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Sommer fellowships enhance senior year for exceptional artists 

2004: A year of ‘firsts’ for Prescott College

Editor 

Ann Haver-Allen 

Director of Public Relations 

Copy Editors 

Linda Butterworth and Leslie Laird 

Art Director 

Bridget Reynolds 

Photographers 

Ann Haver-Allen, Travis Patterson, Bridget 

Reynolds, Julie VanSant, Rachel Yoder 

Director of Development 

Ralph Phillips 

(928) 350-4501 

(877) 350-2100, ext. 4501 

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Rachel Yoder 

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contact Rachel Yoder. 

Transitions, a publication for the Prescott College 

community, is published three times a year by the 

Public Relations Office. Its purpose is to keep readers 

informed with news about Prescott College faculty, 

staff, students, and fellow alumni. Transitions is 

available online at: www.prescott.edu 

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status, religion, nationality, or ethnicity in the 

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4 Crossroads Center opens for business 

6 Long awaited new library opens 

8 Conference helps teenage women explore, 

define, achieve their goals 

9 Eco League makes education news 

10 Alumnus shares his secret knowledge of water 

12 Princeton Review rates Prescott College highest 

13 Combining art, psychology to facilitate healing 

14 Making waves: Ripple Project builds 

groundswell of support 

16 Festive evenings add to Crossroads Center fund 

17 Undergraduate literary journal wins second 

national prize 

18 Plans for art gallery progress 

20 Sommer fellowships enhance senior year for 

exceptional artists 

22 They came, they saw, they conquered 

23 Bringing John Muir to life 

28 2004 Annual Report 

36 SGCP staff asks ‘What happened to summer 

break?’ 

37 Workshop is Prescott College mini reunion 

52 Alumna, professor, student receive grant for 

rangelands research 

Departments 

24 Faculty Bookshelf 

26 Faculty News 

38 Staff News 

40 Desert Star 

41 Alumni News 

44 Class Notes 

53 Memorials

Ican’t ever remember writing 

my letter for Transitions 

when I was filled with such 

profound sadness and at the 

same time so much absolute 

elation. 

My sadness comes from the 

loss of my friend and colleague 

Steve Walters, dean of the 

Adult Degree and Graduate 

Programs. Steve died in a tragic 

bicycle accident in October. Not 

only was Steve one of the most 

gifted administrators I’ve ever 

worked with, he was also my 

friend and a person who was 

loved by our community. 

The thought that we are 

moving forward at Prescott 

College without Steve is incomprehensible…we 

were a team 

and the fruits of all the hard 

work that each of us has invested 

during the past four to five 

years is only now beginning to 

materialize. 

Fate is fickle and often uninterested 

in our expectations, 

but it seems unfair that Steve 

was denied an opportunity to 

celebrate the recent and anticipated 

success we have at 

Prescott College. I will miss my 

friend and I know that as long 

as I’m connected to Prescott 

College I’ll see his genius and 

fingerprints on many of our 

current and future successes. 

My elation is connected to my 

observation that the College is 

truly coming together in new 

and wonderful ways. I just 

returned from the café in our 

new Crossroads Center and I 

estimate that 10 percent of the 

student population was there 

having lunch or a snack while I 

ate my lunch. 

This space is making it possible 

for us to see each other 

again and the smiles on people’s 

faces show our community welcomes 

the opportunity to recon- 

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nect. For those of you who were 

part of previous generations at 

Prescott College, imagine a 

beautiful, large, artistically 

impressive gathering space 

where all the food is organic 

and mostly locally grown and 

where the entire environment 

encourages you to stay and 

relax… that’s the new café. 

And while you’re eating you 

can look out at the multileveled 

glass-faced library and see your 

friends walking around and 

feeding their minds. In addition 

to the current students reconnecting 

with each other, our 

alumni are more involved and 

active than ever before. 

The Alumni Association 

Board of Directors is fully integrated 

in the community and 

they understand the successes 

and challenges facing Prescott 

College. These alums have 

exponentially increased the 

numbers of graduates who are 

now reconnected to the 

College. 

Wherever I look, I see signs of 

greater involvement and greater 

commitment to Prescott 

College. Our Board of Trustees 

has made a huge investment in 

the future of the College and 

daily I get to witness the return 

on that investment. It doesn’t 

matter whether I’m talking to an 

RDP student between classes or 

meeting with ADP or MAP students 

during a weekend colloquium, 

the message is the 

same…these students are happy 

they chose Prescott College and 

they appreciate the many 

changes they’ve seen to make 

the place more welcoming. 

I’ll be the first to admit that 

I’m often off exploring the next 

horizon for the College, “What’s 

possible? Where are we going?” 

those types of questions. I see a 

more fully integrated and cohe- 

sive community beginning to 

emerge. Not only will our new 

solidarity and familiarity be personally 

enjoyable, but also it will 

help create an environment 

where the College can be even 

more effective in our role as a 

vehicle for positive social 

change. 

I urge each of you to join us 

and become a part of our 

growth as a community. Prescott 

College is many things to many 

people; I hope you will see 

yourself as a valuable member 

of this extended family and 

reach out to one of us and send 

a note or a call letting us know 

you hear us and you’re still out 

there caring about this dream 

within higher education called 

Prescott College. 

We can have any future we 

desire but it’s up to each of us to 

ensure Prescott College remains 

an active and alive part of our 

tomorrows. 

With the greatest appreciation 

for your continued support, 

Fall 2004Transitions 

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4 TransitionsFall 2004 

Crossroads Center 

New building design exemplifies 

by Ann Haver-Allen 

The Crossroads Center is 

open for use, although 

work continues on the 

landscaping. The College’s philosophy, 

which centers on experiential 

education, environmental 

responsibility, sustainable 

systems, and social justice, was 

the driving force behind the 

construction of the Crossroads 

Center. The design embodies 

green building technologies, 

flexible community space, and 

strong connections to the overall 

campus and landscape. 

Two-feet thick rammedearth 

walls and finished concrete 

floors store and release 

energy, mitigating temperature 

swings. A 72-panel photovoltaic 

system produces energy 

while also providing a shade 

canopy for the south face of 

the Information Commons. 

WeddleGilmore Architects of 

Tempe designed the building. 

“The Crossroads Center 

includes rammed earth walls, 

reclaimed concrete retaining 

walls, integration of beetlekilled 

ponderosa pine, vegetated 

green roof, photovoltaic 

panels, and an energy management 

system in addition to the 

use of extensive natural ventilation 

and natural daylighting,” 

said Philip Weddle, who led the 

design efforts for the Crossroads 

Center. “The facility acts as a 

case study for green building for 

the Prescott region. It is evidence 

of great commitment on 

the College’s part to walk the 

talk of their mission statement.” 

The 22,000-square-foot 

building incorporates a twostructure 

configuration with a 

landscaped garden as a central 

focus. The information commons—an 

integration of the 

library with technological and 

social functions—occupies one 

half on the total structure. The 

library is two-story with an 

open mezzanine level on the 

second floor (see story, page 6). 

The café and community 

Above left, beetle-killed trees are used as majestic columns fronting the 

information commons side of the new Crossroads Center. Photo by Travis 

Patterson. Left, bathroom murals were created using old granite 

countertops that were donated by Clark Granite & Marble of Chino Valley. 

Photo by Julie VanSant. Above, this sculpture by Construction Coordinator 

Don Routson welcomes visitors to the library. Photo by Travis Patterson. 

Above right, a bridge connects the north building to the south building. 

Photo by Bridget Reynolds.

opens for business 

Prescott College mission 

meeting rooms are on the 

ground level of the other half 

of the structure. The café has a 

garden-view orientation that 

blends seamlessly into the natural 

space. A second-story 

pedestrian bridge connects one 

structure to the other. 

The second floor has six classrooms 

with multimedia capabilities, 

and will have a roof vegetable 

garden and a “green” roof 

over the café, which will include 

native grasses and wildflowers. 

The vegetated roof decreases 

heat island effects while reducing 

solar heat gains through the 

roof. It will also assist in reducing 

storm-water runoff. 

The Crossroads Center 

enables Prescott College to 

constructively engage the campus 

and the greater world in 

teaching, research, and discussion 

about the various challenges 

and opportunities facing 

our local and global communities 

and serves as the central 

gathering point for Prescott 

College’s learning community 

through integration of the 

information commons (library), 

café, technology, classrooms, 

and social spaces. 

In addition, the Crossroads 

Center functions as a conference 

services facility integrated 

with the daily needs of the 

College’s academic enterprise. 

Don Routson of Williamson 

Valley was the construction 

coordinator. The grand opening 

will take place Feb. 17 to 19, 

2005. A schedule of events is 

online at: www.prescott.edu/ 

news/schedule.html 

To view a 12-minute video 

about the Crossroads 

Center, see 

www.prescott.edu/ 

crossroads/video.html. 


Far left, Tricia Biel-Goebel ’01 

is one of the artists who 

worked on the murals in the 

bathrooms of the new 

Crossroads Center. Photo by 

Ann Haver-Allen. Above is 

the cafe’s outside dining area 

overlooking Butte Creek. 

Photo by Bridget Reynolds. 

Left, Beetle-killed pines were 

used in the design. Top 

photo, the building’s exterior 

is designed to weather. 

Photos by Travis Patterson. 

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y Tom Brodersen 

Long awaited new library opens 

The new 10,000-squarefoot 


Library in the Crossroads 

Center Information 

Commons provides 50 percent 

more shelf space to expand the 

collections of books, periodicals, 

reference materials, and 

audio and video media. 

In the new periodicals room, 

popular magazines and scholarly 

journals are displayed in an 

attractive and accessible way, 

which was impossible in the old 

space. Comfortable chairs and 

colorful carpets make it a relaxing 

and stimulating space for 

formal and informal meetings. 

The Prescott College Library 

is by nature both a commons 

and a crossroads. Historically, 

the “commons” is an ancient 

mode of preserving and managing 

shared space for grazing, 

hunting, and foraging. 

Librarians, as stewards of the 

information commons, maintain 

cultural resources for 

shared use by the community. 

The library is already a crossroads 

with the local community. 

Every day books and audio- 


Soaring walls of glass flood the interior with natural light and allows a 

visual connection with the world outside. 

visual materials are loaned and 

borrowed throughout the county 

by means of the Yavapai 

Library Network. Library 

patrons from the community 

Periodicals are displayed in an attractive and accessible way in the new 

periodical reading room. 

visit Prescott College to borrow 

books or even just to study. 

The library is a crossroads in 

time and space. A library preserves 

and makes available 

information and ideas from the 

history of global civilization. 

The library offers an avenue 

into a wide spectrum of arts 

and sciences through a variety 

of media books, magazines, 

audio, and video. 

In the new building, the 

College Archives finally has a 

home designed to preserve and 

make available photographs 

and documents related to the 

history of the Prescott College 

community. 

Now, through the Internet, a 

dozen iMacs and eMacs scattered 

throughout the library provide 

a portal into a potentially 

boundless planetary community. 

Through the Adult Degree 

Program and the Master of Arts 

Program distant students from 

throughout the country borrow

ooks and articles and have 

access to the journal databases. 

The wireless network extends 

Internet access beyond the walls 

of the library to the café and 

surrounding grounds. 

In a sense, the new library is 

without walls or at least very 

permeable walls. The building 

itself embodies this idea. The 

soaring wall of glass on the 

south side floods the interior 

with natural light and allows a 

visual connection with the 

world outside. 

From the upper level a student 

can gaze out over the 

rooftops of town to the treecovered 

hills on the horizon 

while contemplating the relationship 

of nature and culture. 

Photovoltaic panels atop the 

rough log pillars transform sunlight 

into electricity. The massive 

rammed earth walls are 

penetrated by openings with 

window seats. From the west 

windows we look out onto 

Butte Creek as it flows by on 

its way to the Colorado River. 

The Information Commons 

is both an idea and a place. The 

idea is that informed and active 

citizens are essential to a free 

society and that a place must 

be designed to serve that need. 

The Prescott College mission 

statement recognizes the need 

to nurture people who “think 

critically and act ethically with 

sensitivity to both the human 

community and the biosphere.” 

The Crossroads Center is an 

effort to embody those ideals. 

Photos by Bridget Reynolds 

The new library has many inviting spaces to relax and read. 

Students take advantage of the new computer stations in the library. Beetle-killed pines make a dramatic fronting for the new library. 


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y Ann Haver-Allen 

Photo by Constance 

Hockaday 

Prescott College students 

and WEB conference staff 

members, from left, Kaitlin 

Noss and Anne Radeloff are 

pictured with conference 

participants Barbara Beck 

and Hillary Davis. 

Conference helps teenage women 

The first Women’s 

Empowerment 

Breakthrough (WEB!) 

Conference took place at 

Mingus Springs Camp during 

the first weekend in October. 

This conference, intended to 

help teenage women explore, 

define, and achieve their goals 

by instilling self-esteem and 

positive attitudes in attendees, 

was a huge success, said conference 

organizer Courtney 

Osterfelt ’04, who graduated 

in December with a competence 

in education for social 

change and a breadth in environmental 

studies. 

“Thirty-seven girls attended 

the conference and all of them 

walked away with smiles on 

their faces,” Osterfelt said. “In 

each evaluation, they expressed 

how anxious they are for next 

year’s conference and how 

eager they are to volunteer for 

the fund-raising events that 

make the conference possible.” 

Osterfelt organized the conference 

as her senior project 

because, she said, teenagers are 

especially susceptible to social 

marketing that frequently represents 

women as provocative, 

brainless objects. 


Photo by Constance Hockaday 

Prescott College student and conference staff member Anne Radeloff (in 

the pink shirt with gray scarf) takes a break with participants in the 

Women’s Empowerment Breakthrough (WEB!) Conference. 

Osterfelt hopes that through 

educational conferences such as 

this young women learn to 

actively counter such negative 

social stereotypes. The mission 

of this conference was to provide 

a safe and inspiring space to 

collectively educate and guide 

young women toward creating 

healthy and meaningful lives. 

“They were so excited to 

learn, so ready to access tools 

that would help them better 

navigate through this world,” 

Osterfelt said. “Those girls 

taught me so much over the 

weekend, and the biggest lesson 

they taught me was the 

same lesson I was trying to 

instill in them: I am enough. 

When I am living life with 

intention, purpose, and integrity 

to myself and others, when I 

am doing my very best, I am 

quite perfectly enough, and we 

cannot and should not ask anything 

else of ourselves.” 

Osterfelt tried to make the 

WEB! conference as accessible 

as possible and kept the registration 

fee artificially low. The 

$20 fee included all meals and 

accommodations for conference 

attendees. 

To pay for the weekend at 

Mingus Springs Camp, 

Osterfelt organized three big 

fund-raising events. The first 

event, a benefit concert and 

dinner, was held in August at 

the Vine to Wine Cellar. 

Osterfelt’s second fund-raiser 

was held just two weeks later. 

That event, held at Augie’s 

Place, recognized National 

Women’s Equality Day. 

Participants were encouraged 

to attend dressed as their 

favorite female leader from history. 

The third and final fundraiser 

was held in September 

on the Yavapai County 

Courthouse lawn. Titled 

Fabulous Females, the fundraiser 

featured an evening of 

dance, music, poetry, and short 

stories performed by tri-city 

females. 

“It’s really vital that young 

women know they have 

options,” said Osterfelt. 

“Education is really the key.”

explore, define, achieve their goals 

Ellen Abell, Prescott 

College human development 

faculty member, was the conference 

keynote speaker. Abell 

holds a doctorate of education 

in counseling psychology from 

Northern Arizona University. 

She has worked as a faculty 

member at Goddard College 

and has had a private practice 

in counseling and organizational 

development since 1992. 

She has created programs for 

local schools on dating violence, 

sexual harassment, and 

sexual assault prevention and 

has created national seminars 

on communications skills, personnel 

law, and conflict management 

skills for women. 

“I spent the eight months 

leading up to the conference 

constantly putting my heart on 

the line, taking risks, and feeling 

vulnerable,” Osterfelt said. 

The Chronicle of Higher 

Education mentioned 

the Eco League in the 

May14 issue in a brief titled “A 

League of their Own.” The 

Chronicle called the Eco- 

League “a coalition of small 

institutions…that share what 

they call a ‘deep commitment’ 

to the environment.” 

Prescott College is a member 

of the Eco League—a consortium 

of six liberal arts colleges 

that share similar missions and 

value systems based on environmental 

responsibility, social 

change, and educating students 

to build a sustainable future. 

The Eco League institutions 

have strong programs in environmental 

science, marine biology, 

outdoor studies, education, 

and other programs. These colleges 

all stress experiential, 

hands-on education so that students 

are prepared to take on 

“Without the courage to be vulnerable 

the conference would 

not have been as successful. If 

each of us were to dip into our 

past, we would see that the 

teachers, community workers, 

and organizations that really 

made a difference in our lives 

were those who were real and 

raw, the people who were 

accessible, passionate, and 

human to us.” 

Osterfelt said it would have 

been much easier to have 

picked a senior project that 

“was already lined up.” 

“It would be convenient to 

settle for some random project 

that you are not really interested 

in—not passionate about,” 

she said. “But if I have one 

piece of advice to offer someone 

who is deciding on a senior 

project I say pick something 

that your heart is truly invested 

real world challenges when 

they graduate. 

Members of the Eco League 

are: Alaska Pacific University, 

Antioch University, College of 

the Atlantic, Green Mountain 

College, Northland College, 

and Prescott College. 

In this inaugural year, one 

Prescott College student (Casey 

Greenstein ’06) opted to spend 

a semester at Green Mountain. 

Two students—one each from 

Alaska Pacific University and 

Antioch University— chose to 

attend Prescott College for the 

fall semester. 

In the spring 2005 semester, 

two Prescott College students 

will study at other member 

schools. One will visit Alaska 

Pacific University and the other 

will spend a semester at 

College of the Atlantic. 

Additionally, three students 

will come to Prescott College: 

in. Pick something so great that 

the mere idea of engaging in 

such a project makes you excited 

and hungry for learning.” 

For more information about 

WEB!, see http://websrv. 

prescott.edu/~costerfelt/ 

Eco League makes education news 

two whose home school is 

Alaska Pacific and one from 

College of the Atlantic. 

Students at any member institution 

may spend up to two nonsequential 

semesters at any Eco- 

League institution during their 

sophomore and junior years. 

Students continue to pay fulltime 

tuition to their home institution. 

Lab, course fees, and 

room and board are paid to the 

institution the student is visiting. 

The student pays travel costs. 

Credits earned at the Eco 

League institution are transferred 

back to the home institution, 

where students are 

expected to return upon completion 

of the Eco League 

semester(s). 


Photo by Constance Hockaday 

Prescott College student and 

conference staff member Liz 

Cooney takes part in the art 

program with participants of 

the WEB conference. 

For more information 

about the Eco League, 

see www.ecoleague.org 

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Alumnus shares his secret 

Craig Childs entertains Prescott College crowd with 

Some may categorize the 

writings of Craig 

Childs *99 as adventure 

travel. Others call it natural 

history. Still others argue 

that his style of writing is actually 

lyrical prose. Amazon.com 

lists his books under civil engineering 

at civilbooks.com. 

Maybe it’s Childs’ ability to 

avoid well-defined categories 

that makes his books so readable 

and appealing to such 

varied audiences. 

Childs has spent many years 

in the deserts of the Southwest 

—as an adventurer, a river 

guide, and an adjunct professor 

in field sciences at Prescott 

College. He has developed an 

intimate knowledge of the 

desert and the role water plays 

in shaping the landscape and 

life. 

Childs, who earned his master’s 

degree in desert studies 

from Prescott College in 1999, 

was back on campus as the 

keynote speaker for the August 

2004 Master of Arts Program 

(MAP) colloquium. He shared 

some of his experiences with a 

standing-room only crowd in 

Sam Hill. 

In his talk, “The secret knowledge 

of water: An evening of 

About the author 

Craig Childs is winner of the 

Colorado Book Award and the 

Spirit of the West Literary 

Achievement Award, given to a 

writer whose body of work captures 

the unique spirit of the 

American West. He frequently 

contributes commentary to 

National Public Radio’s 

Morning Edition. He has written 

for Outside, Audubon, 

Sierra, Backpacker, Arizona 


Photo by Ann Haver-Allen 

Prescott College alumnus Craig Childs was the keynote speaker 

for the August Master of Arts Program colloquium. Childs 

autographed copies of his latest book, The Secret Knowledge of 

Water, for attendees. 

flash floods and water holes,” 

Childs took the audience deep 

into the Sonoran Desert and 

into remote desert canyons in 

search of water. 

“When you dream of a place 

Highways, High Country 

News, and the Los Angeles 

Times. 

He is the author or coauthor 

of nine books, including The 

Secret Knowledge of Water: 

Discovering the Essence of the 

American Desert, Soul of 

Nowhere, Stone Desert: A 

Naturalist’s Exploration of 

Canyonlands National Park, 

Crossing Paths: Uncommon 

that has no water, what do you 

see?” he asked. “Do you see a 

dead place? A barren place? A 

desert? Do you think of a road 

going nowhere? A horizon that 

offers nothing?” 

Encounters With Animals in 

the Wild, Grand Canyon: Time 

Below the Rim, Colorado, The 

Desert Cries: A Season of Flash 

Floods in a Dry Land, The 

Southwest’s Contrary Land: 

Forever Changing Between 

Four Corners and the Sea of 

Cortes, and Grand Canyon 

Stories: Then and Now. 

He lives with his wife and 

son in western Colorado.

knowledge of water 

tales of his adventures in the deserts of the Southwest 

He said that when he thinks 

of deserts, he thinks of a place 

full of water. 

“Not in the way forests are full 

of water,” he said. “But something 

different. It’s not a dead 

landscape. It’s alive…in motion. 

The canyons and washes have 

been scoured out by flash floods. 

Water shaped this land.” 

He related the exhilaration 

that he feels when he finds a 

watering hole. 

“It’s an experience like seeing 

through time,” he said, explaining 

that ancient peoples knew 

how to locate water and use it 

efficiently. Watering holes are 

usually surrounded by pictographs, 

petroglyphs, and 

other evidence of humankind. 

“Water in the desert is different 


Russell Comstock is earning his 

master of arts degree in contemplative 

and ecological leadership. 

from water everywhere else. 

Water takes lives. Water gives 

lives. And it’s not something 

that we can control.” 

Craig said that being in the 

bottom of a canyon generates a 

cold, dark feeling. 

“It’s like you’re being 

stalked,” he said. “That’s what 

the desert is. Water is always 

coming whether it’s there at the 

time or not.” 

He related a story of discovering 

a group of cliff dwellings 

in the Sierra Madres when he 

was on an expedition to map 

watering holes. He and his 

companions decided to take 

different routes up the cliff 

face to reach the ruins. When 

he reached the top, he entered 

one dwelling and followed it 

back into the mountain from 

which it was carved. The 

dwelling gave way to a cave 

and at the back of the cave he 

found a pool of water that was 

collecting one drop at a time 

from the mountains above. 

“It felt like a ceremonial 

place,” Craig said. “A very special 

place with that little pool of 

water collecting drop by drop.” 

He said the desert has a way 

of making an individual think 

they are nothing but a means 

for water to get to places it cannot 

get to on its own. 

“We are just skin and bones,” 

he said. “We are vessels for 

transporting water. If you die, 

water just evaporates back into 

the air. We are nothing but 

water bags.” 

MAP colloquia as regular as clockwork 

The Prescott College 

Master of Arts Program 

(MAP) sponsors four 

weekend colloquiums each 

year: in August, November, 

February, and May. MAP students 

are required to attend 

two colloquia during each term 

of their enrollment. 

The colloquia weekends are 

exciting, educational opportunities 

that allow students and faculty 

to interact on an individual 

and personal level. MAP students 

present their work-inprogress 

and faculty members 

conduct discipline-specific 

workshops. Additionally, brainstorming 

and networking sessions, 

panel discussions, and 

interdisciplinary seminars provide 

intellectual stimulation. 


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Princeton Review rates 

Prescott College highest 

Prescott College is one 

of five institutions of 

higher education in the 

state of Arizona to be named 

Best in the West by The 

Princeton Review. Prescott 

College received the state’s 

highest academic rating, which 

is a measure of how hard students 

work and how much they 

get back for their efforts. 

The academic rating is calculated 

on a scale of 60 to 99 and 

is based on student survey 

results and statistical information 

reported by administrators. 

Prescott College received an 

academic rating of 89. 

Factors weighed to calculate 

the academic rating include 

how many hours students 

study outside the classroom 

and the quality of students the 

school attracts. Also considered 

are student assessments 

of their professors, class size, 

student-teacher ratio, use of 

teaching assistants, amount of 

class discussion, registration, 

and resources. 

“Through our unique style of 

education at Prescott College, 

we hope to provide students 

with an innovative and welcoming 

academic community,” said 

President Dan Garvey. “It’s 

our goal to enable students not 

only to thrive academically, but 

also to have an uncommonly 

rich and personal college expe- 


rience. We’re honored to have 

received the highest academic 

rating of the five Arizona Best 

in the West Colleges.” 

Editors selected institutions 

for the Best in the West designation 

based on “our knowledge 

of them and high opinion 

of their academics and on feedback 

we get from counselors, 

students, parents, and educators, 

as well as our own staff at 

offices across the country,” said 

Princeton Review staff member 

Erik Olsen. “We monitor colleges 

continuously and annually 

collect data on more than 2,000 

schools. Each year we also visit 

scores of schools and meet with 

or talk to hundreds of college 

administrators.” 

Student surveys are another 

component that goes into determining 

which schools earn the 

Best in the West rating. The student 

survey results report that 

most Prescott College students 

agree “if you are looking for a 

school with a refreshing, innovative, 

and experiential approach 

to higher education, you should 

come here.” 

Other student comments 

about Prescott College that 

were weighed by The Princeton 

Review include: 

The College is big on environmental 

studies, and views 

“the outdoors as our classroom 

and best resource.” 

Arizona institutions named 

Best in the West Colleges 

Institution Academic rating 

Prescott College 89 

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University 83 

Northern Arizona University 78 

University of Arizona 71 

Arizona State University 67 

Professors, who are commonly 

called by their first 

names, demonstrate “a true 

commitment to our mission 

statement and to teaching us 

as humans.” 

The vision includes “redefining 

what higher education is,” 

with emphasis on “the importance 

of the natural world and 

our relationship with it” rather 

than on test scores and term 

papers. 

The Princeton Review 

describes Prescott College 

students as “independent,” 

“open-minded,” and “genuinely 

interested in getting to 

know others.” 

“We are an interesting 

crowd,” one student responded 

in the survey. “The vast majority 

of us are young, idealistic, 

intelligent, and care a great 

deal about the environment 

and our relationship with it.” 

