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MAGAZINE OF SCHREINER UNIVERSITY 

SUMMER 2012

fromthepresident 

Dear friends of Schreiner, 

A description of Schreiner we used to hear was “the best 

kept secret in college education.” Even when I recognized 

truth in the phrase, it bothered me, conjuring up lines 

from Thomas Gray’s famous “Elegy”: Full many a flower is 

born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. 

Those lines evoke a powerful melancholy over the 

waste of human talent and genius, but they are poison 

for a university that has much to offer the world. Happily, 

we do not hear the expression much anymore and 

for good reason—Schreiner University is simply not a 

secret. Oh, we have a long way to go in establishing 

name recognition to the degree we seek, but we are 

not a “mute, inglorious Milton” unknown beyond our 

borders, fortunately. What has made the difference? 

We can credit no single factor, but certainly the 

decision made nine years ago by our board of trustees to 

embark on aggressive media promotion and to ask the 

administration to make integrated marketing a continuing 

part of operations has contributed greatly. When we 

learned in this spring’s annual survey of media impact 

that recognition of the Schreiner name in our marketing 

area had moved to 81 percent, we had tangible evidence 

of that impact. In addition, the success of our creative 

media as measured by Emmy and CASE awards for 

excellence makes the same point. Ditto the consistent 

awards received by Schreiner publications, particularly 

by SCENE magazine itself. But, of course, our primary 

marketing area is limited to the Hill Country and greater 

San Antonio, so other influences must be sought. 

We can start with our students. Consistently, 30 

percent and more of our graduates proceed to graduate 

or professional school, where they are establishing a 

compelling record. Whether they are studying medicine, 

law or the hospitality industry, their success enhances 

Schreiner’s reputation. And their accomplishments 

here as undergraduates have the same effect. Roy 

Espinosa’s excellence in research award at this year’s 

Southwest Regional American Chemical Society 

conference and Caitlyn Weinheimer’s national success 

in trap shooting (very nearly claiming a place on the 

2 Summer 2012 SCENE 

“ No, Schreiner University is no longer 

a best-kept secret, and that change 

is reflective of broad and continuous 

dedication to quality.” 

Olympic team) illustrate the varied ways in which 

student achievement strengthens our name. You can 

appreciate that point when you read in this issue about 

the accomplishments of those students who provided 

leadership for the national Better Together program. 

Similarly, Schreiner faculty enhance the university’s 

reputation. Recent Piper Professors Dr. Fred Stevens and 

Dr. Kathleen Hudson are examples. Competitive national 

grants secured by Dr. Adam Feltz in philosophy and our 

chemistry faculty for laboratories offer other evidence. 

Via Texas Public Radio, the work of faculty and students 

in our history department, led by Dr. John Huddleston, 

is regularly heard through vignettes tracking the course 

of the Civil War 150 years ago. When our BSN program, 

developed by Dr. Lena Rippstein, was approved two years 

ago and praised by the state board for its quality and 

when faculty from other Texas colleges came in May to 

our campus to participate in a workshop based on our 

freshman seminar’s “Reacting to the Past” curriculum, the 

strength and creativity of Schreiner academics registered. 

Unquestionably, our expanding and attractive physical 

facilities are part of this good story as well. And 

administrative leadership plays its part, as when provost 

Dr. Charlie McCormick recently led in developing a new 

five-college consortium for online language study. 

Increasingly, key senior administrators are called upon to 

share their expertise in national settings, from SACS visits 

to seminar leadership and officer roles with professional 

organizations. Their writings for publications also spread 

the Schreiner name. 

A college’s commitment to quality finds many 

expressions, collectively establishing a stronger reputation. 

Those summarized above illustrate that the change is 

neither an accident nor the sudden product of one or 

two accomplishments. No, Schreiner University is no 

longer a best-kept secret, and that change is reflective 

of broad and continuous dedication to quality. 

Tim Summerlin 

President

SUMMER 2012 

f e a T u r e S 

9 Faculty Awards Announced 

five Professors honored 

10 Better Together 

Taking up the Challenge 

14 Hot Reads 

relax with One of These Books 

24 RECALL 2012 

Pictures of the fun and Games 

www.schreiner.edu 

In ThIS ISSue 

4 oncampus 

8 facultynews 

18 mountaineersports 

22 formerstudents 

28 classnotes 

32 roundup 

onthecover 

contents 

Illustration by Stephanie Lopez Keller. 

www.schreiner.edu Summer 2012 3

Schreiner Mansion 

The Hill Country Preservation Society donated Schreiner 

Mansion to Schreiner University in 2009. The structure, 

built in 1879 and restored in the 1970’s, was the original home 

of Captain Charles Schreiner, the university’s founder. now 

known as the Schreiner Mansion historic Site and education 

Center, the building hosted a number of cultural events in 

2012, including its own grand re-opening in May, courtesy of a 

collaboration between Schreiner and Leadership Kerr County. 

The building was the hill Country Museum for several years, 

and is still open to the public several days a week. 


Members of the 2011-2012 Leadership Kerr County 

class and steering committee at the mansion 

ribbon cutting. 

Please help Su honor Those Lost in War 

Do you know of a Schreiner former student who lost his life in World War II, the Korean 

War, the Vietnam War or the more recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq? If so, please 

call Mark Tuschak, vice president for advancement and public affairs, at 830-792-7215 or e-mail 

him at mctuschak@schreiner.edu. 

In the next few months, Schreiner will erect a new memorial wall in a park-like setting in front 

of the Floyd & Kathleen Cailloux Campus Activity Center. With a design guided by James 

Avery, the stately limestone wall will be part of the newly developed area where the old 

swimming pool used to be. “The Commons” includes spaces for relaxation, reflection and quiet 

conversation—amidst shade canopies, xeric plantings, benches and winding paths. 

It is Schreiner’s intent to honor the memories of each student lost in one of these wars. The old 

plaques on the exterior wall of the dining room will be removed. The names of 108 men have 

been collected so far, including nine lost in Vietnam. Please do not assume we know of your 

friends, neighbors or classmates. Please write or call us with as much detail as you can supply.

Best CaSe Scenario 

Hoon Hall, home to the Office of 

Advancement and Public Affairs, 

was full of hootin’ and hollerin’ after 

the announcement of this year’s 

CASE awards. Two graphic designers 

in University Relations took gold at 

the Council for the Advancement and 

Support of Education conference in 

Fort Worth: Jake Roa for his poster 

“Exploring the Texas Hill Country” and 

Stephanie Keller for SCENE magazine 

in the 4-color throughout category. It 

was the third CASE award for SCENE 

in the past four years including two 

gold awards, one a Grand Gold for 

the fall 2008 issue. This was Roa’s 

first CASE awards submission. 

And to really top it off, Schreiner’s 

television ads “Forerunners,” “Longing” 

and “Brave Souls,” developed for 

Schreiner’s Marketing Office by 

advertising agency Briscoe Hall 

with Electro-Fish Media, swept their 

category, winning gold, silver and 

bronze. See the TV ad series at www. 

schreiner.edu/about/marketing.html. 

“I have the opportunity to view many 

college publications, and I stack up the 

work of our University Relations staff 

with those of any I see,” said Dr. Tim 

Summerlin, president of Schreiner. 

“Of course, I may be biased—but when 

I see the accolades from CASE, I suspect 

that I am just recognizing the quality 

work done consistently by our staff.” 

FAll 2010 


Integrity Ambassadors 

in Business Program 


Highlighting One of 

Schreiner’s Signature Programs 

SpRING 2011 


Life Sciences 

Hands-On Learning 

FAll 2011 

oncampus 


ThMf Celebrates Silver Jubilee 

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Texas Heritage Music 

Foundation, founded and directed by Dr. Kathleen Hudson, Schreiner 

English professor, and located on the Schreiner University campus since 

2004. Over the years, the foundation has sponsored after-school, hospice 

and at-risk youth programs and established the Wayne Kennemer scholarship 

fund for music students. The foundation was also executive producer of a 

10-part radio documentary series, “Whole Lotta Shakin’,” that received the 

2007 George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Electronic Media. 

For 25 years, THMF has introduced the best in Texas music through 

the free monthly Texas Music Coffeehouse series at the University, the 

annual Texas Heritage Music Day (formerly Texas Heritage Living History 

Day), which the foundation co-sponsors with Schreiner’s Center for 

Innovative Learning. 

This year’s Music Day will, in fact, be two days, Friday and Saturday, 

September 28 and 29. The Friday event, “Another Way of Learning Using 

Stories and Songs,” will be free and open to the public and feature more than 

50 performers and presenters located throughout the grounds surrounding 

the Robbins Lewis Pavilion on the Schreiner campus. Among the exhibits 

and presenters will be Aztec dancers, chuck wagons, Native American 

exhibits and stories, Texas Rangers museum, Texas Folklore Society and 

Texas singers and songwriters, and, as always, a tribute to Jimmy Rodgers. 

Saturday will be devoted to a songwriting workshop with Terri Hendrix 

and Lloyd Maines—father of Dixie Chicks lead vocalist Natalie Maines. 

Space is limited for this workshop and reservations are required. There 

will be a $95 fee that includes lunch, a book by Hendrix and a special 

evening performance. Call 830-792-1945 for information and reservations. 

elmore Whitehurst award 

Braden Barnett ’12, of Ft. Worth, received the Elmore Whitehurst 

Award for Excellence in Learning. Dr. Charlie McCormick presented 

the award to Barnett, who graduated cum laude with a major in biology, 

at the May 12 commencement ceremony. The Hatton W. Sumners 

Foundation established the annual Whitehurst Award for a student 

graduating with a bachelor’s degree who wants to continue on to 

graduate school in his or her field. It carries with it a scholarship from 

the foundation. 


