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The Magazine of Tennessee Wesleyan College<br />
Honoring<br />
a Legacy<br />
<strong>TWC</strong> grants Honorary Doctorate<br />
to Burkett Witt<br />
Spring Commencement<br />
Giving Back<br />
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2014</strong><br />
Faculty, Staff & Student Achievements
Strategic Academic Initiatives<br />
A message from the President<br />
Dear Alumni and Friends,<br />
With much enthusiasm, I am pleased to announce the launching of<br />
<strong>TWC</strong>’s second master’s degree program in this issue of <strong>ARCHES</strong>. This<br />
fall, pending approval from the Southern Association of Colleges and<br />
Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), Tennessee Wesleyan will<br />
launch a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in management.<br />
I am proud of the work of our Business Administration faculty and<br />
staff who have gone above and beyond to design an academically<br />
challenging and competitive program.<br />
I am truly thrilled by the innovation and dedication of all of our<br />
faculty and staff who have worked collaboratively to design and<br />
develop exciting new undergraduate and graduate curricula. Under<br />
the leadership of Dr. Suzanne Hine, vice president for academic<br />
affairs, there have been several new academic initiatives that have<br />
been successfully launched, including the following:<br />
• Master of Science in Curriculum Leadership: <strong>Summer</strong> 2012<br />
• Online RN-BSN program for nursing: <strong>Summer</strong> 2012<br />
• The addition of a new minor in human services<br />
• An emphasis in interdisciplinary gender studies<br />
• A minor and emphasis in legal studies<br />
• A new forensics emphasis within criminal justice and natural sciences departments<br />
• A new fine arts major<br />
There are many other exciting academic initiatives on the horizon at <strong>TWC</strong>. These include the launch of a new<br />
undergraduate communication major and our third graduate program with a Master of Science in Criminal Justice<br />
Administration with a projected launch in the fall of 2015. The college is also conducting a feasibility study to explore<br />
the possibility of launching an advanced degree program in Physician Assistant Studies.<br />
These are exciting times for Tennessee Wesleyan. With your ongoing partnership and faithful support, your college<br />
will continue to thrive and grow as we prepare students to become positive global leaders.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Harley G. Knowles, Ed.D.<br />
President
The Magazine of Tennessee Wesleyan College<br />
<strong>ARCHES</strong><br />
Volume 14 | No. 1 | <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2014</strong><br />
4 | Honoring a Legacy<br />
<strong>TWC</strong> grants Honorary Doctorate to Burkett Witt<br />
10 | Kilbride donates riverfront preserve<br />
to Tennessee Wesleyan College<br />
Bill Kilbride ’72 donates 91+ acres of Dayton, Tenn.,<br />
environmental nature preserve to Tennessee Wesleyan<br />
12 | <strong>TWC</strong>’s Chorale tour Europe<br />
Dr. Nathan Windt extends an appreciative thank you to<br />
those who supported the Chorale’s summer European Tour<br />
14 | International Day held at <strong>TWC</strong><br />
Tennessee Wesleyan hosts inaugural International Day to<br />
celebrate cultural diversity on campus<br />
16 | Honoring Your Gifts<br />
<strong>TWC</strong> celebrates donors at annual scholarship luncheon<br />
17 | Environmental Stewardship<br />
8 | Spring Commencement<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College graduates 197<br />
students at 157th Spring Commencement<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan honored with 2013 Tree Campus<br />
USA recognition<br />
22 | Giving Back<br />
<strong>TWC</strong> students provide healthscare, community<br />
service on spring break mission trip to Costa Rica<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College adheres to the principles of equal education, employment<br />
opportunity, and participation in collegiate activities without regard to race, color, religion,<br />
national origin, sex, age, marital or family status, disability, or sexual orientation. This policy<br />
extends to all programs and activities supported by the college.<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College is a comprehensive, private<br />
liberal arts institution affiliated with the Holston Conference<br />
of the United Methodist Church.
Honoring Burkett Witt<br />
At a special dinner celebration on Tuesday, April 29, Tennessee Wesleyan College celebrated the college’s granting of an Honorary<br />
Doctorate of Public Service to longtime friend of the college Burkett Witt. Witt’s Honorary Doctorate was then granted at the<br />
college’s Commencement service the following Saturday on May 3.<br />
With laughter and tears, more than 200 people filled the room to capacity in <strong>TWC</strong>’s Sherman Dining Hall for Tuesday’s dinner celebration.<br />
The celebration included a State of Tennessee proclamation from the Tennessee State Legislature honoring Burkett by Sen. Mike Bell<br />
and Rep. John Forgety. This was followed by a joint proclamation by McMinn County Mayor John Gentry and Athens Mayor Hal Buttram<br />
who noted that Burkett’s name and picture adorn the city council room to remind them how business should be done.<br />
Witt’s public service includes a rich history with Tennessee Wesleyan and the Athens<br />
community overall. Witt started his relationship with Tennessee Wesleyan students<br />
in 1949 when he ran Bo and Pete’s Southern Soda Shop, affectionately called<br />
the “Slop Shop” by the students. In 1956, he began his 16-year career on<br />
<strong>TWC</strong>’s campus serving students and being a trusted confidant for the<br />
generations of students who would go on to be leaders in the Athens<br />
community and beyond.<br />
Following his career at the college, Witt continued his service to the region<br />
and went on to serve as the Mayor of Athens. Witt’s term as Mayor made<br />
him the first black Mayor in Tennessee., and his 30 plus years elected to<br />
city council were a large part of the public service that has earned him a<br />
<strong>TWC</strong> Honorary Doctorate of Public Service.<br />
Photo Credit:<br />
The Daily-Post Athenian
During the week’s festivities celebrating Witt’s legacy and<br />
accomplishments, speeches were given by many of Witt’s friends<br />
who detailed their deep appreciation to Witt’s service to the<br />
community, and his lasting friendship to his beloved friends.<br />
Among those speakers were Witt’s friends Dr. Clyde Kyle ’57,<br />
Barbara Pickel Deal ’57, Paul Watkins ’54, Dr. Dick Pelley ’69,<br />
Dwain Ealy ’61 and Basil Turbyfill. Witt’s great-grandson and new<br />
<strong>TWC</strong> graduate Joshua Bragg shared his feelings on the legacy that<br />
Witt has provided him.<br />
“I am honored to stand as the first recipient of the Burkett and<br />
Mildred Witt Endowed Scholarship but more importantly as the<br />
oldest great-grandson of Burkett L. Witt,” said Bragg. “Papaw<br />
Burkett has been my friend, my role model, my supporter, my<br />
wallet, and he has been here every step of the way. I am more<br />
than honored to share my graduation day with him as he receives<br />
this monumental recognition.”<br />
“A work of art is unique, it is a ‘one-of-a-kind’ in the world, not<br />
another like it anywhere, judged through the ages and engaging<br />
us each time we come in contact with it,” said Watkins.<br />
“Burkett is unique, a one of a kind in our world, not another<br />
like him anywhere. He engages us each time we see and talk to<br />
him. Each time, he tells us something we didn’t know or didn’t<br />
remember about ourselves and others. He is truly a masterpiece.”<br />
Alumni and friends of Witt are invited to make a gift to the college<br />
to honor him through the naming of a room in the new <strong>TWC</strong><br />
Campus Center.<br />
All gifts received in Witt’s honor will be used to create a fitting<br />
display that celebrates his legacy at Tennessee Wesleyan<br />
for generations to come. Honor gifts may be sent to <strong>TWC</strong><br />
Advancement, 204 E. College St., Athens, TN 37303. To see more<br />
photos go to the college’s Facebook page. A<br />
Also speaking at Tuesday’s dinner celebration, Witt’s longtime<br />
friend and <strong>TWC</strong> Alumnus Watkins shared his belief that Witt is a<br />
legend and in many ways a “work of art.”<br />
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197 students graduate at 157th<br />
Spring Commencement<br />
Everyone has the power to positively change someone else’s<br />
life said Tennessee Wesleyan College Commencement<br />
Keynote Speaker Bill Kilbride at the college’s 157th Commencement.<br />
Following your passions and using your abilities to positively change<br />
other people’s lives were the key messages shared by Kilbride, the<br />
former president of Mohawk Home and chief sustainability officer<br />
of Mohawk Industries. He also conveyed to the new graduates how<br />
being an alum of Tennessee Wesleyan can impact their lives.<br />
“This college invested in my future,” said Kilbride, now the<br />
president-elect for the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce.<br />
“It wasn’t just about getting me through graduation, it was about<br />
the rest of my life and my gratitude to <strong>TWC</strong> will be for the rest of<br />
my life.”<br />
<strong>TWC</strong>’s celebration of its 157th Commencement spanned three days<br />
and three events. The festivities started with a Thursday evening<br />
Nurse Pinning Ceremony, followed by Friday’s Baccalaureate service<br />
and Saturday’s Commencement. With 197 students graduating, this<br />
year’s Commencement celebration was the highlight of the 2013-<br />
<strong>2014</strong> academic year.<br />
Receiving their pins at a Thursday evening service at Cokesbury<br />
United Methodist Church in Knoxville, Tenn., 65 nursing students<br />
graduating with their Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Tennessee<br />
Wesleyan’s Fort Sanders Nursing Department were cheered on by<br />
proud family members and friends.<br />
“Tennessee Wesleyan has a reputation of being the best and most<br />
experience-based nursing program in the region,” said Shannon<br />
Nelson, the <strong>TWC</strong> nursing class president who gave the student<br />
address at the ceremony. “Over the past three years of studies and<br />
clinicals, I have realized that being a graduate of <strong>TWC</strong> and having<br />
that <strong>TWC</strong> pin carries a lot more weight than I ever imagined.”<br />
“Everyone has the power<br />
to positively change<br />
someone else’s life.”<br />
-Bill Kilbride<br />
Following the Nurse Pinning Ceremony, all 197 new graduates<br />
gathered together in Athens, Tenn., at Friday’s Baccalaureate<br />
service in <strong>TWC</strong>’s Townsend Auditorium to enjoy fellowship and<br />
words of assurance and affirmation from special guest speakers.<br />
The Reverend Dr. Stella Roberts shared a sermon with the students,<br />
their family and friends, and the <strong>TWC</strong> faculty and staff who were<br />