The goal of The Princeton 

Review is to identify some of 

the colleges and universities 

that stand out within each 

region and, in particular, to 

raise public awareness of many 

schools that may not be as well 

known as they should be. 

The Princeton Review is a 

New York City-based company 

known for its test prep courses, 

education services, and 

books. It has conducted the 

survey since 1992, when it 

first published its annual “Best 

Colleges” — the only guide 

offering college rankings 

based on student ratings of 

their schools and reports of 

their experiences at them. 

The complete list of the Best 

Western Colleges can be found 

online at: www.princetonreview.com/college/research/regio 

nal/regional_results.asp?type=al 

l&region=WE&page=1.

Combining art, psychology to facilitate healing 

The Expressive Arts 

Therapy Program at 

Prescott College began 

in 2001 with two students. Now 

in its third year, the program has 

grown to 13 full-time students. 

The Expressive Arts 

Therapies Program combines 

the disciplines of psychology 

and the arts and stresses the 

therapeutic and healing power 

of art within one’s life. Art is 

one of the oldest forms of visual 

communication that supports 

one’s desire and right to communicate 

thoughts and feelings 

and to tell one’s story. 

The art therapist helps 

clients reconnect with their primary 

creativity, play with unresolved 

conflicts, and find new 

solutions and meaning to see 

new possibilities in one’s life. 

The art therapist also facilitates 

the development of the imagination 

and creativity, necessary 

aspects of the identity in order 

to reclaim a whole self. 

The Program trains students 

to become expressive art therapists 

and licensed counselors 

meeting the educational standards 

of the American Art 

Therapy Association Inc., the 

International Expressive Arts 

Therapy Association, and the 

state of Arizona. Through theoretical 

and practical experience, 

students acquire in-depth 

knowledge of human development, 

personality theories, and 

multicultural considerations, as 

well as gaining an understanding 

of applications of art within 

the therapeutic process. 

In addition to the academic 

coursework, students attend 

two Art Therapy Institutes, 

where they spend two weeks in 

classes at Prescott College 

working with visiting faculty 

who are experts in the field of 

expressive art therapy. 

These classes include handson 

experiences in dance, drama, 

writing, and visual art. Students 

learn how to work with clients in 

the therapeutic environment. 

Throughout the Institute, students 

also do their own work to 

cultivate an awareness of their 

personal creative process and 

provide insight into themselves 

so that they may work more 

effectively with clients. 

Some of the activities at the 

summer 2004 Institute included 

looking at slides of artwork 

to learn to “read” drawings that 

offered direct clues pointing 

toward the psychological issues 

that might challenge a client. 

After an extensive session looking 

at slides with facilitators, 

students completed their own 

drawings to practice reading 

the drawings within small 

teams comprised of three of 

their classmates. 

During another learning session, 

students wrote and illustrated 

fairy tales, which were 

ultimately dramatized in two 

groups. Through the dramatization 

of these tales, students witnessed 

the power of story in 

bridging universal themes within 

the arts to life. 

The culminating project took 

place on the last day of the 

Institute and offered one more 

essential connection among the 

group. The group prepared for 

the final event by making gifts 

for all Institute participants during 

the last week of the afternoon 

material class. These gifts 

were exchanged after the group 

made an outdoor mandala of 

twigs, stones, wildflowers, vines, 

and assorted other natural materials. 

The mandala provided a 

ceremonial space for the gift 

exchange, closing the experience 

with small tokens to take away as 

a symbol of the time spent 

together, commemorating the 

profound learning that occurred. 

Students also became aware of 

the healing power of the arts 

for the environment and the 

earth. 

The overall experience of the 

Institute was best summed up 

by one of the students in a paper 

reflecting upon her learning. 

“The Institute was professionally 

driven so that we could take 

away tangible tools and theory to 

utilize with our field of study,” 

the student wrote. “And it was 

experienced on an emotional 

level due to the investment one 

had to make into the process of 

receiving information from the 

presenter, and trying it out on 

oneself or the other group members. 

Additionally, it was felt on 

a physical level because mind 

and body work was incorporated 

into the daily partake of information. 

Mostly, it was a spiritual 

experience because the facilitatory 

of this whole experience 

had the ability to incorporate 

her heart into the creation of 

this Institute. Real connections 

were made, which are now slowly 

transforming my life at the 

colloquiums because that great 

energy is flowing over to our 

experiences in the workshops 

and seeing each other around 

Prescott and the school.” 


by Cappi Lang Comba 

and Ellen Greenblum 

Photo by Ellen Greenblum 

Shown above around the 

mandala made out of things 

from the environment for final 

circle and closure at the 2004 

Summer Art Institute are, 

from left, Betsy Odman, Cappi 

Lang Comba, Paul Comba, 

Trish Haskey, Kasey Grissom, 

JoAnn Garay, Siobhan Danreis 

and Ellen Jordon. The idea of 

the mandala is to create a 

group project that is 

restorative and healing for 

both the group and the 

environment and to make 

meaningful connection with 

each other and the 

environment. 

13

y Devin Carberry 

Anne Radeloff ’04, right, 

represents the Konya Project 

at the Ripple Project 

Showcase. 


Making waves: Ripple Project 

builds groundswell of support 

Sporadically mentioned 

in national headlines is 

the wave of philanthropy 

and service sweeping the 

country. Surfing the crest of 

this wave is the Ripple Project. 

Now is an exciting time for 

Prescott College. With the 

christening of the Crossroads 

Center, the College is entering 

into a new epoch of vibrant, 

cohesive community and culture. 

The Ripple Project is the 

connective tissue to the rest of 

the community—a life force 

that invigorates our mission 

and enriches our student body. 

Two years ago, Prescott 

College signed onto Campus 

Compact, an organization of 

900 colleges and universities 

that recognize the civic duty of 

higher education. 

The Ripple Project was 

launched as the official manifestation 

of our affiliation with 

Campus Compact, and affirms 


our mutual belief that through 

civic participation and community 

service we can build a 

healthier, wealthier, and wiser 

community. 

As efforts to integrate concepts 

of experientially oriented, 

service-learning opportunities 

and initiatives continue across 

the curriculum and in our 

everyday lives, the Ripple 

Project serves as a working 

model for the development of a 

service-learning structure that 

is consistent with and in support 

of the mission of Prescott 

College. 

It is the sincere hope of the 

Ripple Project that we can 

form a cohesive network of volunteer 

organizations that works 

in concert to harness our 

resources for the betterment of 

our communities, while keeping 

our finger on the pulse of 

the national community 

alliance of colleges and universities, 

which are working for 

change in their communities. 

The peripheral aim of the 

Ripple Project is to aid in the 

recruitment and retention of stu-

dents by encouraging students to 

invest in and take ownership of 

the Prescott community. 

A transient culture underlies 

the Prescott College student 

body, but it is our desire that as 

students work for positive 

change in this community, they 

will simultaneously harvest 

strong feelings of empowerment 

and commitment. 

Involvement in the larger 

Prescott community can 

potentially demystify false conceptions 

of Prescott College 

students. We are all aware that 

the community holds certain 

preconceptions of us, which is 

why we should accurately represent 

and involve ourselves to 

dispel the myth that we are 

magic and underwater basketweaving 

majors. 

Theory is all well and good, 

but what is the Ripple Project 

really working on? Our first 

efforts were directed at developing 

a directory of local, 

national, and global volunteer 

opportunities for students. So 

far, we have listings of more 

than 70 local service-oriented 

nonprofits ranging from work 

with the homeless to environmental 

stewardship to peace 

activism. 

The Ripple Project also has 

sponsored student national and 

international programs that are 

longer-term projects. We hope 

to place students in service 

projects during the academic 

year and during all of our 

nonacademic breaks (e.g., 

spring break, student directed 

days, and summer). 

In our upcoming newsletter, 

we will spotlight monthly service 

projects and alternative 

break projects. In addition, outstanding 

student, faculty, and 

organizational proponents of 

service-learning will be highlighted 

for their ongoing commitment 

to civic engagement. 

Now that we have a student 

staff of four—Rob Brekke, 

Devin Carberry, Constance 

Hockaday, and Kaitlin Noss— 

working with Student Activities 

Coordinator Heather Houk— 

we have expanded our efforts to 

include four more facets. 

The first is a student service 

project showcase and community-wide 

volunteerism fair 

held Wednesday, Dec. 1. This 

event brought students, faculty, 

staff, and community leaders 

together for an evening in celebration 

of service and change. 

This event was also a celebration 

of World AIDS Day, offering 

free AIDS testing and presentations 

about the pandemic 

of AIDS in Africa and around 

the world. 

The second phase is the 

development of support structures 

for service projects predicated 

on an endowment that 

will award scholarships to students 

involved in service projects 

and training workshops for 

faculty and students. 

Phase three is the implementation 

of a service-learning, 

campaign-based Prescott 

College class in addition to supporting 

faculty members in the 

incorporation of service-learning 

into their curriculum. 

Last but not least, is our 

creation of a Ripple Project 

Who and what 

is the Ripple Project? 

Ripple Project 

Director: Heather Houk 

Coordinators: Rob Brekke, Devil Carberry, Constance 

Hockaday, and Kaitlin Noss 

Mission statement 

The Ripple Project promotes stewardship projects in 

Prescott College and the greater community through 

engaging individual agency and offering the support and 

resources necessary to actualize service-learning initiatives. 

We endeavor to accomplish this mission through 

publicizing community projects, fund-raising, and maintaining 

a resource center that supplies information, contacts, 

and stewardship opportunities locally, nationally, 

and globally. 

certification track that would 

recognize students who have 

completed a yet to be decided 

number of volunteer hours— 

an invaluable item to include 

on a résumé. 

Whatever your dreams of 

change are, come see us in the 

Student Union Building 

Monday, Wednesday, or Friday 

between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., so 

that we can help you make 

them a reality. 


Sam Hill is filled to capacity 

with the Ripple Project 

Showcase and communitywide 

volunteerism fair. 


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Festive evenings add to 

Crossroads Center fund 

Charles Edwin Taylor, a 

baritone with the New 

York Metropolitan 

Opera and a native of Prescott, 

performed at a benefit concert 

Wednesday, Aug. 11, and 

Thursday, Aug. 12, for the 

Prescott College Crossroads 

Center building fund. 

The gala evening was made 

possible thanks to the loyalty 

and generosity of devoted 

alumni Tony Ebarb ’84 and 

Liisa Raikkonen ’84. The 

Ebarbs hosted the Fifth Annual 

Evenings of Vocal Treasures at 

the Pine Cone Inn, Arizona’s 

oldest supper club and a 

Prescott landmark. Joining 

Taylor was mezzo-soprano 

Kelly Gebhardt, his fiancée. 

Pianist Glen Davis accompanied 

them. 

“Opera experts have called 

Charles the ‘baritone of the 

century,’” Ebarb said as he 

introduced Taylor. He told the 


audience that Taylor had 

entered a number of competitions 

and had won first, second, 

and third prize each time. 

“What I am trying to tell you 

is that you are in for a real treat 

tonight,” Ebarb said. “Charles 

is a true musical genius.” 

When Taylor stepped on 

stage he thanked Ebarb for 

such a gracious introduction. 

“About 30 percent of what 

Tony said is true,” Taylor said. 

“But I sure want him to contribute 

to Biography when the 

time comes.” 

Taylor sang a number of 

selections from Franz 

Schubert, who effectively 

established the German lied as 

a new art form in the 19th century 

and is considered by many 

to be the greatest composer of 

German lieder with more than 

600 to his credit. Taylor 

described the lied as the first 

of the “reality” shows. 

Photos by Bridget Reynolds 

Enjoying an evening at the opera are, from left, Toby Ebarb, Tony Ebarb, 

Liisa Raikkonen, Mark Hayden, and Prescott College President Dan Garvey. 

Charles Edwin Taylor and Kelly 

Gebhardt performed at a benefit 

for the Crossroads Center fund. 

Schubert wanted to write 

music that reflected real life 

instead of the fairy and 

princess stories popular in 

Italian opera, Taylor said. 

“So of course, since it reflects 

reality, there was adultery and 

murder.” 

Taylor’s selections for the 

evening included Der Zwerg 

(The Gnome), which he called 

“a complete opera in four minutes;” 

and three arias from 

Schwanengesang (Swan Song). 

The fund-raiser added about 

$8,000 to the Crossroads 

Center coffers. 

“Prescott College is very 

grateful to have dedicated, 

loyal alumni such as Tony and 

Liisa,” said Prescott College 

President Dan Garvey. “It’s 

through support like theirs that 

the Crossroads Center is 

becoming a reality.” 

Tony and Liisa earned their 

bachelor degrees in 1984 

through Prescott College’s 

Adult Degree Program in 

accounting and language studies 

respectively. Their daughter, 

Theresa Ebarb-Makela ’04, 

graduated from Prescott 

College Saturday, Dec. 4.

Opera star 

has roots 

in Prescott 

Charles Edwin Taylor is the 

son of Prescott residents 

Diana and Charles Taylor 

Sr. He grew up in Prescott, 

where he attended public 

school. He now makes his 

home in New York. 

Taylor joined The 

Metropolitan Opera 

Lindemann Young Artist 

Development Program at 

the beginning of the 2002- 

2003 season after being 

selected as a winner of The 

Metropolitan Opera 

National Council Auditions 

in 2001. 

He made his Met debut 

last season in the role of 

Herald in Othello. During 

the 2003-2004 Metropolitan 

Opera Season, he sang the 

role of Marullo in Rigoletto, 

2nd Nazarene in Salome, 

and Huntsman in Rusalko. 

During the summer of 

2004, Taylor performed the 

role of Sharpless in Madame 

Butterfly for The Met in the 

Parks Concert Series. 

Among his numerous 

awards and honors, Taylor 

was a prizewinner at the 

2002 Liederkranz Foundation 

Competition and first 

place winner in the 1999 

High Plains Singing 

Competition Senior 

Division. 

He has performed the 

roles of Marcello in Amedeo 

Vives’ BOHEMIOS, Don 

Giovanni in John Davies’ 

Three Little Pigs, Mandarin 

in Turandot, Lakai in 

Ariadne auf Naxos, and 

Angelotti in Tosca at Opera 

Colorado. 

He has also performed 

Scarpia in Tosca with Opera 

Fort Collins. 

Undergraduate literary journal 

wins second national prize 

Alligator Juniper, 

Prescott College’s student-edited 

literary 

journal, has won the Association 

of Writers & Writing Programs’ 

(AWP) 2004 Director’s Prize for 

content for its 2003 issue. The 

journal also won the prize in 

2001. 

Alligator Juniper showcases 

original fiction, poetry, creative 

nonfiction, and black and white 

photography. Recent issues 

have featured work from writers 

such as Pulitzer Prize nominee 

Jim Simmerman, Jendi 

Reiter, Kathleen Kirk, Elton 

Glaser, Kurt Brown, Melissa 

Pritchard, and Greg Cusick. 

“This is a magazine that was 

continuously rewarding in what 

it offered the reader across genres,” 

said Maurice Kilwein 

Guevara, who teaches poetry 

and fiction at the University of 

Wisconsin-Milwaukee and 

served as the judge of the AWP 

Directors’ Prize. “Alligator 

Juniper is not afraid to publish 

work that experiments in style 

and approach, but this magazine 

isn’t about glitter and literary 

fashion. It’s interested in showing 

us the little truths of our 

lives like a thousand leaves.” 

A review from Newpages.com 

also praised the 2003 issue: 

“This annual journal of poetry, 

fiction, nonfiction, and photography, 

published out of the 

Prescott College for the Liberal 

Arts and the Environment, 

presents fresh voices that in 

this edition tend to focus on 

issues of social justice and 

responsibility, including, of 

course, environmental issues. I 

especially liked Susan Thomas’ 

poem ‘To Anna Karenina,’ in 

which the speaker addresses 

and compares herself to 

Tolstoy’s famous tragic heroine, 

and Jendi Reiter’s poem 

‘Hansel and Gretel: The 

Mother Speaks,’ in which the 

speaker justifies to herself her 

decision to kill her children. 

Also a standout: Mark Liedel’s 

photograph ‘Milkweed,’ which 

communicated eerie transcendence 

in the bursting of a milkweed 

pod. I found the emotional 

investment in much of 

the work here a refreshing jolt 

after reading the multitudes of 

more jaded, detached writers. I 

have found another journal to 

add to my must-read list.” 

Since 1967 Association of 

Writers & Writing Programs’ 

has supported writers and writing 

programs around the world. 

The organization now supports 

more than 24,000 writers at 

more than 370 member colleges. 

The Association sponsors 

two $500 cash awards annually 

for the best undergraduate literary 

magazines published during 

an academic year (one for 

content and one for design). 


Alligator Juniper is an annual 

publication of Prescott 

College. Single issues are 

$7.50. Back issues are $5. For 

more information, send e-mail 

to: aj@prescott.edu. 

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Plans for art gallery progress 

After four years of hard 

work and dedication 

an art gallery at 

Prescott College is closer to 

fruition. Funding for the 

gallery has reached a level 

where dreams are starting to 

become reality. 

“I want everyone who has 

supported our efforts to create 

this gallery to know that we are 

definitely making progress,” 

said Deborah Ford, faculty 

member in the Prescott 

College Arts and Letters 

Program. 

The Prescott architectural 

firm of William Otwell and 

Associates has been engaged to 

work with the College on the 

renovation and retrofitting of 

Sam Hill, where the new visual 

arts facility will be located. 

The vision for the gallery 

grew out of Ford’s class Visual 

Arts Exhibition Practicum. 

Students identified a gallery as 

one of the greatest needs in 

the Prescott College visual 

arts program and formed the 

The Clowes Fund Inc. 

has awarded Prescott 

College a $250,000 

grant to strengthen the breadth 

and depth of the resident visual 

arts program and to help 

increase the level of visual literacy 

of the faculty, current students, 

and the public. 

The grant will help: 

• Improve facilities and 

upgrade equipment for visual 

arts instruction, including the 

analog photo lab, the digital 

photo lab, and studio arts 

instruction space; 

• Create a dedicated gallery 

space for exhibition of work 

by students, faculty, and visiting 

artists; 


Student Arts Council to take 

up the challenge. 

Courtney Oertel ’02 and 

Brooks Juhring ’01 shared 

leadership of that organization, 

which was instrumental in the 

initial effort to make a galley 

become a reality. 

“Students in the visual arts 

are required to demonstrate 

professional strategies for art 

presentation, including gallery 

exhibitions,” Ford explained. 

“But we have had no dedicated 

space in which they could fully 

exercise their talents. We 

would use venues intended for 

other purposes and to avoid 

damage to our work most 

exhibits would have to come 

down after only a day or two.” 

Funding for the gallery has 

been raised through two art 

auctions at Prescott College, 

and grants from private foundations. 

The first art auction, held 

in 2001, raised $20,000. The 

2003 auction raised $25,000. 

Additional funding is being 

provided through The 

• Establish scholarships for 

study in the visual arts; 

• Establish a series of educational 

programs, activities, 

workshops, and exhibitions to 

strengthen community participation 

in the evolving discourse 

of social visual literacy; 

and 

• Support short-term residencies 

for visiting artists. 

Sam Hill is slated to become 

the new home of the visual arts 

facility, which will house a 

gallery, labs, studios, instructional 

spaces, and offices. 

The objective for the first 

year is to build the equipment 

and facility infrastructure of the 

visual arts program and to 

Compton Foundation and the 

Clowes Fund Inc. 

The Compton Foundation, 

which is headquartered in 

Menlo Park, Calif., awarded 

$15,000 to be used toward the 

creation of an art gallery for 

Prescott College. The Compton 

Foundation’s discretionary 

grants are usually made in the 

areas of community welfare 

and social justice and culture 

and the arts. 

The Clowes Fund awarded a 

five-year grant totaling 

$250,000 to strengthen the 

breadth and depth of the resident 

visual arts program and 

help increase the level of visual 

literacy of the faculty, current 

students, and the public (see 

box below). 

The mission of an art gallery 

at Prescott College will be to 

provide students, faculty, and 

the community at large with 

exhibition space that serves the 

needs of Prescott College and 

contributes to the greater community 

of Prescott. 

Clowes Fund gives big shot in the arm 

establish the Clowes Fund 

Scholarship endowment. 

Additionally, the funds will be 

used to support gallery exhibition, 

support research activity, 

advance student and faculty 

scholarship, and enhance outreach 

to the public. 

The Prescott architectural 

firm of William Otwell and 

Associates is working with the 

College on the renovation and 

retrofitting of Sam Hill. 

The Clowes Fund is a family 

foundation established in 1952 

in Indianapolis, Ind., which 

makes grants to support 

human services, education, 

and the arts. Aidan Clowes 

’01 is a member of that family.

In accord with the overall 

objectives and intellectual mission 

of Prescott College, the 

gallery will support research, 

teaching, and public service 

functions. 

Additionally, the gallery will 

function as an experiential 

teaching tool for professional 

preparation, reflective and critical 

exploration, and discourse 

in the visual arts. Students will 

operate the gallery and organize 

exhibitions. 

“It is very exciting to see that 

things are starting to happen 

toward establishing an art 

gallery for Prescott College,” 

Ford said. “We are forever 

grateful for the support of 

those who are helping this 

dream become reality.” 

Artists, businesses, and individuals 

who have contributed 

toward raising funds for an art 

gallery at Prescott College 

include: 

2001 

Azariah Aker 

Walt Anderson 

Jim Antonius 

Royce Carlson 

Roseanne Cartledge 

M. Jennifer Chandler 

Kate Cleghorn 

Anna Cowden 

Sally Dill 

Elaine Farrar 

Susan Favour 

Trina Feliciano 

Don Fike 

Deborah Ford 

William Ford 

Joanne Frerking 

Breane Goldsmith 

Mark Hendrickson 

Ross Hilmoe 

Judith Hodges 

Jeffrey Holmes 

Kris Hotvedt 

George H.H. Huey 

Bill Hughes 

Deb Karash 

David Klein 

Stephen Komp 

Heath Krieger 

M.L. Lincoln 

Lesley Louden 

John Oneil Lutes 

Charles W. Lyon 

Rose Mary Mack 

Nathan Macomber 

Joe MacShane 

Jan Marshall 

Paul N. McKee 

John Mercer 

Cynthia Meyers 

Nancy Tokar Miller 

Jack Morgenstern 

Glen Peterson 

Curt Pfeffer 

Mark Plourdes 

Leigh Rabby 

Carol Rawlings 

Dawn Reeves 

Cathy Rhoads 

Mark (Chuck) Rhoads 

Carol Russell 

Carolyn Schmitz 

Randy Shackelford 

Sheri Sheldon 

Rand Shipp 

Jacque Staskon 

Bonny Stauffer 

Linne Thomas 

Peter Visockis 

Robert Walker 

Pat Warwick 

Kenny Wayne 

2003 

Paul Abbott 

Richard Arc ’73 

Alligator Juniper 

Walt Anderson 

Margaret Antilla** 

Jim Antonius 

Art Rush Gallery 

Kyle Bajakian 

Ligsor Barn 

Maxim and Penelope 

Bartko (Nicole) 

Carey Behel 

Tricia Biel-Goebel 

Melanie Bishop 

Bret Blevins 

Betsy Bolding* 

Frank Cardamone** ’03 

and Joan Clingan** 

(Nancy Clingan) 


Center for Creative 

Photography 

M. Jennifer Chandler 

Ralph Chaprinka 

(Steven) 

Keren Clark 

Adam Connor 

Kenneth Cook** and 

Charissa Menefee** 

Steven** and Traci Corey 

Jeremy Cox 

Dennis DeHart 

Charlie DeWeese** ’99 

Anne* ’74 and Simone 

Dorman 

L. Linda Dove 

Marianne** and John 

Doyle 

Jay Dusard 

Reuben Ellis** (Isaac) 

John Farmer** ’93 

Jock and Debra Favour 

(Amy) 

Trina Feliciano 

Stephen Finnigan 

Carol Flax 

Tom Fleischner 

Deborah Ford 

Forna’s Printing 

Framer’s Market 

Frederick and Frances 

Sommer Foundation 

William and Kathryn 

Garland (Maura) 

Daniel** and Barbara 

Garvey 

David Gilligan 

Mark ’73 and Gwen 

Goodman 

Samantha Gordon 

Miana Grafals 

Slade Graves 

L.W. Gregg 

David Hanna** and Lisa 

Floyd-Hanna** 

(Dustin) 

Dick Hanna ’77 

Mark Hendrickson 

Ginny Hensler 

Ross Hilmoe 

Alison Holmes** 

Jeffrey Holmes 

George H.H. Huey 

Howard Kelly 

Shevaun Kirschbaum 

Charles W. Lyon 

Naomi Lyons 

Rose Mary Mack 

Matuschka 

Brock McCormick 

David McDonald 

Bill and Kathleen 

McGillicuddy 

(Robert) 

Kathyrn McKee 

Paul N. McKee 

Liana Moss 

Cindy Myers 

Osamu James Nakagawa 

George and Margaret 

Nixon (John) 

Sam Perry 

Carolyn Peterson 

Photo Eye Bookstore 

Frank* and Laura Plaut 

Elaine Ralls (Catherine) 

Niko Ratterman 

Paul Reed 

Forrest Rosenbury (Joe 

White) 

Carol Russell 

Linda Ryan and Jim Dell 

(Joshua Dell) 

Katherine Sams 

Sheila Sanderson 

Sheila Savannah 

Gerald* and Donna 

Secundy (Daniel) 

Eric Severn 

Rand Shipp ’00 

Paul Skeels 

SOA 

Chelsea Stone 

Terry Stone 

Tempe Camera Repair 

The Frame and I 

The Raven Review 

Linne Thomas 

Suzanne Tito* (Brad) 

Jay VanSant and Barbara 

Tracy (Julie) 

Peter Visockis ’01 

Miles Waggener 

Maximillian Wahlberg 

Pat Warwick 

Adrienne Whiteley 

(Caitlin Moore) 

Rachel Yoder** ’01 

Karen Zelonka 


“I want everyone who has 

supported our efforts to 

create this gallery to know 

that we are definitely 

making progress,” 

Deborah Ford, faculty member in the 

Prescott College Arts and Letters 

Program 

19


Sommer fellowships enhance 

senior year for exceptional artists 

Each year the Frederick 

and Frances Sommer 

Foundation awards a 

fellowship to a resident degree 

senior in the Arts and Letters 

Program student at Prescott 

College. 

The fellowship was created 

by the Sommer Foundation to 

enhance the senior year of one 

exceptional art student by providing 

a creative living environment 

in the Sommer’s Mountain 

Club cabin. 