Schreiner recycles! 

Earlier this year, Schreiner 

instituted a campuswide recycling 

program in partnership with 

Greenstar Recycling in San 

Antonio, with an official kickoff 

during Recall weekend in April. 

The push to get a recycling program 

was student-generated and student 

volunteers, as well as Schreiner’s 

environment management staff, 

have kept it going. 

Since the program began, the 

university has kept 11.69 tons of 

paper, almost half a ton of plastic 

and .351 tons of tin and aluminum 

out of the landfill, benefitting 

not only the environment but 

also Schreiner’s bottom line. The 

environmental numbers are equally 

impressive. according to Dale 

Myers, director of environment 

management, we have saved 

198.7385 trees 

47,931.05 kilowatt hours 

of energy 

81,833.50 gallons of water 

38.5785 cubic yards of 

landfill space 

and 701.43 pounds of 

air pollution.

Volunteer Spotlight 

Growing up 

on Campus 

By LOuISe KOhL Leahy 

Cathy Carden Henry has ties to 

Schreiner that go back nearly to 

her birth. Adopted by Robert and 

Mary Carden, she moved into Hoon 

Hall when she was 14 days old, the 

building where she is now a volunteer 

for Schreiner’s Office of Advancement 

& Public Affairs. 

“My parents came to Schreiner in 

1940 sight unseen,” Henry said. “All 

the job correspondence was done by 

mail. At that time, Kerrville had a 

reputation for being a good place for 

people with lung problems—which 

my dad had.” 

The Lone Star State was a 

considerable shock for the couple, 

as they hailed from Kentucky. 

“It must have been a dry year,” 

Henry said. “My mother told me that 

during the trip she kept asking my 

dad, ‘How can people make a living in 

this place?’ and crying. When she saw 

her first rattlesnake, she was ready to 

head right back to Kentucky.” 

However, they stayed on, to 

Schreiner’s great benefit. Robert 

Carden, taught zoology and biology 

here for 32 years, known to students 

in the early days as “Bicycle Bob.” That 

was in the war years, when people 

needed to conserve gasoline. His 

daughter has an almost encyclopedic 

knowledge of Schreiner history during 

that time. 

Henry said that her parents were 

in their late 30s when they started 

the adoption process, at a time when 

40 was the cutoff age for adopting 

parents. 

“My mother told me that Mrs. Scott 

Schreiner wrote the adoption agency 

a letter that said, ‘Give this couple a 

child.’ She always said that without 

Mrs. Schreiner, they would never have 

been able to adopt me.” 

The boys in Hoon chipped in and 

bought a $25 U.S. Savings Bond for 

the infant Carden. 

“I cashed it in when I bought my 

first car,” she said. “I thought the boys 

would approve of that.” 

Growing up on campus, Henry 

remembers faculty, staff and students 

as just neighbors. 

“Living here was a lot like living on 

a military base,” she said. “We’d wake 

up and go to bed to bugles blowing. 

Sunday afternoons in the spring, we 

all came out for the parades on the 

parade grounds. It’s so strange. Now I 

walk around campus and the buildings 

are named after our old neighbors.” 

As a teenager, she was an object of 

envy to her classmates at Tivy High 

School. Apparently, there was an 

unwritten law at that time that the 

young ladies could date either Tivy 

boys or Schreiner boys. Henry was an 

exception since she lived at Schreiner 

and attended Tivy. 

“My town friends were jealous that I 

had 300 boys for neighbors,” she said, 

laughing. 

Henry went on to marry a Schreiner 

boy, Roy Henry ’64. Her first 

classroom experience at Schreiner was 

a typing class she took when she was 

in the 7th grade. She eventually went 

on to do her freshman year of college 

and a summer session here—more than 

30 college hours altogether. Although 

she also attended The University of 

Texas and Texas Tech, “my loyalties 

are really to Schreiner,” she said. She 

graduated from Texas Tech with a B.A. 

in history and government. 

Henry spent most of her career 

working for King Ranch, starting 

as the personal secretary of John 

Armstrong, a King Ranch family 

member and company executive—and 

the nephew of Mrs. Scott Schreiner. 

During the 31 years she worked there, 

she worked in the records department 

and was in charge of the visitor 

management department. The visitor 

wrangling job came, she said, because 

“I was familiar with the whole kit 

and caboodle; I knew a little about 

everything on the ranch.” 

After retiring, it was barely a month 

before she returned to Kerrville. Her 

daughter and her family were here 

and she had kept up with friends in 

the area. 

“A few months later I made my way 

to Schreiner, stuck my nose into what 

used to be the president’s house, which 

is called Alumni House now,” Henry 

said. “It had a sign on the door that 

said ‘In Process of Moving.’ So I waited 

and checked out the Advancement 

folks in Hoon and decided I would 

like to work for them.” 

One visible and welcome result of 

her volunteer work was the idea for 

a reception during Recall for people 

who had grown up on the campus— 

the children of former Schreiner 

faculty and staff. That event is two 

years old now, and draws a large and 

lively crowd. She also searches records 

for former students and updates the 

department’s database. 

“I feel like I owe Schreiner so 

much,” Henry said. “My dad was so 

happy here and my mother could spot 

a homesick student just like that and 

ask them in where they could use our 

phone to call home in privacy. So 

many of us who grew up on campus 

say it was an idyllic experience. It was 

safe, the faculty and families were 

friends—it was like a 1950s sitcom.” 

oncampus 


faculty Spotlight 

Dr. Jeannette 

Cockroft 


Dr. Jeannette Cockroft grew up in 

central Maine, in what she called 

“the poor part of the state,” adding, 

“I couldn’t wait to get out of there. I 

couldn’t understand why everyone 

didn’t want to get away.” Cockroft, 

an associate professor of history and 

political science at Schreiner, arrived 

at her present position by way of a prelaw 

major and a passionate interest in 

Chinese history and culture. 

She spent her first three college 

years at the University of Maine in 

Orono on the pre-law track, majoring 

in political science and history and 

working as a paralegal for student 

legal aid. 

“There were at least six student 

paralegals, one lawyer and one adult 

paralegal in the office,” Cockroft 

said. “One of the biggest issues our 

students had was the Columbia 

Record Club—trying to get out of 

their commitment to buy more 

records after getting the first five free. 

I had to hold my tongue to keep from 

saying, ‘You’ve got to be kidding; buy 


the records!’ I realized I didn’t have 

the temperament to be a lawyer and I 

didn’t want to spend my life like that.” 

Somewhere in there, she took a 

Chinese history class. 

“I became fascinated with 

Chinese history,” Cockroft said. 

“It’s so different from American and 

European history. So, after three years 

and deciding not to go to law school, 

I decided I needed to study the 

Chinese language.” 

There were no classes in Chinese at 

the University of Maine, so she went 

to the University of Pennsylvania. 

After two years there, she graduated 

cum laude with a bachelor’s degree 

in Chinese language (Mandarin) 

and culture. 

“I started to work on an M.A. in 

Chinese language at the University of 

Kansas,” Cockroft said. “About one 

and a half years in, my advisor died. 

The Kansas economy was really bad 

in the early ’80s and a lot of Asian 

Studies professors were leaving for the 

University of Washington [Seattle], so 

Photo above: 

english students at 

Suzhou university, China. 

I switched to political science.” 

She went on to earn a Ph.D. 

in history from Texas A&M. Her 

dissertation research focused on 

Margaret Chase Smith, the first 

woman to serve in both houses of the 

U.S. Congress, and the development 

of Chase’s career from the 1920s to 

the 1950s. 

“Margaret Chase Smith grew up in 

my hometown in Maine,” Cockroft 

said. “She graduated from the same 

high school I did and my uncle was 

on her staff.” 

After receiving her doctorate, 

Cockroft went to China for a year 

and taught English as a Second 

Language at Suzhou University in 

Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China, 

about an hour west of Shanghai. 

She started teaching at Schreiner 

in 2002. 

“I really like teaching and helping 

students develop,” she said. “The 

students here are amazing: warm, 

generous, sweet. They make teaching 

the coolest job. Ever.”

faculty awards 

Dr. Charlie McCormick, Schreiner University provost and vice president for 

academic affairs, announced the University’s annual faculty awards at a 

recognition banquet on April 28. Five Schreiner professors were honored. 

Dr. Danette Vines, associate professor of 

chemistry, received the Margaret hosler award 

for excellence in teaching. Students nominate 

their professors for this award on the basis of a 

professor’s teaching ability and whether he or she 

creates a lasting impression on students. Dr. Vines 

has also received the 2011 elmore Whitehurst 

award for Creative Teaching. “honestly, receiving the Margaret hosler 

award is the best thing that has happened to me both as a scientist 

and professor,” Vines said. “I love my students and I challenge them 

to think big. and now receiving this award has made me realize that 

they appreciate my efforts and that in their own way, they love me, too. 

Despite the grueling tests, despite the lab experiments gone awry and 

despite the long hours of study, the students care and see the impact in 

scholarship. I can’t thank them enough. I am humbled and honored to 

be chosen for this prestigious award.” 

James Harris, visiting assistant professor of 

visual arts, was the recipient of the 2012 elmore 

Whitehurst award for Creative Teaching. Dr. 

McCormick and a group of public school teachers 

choose the recipient for the Whitehurst Teaching 

award, which The hatton W. Sumners foundation 

funds. The award comes with a $2,000 stipend to 

be used for a university teaching project. “Of all the faculty awards, the 

Whitehurst award for Creative Teaching is the one I am most honored 

to win,” harris said. 

The award for excellence in research, Scholarship 

and Creative activity went to Dr. Chris Distel, 

assistant professor of biology. “This award was a 

surprise as there is a sizable, and growing, pool 

of excellent scholars within Schreiner’s faculty,” 

Distel said. “I am humbled and honored to be 

recognized from among them. It’s great to see an 

increase in research-based learning for our students.” 