in attendance.<br />
Saturday’s 157th Commencement was held in Athens, Tenn., on<br />
the college’s Wesley Commons Lawn and was a celebration of the<br />
academic achievements of its <strong>2014</strong> graduates. In<br />
addition to Bill Kilbride’s keynote address, Sydney<br />
Varajon, a new <strong>2014</strong> Summa Cum Laude <strong>TWC</strong><br />
graduate, also gave a student address.<br />
“Tennessee Wesleyan is a place where stories are<br />
interwoven, where lives intersect,” said Varajon.<br />
“Rather than an institution where people have<br />
numbers and not names, Wesleyan is a community<br />
that emphasizes qualitative instead of mere<br />
quantitative existence. Professors and peers alike<br />
encourage us to ask questions, to explore ideas, and<br />
to grow into ourselves.<br />
<strong>TWC</strong>’s <strong>2014</strong> Spring Commencement Keynote<br />
Speaker Bill Kilbride shared his words of wisdom<br />
and motivation with <strong>TWC</strong>’s new graduates.<br />
“At Wesleyan we have not been taught what to<br />
think, but how to think, not what to see, but how to<br />
see. There exists a remarkable bond between <strong>TWC</strong><br />
faculty, staff, and students. As we leave this campus,<br />
it is my hope that we will go boldly, but gently. We go<br />
into the world now with a rich Wesleyan heritage,<br />
a tradition of light and truth. More importantly, we<br />
have a legacy of love and as heirs of such, we have<br />
the responsibility to share it.” A<br />
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This year’s Spring Commencement<br />
Award Winners<br />
Honorary Doctorate of Public Service<br />
Burkett Witt<br />
Athens Area Chamber of Commerce Awards<br />
Nathan Harmon, Sydney Varajon, and Megan Dannel<br />
The Townsend Awards<br />
Sydney Varajon and Casey Cooper<br />
The Harry Steadman Award<br />
Joan Schweibert<br />
The Mary Mildred Sullivan Awards<br />
Rachel McDonald (Student) and<br />
Dixie Liner (Community Leader)<br />
The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards<br />
David “Alex” Hicks (Student) and<br />
Rev. Charles Maynard (Community Leader)<br />
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Lecture series honors<br />
distinguished community leader<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College hosted its Inaugural Dr. Morris<br />
D. Goodfriend Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, March 18,<br />
honoring Dr. Goodfriend as a beloved friend of the college. To<br />
be held annually, the lecture series will feature guest speakers<br />
discussing business topics and issues with audiences of <strong>TWC</strong><br />
business students, faculty, alumni, and other guests.<br />
“We were honored to celebrate Dr. Mike Goodfriend’s legacy<br />
as an entrepreneur and community leader with this inaugural<br />
distinguished lecture,” said Dr. Harley Knowles, <strong>TWC</strong> president.<br />
“Several of the attendees had worked for Dr. Goodfriend in his<br />
store in Athens and credit him for their career success.”<br />
The inaugural guest speaker for the lecture series was Dr. C.<br />
Warren Neel, a former Dean of the University of Tennessee,<br />
Knoxville Business School for 25 years who also served in<br />
government as the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department<br />
of Finance and Administration, managing a budget of over $20<br />
billion while serving as the Governor’s chief financial officer.<br />
Dr. Neel shared his views on ethics and morality in business,<br />
sharing experiences from his career in education and government<br />
as well as his work serving on corporate boards.<br />
Before Dr. Neel’s lecture,<br />
Dr. Goodfriend’s son, Robert<br />
Goodfriend, spoke about his<br />
father’s legacy and successful<br />
career growing Goody’s<br />
Family Clothing store to 383<br />
stores throughout the South<br />
and Midwest.<br />
“My father was special and<br />
he is sincerely missed,” said<br />
Goodfriend. “I truly appreciate<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College<br />
honoring him in this way.”<br />
Robert Goodfriend<br />
To show the families’ gratitude, Goodfriend presented a donation<br />
of $100,000 from The Goodfriend Foundation to Dr. Knowles to<br />
support the lecture series and the school’s business department.<br />
“I was thrilled to receive such an unexpected generous donation,”<br />
said Dr. Knowles. “Robert and and his wife Wendy Goodfriend are<br />
wonderful philanthropists and we were honored to accept their<br />
support to further enhance our business program and continue<br />
the Dr. Morris D. Goodfriend Distinguished Lecture Series.” A<br />
From left to right: Gary and Linda Johnson,<br />
Wendy and Robert Goodfriend<br />
Dr. C. Warren Neal<br />
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Online Master of Business Administration<br />
plans to launch this fall<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College is accepting applications for its<br />
new online Master of Business Administration program,<br />
tentatively scheduled to begin fall <strong>2014</strong>.<br />
The program is designed to accommodate both full-time and<br />
part-time students in a 10-course format, providing students<br />
with the opportunity to achieve a graduate degree in as few as 12<br />
months. The flexible, online format will allow working adults to<br />
earn the degree without interrupting personal and professional<br />
obligations.<br />
“Tennessee Wesleyan College’s MBA degree is designed to prepare<br />
working professionals with the knowledge and skills to succeed in<br />
a competitive business world,” said Dr. Martha Maddox, associate<br />
dean for business administration and chair of the department of<br />
business administration.<br />
“Providing the MBA degree in an online format will assist the<br />
college in fulfilling its mission to provide students the highest<br />
quality educational experience, promote personal integrity,<br />
responsibility, and purpose, and to prepare students for a life of<br />
leadership and service in an ever-changing global society.”<br />
<strong>TWC</strong>’s online MBA program emphasizes ethical decision-making,<br />
critical analysis and problem-solving, strategic orientation, global<br />
perspectives, concern for sustainability and growth, and respect<br />
for people and communities – skills necessary for today’s business<br />
leaders.<br />
To apply or learn more about <strong>TWC</strong>’s online Master of Business<br />
Administration program, go to twcnet.edu/mba or contact<br />
Stefanie West by phone at 423-252-1114 or by email at swest@<br />
twcnet.edu. <strong>TWC</strong>’s MBA program is pending SACSCOC approval. A<br />
you can<br />
have it all<br />
Career • Family • Goals<br />
online mba<br />
For information contact:<br />
Stefanie West<br />
swest@twcnet.edu | 423.252.1114<br />
www.twcnet.edu/mba<br />
Pending SACSCOC Approval.<br />
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Kilbride donates riverfront preserve<br />
He knows which trees the bluebirds nest in and at what Bringing in groups such as Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency<br />
times a trail of deer can be seen making their way across and the Tennessee Division of Forestry of the Department of<br />
the open meadow of the property. There isn’t a square inch of the Agriculture, Kilbride talked with dozens of experts in the wildlife<br />
nearly 92 acres of Dayton, Tenn., land owned by Bill Kilbride that and agricultural fields to come up with a plan to rehabilitate the<br />
he hasn’t explored, harvested, or rehabilitated.<br />
land to its natural state.<br />
After a decade of rehabilitating the 92 acres of land that he has<br />
loved and nurtured, the former President of Mohawk Home and<br />
Chief Sustainability Officer of Mohawk Industries is now donating<br />
that land to his alma mater, Tennessee Wesleyan College.<br />
With the hope that the college can use the land for scholastic<br />
research in its science and art programs, as well as the possibility<br />
of being used as a sanctuary for the college’s religious studies<br />
program, Kilbride chose to donate the land that he loves so much<br />
to the school that has given him so much.<br />
Nestled along the banks of the Tennessee River, the Dayton, Tenn.,<br />
property was originally purchased by Kilbride in 2004 when he<br />
bought it from a seller who had been trying to turn it into lots for<br />
hundreds of future homes to be built on. Kilbride’s intent for the<br />
property was that it become an environmental reserve.<br />
“I wanted the land to be returned to its natural state,” said Kilbride,<br />
now the president-elect for the Chattanooga Area Chamber of<br />
Commerce.<br />
Ridding the property of overgrowth, bringing in crops, and<br />
planting trees soon became Kilbride’s weekend projects. With<br />
many of the trees being planted by Kilbride himself, the property<br />
holds a special place in his heart, which is why he took great care<br />
in his decision to donate the property to Tennessee Wesleyan.<br />
“Just as I set about to find the best restoration plan for the land all<br />
those years ago, I recently set about finding the best plan for what<br />
to do with the land now,” said Kilbride. “I talked to several nonprofits<br />
and groups about the land and finally came around to the<br />
idea of donating the property to <strong>TWC</strong>.<br />
“I began to think about how our generation needs to take the<br />
students of today, the leaders of tomorrow, and in some shape<br />
or form, introduce them to the importance of environmental<br />
sustainability.”<br />
Kilbride’s hope for donating his land to <strong>TWC</strong> was that the property<br />
would attract different types of science and liberal arts students<br />
as well as add value to the Tennessee Wesleyan education. <strong>TWC</strong><br />
Bill Kilbride receives appreciation gift from <strong>TWC</strong> science<br />
students visiting the sanctuary for science studies.<br />
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has embraced Kilbride’s land and have chosen to call it “The<br />
Kilbride Nature Sanctuary.” In addition to plans for arts and<br />
religious studies uses, the college’s science department will<br />
primarily use the land.<br />
“I plan to use the land for my ecology, environmental science<br />
and biology courses for field-oriented projects,” said Dr.<br />
Allen Moore, <strong>TWC</strong> associate professor of biology. “It will also<br />
be an extremely valuable asset for those students wishing to<br />
undertake independent research projects under the direction<br />
of one of the natural sciences faculty members.<br />
“This generous donation from Mr. Kilbride enables us, as<br />
instructors, the opportunity to get our students outdoors and<br />
actually see firsthand many of the interactions in nature that<br />
we lecture about in the classroom. This truly opens up many<br />
avenues of research for both <strong>TWC</strong>’s students and faculty.”<br />
The main building on the Kilbride Nature Sanctuary<br />
property holds bathrooms and other facilities.<br />
A member of the college’s Board of Trustees and the keynote<br />
speaker at the school’s Spring Commencement ceremony,<br />
