 

- Rebecca Patterson ’11 

“No matter what, he was there at 8 am on the dot. He taught with exceptional knowledge and 

made you want to learn more about anything and everything. A professor I will always respect 

and think of when I remember my time here at TWC. Also, I will never forget him passing back 

our tests and telling us to “open the windows and begin the executions” because it was a rough 

one! His sense of humor was always something to look forward to in the mornings!” 

- Erica Ann Allen ’14 

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Tennessee Wesleyan teacher passes on 

Feb. 15, soon after publishing book 

on Methodism, slavery 

IIn January, Dr. Durwood Dunn was too sick to meet an 

interviewer in person, nor was he able to talk or eat. However, 

he responded quickly and thoughtfully to emailed questions about 

his fourth and final book, “The Civil War in Southern Appalachian 

Methodism,” published in late 2013. 

“Bishop Asbury warned Methodists to separate their faith from 

politics,” Dr. Dunn said in an email, “but few Methodists on either 

side heeded this warning.” 

In the early morning hours of Feb. 15, 2014, the Tennessee 

Wesleyan College history professor died of amyotrophic lateral 

sclerosis, also known as A.L.S. or Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 

70-years-old. Colleagues say he was ready to pass on, although his 

illness had been diagnosed less than a year ago in April 2013. 

“A.L.S. is a terrible disease – he said ‘the sooner the better,’” said 

Rev. William McDonald, chair of religion and philosophy at the 

United Methodist-related college where Dr. Dunn taught for 

39 years. “But Durwood was also ready because he had a firm, 

abiding faith. He was Methodist down to his boots.” 

Dr. Dunn did not have immediate family but was close to his 

niece’s family in Florida. He was the son of Charles Dunn, the first 

ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. His ancestors 

were early settlers in an isolated Tennessee valley that inspired Dr. 

Dunn’s first book, “Cades Cove: The Life and Death of a Southern 

Appalachian Community, 1818-1937.” 

Published in 1988, the book is now in its 12th printing and is 

the best-selling book in University of Tennessee Press history, 

according to Scot Danforth, director. 

“The Cades Cove book is really considered to be a foundational 

work for Appalachian studies,” Danforth said. 

“He really zooms in on the people 

and events and how it played out 

in Holston when the Methodist 

church split over slavery,” said 

McDonald. “I once said the subtitle 

could be ‘Sinners and Saints.’” 

Friends and colleagues remember 

Dr. Dunn as a private, scholarly 

man who cared deeply about his 

church and students. 

“He never missed a Sunday, until 

last summer when he got sick 

and could no longer sit,” said Rev. 

Steve Brown, pastor at Trinity 

United Methodist Church in Athens, Tenn., where Dunn was a 

member since 1984. 

Dr. Dunn completed his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate 

degrees at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He taught at 

another United Methodist-related college in Holston, Hiwassee, for 

five years before beginning at Tennessee Wesleyan in 1975. 

The history teacher was committed to Tennessee Wesleyan and 

believed it had a mission to provide a liberal-arts education 

to students from the region, especially first-generation college 

students, his friends said. Dunn’s last wish was to “live long enough 

to see my book published,” Brown remembers. 

In November, after a few tense weeks when Dr. Dunn’s illness 

was progressing and the publishing process “wasn’t happening 

as quickly as I wanted it to,” Danforth was finally able to deliver 

advance copies to Dunn’s home in Athens. It was a very happy day 

for the author and history teacher, Roberts remembers. 

Danforth worked with Dr. Dunn on his next three books, but it 

was the fourth and last book the author anticipated most – after 

researching since the 1990s and completing it before his diagnosis. 

“The hardest book to write was the last one,” the award-winning 

author responded in January. “I had to search high and low for 

local records, quarterly meeting minutes, or journals to see what 

was happening in Holston Methodism at the grassroots level.” 

“Everyone takes different lessons away from history,” Dr. Dunn 

wrote in January through email. “Abraham Lincoln said both 

Union and Confederates believed God was on their side during 

the war. 

“History is an ongoing process to discover the whole truth, and I 

hope future historians will go beyond what I have uncovered to 

find even more answers.” A 

McDonald describes the Civil War book as a “painful part of our 

history.” 

Excerpts reprinted by permission from Annette Spence with The 

Call, Holston Conference UMC. 


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After College 

Phil Graves ‘13, has been promoted 

to Athens Utility Board’s Director of 

Management Services. 

Linda Hampton Higdon ‘73, has joined 

Keller-Williams in Cleveland, Tenn., as an 

affiliate broker. 

Capt. Frank Horning ’74, has retired 

from the Athens Police Department. 

Horning served 38 years at APD. 

Brian “Mooch” McDowell ’75, retired 

after 33 years of teaching and coaching 

in 2012 due to his battle with Multiple 

Myeloma Cancer. He is still in treatment 

at Vanderbilt, and doing well all things 

considered. He would love to hear from 

his fellow Bulldog Soccer players at any 

time they want to call. 

Luke Sewell ‘66, has retired as the 

Director of Coordinated Charities in 

Athens, Tenn. 

John Tucker ‘14, has been named Head 

Boys Basketball Coach at Polk County 

High. 

Tammy Blankenship Underwood 

’92, received her Master’s Degree in 

Curriculum and Instruction in December 

of 2013, and her son Brooks earned his 

Eagle Scout rank in July of 2013. 

Future Bulldogs 

Joel ’06 and Megan ’05 Honeycutt, 

welcomed their second son, Shepard 

Elias Honeycutt, into the world on July 

29, 2013. Isaac Kellar Honeycutt is the 

proud big brother. 

Marsheena Evans Lance ’08, and her 

husband Bruce had their first child, 

Alia Danielle, on Jan. 1, 2014 in Ark. 