Dr. Mary 

Grace 

Antony, 

assistant 

professor 

of communication 

studies, is the 2012 advisor of 

the year, chosen by Dr. McCormick 

and the Schreiner deans. 

“I am very grateful for this 

award,” anthony said. “I would 

like to thank the faculty affairs 

Committee, my dean and especially 

my students and advisees 

for this wonderful honor. It is a 

privilege to work with them.” 

Amanda 

Thomson, 

adjunct 

instructor 

of mathematics, 

received 

the Outstanding Part-Time 

faculty award. Thomson is also 

a Learning Support Services 

specialist. “I feel very honored 

to have the opportunity to work 

among such an extraordinary 

group of people,” said Thomson. 

“We have a truly remarkable 

faculty and staff who serve an 

outstanding student body. I am 

very blessed to be a part of this 

university.” 

facultynews 


10 Summer 2012 SCENE

“When forces of intolerance emerged 

in the past, young people led the forces 

of inclusion. The rev. Martin Luther 

King Jr. was 26 when he organized the 

Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Gandhi 

was even younger when he began 

working for peace in India. ... What 

if people of all faiths and traditions 

worked together to promote the 

common good for all? What if once 

again, young people led the way?” 

(from the Interfaith youth Core website at www.ifyc.org/about-movement) 

In March 2011, believing that American colleges, community colleges 

and universities have often been at the forefront of solving our 

nation’s greatest challenges, President Obama issued The President’s 

Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge to more than 6,000 

colleges and universities across the country to make the vision for 

interfaith cooperation and community service a reality. Schreiner 

University is one of the 270 schools to answer the call to participate in this 

inaugural year, and one of only six colleges and universities in Texas to 

participate in the Campus Challenge. Nationally, the Campus Challenge falls 

under the Department of Education and the White House Office of Faith- 

Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. 

Since his inauguration, President Obama has emphasized interfaith 

cooperation and community service —“interfaith service” for short—as an 

important way to build understanding among different communities and 

contribute to the common good. 

Schreiner chose to participate in the President’s Challenge in the 2011-12 

academic year to build on the interfaith and community service work already 

begun through the University’s Better Together program sponsored by the 

Interfaith Youth Core. (See page 13.) 

“It really was about being at the right place at the right time for SU to be in 

at the beginning of a national initiative about interfaith cooperation and 

community service,” said the Rev. Gini Norris-Lane, Schreiner’s campus 

minister. “Through a grant from the Presbyterian Church (USA), SU students 

Kelsey Moore ’12, senior Katie Debinski and I were able to be among 500 

participants chosen to attend the Interfaith Youth Core’s Interfaith Leadership 

Institute at Georgetown University in 2010. There, we learned to organize the 

Better Together interfaith cooperation and service program that was 

implemented in spring 2011. 

“The Better Together campaign and President’s Challenge was important to 

me for the same reasons it was important for SU and will continue to be far 

into the future,” said Moore, who coordinated this year’s efforts. “It creates 

leadership rooted in a person’s beliefs, builds community with others no matter 

how different their beliefs may be and that strong community is able to serve 

others and make a difference in the world.” 

bettertogether 


The Schreiner group’s original goal 

was to reach 2,011 services hours 

in spring 2011. In all, 2,500 service 

hours were chalked up to Better 

Together, worked by students from 

various denominational groups, 

fraternities, sororities and anyone at 

all who wanted to help others. Among 

the community service projects were 

CSI Kerr County, a work trip to 

Denver to help at a Denver Urban 

Ministries food bank and CROP 

walk. Out of the group of colleges and 

universities trained in Georgetown 

at the ILI, Schreiner was one of 92 

whose program was successful and 

Norris-Lane and students Genevieve 

Monroe, Brianna Benzinger and 

Brandon Cruz were asked to attend 

the next ILI training event to pass 

along what they learned at the 

Interfaith Leadership Institute at 

Dominican University in June 2011. 

“It was only natural after the first 

year’s success to participate in the 

President’s Challenge and Better 

Together for the 2011-2012 academic 

year and join the Better Together 

student interfaith cooperation 

campaign with larger initiatives across 

campus and in the community,” 

Norris-Lane said. “This year, we 


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focused on education and poverty. 

We were also intentional in creating 

opportunities for conversation among 

students and between students and 

the community about different faith 

perspectives. The assumption is that 

if you are Christian you are all the 

same, you all believe the same things. 

We found out that’s not true at all. 

We learned more about each other 

because our service and engagement 

were intentional. We wanted to hear 

each other’s stories and learn about 

how our service activities were part of 

larger efforts to help our community.” 

When a Schreiner student’s 

uncle lost everything in the Bastrop 

wildfire, students went to help 

almost immediately, with a group 

representing four denominations 

returning over spring break to help 

with the recovery in that area. 

“We’ve come to understand that it 

takes so much more than good 

intentions to really make an impact,” 

Norris-Lane said. “The Bastrop 

wildfire was to Bastrop County what 

Katrina was to New Orleans. If 

through our participation in the 

President’s Challenge and Better 

Together we can give students the 

skills needed to organize and address 

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larger community issues, then we will 

have succeeded in creating a new 

generation of leaders ready to work 

with diverse groups to implement 

solutions to the problems that plague 

their communities.” 

Norris-Lane and students also 

hosted interfaith worship services 

for September 11 and Thanksgiving, 

collaborated with Kerrville Area 

Interfaith Peace Dialogue Association 

and professors to host a panel of 

community leaders on the International 

Day of Peace on September 21, as 

well as an informational forum 

and discussion on Sharia Law, a 

body of law based on Islam and its 

central religious text, the Quran, 

in October. This spring, more than 

60 students were involved in World 

Vision’s 30 Hour Famine to raise 

money and awareness about hunger, 

CROP walk and the annual “This I 

Believe” series (inspired by an NPR 

series of the same name), in which 

faculty, staff and students from a 

wide variety of perspectives share 

their stories. This is in addition to 

the 65 students who mentored each 

week in local schools—work in which 

Elizabeth Loggie, associate director of 

volunteer programs, collaborated with

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Photos: 1. Teresa alejandro ’12 and Schreiner senior Liliana Guia repair steps 

as part of work trip 2012 for Wildfire recovery in Bastrop, after the devastating 

wildfires there. 2. Schreiner students and staff volunteered at a Denver urban 

Ministries food bank. Pictured, left to right, are Gordon findlay, Su director for 

retention and student success; and Su students Jana de Jesus; ariel Ocanas; 

Gloria Lopez; alfonso rodriguez; Valerie Smith; andy Lemlyn; Stephanie 

hoskins; Beth Smith; Katie Debinski; adolpho Castillo and Brianna Benzinger. 

3. andy Lemlyn and Brianna Benzinger help prepare food at a Denver urban 

Ministries food bank. 4. Managers and volunteers for wildfire recovery in 

Bastrop take a brief and well-earned rest at the volunteer village. front, left to 

right, they are the rev. Gini norris-Lane, Schreiner campus minister, with faith 

Village managers and volunteers; on the step, left to right: Su students Chris 

Burns, rachel “annie” reast, Liliana Guia, Teresa alejandro, Valerie Smith and 

Steven Conshue. 5. Su students Valerie Smith and Steve Conshue clear and level 

ground for bathrooms at the volunteer village in Bastrop. 

Schreiner Campus Ministry. Loggie, 

Campus Ministry and Partners in 

Ministry hosted a Recognition Party 

for all mentors in Kerr County. This 

partnership led to a lecture series, 

Mentoring Mondays, held at Schreiner 

to enrich mentors with a lunch-andlearn 

program. Dr. Kyle Busing, 

assistant professor of exercise science, 

facilitated two of the three lectures. 

In addition to the mentoring, 

Schreiner University coordinated with 

the St. Vincent de Paul Society, the 

San Antonio Food Bank’s Mobile 

Food Pantry and Peterson Middle 

School Leadership Group to host four 

food giveaways, handing out 

approximately 20 tons of food to 

community members in need. 

“Through mentoring and the food 

giveaways, our students, faculty and 

staff have fostered a sense of hope in 

our community, by giving a hand up,” 

said Loggie. “It has truly enriched our 

campus to embrace servant leadership.” 

The students who participated in 

the program seem to have received as 

much as they gave. 

“Participating in Better Together 

helped me continue my own spiritual 

journey while also getting to share it 

with others and hear theirs as well,” said 

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SU senior Marshall Brown, who was on 

the Better Together steering committee 

this year and who will co-lead with 

junior Derek Draper next year. 

Draper added, “As the world keeps 

growing in numbers, we need to stand 

strong together to support others and 

reach out to help. As long as there is 

someone in need, Better Together will 

be essential.” 

Next year, SU students will again 

participate in the Better Together 

interfaith campaign, with the 

university making plans to send a 

small delegation of staff and faculty to 

Howard University in Washington, 

DC in July to share their experience 

with the President’s Challenge and 

prepare for a second year. Of 

particular interest to Norris-Lane and 

to leaders in the Department of 

Education is how to combine the 

particular strengths and interests of 

our whole Schreiner community— 

faculty, staff and students—to address 

community issues in Kerrville and the 

surrounding area not only now, but 

for years to come. 

“We’ve come to understand that 

people working across faith lines will 

have a bigger impact on a community,” 

Norris-Lane said. 

In the Beginning 

An American Muslim of Indian 

heritage, Eboo Patel founded 

the Interfaith Youth Core 

armed with little more than a 

desire to serve the poor and 

a doctorate in the sociology 

of religion from Oxford 

University, which he attended 

as a Rhodes Scholar. he spent 

some time looking at already 

existing service and nonprofit 

organizations, and was 

particularly impressed with his 

experiences at Catholic Worker 

houses, which Dorothy Day 

started in the Great Depression 

to help feed, clothe and shelter 

people. 

