May 2012 - Southwestern Oklahoma State University

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SWOSU Alumni Newsletter
Aneshansley and Rother Inducted into
Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame
Inside:
Duke
Retires
GAC Champs
Dr. Hubin
Wins Bernhardt
Mind Games
Manning named
Dean at Sayre
Upcoming
Events
Mike Aneshansley of Tulsa and Dr.
Russell Rother of Oklahoma City were
inducted into Southwestern Oklahoma
State University’s Distinguished Alumni
Hall of Fame during 2012 graduation
ceremonies on the Weatherford campus.
Mike Aneshansley graduated
from SWOSU in 1969 with degrees in
physics and mathematics after graduating
from Clinton High School in 1965.
He joined the U.S. Navy to attend the
Naval Nuclear Power School, which
he completed in 1970. He became
operations manager in 1979 of Entergy,
Inc. after being hired in 1977.
In 1981, he joined Quadrex,
a management consulting firm that
provided services to nuclear power
plants across the United States. In 1983
he co-founded ENERCON to provide
consulting services for the startup
and operation of commercial nuclear
power plants. From three people and
four clients, the company grew to a
diversified, multi-disciplined company
with many clients.
Aneshansley is married to Vicki
(Roniger) Aneshansley, a 1969 SWOSU
graduate. They have two children and
three grandchildren.
Dr. Russell Rother is a 1986 biology
graduate of SWOSU who has been with
Selexys Pharmaceuticals since 2010
where he manages the clinical trials for
a therapeutic designed to treat sickle
cell disease. He is also the liaison with
the Food and Drug Administration and
President Randy Beutler and Mike Aneshansley
President Randy Beutler and Dr. Russell Rother

oversees research activities at the
company.
Before joining Selexys,
Rother was senior vice president
and chief scientific officer at
Alexion Pharmaceuticals in
Cheshire (CT) from 1992-
2010 where he was one of the
original scientists at the company.
Rother was instrumental in
strategic decisions for Alexion
to initiate the paroxysmal
nocturnal hemogobinuria (PNH)
program, playing a major role
in the development of Soliris
(eculizumab), the first therapy
approved for the treatment of
PNH. This drug alone has provided
Alexion with an $800 million
revenue stream and $15 billion
market cap to date.
Rother, who is a graduate
of Watonga High School, earned
his doctorate in 1991 from the
University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center. He was a
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Yale
School of Medicine in 1991-92.
Rother serves as a board member
for Variety Care Foundation
and Docvia. He holds 32 issued
patents/patent applications and has
had numerous articles in a variety
of publications.
SWOSU Summer
Camp Info.
SWOSU has 29 youth camps taking
place this summer on the Weatherford
campus.
The camps range from athletics to
music/arts to science/math.
A complete listing of the summer
camps is available on the SWOSU web
site at:
http://www.swosu.edu/resources/
summer-camps.asp
Additional information is available by
calling (580) 774-3024.
Duke Retires at Graduation
Duke the Bulldog at Southwestern
Oklahoma State University retired at
graduation on May 12.
A come-and-go retirement party for
6-year-old Duke was held on May 1,
in the Memorial Student Center lobby.
Many students and faculty came to
bid Duke a farewell and had pictures
made. Duke retired due to health
reasons and has returned to live with
his original owner, Bob Newcomb of
Elk City.
Duke, who became SWOSU’s
mascot in 2007, garnered both state
and national press after an incident that
occurred in late 2009.
Duke became well known around
Oklahoma and parts of the nation
when he endured two surgeries after
swallowing a 10-foot cotton rope. His
love of snooping around and getting
into things he shouldn’t have been
doing caused a miserable December
for the mischievous dog. He survived
but has suffered over the years from
severe allergies.
Duke is officially recorded a
“Champion” by the American Kennel
Club. In 2008, Duke’s portrait was
published in the March edition of the
American Kennel Club Gazette.
While in Weatherford, Duke was
housed at the home of Rita Hays, a
faculty member at SWOSU. Duke
made many appearances at SWOSU
events and was popular with students
and area children.