By relieving the fellow of the 

financial burdens of rent and 

basic utilities, time is returned 

for exploration and study. 

During the senior year, the 

recipient has full access to the 

house, which features a northlight 

studio and a large black 

and white darkroom. 

The fellowship is intended to 

support the concentration necessary 

to educate while advocating 

quality of attention span. 

The recipient is chosen 

through an application process 

managed by the visual arts faculty 

at Prescott College, with 

the final award choice made by 

the trustees of the Sommer 

Foundation. 

Selection is based on the 

merit of academic and creative 

accomplishments. 

Performers, writers, studio 

artists, photographers, sculptors, 

art educators, and art historians 

are eligible. The fellow 

is asked to donate an original 

piece of work created during 

their fellowship year to the 

Foundation’s collection. 

“This fellowship bridges the 

student artist to the next 

phase by showing how environment 

supports and influences 

creativity,” said Naomi 

Lyons, one of the Sommer 

trustees. “Fred’s home is efficiently 

sized for living and 


Photo by Rachel Yoder 

Sam Reed is the 2004 recipient 

of the Frederick and Frances 

Sommer Foundation 

Fellowship. 

working. His studio is big, 

simple and has perfect north 

light while the darkroom is 

the largest room in the house. 

Living there invites doing. 

The student learns to take the 

time to really look at what he 

or she is creating and to listen, 

to himself or herself, in an 

effort toward becoming their 

own best audience. Fred said, 

‘We are environment making 

towards ourselves. Master the 

advantages.’” 

2004 recipient 

Sam Reed, who is majoring in 

writing and literature, is the 

recipient of the 2004 Frederick 


Fellowship. Reed hails from 

the Bay Area in California. He 

considers himself “incredibly 

lucky” to be the Sommer 

Fellow this year. 

“This house has been a real 

boon in the sense that, for the 

first time, I have a reliable 

place where I can concentrate 

on writing without distractions,” 

he said, adding that the 

Photo by Maximillian Wahlberg 

Maximillian Wahlberg is the 

2003 recipient of the Frederick 


Foundation Fellowship. 

fellowship also represents 

“affirmation and encouragement, 

which are invaluable to 

any growing artist.” 

“With this comes a great deal 

of responsibility to take one’s 

work seriously,” he added. 

“This is really the only thing 

the trustees ask of the fellow.” 

When Reed is not focusing 

on his writing, he enjoys “staring 

out of windows,” reading, 

hiking, running, playing the 

guitar and bass, looking at 

birds, and trying to learn 

Elvish. 

“I am currently getting ready 

to apply to graduate programs 

in creative writing, with the 

hope of one day teaching poetry 

at the college level,” he said. 

“Again, the ability to focus on 

things like school applications 

without worrying about rent, 

utilities, etc. has proven to be a 

great gift.” 

2003 recipient 

Maximillian Wahlberg was 

the 2003 Sommer Fellow. His 

degree from Prescott College

was a double competence in 

photography and environmental 

studies, with an emphasis in 

environmental education. He 

works with the United States 

Forest Service as the forest 

ecologist for the Prescott 

National Forest. 

“My current employment 

allows me to focus on my professional 

pursuits in the realm 

of environmental studies while 

continuing to enjoy the freedom 

of photographic expression 

solely for personal expression,” 

Wahlberg said. 

He said that being the 2003 

fellow was a true honor and 

afforded him a “multitude of 

opportunities” that otherwise 

would not have been available. 

“While I am confident my 

photographic aspirations would 

not have dwindled in the 

absence of this truly remarkable 

opportunity, I also know 

that the fellowship allowed me 

to pursue the photographic 

medium in new and rewarding 

ways,” Wahlberg said. 

He said there are three tangible 

benefits associated with 

his tenure as a Sommer Fellow. 

“First, there is a tremendous 

financial advantage built into 

the fellowship,” he said. 

“Eliminating the expense of 

rent and utilities allowed me to 

work less and focus more of my 

attention on my studies and 

photographic work. 

“Secondly, the Sommer 

Cabin itself afforded me a 

tremendous environment in 

which to explore my medium. It 

provided me both ample space 

and utility to explore and refine 

my artistic aspirations. 

“Finally, I received tremendous 

encouragement and support 

from the Frederick and 

Frances Sommer Foundation. 

This aspect was particularly 

meaningful to me, as I had not 

expected the degree of care 

and support I received. 

“I am forever grateful to the 

Foundation for affording me 

this tremendous honor.” 

About Frederick Sommer 

Frederick Sommer was an architect and painter, a philosopher 

and a photographer, as well as a student of history and 

living. Born in Italy in 1905 and raised in Rio de Janeiro, 

Sommer received a master’s degree in landscape architecture 

from Cornell University, where he had been accepted even 

though he had no undergraduate degree and was not fluent 

in English. At Cornell he met his future wife Frances, who 

was studying mathematics and education. 

His serious attempts at photography began after meeting 

Alfred Stieglitz in 1935, the year he settled permanently in 

Prescott. Following the advice of Edward Weston, who he 

met in 1936, Sommer started using an 8-by-10 inch view 

camera in 1938. He became a naturalized citizen of the 

United States in 1939 (he already considered himself a citizen 

of the ‘greater Americas’). He would also develop close 

friendships with the painters Max Ernst and Charles Sheeler 

in 1941 and the photographer Aaron Siskind in 1949. 

Sommer’s early photographic subjects included chicken 

entrails, horizonless landscapes of the deserts near Prescott, 

animal carcasses, and assemblages of found objects and backgrounds. 

Later his work incorporates his life-long interest in 

drawing and leads to the creation of synthetic negatives 

made from paint or smoke, nudes taken in focus and printed 

out of focus and Cut Paper photographs. 

Sommer’s work has been exhibited throughout the world 

and is in the collection of more than 45 public institutions, 

including the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Center for Creative 

Photography at the University of Arizona, the Museum of 

Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Victoria and 

Albert Museum in London, and the Art Institute in Chicago. 

He died in January 1999 at his home in Prescott at the age 

of 93. For more information about Frederick Sommer, or to 

view some of his work, visit the Sommer Foundation Website 

at www.FrederickSommer.org. 


Frederick Sommer 

photographed many fellow 

artists, including Max Ernst 

seen here. 

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Wilderness Orientation—a 

21-day backpacking trip 

through beautiful, remote 

areas of Arizona and New 

Mexico—is unique to 


They came, they saw, they conquered 

Incoming students experience Wilderness Orientation 

Wilderness 

Orientation is the 

adventure from 

which Prescott College legends 

grow. Prescott College is the 

only college or university to offer 

its incoming class of students an 

experience as memorable and 

exciting as Wilderness Orientation, 

which is the first block 

course for all new students. 

This fall’s Wilderness 

Orientation was defined by participants 

as “amazing, fantastic, 

etc.— all superlatives.” The 

adventure started at Chapel 

Rock, where incoming students 

met with faculty advisers and 

prepared for their 21-day backpacking 

trip through beautiful, 

remote areas of Arizona and 

New Mexico. 

“We had 12 groups this year,” 


said Kristine Preziosi ’97, faculty 

member in the Adventure 

Education Program and 

Wilderness Orientation Director. 

“Eleven groups were in the field 

and one group was community 

based. The 11 groups were split 

into four different course areas 

visiting various parts of the 

Mogollon Rim. Three groups 

traveled to Beaver and Clear 

creeks, two to Tonto and 

Barbershop creeks, two to 

Cherry and Haigler creeks and 

four groups were hiking through 

the Blue Primitive Range in the 

White Mountains.” 

The adventure concluded 

with a gathering back at Chapel 

Rock, where the groups presented 

skits to share their experiences. 

Before the sketches, Preziosi 

asked everyone to close their 

eyes and recall where they woke 

up that morning. She asked 

what sounds they had heard. 

“Compare how you feel now 

to how you felt the last time 

you sat in this room (before the 

trip),” she said. “What things 

have you learned from the 

other members of your group 

that have contributed to the 

people who are sitting in this 

room now?” 

This year’s sketches included 

a comic song about the various 

idiosyncracies of group members, 

a poem written by one 

person and read by the whole 

group, a fashion show mocking 

the stylishness of their camping 

gear, and jokes about running 

out of sugar, evacs, snoring, the 

heaviness of packs, etc. 

“Students were really excited 

to be here,” said Liz Wade, 

undergraduate admissions 

counselor. “Nearly everything 

was greeted with riotous 

applause and cheering— particularly 

when instructors were 

asked to stand at the beginning. 

People were really enthused, 

had a great time, and there was 

a strong sense that everyone 

there really loved the other 

people in their group and had 

come a long way.” 

After the skits there was a 

slide show of photos taken on 

the trips, starting with nature 

shots and going into shots of 

groups hiking, then camp shots, 

bloopers, and swimming shots. 

“The great thing about the 

photos was that every person in 

almost every shot had a huge, 

genuine grin,” Wade said.

Bringing John Muir to life 

Doug Hulmes performs Chautauqua at Washington, D.C. celebration 

Prescott College faculty 

member Doug Hulmes 

’73 was invited to perform 

his Chautauqua of John 

Muir for the 40th anniversary 

of the Wilderness Act in 

Washington, D.C., on Sunday, 

Sept. 19, 2004. 

His portrayal of John Muir as 

a young environmental conservationist 

was part of the Wilderness 

Act 40th Anniversary 

Wilderness Advocacy Week held 

in celebration of 40 years of people 

protecting wilderness. 

“I was pleased with my performance 

and received two 

standing ovations,” Hulmes 

said. “The first was at the completion 

of my monologue and 

the other at the completion of 

the question period.” 

Hulmes began performing 

John Muir under contract with 

the Arizona Humanities Council 

on a scholar speaker’s bureau. 

He is a professor of environmental 

studies and teaches courses 

in ecology, environmental education, 

and environmental history 

and philosophy. 

His Washington, D.C., performance 

was held at the 

Wilderness Society headquarters 

and was attended by about 

100 wilderness advocates from 

across the nation. The performance 

was intended to give participants 

an appreciation of the 

historical roots of America’s 

Wilderness legacy. 

In the 40 years since the 

Wilderness Act was signed into 

law by President Lyndon 

Johnson, more than 106 million 

acres have been set aside leaving 

future generations some of 

the last remaining wild areas 

unspoiled by humans. 

Those who attended the 

anniversary celebration in 

Washington were treated to a 

history of the Wilderness Act of 

1964—and the bipartisan legislative 

support it originally 

received. Additionally, participants 

were briefed on being 

effective lobbyists. 

A celebration dinner, which 

Hulmes attended, was held at 

the National Press Club following 

the day’s presentations. 

Special guest Robert Redford 

pointed out the unique richness 

of America’s wild landscapes and 

the special legacy that all 

Americans share because some 

of those lands have been set 

aside as “forever wild.” 

Well-known naturalist writer 

Terry Tempest Williams, who 

was recently inducted into the 

Rachel Carson Honor Roll 

and has received the National 

Wildlife Federation’s Conservation 

Award for Special 

Achievement, was the master 

of ceremonies. The evening’s 

keynote speaker was former 

Secretary of Interior Stewart 

Udall. 

“The wilderness idea originated 

here in this country; the 

national park idea originated in 

this country,” said Udall, who 

served in the Kennedy and 

Johnson administrations. 

Senator Robert Byrd (D- 

WV) and Congressman John 

Dingell (D-MI) were among 

those recognized for their role 

in passing the landmark conservation 

legislation, signed 40 

years ago in September. 

Senator Byrd was presented 

with the first Hubert H. 

Humphrey Wilderness 

Leadership Award, which honors 

a member of the U.S. 

Senate “who gives exemplary 

leadership for wilderness 

preservation and whose commitment 

to the betterment of 

his or her constituency extends 

to those in future generations.” 

Congressman Dingell was 

presented with the first John P. 

Saylor Wilderness 

Leadership Award, 

which honors a member 

of the U.S. House 

of Representatives 

“whose conservation 

record and commitment 

to public lands 

protection is distinguished 

by long tenure 

and consistent leadership.” 

Rep. Saylor, a 

Republican from 

Pennsylvania, was the 

father of the 

Wilderness Act in the 

U.S. House of 

Representatives — its 

lead sponsor through 

the eight years of 

debate and a stalwart 

in its implementation 

until his death in 1973. 

Don Hoffman, 

executive director of 

the Arizona 

Wilderness Coalition 

and an adviser for 

Prescott College’s Master of 

Arts Program, and his daughter 

Gretchen ’04, also attended 

the anniversary celebration. 

Hulmes has received many 

awards and honors recognizing 

his skills as a teacher and performer. 

In 1998 he was recognized 

as outstanding presenter 

at the national Wilderness 

Rangers Conference in 

Durango, Colo., for his performance 

as John Muir. He was 

guest professor at Telemark 

University College in Norway 

in 1997, where he taught that 

country’s first interdisciplinary 

Environmental Studies 

Program; and in 1994, he was 

named Educator of the Year 

and recipient of the President’s 

Appreciation Award from the 

Arizona Environmental 

Education Association. 


by Ann Haver-Allen 

Photo by Travis Patterson 

Prescott College faculty 

member Doug Hulmes 

performing his Chautauqua of 

John Muir. 

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New publications from 

Inland Island: The Sutter Buttes • By Walt Anderson, Environmental Studies 

The Sutter Buttes, a unique 

cluster of volcanoes isolated in 

the midst of the Sacramento 

Valley, was the sacred “Middle 

Mountain” of the valley Indian 

tribes. 

“As a mountain range, the 

Sutter Buttes stands apart, an 

island of upland in the great sea 

of lowland flanked by the Sierra 

Nevada and the Coast Ranges,” 

write the publishers. “Its softly 

rounded hills and angular pinnacles 

are cloaked in grasses, 

shrubs, and trees in patterns that 

reflect nature’s design, not 

man’s. Naturalist Walt 

Anderson provides an insider’s 

view of this special mountain, 

telling stories with both insight 

and humor. The rocks, plants, 

animals, and the ecosystems 

they collectively form are given 

K.L. Cook recently returned 

from a two-month tour for his 

award-winning book, Last Call. 

The collection of interconnected 

stories, which span 

three generations in the life of 

one West Texas family, won the 

2003 Prairie Schooner Book 

Prize in Fiction and was published 

in October by the 

University of Nebraska Press. 

Cook’s book tour took him to 

book festivals, conferences, 

writing centers, and colleges 

and universities in 12 states. 

Cook teaches creative writing 

and literature at Prescott 

College and is the associate 

dean of the Resident Degree 

Program. He is currently on 

sabbatical for the 2004-05 academic 

year, during which he 

will be promoting this book, as 

well as finishing other projects. 

The publication of Last Call 

marks the culmination of a 

great writing year for Cook. 


personal faces through Walt’s 

insights and unabashed humor. 

Humans are also a part of the 

Last Call • By K.L. Cook, Arts and Letters 

Most of the stories in the book 

have been previously published 

in prestigious literary journals 

and magazines, such as The 

Threepenny Review, 

Shenandoah, American Short 

Fiction, and Witness. Several of 

the stories have garnered additional 

awards, including an 

Arizona Commission on the 

Arts fellowship, a Pushcart 

Prize nomination, and, most 

recently, the grand prize in the 

Santa Fe Writers Project 

Literary Arts Series. 

“The Prairie Schooner award 

was particularly gratifying 

because Prairie Schooner, a literary 

journal sponsored by the 

University of Nebraska, has an 

outstanding reputation,” Cook 

said. “It has published, in the 40 

years of its existence, the most 

acclaimed American writers of 

the last half-century, often early 

in their careers. To have my 

book chosen for the inaugural 

Inland Island: The 

Sutter Buttes is 

published by The 

Natural Selection 

and Middle 

Mountain 

Foundation and is 

available in the 


Bookstore, from the 

publishers, or from 

Amazon.com. 

natural history of this place, and 

their roles, from prehistoric to 

modern, are discussed.” 

year of their book prizes was a 

tremendous honor.” 

Last Call has already 

received advance praise from a 

number of acclaimed writers, 

including Robert Boswell, 

National Book Award-finalist 

Jean Thompson, and Arizona’s 

Ron Carlson. The first pre-pub-

faculty authors 

lication review, from the highly 

influential Kirkus, called the 

book, in a starred review, “a 

remarkably accomplished first 

collection” about “a family’s 

tragic trajectory viewed 

through the kaleidoscope of 

time in stories that make an 

immensely satisfying whole.” 

The book begins in 1958 in 

West Texas when a series of 

unusual incidents—a daughter’s 

elopement, a sobering holiday 

trip, a vicious attack by the 

family dog, a lightning strike— 

provokes a mother of five to 

abandon her children. The rest 

of the stories follow the fortunes 

of the children and grandchildren 

of this woman, stories 

that take them to Houston, 

Dallas, Nashville, Amarillo, Las 

Vegas, and Costa Rica. 

More information about K.L. 

Cook and Last Call is available 

at www.klcook.net. 

Stories and Stone: Writing the Ancestral 

Puebloan Homeland • Edited by Reuben Ellis, 

Arts and Letters 

Chaco Canyon, Canyon de 

Chelly, Mesa Verde, Hovenweep 

. . . For many, such historic 

places evoke images of stone 

ruins, cliff dwellings, pot 

shards, and petroglyphs. For 

others, they recall ancestry. 

Remnants of the American 

Southwest’s ancestral Puebloan 

peoples (sometimes known as 

Anasazi) have mystified and 

tantalized explorers, settlers, 

archaeologists, artists, and 

other visitors for centuries. And 

for a select group of writers, 

these ancient inhabitants have 

been a profound source of 

inspiration. 

Collected here are more than 

50 selections from a striking 

body of literature about the prehistoric 

Southwest: essays, stories, 

travelers’ reports, and 

poems spanning more than four 

centuries of visitation. They 

include timeless writings such as 

John Wesley Powell’s The 

Exploration of the Colorado 

River and Its Tributaries and 

Frank Hamilton Cushing’s “Life 

at Zuni,” plus contemporary 

classics ranging from Colin 

Fletcher’s The Man Who Walked 

Through Time to Wallace 

Stegner’s Beyond the Hundredth 

Meridian to Edward Abbey’s 

“The Great American Desert.” 

Reuben Ellis’s introduction 

brings contemporary insight 

and continuity to the collection, 

and a section on “reading in 

place” invites readers to experience 

these great works amidst 

the landscapes that inspired 

them. For anyone who loves to 

roam ancient lands steeped in 

mystery, Stories and Stone, 

published by the University of 

Arizona Press, is an incomparable 

companion that will 

enhance their enjoyment. 

Published in 2004, the book is 

available in the Prescott 

College bookstore, barnesandnoble.com, 

or from the publisher 

at http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/books/bid1535.htm. 

Julie Comnick 

joins faculty in 

Arts and Letters 

Julie Comnick is the 

newest Arts and Letters faculty 

member. She comes to 

Prescott College from Hyde 

Park Art Center in Chicago 

Ill., where she taught Oil 

Painting: From Representation 

to Abstraction and 

Multi-level Figure Drawing. 

Comnick also taught art 

appreciation at Moraine 

Valley Community College 

in Palos Hills, Ill., and representational 

drawing at 

Montana State University. 

Comnick has many awards 

to her credit, including first 

place in the Narration: 

Emblem and Sequence in 

Contemporary Art Creative 

Arts Workshop in New 

Haven, Conn.; honorable 

mention in the Tacoma Art 

Museum’s The End: Northwest 

Biennial Competition; 

and second place in the Beall 

Park Art Center’s Sweet Pea 

1999 show. She is the recipient 

of the Montana State 

University Foundation 

Graduate Achievement 

Award of Excellence in the 

Master’s Program and the 

Montana State University 

Presidential Scholarship. 

Her work is in the public 

collection of the Polk 

Museum of Art in Lakeland, 

Fla., and the Dean’s Gallery 

of the School of Art and 

Architecture, Montana State 

University. She holds a bachelor’s 

degree in studio art and 

humanities from The 

Evergreen State College in 

Olympia, Wash., and a master’s 

of fine arts in painting 

from Montana State 

University, Bozeman, Mont. 


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Julie Comnick

Jeanine Canty 

Joan Clingan 

Tim Crews 


Photos by Travis Patterson 

and Julie VanSant 

FacultyNews 

Jeanine Canty 

Canty has a new article published 

by the John E. Mack 

Institute ejournal (formerly the 

Center for Psychology and 

Social Change). Titled 

“Environmental healing: Shifting 

from a poverty consciousness,” 

the article can be accessed at 

www.johnemackinstitute.org/ejo 

urnal/article.asp?id=232. 

Canty is working with both 

education and liberal arts students 

in the community based 

programs and teaching ecopsychology 

in the residential undergraduate 

program. She has a 

master’s of art degree in cultural 

ecopsychology and is working on 

her Ph.D. in transformative 

learning and change at the 

California Institute for Integral 

Studies. Canty also has become 

a fellow at the Ecosystems 

Institute (http://www.ecos-systems.org/). 

Joan Clingan 

Clingan organized two sessions 

for the Southern University of 

New Orleans’s Race, Gender, 

and Class Project’s 6th Annual 

Conference in September. The 

paper session was called 

Intersections of Race and Class 

in Literature, and included 

Clingan presenting her paper 

titled “Contextualizing Class 

and Race in U.S. Literature” 

along with papers from Lisa 

Kirby and Will Watson. 

The second session was a 

roundtable presentation called 

Voices Heard on Race and 

Class with discussants 

Christina Lawson, also from 

Prescott College, and Barb 

Jensen and Gail Wallace. 

This past academic year 

Clingan served on the consultative 

committee for Courtney 

Osterfelt’s senior project. 

Courtney graduated in 


December with a bachelor’s 

degree in education for social 

change (see story, page 8). 

Clingan served in an advisory 

and support role to create and 

manage the call for presentations. 

In addition, she presented 

two sessions at the conference, 

one on the portrayal of women 

in the media and a creative writing 

session that examined young 

women and/in literature. 

Clingan was invited by the 

Diversity Development 

Committee of the Pacific 

Association of Collegiate 

Registrars and Admission 

Officers (PACRAO) to organize 

two sessions on diversity for participants 

at the annual conference 

in Tucson in November. 

She worked with fellow faculty 

member Christina Lawson to 

create a workshop examining 

trends for defining diversity in 

higher education, including 

examination of how economic 

and social class is represented in 

higher education, and a second 

session on the higher education 

ideologies of groups that have 

been historically underrepresented 

in higher education. 

Tim Crews 

Crews was invited to make 

three presentations this fall. In 

early October he gave an 

Ecology and Evolutionary 

Biology Departmental Seminar 

at Cornell University. Later in 

October he presented at the 

University of Arizona 

Cooperative Extension Master 

Gardener’s conference in Camp 

Verde, and in early November 

he moderated a panel that 

included Wendell Berry and 

Wes Jackson at the Agronomy, 

Soils, and Crop Science Society 

Meetings in Seattle. 

While in the Northeast in 

October, Crews visited two Eco 

League schools—Green 

Mountain and College of the 

Atlantic—to pursue coordination 

of environmental studies offerings 

in general and agricultural 

courses in particular. He previously 

visited Alaska Pacific as 

part of an Eco League faculty 

exchange in the spring. 

Lastly, Crews was selected by 

Prescott Mayor Rowle Simmons 

to serve on the City of Prescott’s 

Water Conservation Committee 

over the upcoming year. The 

committee is charged with making 

recommendations for 

rewriting the city’s water conservation 

code. 


Fleischner was one of seven coauthors 

of “Principles of conservation 

biology: Recommended 

guidelines for conservation literacy 

from the Education 

Committee of the Society for 

Conservation Biology,” which 

appeared in Conservation 

Biology 18: 1180-1190. This 

article is being translated into 

all the major languages of the 

world and being made available 

around the world. 

He continues to serve as president 

of the Colorado Plateau 

Chapter of the Society for 

Conservation Biology, which will 

be hosting a regional conference 

on conservation—“A Bright 

Future for Biodiversity: 

Conservation on the Colorado 

Plateau”—at the Crossroads 

Center in March (see www.envsci.nau.edu/cp_scb/ 

for more 

details). 

Lisa Floyd-Hanna 

Floyd-Hanna has been busy 

writing since the last issue of 

Transitions. Her published 

papers include: 

• Floyd, M. Lisa, David D. 

Hanna, and William H.

Romme. 2004. “Historical 

and recent fire regimes in 

pinon-juniper woodlands on 

Mesa Verde, Colorado, 

USA.” Forest Ecology and 

Management 198:269-289. 

• Grissino-Mayer, Henri D, 

William H. Romme, M. Lisa 

Floyd, and David D. Hanna. 

2004. “Climatic and human 

influences on fire regimes of 

the southern San Juan 

Mountains, Colorado, USA.” 

Ecology 85:1708-1724. 

Papers presented by Floyd- 

Hanna include: 

• Co-authored a paper on 

Ecosystem Reset: Early 

Effects of Southwestern 

Drought. With Neil Cobb 

and others at the Ecological 

Society of America Meetings, 

Oregon, August 2004. 

• Keynote speaker for a workshop 

with USGS, National 

Park Service to Northern 

Arizona University staff and 

faculty on woodland health, 

Mesa Verde. September, 

2004. 

Floyd-Hanna’s group is currently 

working on a vegetation 

mapping project at Mesa Verde 

National Park, which includes 

several Prescott College alums 

and USGS researchers. They 

are also in year one of a twoyear 

fire history project on the 

Kaiparowits Plateau in Glen 

Canyon National Park. 

Tim Jordan and 

Paul Smith 

Jordan and Smith are planning 

an 18-credit spring course that 

will bring students and horses 

together to explore the nature 

of being human, the relationships 

between nature, culture 

and soul, and how our shared 

learning relates to personal 

growth and social change. 

FacultyNews 

Titled People, Animals, and 

Nature, this intensive course 

will combine in-town studies, 

extensive field time based out 

of Walnut Station, and regional 

field trips. 

Student will earn six credits 

in each of the following established 

courses: 

• Ecopsychology II 

• Relational Horsemanship 

• Personality Theories 

The course has a fee of $600, 

which will offset the cost of 

leasing and caring for a herd of 

horses for the quarter. Students 

may choose to minimize their 

overall expenses by living at 

Walnut Station, where accommodations 

are rustic. There are 

bunkhouse and tent camping 

options with portable latrines, 

inside kitchen facilities, and 

community space. The class will 

meet 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, 

Wednesday, and Friday. 

Steven Pace 

Pace has recently been elected 

president of the board of directors 

of the Association for 

Experiential Education (AEE). 