Patel got the idea for the 

Interfaith youth Core at a 

national interfaith conference 

when he noticed how few 

young people were there. To 

help harness all that youthful 

energy for the common good, 

he founded the IfyC in 2002 

with a grant from the ford 

foundation and one person on 

staff. according to the IfyC 

website (www.ifyc.org/aboutus), 

the organization currently 

has an annual operating budget 

of $4 million “and enough 

staff to field several kickball 

teams.” They have partnered 

with the Tony Blair faith 

foundation and the Clinton 

Global Initiative, and Patel is a 

member of President Obama’s 

inaugural advisory Council 

on faith-Based neighborhood 

Partnerships. 

IfyC provides interfaith 

leadership training, including 

that for the Better Together 

movement and the President’s 

Challenge. They work all over 

the world to help communities 

and college and universities 

come together across faith 

lines and divisions to provide 

stronger support and help to 

the needy in their areas. 

bettertogether 


hot reads 

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “O Day of days when we can read!” for most 

of us, especially for people who work at schools and universities, that day is 

most likely to fall in June or July. The past year’s classes have wound down, 

next year’s haven’t started up and somewhere in there will be a slow day or two 

to kick back and have a leisurely read. The SCene staff is always looking for 

good reads, so we asked Su faculty and staff to share their favorite books and 

authors. We got an eclectic and interesting list with something for everyone. 

“I have just begun a book that Bill Muse, vice president for 

administration and finance suggested to me, ‘Passion on 

the Vine,’ the memoir of an Italian American who became a 

leading wine merchant and in the process was able to explore 

the culture of the Italy he left as a boy and his own 

family as well. As we are going to Italy this summer and 

we will spend part of that trip with Mary Ellen’s family in 

Santarcangelo di Romagna, this will be timely reading. 

My guess is that I will finish it on the flight over!” 

“I’m enjoying alice Sebold’s debut 2002 

novel ‘The Lovely Bones.’ Parts include 

coming of age in the ’70s, ghost story, 

search for justice by the girl who didn’t 

get the chance to come of age and a 

big piece of the endurance of families 

within personal catastrophe. as I’m 

reading, I find myself, with Susie’s 

ghost, hoping to protect her sister 

from the same fate.” 

— Conner Baldwin 

associate professor, library science 


— Dr. Tim Summerlin 

SU president 

“Trilogy of books by Rebecca 

Cantrell: ‘A Trace of Smoke,’ 

‘A Night of Long Knives’ and 

‘A Game of Lies’—reading 

right now. ‘Bel Canto’ by 

Ann Patchett—all-time favorite. 

‘11/22/63’ by Stephen King—not 

a typical King book at all and 

amazing. Could not put it down.” 

— Carrie Murr randall 

associate director of admission marketing 

“re-reading all of the 

Harry Potter books 

right now. Just can’t 

get enough of those! 

really looking 

forward to the new 

Tana french and Dean 

Koontz novels coming 

out this summer.” 

— amy armstrong 

director of university relations 

“I seem to be reading 

higher education books 

right now. I just 

finished ‘Top T ier’ by 

Norman Smith, a book 

about the transformation 

of Wagner College from 

a near closure to 

national prominence. 

Now I am on ‘Crisis on 

Campus: A Bold plan for 

Reforming Our Colleges 

and Universities’ by Mark 

C. Taylor. And next up 

is ‘Academically Adrift.’ 

Then I promise I am 

switching back over 

to the Hunger Games 

series!” 

— Diana Comuzzie 

dean, Trull School of Sciences 

and Mathematics

“‘Killing Lincoln’ 

by Bill O’ reilly 

and Martin 

Dugard about the 

1865 assassination. 

Great book!” 

— Serge ryno 

adjunct professor of business 

“I just finished 

‘Unbroken’ by Laura 

Hillenbrand (who also 

wrote ‘Seabiscuit’). 

Hillenbrand is a 

fantastic storyteller, 

and every page 

is suspenseful. I 

especially appreciated 

the book because my 

dad, Larry Davis, 

was a World War II 

navigator who crashlanded 

a couple of 

times but never got 

shot down.” 

— Karen Kilgore 

director of development 

“My recent reads that would be good for the summer 

include ‘Guernsey Potato Peel Pie and Literary Society’ 

by Mary Ann Shaffer. A really funny but touching post- 

WWII story that will make you glad someone still writes 

this sappy stuff! ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ 

by Rebecca Skloot. It makes 

you think and combines reporting, 

racism and greed and will leave 

you wondering why and who. ‘Devil 

Bones’ by Kathy Reichs—or any of 

her books. Her books are always 

quick, fun reads that consistently 

teach me something. Hope everyone 

has a great reading summer!” 

“‘The Boy Who Came Back From 

Heaven,’ by Kevin and alex Marlarkey” 

“For light, fun reading, you can’t beat Terry 

Pratchett’s Discworld series. Also recommend 

two series that give you a good idea of 20th 

century history in Laos and Tibet. The Laotian 

series is by Colin Cotterill and features Dr. 

Siri, 72-year-old national coroner-by-default— 

he’s the only surgeon left in Laos after the 

communist takeover. Eliot Pattison’s Inspector 

Shan series is darker. The main character is 

a former Chinese bureaucrat who has been 

sent to a labor camp in Tibet, 

where he is asked to solve a 

murder by the local Chinese official. Good 

mysteries and a lot about Tibetan Buddhism 

and Tibet under Chinese rule.” 

— Lillian Barron, MSn, rn 

assistant professor of nursing 

— Lena rippstein 

director of nursing 

“The Hunger Games trilogy! 

Could not put them down. 

Read them all in a week!” 

summerreading 

— Louise Leahy 

writer, university relations 

— Tammi K. Clanton ’98 

director of Cailloux Campus Activity Center & event manager 


Like many local residents, Dallas native Bill 

Thomas retired to the Hill Country to take it 

easy. That’s not exactly how things turned out, 

however—not by a long shot—and Schreiner can take a lot 

of the credit for that. 

“I came to the Hill Country to sit on my porch in my 

rocking chair and totally retire,” he said, “but it didn’t 

work out quite that way.” 

Thomas has been the volunteer coach of the very 

successful Schreiner Shooting Sports Society, student 

competitive trap and skeet shooters, since the group 

started in 2005. However, he and his wife Blythe started 

their relationship with Schreiner through the classroom. 

“One of our neighbors, Roseanne Keller, told us she was 

going to teach at Schreiner as an adjunct,” he said. “So we 

took her class in the history of Christianity as senior 

auditors.” 

Thomas has also audited classes with Dr. Cole Starr, 

associate professor of religion and philosophy, and 

Dr. Ron Hatchett, the since-retired director of global 

studies at Schreiner. 


Bill Thomas 

Sure as 

Shootin’! 


“It only took me about 50 years to learn the best way to 

go to college,” Thomas said, referring to Schreiner’s senior 

audit program. “This way, you can go to class when you 

want to, you don’t have to take the test or write the paper 

and you still get a world-class education.” 

Thomas’s family moved to University Park when it was a 

suburb of Dallas and lived in “the next to the last house in 

the city.” He remembers fields where North Park is now in 

which boys could shoot squirrels and rabbits with shotguns 

and .22s. 

“I know how to shoot rifles, too,” Thomas said. “The 

Army gives you instruction in that.” 

His father’s sport was golf and in high school Thomas 

was on the golf team. He said he was a “mediocre golfer” 

and wasn’t all that taken with the sport. 

And then came a day at the Texas State Fair and a spot 

in a clay target competition. 

“My first competitive score was 57 out of 100, which is 

awful,” he said. “But I had found my niche. I really enjoyed 

it and it takes a lot less time than golf.” 

While Thomas was with the Dallas Gun Club in the

mid-1990s, representatives from the United States Helice 

Association approached the club about holding a trial 

there to select competitive shooters for the U.S. national 

team. (Helice is a form of target shooting for shotguns 

similar to live pigeon shooting that uses mechanically 

thrown plastic targets.) 

“I competed with them just in the spirit of good 

sportsmanship,” Thomas said, “and I ended up in fourth 

place. The third-place guy was unable to go, so I ended up 

on the team that went to Italy in 1994 to compete for the 

world championship.” 

The U.S. team won in a shootoff with the Italians who 

had dominated the sport up until then. 

“We were the first non-Italian team to win in 10 or 15 

years,” Thomas said. “They had us on podiums for the 

medal ceremony just like in the Olympics. To this day 

I get chills up my spine when I see the American flag 

being raised.” 

Thomas went on to participate and compete in 27 

World Skeet Championships and won a class medal 

virtually every year he competed. 

It wasn’t easy to get Thomas to talk much about himself. 

His favorite topic of conversation is really the team he 

coaches and the sports shooters in whom he takes so much 

pride. He has every reason to be proud. That team has 

brought more than 40 medals, along with national and 

state titles, back to Schreiner since it started competing in 

2007. One former member, Caitlin Barney Weinheimer, 

from Ingram, Texas, came achingly close to making the 

U.S. Olympic team for the 2012 London Olympics. 

Weinheimer also won Schreiner’s first national 

championship since it became a university, in women’s 

international trap. 

“The kids are the ones doing all the work and I’m 

having all the fun,” he said. “I’m dealing with topnotch 

young go-getters, self-starters and achievers who are good 

students and fun to be around. I’m just the porter and 

chauffeur for the shooting team.” 