Kilbride’s appreciation for Tennessee Wesleyan, and its mission<br />
to be a leader in higher education, are what led him to donate his<br />
land reserve to the college. Kilbride hopes that new generations<br />
of <strong>TWC</strong> students will learn the historical significance of the land<br />
and benefit from conducting their studies there.<br />
“The land has a rich history that dates back to the late 1500s<br />
and includes exploration from the Spanish explorer Hernando<br />
de Soto and American politician and soldier Sam Houston who<br />
lived in the area in the mid-1800s,” said Kilbride.<br />
“For me, it’s a joy to share that history with <strong>TWC</strong> and its students.<br />
I believe that this land will benefit Tennessee Wesleyan in<br />
the future in ways that we haven’t even thought of yet. <strong>TWC</strong><br />
invested in my future and my gratitude to <strong>TWC</strong> will be for the<br />
rest of my life.” A<br />
<strong>TWC</strong> science students conduct<br />
a study on the property.<br />
“I believe that this land will benefit<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan in the future in ways<br />
that we haven’t even thought of yet.”<br />
-Bill Kilbride<br />
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Dear Friend of Tennessee Wesleyan College,<br />
What a year we have had with the <strong>TWC</strong> Chorale! After a number of<br />
splendid concerts, church services, and wonderful music made here in<br />
the State of Tennessee, our Chorale had the opportunity, thanks to your<br />
generous support, to travel to Germany, the Czech Republic, and Austria,<br />
performing as part of our <strong>2014</strong> European tour. It was a life-changing<br />
experience for all of us, and while all of the stories would fill pages and<br />
pages of letters, I’d like to share a few with you that summarize why this<br />
trip was so important, so beneficial, and so rewarding for us.<br />
We spent our first three days in Berlin, and our second day offered a wonderful study in contrast. We began the<br />
day with a moving visit to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, allowing our students to see an ugly, horrific<br />
side to human nature. While it was certainly difficult to see this, it offered our students a valuable opportunity to<br />
experience history in person, not just from a textbook. In the same day, we gave a concert at the St. Elisabeth-Stift<br />
Chapel, a retirement hospital and chapel. Many of these residents were shut-ins, and it was a joy to be able to<br />
share our music with them. What was even more rewarding for our students was to collaborate in this<br />
concert with the Berlin-Mozart Choir, who found our students at the hotel later that evening to share<br />
musical stories and sing further together. The day was a testament to the entire human experience:<br />
while there is darkness, hate, and evil; music, and its shared experiences, can bring about light, love,<br />
and beauty.<br />
A personally fulfilling moment for me—and if I may dare say, the group—came for us in Leipzig, at our<br />
third concert, given at the Nikolaikirche. The St. Nicholas Church has a unique history: it was the center<br />
for the Peaceful Revolution of 1989, begun with prayer against the communist regime, and where the<br />
“Miracle of Leipzig” prevented a single drop of blood from being shed as protesters continued to gather.<br />
Well before that event, it was one of the churches that the great German composer Johann Sebastian<br />
Bach led music as part of his church music post in the town of Leipzig, including being the site of the<br />
premiere of his major choral-orchestral work, The St. John Passion, in 1724. Some of us had just come<br />
from the Thomanerkirche down the street, where Bach’s tomb is found, so it was already a meaningful<br />
day. Our group of 25 walked into the side doors of the Nikolaikirche to prepare for our concert, through<br />
the hallway, and finally, into the sanctuary, where I stopped, breathless: what does one do or say, when<br />
such a genius of music and theology had been here but 300 years before? One of the students behind me<br />
asked, “Dr. Windt, you’re totally having a fan-boy moment, aren’t you?” I said, “Yes. Yes I am. And I have<br />
no regrets!” It was a magical concert that evening, including two standing-ovation encores, which attests<br />
to the hard work the students put into singing this difficult music to such high acclaim.<br />
At the end of this trip, I think we all understood the benefit of those Sunday morning 5:45 A.M. call times, and<br />
the extended trips we made throughout the year to raise money for the trip, to recruit for the college, and to<br />
simply gain musical experience that would allow us to perform at our musical best. If you have the opportunity<br />
to review the pictures in this magazine, and to see the videos posted online, you will once again be affirmed as<br />
to why Tennessee Wesleyan College is rated as one of the Best Regional Colleges of the South by U.S. News and<br />
World Report. As their music director this year, and for the past six years, I can honestly say that I have not<br />
been more proud of their efforts as musicians and student ambassadors for Tennessee Wesleyan College, and I<br />
hope that this becomes one of the college’s newest traditions. Talk with any of our Chorale members, and you’ll<br />
find changed people: students who will take this global experience with them back to their <strong>TWC</strong> classrooms,<br />
out to the workforce, and hopefully, shape their world for good. Please accept my most heartfelt thanks and<br />
appreciation for every gift you sent in to help our students in this endeavor. I can say without any hesitation, that<br />
their musicianship, scholarship, and conduct, made me proud to conduct this group, and to represent Tennessee<br />
Wesleyan College.<br />
On behalf of the <strong>TWC</strong> Chorale, with our warmest<br />
thanks and regards,<br />
Dr. Nathan Windt<br />
Director of <strong>2014</strong> <strong>TWC</strong> Chorale
Thank Youfor Supporting the<br />
Chorale’s <strong>2014</strong> European Tour<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan Chorale<br />
European Tour <strong>2014</strong><br />
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<strong>TWC</strong> celebrates inaugural International Day<br />
To celebrate the cultural diversity of its faculty, staff, and professor of French and coordinator of international programs.<br />
students, Tennessee Wesleyan College hosted its first “<strong>TWC</strong> is a great institution committed to diversity and support for<br />
International Day on Wednesday, March 26. Organized by <strong>TWC</strong>’s our community and I am truly blessed to be part of it.”<br />
International Student Services and Student Life departments, <strong>TWC</strong><br />
International Day featured an exhibit of historical information<br />
and cultural artifacts from countries such as West Africa, Nigeria,<br />
Kenya, Romania and Latin America, and a lunch presentation of a<br />
Planning this first International Day with help from other <strong>TWC</strong><br />
departments, Dr. Bocco hopes that the event will grow to be an<br />
annual celebration of the college’s diversity.<br />
procession of students, faculty, and staff in the traditional national<br />
“Our inaugural International Day exceeded everyone’s<br />
clothing of their native countries.<br />
expectations,” said Dr. Suzanne Hine, <strong>TWC</strong> vice president for<br />
“Words cannot express how grateful the college is for the support<br />
of all the <strong>TWC</strong> staff, faculty, students, and administration to make<br />
academic affairs. “The event was an explosion of colorful costumes<br />
and varied cultural experiences. Dr. Bocco did an extraordinary job<br />
this event a successful one,” said Dr. Augustin Bocco, <strong>TWC</strong> assistant<br />
of bringing the world to <strong>TWC</strong>.” A<br />
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Alumnus establishes McMinn<br />
County commuter scholarship<br />
Joe Townsend, ’93, has generously established the Milford<br />
and Lorayne Streeter Annual Scholarship in honor of his<br />
wife Sabra’s paternal grandparents. The scholarship will benefit<br />
commuter students from McMinn County.<br />
“I was a commuter from McMinn County and I want to help as<br />
many people from where I am from that I can,” said Townsend,<br />
a configuration manager with Indiana Public Retirement System<br />
Joe Townsend ’93<br />
in Indianapolis, Ind. “I have been blessed financially and want to<br />
pay it forward. I challenge everyone who attended and attends <strong>TWC</strong> to consider the college<br />
in their prayers and financial support because of the difference they have made and will<br />
continue to make in the lives of students and alumni.”<br />
Townsend has four kids with his wife Sabra: Abby, nine, Keegan, eight, Hope, six, and Parker,<br />
five. He hopes that the established scholarship will ensure that his wife’s grandparents are<br />
never forgotten.<br />
Milford was a Veteran of World War II, serving in the Navy in 1949 when he collapsed and<br />
died of polio on a ship. He was only 30-years-old. He had two sons with Lorayne who, upon<br />
his death, was given $300 for train tickets and the casket containing her husbands body and<br />
went to St Augustine where he is buried.<br />
Lorayne then worked and raised her three boys, never remarrying. Townsend believes that<br />
Lorayne exemplifies what hard work and perseverance truly means. A<br />
Collins starts fund for<br />
student field research<br />
D<br />
r. Joseph “Leo” Collins ’69, has established the Eldon Bonds Field Studies Fund to<br />
provide grant assistance to <strong>TWC</strong> students who choose to participate in studies at an<br />
accredited research field station. Dr. Collins established the fund to honor the memory of<br />
his former <strong>TWC</strong> Natural Sciences professor, Eldon Bonds. Dr. Collins wants to recognize<br />
the impact Bonds had on him as a student. Bonds encouraged Dr. Collins to participate in a<br />
biological field study at<br />
the Gulf Coast Research<br />
Lab in Ocean Springs,<br />
Miss. It was there that<br />
Dr. Collins says he saw<br />
the career potential in<br />
the field of botany and<br />
he has since spent his<br />
career as Chief Botanist<br />
for the Tennessee Valley<br />
Authority. Please contact<br />
From left to right: Randy Nelson, <strong>TWC</strong> vice president of<br />
the Advancement Office<br />
advancement, Caroline Young, assistant professor of biology<br />
if you would like to<br />
and chemistry, Dr. Allen Moore, associate professor of biology,<br />
learn more about this<br />
Dr. Joseph “Leo” Collins ’69, Dr. Mark Shoop, professor and<br />
fund or would like to<br />
associate dean for science and mathematics, and department,<br />
make a contribution to<br />
and Dr. Harley Knowles, president.<br />
honor Eldon Bonds. A<br />
“Our passion and love for<br />
<strong>TWC</strong> runs deep. Establishing<br />
a charitable gift annuity was<br />
the perfect way we could show<br />
our faith in the college and the<br />
Holston Conference Foundation<br />
while receiving a lifetime income,<br />
