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SCENEFA L L 2 0 0 6 

Leading 

the Way 

Schreiner’s Volunteers 

Campus Ministry 

Students Visit Taizé 

Schreiner’s New 

Volunteer Coordinator 

Ashley Avalos 

SU Soccer Star Shines

letter from the president 

‘‘ I just have to believe 

that a taste of 

involvement with 

this fast-moving 

institution has a way 

of getting almost 

anyone excited. ’’ 

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2 Fall 2006 SCENE 

Dear Friends of Schreiner, 

When you read this issue of SCENE, 

you will find yourselves caught up in 

the experiences of people on the move. 

Now that is literally true in the 

case of Schreiner senior biology major 

Ashley Avalos, because you have to be 

very light on your feet to score a hat 

trick in soccer, as she did recently. 

But Ashley’s academic work and a 

flurry of co-curricular activities create 

their own blur. I will let you in on a 

secret: that cheerful intensity was evident 

to me four years 

ago when she was an 

eager student in my 

freshman seminar class. 

You will find a 

similar energy in the 

students who carried 

their spiritual quest to 

Taizé, France, last spring, 

and those who will be 

Schreiner’s voice in 

Italy next May. We have 

often pointed out that 

a small university offers 

great opportunities for 

involvement and leadership. 

The students who 

accompanied campus minister, the Rev. 

Gini Norris-Lane, and her husband, 

Wes Lane, to France, and those singers 

who will fly with Schreiner Choir 

director Michael Kahl to Italy all fit 

that mold. They gain not only the 

personal enrichment of the experience 

abroad, but the satisfaction of knowing 

that they have earned it working as 

a team to help secure the funds that 

make such events possible. 

And, finally, there seems to be 

something about drinking from 

Schreiner’s waters that acts as an elixir. 

Whether you are a twice-retired surgeon 

like Dr. Tommy Noonan, who 

just has too great a love of people not 

to continue his profession among a 

group of college students…or a couple 

like Warren and Judy Ferguson, who 

made the transition from their respective 

terms on our board of trustees to 

giving hours of expert and imaginative 

service to the university…or the Dallas 

dervish, Rick Cree, who has found 

the time (between his most recent successful 

career and whatever mountain 

he will next choose to conquer) to 

head up a major capital campaign for 

us. I just have to believe that a taste 

of involvement with this fast-moving 

institution has a way of getting almost 

anyone excited. The result is a passion 

that expresses itself in selfless gifts to 

a purpose we are all fortunate to be 

associated with. I tip my hat to you all! 

Tim Summerlin 

President 

Wes Lane

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SCHREINER CHOIR TO VISIT ITALY 

The Trip of a Lifetime 

MOUNTAINEER TALK 

SU Senior Holly Clark 

Interns in D.C. 

LEADING THE WAY 

Schreiner Volunteers 

Making a Difference 

ELIZABETH LOGGIE 

Staff Spotlight 

GROWING IN FAITH 

Schreiner Campus Ministry Visits Taizé 

SU SOCCER PLAYER TAKES LIFE HEAD-ON 

Ashley Avalos Excels On and Off the Field 

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facultynews . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 

mountaineersports . . . . . . . 20 

formerstudents . . . . . . . . . . 24 

makingconnections . . . . . . . 27 

classnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 

onthecover 

Dr. Thomas Noonan and Judy and Warren Ferguson volunteer their 

expertise and enthusiasm to Schreiner University. 

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FA L L 2 0 0 6 

editor 

Amy Armstrong 

director of university relations 

contributing writers 

Bill Drake 

staff writer 

Karen Kilgore 

planned giving advisor 

Sandra Langley 

university relations 

art direction and design 

Stephanie Lopez Keller 

asst. director of university relations/ 

graphic artist 

sports 

Jeanette McKinney 

sports information director 

president 

Dr. Tim Summerlin 

board chairman 

Randall Roberts ’67 

sfsa board president 

Donna Riojas Gay ’74 

contents 

SCENE is a publication of the University 

Relations Office and is distributed free of 

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current students, faculty, parents and 

friends. An online version is available at 

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Change of address? Call the Office of 

Advancement at (830) 792-7201. 

Schreiner University is a four-year, 

independent, privately supported, 

coeducational institution related by 

covenant and choice to the Presbyterian 

Church (U.S.A.). 

Schreiner University does not discriminate in admissions, 

educational programs, extra-curricular programs or 

employment against any individual on the basis of that 

individual’s race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, 

age, disability, veteran status or ethnic origin. Inquiries/ 

complaints should be forwarded to the Director of Human 

Resources, at (830) 896-5411. 

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campusnews 

Stephanie Urbina Jones performs during a recent Texas Music Coffeehouse Series. 

DAVID KACZYNSKI, brother of infamous Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, came 

to campus on Sept. 12 for a lecture entitled, “Confronting Violence, Seeking 

Justice—The Death Penalty in America: A Conversation with David 

Kaczynski.” Kaczynski, who played a part in his brother’s arrest, has spoken 

widely and appeared on national television shows voicing his opposition to 

the death penalty. In 1999, Kaczynski and his wife Linda were honored by 

the New York State Bar Association with its annual Justice Award—the organization’s 

only presentation to non-lawyers. Kaczynski has addressed community, 

school, and professional audiences on a range of topics, including 

the death penalty, mental illness, non violence and ethical decision-making. 

David Kaczynski speaks during a recent 

lecture at Schreiner. 


THE SUMMER READING ACADEMY 

AT SCHREINER UNIVERSITY gave 

young Kerr County residents with 

reading difficulties a chance to overcome 

barriers to literacy during a 

month-long camp. Schreiner education 

department instructor Karen 

Taylor Backor’s students, are all 

pre-service teachers enrolled in her 

diagnosis and remediation reading 

class. As part of their course work, 

they administered tests to students 

on their first day at the academy to 

determine their reading level and 

areas of difficulty. They then followed 

each child personally to monitor 

their progress throughout the 

month. At the end of the academy’s 

last session, students were given Schreiner 

University T-shirts and caps, 

and a graduation party was held for 

the children and their families. 

THE TEXAS MUSIC COFFEEHOUSE 

SERIES at Schreiner University celebrated 

Hispanic Heritage Month 

on Sept. 6 with a featured performance 

by Stephanie Urbina Jones. 

She is known across the state for 

freely combining the singer/songwriter 

vibe with the hot blooded, 

traditional sounds of Mexico. 

SCHREINER UNIVERSITY’S PRE 

LAW SOCIETY FILM SERIES presentation 

of the movie “The Music 

Box” drew about 35 people to 

campus. In the movie, Jessica Lange 

portrays attorney Ann Talbot, who 

defends her affable Hungarian 

immigrant father, threatened with 

deportation and accused of being a 

war criminal. A discussion was held 

following the movie. 

Dr. Tim Summerlin, Schreiner’s 

president, facilitated the first of the 

academic year’s MONDAY NIGHT 

FICTION SERIES with a discussion 

of “Gilead” by Marilynne Robinson. 

“Gilead” is shaped as a journal 

written by John Ames, a 77-year-old 

Iowa preacher, to his young son. 

In the first SPEAK TRUTH TO 

POWER event of the academic year, 

Dr. Monica Udvardy, a cultural 

anthropologist from the University 

of Kentucky, chronicled the voyage 

of two stolen religious statues from 

the Kenyan coastal hinterland to 

their present locations in Western 

museums. Udvardy’s presentation 

at Schreiner described her work 

to recover stolen religious artifacts, 

illustrating that one person can 

make a difference with respect to 

the global traffic in stolen cultural 

property. 

The newly opened LA LECHE 

LOUNGE is designed to address the 

needs of nursing mothers who work 

on campus or go to school at Schreiner. 

The lounge is located in the

Guy Griggs building on the Schreiner 

campus. Moms who bring their 

babies to campus can breastfeed 

them in private in the company of 

other nursing moms. Those whose 

babies are cared for during the day 

can pump and store their breast 

milk, so that there is no need to 

supplement with formula while the 

baby is with their caretaker. 

THE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA 

GRADUATE CHAPTER FROM SAN 

ANTONIO presented a step show 

Sept. 21 in Dietert Auditorium. 

Stepping incorporates cheerleading, 

military, and drill-team moves, especially 

the call-and-response element 

inherent in those forms. That aspect 

is not only important to the energy 

of stepping, but also to the cultural 

history to which stepping provides a 

link. Schreiner’s Student Activities 

Board sponsored this exciting event 

that drew more than 50 people to 

campus. African American Greek 

fraternities and sororities originally 

helped to develop the popularity of 

step shows, and they are growing in 

popularity across the country and 

around the world. 

Demonstrators give area school children 

a taste of life on the frontier during the 

Texas Heritage Living History Weekend. 

Alpha Kappa Alpha members perform during their step show Sept. 21. 

campusnews 

Dr. Claudia Sullivan, Schreiner University professor of theatre and communication, 

was featured in the second ROBERT P. HALLMAN CHAUTAUQUA 

LECTURE SERIES on Sept. 25 discussing the topic, “You Just Don’t Understand: 

Cross Gender, Cross Cultural Communications in the 21st Century.” 

Based in part on the book “You Just Don’t Understand” by Deborah Tannen, 

Sullivan discussed the role that inborn gender differences, as well as cross- 

cultural differences, play in communications between men and women. 

THE TEXAS HERITAGE MUSIC FOUNDATION designated the weekend of 

Sept. 29-30 as the 10th annual Texas Heritage Living History Weekend at 

Schreiner University. More than 2,000 people came for the opening day 

festivities at the Robbins-Lewis Pavilion on the Schreiner campus. 

Events included a special tribute to the songs and stories of music legend 

Jimmie Rodgers, performed at noon on the main stage by noted Kerrville 

actor Tony Navarra. Also, for the first time ever, Texas gospel music was 

part of the celebration. 

Texas Heritage Living History Weekend also featured the Texas Heritage Seminar, 

hosted by the Texas Folklore Society. Living History Weekend ended 

with a Texas Music Coffeehouse Series concert featuring local musicians. 

onlinegiving 

Supporting Schreiner University is easier than ever now. Please visit our 

Online Giving Web site at www.schreiner.edu/giving/ where you can make 

a secure gift—one that will benefit Schreiner students for years to come— 

in a matter of seconds. If you have questions, contact Michael Haifley, 

director of development, MDHaifley@schreiner.edu or call (830) 792-7208. 


campusnews 

Schreiner Students Conquer Global Rivals 

EARLIER THIS YEAR TWO SCHREINER 

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOOK FIRST 

PLACE out of 2,926 teams who 

participated in a global strategic 

management simulation competition. 