Photo: Left to right Mike anderson, Brooks eustace, 

Drucilla Meier, Tom Pappas, coach Thomas, neal hodges, 

Logan Brinkley, James heikkenen and anthony Gaddy. 

billthomas 


When Tom Pappas ’12 

starting thinking about 

college, Schreiner 

wasn’t on his list. In fact, his list 

didn’t include any schools that 

didn’t have a lacrosse program. 

“I spent some time at other 

schools,” Pappas, who has learning 

disabilities, said. “I didn’t start with 

Schreiner even though it was a 

perfect match for me academically. 

And even though my father 

(Harris Pappas ’62) went here.” 

Lacrosse notwithstanding, he 

was not happy with the first 

schools he attended. 

“When I took tests at the 

other schools, the teachers would 

sometimes just grab the tests out 

of my hands,” said Pappas. “I took 

so long to finish they thought I 

couldn’t understand the material, 

but all I needed was more time.” 

Pappas switched his focus to 

Schreiner and its Learning Support 


Climb every 

Mountain 


Tom Pappas ’12 

Photos: Schreiner grad Tom Pappas stands at the top of Mt. 

Kilimanjaro. “I just finished climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, 19,331 

ft., the tallest free standing mountain in the world,” he 

e-mailed. “The last few hours to the top was more difficult 

than the Ironman, I didn’t think I was going to make it back 

down alive for a little while until the sun just broke the 

horizon.” at right, Pappas finishes his first Ironman Triathlon. 

Services program, but not without 

some help. 

“To get me to come here, 

my dad and my sister basically 

kidnapped me,” Pappas said. “They 

told me we were going to some 

restaurant. I fell asleep in the 

car and woke up on campus.” 

At the end of his first semester at 

Schreiner, Pappas had a 4.0 GPA. 

“I had to develop a style of 

learning before I even started 

college,” he said. “LSS ensures 

teachers will accommodate that 

style, while helping you improve 

your efficiency at processing, so 

it becomes an advantage not a 

disadvantage. LSS is the most 

fantastic program for students 

with learning disabilities 

in the entire country.” 

The one disadvantage about 

coming to Schreiner is all 

the time he had on his hands 

now that he wasn’t playing 

and training for lacrosse. 

“I got here and I wasn’t sure what 

to do with all that time,” Pappas 

said, “so I sent e-mails to people 

about cross-country, soccer and 

fraternities. In less than I week, I 

went from having nothing to do 

to being completely involved.” 

Pappas was on the cross-country 

and soccer teams, and was a 

member of Chi Phi fraternity 

during his time at Schreiner. He 

was a member of the student 

senate and president of the Student 

Athletic Advisory Committee. 

He also competed as a member 

of the Schreiner Shooting Sports 

Society. Recently he competed 

on the nine-member skeet team 

that brought home a silver medal 

from the Association of College 

Unions International national 

championships in San Antonio. 

“We’re a small school, but 

we shoot very competitively

against larger schools,” he said. 

As you might guess, Pappas 

is a talented athlete. He is also 

modest about his accomplishments, 

which include completing his first 

Ironman competition in August 

2011—140.6 miles in 15 hours. 

“It took nine months of training,” 

Pappas said, “a lot of biking and 

running, a lot of days in the sun, 

a lot of mental preparation and 

eating. It was probably the most 

difficult mental and physical 

preparation I’ve ever done.” 

He said his tryout for Schreiner’s 

soccer team was a little less 

impressive. 

“I came out for an off-season 

tryout,” he said. “I figured I didn’t 

have the soccer skills for the first 

team; I hadn’t played since my 

sophomore year of high school. I 

heard the coach just say ‘thank you’ 

to a couple of other players and I 

was sure he would say the same to 

me. But he said, ‘Thank you for 

trying out. You’re going to have a 

jersey and a spot on the team.’ I 

must have thanked him 30 or 40 

times before he started laughing.” 

Pappas was an exercise science 

major who plans to go to culinary 

school in New York City after 

graduation. A close friend from high 

school is already there and has that 

rarest of NYC items, an affordable 

apartment he is willing to share. 

“Alex and I have a list of things 

we want to do together, like the 

Ironman,” Pappas said. “This 

summer we’re going to climb 

Mount Kilimanjaro. Then my 

sister and I are going to Peru to 

climb Machu Picchu, hiking all the 

way up. It will take a few days. 

“I know I’m lucky to be able to 

have these kinds of experiences,” 

he added. 

And that young man from whom 

teachers grabbed tests graduated 

from Schreiner in May, having been 

on the Dean’s or President’s list 

every semester since he got here. 

new Coaches 

Jimmy Smith 

Men’s Basketball: Su men’s 

basketball head coach Drew 

Miller resigned his position 

in april, after the program’s 

most successful year in the 

nCaa era. although the blow 

seemingly hurts the Mountaineer 

program, Schreiner was able 

to hire a very accomplished 

and widely regarded new head 

coach in Smith. he served as 

the assistant coach at (a fellow 

american Southwest Conference 

member) Mary hardin-Baylor 

for three years and helped the team to its most successful run in 

school history. While at uMhB, the Cru were annual stalwarts in the 

national rankings, won two aSC Championships and dominated the 

aSC West Division. he was also a highly successful player at uMhB, 

helping the team to great success during his four-year career. 

Jessica Peterka 

Softball: Peterka was a recordsetting 

four-year starter for 

Presbyterian College in South 

Carolina. She holds school career 

records for home runs and rBIs, 

and is on most of the school’s 

other offensive records lists. her 

teams compiled a record of 135- 

85 during her career, including 

a 48-13 record her first year. She 

was the assistant coach (pitchers 

and catchers) at nCaa Division 

II Tusculum College (Tennessee) 

for two seasons and was hired to 

coach Lambuth university in Memphis for one year. While there, she 

became an administrator and coordinated the school’s compliance 

department as it transitioned from naIa to nCaa Division II. her 

most recent assistant coach position was at West Virginia Wesleyan 

(nCaa-II), where she helped the team earn a record of 48-8 overall 

and was ranked as high as no. 15 nationally. 

for schedules and more athletic news, visit 

http://athletics.schreiner.edu. 

mountaineersports 


Baseball 

Schreiner baseball had a tough first 

year under new head coach Ryan 

Brisbin. The Mountaineers showed 

definite improvement in pitching, led 

by junior Matt Valley, but struggled 

offensively all year. The defense was 

very strong early, struggled mightily 

in the middle of the season and then 

rebounded at the end of the year. The 

team finished 4-17 in american Southwest Conference play. next year 

the transformation in the program will begin as Brisbin welcomes his first 

full recruiting class. he already has 25 commitments for next year so the 

team will be very young, but there should be strong competition throughout 

the roster. On the academic front, Schreiner baseball was the most improved 

program in the department and claimed the Outstanding Team GPa award 

for the 2011-12 year. In the spring semester, the team had a remarkable 

overall GPa of 3.08 to lead all men’s squads and 20 of the 29 players earned 

a 3.00 GPa or better in the semester—all records for the program. 

Softball 

SU softball had a challenging season. head coach 

Don Green resigned with six weeks remaining in 

the season and assistant coach Joe anders took 

over. The Mountaineers finished the year 9-15 in 

the conference but were a much more inspired 

and competitive team towards the end of the year. 

Junior Callie Caesar led the team in hitting with 

a .360 average and freshman Jana Masters had a 

team low era of 3.20. Schreiner softball also won 

the Outstanding Team GPa award for 2011-12 and 

had a semester GPa of 3.32. Su hired Jessica Peterka in May to become 

the new head coach and anders will continue to be a strong assistant 

coach. Peterka’s challenge will be to replenish a short roster for the 

2012-13 season and with not a lot of time to do so. She does have a core 

group of talented returning players to build around. 

Men’s Tennis 

The squad was made up of first-year players at every 

spot except one this year, which was not a winning 

combination. But that youth should mean a very 

different result in 2013, as coach Wade Morgan adds his 

first recruiting class to this program. eight new players 

are committed to coming this fall and new faces should 

be a very common theme in matches. freshman austin 

Carrola was the team’s best player throughout the 

year but he’ll face strong challenges from many of the 

incoming recruits. freshman Stephen rogers will be back in the fold 

next fall and will help the team’s depth. This program should return 

quickly to its more successful years like those it enjoyed in the 

mid-00s now that the recruiting pipeline has been re-established. 


Standing left to right, reagan reed, 

Dan Kuntzelman, nolan Besetzny, Cory 

reneau, ethan Catalani, Brad Thomas, 

Colton Mendenhall, Chris Whitehead, 

adley Canales and Chris Migl. Middle 

row, left to right, Mike Kelton, Pete 

Trevino, eric Bukowski, Tyler heimann, 

Chris Grantham, Barrett houser, 

Justin Martinez, Matt Valley and Kelly 

rundzieher. Seated, Jesse Paredes, William 

Tennant, Curt Jaeger, roger Chavez, Caleb 

Veteto, Jameon Grasshof, Kyle reinen, 

ryan Pisseri and David hinebaugh. 

front row, left to right, Kristy Gonzalez, 

Brandy Gonzalez, Charis Sultemeier, 

Victoria flores, ashly Bouthot, Jordan 

Moody and Kayla avirett. Back row, left to 

right, Vanessa Vazquez, Kelsey ambrose, 

Jill McGinnis, Callie Caesar, allyson Morris, 

Shelby Kimmons and Jana Masters. 

Left to right, Coach Wade Morgan, Michael 

Wallace, austin Carrola, hunter Johnson, 

Matt Salazar and Stephen rogers; not 

pictured: nathan West, Travis Plughaupt 

and Cameron Timber.