The vision of the association is to 

contribute to a more just and 

compassionate world by transforming 

education. The association 

is committed to support 

professional development, theoretical 

advancement, and evaluation 

of experiential education 

world wide. Steve has been an 

active member of AEE for many 

years. He recently finished a 

term on their Accreditation 

Council, is a popular workshop 

presenter at the annual international 

conference, and represented 

Schools and Colleges on 

the AEE Board of Directors in 

the late 1990s. 

Wayne Regina 

Regina recently presented a 

series of two workshops titled 

“Domestic Mediation With 

Highly Conflicted Couples.” 

The Alternative Dispute 

Resolution Services of Arizona’s 

Superior Court in Yavapai 

County sponsored these workshops, 

which were attended by 

judges, attorneys, and mediators. 

The all-day workshops 

were offered on May 10 and 

Aug. 21 and discussed using a 

family systems approach with 

high conflicted divorcing couples. 

In July, Regina was also 

re-elected to the Skyview 

School Board of Directors for a 

second term as board vice president 

and financial/administrative 

consultant. In addition, 

Regina is currently part of a 

task force that is exploring 

development of a K to 16 consortium 

between Prescott 

College, Skyview School, 

Prescott Unified School 

District, and Expeditionary 

Learning Outward Bound 

(ELOB). This task force is 

investigating the possibility of 

opening an ELOB high school 

in the Prescott area. Regina is a 

licensed marriage and family 

therapist, licensed psychologist, 

and certified mediator. 


Waggener, instructor in the 

undergraduate resident degree 

program, wrote a successful 

grant proposal and received 

$2,500 of funding for this year’s 

Alligator Juniper from the 

Arizona Commission on the 

Arts. Alligator Juniper, Prescott 

College’s student-edited literary 

journal, won the Association of 

Writers & Writing Programs’ 

(AWP) 2004 Director’s Prize 

for content for its 2003 issue. 

The journal also won the prize 

in 2001. (See related story on 

page 17.) 


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Lisa Floyd-Hanna 

Steven Pace 

Wayne Regina 


Photos by Travis Patterson 

and Julie VanSant

y Steven Corey 

2004: A year of ‘firsts’ for Prescott College 

Great things are happening 

at Prescott College. 

In the fiscal year 2004, 

which ended June 30, many 

“firsts” were recorded in the 

record books. 

Some of the College’s most 

notable accomplishments were 

made in the area of fund-raising 

and alumni relations. The 

fund-raising and financial milestones 

include: 

• Raised more than $1 million 

in the capital campaign 

• Received one of the largest 

gifts in its history ($500,000), 

• Exceeded the annual fund 

goal by 15 percent, 

• Completed the 2004 fiscal 

year with a net gain (four 

years in a row), 

• Generated more than $2.3 

million in net income since 

1999, 

• Grew the reserve fund by 114 

percent since 2001, 

• Completion of the Crossroads 

Center is near (February 

2005 Grand Opening 

Celebration planned). 

Since 2000 the College has 

successfully managed its financial 

resources to optimally 

serve its mission and build 

financial sustainability both in 

“good times” and times of 

stress. 

This is not possible without a 

collective vision and commitment 

by the College community 

as a whole. It is rewarding to 

know that the needed discipline 

and collective leadership 

from our faculty and administration 

is unwavering. 

In the area of alumni relations, 

Rachel Yoder ’01 has 

made remarkable progress. In 

fact, Yoder’s work is so impressive 

that she received the 

Outstanding New fund-raising 

Professional Award from the 

Association of fund-raising 

Professionals, Northern 

Arizona chapter (see page 41). 

Some of Yoder’s accomplish- 


ments include: 

• A 16 percent increase in 

donors over the last four 

years, 

• A 25 percent increase in the 

number of donors to the 

unrestricted fund, and 

• Yoder’s work with the alumni 

association, Website, electronic 

newsletter, and regional 

receptions has put the 

College in communication 

with close to 75 percent of its 

alumni. 

Not to be overlooked are the 

new administrative staff members 

who were attracted to 

Prescott College (see page 38). 

The ability to attract talent at 

this level is another testament 

to the good work being done 

here, and we are fortunate to 

have people with these capabilities 

and experiences joining 

the Prescott College team. 

Lastly, our next building 

project is already under way. 

The formal planning process 

for the renovation of Sam Hill 

into a dedicated visual arts center—another 

first for the 

College—is progressing. 

With so many great “firsts” 

happening for Prescott College, 

we are looking forward to the 

future and even greater things. 

2004 Honor Roll Report 

The following pages recognize all donors who made gifts to 

Prescott College from July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004. 

During that time, more than $190,000 in unrestricted annual 

fund gifts, in addition to $44,000 in restricted annual fund 

gifts and $40,000 toward the endowment, were raised through 

these generous gifts. In addition, more than $650,000 was 

raised during the 03/04 fiscal year for the Crossroads Center 

Campaign. 

Alumni donors are identified by the last year of their attendance 

or graduation shown after their names. Both current 

and past parents are identified with their student’s name 

shown in parentheses. Trustees of the College who served an 

active term during the 03/04 fiscal year are identified with a 

single asterisk (*). Faculty and staff members who have been 

employed at the College within the past fiscal year are identified 

with two asterisks (**). 

The names shown are as they appear in our records or as 

requested by the donor. Anonymity is honored upon request. 

If a listing is incorrect, please contact the College’s 

Development Office, 220 Grove Ave., Prescott, AZ 86301, 

(928) 350-4505. Corrections will appear in the spring issue of 

Transitions. Prescott College respects the privacy of its 

donors. Our donor lists are never sold, rented, traded, 

released, or published other than in this Honor Roll report. 

The donor recognition circles, societies, and clubs that follow 

have been named to honor our College’s history and to 

reflect the environment that surrounds this very unique and 

special institution. Matching gifts, gifts of securities, designated 

gifts, restricted gifts, memorials, and payroll deductions 

have all been included in determining recognition levels. 

Each gift, no matter the size, is greatly appreciated by the 

College.

Turquoise and Gold 

Circle 

Representing the official colors of 

Prescott College as established by 

founding president Charles Franklin 

Parker, this circle recognizes donors who 

have made gifts of $10,000 or more. 

Anne* ’74 and Simone Dorman 

Tony Ebarb ’84 and Liisa Raikkonen ’84 

Frank* and Linda Plaut 

Quitobaquito Fund 

Ann Stephens 

Suzanne Tito* (Brad) 

James and Linda Wilson (Trevor) 

Presidents’ Circle 

This circle is named in honor of the 13 

individuals who have served as President 

of Prescott College since its founding in 

1966, each having made a special and 

lasting contribution. Donors who have 

made gifts between $5,000 and $9,999 

are recognized in this circle. 

Anonymous 

Daniel** and Barbara Garvey 

Gerald* and Donna Secundy (Daniel) 

Peter and Marjorie Stern (Sarena) 

Donald* and Barbara Sweeney 

(Jonathan) 

Humphrey’s Peak 

Society 

Humphrey’s Peak, located 85 miles 

north of Prescott, is the crown jewel of 

the San Francisco Peaks. These mountains 

are sacred to the Navajo and Hopi 

nations. At 12,670 feet and snow-covered 

much of the year, Humphrey’s Peak 

is the highest point in Arizona and is easily 

seen from Prescott. This society recognizes 

donors who have made gifts 

between $2,500 and $4,999. 

Richard Ach ’73 

Judy Clapp* ’74 

Joseph and Sally Dorsten (Mark) 

Nancy and Toby Ebarb 

Glen and Donna Gallo 

Robin Gates and Jan Fulwiler 

(Christopher) 

Mark and Sarah Hayden 

David* and Marilyn McCarthy 

Robert Perry 

Tom Robinson ’73 and Joan Wellman 

Charlie Taylor 

Michael Zimber 

Thumb Butte Society 

A rock outcropping that overlooks 

Prescott and the College’s main campus, 

Thumb Butte served as a landmark for 

native tribes, pioneers, and early settlers. 

Today it is the signature symbol 

of the city of Prescott. This society recognizes 

donors who have made gifts 

between $1,000 and $2,499. 

Dianne Albrecht** 

Anonymous 

Margaret Antilla** 

James and Janice Barnes (Joel) 

Barbara Black (Christopher) 

Betsy Bolding* 

Jean and Normand Bremner (Dugald) 

Lee Caldwell ’73 

Pauline Ireland Carroll (Charles) 

Lyn Chernis and Dr. Robert Morris 

(Samantha Chernis Eyges) 

Claude and Barbara Christiano 

Cathy** and Ron Church 

Steven** and Traci Corey 

Leslie and John Dorman 

Chester and Sterling Dorman (Anne) 

Fred DuVal* 

Joseph and Elizabeth Ellis 

Mark ’73 and Gwen Goodman in 

Memory of Lynsay Tunnell ’73 

Lydia Gustin (Sam) in Honor of Chip 

Stearns 

Joan Hiller 

Warren Holzem 

Ross Hulmes (Doug) 

Kathleen Hunt-Abene (Meg Abene) 

Jim and Diana Kemper (Jason) 

Lynne Liptay (Steven) 

Robert McKee (Paul) 

David Meeks* ’73 

Tish Morris ’79 

Kate ’71 and Stuart Nielsen 

Ellen Otto (Benjamin) 

Chris Overby ’73 

Cleveland and Virginia Patterson 

(Abigail) 

Alan* and Elisabeth Rubin 

Susan Small (Andy) 

Andy Small ’91 

Steven** and Ann Walters 

Nora and Daniel Wood 

Fulton and Nancy Wright 

George Yen ’70 and Jorie Wu 

Founders’ Club 

This club is named in honor of the 

original visionaries of Prescott College 

who in 1960, led by Dr. Charles 

Franklin Parker, began the journey that 

would eventually establish Prescott 

College, “a college destined to have a 

character of its own.” This club recognizes 

donors who have made gifts of 

between $500 and $999. 

Richard Aberdeen 

Doug and Ruth Blocker 

Cathy Boland** 

Frank Cardamone** ’99 and Joan 

Clingan** ’96 (Nancy) 

John and Carol Cody 

James and Janet Curley (Steven) 

Pete ’01 and Christine Deyo 

Mary Divers ’89 

Robert and Edith Edson 

Steve Finucane ’75 and Marjorie 

Bernardi 

Leslie Gerwin ’72 and Bruce Leslie 

William and Judy Hinkle (Gregory) 

Jeffrey and Peggy Hyytinen 

Mary Jane** and George Joyal 

Stephen and Susan Lace (Spencer) 

Bob and Eleanor Maas (Joanne) 

Dorothy McKinney ’72 and Shazad 

Contractor 

Richard and Adrienne Nash (Blake) 

James Noss 

Lake Puett ’75 

Karen Rizk 

Helen Street 

Bud Thomas 

Andrew Thompson ’80 

Barbara Williams ’86 

Karen Williams McCreary* ’73 and 

Kent Alderman 

Bradshaw Mountains 

Club 

The Bradshaw Mountains, located just 

south of Prescott, comprise one of the 

most highly mineralized mountain 

ranges in the world with their abundance 

of silver, copper, lead, and zinc. 

The discovery of gold in the Bradshaws 

in the 1860s brought more than 1,600 

prospectors to the area and established 

the first settlement in northern Arizona. 

This club recognizes donors who made 

gifts between $250 and $499. 

Randall Amster** 

Fred Arndt and Bethany Bradbury- 

Arndt 

Steve Barber** 

Michael Belef ’99 

Rex and Arlyn Brewster 

Delia Brinton (Jasper Eiler) 

Lyle and Ruth Brown 

Floyd and Gayle Brown 

Michael Burke (Meghan) 

Jeanine Canty** ’00 

Charlotte Chapter 

Paul and Marylyn Clark 

Wesley ’75 and Hattie Clarke 


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Thanks to our 2004 

Phonathon Callers 

Anne Dorman 

Karen Williams 

McCreary 

David Meeks 

Jerry Secundy 

Margie Stern 

Katherine Dean Warnett 

Thanks to our 

Coming Home 

Weekend 2003 

Volunteers 

Tom Barry 

Ruth Forman 

Marty and Diana Corkery 

Jay Cowles ’75 and Page Knudsen 

John and Sharon Cranwell (Beth, Anne 

Louise) 

Anne and Walter Dellinger (Drew) 

John Jr. and Lucy Douglas (Alexander) 

Connie** ’93/’95 and Ed Etzkin 

John and Nora Fairfield 

Tracey Finch ’99 

Richard and Sally Fleming (Julie) 

Deborah** and William Ford (Jesse, 

Morgan) 

Ruth Forman ’90 

Marlene Freedman and Susan Levin 

Carolyn and Paul Harris 

James Hartline (Amy) 

Clark Harvey and Holli Selvaggi 

(Michael Harvey) 

Billy Hicks 

Joel** and Debra Hiller in Memory of 

Ralph Bohrson 

Alison Holmes** 

Don and Elizabeth Hopper (David) 

Stephen Huemmer ’73 and Angela 

Garner ’72 

Ken and Thelma Huff 

Zora Kalinic 

E. Andrew and Pamela Kaskiw 

Marshall Katzman and Sarah Lewis 

(Adam Katzman) 

Aaron ’96 and Rose Lake 

Marion and Steve Lefkowitz 

Ryan Levenick ’00 

Layne Longfellow 

David Lovejoy** ’73 and Amparo Rifa 

’89 

John and Debra Lowrey (Blake) 

Harry and Frances Miller 

Jim and Sydney Mitchell 

Donald Moore in honor of his daughter, 

Caitlin Moore ’04 

James and Myra Musgrove 

Aaron ’71 and Page Newton 

George and Margaret Nixon (John) 

Jonathan ’73 and Victoria ’72 Patton 

Sarah Plimpton ’75 

Joel ’94 and Bright Rea 

Barton and Marchant Reutlinger 

(Whit) 

Charles and Mimi Rich (Andrew) 

Daniel and Anita Salcito 

Carl and Maria Scotti (Frank) 

Philip and Diane Spayd (Michael) 

Tom and Janet Taylor 

Tommy ’84 and Tanni Thompson 

Fred and Sally Veil 

Ponderosa Pine Club 

The world’s largest remaining stand of 


native Ponderosa Pine is located in the 

Prescott National Forest on the south 

and west sides of the city. The 

Ponderosa Pine was important in the 

buildings of the early pioneers and settlers 

due to its reputation as sturdy and 

long-lasting timber. The tree itself is 

the tallest in the forest with some towering 

more than 180 feet. This club 

recognizes donors who have made gifts 

between $100 and $249. 

David and Ketta Abeshouse (Deborah) 

Mohammad and Jeanette Akhter 

(Sarah) 

Cameron Alexander ’99 

Richard Alexander ’82 

Dr. and Mrs. Gene Allen 

Trudy Anderson 

Doug and Missy Anderson (Bradford) 

Arthur and Elizabeth Auer (Sonya, 

Sasha) 

Charles Awalt and Laurel Herrmann 

Sara Barber ’74 and Dan Connor 

Virginia Barden (Watts) 

Karen Baxter 

Donald and Julie Beebe (Laura) 

Melanie Bishop** ’86 

Belinda Bock Lambert ’74 

Catherine Bode Friederich ’96 and 

Blair Friederich 

Peter Bornstein ’74 and Amy Deveau 

Daniel and Suzanne Boyce (Geoffrey) 

Jean Boyd (Peter) 

Caitlyn Bradburn 

Charles ’74 and Nancy Brooks 

Richard and Laura Burke (Julianne) 

Leslie Burkhardt ’94 

Sally Butler ’75 and Burke Denman 

Ned Butler ’75 

Kelly Byrne ’83 

David Calloway and Sandra Sborofsky 

(Elliot Calloway) 

Marlene Canter 

James and Ruth Carlin 

Jay Carlson ’72 

C.C.J. and Sally Carpenter 

Nicole Carroll ’90 and Scott Senn 

Roseanne Cartledge** 

Elizabeth Chandler (Jennifer) 

Steven Clarke ’72 

Thomas Coffman ’75 

Susan and John Collins (Beth & Anne 

Louise Cranwell) 

Ginny Conner ’74 

Micaela Cooper in memory of her 

granddaughter, Gemma Kemp- 

Garcia ’98 

J. Stephen and Linda Corson (David) 

Jane Cowles ’75 

Anne Crounse de Alva ’90 and William 

de Alva 

Christopher ’73 and Sherry Crowl 

Steven Curley ’98 

Henry and Linda Dahlberg (Kenneth) 

Elaine Daley 

Edward Daniels and Margriet Schnabel 

(Gregory Daniels) 

Richard Dant (Jack) 

Joseph and Martha Dare (Joseph) 

Herbert and Ruth Davis (Bruce) 

Day DelaHunt ’74 and Heather 

Campbell ’73 

Stowell ’75 Dickinson and Melody ’76 

Laakso-Dickinson 

Jess ’70 and Pam Dods 

Peter and Linda Doran (Matthew) 

Julie and Foster Duval (Drew) 

Bruce Eckhardt ’74 

David Edfeldt and Bonnie Steussy 

(Brook) 

Kristi ’96 and Dale Edwards 

Reuben Ellis** (Isaac) 

Judith ’71 and Peter Ellsworth 

Elizabeth and H. Gerald Everall 

John and Audrey Finley (Alexis) 

Jean Fischer (Andrew) 

Mary Floyd 

William and Sharon Frank (Eric) 

Herbert and Joan Friedmann 

Norman and Jane Gagne (Andrew) in 

Honor of Carl Tomoff 

Lynn Garney ’73 

Philip and Loraine Gates 

Terry Glomski and Nancy Okamura 

(Eric Glomski) 

Robert and Kathleen Glosser (Jeremy) 

Tricia Goffena** 

Elizabeth ’73 and Robert Goforth 

Beverly and Joe Goldman (Ronald) 

Mark ’73 and Linda Grinter 

Frank and Beverly Groves (Misty) 

Dale and Sue Guzlas (Kyle) 

Henry and Martha Haley (Nathaniel) 

Charlie ’75 and Kathy Hall 

Peggy ’73 and James Hallett 

John Hamm** 

Gaines and Jane Hammond (William) 

Mike and Rosalind Haney (Thomas) 

David Hanna** and Lisa Floyd- 

Hanna** (Dustin) 

William and Ann Hannig 

Kathe Hardy (Nicholas) 

Debbie Harkrader ’80 and Patrick 

Olwell 

Eleanor Hart Jensen ’72 and Jay Jensen 

Vel and Connie Hawes (John) 

Madeline Helbraun ’72 and Robbie 

Trischer

Nancy Hendrie (Katherine) 

Deborah and Pete Hernandez (Nicole 

Raikes) 

Jack Herring*,** and Roxane Ronca** 

John High** 

Samuel and Wendy Hitt (Peter) 

Susan Hopkins (Alice) 

David Jenner 

Elaine Jordan 

Lynne Kaiser (Karl Stertzbach) 

Barbara Kates in Memory of her son, 

Andrew Kates ’95 

Robert and Karen Kennedy (Alison) 

Ruth Kenney ’84 

John Kessell 

Lucille Khoury (Colin) 

Ainslie Kincross ’75 

Thomas and Margaret King (Casey) 

Trude Kleess ’74 and Tom Corrigan 

Rainer and Rosemary Koch (Simon) 

Georgette Koopman 

Jennifer Kukoy ’01 

Stephen and Sandy Kukoy (Jennifer) 

Dale and Burton Kushner (Jessica) 

Ann Lane Hedlund ’73 and Kit 

Schweitzer 

Dr. and Mrs. Verne Lanier, Jr. (Melissa 

Turner) 

Sigurd** and Amy Lavold 

Mark and Michelle Lefebvre (Peter) 

Ed Lennihan ’75 

Suena Lew Lo ’93 

Terrence Lewis ’03 

David and Lorene Liddle (Thomas) 

Sandra and Ed Lindquist (Robert 

Brockley) 

Albert and Eunice Lovejoy (David) 

Gerry ’72 and John Lukaska 

Ethyl Lytle 

R. Bruce MacAdam (James) 

Holly MacAdam (James) 

Jim and Renee Markey (Lynsey) 

Manuel and Diana Marquez (Diana) 

Steven and Jeanne Matthews 

Matuschka ’74 

Joseph and Martha McElligott (Joe) 

Jane McGrath ’75 

David McQueen ’74 

Mark Meredith ’74 

William and Laurie Merritt (Billy) 

Gerald Miller ’89 in Memory of Bruce 

Andrews ’90 

Richard and Linda Miller (Gregory) 

Edward Miller ’75 

John and Cheryl Mitchell (Sarah) 

Dan Morris and Nita Laucher Morris 

Deb Morrison** and John Huff 

Monica ’95 and Jason Motsko 

Stephen and Joan Mudrick (Nathan) 

Steve Munsell** ’74 

Deborah Nagurski 

Tracy Nagurski 

John and Judith Nanson (Ben, 

Jonathan, Jessica) 

Peggy Natiello 

Robert and Barbara Nichols 

Jan Nisbet* and John Moeschler 

(Katherine Moeschler) 

James Noss and Kathy Evans (Kaitlin 

Noss) 

Justin Olenik ’00 

Donald and Susan Osterfelt (Courtney) 

Dana Oswald** ’71 

Steve Pace** and Barbara Wood 

Mark ’74 and Alice Palmer 

Diana Papoulias ’79 

Donna ’74 and Bill Patterson 

Evelyn Peterson 

Virginia Petrie (Rob) 

Dorene and Eugene Pierce 

Wesley and Mary Pinney (George) 

June Poe 

Elizabeth Pomeroy 

Diane Prescott 

Barbara Prince ’72 and Barry Sagotsky 

Marianne Pyott ’92 

Ken and Lynn Radeloff (Ann) 

Gerald Reed ’75 and Yvonne Joosten 

’75) 

Wayne Regina** and Janet Bicknese 

Sue Rennels ’75 and Mike Grisez 

Kevin Rethman 

Bridget Reynolds** 

Maureen Rhea ’74 

Gary Richmond ’74 

Richard and Kathleen Riedman 

(Laura) 

Karen and Jeff Riley (Christopher 

Marshall) 

George and Anne Roberts (Julie 

Munro) 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Rosenberg 

Becky Ruffner** ’67 

Patricia Rumer (Deborah Sposito) 

David and Wanda Rummel 

Jeffrey Salz ’74 

Martha Sauter (Jennifer) 

Jennifer ’00 and Andrew Sauter- 

Sargent 

Marilyn Saxerud 

Thomas Scavone (Brian) 

Jessica Schiffman 

Ted ’72 and Cynthia ’72 Schleicher 

Robert and Judith Schmonsees (Laura) 

Craig and Jeannette Schuessler (Laura) 

Anne ’69 and Charles Scofield 

Butch Senz ’75 

Bud and Barbara Shark (Zoe) 

Sheri Sheldon ’95 

David and Susi Shelton (Lisa) 

Floyd and Marlene Siegel (David) 

Joyce Sorensen (Daniel Hunt) 

Steve Soumerai and Wendy Drobnyk 

(Hanna Soumerai) 

Lee Stuart ’75 

Sarah Sullivan ’74 and Peter Salamon 

Esther Summers 

Bob and Shoshana Tancer 

Margaret Testarmata ’74 and Wilfred 

Anowlic 

Elsa ’72 and Mitchell Thomas 

Harry Thompson and Kaye Barber- 

Thompson (Heather) 

John ’7) and Elizabeth Thrift 

Brad Tito ’00 

Mary Trevor** ’95 and Toni Kaus 

Normand and Nancy Vandal 

Ross Waldrop ’73 and Penelope 

Winkler 

Judy and Robert Walker 

Alan Weisman 

Elsie Wendlandt 

Elizabeth White ’69 

Robert ’96 and Mary Widen 

Michael and Elizabeth Winn (Scott) 

Harold and Jean Wolfinger 

Connie Woodhouse ’79 

Jean and Marietta Yeager (Jake) 

Mary Yelenick ’74 and Elizabeth Broad 

Rachel Yoder** ’01 

Granite Club 

Granite plays a high-profile and impor- 

tant part in Prescott’s history and environment—from 

the historic granite 

courthouse to Granite Mountain and 

the Granite Dells. Because of its 

strength and durability, granite has 

been the building material of choice by 

countless builders since ancient times. 

This gift club recognizes donors who 

are “cornerstones” of our support with 

gifts ranging from $25 to $99. 