The winning team members 

who competed as the Digby Corporation 

were seniors Andrea Neely 

of Ingram and Jarrell Williams of 

Copperas Cove. Neely and Williams 

beat out teams from all parts 

of the globe, including Harvard 

and Wharton business schools, as 

well as top Texas schools such as 

The University of Texas and Baylor 

University. 

“The eight week CAPSTONE 

simulation allowed our team to 

manage a multi-million dollar company 

for eight virtual years while 

competing against other companies 

world-wide,” said Neely. “We gained 

valuable experience while making 

hundreds of decisions weekly.” 

Dr. Mark D. Woodhull, assistant 

professor of business administration 

and the team’s faculty sponsor, 

said the competition, which was 

held during the spring semester, is 

a business student’s culminating 

experience after four long years of 

business studies. Woodhull notes, 

SCHREINER UNIVERSITY ASSOCI- 

ATE PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS 

STEFAN MECAY was traveling last 

summer and, on a whim, he decided 

to drop in on the World Boardgaming 

Championship in Lancaster, 

Pa. Mecay, an avid gamer, had been 

tempted to attend previous championships 

but had never done so, 

explaining, “I was worried that it 

would be a cut-throat competition, 

and that’s not my idea of fun.” As it 

turned out, Mecay found an atmosphere 

of people just having a great 

time playing, so he decided to sign 

up as a competitor. 


From left to right: Business students Joshua Way, Jennifer King, Greg Kirkham 

and James Sorrells gear up for the next CAPSTONE competition. 

“Just because it’s a fictional company with pretend money at stake doesn’t 

make it any less heart-stopping when one of your plants burns during the 

night, and it doesn’t make it any less thrilling when you manage to trash 

the competition in a hot bidding war.” 

This year’s competition consisted of managing a fictional company for 

a full fiscal year in the life of that company. Students have to engage in 

every aspect of company management from making sales to managing debt, 

experiencing the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, from the top 

to the bottom line. “The game simulation throws these students exactly 

the kinds of curveballs that the free market throws at company managers,” 

Woodhull said. 

Schreiner University conducts the CAPSTONE simulation twice per 

year, during the fall and spring semesters. For more information, contact 

Woodhull at (830) 792-7479 or mdwoodhull@schreiner.edu. 

Schreiner Math Professor Chops His Way Through Competition 

That turned out to be an 

excellent decision. Mecay recalls, 

“I came in 2nd place in “Wilderness 

War,” a game about the French and 

Indian War, and won a plaque and 

a really cool tomahawk. I also finished 

first in a game called “Twilight 

Struggle,” which is about the 

Cold War. My entire team, Nest of 

Spies, set a new team record at the 

convention. I definitely got lucky 

in a lot of places, but I had an 

incredible time and made tons of 

new friends.” 

For more information about this 

event, go to www.boardgamers.org. 

Dr. Stefan Mecay shows off the tomahawk 

he won during the World Boardgaming 

Championship.

Schreiner Choir To Visit Italy 

NEXT SPRING, MORE THAN 35 

SCHREINER STUDENTS will raise 

their voices in some of the most 

historic cathedrals in all of Italy. 

The choir has been working all 

year to raise funds for the trip that 

will offer them the chance to sing 

in ancient cathedrals. 

Deanna Brandt, a sophomore in 

music education, is already eagerly 

anticipating the experience. 

“When we sang in Carnegie 

Hall last year, I got goose bumps 

thinking of those who had been 

there before us, and of all the great 

music that hallowed hall has seen 

over the years,” Brandt said. “When 

we sing in the cathedrals of Italy, 

it will be like that, only more. Just 

thinking of the centuries of music, 

and all the people who have performed 

in those cathedrals and 

halls, makes me shiver.” 

Schreiner University choir director 

Michael Kahl will lead the group 

on a singing tour of Italy in the 

spring of 2007. 

Alexandra O’Connell, a senior 

in American government, said the 

support the trip has received from 

the community has been a blessing. 

“Most of us in the choir are 

scholarship students,” O’Connell 

said. “So this trip would be out of 

the question if we couldn’t find 

generous people who are willing 

to help us take our music to these 

sacred places.” 

The group will spend almost 

two weeks in Italy, staying in Venice, 

Verona, Florence, Assisi, and Rome, 

while singing mass at some of the 

most beloved cathedrals throughout 

the country. 

Kahl, the creative force behind 

the trip, notes, “This will definitely 

be a cut above the ordinary student 

trip overseas. I am excited at the 

prospect of sharing what will be a 

magnificent experience with our 

students.” 

Alysse Garcia ’06, a graduate 

student in teaching, is 

enthusiastic about the upcoming 

trip. “You can always go to 

Europe as a tourist, but this 

will be a unique opportunity 

to share a rich cultural experience 

with each other. My 

goodness, I mean, singing for 

the monks and sisters!” 

The students realize the 

importance of preparing 

themselves to get the maximum 

benefit out of their 

time in Italy. Katie Beth 

Lane, a junior studying religion, 

music and theater, said 

eagerly, “I’m already working 

on learning conversational 

Italian from my Italian grandmother—I 

know that will 

make a huge difference in my 

experience in Italy.” 

The Schreiner University 

Choir has been making its 

mark locally, regionally and 

nationally for many years, 

with performances at venues 

ranging from Kerrville nursing 

homes to Carnegie Hall, 

but this will be its first international 

exposure. Kahl promises that this 

will merely be the first of many international 

learning and performance 

experiences he has in mind for the 

Schreiner Choir. 

Kahl looks around at his dedicated 

singers and smiles. “Many of 

the choir members are seniors this 

year, and we all started together in 

this choir experience when they 

were freshmen. This will be their 

last great adventure together, and 

it will set the standard for those to 

come. We have a wonderful, talented 

freshman class this year, and I 

can already see where the next great 

Schreiner Choir will come from.” 

O’Connell gets nods from the 

others when she adds, “Many of us 

are not music majors, but we love 

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‘‘ You can always 

go to Europe as a 

tourist, but this will 

be a unique opportunity 

to share a rich 

cultural experience 

with each other. My 

goodness, I mean, 

singing for the 

monks and sisters! ’’ 

— ALYSSE GARCIA ’06 

SU graduate student 

to sing and that’s why we’re dedicated 

to the Schreiner Choir. But 

those of us who aren’t music majors 

won’t be making a career out of 

music—I’m going to be a journalist—and 

this trip will be one that 

we’ll be able to look back on as an 

expression of our love for music.” 

Kahl summarizes the choir’s 

outlook on their upcoming experience, 

noting, “This trip will not 

only be the highlight of this choir’s 

time together, but it will inspire 

those coming after them to sing 

their hearts out.” 

For more information about the 

trip or choir, contact Kahl at (830) 

792-7417. 


facultynews 

New Telescope Magnifies Teaching Opportunities 

THOSE WHO HAVE ENJOYED DR. 

BILL SLIVA’S STAR PARTIES in the 

past will find even greater pleasure 

in viewing the heavens through 

Schreiner University’s newest astronomical 

instrument. 

Sliva, Schreiner’s “eye on the sky” 

and a professor of mathematics, has 

just completed assembly of a 17.5” 

Dobsonian telescope that will bring 

the visible universe into even sharper 

focus for community members 

and students. The telescope came 

to Schreiner from a community resident, 

Dennis Loftus, who read of 

Sliva’s passion for astronomy, and 

called one day out of the blue—so 

to speak—to offer a telescope lying 

disassembled in his storage unit. 

Describing his response, Sliva says, 

“It was like dangling a steak in front 

of a hungry dog!” 

Working with Schreiner student 

Miguel Puga, Robert Groth, 

a retired mechanical engineer and 

friend Marvin Dynneson, Sliva 

cleaned, polished and assembled 

Schreiner’s new “light bucket,” 

inelegant astronomy slang for Newtonian 

telescopes that gather huge 

Professor’s Photography Exhibit to Benefit Study Abroad Trips 

Above is a photo from Dr. Lydia Kualapai’s photography exhibit 

“Parts of the Whole: A Photographic Exhibition.” 


SCHREINER 

UNIVERSITY 

ASSISTANT 

PROFESSOR 

OF ENGLISH 

DR. LYDIA 

KUALAPAI 

recently presented 

her 

photographic 

work in a show 

entitled “Parts 

of the Whole: 

A Photographic 

Exhibition.” The show ran from Sept. 24 through Oct. 21 at the Floyd 

& Kathleen Cailloux Campus Activity Center. The Hatton W. Sumners 

Foundation and Schreiner University sponsored the exhibition. 

Marvin Dynneson, Dr. Bill Sliva and Dennis Loftus show off Schreiner’s newest telescope. 

quantities of light in a big mirror and focus that light onto a second mirror, 

which then sends a highly refined image to the eyepiece. Sliva is grateful for 

the generosity that brought this new teaching tool to the campus. “Dennis 

Loftus’ gift will benefit generations of students,” Sliva said. “I expect us to 

be looking at the stars through this magnificent instrument for many years 

to come.” 

Kualapai has donated $2,500, 

all the proceeds from a successful 

silent auction of her work. The 

money will be used to establish a 

need-based study abroad scholarship 

for Schreiner students who 

might otherwise find international 

study unaffordable. Commenting 

on her decision to establish this 

scholarship fund, Kualapai said, 

“International experience will be one 

of the keys to a successful professional, 

scholarly or business life in 

the coming decades. This scholarship 

represents a small step toward 

making such experience more 

accessible to Schreiner students.”

LAST SCHOOL YEAR, I APPLIED 

FOR ONE OF THREE INTERNSHIPS 

offered by the National Federation 

of Republican Women. After a long 

wait, I found out I was chosen and 

spent the next six weeks in the midst 

of politicians and intellectuals in 

Washington, D.C. 

FINDING MY WAY 

My first day, I met my roommates 

and co-workers, Molly from Virginia 

and Brittany from Pennsylvania. The 

three of us sat in a large empty apartment, 

too nervous to admit we were 

nervous, and too excited to show it. 

A week later, we were regulars at the 

local coffee shop and on the D.C. 

transit system. We took the metro 

on our commute to the Federation’s 

office in Old Town Alexandria, Va. 