a charitable deduction, and the<br />
opportunity to help students.”<br />
- Paul and Gracie Coates Keith, ’59<br />
Income<br />
for<br />
Life<br />
Secure your legacy<br />
and invest in your future<br />
Receive income for the<br />
rest of your life by building<br />
a lasting legacy with<br />
a charitable gift annuity.<br />
Age<br />
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70 5.1%<br />
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*Gift minimum begins at $10,000.<br />
Income tax deductions may also apply.<br />
To start your returns today,<br />
contact Randy L. Nelson at<br />
rnelson@twcnet.edu<br />
or call 423.746.5330<br />
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Celebrating donors at annual luncheon<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College held its annual<br />
Scholarship Donor Appreciation Luncheon on<br />
Thursday, March 20. Donors to the college’s endowed<br />
and annual scholarship fund joined the student<br />
recipients of those scholarships for fellowship at the<br />
luncheon.<br />
“These are exciting times at Tennessee Wesleyan and<br />
we are thankful to our donors that are such an integral<br />
part of our proud heritage and strong future,” said<br />
Randy Nelson, <strong>TWC</strong> vice president of advancement.<br />
“Our annual luncheon is our way of saying thank you<br />
and an opportunity for our donors to meet and get<br />
to know the students that are achieving their goal of<br />
a college education because of donor support for the<br />
college’s scholarship fund.”<br />
<strong>TWC</strong>’s scholarship luncheon was a celebration of<br />
student success, donor generosity, and the power of<br />
helping those in need.<br />
In addition to fellowship between the scholarship<br />
recipients and the donors, recent <strong>TWC</strong> graduate<br />
and AmeriCorps Visa Matt Harper from the college’s<br />
Center for Servant Leadership office shared a special<br />
presentation on the many servant leadership programs<br />
that have been successful at the college throughout<br />
the past year. <strong>TWC</strong> students who receive scholarships<br />
pay it forward by also giving back to the community<br />
through community service and volunteer work.<br />
“Our donors make a difference in the lives of our<br />
students,” said Dr. Knowles, <strong>TWC</strong> president. “The<br />
students look forward to our donor luncheon each<br />
year. Having the opportunity to say thank you to the<br />
person that has helped made their college education<br />
possible is a monumental moment for our students.” A<br />
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<strong>TWC</strong> declared<br />
Tree Campus USA<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College was honored with a 2013 Tree Campus<br />
USA recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment<br />
to effective urban forest management.<br />
Tree Campus USA, a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day<br />
Foundation and sponsored by Toyota, honors colleges and universities for<br />
effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students<br />
in conservation goals.<br />
<strong>TWC</strong> achieved the Tree Campus USA honor by meeting the program’s<br />
five standards, which include maintaining a tree advisory committee, a<br />
campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for its campus tree<br />
program, an Arbor Day observance and student service-learning project.<br />
“We’re proud to receive the designation as a Tree Campus USA,” said Mike<br />
Ingram, <strong>TWC</strong> director of physical plant services. “<strong>TWC</strong> is a vital part of the<br />
Athens urban canopy and it is exciting to be a part of enhancing its vitality.<br />
“Prospective students and their families frequently mention that our<br />
beautiful campus is an important part of their decision in choosing to<br />
attend Tennessee Wesleyan. The tree committee is proud that our work<br />
and the work that has occurred since 1857 enriches the lives of our<br />
campus and community members.” A<br />
From left to right: Dr. Allen Moore, <strong>TWC</strong> associate<br />
professor of biology and Tom Simpson, State of<br />
Tennessee Regional Urban Forrester<br />
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Spring <strong>2014</strong><br />
Women’s Basketball<br />
The Lady Bulldogs finished the season 24-5 overall and 18-2 in<br />
the AAC, along with a trip to Sioux City, Iowa for the NAIA Division<br />
II Women’s Basketball National Championships. <strong>TWC</strong> won the<br />
Appalachian Athletic Conference and the <strong>2014</strong> Regular Season<br />
Championship, and was also named the Champions of Character<br />
team. Armeka Booker was named to the NAIA All-American 2nd<br />
team and was the AAC Player of the Year. Coach Jeff Rice was<br />
named as the AAC Coach of the Year.<br />
Men’s Basketball<br />
The Bulldogs finished third in the Appalachian Athletic Conference,<br />
finishing the year with a 16-13 overall record and 12-6 in the<br />
conference. Tyler Burse was named to the All-Conference team<br />
while Shannon Smith was named to the All-Conference 2nd<br />
team. Arden Beeler and Andrew Scofield were named to the All-<br />
Academic team<br />
Baseball<br />
The <strong>TWC</strong> Bulldogs won the AAC Regular Season Title for the 3rd<br />
year in a row with a 19-8 conference record. The Bulldogs lost in<br />
the AAC Tournament but were given an at large bid to the NAIA<br />
Baseball National Championship opening round. In the Daytona<br />
Beach Bracket the Bulldogs were 2-2, finishing the season with a<br />
loss to Embry Riddle. Billy Berry was named the AAC Coach of the<br />
Year. James Boddicker and Matt Malloy were named to the AAC<br />
All-Conference Team.<br />
Men’s Golf<br />
The Bulldogs Golf team ended the season in record fashion with a<br />
9th place finish in the NAIA National Championships. The Bulldogs<br />
earned the bid to the National Championships by winning the AAC<br />
Direct Qualifier at Governors Towne Club in Acworth, Ga. Josh<br />
Wheeler tied for 5th overall, which is the highest finish in a NAIA<br />
National Championship for a <strong>TWC</strong> golfer in the college’s history.<br />
Wheeler was named to the All-Tournament team.<br />
Women’s Golf<br />
The Lady Bulldogs Golf team finished 3rd in the AAC Regular season<br />
and also finished third in the NAIA Direct Qualifier tournament.<br />
Stephanie Carr and Abby Dukes were both named to the AAC All<br />
Conference 2nd team.<br />
Accomplishments in<br />
Athletics<br />
Tennis<br />
For both the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs tennis teams, the season<br />
ended at the AAC Conference tournaments. The men finished the<br />
season at 12-6 while the women were 12-4. <strong>TWC</strong> had two tennis<br />
players that were named to the NAIA All American teams. Ezequiel<br />
Gils, a junior from Punta del Este, Uruguay, was named to the<br />
All-American 2nd team. Ekaterina Vezhenkova, a senior from St.<br />
Petersburg, Russia received Honorable Mention.<br />
Softball<br />
<strong>TWC</strong> Softball finished the season with an overall record of 13-<br />
27 and 9-11 in the AAC. Lindsay Arndts was named to the AAC<br />
All-Conference team, while Courtney Gobble was honored with<br />
the Gold Glove Award. The Lady Bulldogs were third in the NAIA<br />
for the number of athletes named as Daktronics NAIA Scholar<br />
Athletes. Those receiving the honor included: Lindsay Arndts,<br />
Courtney Gobble, Brittany Kilduff, Stacie Nelson, Hannah Smith,<br />
and Brooke Ward.<br />
Men’s Lacrosse<br />
The Men’s Lacrosse team finished their season at 7-6 in the MCLA.<br />
Receiving Honorable Mention All-Conference honors were Will<br />
Munley and Parker Thomas.<br />
Women’s Lacrosse<br />
The Lady Bulldog Lacrosse team finished third in the conference<br />
tournament, which allowed them to take their second trip to<br />
the NWLL National Tournament which was in Belleville, Ill. <strong>TWC</strong><br />
finished 7th in the tournament after winning their final game of<br />
the season against Missouri Baptist. Serra Kerley was named to<br />
the All-Tournament team after scoring eight goals and having<br />
seven assists in the tournament.<br />
Track<br />
The Bulldogs Track and Field team finished the season with a 1st<br />
and 2nd place finish in the AAC. The Bulldogs won the conference<br />
for the first time in the college’s history while the Lady Bulldogs<br />
finished 2nd behind Milligan. <strong>TWC</strong> had three individuals and a<br />
relay team who qualified for the NAIA National Championships.<br />
The women’s 4x100 relay team, consisting of Justina Jones, Alexus<br />
Lyons, Kiana Froedden, and Beth Sexton, finished in a time of<br />
47.82, placing them 17th out of 24 teams. Roderick Bowman ran<br />
in the 10000 meter and finished 4th (30:48.76) giving him All-<br />
American honors. Also receiving All-American honors was Avery<br />
Hubbard who finished 7th in the 100 meter dash.<br />
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Mayfield named AAC<br />
Athletic Director of the Year<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College’s Athletic Director Donny Mayfield has been named the<br />
2013-14 Appalachian Athletic Conference Athletic Director of the Year. The nomination<br />
was made during the conference’s spring meeting in Kingsport, Tenn., and approved by the<br />
AAC Council of President’s in June.<br />
The <strong>TWC</strong> Athletic Department enjoyed another great year of success during the 2013-<br />
14 athletic year. The college won three AAC Conference Championships in Men’s Soccer,<br />
Women’s Basketball, and Baseball, while capturing two AAC Tournament Championships in<br />
Men’s Outdoor Track and Men’s Golf. In all, <strong>TWC</strong> had four teams qualify for the NAIA national<br />
championship tournaments.<br />
“I am humbled to be selected by my colleagues in the AAC with this honor,” said Mayfield.<br />
“Being chosen for this award is a reflection of the hard work and dedication that our coaching<br />
staff and student athletes put forth every season to bring success to <strong>TWC</strong>.”<br />
Donny Mayfield<br />
In addition to his duties at <strong>TWC</strong>, Mayfield serves as the Coordinator of Officials for the AAC and for the past three years, has served as<br />
the NAIA Site Supervisor at the Baseball Opening Round tournament in Kingsport, Tenn. This is the third time that Mayfield has received<br />
this award. A<br />
Bulldog signed to San Diego Padres<br />
Senior right-hander Tyler Wilson was selected in the 20th Wilson appeared in 26 games, starting five. He posted a 6-2 winloss<br />
record, along with five saves with a 3.49 earned run average<br />
round of the MLB Amateur Draft by the San Diego Padres.<br />
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<br />
starter earlier in the year to the bullpen where he finished the five batters and gave up 32 hits (25 singles and seven doubles).<br />
season sharing the closer role with junior Brandon Landrie.<br />
His most impressive outing came in the second game of a<br />
doubleheader against 2013 national champion Faulkner University,<br />