Charles and Lynn Adcock (Brandon) 

Bernardo Aguilar ** and Ligia 

Umana** 

Margaret Albert (David Moll) 

Joanie ’87 and John Allen 

Martha Allexsaht-Snider ’72 

Esther** ’03 and Oscar Almazon 

Walt Anderson** 

Eric Anderson ’91 

Bruce and Ellen Andrews (Bruce) 

Bobbi Angell ’75 

Alison Arthur ’75 

Julio and Guadalupe Astorga 

Peter Athens (Elizabeth) 


31

Thanks to our fundraising 

volunteers 

Ruth Forman 

Tony Ebarb and Liisa 

Raikkonen 

Bill and Kathleen 

McGillicuddy 

Peter and Marjorie 

Stern 

Annenelia Bach ’96 

Laurie Back 

Carol Baer ’86 

Peggy Bair** 

Gunnar and Heather Baldwin (Sarah 

Hipple) 

Pat ’97 and Jack Balok 

Ellen Barber (Morgan) 

Joel Barnes** ’81/’88) and Lorayne 

Meltzer** 

Bill and Elaine Barney (Jeremy) 

Mario and Cristina Barrios (Raquel) 

Tom Barry ’92 

Robert Baumert ’03 

Wolfgang and JoEllen Baur (Tristan) 

Owen Baynham ’93 

Ronald and Bonita Bean (Jessica) 

Will ’69 and Jill ’70 Beckett 

Helen Bergman (Kim) 

Paula Berman ’94 

Molly** and Gary Beverly 

George ’85 and Pamela Bishop 

Heidi Black 

Norman Bloom and Christina Johnston 

(Aleph) 

Roger Bober 

Michael Bonn and Geri Luntz Bonn 

(Lauren) 

Christi Bordeaux ’86 

Barbara Born (Jeff) 

Carolyn and James Borowski (Kevin 

Eastman) 

Ted Bouras 

Karrol Braddock ’74 

Margaret Britt (David) 

Melvin Brownold (Thomas) 

Pamela Bruehl ’04 

Gretchen and Jeffrey Bucher 

Grace Burford** 

Monica ’87 and William Buzbee 

Sigrun Bynum ’92 

William Campbell (Heather) 

Gustav and Charlene Carlson (Jeffrey) 

Patrick Casanova ’94 and Dwayne 

Sparkes 

Harold and Susan Case (Jessica) 

Jeanne Cashin** ’88 

William and Lynn Catton (Stephen Van 

Ummersen) 

Doug Chabot ’86 

Jennifer Chandler** ’00 

Wess Chauncey ’88 

Ted Cheeseman ’94 

Lyn Chenier** ’03 

Jeanne Clark ’85 

Margot Clarke ’74 

Kenneth Cook** and Charissa 

Menefee** 

Victoria ’90 and James Cook 


William ’91 and Karen ’93 Cooper 

Noel Cox Caniglia ’72 and Thomas 

Caniglia 

Ryan Crehan ’99 

Tim** and Sarah Crews 

Richard and Birgitta Dahl (Ingrid) 

Susan Dahlgren ’75 

Janis ’75 and William Davies 

Arya Degenhardt ’98 

Christopher and Anne Degenhardt 

(Arya) 

Alan Dewart (Andrew) 

Mary Dewitt ’93 

Aaron Di Orio ’97 

Kayti Didricksen ’75 

Kiki Diepenbrock-Weston ’76 and 

Kelley Weston 

Brad Dimock ’75 

Janet ’75 and John Dixon 

Courtney Dobyns (Travis Keller) 

John and Jo Donovan (Tom) 

Peter Donovick (Paul) 

Vijay Doshi ’95 

Jennifer Duberstein 

Dr. and Mrs. Royal Dunkelberg 

Michael and Martha Dupuis (Michael) 

Marty Eberhardt ’74 and Philip 

Hastings 

Heather Edwards ’00 

Rich Eichen (Kali) 

Matthew Elias ’03 

Abe Elias (Matthew) 

David and Martha Ellis (Maggie) 

Robert Ellis** and Sarah Twombly 

Jacklyn ’88 and Robert Elston 

Ronald and Barbara Esteve 

(Johnathan) 

Kristen ’93 and Guy Exon 

Alexandra Eyer ’01 

Liz Faller** ’99 

Marya Felenchak ’93 and Timothy 

Tanner 

James and Patricia Fish (Stephanie) 

Mary Fisk ’96 

John Flax ’74 

Jane Follett Janson 

Peter Ford and Tonia Harvey (Charris 

Ford) 

Francis and F. Isabelle Fowler 

Timothy Fraantz ’01 

Theodore Fritzinger (Carol) 

Donna Gaddie ’74 and Mark Chonko 

Don ’72 and Amba Gale 

Patrick Gallagher ’98 

John Gallagher ’93 and Maria 

Melendez Gallagher 

Vincent and Judith Galterio (Lisa) 

Lisa Garrison ’75 

Judith ’98 and Joseph Geis 

Connie Giffin ’99 

Eric Glomski ’92 

Andrea Gold ’74 and Gary Yamamoto 

Kimberly and J.C. Goodwin 

Gail Gorud ’74 

Thorne and Hannah Gould (Lydia) 

Dianne Greenley (Oliver) 

Charles and Sandra Grossman (Bonnie) 

Misty ’95 and Peter ’93 Groves- 

Benedict 

Karlyn** and Brian Haas 

Chuckie Haeg 

Jean and Hugh Halsell (Jay and David 

Shotwell) 

Leanne Hanson ’92 and Russell Oakley 

’92 

Amanda Hanson** 

Laurel ’68 and Herbert Hardin 

Jenifer Harris (Leslie Taylor) 

Ruby Harris 

Andrew Harwell ’97 

Harold and Sallie Hastings (Robert) 

Alisa ’74 and Brian Hata 

Chris Haydock ’73 and Laurel Wanek 

John ’87 and Jennifer Hayes 

Tom ’93 and Jennifer ’93 Hecker 

Judith and Steve Hedgpeth 

Brian Heilmann ’01 

William and Christine Henry (Jeffrey) 

Maxine Herington Knapp ’93 and 

Keith Knapp 

Will and Mary Herman 

Thurman and Virginia Hesse (Laura) 

Benjamin Hobbs ’74 and Julie McDill 

Dava and Louis Hoffman 

Barbara Holifield ’78 

Charles and Geraldine Holmes 

(Jeffrey) 

Alice Hopkins Loy ’95 and Trevor Loy 

Nathan Houchin ’01 

Heather** ’01 and Wayne Houk 

Carsten ’80 and Alfred Hughes 

Daniel ’00 and Lauren ’01 Hunt 

Nina Iselin ’71 

Bonnie Jerome-Edmonds 

Gregory and Jeanne Johnson 

(Christopher) 

Katherine Johnson (Ernest Courant) 

Betsy Jones ’72 

Amy Joseph ’75 and Richard Boswell 

Karen Kappes (Michael Darrah) 

Jake ’74 and Stephanie Katz 

Benedict Kavanaugh 

Gina Kiehn** 

Ogden Kiesel ’98 

Ogden and Sandra Kiesel (Ogden) 

Angela King (Douglas) 

Michele ’96 and Matt ’96 King 

Stevie King ’73

From the Chairman, Board of Trustees 

Prescott College will 

celebrate the opening 

of its new Crossroads 

Center in February. This 

remarkable achievement is 

due in large part to the generosity 

of our staff, faculty, 

trustees, parents, students, 

and alumni. The Prescott 

College community truly 

stepped up to the challenge 

of funding the biggest capital 

expenditure since the college 

was founded nearly 40 years 

ago. At a cost of $3 million, 

such an ambitious project 

might have been considered 

a pipe dream in years past. 

Today, however, due to the 

College’s strong financial 

position and the commitment 

of its friends, this dream has 

become a reality. 

Last year, the Board of 

Trustees committed in 

excess of $300,000, and the 

College’s Senior Advisory 

Committee pledged more 

than $50,000 in additional 

Ken Kingsley ’72 and Amy Gaiennie 

Thomas Kirkham ’02 

Jon Kitchell ’66 

Betsy ’74 and Bob Klipera 

Leslie Kohler Hawley ’78 and Martin 

Hawley 

Janet ’74 and Michael Kothrade 

Cynthia Kruse ’03 

Lisa Lamberson ’00 

Quentin Lauradunn ’94 and Jennifer 

Woolf ’94 

Patricia Law 

Jeremy Leblanc ’99 and Karen Lyness 

Leblanc ’00 

Marc and Elisabeth Lee (Aurora) 

Melanie Lefever** 

Ken Leinbach ’99 

Lorie Levison ’96 

Karen Lewis ’97 

Jonah ’98 and Susan Liebes 

Robert and Anne Lindquist (Kirsten) 

Stephen and Mary Lindsay (Amy 

Howland) 

Bill Litzinger** 

Stephen and Janet Lockton (Elise) 

support. Other substantial gifts 

from foundations, alumni, parents, 

and friends have been 

made, and I have no doubt 

even more will be forthcoming. 

For those of you who have 

already given, you have my 

deep appreciation. For others 

who have not yet supported 

this outstanding capital campaign, 

I urge you to do so. 

The Crossroads Center is not 

only a testament to the financial 

stability of the College and its 

continuing evolution as a hub of 

excellence for higher education, 

but also serves as a signal to the 

greater Prescott community that 

we are here—in the center of a 

revitalized downtown community—to 

stay. The Crossroads 

Center will anchor our campus 

and become the focal point of 

many of the College’s activities. 

With this core structure in place, 

we will be able to attract scholars 

and academicians from many 

locales. Our notoriety will blossom 

along with the knowledge 

Melanie Lohmann ’75 

Erin Lotz** 

Barbara Lyon ’99 

Rose Mary Mack in Memory of Ralph 

Bohrson 

Mary ’01 and Chris Maggay 

Lisa ’71 and James Maher 

Anna ’98 and Eric Maiden 

Betsy Maness ’73 

Claudia Mansfield ’97 

Albert ’98 and Sara Marsh 

Eric and Betty Martinsen (Craig) 

Antonio Massella ’97 

Lisa** ’91) and Mark ’04 Mauldin 

Norma Mazur** ’92 

Linda McBride (Spencer Tomberg) 

Merritt McCarty ’97 

Sarah ’74 and Ian McDonald 

Susan McElheran 

Paul McKee** ’87 

Donna McKee (Paul) 

Bert McKinnon (Taylor) 

Joseph and Dee Meaney (Jessica) 

Peter and Anne Merten (Zachary) 

Bonnie and David Miller (Zachary 

that we are, indeed, a unique 

and thriving institution. 

I hope that many of you will 

be able to join me and my fellow 

Trustees at the opening 

ceremonies of our new Center 

Feb. 18-19, 2005. 

Sincerely yours, 

Gerald D. Secundy 

Chairman 

Board of Trustees of Prescott 

College 

P.S.—All donors to the 

Crossroads Center will be 

honored on a permanent 

recognition wall in the building 

and in the next issue of 

Transitions. Please consider 

making a gift to the 

Crossroads Center and join 

the growing list of supporters 

who believe in the College’s 

bright future. 

Lihatsh) 

Marty and Linda Millison (Andrew) 

Chris Moench (North) 

Loretta Montemurro (Nicole) 

Mitzi Moore-Hill ’93 

Michael ’72 and Keiko Morgenstern 

Jeffrey Mulligan ’75 and Lesa 

Sobolewski 

Julie Munro** ’85 

Gerard and Sigrid Muro (Alexander) 

Holly ’81 and Kevin Nagie 

Dee Navarro 

Bruce ’75 and Lisa Nellans 

Katherine Nelson 

Jennifer Niehaus ’84 

Robert Noonan ’94 

Christopher ’72 and Melissa Norment 

Gary and Kathy O’Neal (Brian) 

Michael ’89 and Joanie ’90 Packard 

Margot ’72 and Rick Pantarotto 

Anthony and Gertrude Papoulias 

(Diana) 

Gary Parker ’97 

Anna Parker ’80 

Bridget Paule ’01 


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Lark Paulson** 

Rachel Peters** and Dan Jannone 

Jean Phillips 

Laura Plaut** 

Lisa Popeil ’76 

Kristine Preziosi** ’97 and Tom 

Donovan ’94 

Ari Rapport ’98 and Tracy Michaelis ’99 

Thomas and Carla Ratcliff (Kristen) 

Marie Raub (Stuart) 

Douglas and Alma Raymond (Evan) 

Michael and Susan Reardon (Brian) 

Marti Reed (Lee Osbaldeston) 

David Regan (Jill) 

Jill Regan ’99 

Kelly Regan (Jill) 

Ann Reiter ’73 

Kim Reynolds ’84 and Jim Nowak 

Brenda ’02 and Robert Richardson 

Laura ’89 and Michael Richardson 

Mark and Mary Ripma (Lee) 

William and Blanche Ritter (Joyce) 

George and Nancy Roos (Tim) 

Rachel Rose (Jonah Liebes) 

Janet Ross ’74 

Don** and Rebecca Routson (Rafael, 

Kanin, Cody) 

Lydia Rowe** ’91 

John and Diane Rupnow (Jennifer) 

Rhonada Rusmisel 

Dale and Lynne Ryan (Andrew) 

Sheila Sanderson** in Honor of 


Joel Schaler ’79 

Peter Schertz ’89 and Andrea 

Avantaggio 

Ernie ’71/’03 and Marianne ’01 Schloss 

Grace Schlosser ’02 

Eugene Schmid (Rebecca) 

Diane ’74 and Frank Schmidt 

John Schmit ’97 and Laurie Dix ’01 

Sarah Schneider ’01 

Elizabeth Schock ’99 

John Schuminski ’75 

Therese ’96 and Robert Seal 

Brenda Seckerson ’00 

Steve Sessions ’74 

Zoe Shark ’95 

Daniel Shaw ’86 

Mark ’96 and Marissa SherKenney 

Nina Shippen ’73 

Terrill Shorb** ’93 

Daniel ’02 and Michal Shuldman 

Thomas and Janice Siemsen (Peter) 

Linda Smith ’75 and Joseph Bailey 

Paul Sneed** and Ramona Mattix 

Ellen Solart 

Carol Soth ’87 

Nancy ’92 and Frank Soto 


Carlo Sposito (Deborah) 

Pat ’02 and Irwin Steinberg 

Jen Steitz ’98 and Larry Landry 

Sally ’dhruva Stephenson ’75 

Janice and Geoff Stevenson ’86 

William Stillwell and Anne Gero- 

Stillwell 

Celia Stoltz ’94 

Carol Stout 

Jill Suesz 

Ann Sult ’85 

Helen Tallen ’74 

Dorothy Teer (Stephen Snider) 

Charles and Ann Tewksbury 

David ’90 and Karen ’89 Tharp 

Donald ’83 and Elizabeth Thompson 

Dianette Tolentino ’03 

Peter and Judy Treichel Eliot 

Martha Twombly (Cacia McClain) 

Nancy Van Alstine ’75 

Wayne Van Voorhies ’78 and Laurie 

Abbott 

Alan Verson (Matthew) 

Wendy Volkmann 

Matt Waldo ’88 and Jane Sinsky 

Glenn ’98 and Mary Walp 

Laura Ware ’70 

Katherine Dean Warnett ’97 and 

Joseph Warnett 

Jennifer Weaver ’97 

Jane White (Rebecca) 

Anne ’75 and Denis White 

Trudy White ’94 

Simone ’84 and Richard Whitehead 

Sue Ellen Wilson ’73 

Michael ’75 and Cheryl Witz 

Peter and Joan Wolff (Odessa) 

Linda Woo and Thomas Larkey 

Dani ’74 and Jim Woods 

Antonia Woods in Honor of her son, 

Scott Ellis ’03 

Vicky Young** ’95 

Carol Young ’97 

Kathy Young ’85 

Edward ’81 and Marylu Zuk 

College Associates 

This category recognizes donors who 

made gifts less than $25 to the College. 

Ellen Abell** 

Skye Anicca ’02 

Helena Appell ’87 

Marianne Balfe ’01 

Catharine Boynton ’95 

Ryan Christensen ’03 

Kathleen ’74 and Geoffrey Condit 

Thomas ’73 and Melinda Cook 

Siobhan Danreis 

Patty Davis (Bradley) 

Gayle ’71 and Marcelino de Frutos 

Carol Dehart ’77 

Don and Maxine Dillahunty 

Sara ’93 and Scott Dubois 

Franklin and Sandy Ellis (Terry) 

Tom Fleischner** and Edith Dillon 

Diane Franks** 

William Garrett ’86/’99 

Marjorie Goldman (Moriah) 

Bruce Gollub and Leah Morton 

(Rachael Gollub) 

William and Josephine Greene 

(Jennifer) 

Camille ’95 and Steven Guice 

Cami Hartman ’01 

Matthew Immergut ’94 

Erin ’95 and Tony Krier 

Kathleen ’85 and Clarence Kuehn 

Leah Lamb ’97 

Dana Launius 

Mike Lewis ’91 

Anne Lipp ’85 

Cacia McClain ’04 

Mary McGann ’93 

Joseph McGee and Peggy Louis 

Christopher Mills** 

Delisa Myles** 

Cindy Nutter ’98 

Albert O’Connell and Maureen 

Dorney-O’Connell (Deirdre) 

Justin Plaskov 

Maree ReMalia ’01 

Vionne Revering** 

Mark Riegner** and Veronica Behn ’01 

Gunars Rutkovskis (Ines) 

Kenneth and Karen Santos (Michael) 

Chris Schreiner** 

Catherine Schwoerer ’72 

Daniel Secundy ’00 

Christina ’9 and Kelly Sell 

Alicia Spear 

Bruno and Elizabeth Stockman (Jason 

Taylor) 

Marietta Strano ’84 

Howard and Barbara Summers 

Colleen Sweeney 

Phyllis Tarlow (Wendy) 

Rick Taylor ’91 

Lori Tella ’03 

Tracy Thomas ’01 

Dana Thomson 

Lorna Wakefield (Luke) 

Chatty Wight ’94 

David and Nancy Willey (Erin) 

Jeff ’02 and Amy Wolin 

Andrew Worm ’91 

In-kind Donors 

Peggy Bair**

Jean Blythe 

Roseanne Cartledge** 

Frederick DuVal* 

Reuben Ellis** 

Connie** ’93/’95 and Ed Etzkin 

Karlyn** and Brian Haas 

Robin Hansen 

George Konizer 

James and Myra Musgrove 

Gale Partridge 

Wendy Piersall ’92 

Harold Sedgwick 

Stephen Winiarski ’91 

Warren and Barbara Winiarski 

(Stephen) 

Foundation, Corporate, 

and Local Business 

Supporters 

Alliant Energy Foundation 

Amcom Insurance Services, Inc. 

American Insurance Agents 

Bullwhacker Associates 

Casa Sanchez Restaurant 

Compton Foundation, Inc. 

Datura Artist Representation 

Granite Mountain Outfitters 

J.W. Kieckhefer Foundation 

Johnie B. 

Johnson & Johnson 

Lockheed Martin Corp. 

Musgrove Drutz & Kack 

National Forest Foundation 

Pfizer Foundation 

Prescott Stage Company 

Sabin Chiropractic in Honor of Anne 

Dorman ’74 

Show Business 

Star Tribune Foundation 

Sun Microsystems Foundation 

Taqueria Guadalajara 

The Clowes Fund 

The D.A. & V. Ruth Bradburn 

Foundation 

The Joseph and Mary Cacioppo 

Foundation 

The Walton Family Foundation 

United Way of King County 

Wells Fargo Bank 

Charles Franklin Parker 

Society 

The Charles Franklin Parker Society, 

named in honor of the college’s founding 

president, was established in 2003 

to recognize individuals who name 

Prescott College in their estate plans. 

If you have included the college in your 

will or made a provision in your estate 

plan, please let us know so we can recognize 

your forward-thinking generosity. 

Betsy Bolding 

Mark Dorsten 

Albert Engleman 

Mark Goodman 

Ericha Scott 

Sharon Yarborough 

Donor Wall of Honor 

The following supporters are perma- 

nently recognized on the College’s 

Donor Wall of Honor for cumulative 

giving to Prescott College totaling 

$25,000 or more. 

Visionaries 

Cumulative gifts totaling $100,000 or 

more 

The Bradburn Family 

The CAP Foundation 

The Clowes Fund 

Tony Ebarb and Liisa Raikkonen 

The Hearst Foundation 

Ross and Sylvia Hulmes 

The National Science Foundation 

William and Susan Small 

The Walton Family Foundation 

Voyaguers 

Cumulative gifts totaling $50,000 to 

$100,000 

William and Barbara Black 

Anne Dorman 

The Educational Foundation of America 

David and Shirley Kearns 

The J.W. Kieckhefer Foundation 

Warren and Marianne Knaup 

The Lifeworks Foundation 

The Margaret T. Morris Foundation 

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund 

Suzanne Tito 

Norman and Carol Traeger 

James and Linda Wilson 

Merrill C. Windsor 

Nancy and Fulton Wright, Jr. 

Explorers 

Cumulative gifts totaling $25,000 to 

$50,000 

Anonymous 

Frederick and Mary Ann Arndt 

Douglas and Jean Boyd 

Compton Foundation Inc. 

The Crowell Trust 

The Dougherty Foundation 

The Exxon Education Foundation 

The Frost Foundation 

David Meeks 

Jay and Evelyn Piccinati 

Jerry and Jackie Pierce 

Frank and Linda Plaut 

The Quitobaquito Fund 

Sturgis Robinson 

The Secundy Family 

The Sierra Club Foundation 

Donald and Barbara Sweeney 

Bazy Tankersley 

United States Department of 

Agriculture 

Margaret and Fulton Wright 

The Xerox Foundation 

Thank you to our Trustees 2003-04 

Gerald Secundy, Chair 

Pasadena, Calif. 

Betsy Bolding, Tucson 

Judy Clapp, Prescott 

Anne Dorman, San Francisco 

Fred DuVal, Phoenix 

Jack Herring, faculty representative, Prescott 

Jay Krienitz, student representative, Prescott 

David McCarthy, Claremont, Calif. 

David Meeks, Vineburg, Calif. 

Jan Nisbet, Durham, N.H. 

Frank Plaut, Golden, Colo. 

Sturgis Robinson, Seattle 

Alan Rubin, Del Mar, Calif. 

Becky Ruffner, Prescott 

Donald Sweeney, Silver Spring, Md. 

Suzanne Tito, Los Angeles 

Karen Williams McCreary, Salt Lake City 


Thanks to our 

03/04 Alumni 

Board Members 

Matuschka, President 

Jeff Salz, Vice 

President 

Carol Young, 

Secretary 

Doug Hulmes 

Leah Lamb 

Layne Longfellow 

Aaron Newton 

Holly Roach 

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The spatial growth model is a 

complex, interactive computer 

program capable of instantly 

displaying the location, 

sequence, and impacts of 

population growth based upon 

differing planning factors and 

scenarios. 

Image by Hoyt Johnson 

SGCP staff asks ‘What 

happened to summer break?’ 

The Sustainablity and 

Global Change Program 

(SGCP) at Prescott 

College had a very busy and 

productive summer. 

SGCP was officially selected 

as a United States Geological 

Survey (USGS) Science Impact 

Center “for visualization and 

delivery of science to decision 

makers.” 

“With the initial year funded 

at $50,000 we anticipate increasing 

funding as the program 

develops,” said Wil Orr. “In fact, 

USGS added another $50,000 to 

the current year’s funding and 

we are now negotiating for the 

2005 funding level.” 

The basic objective of the 

Science Impact Program is to 

better communicate emerging 

Earth Science findings to decision 

makers. 

SGCP at Prescott College is 

in good company. Other centers 

selected by the USGS 

include Massachusetts Institute 

of Technology, the University 

of New Mexico, and the 

University of Pennsylvania’s 

Wharton Business School. 

“Each of these centers will 


bring their special capabilities 

to the new USGS initiative to 

expedite the movement of 

emerging science and research 

to decision makers in the practical 

disciplines at the local government 

level,” Orr said. 

Maui County 

In other news, the Prescott 

College/Blueline Team presented 

the Maui County Digital 

Comprehensive Plan in a plenary 

session for the annual convention 

of the Hawaíi County 

Planning Officials in Honolulu 

on Friday, Sept. 10, 2004. 

Orr and Hoyt Johnson presented 

a three-screen summary 

of the urban growth and transportation 

impact models developed 

for the County of Maui. 

Also presented was work funded 

by the Pacific Disaster Center 

on Maui Fire Fuels Hazards, as 

a function of El Niño Southern 

Oscillation cycles (duration and 

intensity) and urban growth into 

wildland areas. 

Additionally, USGS selected 

the County of Maui’s Spatial 

Growth Model to be presented 

at the USGS Science Impact 

Program conference 

in 

Washington D.C. 

in December. 

The spatial 

growth model is a 

complex, interactive 

computer 

program capable 

of instantly displaying 

the location, 

sequence, 

and impacts of 

population growth 

based upon differing 

planning 

factors and scenarios. 

The spatial 

growth model 

contains four elements: population, 

transportation, water supply, 

and hazard mitigation. The 

population and transportation 

elements are currently being 

prioritized through joint-funding 

by the county planning and 

transportation departments. 

The model was developed by 

the Prescott College/Blueline 

Team with core funding from 

the National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA). 

The County of Maui is one of 

the most advanced counties in 

the nation, having developed a 

significant GIS and modeling 

capacity. This expertise makes 

the county a national leader in 

the application of advanced 

technologies to the increasingly 

complex challenges of planning 

for long term community vitality. 

El Niño studies 

Finally, future El Niño Southern 

Oscillation scenarios as a function 

of climate change are being 

developed under a $105,000 

contract with the National 

Oceanic and Atmo-spheric 

Administration via the East West 

Center in Honolulu to support 

fuels hazards and water supply 

modeling. 

Orr noted that the program 

currently has contracts totaling 

$353,000 on the Islands, 

not including a Spatial Growth 

Model/Disaster Assessment 

Model suite completed for the 

the Big Island earlier this year. 

Additional watershed modeling 

work is being completed for 

Penn State University and 

Burke County, N.C. The group 

completed an Urban Heat 

Island model for NASA in the 

early fall and has received 

requests from Carnegie Mellon 

University for the final work to 

integrate with research programs 

under way there.

Workshop is Prescott College mini reunion 

The International Snow 

Science Workshop held 

in late September served 

as a kind of a mini reunion for 

many Prescott College students, 

alumni, and instructors. This 

biannual conference, held this 

year in Jackson Hole, Wyo., is 

the platform for current 

research on snow dynamics and 

avalanche studies. 

In attendance were three 

current students and many 

alumni and instructors, who 

have become leaders in the 

field of snow safety, ski guiding, 

and research. 

Students and alumni in 

attendance included: Stuss 

Leeds ’04, student; Eugene 

Britt, student; Chris Walker, 

student; Dan Fagre ’75, 

USGS Glacier National Park, 

researcher; Doug Chabot ’86, 

avalanche forecaster/ Exum 

Mountain guide; David 

Lovejoy ’73, faculty member; 

Steve Munsell ’74, faculty 

member; Peter Groves ’87, 

Alta ski patrol; Diane Verna 

’91, owner and guide 

Rendezvous Ski Touring; Ann 

Mellick ’98, avalanche instructor 

and mountain guide; Aleph 

Johnston-Bloom ’99, avalanche 

instructor and Silverton 

Mountain ski patroller; Rob 

Gowler ’98, Exum Mountain 

guide; Andrew Ryan ’04, outdoor 

instructor; Nathaniel 

Haley ’90, ski patroller; and 

Zach Springer ’03, ski patrol. 

Instructors in attendance 

included: Jerry Roberts, 

CDOT avalanche forecaster 

and instructor; Lynne Wolfe, 

avalanche instructor and mountain 

guide; Denny Hogan, 

U.S. Forest Service snow recreation 

specialist; Ian 

McCammon, avalanche 

instructor and researcher; 

Scott McGee, ski instructor 

and guide, P.S.I.A. examiner; 

Andy Gleason, avalanche fore- 

In the photograph, from left, are: Eugene Britt, Andy Gleason (and daughter), Craig Sterbenz, Andrew Ryan, 

Ann Mellick, Aleph Johnson-Bloom, Zach Springer, Diane Verna, Nathaniel Haley, David Lovejoy, Lynne Wolfe, 

Peter Sheldon, Steve Munsell, and Peter Groves. 

caster and researcher; Crag 

Sterbenz, Telluride ski patrol 

director; Ron Johnson, avalanche 

forecaster and climbing 

ranger; Chas Day, instructor 

Antarctic guide; and Peter 

Shelton, ski photographer 

and writer. 

The next International Snow 

Science Workshop will be held 

in the fall of 2006 in Telluride, 

Colo. 

Wells Fargo’s Sharing Advantage 

program benefits Prescott College 


Ralph Phillips, director of development 

at Prescott College, 

accepts a check from Tammy 

Evans, a Wells Fargo home 

mortgage consultant. Prescott 

College employee Norma 

Mazur looks on. Through Wells 

Fargo’s Sharing Advantage 

program a $300 donation is 

made to a faith-based or nonprofit 

organization each time 

an individual obtains a home 

mortgage with Wells Fargo, 

which Mazur did. She designated 

Prescott College to receive 

the donation through the Wells 

Fargo Housing Foundation. 