The commute took about 20 minutes 

and even though commuting 

isn’t the most fun, I learned about 

the D.C. community from my fellow 

passengers. On weekdays, I sat next 

to Marines and commanders headed 

to the Pentagon, high-powered executives, 

other interns, and my favorite, 

homeless men and women who talk 

to themselves. On weekends, I found 

myself annoyed with tourists. What a 

perfect metaphor for our nation: all 

types of people coming together to 

get somewhere in our nation’s capital—corny, 

I know, but D.C. makes 

you think. 

At the NFRW office, we were 

allowed to do actual “work” instead 

of making coffee and filing papers. 

My favorite project was working on 

Jessica’s Law (a law started in Florida 

regarding sexual predators). We 

were able to go on weekly field trips, 

visiting the Center for Equal Opportunity, 

College Republican headquarters, 

Independent Women’s Forum 

and numerous other think tanks 

and businesses. We also attended a 

forum in the Capitol building, and 

went to a luncheon with U.S. Sen. 

Elizabeth Dole! 

BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY 

On weekends, I would call a Schreiner 

alumnus and friend, Kenneth 

Bethune ’05, who lives outside of the 

city, and we would walk around the 

National Mall at night, talking about 

Schreiner and our new lives. One 

day, I was able to meet and have 

lunch with Michael Pate ’71, a member 

of Schreiner’s board of trustees. 

We had a wonderful lunch, talking 

about his life and mine, law school, 

and Schreiner. I bet not many other 

interns had lunch with one of their 

school’s trustees. In D.C., you walk 

everywhere, so I would spend much 

of my weekends walking to fancy 

cafes and to Georgetown to go shopping! 

I witnessed a woman trying 

to jump the White House fence 

(the White House was four blocks 

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Internship in D.C. 

Experience 

of a 

Lifetime 

by Holly Clark, Schreiner Senior 

away from my apartment at George 

Washington University), and while 

we waited for SWAT to clear the 

area, I met a man who was the liaison 

between D.C. and a Hong Kong 

newspaper. We ended up walking, 

talking, and laughing for about four 

blocks after the incident was over. 

This experience was one of the 

many reasons why I fell in love with 

D.C. It is the entire world in one 

place, and I walked among them. 

I got to really see D.C. as a “citizen” 

instead of a tourist. I became familiar 

with political motorcades and 

strange accents and embassies full 

of diplomats. 

MOVE YOURSELF 

I encourage all students to find an 

internship outside of what they are 

familiar with. I was nervous to be 

in D.C., in a place that might make 

fun of my Texas drawl. I was afraid I 

wouldn’t be able to keep up with the 

“big city” lifestyle, but it only took a 

couple of days to get used to D.C., 

and people liked my Texas drawl! 

This wasn’t just the opportunity of 

a lifetime, it is an experience that 

will be with me for a lifetime, and I 

am forever thankful. I learned about 

business, politics, media, truth and 

lies, and most importantly, I learned 

that all you have to do is follow your 

heart regardless of any reservations, 

and you’ll figure out the rest along 

the way. 

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‘‘ 

I receive an intense satisfaction 

from being useful to others, 

and I have a strong sense of 

being called to serve. 


— JUDY FERGUSON 

Schreiner Volunteer 

Leading the 

Bruce Dozier ‘‘ 

by Bill Drake 

Bruce Dozier

WWHILE IT ISN’T OBVIOUS AT FIRST, when you 

begin talking with the folks who are volunteering 

their experience and skills to help Schreiner 

University, you soon notice something striking 

they have in common: they are all happy people. 

“For me it’s a faith issue,” Judy Ferguson 

said. “I believe so strongly that God equips us 

to do certain things and then opens the door 

for us.” I receive an intense satisfaction from 

being useful to others, and I have a strong sense 

of being called to serve.” 

Judy originally became involved with Schreiner 

long before she and husband, Warren 

Ferguson, moved to Kerrville. “Warren and I 

were in business in San Antonio,” Judy remembers, 

“and several of our good friends in the 

business community were deeply involved with 

a small school in Kerrville called Schreiner College. 

Former trustee Bob Frere introduced us 

to former Schreiner president, Dr. Sam Junkin, 

who convinced us that Schreiner was a very 

special place. And another former trustee, Bob 

Seal, talked with us at length about the ministry 

of the school. We both soon found ourselves 

Bruce Dozier 

featurevolunteerism 

involved by serving on the board, as well as 

working with individual programs on campus.” 

Warren Ferguson’s eyes sparkle with enthusiasm 

when he talks about his feelings for Schreiner. 

A successful engineer, businessman, CEO, international 

consultant and entrepreneur, he served 

as a trustee for nine years. “I love being involved 

in creative change and my service on the board of 

Schreiner gave me plenty of opportunity to work 

with talented people to bring that change about 

on campus,” he said. 

Dr. Tommy Noonan’s infectious smile brightens 

as he talks about his strong family ties to 

Kerrville and to Schreiner University. “My dad, 

an architect, was a close friend of Dr. Andrew 

Edington and designed several of Schreiner 

College’s early buildings, while my grandfather 

was the architect on Pampell’s remodeling in 

the 1920s. My great-grandfather is buried in 

Glen Rest, right next to campus where many of 

Kerrville’s old families are buried, so I guess it’s 

natural that I feel I am a part of this school from 

way back.” 

From the time he was a child, Noonan had a 

love affair with the Hill Country, and throughout 

his career as a vascular surgeon in South 

Texas, he knew that someday he would be retiring 

to Kerrville. So when that day came a few 

years back, he recalls, “It was only natural that I 

began talking with Dr. Summerlin about what 

I could do to contribute to Schreiner University. 

He told me that having an on-campus clinic had 

been a dream of his for years, so that’s what we 

put together.” 

An energetic man with a quick smile and a 

direct manner, Noonan didn’t waste any time 

starting the clinic. It is now open five days a 

week under the supervision of Gloria Algeo, 

R.N. Noonan has office hours on Tuesday and 

Thursday. Asked what he enjoys most about 

volunteering his time and skills to Schreiner, 

Noonan responds, “I really enjoy working with 

Opposite page, left to right: 

Warren Ferguson and Judy Ferguson. 

Photo to left: 

Dr. Thomas Noonan with SU 

freshman Alexander Price. 



Schreiner students because, like most young people, 

they respond so quickly to medical assistance and 

that is very rewarding for a doctor.” 

Warren Ferguson could have landed any position 

he wanted on his own credentials after serving 

as president of Schreiner’s board of trustees, but 

“I didn’t want to come on as a big shot, so I asked 

Dr. Summerlin 

if 

there was 

...find someplace 

that needs you to 

do what you love 

doing, and get 

involved with your 

whole heart. 

— DR. THOMAS NOONAN 


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a part-time 

position 

that I 

could fill 

that would 

benefit the 

school,” 

Ferguson 

said. Summerlinsuggested 

that 

he could 

put his businessexperience 

to use 

by teaching. 

“That’s how I’ve wound up teaching basic business 

and entrepreneurship, as well as serving as a consultant 

to the University in business community 

relations,” Ferguson said. “I have two very strong 

passions at this point in my life: early childhood 

education and community economic development. 

I’m working hard to ensure that Schreiner is in a 

position to play an important role in both of these 

areas in the future.” 

While the Fergusons have been involved with 

Schreiner for more than 20 years, Judy says it is 

only recently that she has found what she believes is 

her true purpose in being here—a program that she 

has designed and worked hard to implement—the 

Christian Vocations Intern Program. “I am so 

pleased that CVIP is finally hitting its stride,” Judy 

said. “This gives Schreiner a unique way to help 

students who are called to a Christian vocation to 

integrate their studies with their faith,” she said. 

“The CVIP offers students who are thinking of 

a Christian vocation in life, whether in youth 

ministry, church management, church music or any 

other faith-based career path, an opportunity to 

combine both academic and vocational training in 

preparation for a career of Christian service.” 

In his role as volunteer director of Schreiner’s 

campus clinic, Noonan is especially interested in 

teaching preventative medical care to Schreiner students. 

“I feel that if I can reach a young person with 

good advice on diet, exercise, and emotional balance, 

then I can not only help them improve their 

own lives, but I can also help improve the lives of 

their children. The demands on young people today 

are so extreme that stress levels are very high.” 

In addition to operating his free clinic on the 

Schreiner campus, Noonan also puts on a health 

fair twice a year, during fall and spring semesters. 

He spends a lot of time at the “Ask The Doctor” 

desk, and he gets questions about every conceivable 

medical issue—plus a lot of questions about health 

care as a career. “Pre-med studies are very strong 

here at Schreiner,” Noonan notes, “and I enjoy 

mentoring these students in particular. Schreiner 

has a history of sending strong candidates to medical 

school, and I love being a part of that tradition.” 

The Fergusons and Noonan represent the kinds 

of people who have given their time and energy to 

Schreiner over the years—experienced, compassionate, 

dedicated to their ideals, secure in their own 

lives, interested in giving back to others, unwilling 

to simply vegetate in retirement, active, inquiring— 

in other words, happy. 

When asked how other people in the Kerrville 

community can serve Schreiner, Judy responds 

without hesitation, “Get to know our students. 

Open your hearts, your churches and even your 

homes to these young people. Invite them to serve 

as mentors in your youth groups, to worship with 

your congregation. Let them know that Kerrville 

is a caring community that welcomes them in our 

midst.” Noonan adds, “I feel very lucky to be doing 

what I enjoy most—helping people stay well and get 

well if they’re sick—and I think that’s the key to 

successful volunteering: find someplace that needs 

you to do what you love doing, and get involved 

with your whole heart.”

ELIZABETH LOGGIE, Schreiner 

University’s new volunteer coordinator, 

has boundless energy and 

an infectious spirit that she is 

putting to use finding community 

volunteers for the school. Loggie’s 

job is to connect talented and 

experienced volunteers with faculty 

and staff on campus who are 

eager for their help. 

Loggie said the number of 

people who have contacted her 

about volunteering has been 

inspiring. 

“After a short story ran in the 

paper on our search for volunteers, 

I started getting calls from 

an amazing variety of people. 

Some were old hands at giving 

back to their communities, 

while others had never considered 

volunteering before. They 

were attracted to the prospect 

of getting involved in a happy, 

progressive environment like our 

campus,” Loggie said. 

One of the first places on campus 

to benefit from this enthusiasm 

has been the Health and 

Wellness Center clinic, run by 

staff member Gloria Algeo, R.N., 

with assistance from volunteer Dr. 

Tommy Noonan, a retired vascular 

surgeon. 