which finished fifth in this year’s World Series and amassed a 50-<br />
16 record, on March 5. After <strong>TWC</strong> dropped game one, 9-1, Wilson<br />
pitched the Bulldogs to a 5-2 victory in the nightcap. Wilson took a<br />
no-hitter into the seventh and finished with a three-hitter, striking<br />
out 12.<br />
A junior college transfer in 2013, Wilson had a 3-4 record,<br />
appearing in 19 games with a 3.51 ERA, striking out 58 and issuing<br />
31 walks over 41 innings.<br />
“A lot of these guys start their college careers with hopes of one<br />
day playing professional baseball,” said <strong>TWC</strong> Coach Billy Berry.<br />
“Most don’t get the chance to realize that dream and I’m happy for<br />
Tyler that he now has that opportunity.”<br />
Wilson is currently in Arizona playing for the Arizona Padres.<br />
He pitched one inning in the game on July 6 against the Arizona<br />
Athletics where he gave up one hit and struck out one. A<br />
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Dwain Farmer Memorial<br />
Golf Tournament<br />
The Eighth Annual Dwain Farmer Memorial Golf Tournament was held on<br />
Monday, May 12. For the second year in a row, Fox Den Country Club in Knoxville,<br />
Tenn., played host to the tournament, joining three other premier East Tennessee<br />
courses as hosts. The field of 17 teams enjoyed the beautiful afternoon weather and<br />
wonderful course conditions. This year’s tournament raised over an estimated $17,000<br />
in net proceeds for the athletic department. The annual tournament helps continue the<br />
tradition of athletic excellence at Tennessee Wesleyan College, while honoring a legend.<br />
From 1992-2006, Tennessee Wesleyan College hosted the Dwain Farmer Golf<br />
Tournament, during Homecoming weekend, to honor the legacy of the late Dwain<br />
Farmer ’58, a coaching legend at Tennessee Wesleyan College. He began as a coach<br />
for the men’s basketball team in 1965. During his 21 years at the college, he served as<br />
the golf and men’s tennis coach, athletic director and physical education professor. In<br />
the spring of 2007, the Dwain Farmer Golf tournament was expanded and improved<br />
to create a first-class tribute to Coach Farmer. Although the changes were made, the<br />
tournament’s mission continued, and still continues, to be about raising funds for<br />
athletic scholarships, facility upgrades, and team upgrades.<br />
F armer<br />
COACH DWAIN<br />
memorial golf<br />
tournament<br />
1st Flight Champion<br />
Logan Cass, Ross Dodson, Marcus Guinn,<br />
Stan Harrison<br />
1st Flight Runner-Up<br />
Athens Insurance Team<br />
Robert Greene, Chris Liner, Chuck Liner,<br />
Heath McKeehan<br />
2nd Flight Champion<br />
Steve Crass, Harley Knowles, Shane Sewell,<br />
Larry Wallace<br />
2nd Flight Runner-Up<br />
Aramark Team<br />
Joe Combs, Tim McWilliams, Dave Parsonage,<br />
Yaser Zaatini<br />
In those eight years, the tournament has raised close to $200,000 for the Tennessee<br />
Wesleyan athletic department. The proceeds each year have improved the experience<br />
for <strong>TWC</strong> student-athletes. The 2007 tournament, the first in a new location, helped<br />
double the corpus of the Dwain Farmer Endowed Scholarship, create the Coach<br />
Farmer Memorial Statue on campus, and provide additional equipment updates for the<br />
department. Some of the facility improvement projects have included renovating and<br />
expanding the bathrooms in James L. Robb Gymnasium, installing a new scoreboard<br />
and press box at the soccer/lacrosse field, and constructing batting cages and new<br />
backstop at the Jack Bowling Baseball Field at the Athens Insurance Stadium.<br />
The tournament has been a constant success because of the sponsors, participants,<br />
and the Farmer family. Dwain and Sheliah’s children, Debbie, Misti, Dalen and Mary,<br />
have all continued to support the tournament and strive to continue the legacy of their<br />
father, as well as their mother. They are at every tournament greeting, thanking the<br />
players for supporting the tournament and Tennessee Wesleyan College. Many of the<br />
participants’ lives were impacted in some way by Coach Farmer or his family, and it<br />
provides them a way to honor the legacy.<br />
Plans for the 2015 Dwain Farmer Memorial Golf Tournament are being made, so look<br />
for more information in future Tennessee Wesleyan College publications. If you have<br />
any questions about becoming a tournament sponsor, please contact Jared Wright by<br />
email, jwright@twcnet.edu or by phone, 423.746.5210. A<br />
By Jared Wright<br />
3rd Flight Champion<br />
SouthEast Bank Team<br />
Tom Hughes, Boyd Reynolds, Bill Thompson,<br />
Scott Underwood<br />
3rd Flight Runner-Up<br />
John Berch, Tenna Hornsby, Britany Rader,<br />
Shirley Woodcock<br />
Special Awards given each year to show the<br />
appreciation of support for the Dwain Farmer<br />
Golf Tournament and for Tennessee Wesleyan<br />
College Athletics<br />
Coach’s Award - Ross Dodson<br />
Hustle Award - John Saylors, Doug Raymer,<br />
Ray Barr, Bobby Davis<br />
MVP Award - Regenia Mayfield
Stephanie Huskey’s Faculty Perspective<br />
The Tennessee Wesleyan College campus has been the scene at whatever occupation I decided to pursue. Inspired by this, I<br />
for many important moments in my life. When I was in began designing my courses like jobs and included three rules to<br />
elementary school, I sat on the old football field, now Wesley classroom success in each of my syllabi. Students may not always<br />
Commons Lawn, and watched my dad graduate from <strong>TWC</strong>. When recall who was the Father of German gymnastics, but they will<br />
I was a student at Wesleyan, I met my future in-laws behind remember, “No slacking. No whining. No excuses.” Of course,<br />
Durham Hall while working as a student ambassador and giving a these three rules apply to assignments, but they are also important<br />
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<br />
future family.<br />
not get fired (or fail), stay in communication with their boss (me),<br />
demonstrate that they are doing what has been asked of them<br />
I would eventually marry the guy who hit me in the face with a (following instructions on their assignments), and continually<br />
snowball behind the gym during a mass campus snowball fight. improving their skills.<br />
When I interviewed for my current position as a faculty member,<br />
I gave my sample lecture in the very classroom where I attended Since most of our students will have several careers and jobs<br />
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<br />
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<br />
watched my brother graduate. For me, <strong>TWC</strong> is intertwined with by lecture. Students often hear me relate academics to athletics.<br />
my life’s story.<br />
Learning how to succeed in a class or in a job requires the same<br />
process as exceling at a sport. So, my courses typically require<br />
For many of our students, <strong>TWC</strong> will be the source of great some amount of group work, teaching or presenting experiences,<br />
memories, but it may not be such an influence for them as it has personal reflections, and assignments that demand attention to<br />
been for me. When I began teaching at <strong>TWC</strong>, I did what I thought directives rather than relying solely upon exams.<br />
I should do as a professor: use Powerpoints to guide my lectures<br />
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<br />
the professors who had most influenced me to be a better person. Wesleyan are the class discussions, late night projects, study<br />
I learned the material that they presented, but I took much more sessions, and stressful presentations. Those experiences helped<br />
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<br />
moments when I was the most challenged to think about my life ensure our students have memorable moments across the <strong>TWC</strong><br />
philosophies, and I realized that inside the classroom was where I campus like I have, I hope to contribute to their opportunities to<br />
really began to grow.<br />
develop friendships and cultivate skills for learning no matter<br />
what career they decide to pursue. A<br />
Those professors were not just teaching me course material. They<br />
were teaching me how to be an adult who could be successful<br />
Stephanie Huskey<br />
was named the<br />
<strong>2014</strong> Exemplary Teacher<br />
by the General Board<br />
of Higher Education and<br />
Ministry of the United<br />
Methodist Church.<br />
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Students provide healthcare,<br />
community service on spring break<br />
mission trip in Costa Rica<br />
Agroup of 26 Tennessee Wesleyan College students, faculty,<br />
and guests traveled to the mountains of Costa Rica for a<br />
cross-cultural service experience during <strong>TWC</strong>’s spring break.<br />
Thirteen nursing students from <strong>TWC</strong>’s Knoxville campus and<br />
five students from <strong>TWC</strong>’s Athens campus joined with five faculty<br />
members and three guest RNs to provide health check-ups in<br />
remote areas that included Santa Rita, Penjama, and the Maleku<br />
Indian village of Tonjibe. The <strong>TWC</strong> nursing team served 300<br />
patients, ranging in age from 1-month-old to 92-years-old.<br />
“I left for this trip expecting to bless other people, but looking back<br />
on it, I was the one who received the real blessing,” said Kathryn<br />
Inman, a <strong>TWC</strong> nursing student. “This experience was life-changing<br />
and I learned things about myself that can’t be taught in a school<br />
setting.”<br />
The <strong>TWC</strong> team was headquartered in Ciudad Quesada at the Centro<br />
Rural Methodisto Center with United Methodist missionaries<br />
Marion and Mary Woods. The camp is located high in the foothills<br />
surrounding the Arenal Volcano National Park.<br />
Under the supervision of Dr. Robert Cornette, Mrs. Lisa Kirkland,<br />
and Ms. Debora Coyle, the nursing students checked blood<br />
pressures, blood sugar rates, vision, and provided other routine<br />
health exams that are indicators of wellness. Vitamins and<br />
toothbrushes were provided to all patients, along with glasses and<br />
other over-the-counter products, as needed.<br />
Patients rotated through health stations and enjoyed making<br />
crafts and doing Bible school activities conducted by <strong>TWC</strong> students<br />
under the supervision of Dr. Chris Dover and Dr. Nancy Gregg.<br />
One morning was spent touring the public hospital in Ciudad<br />
Quesada, where team members learned about the social medicine<br />
system of Costa Rica and got a first-hand look at the country’s<br />
medical practices.<br />
The <strong>TWC</strong> team ended their spring break in Costa Rica by zip lining<br />
along the top of the rainforest canopy across eleven cable stations,<br />
through lush tropical greenery, over a waterfall, and ending on<br />
the canopy floor. They also hiked, had a tour of the Arenal Volcano<br />
Observatory, and enjoyed relaxing in the thermal waters of the<br />
Tabicon River.<br />
“The <strong>TWC</strong> students and faculty members really worked together to<br />