Photo by Rachel Yoder 

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StaffNews 

Abbey Carpenter 


Photos by Julie VanSant 

Four senior-level administrators 

join Prescott College staff 

Four senior-level administrators 

have joined 

Prescott College. All 

come from out of state and 

three of the four are new to the 

Prescott area. 

“I believe that as an institution 

we benefit from diversity,” 

said Dan Garvey, president of 

Prescott College. “We some- 

Abbey Carpenter 

Carpenter is returning to her 

alma mater as the new admissions 

director for the Adult and 

Graduate Degree Programs. 

The Adult Degree Program 

is one of two vehicles through 

which a student can earn a 

bachelor’s degree from Prescott 

College. The program is tailored 

for working adults and 

requires limited residency. 

The Master of Arts 

Program, also a limited-residency 

program, allows working 

professionals to obtain 

their master’s degree without 


Haver-Allen joins Prescott 

College as director of public 

relations. She comes to Prescott 

College from Princeton 

University in New Jersey, where 

she was director of engineering 

communications for 12 years. 

At Prescott College, she will 

be responsible for the College’s 

public relations and marketing 

activities, including overseeing 

the production of Transitions 

magazine. 

Haver-Allen is an experienced 

journalist and communicator. 

She has worked as a 

newspaper reporter, managing 

editor of two newspapers, and 

managing editor of an international 

pharmaceutical marketing 

magazine. 


times have a tendency to hire 

from the inside, but that is not 

always the best thing for the 

institution. People coming from 

the outside see things differently 

and bring new ideas and 

experiences to the table.” 

He added that the mission of 

Prescott College encourages 

innovative and experimental 

putting their life on hold. In 

her new position, Carpenter’s 

major responsibility is to 

ensure the enrollment of qualified 

students. 

“It is the focus of ADP and 

MAP to develop strong relations 

between incoming students, 

admissions, staff, and 

faculty,” Carpenter said. 

“Because we have strong 

enrollment numbers in both 

these programs, my directive 

is to continue the personalized 

service to our students that 

Prescott College is noted for.” 

She has won numerous professional 

awards in recognition 

of her work, including 14 

awards from the New Jersey 

Press Association for news, column, 

and feature writing, and 

newspaper design. 

Additional awards include 

Clarion Awards from the 

Association of Women in 

Communications for best 

newsletter and best logo 

design; finalist awards from the 

Educational Press Association 

for series feature writing; and 

IRIS awards from the New 

Jersey chapter of the 

International Association of 

Business Communicators for 

best overall newsletter and best 

logo design. 

actions and “we need to carry on 

with that. These staff additions 

bring new, accumulated experiences 

and I believe that is what 

we need as we continue to grow 

and mature as an institution.” 

The new staff members are 

Abbey Carpenter, Ann 

Haver-Allen, Ralph Phillips, 

and Tim Robison. 

Carpenter has been an 

adjunct faculty member of 

Prescott College and an 

English composition instructor 

at Northern Arizona 

University in Flagstaff. Most 

recently, she was a student 

adviser at the Fielding 

Graduate Institute in Santa 

Barbara, Calif. 

She holds a B.A. in comparative 

history of ideas from the 

University of Washington, and 

a master’s degree in sustainable 

community development 

from Prescott College. 

As a regular competitor in 

the Middlesex County Fair in 

New Jersey, Haver-Allen has 

twice won best of show in photography. 

Additionally, she has 

received numerous first, second, 

third, and honorable mention 

prizes in photography, 

painting, jewelry making, 

sewing, and embroidery. 

She is listed in Who’s Who in 

the World, Who’s Who in 

America, Who’s Who of 

American Women, and Who’s 

Who in the 21st Century. 

Ms. Haver-Allen earned her 

B.A. in journalism from 

Thomas Edison State College, 

Trenton, N.J., and took graduate 

classes at LaSalle University 

in Philadelphia.


Phillips was named director of 

development for Prescott 

College and is responsible for 

all aspects of fund-raising, 

including annual, capital, and 

endowment giving. Previously, 

he was director of development 

at The Lowell Whiteman 

School in Steamboat Springs, 

Colo., where he directed the 

school’s first-ever endowment 

campaign, and initiated a 

planned giving program and 

legacy club. He was an active 

volunteer in his community, 

Tim Robison 

Robison is the new Resident 

Degree Program (RDP) 

Admissions Director. The RDP 

is one of two vehicles through 

which a student can earn a 

bachelor’s degree from Prescott 

College. Robison comes to 

Prescott College from The San 

Francisco Art Institute, where 

he was vice president for 

enrollment and student services 

and director of admissions 

for 14 years. There, he managed 

operations of the admissions 

department and oversaw 

the financial aid, registration 

and records, and student serv- 

contributing to Meals on 

Wheels and Young Tracks 

Childcare Center. 

“My goal here is to expand 

the charitable support for 

Prescott College,” Phillips 

said. “I plan to assist our 

friends, alumni, and parents in 

their philanthropic support of 

the college. The mission of 

Prescott College really resonates 

with me because I have 

a genuine affection for conservation 

issues.” Phillips worked 

as a seasonal backcountry river 

ices departments. 

Additionally, he developed a 

highly successful high school 

recruitment network of private 

art academies and urban magnet 

schools that increased freshman 

applications 24 percent over two 

years. Previously, he was director 

of admissions at the School of 

the Art Institute of Chicago, 

where he managed an admissions 

program that evaluated 

1,300 undergraduate and 1,000 

graduate applications annually. 

At Prescott College, Robison 

is in charge of RDP admissions. 

He plans to revamp the process 

ranger in Dinosaur National 

Monument for five years. He 

said he is thrilled to relocate to 

Prescott with his family. 

“We come to Prescott from 

a mountain community in 

Colorado, so Prescott already 

feels like home,” he said. 

“The people are so friendly 

and down to earth.” He 

earned his B.S. in organizational 

communication from 

Ohio University and his 

Master of Education from 

Colorado State University. 

and automate many of the tasks 

that are currently done manually. 

He also has plans to better 

identify future Prescott College 

students and make the entire 

recruitment process more 

streamlined and efficient. 

“I see this position at Prescott 

College as an opportunity to do 

something new and exciting,” he 

said. “Prescott College is a fascinating 

place with enormous 

growth potential.” Robison 

earned his Bachelor of Fine 

Arts and Master of Fine Arts 

from Northern Illinois 

University, De Kalb, Illinois. 

Two awards for Transitions Worth Noting 

Transitions, a publication 

for the Prescott College 

community, received 

two awards for publication 

excellence under the direction 

of Karlyn Haas, former director 

of public relations. The 

awards are a 2004 

Communicator Award of 

Distinction and a 2004 APEX 

Award for Publication 

Excellence. 

The Communicator Award of 

Distinction recognizes the fall 

2003 issue in the category educational 

institution magazine. 

Communicator Awards of 

Distinction are reserved for 

projects that exceed industry 

standards in communicating a 

message or idea. The top 18 

percent of entries received this 

award. 

The APEX Award for Publication 

Excellence was presented 

to Transitions in the category 

of one- to two-person produced 

magazines and journals. 

Sponsored by Communications 

Concepts Inc., the APEX 

2004 Awards for Publication 

Excellence, are based on excellence 

in graphic design, editorial 

content, and the ability to 

achieve overall communications 

excellence. 

President Dan Garvey was 

elected a Trustee of The 

National Outdoor Leadership 

School, (N.O.L.S.) and was 

appointed by the Governor to 

the Arizona Commission on 

Service and Volunteerism. 

As president elect of the 

Prescott Area Human 

Resources Association, 

Connie Etzkin attended a 

leadership conference in 

Arlington, Vir., Nov. 18 to 20. 

She becomes president of 

that organization on Jan 1. 


StaffNews 

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Tim Robison 

Photos by Julie VanSant

y Aurelie Clivaz 

The Desert Star program 

recognizes alumni 

who are carrying the 

mission of Prescott 

College forward in their 

lives and work. The 

name is inspired both by 

the incredible Northern 

Arizona night sky that is 

a treasured memory for 

every student who ever 

stargazed in Prescott, 

and also for Monoptilon 

bellioides, a tiny sunflower 

native to Arizona. 

These lovely flowers are 

small and low to the 

ground. Once a Desert 

Star comes into view, its 

contribution to the 

beauty of the arid 

ecosystem is never forgotten. 

To nominate a 

Desert Star, contact 

Rachel Yoder at (928) 

350-4502 or ryoder@ 

prescott.edu. See all the 

Desert Stars online at 

www.prescott.edu/alumni/desert-star-profiles. 

Lee Stuart’s commitment to social justice 

leads to a fulfilling but unexpected life 

Lee Stuart’s ’75 journey 

from Prescott College 

student to organizer of 

social change in the South 

Bronx began in environmental 

studies courses. It was here she 

developed a solid platform of 

advanced analytical and scientific 

work—and had interactions 

with instructors like Bob 

Harrill, who, Stuart said, 

“showed me how a really good 

teacher supports the intellectual 

creativity and advancement 

of students.” 

She pursued the study of ecology 

and received her Ph.D. from 

San Diego State and UC Davis 

in 1984, but an overriding commitment 

to social justice resulted 

in quite a different career 

than the academic one she had 

envisioned. In 1983, while completing 

her doctoral dissertation, 

Stuart cofounded World 

SHARE (Self-Help and 

Resource Exchange), an international 

food assistance program. 

The SHARE concept is that 

by pooling their funds and 

labor, participating families can 

not only leverage their food 

dollar by a factor of three or 

four, but also strengthen their 

community through mutual 

self-help projects undertaken 

as part of the program. 

Stuart was invited to the 

South Bronx in New York City 

to create the SHARE program 

in 1985. At the time the South 

Bronx was a national symbol of 

urban devastation. 

Although Stuart had grown up 

in Appalachian coal country and 

knew something of the forces 

that created rural poverty, the 

South Bronx was her first experience 

of the impact of those 

forces on an urban area. 

She was overwhelmed by 

these conditions until she met 

Reverend Robert Jeffers, the 


pastor of St. Augustine’s 

Catholic Church, who gave her 

a tremendous insight into the 

South Bronx. 

“The Bronx is a place of 

beautiful people and terrible 

buildings,” he told her. “If you 

are open to it, it can become 

your home, and if you are lucky 

you will see what a privilege it 

is to work here.” 

Stuart had originally planned 

to take six months to start the 

SHARE program in the Bronx 

and then return to her academic 

life as an ecologist, but her 

ties to the people of the Bronx 

deepened and she stayed. 

St. Augustine’s was a member 

of South Bronx Churches, 

an interfaith organization established 

in the late 1980s to create 

a power base that would 

rebuild the Bronx and correct 

the injustice that had created 

the borough’s devastation. 

By 1990 intensive organizing 

and political training by South 

Bronx Churches had created 

enough political force in the 

community to completely 

revamp the management of the 

local public hospital, to create 

community policing strategies, 

and to win the right to build 

“Nehemiah Homes” on about 20 

acres of vacant city-owned land. 

The project was named 

“Nehemiah” after the biblical 

leader who rebuilt the walls of 

Jerusalem following the 

Babylonian exile. 

In 1992, South Bronx 

Churches hired Stuart as their 

lead organizer. Her task was to 

work with the local leaders to 

build the talent and capacity 

within their organization to 

carry out their social agenda. 

In addition to the Nehemiah 

project, which encompassed 

the construction of 965 homes 

over a 10-year period, South 

Bronx Churches had other revitalization 

projects on its agenda. 

These included: 

• The Beulah project, which 

restored more than 900 

apartments for rental occupancy, 

• The Public Life Institute (a 

10-week training program for 

effective public action), and 

• The creation of a new public 

high school with an academic 

and college preparatory 

focus, the Bronx Leadership 

Academy High School, which 

became a model for the 

small-school reform movement 

in New York City. 

In retrospect, Stuart realizes 

that it was the people around 

her who inspired her and kept 

her compassion and vision alive 

throughout this project. James 

L. Drake, the National 

Director of Organizing for the 

United Farm Workers in the 

1970s and first lead organizer 

of South Bronx Churches, was 

an essential mentor in her life. 

During the 16 years they 

worked together in the Bronx, 

Stuart said, Drake “helped me 

learn how to bring diverse people 

and groups together, to 

decide on an objective and 

develop a strategy. He taught 

me to be unafraid of confrontation, 

to be politically creative, 

and to maintain public relationships 

over long periods of time.” 

Stuart advises students to 

“Believe in the possibility of what 

others say is impossible. Get a 

mentor who believes in and 

practices the impossible more 

than you do. Develop an interior 

life that can withstand tremendous 

violence and chaos. The 

further you challenge society’s 

norms the greater violence and 

chaos will come your way. Be 

ready. Be strong, and do not act 

alone. Be of good courage.”

Professional organization 

recognizes Prescott talent 

The Association of fundraising 

Professionals, 

Northern Arizona chapter, 

presented awards recently 

to three individuals with ties to 


Rachel Yoder ’01, the director 

of alumni relations and annual 

giving at Prescott College, 

received the Outstanding New 

fund-raising Professional Award 

and Tony Ebarb ’84 and Liisa 

Raikkonen ’84 were named 

Outstanding Volunteers. The 

awards were presented Monday, 

Nov. 15, at a luncheon in 

Sedona. 

Rachel Yoder 

Yoder’s award recognizes her 

outstanding efforts, including: 

• A 16 percent increase in 

donors over the last four 

years, and 

• A 25 percent increase in the 

number of donors to the 

unrestricted fund. 

On the alumni relations 

front, Yoder’s work with the 

alumni association, Website, 

electronic newsletter, and 

regional receptions has been 

outstanding. Because of her 

work, Prescott College is now 

in communication with close to 

75 percent of its alumni. 

Criteria for the Outstanding 

New fund-raising Professional 

Award includes: 

• Less than five years fund raising 

experience, 

• Demonstrates commitment 

to expanding his/her knowledge 

in fund-raising, and 

actively seeks professional 

development opportunities 

and/or mentoring, 

• Shows a commitment to volunteerism 

both in the community 

and within the 

Association of fund-raising 

Professionals, and 

Photo by Julie VanSant 

From left, Rachel Yoder, Liisa Raikkonen, and Tony Ebarb receive awards 

from the Association of fund-raising Professionals, Northern Arizona 

Chapter. 

• Demonstrates improvement 

in fund-raising over her 

tenure at her organization. 

Tony and Liisa 

Tony Ebarb and Liisa 

Raikkonen were recognized for 

their volunteer efforts in: 

• Raising funds to benefit 

Prescott College over the last 

five years in excess of 

$100,000 through their 

organization and implementation 

of special events, 

• Establishing the Ebarb 

Group Endowed Scholarship 

at Prescott College, 

• Establishing the Haide 

Koskinen Memorial 

Scholarship at Prescott 

College, 

• Raising more than $50,000 

for the Crossroads Center 

fund, 

• Increasing the regular contributors 

to Prescott College 

through their annual events 

and fund-raising work, and 

• Fostering donors to increase 

support of the annual benefit 

events. 

Criteria for the Outstanding 

Philanthropists award includes: 

• Contributes direct financial 

support within northern 

Arizona, 

• Supports multiple organizations, 

• Specific results achieved from 

his/her philanthropy, and 

• Encourages and motivates 

others to take leadership 

roles in philanthropy and 

community involvement. 

The award was presented by 

Rachel Yoder. 

“You never know what a 

young person can accomplish 

until they are given a chance,” 

Ebarb said upon receiving the 

award. When Raikkonen was 

asked if she wanted to add anything, 

she said, “I think Tony 

said it all.” 


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Jeff Salz 

Angela Garner 

From the PCAA President 

Enough! 

Prescott College taught me 

that if you are quick enough, 

caring enough, creative enough 

that the world is your sitting 

duck. There are so few individuals 

armed with the kind of 

education that Prescott College 

offers, that to graduate with a 

PC education gives us an 

almost unfair advantage. 

By the time I graduated, I 

had learned enough to speak 

Spanish, climb a mountain, 

paddle a raft, instruct a high 

school class, take core samples 

from Bristlecone Pines, travel 

anywhere in the world on a 

shoe string (for credit!), not to 

mention interrelate disciplines, 

discuss the roots and discussions 

of modern man, run an 

experiential education institute 

and create an entire curriculum, 

methodology, and evaluation 

program for a new college. 

But most importantly I 

gained an essential inability: 

the inability to let any wrong go 

unnoticed, and the skill set to 

inspire others in helping me 

begin to make them right. 

That’s why I’m so inspired by 

Meet new members of Alumni Board 

Angela Garner 

San Diego, Calif. 

’72, Center for the Studies of 

the Person (Psychology and 

Education) 

After graduation from 

Prescott College in 1972, I 

returned to San Diego and 

began investing in real estate. I 

began with single family “fixer 

upper” properties and later 

bought several apartment buildings 

that we still own and self 

manage. I also spent a great deal 

of time working as an instructor 

and guide for various outdoor 

schools and river companies 


the philosophy brought to the 

college by President Dan 

Garvey. It is his stated belief 

that in this day and age, it is no 

longer enough for students to 

graduate with the capacity to 

make a difference. Dan sees it as 

essential that students leave 

Prescott College with not only 

the skills to make a difference, 

but also with the burning desire 

to do so. Now that is exciting. 

Dan’s philosophy is directly 

in line with my point: as alumni 

finding ways to give back to the 

college, it might be enough to 

know that we are making an 

impact in the ongoing story of 

this remarkable institution. It 

might be enough to know that 

we are making an impact on 

the lives of the students by supporting 

a college that continues 

to provide the best post-secondary 

education in the world. 

But, it is not enough. We 

need to realize that through 

our continuing support of 

Prescott College, we are making 

a huge and powerful impact 

on the planet by empowering a 

school that empowers its students 

who empower the world. 

such as The Boojum Institute, 

Sobek Expeditions, Georgie 

White, Oars, and many other 

groups and organizations. I have 

done quite a bit of “adventure 

travel” all over the West and 

Baja, in addition to Europe, 

Ecuador, Costa Rica, Canada, 

Newfoundland, Labrador, and a 

year backpacking through Africa. 

I am married to Steve 

Huemmer ’73, also a Prescott 

College alumnus, and we have 

three daughters: Zosha, Anna 

and Madison, ages 20, 17, and 

13. We also have a niece, Rosy, 

age 18, who has lived with us for 

And since PC is no ordinary 

school (and you are no ordinary 

alumnus), your Alumni 

Association is also by no means 

ordinary. Our primary goal is 

“fun”-raising. We want to bring 

the spirit of Prescott College 

back into your life, and, in turn, 

bring your spirit back to the 

college. 

This year, I ask you to find 

some way to get reinvolved 

with the college. Come on an 

alumni outing, plug-in and 

recharge at the next Coming 

Home Weekend, and partake 

of one of the myriad ways to 

contribute and reconnect at the 

same time. If you are like me, 

you will probably never again 

find a community that is so 

much like you, so much like 

what you believe, so much fun, 

and so much like home. 

Prescott College still needs 

your energy, your idealism, 

your support. So write, call, or, 

best of all, “come home” soon! 

See you soon, 

Jeff Salz 

Class Clown 1969-1974 

PCAA President 2004-2005 

much of the last five years. I 

have held various leadership 

positions on school boards, committees 

and clubs associated 

with my children’s schooling. 

I’d like to serve on the board 

and contribute to the continuing 

success of the Prescott College 

education model. Attending 

Prescott College was a lifechanging 

experience for me as I 

know it was for so many other 

alumni. I’d like to do what I can 

to help bring those people 

together for good times and to 

support the College. We are in 

close contact with many PC

alumni and faculty, and annually 

organize a fairly major river 

trip of almost all Prescott 

College friends. 

Jeff Kiely 

Gallup, N.M. 

’73, Education, Organizational 

Behavior and Religious Studies 

I landed at Prescott College in 

fall 1971 after one-year stints at 

NAU and New College in 

Sarasota, Fla. In spring 1971, a 

fellow student told me he was an 

exchange student from a “sister 

school” in Arizona— Prescott 

College—and he urged me to 

give it a try. I landed at Prescott 

College that fall and was immediately 

attracted by the rural 

campus setting and collective 

personality of this “learning 

community.” After a 26-day 

adventure orientation in the 

wilderness of southern Utah and 

northern Arizona, I was hooked! 

By fall 1972, I was fully integrated 

into the life and spirit of 

Prescott College. I edited the 

campus newspaper and became 

student body president. With 

the partnership of fellow students 

and faculty, I helped start 

an environmental clearinghouse, 

a “school-within-a-school” community 

learning center that hosted 

high-interest, noncredit seminars 

by students and faculty, a 

community garden, a natural 

foods section in the cafeteria, 

and an on-stage “campus conversation” 

interview program. 

Since graduation, I earned a 

master’s degree in education 

from ASU and did post-graduate 

work at National University. I’ve 

worked in a variety of settings, 

from a boarding school in 

Tanzania to the Native American 

Bahá’í Institute on the Navajo 

Reservation. For the past 14 

years, I’ve worked as senior 

planner and deputy director of 

the Northwest New Mexico 

Council of Governments, headquartered 

in Gallup, where my 

work started with a regional substance 

abuse prevention initiative 

and grew to include a wide 

range of organizational, environmental, 

social and economic 

development projects, and planning 

ventures. 

My wife Helen has served for 

many years as a teacher in 

schools on the Navajo 

Reservation and in Gallup, currently 

teaching Navajo Language 

and Culture at a junior high 

school. My son Sean is a rock 

musician and artist still living in 

Gallup, and my daughter 

Philana is entering her senior 

year in business administration 

at Fort Lewis College in 

Durango. 

My passions and avocations 

include swimming and indeed 

all manner of indoor and outdoor 

sports, poetry, writing, 

folk music, languages, the arts, 

alternative energy and technologies, 

intercultural studies, 

and the nurturing of spiritual 

community. 

Since my “coming home” 

experience at Prescott College 

in late October 2003, I have 

been re-inspired by the vision, 

holism, audacious curiosity, 

innovation, and compassion that 

lie at the heart of the Prescott 

College experience and that forever 

bind together the hearts 

and minds of its alumni. It is primarily 

on the basis of that inspiration, 

the memories and sense 

of hope and connectedness it 

evoked, and my reunion with 

Prescott people (including some 

on the Board) who mean so 

much to me still, that I have 

expressed my interest in serving 

on the Alumni Board. 

Lee Stuart 

Bronx, N.Y. 

’75, Environmental Studies 

I spent the first 10 years after 

graduation preparing for and 

starting an academic career as 

an ecologist. I received my master’s 

degree from San Diego 

State and Ph.D. from a joint 

program between San Diego 

and UC Davis. My primary area 

of study was systems ecology 

and soil/plant relationships, par- 

ticularly in the Alaskan arctic. 

During my dissertation and particularly 

as a post-doctoral 

research associate, I helped create 

what became an international 

food aid and community 

development program (SHARE 

– Self-Help and Resource 

Exchange). The success of this 

program led me in 1985 to the 

South Bronx, where I have spent 

the last happy 20 years helping 

transform it so that it is no 

longer the national spectacle of 

urban poverty and mayhem. 

After establishing SHARE in the 

South Bronx, I helped raise 

about a million dollars for arts 

education for St. Augustine ’s 

School (also in the South Bronx) 

and then went to work for South 

Bronx Churches. At SBC we 

caused major problems and then 

breakthroughs for a whole host 

of city agencies by creating our 

own bank to finance the first 

and largest homeownership 

development in the South Bronx 

(974 homes), by organizing parents 

to demand excellence in 

secondary education for their 

children, and forcing the Board 

of Education to start a new high 

school (since replicated) with a 

90 percent college acceptance 

rate. Now I am helping other 

communities in fulfilling their 

dreams for housing, education, 

or whatever. In short, my whole 

career has been about the grassroots—first 

in a very literal sense 

in terms of the soil-root interface, 

and then in the creation of 

powerful organizations at a very 

local level to deliver a local 

agenda. 

Why would I serve on the 

Board of PCAA and what I think 

I could bring to it? I was invited 

to consider serving by people I 

respect a great deal (Layne 

Longfellow and Matuschka). 

I think PC is a wonderful institution 

and would like to contribute 

to its mission. I have tremendous 

organizational skills and 

lots of experience in strengthening 

the relationship between 

people and institutions. 


Jeff Kiely 

Lee Stuart 

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Note: 

Undergraduate alumni are 

designated as ’90. 

Graduate alumni are 

designated as *90. 

1970s 

Michael Acebo ’72. Many memories, 

Jay Dusard, Leonard Ossorio, Roy 

Smith, Ronald Nairn, Vern Taylor, 

Larry my horse, and more. Many trips 

later, length of Baja by kayak, across 

the Atlantic by sailboat, etc. Prescott 

College is always there. Proud father of 

two daughters—Kyle a junior at 

Willaims College and Paige in ninth 

grade. Happily married to Pamela, who 

met me while skiing in Colorado, married 

me, and moved to Maine so I 

could learn wooden boatbuilding. She 

has been my support through many 

relocations following a career in the 

marine industry: 55 and still at it—sea 

kayaking, sailing, iceboat builder and 

racer, http://homepage. mac.com/macebo. 

Prescott College, great people, 

great times. Thanks to all, drop a note. 

macebo@mac.com. 

Kristin (Day) St. Clair ’72. After 

Prescott, I continued my varied interests, 

first my ballet in New York, then the 

music business in New York and 

London, marrying an Olympic skier and 

raising three fantastic children in the 

Rockies in Colorado. And after getting 

my medical degree in 1995, I worked 

Medicaid on the Navajo Reservation. 

Now I have an ‘NGO’ which is involved 

in HIV/AIDS education with the Masaai 

in Tanzania near Mt Kilimanjaro. I feel 

as though Tanzania is my first home. 

aidsedu@earthlink.net. 

Kate Cronkite ’73. I will be part of 

the Today Show series on Women and 

Depression running Sept. 7 to 10 due 

to my work in mental health advocacy, 

my book On the Edge of Darkness, and 

my own experiences. Loving living in 

Austin, Texas, and summering at my parents’ 

in Martha’s Vineyard. Love my 

boys; John just starting high school, 

studying Japanese, and Will, campaign 

manager for a state judge.(They’re on 

the show, too.) All my speeches this fall 

are in battleground states, so I’m planning 

to help out a little everywhere I go. 

kcronkite@attwireless.blackberry.net. 