“Within days of the article, 

we had two great volunteers helping 

out at the clinic, a retired 

nurse and a retired KISD administrator,” 

Loggie smiles. “These 

volunteers bring a lifetime of 

experience in dealing with young 

people and their health and wellbeing. 

They also have the maturity 

to know how to cut through 

the superficial issues and get to 

what someone with the sniffles or 

the blues really needs.” In addition 

to staffing the clinic, Loggie 

connects with retired professors 

who want to teach and counsel 

students, retired business people 

who want to assist students in managing 

their day-to-day finances better, 

and other critical services that the 

rapidly growing University needs. 

Loggie, a lifelong resident of 

Kerr County, practices what she 

preaches. In addition to her “day 

job,” she volunteers as the current 

president of Hill Country Charity 

Ball Association Inc., and is on 

the board of the Salvation Army’s 

Women’s Auxiliary. She is a lifelong 

drama and musical performer, first 

as a child actor at the Point Theater 

of the Hill Country Arts Foundation 

in Ingram, and later in New 

York, Colorado, and London, where 

she gained broad experience in all 

aspects of theater. 

Loggie’s plans for the near 

future include finding volunteers 

staffspotlight 

Community 

Volunteers 

MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON CAMPUS by Bill Drake 

with energy, experience and dedication, 

while collaborating with 

other community non profits to 

share both their expertise and their 

volunteer base. “There’s no reason 

that the people of Kerrville and 

Kerr County can’t work together 

to ensure that every organization 

in the community has access to all 

the helping hands they need and 

deserve, and I hope that Schreiner 

University can take the lead in 

seeing this become a reality,” 

Loggie said. 

Her plans for making this happen 

sooner rather than later include 

organizing a volunteer symposium 

on campus sometime in spring 

2007. “This is an exciting time to 

be involved at Schreiner,” Loggie 

said. “I can’t wait to see how future 

volunteers will enrich the campus.” 

www.schreiner.edu Fall 2006 13 

Stephanie Lopez Keller

Service to Others 

A Journey of 

by Bill Drake 

B 

BOB AND CAROLE CARLSON 

arrived at Schreiner University in 

May as seasoned volunteers working 

through a Presbyterian Church 

program. 

When they left in October, they 

had contributed countless hours 

of expertise and hard work to the 


“This has been such a tremendous 

experience for both Bob and 

me,” Carole said while fighting back 

tears. “While we are anxious to 

get home, we are also sad to be 


leaving this beautiful school and 

the extraordinary people we have 

met here.” 

The Dayton, Ohio residents 

journey to Schreiner is one characterized 

by the Carlsons’ zest for life. 

THE JOURNEY BEGINS 

The first 20 years of their marriage 

was spent in the U.S. Air 

Force where Bob’s education as an 

aeronautical engineer led him to 

manage a number of development 

programs at Wright-Patterson Air 

Force Base in Ohio and elsewhere. 

Meanwhile, Carole began her career 

as an elementary school teacher, 

while taking time off to raise the 

couple’s two sons. She also tutored 

learning-disabled children, and 

served as secretary to two churches. 

While Bob’s work required 

that he travel extensively, and both 

Carlsons had a lust to see the world, 

Carole wasn’t able to accompany 

Bob on these business trips. This 

meant that their travel together 

was limited to recreational vehicle 

Stephanie Lopez Keller

camping throughout the Midwest 

on weekends—although on vacations 

they were able to visit both 

Hawaii and Alaska. 

And here the plot thickens. Bob 

and Carole fell in love with Alaska. 

FATE INTERVENES 

Once back in Ohio, they spent 

lots of time trying to figure out 

how they could have more of the 

experiences they had been so drawn 

to. “We knew we didn’t want to 

move to Alaska,” Carole emphasizes, 

“because our family and friends 

are all in Ohio. And we knew that 

we didn’t want to be just tourists. 

We’ve always found that if we stay 

open to new possibilities, things 

have a way of working out, and 

that’s just what happened.” Bob 

and Carole had recently joined a 

new church and were in the process 

of getting to know a whole new 

group of fellow parishoners, when 

they ran across a couple who were 

involved with the Presbyterian 

Church (USA) Mission Volunteers 

USA and were about to go on 

assignment to…Alaska. 

This couple had spent two years 

volunteering at a small Presbyterian-affiliated 

school in Sitka called 

Sheldon Jackson College. “The program 

seemed to fit what we wanted 

perfectly—the chance to go places 

we wanted to experience in-depth, 

but limited to a few months commitment, 

so that we wouldn’t lose 

touch with our family and friends,” 

Carole said 

A SECOND CAREER 

Bob and Carole soon found themselves 

at Sheldon Jackson—Bob 

using his computer skills to build a 

badly needed business management 

system, and Carole helping the 

school administration become more 

efficient in a wide-range of functions. 

They spent six months at the 

college in 2001 and went back for a 

four-month stay in 2002. 

Since their Alaska experience, 

Bob and Carole have also served 

as volunteers at Menaul School in 

Albuquerque, New Mexico, as well 

as Montreat Conference Center and 

Montreat College in North Carolina, 

all of which offered unique 

experiences for these two volunteers. 

“We loved our work at all these places,” 

Bob recalls, “but I was getting 

a bit frustrated, because it was difficult 

to find assignments through the 

volunteer program where I could 

put my technical skills to good use.” 

Bob, with the help of the mission 

leadership, put together a list of 

schools served by the program that 

he thought could fully utilize his 

abilities, and then made contact 

with those schools, among them 

was Schreiner University. 

“Schreiner responded almost 

immediately with a specific set of 

things that they needed to have 

done—things that were right up my 

alley,” Bob smiles, “so we packed 

our bags and came here, happy as 

can be.” 

Bob worked on designing inventory 

and workflow management 

systems for Schreiner, systems that 

will conserve funds and increase 

efficiency, while Carole put her people 

skills and management experience 

to good use in the University’s 

Office of Advancement. “Schreiner 

is an excellent example of a school 

that has actually organized itself to 

take full advantage of what people 

like Carole and me have to offer,” 

Bob said. 


‘‘ 

We’ve always found that if we 

stay open to new possibilities 

things have a way of working out, 

and that’s just what happened. 

— CAROLE CARLSON 


‘‘ 

ON THE ROAD AGAIN 

Bob and Carole aren’t sure where 

they’ll be going on their next 

assignment. “Maybe back here to 

Schreiner, or maybe on to someplace 

new,” Carole emphasizes, 

“but we do know that we’re going to 

keep at this as long as we can. It’s 

so sad to go home to Ohio and see 

older friends who say, ‘I wish I had 

done something like that when I 

was younger’.” 

The Carlsons hope that their 

experiences will inspire other 

Presbyterians to participate in the 

Mission Volunteers USA and to 

contribute their skills and life experience 

to Presbyterian colleges and 

universities around the country in 

the same way they have. Bob notes, 

“It’s a great way to see new places, 

meet new people, really experience 

a community in ways that would 

be impossible as a tourist, and get 

the satisfaction of knowing that 

you really have made a difference 

in the lives of others.” Carole adds, 

“And we’re able to do all this while 

not losing touch with our family 

and friends back home because 

our volunteer work takes only a few 

months at a time—although I have 

to admit that after being back 

home for a while, we begin asking 

ourselves—where next?” 

For more information on the 

Mission Volunteers USA, go to 

http://www.pcusa.org/nvo/ 

missionvolunteers/mission 

volunteers.htm. 



aizé 

by Sandra Langley 

Growing 

in Faith at 

This page: Worship Chapel in Taizé, France. 

Opposite page: Front row, left to right: Krystle 

Martinez, Chasity Grome, Alisha Johnson, Allison 

Torres, Tim Tucker and Katie Beth Lane. Second 

row, left to right: Kristi Click, Rebecca Bell, Crystal 

Peterson, Elaine Murray and Catherine Wilkinson. 

Third row, left to right: Amy Vickers, the Rev. Gini 

Norris-Lane and Danielle Gaitan. Standing, last row, 

left to right: John Stanger and Ben Roell. 

Wes Lane

TTHIS PAST SUMMER SCHREINER 

CAMPUS MINISTER, THE REV. GINI 

NORRIS- LANE, her husband, Wes 

Lane, and 15 campus ministry students 

traveled to Taizé, an extraordinary 

spiritual community in the 

French Alps. Taizé is an international, 

ecumenical community started 

in 1940 by priest Brother Roger, 

who wanted to serve the poor and 

provide a safe place to worship. 

He wanted this community to 

be present in the midst of the suffering 

of the time, and so he made his 

home in the small village of Taizé, in 

Burgundy, just a few miles from the 

demarcation line, which cut France 

in two during the first years of 

World War II. There, Brother Roger 

was able to hide refugees (Jews in 

particular), who had fled the occupied 

zone with the knowledge that 

they could find refuge in his house. 

Today, newcomers to Taizé 

are welcomed by a community of 

brothers who have made a lifelong 

commitment to follow Christ in the 

simplicity of life. Small groups are 

formed on the first day, and participants 

remain in the same group during 

their time there in order to foster 

sharing and understanding. Everyone 

is asked to help with daily chores 

that sustain the community. The 

daily prayers, Scripture and songs are 

in at least five different languages. 

The experience had a profound 

effect on the SU students who traveled 

there. Taizé’s meditation garden, 

Wes Lane 

The Source, made an especially deep 

impression. Down the hill from the 

barracks and tents where people live 

while in Taizé is a valley of quiet 

and beauty known as The Source. 

Walking through a wooded area, a 

visitor comes upon a clearing where 

a waterfall and a small lake reside, as 

well as numerous areas to sit in lush 

stillness. The Source, with its rule 

of silence, is a place where all can go 

to meditate and spend time in the 

presence of God. 

Senior Alisha Johnson said that 

she now sees God in the little things. 

“When I walk in silence alone now, I 

am reminded of The Source,” Johnson 

said. “When I look around me, 

I realize that God is in the smallest 

things, as well as the large miracles.” 

As part of their assigned duties, 

Schreiner students John Stanger, 

Tim Tucker, Katie Beth Lane, Rebecca 

Bell and Crystal Peterson worked 

as “silencers” at The Source. Rebecca 

Bell, a sophomore, remembers, “The 

Source was an incredible experience 

for me—like stepping into a Monet 

painting.” 

Norris-Lane calls Taizé “radically 

hospitable”—adding that even people 

with handicaps participate. 

“Somehow, Taizé is the kind of 

place that can hold it all—all the 

cultures, all the languages, all the 

differences,” she said. The trip was 

made possible through community 

donations and Campus Ministry 

fundraising efforts. 

featuretaizé 

When I look around 

me, I realize that 

God is in the small- 

est things, as well as 

the large miracles. 