Women’s Golf 

The team finished the season where they were 

expected to, third in the American Southwest 

Conference, and the program looks to be poised 

on the edge of an exciting new era. Senior Sarah 

Stillwell and junior Gabby rosales led the team in 

2011-12 and both earned all-aSC honors again this 

year. Stillwell became the first Mountaineer golfer 

to be a four-time all-aSC award winner. The excitement, though, is for the 

future of the program. This fall, rosales and two strong freshmen from this 

past year—Melanie Dean and Maddie Scheidler—will be joined by what is easily 

the program’s biggest and strongest freshman recruiting class to date. The five 

(possibly six) incoming freshmen should at least do for the women’s program 

what that same sized group did for the Su men’s team in 2011-12. although 

the program will be extremely young (likely eight of the top nine players will 

be either freshmen or sophomores), a quick transition to college play by the 

newbies could vault Su into the top-20 or higher in 2013. 

Men’s Golf 

The SU men got off to a very strong start in the fall 

season, but didn’t fare as well in the spring. The team 

finished fourth at the 2012 aSC Championships, which 

is where the team was slotted going into the event, 

but expectations after the strong fall season seemed 

to weigh the team down. In the fall, the team rose to a 

ranking as high as no. 16 in the nation. Cheyne Kendall 

and Jimmy Keener, both freshmen, were tournament 

medalists in the fall. Despite the drop-off in the spring, 

the Mountaineers were successful in adding the no. 4-ranked freshmen 

recruiting class in the nation in 2012 and all five rookies have already made 

an impact. Two strong recruits join the returning players this fall and both 

should compete for a starting spot right away. This team could be one of the 

deepest and most competitive in the conference next year but will still have 

only three upperclassmen on the roster. If the new and older players compete 

as successfully in tournament play as they do in qualifying, this should be a 

top-20 program by spring of next year. Junior andy Bell became a first-time 

academic all-american in 2012. 

Women’s Tennis 

The Schreiner women’s tennis team struggled again this year, 

but a new era has started, with new head coach Wade Morgan 

taking a much more active approach with the women’s team. 

although the record was similar to the past few years, team 

competitiveness was quite a bit better. his first recruiting class will 

arrive this fall and features an unheard-of seven new players. To say 

that the program will be very different in 2013 is an understatement 

as there will be strong competition for starting spots from now on, 

which should mean significant change in the competitiveness of 

the program. Sophomore Teresa Gaitan was the no. 1 player in singles and she 

teamed with freshman haley richards at no. 1 doubles. The no. 2 doubles team 

of juniors Kelley Spahn and Lindsay fox were the program’s strongest. 

front row, left to right, Gabby 

rosales, Simone Date and Katlynd 

Imbody. Back row, left to right, 

Melanie Dean, Maddie Scheidler 

and Sarah Stillwell. 

front row, left to right, andy Bell, 

Ian Davis, Marcus Vargas, Zach 

reichenau and Kelby ruiz. 

Back row, left to right, Zach Oliver, 

Jimmy Keener, Cheyne Kendall, 

Matt Garrett (did not play in the spring) 

and Tommy Xu. 

Left to right, Coach Wade Morgan, Lindsay 

fox, Kelley Spahn, haley richards and 

Teresa Gaitan; not pictured: Lynne 

Collenback and Becky Chiarro. 

mountaineersports 


Compassion 

and Skill: 

Doctor in Training 



Kathy Calhoun ’09 is a 

great example of the 

kind of student Schreiner 

sends on to medical school. 

While pursuing a pre-med track 

biology major, she shadowed a 

number of local doctors, including 

Dr. Thomas Noonan, who is the 

volunteer doctor in Schreiner’s 

Health and Wellness Center; 

orthopedic surgeon Dr. Robert 

Mitchell; and two radiologists, Dr. 

Joe Pruneda and Dr. Tyson Hale. 

“All my shadowing was really 

helpful, but Dr. Mitchell helped 

me the most,” said Calhoun, who 

plans to practice reconstructive 

plastic surgery. “I was able to shadow 

him in the clinic and in surgery.” 

Calhoun, whose family are 

Kerrville residents, now lives in 

College Station, where she is in 

her second year of medical school 

at the Texas A&M Health Science 

Center. She was also accepted at 

four other schools, including the 

University of Texas-San Antonio 

and Texas Tech University. 

“When I interviewed at A&M, the 

questions were different than at the 

other schools,” she said. “They didn’t 

just ask about my volunteer work or 

why I wanted to be a doctor, which 

is basically on my résumé. I felt 

extremely challenged. I decided to go 

to A&M because I loved that I was 

going to be challenged every day.” 

Possibly one of the most interesting 

things that has happened to Calhoun 

since leaving Schreiner is being 

invited to observe the first fullface 

transplant in the U.S., which

took place at Brigham and Women’s 

Hospital in Boston in 2010. She was 

visiting Dr. Elof Eriksson, chief of 

the division of plastic surgery, and his 

wife and shadowing doctors there. 

“As soon as I got to the clinic that 

day, Dr. Eriksson pulled me aside 

and asked me to guess beyond my 

wildest dreams what I was about to 

see. I guessed some sort of transplant 

and he said, ‘Not just any transplant; 

the first total face transplant ever 

performed.’ The plastic surgery team 

would be flying to the donor that 

night, taking the face, flying back 

to Boston and immediately going 

to work on the patient. I went to 

a private meeting with six plastic 

surgeons. There was a slideshow 

of their plan, the donor and the 

recipient. They said this had to stay 

extremely quiet. I felt so privileged 

to be there and Dr. Eriksson insisted 

I was there for every moment.” 

Calhoun said that 60 to 70 

percent of her medical class plan to 

go into primary care, OB/GYN or 

pediatrics. Medical students in the 

U.S. must go through a residency 

program before being licensed to 

practice, she said, and five percent 

of medical school graduates will 

not be able to go on to residency 

because of the shortage of programs. 

Calhoun said she had her eye on a 

six-year residency at Southwestern 

Hospital in Dallas because it’s 

“miles ahead in technology.” 

But before that—even before 

finishing medical school—she will 

take a year to get her M.B.A. at 

A&M. After that, she’ll finish her 

third year of medical school and 

plans to graduate in 2015 with 

both an M.D. and an M.B.A. 

“Our teachers have told us that 

in residency we better prepare 

ourselves for 100-hour work weeks 

for $30,000 a year,” Calhoun 

said. “In light of that, I keep in 

mind that I want to be a doctor 

because I want to help people.” 

She plans on practicing both 

cosmetic and reconstructive 

plastic surgery. 

“Reconstructive is where my 

heart is,” she said, “children with 

cleft palates, burn victims, women 

with mastectomies, other traumas. 

Cosmetic surgery pays the bills so 

you can do reconstructive surgery. 

I wanted to explore the art side of 

medicine but in a field where there 

are immediate results and it’s not 

life and death. I also don’t want 

to be pushed into a corner where 

someone is telling me I have to see 

a patient every seven minutes. 

“I want to be the best possible 

mother and wife as well as a 

doctor,” she added. She recently 

married Christopher Hix whom 

she has known since high school. 

She gives Schreiner a lot of the 

credit for getting her where she 

is today. 

“My education at Schreiner was 

extremely individualized,” Calhoun 

said. “Professors helped me narrow 

in on and improve my weaknesses, 

while at the same time improving 

my strengths. Schreiner instilled in 

me a confidence I definitely did not 

have before. They made me believe 

that I could become an incredible 

doctor and forced me to overcome 

challenges. The confidence this 

gave me has dramatically helped 

me with my communication skills 

with patients, my work ethic and 

most importantly, my desire to help 

people in the most positive way.” 

Photo: Schreiner grad Kathy Calhoun, 

second from the right, poses with some 

of the surgical team for the first face 

transplant performed in the u.S. 

formerstudents 


RECALL 2012 

RECALL 2012 was rockin’ with a record 

300 people attending the various events 

and meeting up with old friends. More 

than 100 people showed up for the athlete’s 

reception and the fredericksburg Vintage 

Car Club joined in the parade, staying 

around afterwards so everyone could get 

a good look at the cars and remember 

when. The picnic was a real winner 

this year, with food provided by Black’s 

Barbeque in Lockhart, Texas, courtesy of 

former student Kent Black ’72. as you can 

see from these photos and those online at 

www.schreiner.edu/recall/2012/index.html, 

everyone had a great time and we’re all 

looking forward to 2013! 





Save the Date 

RECALL 2013 

april 19-21 

For more Recall photos, 

please visit 

www.schreiner.edu/recall.

Schreiner’s newest alumni Class of 2012 

adrian aguilar 

ruben aguilar 

Teresa alejandro 

Colton allen 

Candi althaus 

austin anderson 

Philip anderson 

Cecilia arredondo 

Justin atchley 

Braden Barnett 

Travis Barter 

Maryfrancis Benning 

Luke Berry 

Cameron Besetzny 

ashly Bouthot 

andrew Brock 

eric Bukowski 

Caitlin Burress 

hailey Burroughs 

Justin Butler 

Catherine Butts 

amber Campillo 

adley Canales 

Kevin Carrell 

Gabriella Carter 

rogelio Chavez 

austin Christensen 

Loyce Collenback 

Cintia Contreras 

Keller Cook 

rebecca Coursey 

Jaleesa Crawford 

Terri Danz 

Simone Date 

Celina Davila 

Ona Beth Day 

Casondra embrey 

robert eustace 

arryn fornof 

Dawn foster-Wood 

emily fraser 

Larry fridell 

William Gary 

Guadalupe Garza 

raquel Godinez 

Jory Greff 

abigail Guarnero 

Jennifer Guthrie 

heather hausman 

rebecca hay 

James heikkenen 

ellena hernandez 

norma hernandez 

Tereso hernandez 

ashley hollaway 

Stephanie hoskins 

Michelle Irby 

Matthew Johnson 

Jasmine Jones 

William Keaton 

Daniel Kinchen 

Joanne King 

Daniel Kuntzelman 

Colin Lawson 

Shelby Lawson 

Gloria Lopez 

austin Loza 

Joanna Magrum 

Cindy Mangold 

Victoria Mar 

Sinead McGuinness 

Lena Meadows 

elizabeth Mendiola 

anne Messina 

Kelsey Moore 

Michelle nebgen 

allison neely 

Kimberley nickel 

Tanner Overstake 

rebecca Page 

rylie Pankratz 

Tom Pappas 

Jesse Paredes 

emilianna Phillips 

Kristofor Pipes 

Carol Pope 

elizabet Quinones 

William ramon 

Jessica roberts 

ana romero 

Valerie rosen 

Victor Salinas 

Stephanie Samayoa 

Cruz Sepeda 

Bradley Shearhart 

nicole Smith 

Precious Smith 

Gabriel Soto 

elizabeth Stewart 

Sarah Stillwell 

Katherine Stroup 

William Tennant 

ashley Thomas 

Bradley Thomas 

Katy Tromm 

Brittany Vargas 

ashley Vasquez 

reyna Vital 

Michelle Walton 

Caitlin Weinheimer 

Cody Welch 

henrietta Wollney 

Casey Wyatt 

Leonardo ybanez 



Bob Hedrick ’52 and 

1950s his wife fran renewed 

their wedding vows on campus during 

the recall 2012 weekend. The Rev. 