serve the Costa Rican students, their families, and the communities<br />
we visited,” said Dr. Nancy Gregg, <strong>TWC</strong> assistant professor of<br />
education and psychology and coordinator of the master of science<br />
in curriculum leadership program. “Senior nursing students<br />
helped junior nursing students with their clinical skills while prenursing<br />
and other students also had the chance to participate in<br />
both health checks and Bible school activities. All of this occurred<br />
in a setting that is radically different from the students’ home<br />
surroundings. It is humbling to know that we are so blessed, and<br />
that knowledge creates in us a desire to truly ‘go into the world’<br />
as the Bible tells us so that we can share the Gospel and serve our<br />
brothers and sisters, whatever their needs may be.” A<br />
“The <strong>TWC</strong> students and faculty<br />
members really worked together<br />
to serve the Costa Rican<br />
students, their families, and the<br />
communities we visited.”<br />
- Dr. Nancy Gregg<br />
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<strong>TWC</strong> and J103 award<br />
Management Excellence scholarship<br />
F<br />
or the third year in a row, Tennessee Wesleyan College<br />
has teamed up with J103 to award one lucky winner a full<br />
scholarship to the college’s Management Excellence evening<br />
program. The winner of the $12,000 scholarship is Crystal Hatcher<br />
from Benton, Tenn. Hatcher will begin her studies in the fall at<br />
<strong>TWC</strong>’s satellite location at Cleveland State Community College in<br />
Cleveland, Tenn.<br />
“As a working adult with a family and hectic schedule, the<br />
opportunity to get a college education once seemed hopeless,”<br />
said Hatcher. “A college education to me means a sense of<br />
achievement, independence and financial stability, and the<br />
ability to set a positive example for my children.”<br />
In addition to Hatcher’s big win, six other finalists were awarded<br />
scholarships to the college’s ME program. A $2,000 scholarship<br />
award went to Stephanie Barnett from LaFayette, Ga., and Lisa<br />
Bates from Athens, Tenn.<br />
Four $1,000 scholarships<br />
were awarded and the<br />
recipients were Matthew<br />
Nevins of Etowah, Tenn.,<br />
Amberly Melton of<br />
Cleveland, Tenn., Lesa<br />
McCant of Cleveland,<br />
Tenn., and Jeff Bennett of<br />
Cleveland, Tenn.<br />
“We are so happy to<br />
be able to provide this From left to right: Crystal Hatcher<br />
opportunity to Crystal and Stefanie West, <strong>TWC</strong> director of<br />
admissions for the ME degree<br />
and the other scholarship<br />
evening program<br />
recipients in partnership<br />
with J103 radio,” said Stefanie West, <strong>TWC</strong> director of admissions<br />
for the ME degree evening program. A<br />
Knoxville Area Alumni Dinner held<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College hosted a Knoxville Area Alumni Dinner at Calhoun’s on the River in downtown Knoxville, Tenn., on May 20.<br />
The college’s Alumni Relations Office sponsored the event which included the traditional barbecue fare. More than 20 people attended<br />
including Jo Lundy ‘88, <strong>TWC</strong> alumni board president, and Larry Kleinman, <strong>TWC</strong> trustee. Those in attendance were able to see friends or<br />
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<br />
not seen in over 50 years.<br />
<strong>TWC</strong> President Dr. Harley Knowles was provided an update on Tennessee Wesleyan and shared the exciting strategic plans for new academic<br />
programs and the proposed new campus center, while also fielding questions about the college. Most of those in attendance were able to<br />
share with Dr. Knowles, one-on-one, about their experiences at <strong>TWC</strong>. Alumni and friends enjoyed the experience which concluded with door<br />
prizes. The <strong>TWC</strong> Alumni Relations Office plans to host more of these events throughout the region, and encourages you to join us. A<br />
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Merck joins Advancement team<br />
Marica Merck has been named the new Director of Alumni “It is an honor to serve and connect<br />
Relations and Annual Giving.<br />
alumni back to <strong>TWC</strong>, especially<br />
since my father is an alumnus,”<br />
“I am thrilled that Marica has joined our Advancement team,” said<br />
said Merck. “I look forward to<br />
Randy Nelson, Vice President for Advancement. “Her professional<br />
collaborating with the alumni<br />
experience in higher education will be a tremendous asset to the<br />
college as we continue to implement best practices in alumni<br />
relations and annual giving.”<br />
Merck joins <strong>TWC</strong>’s Advancement department from her position as<br />
Director of Marketing and Career Services at Bryan College. She<br />
has over 15 years experience working in education in various roles<br />
board, faculty, staff, students, and<br />
friends as we develop events and<br />
programs to support <strong>TWC</strong>’s alumni<br />
and mission.”<br />
Merck can be contacted by email at<br />
msmerck@twcnet.edu or by phone<br />
including fundraising at Kennesaw State University and Georgia<br />
State University. Merck holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from<br />
Georgia State University, Atlanta where she was captain of the cross<br />
country team.<br />
at 423.746.5331. A<br />
Marica Merck<br />
Make a Lasting Impact<br />
There are many ways to support Tennessee Wesleyan College. Whether<br />
you choose an outright cash gift or graciously include the college in your<br />
estate plans, your gift will make a lasting positive impact in the lives of<br />
students, faculty, and staff.<br />
The Heritage Society was established to honor alumni and friends who<br />
have made a bequest or other deferred gifts in support of the college’s<br />
mission. If you have included Tennessee Wesleyan in your estate plans,<br />
we would love to know so that we can honor you by including your name<br />
on the Heritage Society Honor Roll.<br />
To notify us of your estate plan intentions or if you would like to know more<br />
about how you can support the mission of Tennessee Wesleyan College<br />
through your estate, please contact:<br />
Randy L. Nelson<br />
Vice President for Advancement<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College<br />
204 East College Street | Athens, TN 37303<br />
Email: rnelson@twcnet.edu | Office: 423.746.5330<br />
The Heritage Society<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College
IN LOVING MEMORY<br />
Beginning December 2013<br />
Ending May 2013<br />
Friends of Wesleyan<br />
Dr. Durwood Dunn<br />
Athens, TN<br />
February 15, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Lowell Hess<br />
Honaker, VA<br />
April 16, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Rev. Kyle V. Overton<br />
Knoxville, TN<br />
January 25, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Martha Trotter<br />
Athens, TN<br />
May 18, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Betty D. Watkins<br />
St. Petersburg, FL<br />
April 20, <strong>2014</strong><br />
1940<br />
Margaret C. Hartman<br />
Hickory, NC<br />
January 29, <strong>2014</strong><br />
1943<br />
M. Evelyn Cooke<br />
Knoxville, TN<br />
May 27, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Mary Jo S. Cross<br />
Richmond, VA<br />
April 3, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Doris S. Howell<br />
Ringgold, GA<br />
December 31, 2013<br />
George W. Oliphant<br />
Oak Ridge, TN<br />
May 12, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Evelyn W. Williams<br />
Johnson City, TN<br />
May 5, <strong>2014</strong><br />
1944<br />
R. Quay Morgan<br />
Etowah, TN<br />
February 17, <strong>2014</strong><br />
1950<br />
Jena H. Norman<br />
Cleveland, TN<br />
January 26, <strong>2014</strong><br />
1952<br />
Rev. Henry M. Groseclose<br />
Hixson, TN<br />
January 31, <strong>2014</strong><br />
1953<br />
Jane B. Walker<br />
Chattanooga, TN<br />
February 7, <strong>2014</strong><br />
1954<br />
Joanne G. Mossburg<br />
Chattanooga, TN<br />
December 29, 2013<br />
1958<br />
Rev. Ted F. Baker<br />
Sweetwater, TN<br />
March 30, <strong>2014</strong><br />
1962<br />
Charlotte T. Kaeserman<br />
Columbus, GA<br />
April 5, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Robert F. Lee<br />
Niota, TN<br />
May 24, <strong>2014</strong><br />
1964<br />
Betty Jean Petty<br />
Ooltewah, TN<br />
December 18, 2013<br />
1970<br />
Rev. William H. Lassiter<br />
Guild, TN<br />
January 25, <strong>2014</strong><br />
1994<br />
Barbara M. Dodson<br />
Athens, TN<br />
March 24, <strong>2014</strong><br />
2001<br />
Voncile R. Miller<br />
Sweetwater, TN<br />
March 29, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Students study abroad in Colombia<br />
to learn Spanish, teach English<br />
Two Tennessee Wesleyan College students recently traveled<br />
to Bogotá, Colombia during their <strong>2014</strong> spring break to study<br />
abroad. Traveling with <strong>TWC</strong> Assistant Professor of Spanish Dr.<br />
Lorena Gómez, Emily Miller and Sara Phelps’ trip to Colombia<br />
provided them with a Spanish-speaking environment to practice<br />
speaking Spanish as well as the opportunity to teach English at a<br />
local Bogotá elementary school.<br />
While in Colombia, Miller and Phelps lived with a native<br />
Colombian family who only spoke Spanish. In addition to teaching<br />
English to elementary school students, Miller and Phelps also had<br />
the opportunity to experience the Colombian culture, visiting<br />
cultural sites such as museums, parks, and churches. Traveling to<br />
towns such as Zipaquirá, Ubaté, Chiquinquirá, and Villa de Leyva,<br />
they also stayed in Paipa for a portion of their trip, where they<br />
experienced the culture of a small Colombian town.<br />
“To be able to immerse myself in such a different culture was an<br />
experience that I will never forget,” said Miller, a <strong>TWC</strong> psychology<br />
major. “It was rewarding in ways that I never could have<br />
imagined. Colombia is a busy city with 8 million people, which is<br />
quite different than Athens, Tenn. To be able to experience that<br />
different pace was enthralling.” A<br />
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MEMORIALS & HONORARIUMS<br />
IN HONOR OF<br />
We wish to recognize those who have made gifts<br />
in honor or memory of friends or loved ones.<br />
IN MEMORIAM<br />
Mandie Thacker Beeler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thacker<br />
Whitney L. Cardin<br />
Jerry Cardin<br />
Dr. Durwood C. Dunn<br />
Hal and Susan Buttram<br />
Anne Catron<br />
Amy Eastridge<br />
Darrell Eastridge<br />
Louis and Alma Freyre<br />
Margaret Green<br />
Sheilah Farmer Grubb<br />
Ed and Barbara Deal<br />
Harrison Hart<br />
Jean Stewart<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Hawkins<br />
Dr. John Bardsley<br />
Dr. Danny Hays<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Brandon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Simerville<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hornsby<br />
Howard and Tenna Hornsby<br />
Bryan and Beth Jackson<br />
Jim and Patti Greek<br />