— ALISHA JOHNSON 

SU senior 

When asked if their experience 

at Taizé had changed them, all the 

travelers answered “yes” unequivocally; 

they each felt that they would 

always carry a piece of Taizé within 

them. John Stanger, a junior, remembers, 

“The pace of life at Taizé was 

slower, calmer, stress-free. Even after 

I left Taizé, I was able to keep some 

of that feeling with me. I realize it’s 

OK not to rush. I now take time out 

of each day to stop and listen, to be 

conscious of God’s presence, and to 

truly be in the moment.” 

Krystle Martinez ’06 added, “It 

was a huge change—the slower pace 

forced me to slow down. My time at 

Taizé directly affected my decision to 

say “yes” when I was asked to work 

with a Christian youth group.” 

Kristi Click, SU sophomore, 

added, “I am more dedicated to the 

discipline of daily prayer than I was 

before I went to Taizé. Daily I ask for 

forgiveness, I give thanks, and I pray 

for others.” 

Stanger, a religion major, sums 

up the group’s Taizé experience. “We 

were focused on growing in our faith,” 

he said. “People from other countries 

were there for a safe space to experience 

their faith. Taizé is about looking 

at the world, and realizing that 

what we do on the earth matters to 

people in other countries. When you 

leave, it puts a burden on you to do 

something positive for the world.” 

For more information about the 

Taizé community, visit www.taize.fr. 

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Mike Keith 

Mike Keith 

Ashley Avalos 

SSCHREINER UNIVERSITY SENIOR ASHLEY 

AVALOS ISN’T QUITE SUPERWOMAN— 

BUT ALMOST. A top academic performer 

and a record-breaking soccer athlete, 

Ashley plans to become a pediatrician 

after graduating from Schreiner in May 

and completing her medical training. But 

none of this has come easily for Ashley, 

beginning at age 5 when she decided that 

she wanted to play soccer like her older 

brother. At that time there was no girls’ 

team in Ashley’s hometown of Corpus 

Christi, so she asked her parents to let 

her play on the boys’ team. “No way they 

were going to allow that,” Ashley remembered. 

“They thought I ought to be a tap 

dancer instead, so for a while there it was 

pink tutus and tap shoes.” 

Little did her parents know that 

Ashley was secretly going to practice with 

her brother, and when it became clear 

that this little girl was a potential powerhouse, 

the coaches approached her parents 

and told them that they were sure 

Ashley could not only succeed, but excel. 

She has never looked back. 

“When it came time for me to go 

to college, I knew I wanted a school 

where I could continue to play soccer 

and get a great education,” she recalls. 

“Plus I wanted an academic scholarship, 

not an athletic one, because I didn’t want 

my education to depend on my athletic 

abilities.” Planning ahead is secondnature 

for Ashley, who has faced more 

than her share of challenges. Several 

years ago, she had spinal fusion surgery 

and wound up with metal rods in her 

back, and she wasn’t sure how long she 

SCHREINER SOCCER PLAYER 

TAKES LIFE HEAD-ON 

by Jeanette McKinney 

could continue to play soccer. “I wanted 

to attend a university I would enjoy even 

if I couldn’t play,” Ashley said. “Schreiner 

has a great soccer program, even though 

it’s new and still building, but it also has 

so much more to offer. It was a natural 

choice for me.” 

While Ashley planned around the 

possibility that she would not be able to 

continue playing, as things have turned 

out, she is not only a player, but a star. 

She led the Mountaineers in every 

offensive category for the 2005 season 

and took her place in SU women’s 

soccer record books while still a junior. 

Beyond the soccer field Ashley has also 

excelled, earning Division III conference 

all-academic honors in both her sophomore 

and junior years. Even though her 

team has had its share of defeats, Ashley 

doesn’t let that cloud her vision of the 

purpose of competition. “You always 

want to notch wins when you compete,” 

she asserts, “but that’s not totally what 

it’s about. Every soccer season came with 

new challenges, and each season taught 

me more about myself and my drive to 

persevere.” 

Perseverance and patience are two of 

the lessons that Ashley has taken away 

from her competitive experience at Schreiner. 

“Building a team from scratch 

takes a lot of hard work and dedication,” 

Ashley comments, “and hopefully Coach 

Neal Ellis’ hard work will pay off this season. 

But whatever the outcome, I know 

that learning to continually strive for 

success on the soccer field will ensure my 

success in whatever I do.”

Stephanie Lopez Keller 

‘‘ 

I know that learning 

to continually strive 

for success on the 

soccer field will 

ensure my success in 

whatever I do. 

— ASHLEY AVALOS 

SU senior 

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Mountaineer 

Men’s Soccer 

THE 2005 AMERICAN SOUTHWEST 

CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR, 

PAUL HAYES, and his Mountaineers 

are off to another good start this 

season in their quest to reach the 

conference championship tournament 

for a third consecutive time. As 

of press time, the Schreiner men’s 

team has posted a 5-2-0 overall 

record and is 3-1-0 in conference 

competition; they are tied with U.T. 

Tyler for third place in the conference. 

The defense is dominating opponents 

again this year as Schreiner is 

ranked number one in goals allowed 

(0.67 avg/game) and goals against 

average (0.75). The team is ranked 

third in shutout games. Sophomore 

goalkeeper Nick Morrison, conference 

coaches’ pick for Preseason 

Defensive Player of the Year, ranked 

top in the conference in goals against 

average (0.75) and save percentage 

(0.852). Junior forward Tino Albarran 

leads the SU offensive attack this 

season and is among the top ten in 

the conference in shots, shots per 

game, goals, and points. 

Left to right: back row, Assistant Coach Mike Moore, Malachy Mitchell, Shane McKain, Chad Baker, Zach Seward (no longer on roster), 

Ernest Villarreal, Ben Roell, Tyler Strickland, Michael Flynn, Stewart Fossett, Ryan Ross, Michael Franks, Erwin Madrid, Daniel Cortez 

and Head Coach Paul Hayes. Left to right: front row, Roberto Garcia, Abe Garcia, Jorge Pineda, Tino Albarran, David Ramos, Jeff Winton, 

Nick Morrison, Rhett Bigham (no longer on roster), Saul Ek, Jorge Montalvo, Travis Curd, Jeremy Reinhard and Brad Baker. 


Junior Tino Albarran 

leading the SU 

offensive attack. Mike Keith 

Jeanette McKinney

Mike Keith 

Senior Ashley 

Avalos in action 

for SU. 


Mountaineer 

Women’s Soccer 

THE SCHREINER WOMEN’S SOCCER 

PROGRAM is definitely in a building 

mode, and the roster reflects it. 

One senior, three juniors, four sophomores, 

and 13 freshmen comprise 

the 2006 squad. Head Coach Neal 

Ellis’ recruiting efforts are already 

paying dividends, as the team has 

surpassed last year’s results with a 

2-3 conference record as of press 

time. Senior forward Ashley Avalos 

continues to be the offensive spark 

for the Mountaineers, registering 

12 points already this season, 

including a hat trick (three goals) 

against McMurry University. 

See story on Ashley on page 18. 

Left to right: back row, Connie Banayad, Taylea Truitt, Roxie Harper, Evelyn Gonzalez, Ashley Guerra, Katelyn Williams, Susan Burger, 

Stephanie Crane, Missy Gebhardt, Alcie Rivera, Alex Avila and Head Coach Neal Ellis. Left to right: front row, Jo Jo Ahlf, Jacquie Luna, 

Michele Alcala, Ayssa Hernandez, Julie Goodhew, Shae Cardenas, Jill Perez, Priscilla Zurita, Amanda Martinez, Kathryn Fondon, 

Ashton Horne, Kellye Nation and Ashley Avalos. 




Mountaineer 

Volleyball 

DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE 

SCHREINER VOLLEYBALL TEAM has 

only one senior and one junior on its 

roster, the Mountaineers have not let 

youth stand in the way of success. 

The team has posted a 3-2 record 

in conference play and holds a solid 

fourth place in the American Southwest 

Conference’s West Division. 

There is energy, enthusiasm, athleticism, 

and a competitive spirit on 

this team that has been fueled by a 

strong showing of home fan support. 

The lone senior, Whitney Barron, 

was a preseason pick for Defensive 

Player of the Year and has provided 

a strong backbone of defense for 

the Mountaineers thus far. Freshman 

middle blocker Tiffany Miller is 

second in the conference in hitting 

percentage (.309) and fourth in kills 

per game (3.43), while sophomore 

setter Julie Peddy is fourth in the 

ASC in assists per game (8.74). 

For schedules and more 

athletic news, visit: 

http://athletics.schreiner.edu. 

Left to right: back row, Marissa Stearns, 

Danielle Gaitan, Samantha Myers, Kassie 

Barlow, Tiffany Miller, Kaycee Westberry 

and Head Coach John Wyatt Greenlee. 

Left to right: middle row, Whitney Barron, 

Malorie Westerholm, Lyndsay Rutkowski, 

and Amy Vickers. Left to right: front row, 

Julie Peddy and Brittany Alvillar. 


Senior Whitney 

Barron shines 

on the court. 

Mike Keith 

Jeanette McKinney

Women’s Basketball Schedule 

Nov 17 Southwestern HOME 7 pm 

Nov 18 Texas Lutheran Seguin 1 pm 

Nov 21 U.T. Pan American Edinburg TBA 

Nov 25 U.T. Dallas Dallas 1 pm 

Nov 27 U.T. Tyler Tyler 5:30 pm 

Nov 30 University of the Ozarks HOME 5:30 pm 

Dec 5 Texas State San Marcos TBA 

Dec 9 Southwestern HOME 1 pm 

Dec 14 Louisiana Pineville, LA 5:30 pm 

Dec 16 Mississippi Clinton, MS 1 pm 

Jan 4 East Texas Baptist HOME 5:30 pm 

Jan 6 LeTourneau HOME 1 pm 

Jan 8 Texas Lutheran HOME TBA 

Jan 11 Howard Payne HOME 5:30 pm 

Jan 13 Sul Ross State HOME 1 pm 

Jan 15 Dallas Dallas 2 pm 

Jan 18 Hardin-Simmons Abilene 5:30 pm 

Jan 20 McMurry Abilene 1 pm 

Jan 25 Concordia-Austin HOME 5:30 pm 

Jan 27 Mary Hardin-Baylor Belton 5:30 pm 

Feb 1 Concordia-Austin Austin 5:30 pm 

Feb 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor HOME 1 pm 

Feb 8 Hardin-Simmons HOME 5:30 pm 

Feb 10 McMurry HOME 1 pm 

Feb 15 Howard Payne Brownwood 5:30 pm 

Feb 17 Sul Ross State Alpine 1 pm 




Mountaineer 

Cross Country 

IN CROSS COUNTRY’S RETURN 

TO SCHREINER, THE MEN’S AND 

WOMEN’S TEAMS have stepped up 

to the challenge of intercollegiate 

competition. Runners from both 

teams have gained a wealth of experience 

already in only a few races. 