Arthur Sly ’52, who lives in Kerrville, 

performed the ceremony in the 

company of the couple’s friends. 

Victor Hamm wrote, 

1960s “I was a member 

of the Mountaineers track team of 

1969. I wanted so badly to come back 

to Schreiner the following semester, 

but was injured while running in 

a marathon that summer, which 

finished my running career. I am a 

retired u.S. army Master Sgt. and 

also retired from Veterans affairs as 

a service officer. I live in aberdeen, 

Ohio, with Betty, my wife of 31 years, 

and our two sons. I will always 

treasure my semester at Schreiner and 

my friends there. My e-mail address 

is victorlhamm@yahoo.com. I would 

particularly like to know where the 

following are—Harry Frazier, Mike 

and Homer Guererro and Coach 

Meeks.” 

Donald T. Milligan ’62 joined the 

army in 1965 and was a member of 

the u.S. army Special forces (Green 


class notes 

Berets) from 1966-1990. “I was 

in Thailand 1967/1968, Vietnam 

1969/1970, Indonesia 1975/1976 and 

Panama 1988-1990, where I retired. 

I started as a radio operator, then 

weapons, intelligence, team sergeant, 

detachment commander and finally 

as executive officer of Special forces 

a-Team. I graduated first in the 

Sergeants academy, Jumpmaster 

School and recondo Course. (uSaf 

Brigadier General Olds, Vietnam ace, 

presented me the bowie knife for 

being first in the recondo course at 

ft Carson). Schreiner can say that 

one of its graduates was in the first 

class of u.S. army Special forces 

Warrant Officers. after the army, I 

retired in florida and became a law 

enforcement officer. Since education 

is important, I went back to college 

and I graduated cum laude. Later, I 

worked for the u.S. Social Security 

administration and retired for good. 

Those of us who went to school in 

the 1960s have had the distinct 

honor and privilege of being in the 

auditorium to hear Dr. edington orate 

on one subject or the other. he was 

also our professor of religion. I would 

have liked to sit and hear him and 

William f. Buckley discuss a subject, 

any subject.” 

Dan Sowards ’68 recently retired 

from the Texas Department of State 

health Service after 38 years in 

food and Drug Safety. Dan is past 

president of the association of food 

and Drug Officials and a past winner 

of the harvey W. Wiley award, the 

highest honor for u.S. food and 

drug officials. he has written many 

articles on food safety for the food 

and Drug Law Journal of the new 

york Bar association, The Journal for 

food Safety and other publications. 

he is currently working in the 

development and presentation of 

training for the International food 

Protection Training Institute. Dan 

is a Kerrville native and has lived 

Your fellow alumni would love to know 

where you are and what you’ve been 

up to. Submitting a class note is easy: 

just visit https://forms.schreiner.edu/ 

classnotes.html or contact us at 

830-792-7405 or scene@schreiner.edu. 

in austin since 1981. he has been 

married for 40 years to Lois. They 

have two children, Tracy and Tim, and 

one fantastic grandson, Matthew. Dan 

said he “collects coins, plays a little 

golf. We have funded a scholarship for 

Schreiner students and are members 

of the Schreiner Oaks Society. I miss 

recall very much, and I hope to be 

there next year!” 

Marvin Singleton ’60 was unable to 

attend the recall this year because he 

was on a riverboat cruise of the upper 

Mississippi river. he wrote, “Sorry to 

miss the fun. Only additional news is 

that I have two grown children living 

in Kansas City and am a grandfather 

twice and expecting again in October. 

I am single and living in fayetteville, 

ark. My e-mail doctorsingleton@ 

yahoo.com and I would be happy to 

see or hear from old classmates.” 

Dan Vanderwoude ’62 graduated 

from Stephen f. austin Collage in 1967 

with a Bachelor of Science degree in 

business. he then went to work for 

three different general contractors 

building large apartment complexes. 

he wrote, “I have been self-employed 

as a general contractor since 1974,

uilding high-end homes in the Park 

Cites area of Dallas. I also do light 

commercial construction. I built 

the first Chili’s, the first Cheddars, 

and the first Dave and Busters in 

the Dallas area. My hobbies used to 

include playing handball at the yMCa, 

water skiing and running 5Ks. now I 

am a spectator. I can be contacted at 

danvanderwoude@sbcglobal.net.” 

Ricardo (Rick) 

1970s Garcia, ’76 and his 

family are enjoying life in reno, 

nev. he said, “after a successful hip 

replacement two years ago, I feel great 

and ready to get back on the bicycle. 

The picture is from a trip to Panama 

with my oldest daughter Madeleine. 

I encourage everyone to eat well, 

exercise and love the Lord.” 

Jean Wolfmueller Weber ’71 sent 

in a note for her twin sister: “Joan 

Wolfmueller Miller ’71 was named 

‘realtor of the year’ at the Kerrville 

Board of realtors annual Banquet. 

She is a realtor with realty executives 

of Kerrville.” 

Oscar Elizondo ’84 

1980s has embarked on a 

new career path with Walmart as 

an assistant store manager in San 

antonio and said he has the pleasure 

of working with one of his Schreiner 

classmates, Patsy Ortega ’99 (Vn). 

“She is the optical department 

manager at my store. My wife and I 

have been blessed with five wonderful 

children and we have a six-monthold 

grandchild. We recently have 

gotten involved with aCTS Missions 

Ministry and it has changed our lives. 

The entire family has attended one 

of these life-changing weekends and 

we are getting ready to embark on a 

Mission retreat in Clarksville, Md. We 

are excited but also nervous, as it will 

require some hefty fundraising. We 

are blessed to have this opportunity to 

spread God’s Word. I pray all Schreiner 

alumni make 2012 a year of new 

beginnings and for current students to 

pursue their dreams with passion and 

tenacity. I pray they seek guidance to 

follow the path that God has placed 

before them and to know he is with 

us each step of the way. May Schreiner 

continue to be a success in higher 

learning and the development of 

contributing members of our great 

country.” 

Cliff Wiese ’88 owns Cliff’s Personal 

fitness Programs in houston and 

recently reached an agreement with 

Suarez International to continue 

collaborating on making DVDs in the 

Combat fit DVD series. “The new DVD 

title will be ‘Combat fit 3 with Cliff 

Wiese: fitness for Seasoned Warriors,’ 

for people with previous injuries 

who need variations in building or 

adjusting their exercise routines to 

accommodate physical impairments. 

you can see trailers for the first 

two DVDs on youTube by searching 

‘Combat fit Wiese.’ I hope all is well 

at Su!” 

news from the aaron 

1990s siblings: Jason Aaron 

’97 now lives and works in Vermont as 

an internist and quality improvement 

program manager for Va new england 

healthcare. he is married with kids 

ages 5 and 6. he joined Dr. fred 

Stevens (Su professor of biology) 

again this May for a return canoe 

trip to Quetico after 10 years away. 

his brother John Aaron ’95 lives in 

new Braunfels and works in operating 

rooms for Medtronic in the surgical 

repair of aortic aneurysms. John is 

married with three young children. 

Sister Kristy ’01 lives in round rock 

where she is married with two young 

kids. after stepping back from the 

corporate world upon the birth of 

her children, Kristy is taking part 

in revitalizing a decades-old family 

business venture. 

Tasha ‘Flaah’ Wilson ’92 had a little 

girl, addison Lyn Wilson-Graves, in 

December 2010. She and her husband, 

Bobby Graves, are very busy raising 

five girls. Coach Wilson is the girls’ 

athletic director and head volleyball 

coach at Taft Independent School 

District in Taft, Texas. 

Anna M. Baker ’97 received a Master 

of Business administration degree 

from Baylor university in May. In June, 

she celebrated 15 years of employment 

at Dell Inc. 

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Congratulations to Wade Ivy ’93, 

who is now assistant superintendent 

for Kerrville Independent School 

District. Previously, he was the 

principal of nimitz elementary School 

in Kerrville. 

Jarrett Aldrich 

2000s ’04 still teaches 

high school during the day and 

college english in the evenings. he 

is beginning his third year as an 

officer in the navy reserves and just 

graduated from the navy’s Supply 

Corps School in newport. In January, 

he was promoted and was selected to 

join the foxtrot unit with Commander 

naval forces Korea, working on the 

Korean Peninsula throughout the year. 

he still spends his summers “off-the 

grid” living on the land somewhere in 

the north Country wilderness “for as 

long as it takes to recharge for another 

year of teaching.” Last year, I was a 

hundred miles from civilization in the 

uninhabited Bob Marshall Wilderness. 