Bill and Mary Kilbride<br />
Mark and Becky White<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Lay<br />
Lloyd Adams<br />
Hazel Lowry<br />
Amy Jo Castor<br />
Karl Schwarzmann<br />
Henry and Judith Schwarzmann<br />
Wayne Strickland<br />
Dr. Bill Akins<br />
Carl “Sonny” Tarpley<br />
Mr. and Mrs. D. Greg Rooker<br />
Vickie Thomasson<br />
Jim and Verdine Thompson<br />
Leonard and Susan Berbee<br />
Hugh Walker<br />
Mary Walker<br />
Mildred Archer<br />
Sharon Hollaway<br />
Leon Austin<br />
Ed and Barbara Deal<br />
Rev. Ted Baker<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Danny Hays<br />
Sara Jo Greever Bardsley<br />
Dr. John Bardsley<br />
Helen Grills<br />
Helen Jackman Webb<br />
Goldman “Goldie” Barefield<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Korn<br />
Nita Black<br />
Mike and Janice Nash<br />
Mabeth Blackburn<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Boyd<br />
Dr. Floyd “Jack” Bowling<br />
Melvin Reynolds<br />
Edith Shields Bray<br />
Jonah Eng<br />
Denny “Bubba” H. Brewer III<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Boyd<br />
Edward Chester<br />
Carolyn Chester<br />
David C. Cooper<br />
Kathryn Cooper<br />
David Decker<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College<br />
Business Administration Faculty<br />
Barbara M. Dodson<br />
Chris and Meloyne Adams<br />
Jean Arrants<br />
Frank and Susan Carpenter<br />
Ed and Barbara Deal<br />
James and Nancy Grant<br />
Betty Grater<br />
Mr. and Mrs. S. Thomas Hamilton<br />
Jerry and Velva Howell<br />
Virgil Mincy<br />
Roy and Joan Patton<br />
Dr. Durwood C. Dunn<br />
Dr. Billy Akins<br />
James Baumgardner<br />
Steve and Sandra Clariday<br />
Ed and Barbara Deal<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Howard<br />
Betty Keirn<br />
Shannon Land<br />
The Rev. Adam Love<br />
Dr. Marcia McDonald<br />
Greg Moses<br />
Doctors William and<br />
Elizabeth Ruleman<br />
Steve Sliger and Julie Adams<br />
Daniel and Beverly Smith<br />
Joseph Townsend<br />
Eric Martin Eaves<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Eaves<br />
Coach Dwain Farmer<br />
David Pesterfield<br />
Mitchell Franklin Frazier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Boyd<br />
Marvin B. Gass<br />
Walter Evans<br />
Ann Gass<br />
Joy Smith<br />
Dr. Mike Goodfriend<br />
The Goodfriend Foundation<br />
Dr. Regenia L. Mayfield<br />
Rev. Henry Groseclose<br />
Dr. John Bardsley<br />
Sheilah Farmer Grubb<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Andrews<br />
Dr. Joyce Baker<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Boyd<br />
Clare Breeden<br />
Carolyn Cox<br />
James and Nancy Grant<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Danny Hays<br />
Howard and Tenna Hornsby<br />
Betty Keirn<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Krug<br />
Bill Mayfield<br />
Dr. Regenia Mayfield<br />
Dolores Reynolds<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spurling<br />
David Tucker<br />
Hugh and Kathryn Walker<br />
Bobby White<br />
Sonny and Shirley Woodcock<br />
Lynne Gylani<br />
Steve and Sandra Clariday<br />
Juliann Mathis<br />
Doctors William and<br />
Elizabeth Ruleman<br />
Steve Sliger and Julie Adams<br />
Marlene Taylor<br />
Janice Hixson Hale<br />
Roy and Joan Patton<br />
W. Elroy Hamilton<br />
Nona Hamilton Morgan<br />
Jacquelyn Seaborn Hawk<br />
Robert J. Hawk<br />
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Beginning December 2013<br />
Ending May <strong>2014</strong><br />
MEMORIALS & HONORARIUMS<br />
IN HONOR OF<br />
David Jack Henderson<br />
Lillian Henderson<br />
Rankin Hudson<br />
Dr. James A. Rawls<br />
Katie Hunter<br />
Deborah Hunter<br />
Karen Treher Johnston<br />
James and Nancy Grant<br />
Dr. Milnor Jones<br />
Dr. Regenia L. Mayfield<br />
John Kennerly<br />
Robbie J. Ensminger<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Danny Hays<br />
J.C. Kizziah<br />
Nancy Kizziah-Bryant<br />
Sara Jo Emert Kramer<br />
Roy Kramer<br />
Jean Shetterly<br />
Ralph Lewis<br />
Anna Lewis<br />
Mae Cannon Logan<br />
James and Hazel Johnson<br />
LeRoy A. Martin<br />
Julia Betts<br />
Dr. Jim McGuire<br />
Dr. Regenia L. Mayfield<br />
George Morris<br />
Dr. Regenia L. Mayfield<br />
Betty Potter Moss<br />
Patsy Wilson<br />
Mary Ellen Naff<br />
Dr. Regenia L. Mayfield<br />
Dr. Sam Neeley<br />
Betty Neeley<br />
George W. Oliphant<br />
Travis Baldridge<br />
Mr. and Mrs. George Bishop<br />
Emma Boyd<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Craven<br />
Robbie J. Ensminger<br />
Jane Garman<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Danny Hays<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Judish<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward LeClaire<br />
E. Carole McNabb<br />
Mr. and Mrs. C. Frederick Oliphant<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Oliphant<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Oliphant<br />
Jim, John, and Sally Oliphant<br />
and Families<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William Parkhurst<br />
Sealed Air Coporation<br />
Daniel and Beverly Smith<br />
Betty Winchester<br />
Rev. Kyle Overton<br />
Daniel and Beverly Smith<br />
Charles Peavyhouse<br />
Eula Peavyhouse<br />
Betty Jean Douglas Petty<br />
Linda Kirchner<br />
Dr. Robert Powers<br />
Dr. John Bardsley<br />
William H. Proctor<br />
Lillian Proctor<br />
Virginia Patrick Rains<br />
Roy and Joan Patton<br />
C. Herbert Reed<br />
James C. Reed<br />
Rev. Ray Robinson<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas<br />
Vanderbilt, II<br />
Homer Roth<br />
Charlotte Roth<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Rowan<br />
Sara Rowan Huggins<br />
Dixon, Lena and Donald Rule<br />
Andrew and Carolyn Nardo<br />
Dr. William D. Sullins Sr.<br />
Robert and Mary Bowmaster<br />
Evan and DeLane Haren<br />
Martha Ann Trotter<br />
Dr. Joyce Baker<br />
Betty Keirn<br />
Sue Wallace Tutton<br />
Lillian Proctor<br />
JoAnn Boles Wallace<br />
John Wallace<br />
Joe Wimberly<br />
Dr. Donald Schaefer<br />
Helen E. Wright<br />
John Wright<br />
Special Note:<br />
Every entry within this report has been<br />
carefully reviewed and every effort has<br />
been made to ensure that it is<br />
accurate and complete.<br />
If there are errors or omissions, please<br />
accept our apologies<br />
and contact Jared Wright<br />
at 423.746.5210.<br />
Dr. Burkett Witt<br />
Richard and Carolyn Anderson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Arnwine<br />
Charles Bailey<br />
Dr. Joyce Baker<br />
Bargain Barn, Inc.<br />
Melanie Beene<br />
William Borden<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Boyd<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Boyd<br />
Michael and Sandra Boyd<br />
Jack and Carolyn Brewer<br />
Steven and Janet Burce<br />
Edna Burger<br />
Hal and Susan Buttram<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Carter<br />
Alvin and Darres Carter<br />
John and Elaine Cathcart<br />
Anne Catron<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Gabe Clark<br />
Cary and Judi Davis<br />
Ed and Barbara Deal<br />
James Dodson<br />
Dwain and Sally Ealy<br />
Robbie J. Ensminger<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Estes<br />
Mike and Margaret Fleming<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Forsyth<br />
William Gibson<br />
Rev. and Mrs. Carl Glenn<br />
Harry Gross<br />
Rev. and Mrs. Vant Hardaway<br />
Shirley Harper<br />
Jo Ann Harris<br />
Robert J. Hawk<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Danny Hays<br />
Bill and Sandra Hicks<br />
Evonne Hoback<br />
Glenn and Martha Huggins<br />
Jane Irwin<br />
Rebecca Jaquish<br />
Grace Keith<br />
Peter Kerl<br />
Ethel King<br />
Betty Koeninger<br />
Mary Kubala<br />
Nellie Kyker-Sliger<br />
Dr. Clyde Kyle<br />
Elizabeth Lamb<br />
Honors list continued on page 28.<br />
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MEMORIALS & HONORARIUMS<br />
IN HONOR OF<br />
Honors list continued from page 27.<br />
Dr. Burkett Witt<br />
Nathan and Anna Lewis<br />
Nathan and Nancy Lewis<br />
Buddy and Dixie Liner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lucas<br />
John and Margaret Mahery<br />
Dr. H. Lynn Massingale<br />
Dr. Regenia Mayfield<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael McNair<br />
Virgil Mincy<br />
Mitchell Moore<br />
Nancy Morgan<br />
Harry and Elizabeth Newman<br />
Sue Parham<br />
Jimmy and Oletha Parris<br />
Roy and Joan Patton<br />
Rick Perachio<br />
Bo Perkinson<br />
Wanda Prewitt<br />
The Rev. Thomas Reed<br />
Dolores Reynolds<br />
James Richardson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Riley<br />
Donita Rochelle<br />
Hal Roe<br />
Roy and Gail Rogers<br />
Cynthia Runyan<br />
Wayne and Susan Scott<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Simmons<br />
Pauline Stamper<br />
Richard and Cornelia Swett<br />
Sonny and Joyce Tarpley<br />
Vivian Thomas<br />
Jim and Verdine Thompson<br />
Scotty and Lela Tinney<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Basil Turbyfill<br />
The Rev. Audrey Wise Vincent<br />
Peter and Linda Von Dreele<br />
Hugh and Kathryn Walker<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Wallace<br />
Virginia Walthall<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Watkins<br />
Catherine Wentworth-Johnson<br />
Jean Whitehead<br />
Dr. Genevieve Wiggins<br />
Maxine Williams<br />
Paul Williams<br />
Mintie Willson<br />
Paul and Debbie Willson<br />
Carleton Wright<br />
Remembering<br />
Dr. Durwood Dunn<br />
Faculty, staff, students, and alumni shared their<br />
memories of Dr. Durwood Dunn, a beloved <strong>TWC</strong><br />
professor, friend, and accomplished historian who<br />
is greatly missed by his <strong>TWC</strong> family.<br />
“Dr. Dunn was an amazing professor! I loved his<br />
Geography class. He will be greatly missed.”<br />
- Katie Hanley ’11<br />
“I never had him a professor but I know of his great<br />
impact he had on his students. Many of my friends, and<br />
my boyfriend had him and liked him very much. Praying<br />
for all friends and family during this time of loss.”<br />
Dr. Durwood Dunn<br />
- Elizabeth Ann Anderson ’13<br />
“His geography class was by far the best class I’ve ever taken.”<br />
- Stephen Hang ’11<br />
“Very sad at his passing. One of the best professors I had at <strong>TWC</strong> and someone who was a<br />
friend after I graduated. He will be greatly missed.”<br />
- Adam Abbott ’93<br />
“Dr. Dunn was one of those exceedingly brilliant people who fortunately also had a passion<br />
for passing on his vast knowledge of History. One of the best! God bless him.”<br />
- Mallory Hayes ’12<br />
“You will be missed, Dr. Dunn. Thank you for your love of History and Methodism. I always<br />
enjoyed our conversations.”<br />
- Matt Trussell ’99<br />
“He will be missed by all of the history majors he has ever taught! I will never forget that he<br />
would yell “Schnell Schnell” when trying to finish a holocaust biography quiz. Dr. Dunn you<br />
were one amazing professor!”<br />
- Jonathan Brock ’08<br />
“Dr. Dunn was one of the greats. His courses begged you to think and he pushed his students<br />
to be curious. His absence will be felt!”<br />
- Amalauna Brock ’06<br />
“I have so many fond memories of Dr. Dunn. He was one of a kind. His passing is our loss.<br />