Improved times reflect better strategies 

and increased practice efforts. 

Sophomore Lori Beck improved her 

previous time by four minutes in the 

UTSA Classic on September 22, and 

finished first for the women with 

a 5K-meter time of 23.46. Junior 

Lazaro Alvarez was tops for the men 

with a time of 19:33. 

Men’s Cross Country 

Left to right: back row, Head Coach 

Rodney Holland, Michael Foree, 

Alexander Price, Lupe Garza and 

Will Johnston. Left to right: front row, 

Anthony Johnson, Ray Martinez, 

Lazaro Alvarez and Matt Tomasello. 

Women’s Cross Country 

In back, Coach Rodney Holland. 

Left to right: front row, Ann Stock, 

Margaret Collins and Lori Beck. 

Men’s Basketball Schedule 

Nov 17 Southwestern HOME 7 pm 

Nov 18 Trinity San Antonio 7 pm 

Nov 21 Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches 7 pm 

Nov 25 U.T. Dallas Dallas 3 pm 

Nov 27 U.T. Tyler Tyler 7:30 pm 

Nov 30 University of the Ozarks HOME 7:30 pm 

Dec 5 Texas Lutheran Seguin 7 pm 

Dec 9 St. Edwards Austin 3 pm 

Dec 14 Louisiana College Pineville, LA 7:30 pm 

Dec 16 Mississippi College Clinton, MS 3 pm 

Jan 4 East Texas Baptist HOME 7:30 pm 

Jan 6 LeTourneau HOME 3 pm 

Jan 8 Texas Lutheran HOME 7:30 pm 

Jan 11 Howard Payne HOME 7:30 pm 

Jan 13 Sul Ross State HOME 3 pm 

Jan 18 Hardin-Simmons Abilene 7:30 pm 

Jan 20 McMurry Abilene 3 pm 

Jan 25 Concordia Austin 7:30 pm 

Jan 27 Mary Hardin Baylor Belton 3 pm 

Feb 1 Concordia-Austin HOME 7:30 pm 

Feb 3 Mary Hardin Baylor HOME 3 pm 

Feb 8 Hardin-Simmons HOME 7:30 pm 

Feb 10 McMurry HOME 3 pm 

Feb 15 Howard Payne Brownwood 7:30 pm 

Feb 17 Sul Ross State Alpine 3 pm 


formerstudents 

Rick Cree 

RICK CREE ’67 sold his communications 

technology company several 

years ago and, unwilling to devote 

his time “to golf or some other 

mindless pursuit,” he began looking 

for meaningful involvement as 

a volunteer where he could make a 

positive difference. It was a search 

that in some ways brought him full 

circle—it led him back to Schreiner 


Cree and his two brothers spent 

some of their formative years at 

Schreiner. Cree and his twin brother 

attended high school at Schreiner 

Institute, and another brother 

graduated from Schreiner College. 

So coming back to Schreiner to contribute 

his experience and time was, 

in a lot of ways, like coming home. 

Shortly after he became involved 

at Schreiner, the opportunity to 

make the major contribution he 

had been looking for emerged in 

the planning for the new Mountaineer 

Center for Recreation and 

Athletics. 

Scheduled for completion in 

fall 2009, the Mountaineer Center 

will become the headquarters for 

all Schreiner’s intercollegiate and 

intramural athletics, and provide a 

first-class environment for academic 

classes, physical fitness, recreation 

programs, and community events. 

Cree said, “I’ve researched this 

carefully and have seen the kind 

of impact on student enrollment 

and quality of life that such facilities 

have had at other universities. 

The Mountaineer Center will not 

only enhance athletics but will add 

immeasurably to the recreational, 


SCHREINER FORMER STUDENT 

DEDICATED TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE 

by Bill Drake 

educational and social life of our 

campus.” 

It is easy to imagine young Cree 

here as a student, with his infectious 

laughter echoing through 

the halls. 

“Schreiner was a totally different 

environment in those days,” Cree 

reminisces. “I arrived here with my 

twin brother, and looking back, I 

realize that we were quite a handful. 

In those days, you were ‘sent’ to 

Schreiner to learn discipline and 

have your character built, and I’m 

sure we made the staff and faculty 

earn their salaries!” 

One professor in particular 

touched Cree’s life during his time 

at Schreiner. 

“My English teacher, Zelma 

Hardy, taught me a lesson that I’ve 

always carried with me, and it has 

been key in whatever success I’ve 

achieved,” Cree said. Hardy was a 

longtime Schreiner professor and 

member of the Schreiner Oaks 

Society who passed away in 2003. 

Cree remembers that while 

Hardy was handing out their first 

writing assignment, she told them 

to pretend that the paper was due a 

week earlier than it actually was. 

“She advised that we finish it, 

then put it in a drawer and forget 

about it until the day before it was 

actually due, and then take it out 

and see if we still thought it was 

good enough to hand in,” Cree said. 

He emphasizes, “As CEO of a 

growing high technology company, 

I’ve had to write and deliver literally 

hundreds of speeches, and the 

lesson that Zelma Hardy taught me 

that day has been a key to my ability 

to write and speak successfully, 

whatever the situation.” 

Coming from a family steeped 

in the traditions and history of the 

school, Cree recognizes that the 

Mountaineer Center is not the icing 

on the cake, but simply another step 

in a long series of contributions by 

many others who have loved Schreiner 

as he does. “If you look at 

the 80 plus years of hard work that 

others have put into this University, 

you realize that the opportunity to 

take that work another step forward 

is a great satisfaction to everyone 

involved.” Asked what he tells 

others whom he talks with about 

becoming involved with Schreiner’s 

vision for the future, Cree said, “I 

simply tell them that this is a small, 

vital, growing school where you will 

be able to see the results of your 

efforts, where you will be able to 

make a tangible difference in the 

lives of students today and in the 

coming years.” 

Asked what key lessons he has 

learned in life since Schreiner, Cree 

said, “If I had just one message to 

send to today’s Schreiner students, 

it would be that anything is possible 

if you focus, dedicate yourself, and 

think long-term. Without focus and 

hard work you won’t get where you 

want to go in life; with these qualities 

you will succeed.” Zelma Hardy 

would be proud. 

Opposite page: Rick Cree and 

his wife, Anne Cree, at their 

home in Dallas. Above photo: 

Rick Cree as a cadet in 1967.


formerstudents 

Get Connected... 

Want to learn more about the Schreiner 

University Former Student Association? 

Contact Paul Camfield, associate director 

of alumni relations, at (830) 792-7206 or 

phcamfield@schreiner.edu. 

In Memoriam 


FORMER STUDENTS 

Mr. Ross Allee ’98 

of Kerrville on May 26. 

Ms. Nancy Baker ’69 

of Kerrville on June 21. 

Ms. Kathryn French ’93 

of Dallas on January 9. 

Mr. Stephen Furbush ’97 

of Hunt on August 14. 

Mr. Raymond Gabler ’48 

of Dallas on September 22. 

Mrs. Elaine Hurt ’40 

of Kerrville on August 22. 

Mr. Johnnie Jackson ’64 

on February 8, 1968. 

Mr. Charles Lemeilleur ’77 

of Ingram on July 2. 

Mr. Ben Pickett ’39 

of Liberty on August 22. 

Dr. Russell Scott Jr ’43 

of Houston on May 24. 

Mr. Craig Smith ’34 

of Seguin on January 1. 

Rev. Eugene Strickland Sr 

’45 of Idabel, OK 

on April 18. 

Mrs. Mary Wyble ’71 

of Spring on July 22. 

SCHREINER OAKS 

Mrs. Nancy Neal 

of Kerrville on August 8. 

Mr. Nelson Puett 

of Austin on May 14. 

Mrs. Jeanne Slobod 

of Kerrville on April 27. 

FORMER TRUSTEE 

Mrs. Jean Herlin 

of Palacios on July 24.

makingconnections 

IRA Owners 

Have Great New Planning Opportunity 

by Karen Davis Kilgore, Planned Giving Advisor 

FINALLY, THE NON-PROFIT WORLD, INCLUDING 

UNIVERSITIES, RECEIVED GOOD NEWS FROM 

WASHINGTON, D.C.—news that we have been 

waiting at least 10 years for. If you are at least 

70½ and own an individual retirement account 

(IRA), you have some powerful new options for 

charitable giving and asset balancing. 

Donors to Schreiner University have followed 

for years the congressional debate regarding 

charitable uses for tax-deferred retirement funds. 

The Pension Protection Act of 2006, passed last 

August, provides new incentives for charitable 

gifts, but only through December 2007. 

Many of our friends have asked if they could 

use money in their retirement funds to help 

Schreiner and their other favorite non profit organizations. 

Until this new law, a withdrawal from 

an IRA—even if the donors were going to gift it 

to charity—triggered income tax. Even though we 

appreciate our friends’ desire to support Schreiner, 

generally we have not advocated using IRAs to 

make outright gifts. 

Congress has now given individuals age 

70½ or older a 16-month window to use a portion 

of their retirement funds to help charity. Now 

is the time to act, if this provision will help you 

accomplish your charitable and other tax planning 

objectives. 

What the Pension Protection Act of 2006 says: 

• Donors age 70½ and up may withdraw as 

much as $100,000 from their IRAs in 2006 and 

2007 to support their favorite charities. 

• These withdrawals must be outright gifts made 

directly from the retirement fund to the charities. 

Contact your IRA custodian to transfer the 

desired amounts. 

• These distributions cannot fund a life income 

gift, such as a charitable trust, nor assist a private 

foundation or supporting organization. 

• These withdrawals will qualify toward an 

owner’s Required Minimum Distribution—the 

amount each IRA owner must withdraw from his/ 

her account each year. Because the funds are sent 

directly to the charities, they are not includable 

as ordinary income to the donor. (This may also 

reduce a family’s income tax bracket for the year.) 