Dawgs leading the way...and
the trophies just keep coming
Women’s basketball wins first-ever Great American Conference title
SWOSU won the first-ever Great
American Conference Women’s Basketball
Tournament in impressive fashion bettering
third-seeded Harding University by a 69-58
score.
Darcie Dick, who ended up as the
tournament’s Most Valuable Player, led
SWOSU with 21 points, as the Bulldogs
won their first post-season tournament
since the 1997-98 season when they
competed as a dual-affiliated NAIA/NCAA
school in the Oklahoma Intercollegiate
Conference tournament.
Third-year coach Kelsi Musick, whose
team made rapid improvement from its
four-win season in her initial year to
become the first 20-win women’s team in
more than 14 years. SWOSU won its final
seven games of the season and finished at
20-9.
“We told our players all season to
believe. Today we believed and it paid off,”
Musick said. “This team has come from
the bottom and to get where we are today
as champions is something really special.
SWOSU men’s golf wins first-ever Great American Conference title
SWOSU added yet another conference championship
into its growing trophy case as the men’s golf team under
first-year Coach Marc Chandonnet fashioned a five-stroke
victory over Arkansas Tech to collect the Great American
Conference Championship.
I’ve said all along they are the team-ofthe-year.”
“To come back home, to come to
SWOSU has really been a blessing for
me,” she said. “I just wish I could’ve start
over again and come here as a freshman.”
Dick, who made nine-of-21 attempts
from the field, again had ample assist by
the inside play of Sumiya Darden who
finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
It was the 14th time this season that she
finished with double figure points and
The league championship was
SWOSU’s first since the 1997
team of then coach Cecil Perkins
won the Lone Star Conference
title in its first year as an NCAA
Division II school.
Chandonnet could not contain
the pride he felt winning the GAC
title in his first try.
“Today was a different
experience for us,” he said. “We
haven’t had the opportunity to
play in front as the leaders, and it
showed at times. The kids fought
through it and did not bend, and
kept control of their emotions.”
Chandonnet said he hopes this
rebounds in the same game. Darden was
named to the all-tournament team along
with Dick.
Twin figure scoring help was also
provided by MaRiah Oyler who finished
with 11 points, including hitting all three of
her three-point attempts.
SWOSU never allowed their lead to dip
below 10 points for the game’s remainder
and allowed Musick to empty the bench as
the celebration spilled out onto the court.
win will be the first in a string of
GAC titles.
“I told the kids that we are
going to build a championship
team,” Chandonnet said. “They
wanted to be a part and were
willing to do the things necessary
for that to become a reality. There
were lots of practices, lots of hard
work. This didn’t come easy for
any of them, which makes the
reward all the sweeter.”
SWOSU had two golfers
earn a spot on the league’s
all-tournament team, Wouter
Myburgh and Jordan Hudson.

SWOSU Chemistry Professor Wins 2012
Bernhardt Academic Excellence Award
Dr. Tim Hubin is the winner of the
2012 Bernhardt Academic Excellence
Award, which was presented during the
annual Bernhardt banquet held April
17 at Southwestern Oklahoma State
University in Weatherford.
Hubin, associate professor in the
SWOSU Department of Chemistry and
Physics, received at $5,000 cash award
and Waterford crystal clock.
SWOSU alumni Dr. William and
Theta Juan Bernhardt of Midwest City
are sponsors of the annual award that
goes to an outstanding faculty member
who exhibits exceptional achievement
in teaching, scholarship and service.
Guest speaker for the evening was Rep.
Harold Wright, a 1971 graduate of
SWOSU.
Dr. Tim Hubin was raised
in Hanston, KS, where he was
valedictorian of his 1990 graduating
class and a National Merit Finalist.
He attended Kansas State University,
where he graduated with a B.S. in
secondary science education and
another B.S. in chemistry in 1994.
He went to graduate school in
chemistry at the University of Kansas.
The chance to work for Daryle Busch,
a world famous inorganic chemist was
crucial to the decision.
Hubin was fortunate to be assigned
to a project, sponsored by Procter
& Gamble, aiming to improve Tide
with Bleach by developing a new
catalyst to better activate the cleaning
compounds already present in the
detergent. One of the compounds
Hubin synthesized turned out to
be quite effective. This compound,
along with the whole class of metal
complexes he developed and studied,
was patented by KU and Procter &
Gamble as an environmentally friendly
bleach catalyst. Although no products
contain these compounds (yet), six
related patents have been issued on
these materials and their use in various
(Left to right) SWOSU President Randy Beutler, Theta Juan Bernhardt, Dr.
William Bernhardt and Dr. Tim Hubin.
cleaners. Hubin’s Ph.D. thesis
yielded 18 separate peer-reviewed
publications.
After earning his Ph.D. in
chemistry in 1999, he spent a year
as a postdoctoral scholar in Tom
Meade’s lab at California Institute
of Technology in Pasadena. Another
patent, on MRI contrast agents,
resulted.
He then took a job with a
small college in Central Kansas
to gain teaching experience. Five
years there provided Hubin with
a wealth of chemistry teaching
experience—but the small number
of chemistry majors and the lack of
research facilities, instrumentation
and momentum—led him to look
for a position where research efforts
would be more supported and valued.
SWOSU provided the ideal mixture
of teaching and research opportunities
and Hubin accepted a position in the
Chemistry Department in the fall of
2005.
At SWOSU, he teaches the
freshman chemistry sequence,
organic chemistry occasionally and
the upper level inorganic chemistry
courses. His proudest achievement at
SWOSU is redesigning the inorganic
chemistry lab into a successful projectbased
mini-research experience where
each student synthesizes and studies
a unique compound beginning from
common, simple starting materials.
Hubin maintains an active bioinorganic
research program, having
received multiple externally funded
grants totaling over $700,000 that
have been carried out by 24 different
SWOSU undergraduate researchers so
far. Six of the students have been coauthors
on six published manuscripts
authored by Hubin. He received the
2012 DaVinci Fellow Award.
His service activities at SWOSU
include membership on several
university and departmental
committees. Community service
activities include the First United
Methodist Church Council, Weatherford
Community Band and committee chair
for the Weatherford Cub Scout Pack
355.
He and wife Becki have two sons
David and Daniel.