Tony Chiaviello ’74. Since leaving 

Prescott and graduating from Oberlin 

College in ’76, and the University of 

Denver in ’81 (M.A. in mass communications), 

I’ve been in and out of hightech 

publishing and public relations, 

finally landing in college teaching as a 


Alumnae values Prescott 

College art education 

Sheila Kollash ’95, 

was the subject of a story 

in The Arizona Republic, 

which lauded her years 

of dedication to nurturing 

the Phoenix art 

scene. Kollash describes 

herself as having dual 

careers: one as a working 

artist and one as a museum 

professional. She 

holds a part-time job as 

a museum assistant for 

the Phoenix Airports 

Museum Program and 

spends the balance of 

her time hiking and 

painting for exhibition. 

“My work reveals the 

intimate relationship I 

have with the wilderness,” 

Kollash said. “The 

exhilaration of an 

extended hike or outing 

results in paintings that share with the viewer my joy of tumbled 

boulder piles, broken cliff faces, festooned streambed pebbles, and 

delicate plants striving for a foothold on life in precarious places.” 

Kollash earned her bachelor’s degree in art from Prescott 

College through the Adult Degree Program after becoming disillusioned 

with Arizona State University, where she had received a full 

four-year art scholarship. 

“My Prescott College education is what, as a high school senior, 

I had believed college should be like,” she said. “As an adult 

I was thrilled to find that I could attend Prescott College and 

discovered that I finally did indeed receive the very quality of 

education that I had dreamed of having 25 years earlier. Better 

late than never. Attending Prescott College was one of the two 

most important decisions of my life.” Kollash had two breadths: 

museum studies and liberal arts. 

She was curator/registrar at the Desert Caballeros Western 

Museum in Wickenburg for 10 years. She has exhibited at the 

Tucson Museum of Art and the Mesa Southwest Museum. 

Kollash and artist Jim Elder collaborated on a two-person exhibition 

for the Arizona Commission on the Arts Traveling Exhibits 

program. The exhibition, Arizona Landscapes: Prints, Pastels, 

and Paintings, was one of the most popular exhibitions and 

enjoyed bookings nationally during its three-year tour. 

Kollash said she welcomes hearing from members of the 

Prescott College family regarding projects and ideas that 

incorporate art. 

“I would be honored to brainstorm the use of art in environmental 

projects or to be the visual arts person to sit on a panel in 

order to include the artist’s perspective,” she said. She can be 

reached at landscapeart@cox.net.

profession, earning my Ph.D. from New 

Mexico State University in ’98 and 

tenure at the University of Houston- 

Downtown this year. I credit Prescott 

College with imbuing me with a lasting 

commitment to environmental issues, 

did my dissertation on the rhetoric of the 

livestock grazing issue in the American 

West, and am now interested in developing 

a species of ecological ethics, based 

on new scientific principles emerging 

from the study of ecology. (In fact, I 

applied for the recent environmental 

studies position at PC, but never heard 

back, so . . .). My late wife, Lori 

Wehman (who died in ’87); my son, Eli 

(now 32); and I traveled wide and far, 

living in Hawaii, Denver, Cincinnati, San 

Francisco, and Boston, and now Eli has 

settled in Seattle and I in Houston. I’d 

most like to hear from John Annerino, 

Chris Parks, Paul Potenza, and any of my 

colleagues on the Manti-La Sal wilderness 

orientation trip of fall 1974. chiaviello@uhd.edu. 

Matuschka ’74. This September a 

magazine titled Tattoos for Women featured 

my illustrated story “Tattoectomy” 

with four pages of photographs. This 

same article has already been syndicated 

and will appear in an alternative 

magazine out of Omaha, Neb., for their 

fall edition. Oxford University Press 

will use my images in their forthcoming 

book, Women’s Realities Women’s 

Choices: An Introduction to Women’s 

Studies (third edition) and a Japanese 

publisher will reprint one of my photographs 

for their book titled Decay and 

Revival: Body, Medicine and Culture 

III, published by Keio University Press, 

Tokyo, with the article by Tetsuko 

Nakamura, “Battling With Breast 

Cancer and Regaining the Power of 

Regeneration: A Path Audre Lorde 

Opened Up for Women.” This October 

my art work headlined a show of Breast 

Cancer Survivors in New Hampshire at 

the Mill Brook Gallery. Also just published: 

International Journal of 

Qualitative Studies in Education 

(London) “Photography as Technology 

of the Self: Matuschka’s art and breast 

cancer” Hector Amaya and “Case Reexamined” 

photos and interview 

Matuschka. 

Ann Higgins ’75. Rehab technician. 

Triathlete/Iron Man qualifier, ranked. 

Traveled the Midwest circuit for 15 

years. Currently available as a triathlon 

coach in Seattle, Wash. 

ann.higgins@comcast.net. 

Ed Miller ’75. I can’t believe I’ve 

worked for NASA for 25 years! Mentally, 

I’m afraid I never progressed beyond the 

18-year-old who volunteered to join the 

first post-collapse (PCAE) Prescott 

board and stuck around Prescott for a 

few years to wait tables, organize the 

first PC reunion in ’77 (with Ted 

Rosenberg and others), and be a PCAE 

board member. Maybe that’s a good 

thing. I was always a space geek, and 

somehow landed a job at JPL in 1980, 

where I work on scientific instruments 

for various kinds of space-based science 

investigations. Right now, instruments I 

worked on are orbiting Saturn on the 

Cassini spacecraft, and a new one just 

launched last week (called AURA) that is 

an Earth atmospheric science mission 

that will map human sources of air pollutants 

as they move through the atmosphere; 

its objective is to trace the causes 

of global warming. I’m currently in 

charge of the scientific instruments for 

the Dawn mission, which will visit the 

two largest (Texas-sized) asteroids in the 

asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. I 

married Karen Tate Miller in 1995; she’s 

an expert in public relations, media relations, 

and in general a wonderful writer. 

She’s also an ordained Zen Buddhist 

priest. We have a beautiful daughter 

named Georgia Grace, who will be five 

next month and is the source of all joy 

and happiness. Life is good. Would love 

to stay in touch with all of my dear 

friends from Prescott College. And I 

need to get out in the woods more often! 

cmdred@earthlink.net. 

1990s 

Paula Philbrook ’91. I am pleased to 

announce that I have accepted a parttime 

position with the Hillsborough 

County Attorney’s office as assistant 

county attorney in New Hampshire. My 

law office will continue to be open for 

estate planning and business start-ups. 

paula@philbrooklaw.com. 

Amy Kirk ’92, was recently awarded a 

$14,000 New Works grant from The 

Rhode Island Foundation to research 

and write a play about nonviolence, 

specifically about peace activists in the 

Ocean State. The project, titled 

“Peace: Portraits of Possibility” involves 

civic dialogues, personal interviews, 

and creative workshops as part of the 

research process. A series of staged 

readings with local actors will be presented 

to the public in late 2004. 

akpeaceplay@yahoo.com. 

Misty and Peter Groves-Benedict 

’95 and ’93. Peter and Misty just welcomed 

a second little boy, Tucker 

McDonald on July 17. He’s beautiful 

and looks just like his dad and big 

brother Otter. School is great, though 

hard work. We miss Prescott life and all 

our friends. misty@rof.net. 

Anne (Wilson) Vaughan ’95. This 

spring I celebrated new life with the 

birth of our daughter, Autumn Sydney. 

Having a child has caused me to rediscover 

the details of life in every moment. 

Alumna off to law 

school on fellowship 

Sandra Miller ’96, has been accepted into the Vermont 

School of Environmental Law as recipient of a First Nations 

Environmental Law Fellowship. The fellowship is intended to 

enable members of federally recognized Indian tribes to pursue 

careers in environmental management and resource conservation, 

as well as to assist them in developing the legal and 

institutional framework to administer environmental programs 

throughout Indian country. Graduates are required to 

perform one year of service to their respective communities 

at the completion of their degree. Ms. Miller was the tribal 

air program coordinator for the Inter Tribal Council of 

Arizona Inc. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Prescott 

College with a competence in environmental education. 


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Each morning she awakens smiling and 

with so much enthusiasm for life! I learn 

from my nine-week-old daughter everyday. 

Since leaving Prescott College my 

life has been centered on guiding children 

to understand the interconnection 

of life through exploring our natural 

world. I attended graduate school in 

Maine for education and have been a 

science and social studies teacher for six 

years already. I met my soul mate in 

Maine in 2001 and we moved to his 

home state of Virginia shortly thereafter. 

We married on a remote sea cliff in 

Phippsburg in 2002 and renewed our 

vows on our one-year anniversary with 

friends and family in Bar Harbor, 

Maine. My husband works for a small 

nonprofit at the James River 

Association as the Director of 

Education and Outreach. I hope to 

secure my certification as a Montessori 

teacher and begin working at a new 

school opening in Hanover in 2005. 

Meanwhile, I will continue working as 

a public school teacher. Life is grand! 

amwv@hotmail.com. 

Jan Clutter ’96. Greetings from the 

gorgeous Pacific Northwest (Portland, 

Ore., to be exact). While no one will recognize 

my name (I attended PC for just 

one year) and I don’t recognize anyone 

Jamie Schantz 

’77, traveled this 

spring to 

Guatemala with Flying 

Doctors of America—an 

Atlanta-based nonprofit. 

This was his second 

medical mission with the 

organization, which has a 

goal of providing primary 

care for men, women, 

and children in the El 

Peten region of 

Guatemala. 

The team was comprised 

of healthcare officials 

from Oregon, 

Colorado, Utah, 

California, Maine, and 


else’s either(?), I would like everyone to 

know that I still have a very proud sense 

of kinship to all of you. And it is with 

great interest and curiosity that I eagerly 

read the quarterly newsletters and online 

alumni news. There’s something 

about this business of camaraderie even 

though we don’t necessarily personally 

know one another! I moved to the northwest 

seven years ago to be able to relish 

the incomparable beauty and serenity 

and to be near my two adult sons. Have 

lived in three different cities and four 

residences (I now finally OWN!), and I 

have been unemployed for the past year 

and a half; but starting in November, I 

will officially be “retired” as I begin to 

collect early Social Security benefits 

(besides, it sounds better to my psyche 

and to the ‘world’)! I will continue with 

my side business and passion of being a 

personal holistic health coach, which was 

my major at Prescott College. I am wishing 

you all much joy, success, optimum 

health, and great passion in your lives. 

healthcoach@myway.com. 

Sandra Haggard *96. I will be moving 

from Winslow, Ariz., in June to 

teach at Morrison Academy in 

Kaohsiung, Taiwan. I will be teaching 

middle school language arts, social 

studies, and Bible classes. My husband 

Chiropractor participates in 

Flying Doctors of America 

Georgia. The group 

received ground support 

from Maya Expeditions 

International, a 

Guatemalan-based outfitter. 

Schantz graduated from 

the National College of 

Chiropractic in 1986 and 

practices in Roswell, 

Georgia. He has received 

the Chiropractic Award of 

Excellence from community 

service from Prevention 

Magazine and the Coalition 

for Chiropractic Progress 

and the Humanitarian of the 

Year award from the 

Georgia Chiropractic 

Association. 

and I will be helping Hope for a Hakka 

Harvest Christian mission during our 

time there. sandyh@cybertrails.com. 

Ed Kohinke ’96. I have settled outside 

of Tallahassee, Fla., married Rene 

Cline and we are raising two incredible 

children (Everett, 5, and Samantha, 2). 

I started organic farming in Moab, 

Utah, after getting disenchanted with 

outdoor guiding jobs, and relocated to 

Tallahassee to be close to my wife’s family. 

Everett Farm supplies my innovative 

hot-weather salad mix and arugula to 

fine local restaurants and natural food 

stores when other growers say it can’t be 

done. I also dabble with other produce, 

including shiitake mushrooms. I’ve also 

begun making custom wood furniture; 

that business is called Cricket Woods, 

borrowing from our daughter’s nickname. 

It would be a kick in the pants to 

hear from old friends...e-mail is best! 

everettfarms@tds.net. 

Matt Menard ’96. Hello Everyone! 

Hope that you all are doing well. If you 

ever come to Lake Tahoe, drop me a 

line and we’ll go skiing. 

menard@ltol.com. 

Joy Walden ’96. If only I had known 

when I attended Prescott College that I 

would end up teaching on the Rez, I 

would have taken the Indian Education 

classes! I love it here, and have great 

students and support. jwalden@kayenta.k12.az.us. 

Watts Barden ’97. Hello PC faculty, 

friends and family. Checkin’ in from 

the Tetons and Snake River, which I 

continue to call home. It’s great to hear 

and see all the great things happening 

at the college and in your lives. If anyone 

is in my neck of the woods, please 

look me up; always happy to share my 

fire and swill a pint with an old friend! 

Contact me online at 

whiskyfish@tetontel.com, and as Spock 

would say, live long and prosper. Peace! 

Eric Billingsley ’97. As a wise person 

once said, “The only thing constant is 

change.” After graduating from 

Prescott College in 1997, I traveled in 

Europe for a few months. Upon returning, 

I met Rebekah Johnston — also a 

former PC student. Within a year-anda-half 

we were married. Our first child, 

Gabriel, was born on winter solstice 

(Dec. 22) 1999. We moved to 

Albuquerque, in 2000, where we built a 

modern, totally solar-powered home.

Our second child, Lavender, was born 

in May 2002. Post PC, my career has 

evolved with the seasons, from working 

in the social services to working as a 

business journalist, to now, working in 

public relations for New Mexico’s 

largest advertising firm. My journalistic 

stories have been published in business 

journals throughout the United States. 

I also carved a freelance niche for a 

while writing about New Mexico artists 

for Wildlife Art Magazine, technology 

commercialization for TecComm magazine, 

and I wrote a couple of stories 

about sustainable business for LOHAS 

Journal. The public relations work is 

fascinating, because I’m working a lot 

with “economic development” initiatives 

in New Mexico—historically one 

of the poorest states in the nation. As 

of lately, things have changed yet again. 

Rebekah and I recently separated and 

now I’m being initiated into the singleparent 

life. As my life goes through 

these changes— the fun ones and the 

not so fun ones—remembering my 

time at PC is always a source of inspiration. 

I’ve learned that the whole idea of 

experiential learning truly is the only 

preparation for “real” life. Take care all 

and keep doing the great things you’re 

meant to do. If you want to drop me a 

line my e-mail is etbil@yahoo.com. 

Aaron DeLand ’97. The short version 

is I lived in Montana for two years and 

was a ski bum. I lived in Portland, 

Oregon, for three years and was a 

kayak bum. For the last two years I 

have been living in Western 

Massachusetts and working (playing) 

with children with autism and it is the 

best experience of my life. If you ever 

find yourself in Great Barrington, 

Mass., look me up. E-mail is 

deland73@hotmail.com. 

Barbara (Mayan) Konikowski ’97, 

and family welcomed their second 

child, Ava, into the world on Aug. 7. 

bkonikowskit@thenewfoundation.com. 

Jenni (Whitmyer) Pardi ’97. WOW! 

It is great to read what everyone is up to! 

Since graduating from Prescott College I 

have run a science program at a children’s 

museum, been a sea kayaking 

guide, worked as a campaign coordinator 

for an animal rights organization, managed 

a veterinary hospital, and now I am 

a mom! I married my high school sweetheart 

in May 2000, and had a beautiful 

Performance connects 

voting and issues 

Leah Lamb ’97, was featured in a Richmond Times 

Dispatch article in August. She was preparing to present 

“Engage,” a blend of theatrical performances and documentary 

footage conveying the civic and political experiences of 

Richmond residents. 

The “event for citizenship” was directed by Randy 

Strawderman and was a pilot project hosted by Virginia 

Commonwealth University. 

Lamb created the performance to establish a connection 

between voting and the issues about which young people are 

most passionate. She wants to convey the message that it’s not 

enough to vote because Election Day is merely the beginning. 

Lamb graduated with a competence in outdoor experiential 

education. She in currently on the Prescott College Board of 

Directors. 

baby boy named Dominick on May 28, 

2003. I live in the beautiful Marin 

County where I can hike a different trail 

with my dogs and my baby every day. 

Life is good. I miss Prescott and its community, 

and faculty, and all of my friends, 

would love to hear from friends who 

come through the bay area. Give a call 

anytime. juanitalw@hotmail.com. 

James Pittman ’97, was recently 

published in the book, Higher 

Education and the Challenge of 

Sustainability: Problematics, Promise, 

and Practice, published by Kluwer 

Academic Publishers in the 

Netherlands. His chapter is titled 

“Living Sustainability Through Higher 

Education: A Whole Systems Design 

Approach to Organizational Change.” 

The book can be found on www.wkap. 

nl/prod/b/1-4020-2026-0 and also contains 

an online resource section hosted 

by the Dutch Foundation for 

Sustainability in Higher Education 

(DHO). The link to this section is: 

www.dho.nl/SHE-resources. 

jpittman@ecotopia.com. 

Joshua Caine Anchors *98, book, 

Regarding Hwange and Other Matters 

of Perception, was recently published, 

based on his experiences as an environmental 

Peace Corps volunteer in 

Zimbabwe. The book can be accessed 

at www.publishamerica. 

com/books/4804. The following is a 

brief description: In the heart of 

Zimbabwe safari country, Siweti Mathe 

learns to translate his fear into art; 

Lucky Mapfuwa feels the sweetness of 

liberation for a single day; Steve and 

his family face the harsh realities of an 

unpredictable terrain; Ellie Sibanda 

fights off hungry elephants and greedy 

headmasters to sustain her family; and 

Anna discovers only emptiness in her 

escape to Africa. This is a landscape 

where pangolins reflect on their meaning 

late into the night and family safari vacations 

go awry. Touching upon many of 

the essential yet enigmatic relationships 

between humans and the land they live 

upon, Regarding Hwange offers an 

indelible glimpse into a wilderness of 

perceptions that can be both illuminating 

and tragic. joshanchors@yahoo.com. 

Carol Anderson *98. A quick note 

for my friends and other MAP associates: 

Since graduating I have worked 

primarily as a bereavement counselor 

in hospice, for an AIDS foundation, for 

a geriatric psychiatric hospital unit, and 

currently with low-income elders 

through the Pima County Community 

Services program. I have discovered 

that the master’s degree I earned 

opened more doors than I imagined, 

and I am still exploring my next adventure. 

Isn’t life-learning a beautiful 

thing? The forthcoming Prescott 

College Ph.D. program is of great 

interest for me; I’d like to continue to 

pursue aging studies, death and loss, 

and related topics (such as the dramatic 

increase in HIV infection in elder 


Ava Konikowski is the 

newest addition to the 

Konikowski family. 

Joshua Caine Anchors 

book is based on his 

experiences as an 

environmental Peace 

Corps volunteer in 

Zimbabwe. 

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women). I am currently taking an 

online writing course in feature writing. 

I have some ideas of where I want this 

to go but will save that for the next 

installment. I would so enjoy hearing 

from my fellow MAP alumni of 1998! 

To all who read this: Being a member 

of the Prescott College family is a matter 

of enormous pride for me. Thanks 

one and all. Go and find your dream. 

rubysroadhouse@msn.com. 

F. Ken Freedman *98. Six years since 

the Xers trusted the process. And it is 

still happening. Can’t count too many 

days I don’t think of, use, talk about, or 

somehow connect with Prescott and 

what has become, in my mind, a legendary 

and transformational time (class 

of ’98, Master of Arts Program). My 

practice is reaching its limit (restricted 

by health and energy) and, while I work 

with all stripe of client, my current 

demand leans toward transgender people. 

Way fascinating. Also, I’m discovering 

deeper uses of anxiety and differentiation 

to augment therapy; very helpful in 

exploring issues of splitting, projection, 

and denial, among so many others. Big 

hug to Carol A. (thanks for urging 

responses), and to Prescott Xers, and 

Frankie and Joan, and Stacey and Doug. 

Anyone ever hear about or from Cheri? 

fken@alaska.net. 

Carianne Funicelli ’98. Hi everyone! I 

am currently working as a vegetation 

ecologist in Tucson. Some of my work 

was just published in the June 2004 issue 

of Desert Plants (check it out if you are 

Christopher Glade ’99 

and Miriam Reuss ’03 

were joined in a civil 

union amongst a 

small gathering of 

family and friends just 

north of 

Johannesburg, South 

Africa, on July 3, 2004. 

We plan to have a 

REAL wedding in 

Alaska sometime in 

2005. We shall keep 

you updated. Just 

wanted to share to 

good news! Chris: 

glade@blackwaterout 

door-ahc.com 


Jeremy ’99 and Karen Lyness 

LeBlanc ’00. We have had quite 

an amazing year. On Oct. 27, 2003, 

we welcomed our son Isaac 

Lyness LeBlanc into the world. He 

is such a wonderful little boy; he 

keeps us laughing constantly. A 

year and a half ago we purchased 

a house in Hillsdale, New York, 

and we really enjoy homeownership. 

Jeremy and I work 

together at a residential drug and 

alcohol treatment center in 

Canaan, Conn. I am admissions coordinator and Jeremy directs the 

Therapeutic Challenge Program. We are very happy to be able to bring 

Isaac and Vesba (some of you may remember our dog) to work with us 

everyday. The residents adore them both. We feel blessed to have an 

employer who is so supportive of families. So, life in the Berkshires is 

good. Jeremy: jeremy@mountainside.org or Karen: 

vesba@hotmail.com 

interested in saguaros!). My most exciting 

news item to report is that I have 

decided to go back to school. I hope to 

be accepted to the Master of Arts 

Program this spring to pursue my master’s 

degree in studio art. I have always 

been fascinated by the relationship 

between science and art, and so I am 

very excited about this new opportunity. 

Peace and love to the Prescott community! 

csfuncicelli@yahoo.com. 

Eric Remza ’98. I have been based 

out of Seattle for the last five years 

working as a mountain guide. The cool 

news is that I no longer live out of my 

truck. I bought a condo last January, and 

now I have a bed and all the other stuff, 

too. I still call the NorthFace VE-25 my 

office/home though. I guide domestically 

here in the North Cascades and Alaska 

during the summer. I usually have the 

fall off to road trip and visit with friends, 

then dodge the Seattle rainfest for international 

work in Mexico and Argentina. 

It is a lifestyle, and sure beats the 9 to 5 

grind...the grass is always greener 

though. I cross paths with a lot of 

Prescott College folk in the mountains— 

Joey Elton, Andy Rich, and Rob Gowler 

to name a few—all doing really well. 

Heading down to Southern California 

this fall to learn how to surf and get 

some climbing in along the way. Fire me 

off an e-mail if you are ever in the 

Northwest. Would love to have ya! 

eremza@hotmail.com. 

Jen Steitz ’98. For the past six years I 

have been living a semisubsistence 

lifestyle in Alaska: growing vegetables, 

fishing, selling baskets, and doing a 

couple wilderness trips every year. In 

August, Larry Landry and I are getting 

married on a river trip. I am also starting 

a practice as a clinical herbalist and 

acupressurist. I have sporadic internet 

access. E-mail: mtavens@hotmail.com. 

Sherry Barnes ’99 and Mark White 

’99. Mark and I are going on our threeyear 

wedding anniversary this July! We 

are living at almost 9,000 feet in the 

Central Rockies of Colorado in a little 

old town called Crested Butte. We had 

an amazing winter with three snow-filled 

valleys minutes from town to explore on 

skis. Please contact us if we’ve lost 

touch with you: sherry_l_barnes@ 

yahoo.com, or Mark White, rivergrizzly@hotmail.com. 

Amos Whiting ’99, who graduated 

with a degree in wilderness leadership 

and human development, recently 

passed his ski mountaineering exam 

near Valdez, Alaska, with the American 

Mountain Guides Association. This was 

his third and final exam making him one 

of 21 Americans to be certified with the 

IFMGA (International Federation of 

Mountain Guides Association). Amos has 

been working toward this goal since 

1997. It is the equivalent to attaining a 

Ph.D. in mountain guiding. Amos currently 

lives in Aspen, Colo., where he is

the lead guide for Aspen Expeditions, 

and goes salsa dancing on the weekends. 

He also works as an independent guide 

in Europe, México, Peru, Canada, and 

all over the western United States, 

including Alaska. “It is nice to be back 

home in Aspen with my dog, Chubaka. 

Everything is green and town is quiet. I 

had the opportunity to teach a PC 

Alpine mountaineering course last fall. It 

was great to connect with the PC community 

again. Check out a few Websites 

to get more information on the process. 

www.amga.com, www.aspenexpeditions. 

com, www.batguano.com/amos whiting. 

My e-mail: dreamsplitter@hotmail.com. 

2000s 

Renee (Olshan) Champagne ’00. 

My husband Rhett, daughter Savannah 

and I have moved to D.C. for a year. 

We are here to learn Greek. The Air 

Force is sending us there for two years. 

I will be teaching and my husband, 

who was selected as a scholar, will be 

studying a nontechnical degree. It is 

quite an honor to be selected to do 

this, so we are, of course, very excited! 

We are also expecting our second child! 

renesail@hotmail.com. 

Heather Edwards ’00. I live in the 

Western mountains of Maine in 

Rangeley. I have a year-round job as a 

lab tech at the little dentist office here, 

Susan Freitag, ’00. 

which is kinda funny because they let 

me take X-rays and use hand-pieces! In 

the winter, I babysit and work at 

Saddleback Mountain and in the summer 

I work on a wonderful organic 

farm. There is plenty of time to play 

and frolic. I miss the desert and my 

gang. Love to all and sweet dreams! 

chuttlecheese@hotmail.com. 

Anne Kretschmann ’00. After a brief 

Exciting news from 

Seattle...On Aug. 27, I 

became engaged! 

When Steve and I 

were mountaineering 

in Alberta he 

proposed on top of a 

mountain in the 

snow! It was 

snowing, cold, and we 

were tied onto a rope 

team. Just as we 

were reaching the 

summit he slid the ring down to me on an engraved carabiner that 

read ‘will you marry me?’ Of course I was crying as soon as I saw the 

ring and he actually had to read it to me, because I couldn’t see. He 

got down on his knee and then I became his future wife. Amazing and 

unforgettable. Many of you from the PC community mean more than 

you will ever know to me... whether we met on a course or passed 

each other at Sam Hill. I send you all smiles and thanks for all the 

incredible times and memories! adventurechic98005@yahoo.com. 

Masseuse works magic 

at Summer Olympics 

Judy Boyer *04, was a volunteer sports massage therapist at 

the Summer Olympics in Athens. She was chosen as a member 

of the Athens Health Services Sports Massage Team 

2004. In her capacity as masseuse for Olympic athletes, she 

worked on “amazing athletes from every continent” in addition 

to providing therapy for volunteer staff, doctors, nurses, 

and physiotherapists with whom she was working. 