• These distributions do not qualify for charitable 

income tax deductions. This means extremely 

generous donors who have high charitable intent 

but who have “used up all of their deductions” 

for the year can make additional gifts to charity in 

2006 and 2007. 

The Pension Protection Act of 2006 also helps 

in long-range planning. Many of our friends have 

expressed concern that at their deaths, these personal 

retirement accounts will be subject to large 

income tax before the assets can pass to their 

loved ones. They recognize that this unfavorable 

tax treatment can erode these retirement assets 

considerably, and for large estates, these IRAs can 

be subject to estate tax as well. They are, indeed, 

a tax-laden asset. 

The short window of opportunity Congress 

has given us helps alleviate this tax problem. By 

enabling IRA owners to reduce the size of their 

retirement funds now (without having to pay 

income tax on the withdrawal), the new law gives 

us a way to reduce the eventual income and estate 

tax our assets may suffer later. 

Schreiner University’s Office of Planned 

Giving can suggest additional options for planning 

with IRAs and other qualified retirement 

plans. Many donors are preserving their estates 

from excessive taxation by creating charitable 

trusts and outright gifts that take place at one’s 

death. We would like to tell you more about these 

“win/win” plans. 

For more information, please call 

(830) 896-1787 or email kkilgore@ktc.com. 


oundup 


Who they are... 

WE APPRECIATE ALL THE 

RESPONSES TO THE DEVIL’S 

SINK HOLE PICTURE that Ted 

Floca ’53 shared with us. We 

even heard from one of the 

cadets in the photo! 

J. R. (Bob) Schneider ’53 

writes, “I was surprised to see 

The Financial Year at Schreiner: 

Selected Financial Statistics 

Assets 5/31/06 

Cash and cash equivalent $727,642 

Accounts and pledges receivable 3,255,041 

Other assets 3,145,468 

Investments 42,674,756 

Land, buildings and equipment, net 29,878,015 

Total Assets $79,680,922 

Liabilities 

Accounts payable $1,284,519 

Deposits and deferred revenue 373,087 

Notes payable 9,000,051 

Total Liabilities $10,657,657 

Net Assets 

my picture 

on the back 

cover of the 

recent issue 

of SCENE. 

I am on the 

right side of 

the back row 

(glasses and 

cap). Directly 

in front of 

me on the 

right side of 

the picture 

is Tom Rogstad ’54. To my left on 

the back row is Earl Chapman ’53 

(black ribbon around his neck). 

Earl and I were roommates for two 

years at Schreiner. To the left of 

Tom Rogstad, on the first row I 

believe to be Charles W. Kelly. To 

Kelly’s left, in the very front, may 

Unrestricted $20,330,361 

Temporarily restricted 9,379,592 

Permanently restricted 39,313,312 

Net assets $69,023,265 

Total Liabilities & Net Assets $79,680,922 

be W. J. Blewett ’55. To Blewett’s 

left, on the front row may be Bert 

Walker ’53 (without a shirt). 

“I cannot remember the details 

of this trip; however I believe that 

professor Harry W. Crate ’34 may 

have taken us to the Devil’s Sink 

Hole,” said Schneider. “I was a 

member of the archeology club that 

professor Crate sponsored, and 

we made many field trips, most 

of which were to investigate, dig 

and record our findings at Indian 

mounds in the area. This picture 

has revived many fond memories of 

my years at Schreiner, and the many 

fine people whom I met there.” 

Joyce Martin of Kerrville also 

called us to identify: back row from 

left, Haskell Dunn ’55, Bill Setzler 

’53, and John Hallum. Front row 

center, sitting down, is Bob Hoover. 

Investments 

14% 

Gifts 

and 

grants 

12% 

Instruction 

30% 

Academic 

support 

7% 

2006 Revenues 

2006 Expenses 

Student 

services 

19% 

Auxiliary 

27% 

Net tuition 

and fees 

47% 

Auxiliary 

15% 

Institutional 

support 

29%

1940s 

Fred Barttlingck ’41 writes, “I 

live a quiet life in Arkansas. I play a 

lot of golf and try to stay cool. I am 

looking forward to Recall next year 

on April 22. See you then!” 

1950s 

B. Don 

Zesch ’50 

was recently 

elected to 

the Louisiana 

chapter of 

the American 

Physical Therapy Association Hall 

of Fame. Zesch graduated from the 

University of Houston in 1952 with 

a Bachelor of Science degree in 

physical therapy. He spent most of 

his professional career in Louisiana, 

where he worked with the American 

Physical Therapy Association and 

served as a member of the Louisiana 

State Physical Therapy Licensing 

Board. In 1957, Don organized the 

first physical therapy department at 

Christus Schumpert Medical Center 

in Shreveport. He served on the 

clinical faculty at Louisiana State 

University Medical Center in New 

Orleans, University of Texas in San 

Antonio, Texas Women’s University 

in Denton and LSU Medical Center 

in Shreveport. Don retired from the 

Veterans Administration Medical 

Center in 1985. 

Edward 

Berrio ’56 

has gone into 

the cattle 

business in 

Brazoria 

County with 

a small herd of registered Brangus. 

“My total years at Schreiner were 

1952 to 1956, and I loved every 

minute of those years. Some of 

my dearest friends were made at 

Schreiner.” 

Don Adams ’57 is semi-retired, 

living with his wife of 43 years in 

the Horseshoe Bay area on Lake 

LBJ. “I have been serving as president 

of the Llano County Hospital 

Authority, municipal judge of the 

city of Meadowlake, municipal 

judge of the city of Sunrise Beach, 

a member of the Colorado River 

Foundation, general counsel to 

Llano and Burnet emergency districts, 

and, most importantly, as 

Thomas Adams’ grandfather.” 

1960s 

John Boyd ’62 recently sent some 

sad news: Mary, his wife of 39 years, 

passed away in January 2006. John 

is a construction manager in southern 

California. He has two sons, 

Philip and Christopher, and enjoys 

visiting with his four grandchildren. 

Dan Vanderwoude ’62 formed 

his own construction company in 

1974. “My claim to fame is that I 

built the first Chili’s Bar and Grill.” 

He has two children, Jayme and 

Jay, and two grandchildren, Christian 

and Luke Mungioli. Dan lives 

in Dallas. 

Carol Epperson ’63 and husband 

Woody still work together 

in his law office and are enjoying 

life and their children and grandchildren. 

Carol writes, “Our son, 

Douglas, married Jessica Werner 

in September 2005. Both Doug 

and Jessica are practicing attorneys 

in Dallas. Our daughter, Carla 

Epperson, and her husband, Philip 

Cottingham, presented us with a 

new granddaughter, Matilda Elspeth 

Cottingham, in December 2005. 

Her big sister, Lilith Eleanor, is 6½ 

classnotes 

years old. They live in Austin. Our 

son James received his bachelor’s 

degree from Texas State University 

in San Marcos.” 

Russell Longmire ’65 earned a 

bachelor’s degree in philosophy at 

the University of St. Thomas and 

his law degree from the South Texas 

College of Law. For 26 years he has 

specialized in acquisition and divestitures, 

contract review and special 

projects. Russell and his wife, Laura 

Ann, have been married for 19 years. 

They have two children, Oleg Henry, 

12, and Anna Muriel, 15. Rounding 

out the family is a 3-year-old chocolate 

lab named Dreamy. 

1970s 

G. Fred Murphy ’70 graduated 

from The University of Texas College 

of Pharmacy and spent five 

years as a pharmacist before beginning 

medical school at UT Medical 

School in San Antonio. He has 

served as a family practice physician, 

a medical director at UT Arlington, 

and a member of the teaching staff 

at the family practice residency 

program in Fort Worth. “I married 

a wonderful woman named Kay 

in March 2005, and have a terrific 

stepdaughter named Kristen,” he 

said. “We have recently relocated to 

Tennessee, where we will be close 

to the family farm where we plan 

to retire. I am looking forward to 

returning to private practice. I hope 

all is well with all the Mountaineers, 

former and current!” 

Suzi Schneider ’74 is employed 

as the insurance coordinator/ 

billing manager for a urologist. 

She and husband Vic live in Krum, 

Texas, where they are active in their 

church and Lions Club International. 

Suzi serves as president of the 

Lions Club and is the leadership 


classnotes 

chairman for her district. She also 

enjoys spending time with her two 

grandsons. “I love being involved 

in the Schreiner Former Students 

Association and encourage anyone 

who is not involved to join. I 

would love to hear from any of my 

classmates. My email address is 

omasuzi@juno.com. Be sure to put 

Recall (April 20-22) on your calendars; 

we always have a great time.” 

Lisa (Bass) Guzman ’77 and 

Richard Guzman ’78 recently 

celebrated their 26th wedding 

anniversary. The two met on the 

Schreiner campus! Their daughter 

Elizabeth will be starting high 

school at Ursuline Academy. They 

have been busy keeping up with 

their twin boys, Richard and Robert, 

who celebrated their 9th birthday 

on August 6. Lisa is a registered 

nurse and celebrated her 20th year 

as the manager of quality and excellence 

for her company. Richard is a 

physical therapist and the director 

of an outpatient clinic. 

Carolyn Sheffield ’78 received 

her bachelor’s degree in interior 

design from the University of North 

Texas in May 2004. “I am now living 

in the Chicago area after moving 

from Denver. I am working for 

a design/build company in Lake 

Bluff, Ill.” 

1980s 

Dirk D. Dykstra ’80 lives in 

Westbrook, Texas. “During my first 

year at Schreiner, I broke my neck 

in a car accident. You may have 

seen me walking around with my 

“halo” and cane. Things are going 

better now.” 

Andrea Gerlach ’86 and her 

family have lived in the Austin 

area for seven years. Her husband 


Steve is in 

his 21st year 

with Farmer’s 

Insurance 

and is now 

the national 

subrogation 

manager for 

the state. Andrea is still tutoring 

and is active in the community. 

She is a Girl Scout leader, a Bible 

study leader and volunteers at her 

daughters’ school. “Claire is now 

8 and in third grade, and Camille 

is in kindergarten. They are very 

active with soccer, Girl Scouts, and 

being little girls! We have been 

blessed with wonderful friends, 

family and church and love calling 

Austin home.” 

Aubrey 

Frank- 

Gutierrez 

’89 is busy at 

her new job 

with Aaron’s 

Sales & Lease 

Ownership as the executive administrative 

assistant to the Mid-American 

operations divisional vice president. 

She reports that husband Frank 

is doing well and celebrating his 

fourth anniversary with his company. 