Marsheena is employed as a payroll 

manager with Dow Building Services. 

Marriages 

Shannon Earle ‘98, married Dr. John 

Wells on June 29, 2013 in Mars Hill, N.C. 

Earle is the Senior Director of Admissions 

and Financial Aid at the University of 

North Carolina Asheville. 

Teresa Landreth Oney Smith ’72, 

married James W. Smith in July of 2013 

and they have recently moved from 

Lexington, Ky., to Spring City, Tenn. 

Teresa retired from teaching in 2010. 

TWC offers fall business workshop 

series to community 

Beginning in September, Tennessee Wesleyan College’s 

Business Administration Department will be offering a 

series of business workshops that will be open to the public. 

The “Successful Business Planning Workshop: How to Win at 

Monopoly for Real” will be offered for eight Thursdays throughout 

September, October, and November. To be held from 6 p.m. to 8 

p.m. on select Thursday evenings, the workshops can be purchased 

for $199 for all eight sessions. 

The workshops are funded partly by a United States Department of 

Agriculture grant. TWC designed this workshop series for business 

and community leaders, to provide guidance and assistance to 

existing and prospective small business owners on the essentials 

of business. 

The workshop series schedule is as follows: 

Sept. 25 | Business Introduction & Creation of a Business Plan 

Oct. 2 | Communications Management 

Oct. 9 | Budgeting & Accounting 

Oct. 16 | Legal & Marketing 

Oct. 23 | Information Technology 

Oct. 30 | Human Resources 

Nov. 6 | Finance 

Nov. 13 | Panel Discussion with Area Business Leaders 

“The goal of this program is to assist start-up and existing businesses 

in the area with the basics needed to start and maintain a thriving 

business,” said John Alpers, TWC instructor of business. A 

For more information, contact John Alpers by email at jalpers@twcnet.edu or visit www.twcnet.edu/bizworkshop 

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ARCHES 

President’s Cabinet 

Dr. Harley G. Knowles, President 

Larry Wallace, Senior VP 

Randy L. Nelson, VP for Advancement 

Dr. Jerry Jackson, VP for Enrollment and 

Communications 

Dr. Suzanne Hine, VP for Academic Affairs 

Gail Harris, VP for Financial Affairs 

Dr. Scott Mashburn, VP for Student Life 

Traci Williams, Assistant VP for 

Institutional Research & Effectiveness 

Chief Information Officer 

ARCHES is published twice per 

year by the Office of Advancement 

at Tennessee Wesleyan College. 

Bridgett Raper 

Director of Marketing & Communications 

braper@twcnet.edu 

Brittany Shope 

College Editor & Web Coordinator 

bshope@twcnet.edu 

Tracy New 

Graphic Designer 

tnew@twcnet.edu 

Randy L. Nelson ’93 

Vice President for Advancement 

r nelson@twcnet.edu 

Stacie Clifton 

Advancement Coordinator 

sclifton@twcnet.edu 

Jared Wright ’09 

Advancement Specialist 

jwright@twcnet.edu 

Lacey McDonald 

Grants Coordinator 

lmcdonald@twcnet.edu 

Alumni Association 

Board of Directors 

President 

Jo Lundy ’88 

Past President 

Anne Montgomery ’93 

President Elect 

Greg Moses ’07 

Secretary 

Darlene Peel ’95 

Members 

Meloyne Adams ’93 

Amy Jo Castor ’11 

Matt Dannel ’09 

Mike Dannel ’78 

Jim Dodson ’63 

Relus Flemming ’65 

Matt Harper ’13 

Linda Higdon ’73 

Sarah Holmes ’07 

Dianne Mitchell ’81 

Brenda Sewell ’68 

2013-2014 Student Government 

Association Officers 

President Ashlie Reagan 

Vice President Mollie Peck 

Secretary Emily Green 

Treasurer Brooke Fincher 

For more information about the 

TWC Alumni Association, please 

email alumni@twcnet.edu 

or call 423.746.5331. 

Board of Trustees 

Ms. Claire Tucker ’75 Chair 

Board of Trustees 

Mr. Allen Carter Vice Chair 

Mr. W. Matthew Brookshire ’95 

Secretary 

Dr. Harley Knowles President 

Mr. Keith Altshuler 

Ms. Sharon Brown 

Ms. Kristen Camp 

Ms. Ailene Chambers ’65 

Hon. Carl Colloms ’64 

Dr. Dan Gilbert 

Ms. Angie Green-Griffin ’92 

Ms. Laurie Hallenberg 

Dr. Danny Hays ’57 

Dr. Vant Hardaway ’71 

Ms. Teena Hornsby ’84 

Mr. Bryan Jackson 

Mr. William Kilbride ’72 

Mr. Larry Kleinman 

Mr. Thomas Korn 

Ms. Jo Lundy ’88 

Mr. Larry Mauldin 

Dr. Regenia Mayfield ’59 ’06H 

Rev. Dan Moore ’74 

Mr. George Oliphant ’43 

(Trustee Emeritus) 

Mr. Charles Peccolo 

Ms. Pat Purushotham 

Mr. Hugh Queener ’77 

Rev. Thomas Reed ’73 

Mr. Joel Riley 

Mr. Jerry Smith ’61 

Mr. Hugh Walker III ’65 

Mr. Don Webb ’81 

Mr. Mark White ’76 

Ms. Mary Williams ’88 

Ms. Mintie Willson 

Mr. Jim Winer 

Ms. Shirley Woodcock ’78 

Marica Merck 

Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving 

msmerck@twcnet.edu 

Michael Robinson 

Director of Major Gifts 

mhrobinson@twcnet.edu 

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