Faculty Retire
from SWOSU
A retirement reception
honoring six SWOSU faculty
members was held on April 25,
on the Weatherford campus.
Retirees who were honored
include: Radwan Al-Jarrah,
Dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences; Susan Al-Jarrah,
Language and Literature;
Robbie McCarty, Chemistry
and Physics; Debbi McFarlin,
Social Work; Charles Rogers,
Chemistry and Physics; and
Gary Wolgamott, Associate
Dean of the School of Allied
Health.
SWOSU wins at Mind Games!
Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s Mind Games team in
Weatherford is a champion in the first season of competition.
SWOSU defeated Rogers State University, 340-150, in the spring semester
championship contest of the KSBI-TV Mind Games competition.
SWOSU was impressive in the four tourney matches, winning a first-round
matchup over Connors State College, 450-30, defeating Cameron University
380-120 in the quarterfinals and knocking out Northwestern, 390-140, in the
semifinals.
SWOSU competed against other Oklahoma colleges and universities
in Mind Games, which is a buzzer-quiz game comparable to Quiz Bowl or
Jeopardy. The game is based on knowledge in all academic fields, and students
compete for scholarship money. SWOSU students won over $16,500 in
scholarship money during the spring semester alone.
The team is coached by Dr. Kevin Collins and team members are: Zeke
Mills, Springfield MO; Gaston Hart, Edmond (Santa Fe); Tanner Fisher,
Calumet; Erika Christner, Drummond; and Jim Ferguson, Elk City.
SWOSU will now play the fall semester champion, University of Central
Oklahoma, this Wednesday, May 23, at 8 p.m. on KSBI-TV in Oklahoma City.
KSBI is available on cable, Direct TV and Dish Network. Host for the program
is Jenifer Reynolds.
SWOSU Names Manning
Dean of Sayre Campus
Sherron Manning has
been named the Dean of
the College of Associate
and Applied Sciences
on the Southwestern
Oklahoma State
University-Sayre campus.
Manning had been
serving as interim dean
since this past September.
She served as director
of counseling and
assessment at the Sayre
campus since 2004.
Prior to her
employment at SWOSU,
she was a science teacher
(biology, chemistry, physics, computer science) at Erick High
School for 10 years and a science teacher at Altus Junior High
School for one year.
Manning has both a Bachelor of Science in Secondary
Natural Science Education and a Master of Education in
School Counseling from SWOSU.
Dr. Blake Sonobe, senior vice president and provost at
SWOSU, said Manning brings a wealth of educational and
administrative experience to the position.
Leave Your Mark at SWOSU!
Stake your place in SWOSU’s history or
honor a loved one or graduate by purchasing
a personalized brick at the Alumni Centennial
Clock Tower.
• $65.00-Small Personalized Alumni Brick
• $125.00-Large Personalized Alumni Brick
• $550.00-Logo Brick
Order online at: www.swosu.edu
or email: kari.jones@swosu.edu
Order before
August 15th to get
your brick in time for
Homecoming 2012!

19th Annual Alumni &
Friends Golf Classic
The 19th Annual Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament was held on
Monday, April 30th at the Oak Tree Golf & Country Club in Edmond, OK.
University Flight
1st Place
Derek Jones
Don Jones
Mike Clayton
Vic Smith
2nd Place
Matt Jett
Shawn Scott
Ian Tesney
Marc Chandonnet
3rd Place
David Terry
Bart Watkins
Derek Dougherty
Josh Howard
Alumni Flight
1st Place
Dustin Kurtz
Jackie Kurtz
Jake Robinson
Lindsey Robinso
2nd Place
Heston Wright
Lonnie Brickman
Derek Roper
Stewart Berrong
3rd Place
Kevin Hyde
Zach Sanders
Dan Cocannouer
Charlie Schaef
Closest to the Pin
Hole 6-Don Jones
Hole 8-Larry Hess
Hole 14-Charlie Schaef
Hole 17-Derek Dougherty
Longest Drive
Hole 4-Don Jones
Hole 12-Chad Willis
Dawg Dates
June
5th-Summer Classes Begin
10th-17th-College National Finals Rodeo
25th-Blood Drive
August
1st-End of Summer Semester
4th-Athletic Auction & Luau
22nd-Fall Semester Begins
September
15th-Parent’s Day
October
27th-Homecoming
Duke’s
Dish...
...well, every dog has
their day and all of
mine at SWOSU were
awesome!
“Go Dawgs”