May he rest in peace.”<br />
- Johnna Hampton ’00<br />
“He was a born teacher, a challenging and brilliant intellect, and a nurturing thinker. I know<br />
that he made a lasting impact on me, something that I think I will feel for years to come. He<br />
will be deeply missed. Rest in Peace.”<br />
- Rebecca Patterson ’11<br />
“No matter what, he was there at 8 am on the dot. He taught with exceptional knowledge and<br />
made you want to learn more about anything and everything. A professor I will always respect<br />
and think of when I remember my time here at <strong>TWC</strong>. Also, I will never forget him passing back<br />
our tests and telling us to “open the windows and begin the executions” because it was a rough<br />
one! His sense of humor was always something to look forward to in the mornings!”<br />
- Erica Ann Allen ’14<br />
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Tennessee Wesleyan teacher passes on<br />
Feb. 15, soon after publishing book<br />
on Methodism, slavery<br />
IIn January, Dr. Durwood Dunn was too sick to meet an<br />
interviewer in person, nor was he able to talk or eat. However,<br />
he responded quickly and thoughtfully to emailed questions about<br />
his fourth and final book, “The Civil War in Southern Appalachian<br />
Methodism,” published in late 2013.<br />
“Bishop Asbury warned Methodists to separate their faith from<br />
politics,” Dr. Dunn said in an email, “but few Methodists on either<br />
side heeded this warning.”<br />
In the early morning hours of Feb. 15, <strong>2014</strong>, the Tennessee<br />
Wesleyan College history professor died of amyotrophic lateral<br />
sclerosis, also known as A.L.S. or Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was<br />
70-years-old. Colleagues say he was ready to pass on, although his<br />
illness had been diagnosed less than a year ago in April 2013.<br />
“A.L.S. is a terrible disease – he said ‘the sooner the better,’” said<br />
Rev. William McDonald, chair of religion and philosophy at the<br />
United Methodist-related college where Dr. Dunn taught for<br />
39 years. “But Durwood was also ready because he had a firm,<br />
abiding faith. He was Methodist down to his boots.”<br />
Dr. Dunn did not have immediate family but was close to his<br />
niece’s family in Florida. He was the son of Charles Dunn, the first<br />
ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. His ancestors<br />
were early settlers in an isolated Tennessee valley that inspired Dr.<br />
Dunn’s first book, “Cades Cove: The Life and Death of a Southern<br />
Appalachian Community, 1818-1937.”<br />
Published in 1988, the book is now in its 12th printing and is<br />
the best-selling book in University of Tennessee Press history,<br />
according to Scot Danforth, director.<br />
“The Cades Cove book is really considered to be a foundational<br />
work for Appalachian studies,” Danforth said.<br />
“He really zooms in on the people<br />
and events and how it played out<br />
in Holston when the Methodist<br />
church split over slavery,” said<br />
McDonald. “I once said the subtitle<br />
could be ‘Sinners and Saints.’”<br />
Friends and colleagues remember<br />
Dr. Dunn as a private, scholarly<br />
man who cared deeply about his<br />
church and students.<br />
“He never missed a Sunday, until<br />
last summer when he got sick<br />
and could no longer sit,” said Rev.<br />
Steve Brown, pastor at Trinity<br />
United Methodist Church in Athens, Tenn., where Dunn was a<br />
member since 1984.<br />
Dr. Dunn completed his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate<br />
degrees at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He taught at<br />
another United Methodist-related college in Holston, Hiwassee, for<br />
five years before beginning at Tennessee Wesleyan in 1975.<br />
The history teacher was committed to Tennessee Wesleyan and<br />
believed it had a mission to provide a liberal-arts education<br />
to students from the region, especially first-generation college<br />
students, his friends said. Dunn’s last wish was to “live long enough<br />
to see my book published,” Brown remembers.<br />
In November, after a few tense weeks when Dr. Dunn’s illness<br />
was progressing and the publishing process “wasn’t happening<br />
as quickly as I wanted it to,” Danforth was finally able to deliver<br />
advance copies to Dunn’s home in Athens. It was a very happy day<br />
for the author and history teacher, Roberts remembers.<br />
Danforth worked with Dr. Dunn on his next three books, but it<br />
was the fourth and last book the author anticipated most – after<br />
researching since the 1990s and completing it before his diagnosis.<br />
“The hardest book to write was the last one,” the award-winning<br />
author responded in January. “I had to search high and low for<br />
local records, quarterly meeting minutes, or journals to see what<br />
was happening in Holston Methodism at the grassroots level.”<br />
“Everyone takes different lessons away from history,” Dr. Dunn<br />
wrote in January through email. “Abraham Lincoln said both<br />
Union and Confederates believed God was on their side during<br />
the war.<br />
“History is an ongoing process to discover the whole truth, and I<br />
hope future historians will go beyond what I have uncovered to<br />
find even more answers.” A<br />
McDonald describes the Civil War book as a “painful part of our<br />
history.”<br />
Excerpts reprinted by permission from Annette Spence with The<br />
Call, Holston Conference UMC.<br />
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After College<br />
Phil Graves ‘13, has been promoted<br />
to Athens Utility Board’s Director of<br />
Management Services.<br />
Linda Hampton Higdon ‘73, has joined<br />
Keller-Williams in Cleveland, Tenn., as an<br />
affiliate broker.<br />
Capt. Frank Horning ’74, has retired<br />
from the Athens Police Department.<br />
Horning served 38 years at APD.<br />
Brian “Mooch” McDowell ’75, retired<br />
after 33 years of teaching and coaching<br />
in 2012 due to his battle with Multiple<br />
Myeloma Cancer. He is still in treatment<br />
at Vanderbilt, and doing well all things<br />
considered. He would love to hear from<br />
his fellow Bulldog Soccer players at any<br />
time they want to call.<br />
Luke Sewell ‘66, has retired as the<br />
Director of Coordinated Charities in<br />
Athens, Tenn.<br />
John Tucker ‘14, has been named Head<br />
Boys Basketball Coach at Polk County<br />
High.<br />
Tammy Blankenship Underwood<br />
’92, received her Master’s Degree in<br />
Curriculum and Instruction in December<br />
of 2013, and her son Brooks earned his<br />
Eagle Scout rank in July of 2013.<br />
Future Bulldogs<br />
Joel ’06 and Megan ’05 Honeycutt,<br />
welcomed their second son, Shepard<br />
Elias Honeycutt, into the world on July<br />
29, 2013. Isaac Kellar Honeycutt is the<br />
proud big brother.<br />
Marsheena Evans Lance ’08, and her<br />
husband Bruce had their first child,<br />
Alia Danielle, on Jan. 1, <strong>2014</strong> in Ark.<br />
Marsheena is employed as a payroll<br />
manager with Dow Building Services.<br />
Marriages<br />
Shannon Earle ‘98, married Dr. John<br />
Wells on June 29, 2013 in Mars Hill, N.C.<br />
Earle is the Senior Director of Admissions<br />
and Financial Aid at the University of<br />
North Carolina Asheville.<br />
Teresa Landreth Oney Smith ’72,<br />
married James W. Smith in July of 2013<br />
and they have recently moved from<br />
Lexington, Ky., to Spring City, Tenn.<br />
Teresa retired from teaching in 2010.<br />
<strong>TWC</strong> offers fall business workshop<br />
series to community<br />
Beginning in September, Tennessee Wesleyan College’s<br />
Business Administration Department will be offering a<br />
series of business workshops that will be open to the public.<br />
The “Successful Business Planning Workshop: How to Win at<br />
Monopoly for Real” will be offered for eight Thursdays throughout<br />
September, October, and November. To be held from 6 p.m. to 8<br />
p.m. on select Thursday evenings, the workshops can be purchased<br />
for $199 for all eight sessions.<br />
The workshops are funded partly by a United States Department of<br />
Agriculture grant. <strong>TWC</strong> designed this workshop series for business<br />
and community leaders, to provide guidance and assistance to<br />
existing and prospective small business owners on the essentials<br />
of business.<br />
The workshop series schedule is as follows:<br />
Sept. 25 | Business Introduction & Creation of a Business Plan<br />
Oct. 2 | Communications Management<br />
Oct. 9 | Budgeting & Accounting<br />
Oct. 16 | Legal & Marketing<br />
Oct. 23 | Information Technology<br />
Oct. 30 | Human Resources<br />
Nov. 6 | Finance<br />
Nov. 13 | Panel Discussion with Area Business Leaders<br />
“The goal of this program is to assist start-up and existing businesses<br />
in the area with the basics needed to start and maintain a thriving<br />
business,” said John Alpers, <strong>TWC</strong> instructor of business. A<br />
For more information, contact John Alpers by email at jalpers@twcnet.edu or visit www.twcnet.edu/bizworkshop<br />
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Alumni Association<br />
Board of Directors<br />
President<br />
Jo Lundy ’88<br />
Past President<br />
Anne Montgomery ’93<br />
President Elect<br />
Greg Moses ’07<br />
Secretary<br />
Darlene Peel ’95<br />
Members<br />
Meloyne Adams ’93<br />
Amy Jo Castor ’11<br />
Matt Dannel ’09<br />
Mike Dannel ’78<br />
Jim Dodson ’63<br />
Relus Flemming ’65<br />
Matt Harper ’13<br />
Linda Higdon ’73<br />
Sarah Holmes ’07<br />
Dianne Mitchell ’81<br />
Brenda Sewell ’68<br />
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President Ashlie Reagan<br />
Vice President Mollie Peck<br />
Secretary Emily Green<br />
Treasurer Brooke Fincher<br />
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Board of Trustees<br />
Ms. Claire Tucker ’75 Chair<br />
Board of Trustees<br />
Mr. Allen Carter Vice Chair<br />
Mr. W. Matthew Brookshire ’95<br />
Secretary<br />
Dr. Harley Knowles President<br />
Mr. Keith Altshuler<br />
Ms. Sharon Brown<br />
Ms. Kristen Camp<br />
Ms. Ailene Chambers ’65<br />
Hon. Carl Colloms ’64<br />
Dr. Dan Gilbert<br />
Ms. Angie Green-Griffin ’92<br />
Ms. Laurie Hallenberg<br />
Dr. Danny Hays ’57<br />
Dr. Vant Hardaway ’71<br />
Ms. Teena Hornsby ’84<br />
Mr. Bryan Jackson<br />
Mr. William Kilbride ’72<br />
Mr. Larry Kleinman<br />
Mr. Thomas Korn<br />
Ms. Jo Lundy ’88<br />
Mr. Larry Mauldin<br />
Dr. Regenia Mayfield ’59 ’06H<br />
Rev. Dan Moore ’74<br />
Mr. George Oliphant ’43<br />
(Trustee Emeritus)<br />
Mr. Charles Peccolo<br />
Ms. Pat Purushotham<br />
Mr. Hugh Queener ’77<br />
Rev. Thomas Reed ’73<br />
Mr. Joel Riley<br />
Mr. Jerry Smith ’61<br />
Mr. Hugh Walker III ’65<br />
Mr. Don Webb ’81<br />
Mr. Mark White ’76<br />
Ms. Mary Williams ’88<br />
Ms. Mintie Willson<br />
Mr. Jim Winer<br />
Ms. Shirley Woodcock ’78<br />
Marica Merck<br />
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msmerck@twcnet.edu<br />
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Homecoming <strong>2014</strong><br />
Cruisin’ Through Time<br />
October 17-19<br />
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