I awoke at 4:30 a.m. to the deafening 

squeals of my horses being attacked 

by a Grizzly. It was pitch black, and I 

ran toward them with my flashlight 

and bear spray… wearing only wool 

undergarments and wool socks. It 


was the most terrifying, exhilarating 

moment of my life. I wasn’t sure I 

would survive. When I returned to 

civilization in the fall, I felt the same 

adrenaline rush for survival when my 

high school seniors wanted to talk 

about how my mid-term had affected 

their GPas.” 

Leann (Wiemers) Solomon ’04 said 

she and her family are “doing great! 

We recently celebrated our ninth 

wedding anniversary and my husband 

just started a new job in Pearsall, 

Texas, so that is a major blessing. I 

am thankful to be able to be a stayat-home 

mom and raise our three 

energetic kids, who are now 5, 3 and 

16 months. I am busy and loving it. 

Our oldest starts kindergarten next 

year and I will be homeschooling, 

so that is exciting. I recently started 

a business selling Miche handbags 

and accessories and enjoy the extra 

income when possible. My personal 

website is http://heavenlyhandbags. 

miche.com. My husband Jerimy and I 

also enjoy working with the youth at 

our church. God has blessed us and I 

pray we can honor him in all we do.” 

Ben Jackson ’10 wrote, “I’m 

currently labeled as the ‘account 

manager’ for our family business, 

nationwide Capital funding Inc. It’s 

interesting because when you’re in 

school sometimes you feel like you 

don’t know that much, but now that 

I have applied it to the real world, 

I’ve realized that I learned a lot more 

than I thought and many things come 

up and I say, ‘Oh yeah, I can do that.’ 

That’s a great feeling for which I owe 

tribute to the faculty at Su. It’s not all 

work and no play. I am continuing to 

stay active and playing lots of tennis. 

Some friends and I participated in 

the Little State Team Tournament 

in Conroe, Texas. We beat out seven 

other teams from around the state 

to take first place. I have made a 

few trips back to Kerrville since 

graduation and it’s always hard to 

leave. It’s a place where I did a lot of 

growing up and made a ton of great 

relationships. GO Su!!!” 

Scott Kamis ’01 and his wife Melissa 

live in Tampa, fla., where he is a 

forensic underwriter for JP Morgan 

Chase and Melissa teaches second 

grade. “We are blessed with two 

wonderful kids! Our son Will is three 

years old and our daughter avery is 

almost four months old.” 

Spencer Key ’09 wrote, “I suppose 

my most interesting class notes would 

be that I’m finishing up my Masters 

in romance Languages, with a focus 

on Spanish and a minor in Portuguese 

and Bilingual education from Texas 

Tech university—and going through 

the craziness of applying for a Ph.D. in 

applied linguistics. I’m also currently 

living in Seville, Spain, teaching 

intensive undergraduate Spanish 

language classes. Life is good.” 

Katie Klohn ’11 is getting ready to 

complete her first year of teaching 

sixth grade Language arts at 

fredericksburg Middle School. 

David Peeples ’04 wrote, “I’m doing 

well! I work at the San antonio 

Courthouse in the criminal central 

filing office. I do massive amounts of 

paperwork and I love it.”

Abram Bueché ’10 and Allison 

(Flanders) Bueché ’09 were married 

in March in St. Johns, antigua. They 

are residing in Kerrville. abram is 

an oil and gas broker employed with 

SunCoast Land Services and allison 

is the assistant branch manager for 

Wells fargo Bank. 

Steven McRae ’10 wrote, “I am now a 

super successful multibillionaire with 

my own semiconductor/integrated 

circuit business that is now competing 

with Intel. I have several world peace 

funds valued at more than $300 

million....I was named top innovator 

of the year by Time magazine. Then I 

wake up. This is what is actually going 

on in my life. I am working at Peterson 

regional Medical Center in Kerrville 

as an information systems technician 

1. It has been almost two years and 

I am now full time. I plan to go to 

graduate school; I am not sure what 

specific field yet.” 

Caroline (James) Mitchell ’01 and 

her husband have had a busy year. 

“On September 1, 2011, we purchased 

a building for our second scuba shop 

location on the east side of Dallas in 

Garland. now we finally have an 

indoor heated pool in which to train 

our scuba students all year long! This 

february marked eight years since we 

opened www.ScubaGoo.com and we 

have trained more than 1,000 students 

since we opened. Last year we received 

an award from our training agency, 

Scuba Diving International, as the top 

performing store in the united States!” 

Stephen Franklin ’10 taught Ingram 

Middle School 8th grade mathematics 

last year and this year he is in South 

Korea teaching at an International 

Christian School. “This position was 

actually one of my life goals and I 

never expected to be able to do it so 

soon in my life. I am considered by 

my school position as a missionary 

to the local area of uijeongbu, South 

Korea, but I am also a high school 

teacher. I am teaching geometry, 

biology and physical science this year. 

Korea is better than I had imagined it 

would be and I love the people around 

me, as well as the culture. The area 

where I live has very few english 

speakers, except for the military 

base, the school where I teach and 

the occasional businessman. If you 

are interested in the organization I 

teach for, it’s called the network of 

International Christian Schools: 

www.nics.org.” 

Tenille (Lauderdale) Bryan ’00 

shared the news that her son 

Jaxon recently turned 4. She sent 

in this picture of him riding a 

mechanical bull. 

Heath Gregory ’01 wrote, “Laurie 

(Cloud) ’02 and I are still living 

and raising our family in Kerrville. 

We love the hill Country and are 

blessed to be able to live and raise our 

family here. We have two beautiful 

daughters, Kendall, 4, and Kenedy 

10 months. Laurie has recently been 

asked to take back the GM position 

at Chili’s. With a lot of prayer and 

corporate negotiations, she accepted 

and is looking forward to turning the 

restaurant around. I am still with 

Texas farm Bureau Insurance and by 

God’s grace, my business continues to 

grow. Thank you Schreiner for making 

this dream come true.” 

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Sumners Scholars 

Trustees of the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation 

have chosen four Schreiner sophomores to receive 

scholarships for their junior and senior years: Jadher 

Abad, Katy, Texas; Jan DeJesus, San Antonio; Tayler 

Hobberlin, Costa Mesa, Calif.; and Emilee Lockridge, Flint, 

Texas. The Foundation chooses scholars on the basis 

of the strength of their applications, résumés, an essay 

and interviews. In addition to generous scholarships, the 

students attend prestigious educational and leadership 

conferences, funded by grants from the Foundation, 

throughout each academic year. 

The senior Sumners Scholars were honored at this 

year’s banquet. Pictured above, front row, from left 

to right are Caitlin Weinheimer, Anne Messina, David 

Gonzalez and Hailey Burroughs. Back row, left to right: 

Hatton W. Sumners Foundation trustees, Jerry Reis, 

David Drumm, David Long and Bill Meadows. 


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In Memoriam 

FORMER STUDENTS 

Mr. robert J. ahr ’73 

March 22, 2012, San antonio 

Mr. Ted K. atkins ’75 

March 31, 2012, Kerrville 

Mrs. nelda f. atkins ’75 

January 1, 2000, Kerrville 

Mr. henry J. Baker Jr. ’50 

May 21, 2012, Kerrville 

Mrs. Marion K. Black ’96 

June 7, 2012, Kerrville 

Mr. John h. Boyd III ’62 

february 13, 2012, Kerrville 

Mr. Brett J. Bryant ’95 


Mr. Thomas P. Cook Jr. ’47 

May 23, 2012, Corpus Christi 

Mr. robert r. fikes ’67 


Mr. reuben h. hartman ’39 


Mr. Dennis e. hooker ’94 

May 4, 2012, Durango, Colo. 

Mr. richard h. Johnson ’51 

March 25, 2012, north Zulch, Texas 

Mr. Scott P. Kalyna ’93 


Mr. George r. Marcy ’94 

february, 20, 2012, Kerrville 

Mr. Sam a. May Jr. ’52 

May 27, 2012, Sinton, Texas 

Mrs. Mary Margaret Mayfield ’73 

february 27, 2012, new Braunfels, 

Texas 

Mr. Stanton L. Morris ’41 

april 10, 2012, Imperial Beach, Calif. 

Mr. hilton Pankratz ’49 

June 4, 2012, Stonewall, Texas 

Mr. Joseph B. roberts ’92 


Mrs. Joy Schwartz ’76 


Mrs. rita M. Stanford ’98 

april 27, 2012, Kerrville 

Ms. Karrelyn Stephens ’77 


Dr. Kirby B. Tarry ’98 

april 16, 2012, Columbus, Ind. 

Mr. richard r. West ’73 

March 11, 2012, fulton, Texas 

Mr. Brandon n. Wilcox ’50 

May 7, 2012, Spring, Texas 

SCHREINER OAKS 

Mr. Dennis Loftis 


Mrs. Laverne M. Turner 

april 24, 2012, Tyler, Texas 

FORMER FACULTY 

Ms. elizabeth r. Keller 


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Let the good times 

roll! Schreiner 

students took this 

year’s recall Parade 

Mardi Gras theme 

to heart and had a 

blast celebrating the 

homecoming festivities. 

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Paint Wars 

SU students take part in the first annual color war 

tailgate during the spring semester. Organized by a 

group of students as part of their interdisciplinary 

studies course, the afternoon included paintball 

wars, slip n’ slides, water balloons and a DJ. 

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staff writer 

sports 

ryan Brisbin 

Temaine Wright 

sports information directors 

president 

Dr. Tim Summerlin 

board chairman 

Michael Pate 

sfsa board president 

Jimmie Peschel ’67 

SUMMER 2012 


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