“Participating in a meaningful way in the grandest athletic 

event on the planet is a way to help the world see that expert 

massage therapy is not a luxury but an essential part of a 

health maintenance program for all people,” she said. 

As a result of her Olympic experience, Boyer has been 

invited to return to Athens to teach seminars on manual therapy 

for sports injuries to medical residents in physical rehabilitation 

medicine. She will be returning to Greece in early 

2005 to teach. Boyer owns Prescott Center for Massage 

Therapy. 

stay in the Pacific Northwest, I have 

returned to the desert of Arizona. I am 

working as a biologist for Arizona Game 

and Fish. I work with endangered fish 

(razorback suckers) on the Colorado 

River and other areas of the state. 

Occasionally, I am able to get out to help 

with other animals as well. I am 

extremely happy to be putting my 

Prescott College training to ‘work’ for 

me in doing what I love and believe in. I 

welcome PC ‘kids’ to contact me when 

in the Arizona area! aneni@hotmail.com. 

Morgan O’Brien ’00. Hey Everyone. 

Jane and I are happily married and living 

in Chattanooga, Tenn. I have spent 

the past three years teaching at the 

Baylor school here. Things are going 

well. I hope everyone reading this is 

doing fine as well. Please feel free to 

drop me a line at mcobrien 

2003@yahoo.com. 

James Reinhold ’00. I have recently 

returned to Southern California (one 

year ago today) to take a job as outdoor 

program director at a small camp in the 

San Gabrial Mountains. It has been 

truly amazing to be back in the 

desert/mountainous range again after 

living in the beautiful but wet and 

buggy region of mid-coast Maine. It 

has been a truly wonderful, challenging, 

and exciting year for me in this 

new position, and I now have a much 

greater respect for those in administra- 


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tion who make it look so easy! Looking 

forward to another dry, warm, year 

here in Southern California. If anyone 

is interested in visiting, please feel free 

to call, write, e-mail or just stop on by. 

Take care and I hope you all have a terrific 

year ahead! Namaste. 

semaj101@yahoo.com. 

Chelsie Kane ’01. Seems our lives all 

take a few unexpected twists and turns 

post Prescott College! After leaving the 

RDP, and attempting the ADP in 2001, 

I decided school wasn’t for me, and 

continued on in the Registrar’s Office, 

for lack of anything better to do — I 

love you guys! In August 2003, after 

having worked in the Registrar’s Office 

for six and one-half years, I left to be a 

nanny for friends who were expecting 

twins and already had three children 

ages 8, 5, and 2! The school bug bit 

once more, much sooner than expected, 

and I went back at Yavapai to start 

working on a whole new degree. A 

complete 180! I went from environmental 

education to premed! I’ve 

decided to be a practitioner of network 

spinal analysis and have some premed 


courses to take before I can enter into 

their brand master’s program. I’ve just 

found out that I’ve been accepted into 

the University of Colorado at Boulder to 

finish my undergrad requirements. So, 

this June after eight years in Prescott I’ll 

be saying fare well and heading for the 

mountains of Colorado. Wish me luck. 

Blessings to you. cekane@earthlink.net 

— drop me a line! 

Jay Krienitz ’01, *04. I just returned 

from a three-month trip to Southeast 

Asia after completing my PC-MAP 

degree in environmental studies—public 

land conservation. I explored 

Thailand and Cambodia, delving into 

meditation, travel, and cultural experiences 

to boggle an American paradigm. 

I’m back working for our Arizona 

Wilderness lands with the AWC (check 

out www.azwild.org) and am spending 

my last summer here in Prescott. I am 

also finishing my two-year service as 

the Prescott College Student Trustee 

and I hope to help out with our 

Alumni Association in the near future. 

In September, Jennifer Nishwitz and I 

will be moving up to Minnesota’s 

Alumnus being seen, 

heard, and read 

Drew Dellinger ’94, *97, and adviser in the Master of Arts 

Program, was featured in the spring 2004 edition of Yes! A 

Journal of Positive Futures. The article, “Does Anyone Else 

Feel this Strange Music?” highlights Drew’s work with “cultural 

historian” and new cosmologist, Thomas Berry, and 

includes poetry excerpts from Dellinger’s Love Letter to the 

Milky Way: A Book of Poems. The article also mentions 


A recently published book, Children of the Movement, features 

Dellinger’s work as a poet and activist. Author John 

Blake profiles Dellinger in a section titled “The New 

Radicals: From Selma to Seattle.” The chapter also mentions 

Prescott College. Children of the Movement was published in 

June 2004 by Lawrence Hill Books. 

Dellinger performed spoken word poetry for the opening of 

the 16th International Transpersonal Conference, held in 

June in Palm Springs, Calif. This year’s conference honored 

the 100th birthday of mythologist Joseph Campbell. 

Drew’s performance poetry is featured in a new documentary 

film, “Voices of Dissent: Activism and American 

Democracy.” The film also features Al Franken, Martin 

Sheen, Paul Krugman, Jim Hightower, and many others. The 

film is available online at www.voicesofdissent.us. 

Drew can be reached at drew@soulforce.com. 

North Shore. We will be immersing 

ourselves back into North Country with 

a trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe 

Area. Want to come? Does anyone 

have any job opportunities in the area 

for an experienced and impassioned 

wilderness advocate? I may be presenting 

at our Eco-League affiliate, 

Northland College, about wilderness 

for the 40th anniversary of the 

Wilderness Act in September. Never 

hesitate to reconnect; I’d love to meet 

some Midwestern PC folks. Peace, love 

and all that. 

Kara Plumb ’01. Hi everyone! Here I 

am in Portland, Ore., living it up! I’m 

working at the world’s largest independent 

bookstore, and creating community 

with an amazing nonprofit 

group of folks. Come visit! Lots of 

room! goody@goodynell.net. The summer 

is amazing here. I’m involved with 

City Repair (www.cityrepair.org.) Write 

or call me. 503.235.8946 ex. 2. E-mail: 

vbc@ cityrepair.org. 

Sara Sherman ’01. I am most happy 

living out my dream here in Montana. 

My biggest piece of news is Oliver 

Matthew Schwab. Matt Schwab and I 

welcomed him into our lives on July 19, 

2004 (two weeks late!). He is an amazing 

human being and being a mother is 

quite wonderful. I am running a therapeutic 

equine center. We program doing 

equine experiential learning, equine 

facilitated psychotherapy, therapeutic 

riding/vaulting/driving, and much more. 

We have been supported by the 

Montana state tax credit program and 

our brand new indoor, four-season arena 

is being built as we speak. Life is good. 

We miss Arizona, but are really enjoying 

the color green and water. Hope all are 

doing well, drop me a line at sara@horsesofhope.org. 

And if you’re ever in 

Montana . . . 

Courtney Oertel ’02. I am in the 

third semester of my master’s program 

here in Denmark and am now living in 

Aarhus, the cultural center of 

Denmark. It has been a great summer 

filled with festivals, swims in the freezing 

ocean waters, and then a much 

warmer week in the Caribbean, but 

now it’s time to get moving again and 

on Sept. 16 I leave for Bhubaneshwar, 

India, for a three month internship. I 

will be working with Agragamee 

(www.agragammee.org), an NGO dedi-

cated to the social and environmental 

welfare of indigenous and rural groups 

in the state of Orissa. The project I will 

be working with is a nine-year battle 

against Alcan, a Canadian Trans 

National Corp., which to date has created 

1.4 million environmental 

refugees in Orissa due to their mining 

interests. Currently, the project is 

focused on one indigenous group 

whose sacred lands and lifestyle are 

intact but are at grave risk as the battle 

continues. My main duties at 

Agragamee will be to design a fund-raising 

strategy and begin executing it. Also 

as I will be developing my thesis on 

Corporate Social Responsibility while I 

am there and plan to photograph the 

sacred forests and the people of the 

tribe. I hope to use this imagery when I 

return toward a social art exhibition that 

will accompany my thesis. These are 

scary times and I am very nervous, yet 

still so very excited to see what experiences 

this holds for me. I will be keeping 

in touch as the project progresses 

and hope to be visiting Prescott next fall 

to share it with the community. If anyone 

is interested in learning more about 

this project or are interested in joining 

Agragamee for an internship or an inde- 

Gabrielle Liese, who 

received her master’s 

degree from Prescott 

College in 1995, is one of five 

Arizonians to receive a 

Governor’s Arts Award for 

2004. Liese was recognized as 

an individual supporter who 

has made a significant contribution 

to support the arts in 

Arizona. 

Liese has devoted the last 50 

years to helping establish and 

support many cultural programs 

in Arizona, and in particular, 

Prescott. She was a founding 

member and long-time supporter 

of many arts organizations, 

such as the Yavapai 

Symphony Association, Prescott 

Fine Arts Association, Prescott 

Art Docents and Arizonans for 

Cultural Development. 

She is best known for the 

Sarah Fitzgerald ’02, Casey King ’03, and Mike Spayd ’02, ran into 

one another at a chalet in Glacier National Park. The sign in the 

background reads: “Every dollar you spend at Granite Park helps 

keep alive the dream of directionless college graduates.” Casey: 

caseyk78@hotmail.com. 

pendent study please check out the 

Website above or contact me at fireflies_@hotmail.com. 

Geoffrey Gadow *03. Geoff has 

accepted a therapist position with 

Homme Youth and Family Programs 

in northern Wisconsin, a residential 

Bead Museum. Through her 

work as an interior designer 

and her vast travels, Liese 

became fascinated with beads. 

Her first purchase of beads in 

1969 became a lifetime pursuit. 

In 1986 she opened the Bead 

Museum on Whiskey Row in 

downtown Prescott to share the 

culture and history of beads 

with people. 

Since 1999, the museum has 

been located in Glendale as a 

center of redevelopment that 

attracts craftspeople, art historians, 

anthropologists, school 

children, collectors, and the 

curious. The new research 

library is an important resource 

for scholars to advance the 

study of beads and beads’ cultural 

and artistic history. 

Because of her contribution, 

generations to come will expe- 

treatment facility for adolescent sex 

offenders. He is incorporating adventure 

therapy into the existing treatment 

program, and anticipates significant 

progress. Geoff and his family 

now live in Wausau, Wisc. geoffgadow@earthlink.net. 

Liese receives Governor’s Arts Award 

rience the story of beads—a 

universal language of human 

connection. 

The Governor’s Arts Awards 

recognize the contributions of 

a corporation, individual supporter 

of the arts, artist, community 

project, and arts education 

project. The awards are 

sponsored by the Governor’s 

Office, corporate sponsors, 

Arizonans for Cultural 

Development (ACD), the 

nonprofit statewide arts advocacy 

organization, and Arizona 

Commission on the Arts. 

Each year, five Arizona individuals 

and organizations are recognized 

with the Governor’s Arts 

Award. For more information on 

the Governor’s Awards, including 

how to submit nominations, 

visit www.arizonaarts.org/advocacy/govartsawards.htm. 


Note: 


designated: ’90. 


designated: *90. 

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Alumna, professor, student receive 

grants for rangelands research 

Prescott College alumna 

and Northern Arizona 

University (NAU) graduate 

Tischa Muñoz-Erickson 

’99 headed up a team that 

recently received national 

recognition and a $10,000 grant 

from the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) for its 

P3 program, a student design 

competition for sustainability. 

Muñoz-Erickson and 

Mathew Loeser, an NAU student, 

in partnership with the 

Diablo Trust and Prescott 

College Professor Bernardo 

Aguilar-González, designed a 

monitoring tool to help achieve 

sustainable management of 

rangelands in northern Arizona. 

The program—named P3 for 

People, Prosperity, and the 

Planet—is a collaboration 

between the EPA and 35 partners 

from industry, government 

agencies, and nongovernmental 

organizations. It emphasizes 

the interrelationship of economic 

prosperity, the protection 

of productive ecosystems, 

and efforts to provide people 

with a higher quality of life. 

The P3 competition provides 

grants to teams of college students 

to design and implement 

sustainable solutions to environmental 

challenges. 

The monitoring tool measures 

important ecological and 

social aspects of rangeland 

management such as soil quality, 

grassland and forest health, 

wildlife viability, economic stability, 

community strength, and 

public awareness. 

This information is designed 

to be used by managers and 

local stakeholders to assess 

whether rangelands are being 

managed in a sustainable fashion 

and to help guide future 

management decisions. 


The research team will work 

with the Diablo Trust, a collaborative 

land management group 

in Flagstaff, to implement the 

monitoring tool across the 

Trust’s 400,000 acres. The 

Diablo Trust has worked with 

NAU and Prescott College to 

design the monitoring tool. 

Commitment of financial support 

from a private foundation 

will allow the Trust to implement 

it. 

“The help and support from 

the Diablo Trust to this project 

is invaluable; this group exemplifies 

the benefits of collaboration 

between researchers, landowners, 

and the public,” said team 

leader Muñoz-Erickson. 

“The Diablo Trust continues 

to support this innovative and 

extremely important effort with 

our time, energy, and ideas,” 

said Norm Wallen of the 

Diablo Trust. 

The project also received 

attention from other national 

organizations. The Communitybased 

Collaborative Research 

Consortium in Virginia is supporting 

this effort with two 

grants for a total of $30,000 to 

fund testing of this monitoring 

tool with the Diablo Trust, and 

to collaborate with other groups 

in comparing experiences using 

sustainability monitoring tools 

and explore their applicability to 

other areas in the West. 

Other members of the 

research team include Prescott 

College student Jeff Bayha, 

and Tom Sisk, whose NAU lab 

has been researching grasslands 

and grazing since 1996. 

For additional information 

contact Aguilar-González at 

(928) 533-3168, e-mail: 

baguilar@prescott.edu, Muñoz- 

Erickson at (928) 523-2237, email: 

Tischa.Munoz-Erickson@ 

nau. edu), or Norm Lowe, president 

of the Diablo Trust at (928) 

527-0661; e-mail: loweflag@ 

msn. com).

Former Prescott College President 

Ralph G. Bohrson passes away 

Ralph G. Bohrson passed 

away peacefully on Tuesday, 

May 11. Bohrson was president 

of Prescott College between 

1983 and 1988 at which time 

the College “regained” its 

accreditation from the NCA 

Higher Learning Commission. 

“Ralph exuded the sort of 

credibility that we thought we 

needed,” said Alan Weisman, 

who was on the search committee 

that brought Bohrson to 

Prescott College. “Fortunately, 

he also brought a great deal 

more. He had the political 

savvy to know exactly the image 

we needed to present to get 

accredited.” 

Weisman recalled the week 

that the NCA team visited “as 

being a breeze” with Bohrson 

heading the reaccreditation 

effort. 

“Prescott College had a credibility 

issue in the community 

and Ralph was so classy and 

gracious that much of the success 

and respect the college 

enjoys today is due to Ralph,” 

Ann Brown Linsky 

Ann Brown Linsky, a faithful 

and effective supporter of 

Prescott College, passed away 

Oct. 11, 2004, in Tucson, following 

a long illness. Linsky 

actively served in various 

capacities for Prescott 

College, including President 

said Richard Ach ’73. “Ralph 

was a huge contributor to 

Prescott College. He was an 

excellent leader and a real 

mentor. He had lots of character 

and personal charm and was 

a real good guy that you would 

want on your team no matter 

what you were doing. His death 

is a sad, terrible loss.” 

Anne-Lawrie Aisa said 

Bohrson was very intellectual 

and cultured. 

“He and his wife Marion had 

a way of cultivating quality and 

class in their lives that we 

admired very much,” Aisa said. 

of the Board of Trustees. 

She made great contributions 

to the development of 

the College after the bankruptcy 

in 1974. Linsky supported 

the College not only 

financially, but also with her 

energy, optimism, and hard 

Richard L. ‘Dick’ Adams 

Richard L. “Dick” Adams, who retired as physical plant manager 

from Prescott College in 1997, died Oct. 5, 2004. 

Adams, born in Wyoming on July 6, 1930, lived in Prescott since 

1989. He is survived by his wife, Billie; son, Kirk and his wife, 

Sherry; and daughter, Jackie Hamilton in Casper, Wyo.; three sisters, 

Jean Shepherd of Saratogo, Wyo., Ruth Weimer and her husband 

Bob, of Golden, Colo., and Janalee Grooman of Glendale; 

three grandsons; four granddaughters; and 10 great-grandchildren. 

Bohrson, educated in 

Colorado and New York, dedicated 

most of his professional 

life to education. Prior to coming 

to Prescott College, he was 

an educational program officer 

at the Ford Foundation. 

Bohrson was active in many 

community organizations during 

and after his years as president. 

He served as president of 

the Prescott Chamber of 

Commerce and later as chairman 

of Yavapai Regional 

Medical Center. 

Bohrson was preceded in 

death by Marian, his wife of 48 

years. He is survived by Kate 

Bohrson, Chris Bohrson, and 

Wendy Bohrson; their respective 

spouses, Robert Stockwell, 

Kathy K. Bohrson, and Jeff Lee; 

and four grandchildren. 

Bohrson remained a friend 

and supporter of the College 

and was pleased to see the 

progress of recent years. In lieu 

of flowers, his family requested 

that donations be made to 


work. She was instrumental in 

the reaccreditation effort and 

in establishing the Adult 

Degree Program in Tucson. 

Linsky was born in 1920 in 

Baton Rouge, La., and lived in 

Tucson and Prescott since 1968. 

She is survived by her sister, 

Virginia Hardin of Grayslake, 

Ill.; a stepson, Beyer Parker of 

Green Valley, Ariz.; and a stepdaughter, 

Patti Linsky of Valley 

Village, Calif. 

Linsky had a keen intellect 

and boundless knowledge in 

many areas, particularly art, 

music, nature, and current 

events. A private memorial 

service for family and close 

friends was held in Tucson. 


Memorials 

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Memorials 

by the staff and faculty 

of the Adult Degree and 

Graduate Programs 

Remembering Steve Walters: 

Steven Craig Walters, Ed.D. 

was a lot of things to a lot of 

people. He was an exceptional 

father providing his sons with 

the guidance and respect they 

needed, allowing Dan and John 

to become the unique, independent 

young men they are. 

Steve was a graduate of 

Occidental College, where he 

was an All American in the 

200-meter sprint and held a 

100-meter record for years. He 

was a high school math teacher, 

a district curriculum specialist, 

and an elementary school principal. 

He was a coach to high 

school and junior college track 

and cross-country teams and 

was proud of his runners, who 

won the California State Cross 

Country Championship. Steve 

earned a doctorate in secondary 

education and an M.S. in 

exercise science from Arizona 

State University. He was an 

active member of the education 

community in Prescott, a longstanding 

board member of the 

Yavapai chapter of Phi Delta 

Kappa, and was responsible for 

the vision and drive behind the 

PDK scholarship program for 

students entering the field of 

education. Steve was also a 

champion road 

biker, having raced 

at the state and 

national levels of 

competition. In 

1998 he was second 

at Nationals 

Time Trial and was 

the Arizona state 

road racing and hill 

climbing champion 

all around and in 

his age group many 

times. His most 

recent win was the 

September 2004 

Mt. Graham hill 

climb. 

Steve died in a 

bicycle accident 


Steven Craig Walters 

May 6, 1949 – Oct. 29, 2004 

Dean of the Adult Degree and 

Graduate Programs 

Friday morning, Oct. 29, 2004, 

while he was on his regular 

morning ride. Our sense of loss 

and grief are almost unbearable, 

yet in celebrating Steve’s life 

with his family, his friends, and 

the Prescott community, the joy 

and gratitude that we each feel 

for the gifts Steve brought us 

becomes collectively overwhelming. 

Steve recognized all 

the parts that must come together 

for a well-functioning community, 

and we, Steve’s staff and 

faculty, have come together to 

honor our beloved comrade. 

Steve was a valuable and 

beloved member of our community 

and his leadership and 

virtue will be missed by all. He 

was the guiding light in the 

Adult Degree and Graduate 

Programs and a gifted educator, 

who believed in the inherent 

good in everyone. Steve was 

hired as a faculty member in 

1990. He was a member of the 

original steering committee 

that designed and oversaw the 

Master of Arts Program. In 

1996 he took on the role of 

dean and most recently he was 

a key member of the committee 

working to develop and 

accredit Prescott College’s 

Ph.D. program. 

Steve was a skilled storyteller 

who created an environment 

that drew people to him. His 

office, with its sparse furnishings, 

yet several comfy chairs 

for visitors, was a crucial place 

where we gathered with Steve 

to talk about everything. His 

desk was stacked with borrowed 

books or loaned books 

being returned to him. Steve 

was a friend in the very best 

sense of the word. His words of 

encouragement, support, trust, 

humor, and compassion were 

what we all thrived on. The 

emptiness we feel is not only 

due to the loss of the best dean 

and supervisor any of us had 

ever worked with, and the loss 

of our beloved friend, but also 

to the displacement of the 

space he created, at just the 

time when we need it and our 

friend the most. 

“I still begin my morning 

process of preparing for work 

the same way I have for 

years—my mind jumps to 

Steve as I run through what’s 

on my plate, and I anticipate 

the input he might have for 

me. I can’t yet imagine my 

work—or my life—without 

Steve’s participation,” said 

Joan Clingan. 

Bill Walton said, “I think of 

Steve throughout the day at 

work and continue to wait for 

him to call. His friendly and 

supportive voice, and his positive 

outlook on everything were 

always uplifting. I continue to 

hear Steve’s laughter and see 

his smile and will always hold 

him in a special and dear place 

in my heart.” 

Lydia Rowe said, “As time 

goes by I am sure I will reach a 

place of acceptance. In the 

meantime, I have to change the 

habit I have of reaching for the 

telephone to call Steve, at any 

time, knowing he would be 

supportive, encouraging me to 

keep on going.” 

The hole Steve has left in our

oss, friend, mentor, colleague 

program, as our dean, is not 

nearly as deep as the hole that 

is felt in our hearts. Jeanne 

Cashin said, “More than anything, 

I would like to walk 

down to Steve’s office, find him 

sitting in his chair with his feet 

up and say, ‘Got a minute?’ and 

sit down and have a great chat, 

laugh a bit, and solve the problems 

of the world. There is still 

so much to talk and laugh 

about. I would like to ask him 

how I am to get over losing him 

as a dean and a friend. What 

would he say? We would probably 

talk and commiserate for 

an hour and then come up with 

no real solution. But in the 

talking and the musing, we 

would deepen our friendship 

and feel good about our conversation. 

And that’s what I will 

miss the most—the everyday 

knowing that he was there, in 

my corner, and someone I 

counted on in my life.” 

As a boss, a dean, and a 

leader, Steve was the best 

model any of us have had. His 

constant encouragement and 

belief in our mission was always 

his mode of operation. He 

believed in the passionate work 

of adult students and also in 

our ability as a faculty and staff 

to design and implement high 

quality programs. 

Steve often said to us, “If you 

come to me with something 

that you say will be successful 

and you can do it, I believe 

you. I’ll do whatever has to be 

done to make it happen.” He 

believed in all of us and he told 

us that every chance he had. 

Ellen Greenblum said, 

“Steve said ‘thank you’ for 

every little thing we did. I 

loved that. I could work on a 

project for 10 weeks or 10 minutes 

and his appreciation was 

genuine.” Most of us acknowledge 

having some kind of personal 

stash of e-mails or notes 

from Steve expressing his gratitude 

for work well done. 

Regardless of how often he said 

it, the meaning was heartfelt 

and enormous. 

Vicky Young recalls with 

gratitude Steve’s support for 

our work with the Navajo 

Nation and other indigenous 

nations, “Steve ensured that 

the cultural and language needs 

of individual Native American 

students were met, while providing 

an academic structure to 

produce highly qualified bilingual 

and bicultural teachers.” 

Jeanine Canty said, “Steve 

was the first person in my life 

who taught me I have unlimited 

potential. This summer we 

were both studying qualitative 

research methods and I realized 

he truly embodies appreciative 

inquiry, helping others 

reach their best through support 

and affirmation.” 

“Every time I would stop in 

to talk with Steve about some 

item that needed handling or to 

give him an update, he would 

take the opportunity to share 

with me some perspective on 

leadership. I was always grateful 

to slow down a bit and take 

the time for learning,” said 

Frank Cardamone. 

Rick Medrick added, “His 

door (or e-mail) was always open 

for discourse and dialogue. He 

responded as quickly as anyone I 

have known and always with an 

encouraging comment. Whenever 

I would send him a lengthy 

presentation on an issue or 

topic, he would invariably say: 

‘This looks interesting, let’s talk 

further.’ And so it would go. He 

was as open to new ideas as anyone 

I have been honored to 

work under.” 

Noël Caniglia said, “Both at 

work and at home with his family 

Steve taught by example: his 

calm, supportive, and respectful 

approach to people and 

issues allowed those in his life 

to find what they needed in 

themselves to succeed.” 

Alison Holmes added, 

“Steve would always say ‘Take 

whatever time you need. Rest 

up. Look after yourself.’ He 

knew that his entire faculty 

would do what needed to be 

done, and so long as that was 

accomplished, they could do it at 

home, on the road, or over the 

phone. He wanted us all to have 

whatever was necessary to do 

our jobs well.” 

Steve made us the team we 

are. He made our programs the 

successful, thriving programs 

they are. He believed so deeply 

in the people around him— 

family, friends, and colleagues. 

We know Steve is smiling on all 

the seeds he planted, seeing 

them blossom so beautifully. 

The marvelous thing about 

Steve was that he always could 

go to the heart of complex issues 

and come up with an idea, 

phrase, or question that would 

enable all the people involved to 

reach resolution quickly. 

Melanie Lefever said, “He 

was a man of few, but choice, 

words. These key words were 

often delivered in a mild, 

almost halting style that belied 

the firm exercise of judgment, 

decisiveness, and empowerment 

that was really going on!” 

Alison Holmes added, “In 

any academic institution there 

are currents and cross currents, 

and Steve would cut to the 

chase to get to the bottom line. 

He stayed very real, not allowing 

his position of power to 

take away from authenticity.” 

We will miss Steve more than 

any of us can imagine right now. 

He was one in a million. As a 

tribute to him we are committed 

to modeling his leadership style 

with high regard for his faculty, 

staff, and friends for the rest of 

our days. Steve, you’re the best. 


Memorials 

Prescott College, in 

conjunction with Steve’s 

family, has established 

the Steve Walters 

Scholarship Fund, which 

will benefit students in 

the Adult Degree and 

Graduate Programs. The 

family requests that 

donations be made to 

this fund in lieu of flowers 

or memorials. To 

contribute to the fund, 

checks should be made 

payable to Prescott 

College/Steve Walters 

Scholarship and sent to 


Development Office, 

220 Grove Ave., 

Prescott, AZ, 86301. 

For questions, contact 

contact Ralph Phillips at 

(928) 350-4501. 

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