Aubrey and Frank have three sons. 

“Rian is now 7 years old and in the 

second grade; Jacob was 5 years old 

on August 27 and will be in kindergarten 

this year; and Matthew is 

now a very busy 2½-year-old toddler 

who keeps us all on our toes!” 

1990s 

Rob Coyle ’90 and wife Sandra 

welcomed Annika Grace Coyle 

into their family on April 4, 2006. 

Annika joins big brother Matthew, 

age 4. Rob and Sandra continue to 

work at Cy-Fair College in Houston, 

where both are members of 

the history faculty and serve as lead 

faculty in their respective divisions. 

Rob served a six-month stint as the 

interim assistant dean for student 

learning. He continues to organize 

the community garden effort for the 

college. The garden supports two 

local food pantries with produce 

grown on the college campus. Rob 

was one of the college’s 2006 Distinguished 

Faculty Award winners. 

Jan (Zimmermann) 

Ivy ’91 

reports that 

husband 

Wade Ivy 

’92 is beginning 

his fifth year as principal of 

Nimitz Elementary School in Kerrville. 

Jan is “having a blast” being 

a stay-at-home mom, taking care of 

their 3-year-old son, Joseph. 

Lia (Franklin) Pendergrass ’93 

writes, “Schreiner was an incredible 

experience shared with special 

friends, including an unbelievable 

trip to San Miguel de Allende. It 

was a superior beginning for my 

education. I moved to Fresno, Calif. 

and attended California State University 

at Fresno for my master’s in 

social work. I watched many students 

struggle with aspects of graduate 

school that had become second 

nature to me.” Lia is currently a 

licensed clinical social worker and 

performs psychiatric evaluations on 

a consultant basis. She and her 

husband still live in Fresno. 

Matt Ball 

’95 is in his 

fifth year of 

teaching special 

education 

at Garrison 

High School in Garrison, Texas. 

Matt and wife Leslie have a 3-yearold 

son, Carter.

Duffy Slade 

’96 lives in 

Frisco, Texas 

with wife 

Leigh and 

daughter 

Ryann (future 

Schreiner 

grad, Duffy says!). Sister Lindsay 

graduated Schreiner in 2000, 

and their parents, Betsy and Gary 

Slade, are members of the Schreiner 

Oaks Society. 

Stacy Allen ’96 couldn’t make it 

to Recall this year because she was 

preparing to welcome a baby girl to 

her family. Kaitlyn Christine was 

born on April 6, 2006. The family 

resides in Houston, where Stacy is 

employed at Pharmacy Healthcare 

Solutions. 

Theresa 

(Van 

Goethem) 

Meyers ’96 

and her husband 

Ryan 

are pleased to 

announce the birth or their daughter, 

Sofia Isabelle Meyers. Sofia was 

born on May 19, 2006 in Dallas. 

She weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz. and was 

19½ inches long. Sofia was baptized 

at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in 

Del Rio on July 29, 2006. The Meyers 

family is healthy and happily 

residing in Allen. 

Courtney E. Fletcher ’97 and 

Neal Shane were united in marriage 

on January 13, 2006. The Shanes 

reside in Horseshoe Bay. 

Jana Leboeuf ’97 graduated in 

February with her Master of Arts 

degree in counseling. She worked 

for Child Protective Services for six 

years and currently works for the 

Carrollton Police Department as 

a victims advocate. “I am working 

towards becoming a licensed professional 

counselor and will soon have 

my temporary license.” 

Stephanie (Meyer) Warr ’97 

married Brody Warr on October 

2, 2005. They live in Keller, Texas, 

where Stephanie is a store manager 

for Starbucks Coffee Company. 

Patrick Bulteel ’98 and his family 

moved to the United Kingdom 

in 2004. 

Susan (Hale) Hamilton ’98 

and husband Rob became the 

proud parents of a baby girl, 

Isabell Lauren, on February 17, 

2006. Isabell joins big sisters Tania 

and Kaylee. 

Cameron Beckham ’99 is a 

police officer for the city of Garrett, 

Texas, and is currently a sergeant. 

His 8-month-old daughter has 

undergone two open-heart surgeries, 

but Cameron reports that she 

is now clear of problems and doing 

fine. “I am now married to my wonderful 

wife, Misty Cheri Beckham. 

We just got married, and all is going 

well.” Cameron and his family live 

in Lancaster. 

Louque 

Currie ’99 

and Alicia 

(Cecil) Currie 

’99 welcomed 

their 

first child 

into the world on March 21, 2006. 

Rebecca Renee weighed 7 lbs., 

1 oz. and was 19½ inches long. 

The Curries live in Baytown. 

2000s 

David Peeples ’00 is in his third 

year at The University of Texas 

at San Antonio, working on his 

classnotes 

master’s degree in history. He will 

graduate in May of 2007. 

Lindsay (Slade) Sellery ’00 

and husband Stephen welcomed 

their second child, Elizabeth “Ellie” 

Walker Sellery, into their lives on 

April 8. Ellie weighed in at 6 lbs., 

7 oz., and joins big brother Slade, 3. 

The Sellery family lives in Orlando, 

Florida. Lindsay is a stay-at-home 

mom and is now busier than ever. 

“Stephen still works for The Golf 

Channel, and continues to keep us 

traveling a lot.” 

Eric Jupe ’01 married Nikki 

Culp on June 2, 2006. He works 

as a special education teacher for 

Victoria ISD and coaches middle 

school football and basketball, and 

high school freshman baseball. Eric 

and Nikki live in Victoria. 

Sarah Richard ’01 became the 

director of accounting operations at 

Concordia University in Austin on 

September 1, 2006. 

Samantha 

Taylor ’01 

received her 

CPA certification 

in July 

2005 and 

works fulltime 

for the accounting firm Davidson, 

Freedle, Espenhover & Overby, 

P.C. She and husband Jeremy 

welcomed their first child, Addison 

Leigh Taylor, in June 2006. Jeremy 

is owner/operator of Kerrville 

Roofing, Inc. 

Tommy Carden ’02 and wife 

Kristen were united in marriage 

on May 6, 2006 in Seguin at Nolte 

Farms. Kristen is from the Houston 

area and graduated from the 

University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) 

in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in 

family and consumer sciences. She 


classnotes 

is employed 

as a restaurant 

group 

sales manager 

at the Omni 

La Mansion 

and Watermark 

Hotel 

and Spa on the Riverwalk in San 

Antonio. Tommy is employed with 

St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company 

(residential and commercial 

property division). The couple 

currently lives in New Braunfels. 

Sally Pena ’02 earned her Master 

of Science degree in recreation and 

leisure services in 2005 from Texas 

State University in San Marcos. She 

now teaches physical education for 

grades kindergarten through sixth 

at Fair Oaks Ranch Elementary 

in Boerne. 

Jewell 

Smith ’02 

is working for 

the Department 

of 

Defense as a 

teacher on an 

air station in Iwakuni, Japan. She 

teaches secondary physical education 

and coaches varsity volleyball. 

“Barry Shaw was so kind to provide 

a great letter of recommendation 

for me. He and Dr. Wells are probably 

two of the best instructors I 

have ever had. I absolutely love my 

job, and Japan. I teach the children 

of service personnel. I also have 

Japanese students and teach English 

as a second language. I have grown 

so much here, as an independent 

woman and a teacher. I love Schreiner, 

and I met my greatest friends 

there. Heath Gregory ’01 and 

Laurie (Cloud) Gregory ’02 are 

still my best friends.” 

Lee Vanacker ’02 passed all 

sections of the CPA exam in July 


of 2006. He is currently employed 

by Davidson, Freedle, Espenhover, 

& Overby, P.C. in Kerrville. Wife 

Keely (Cahill) Vanacker ’98 is 

starting her second year as counselor 

for B.T. Wilson School in Kerrville, 

where the Vanackers reside. 

Craig Yaros ’02 reports that his 

family is doing well. He is searching 

for a job with potential for growth 

and is currently following various 

leads. He will keep us posted, and 

sends his best wishes. 

After graduation, Kristy Rose 

Aguirre ’03 went on to Texas 

A&M University-Commerce to 

work on her master’s degree in 

health and kinesiology, as well as a 

second bachelor’s degree in athletic 

training with teacher certification. 

“I graduated in 2005 and will begin 

working at Holmes High School 

in San Antonio as the assistant 

athletic trainer.” 

Chris Campbell ’03 and wife 

Mandy welcomed a new baby girl, 

Ruth Abigail, on August 24; she 

weighed 8 lbs., 9 oz. The family lives 

in Waco, where Chris and Mandy 

attend Baylor University. Chris is in 

the dissertation phase of his Ph.D. in 

educational psychology and teaches 

math full-time at Waco High School. 

Mandy is finishing up her bachelor’s 

degree in music composition and 

also putting the finishing touches on 

her first CD (coming soon at www. 

feverdreamrecords.com). Both of 

them lead worship at Grace Community 

Church (www.gracewaco.com) 

and enjoy leading Bible studies and 

occasional preaching. 

Jarrett 

Aldrich 

’04 is in his 

second year 

of teaching 

high school 

English and lives in San Antonio 

“Last year, I was inducted in “Who’s 

Who Among America’s Teachers.” 

I was completely shocked to be 

nominated during my first year in 

the classroom! In July I finished my 

last class for my master’s degree. I 

spend a lot of time at my ranch in 

Pleasanton. I still try to fly as much 

as I can, even though the only plane 

in my budget is an old Cessna 172 

held together with duct tape and 

baling wire. She’s ugly but she flies! 

Feel free to check out my Web site 

and see it all: JarrettAldrich.com.” 

James McGarr ’04 is currently 

working for Brown Engineering, 

a civil engineering firm in San 

Antonio. He graduated from The 

University of Texas in San Antonio 

in 2005 with a degree in civil 

engineering. 

After a 

serious accident 

while a 

Schreiner 

student, 

Stacey 

Reiley ’04 

went on to 

reach her goal of graduating college. 

She then set a new goal for herself— 

to be able to drive again. “I went 

through driving tests, lessons, and 

going between doctors before I was 

able to take the driving test. I actually 

did great on the driving test, 

and am able to drive on my own as 

of June 9, 2006. I’m driving a red 

Nissan Xterra now, with my license 

back! I’m taking it slow on where 

and when I drive. I’m doing physical 

therapy, and looking for a good 

job close to home.” 

Quinn Renier ’04 has moved to 

Seattle, Wash., where she is seeking 

employment.

Ana Rosales ’04 was the featured 

speaker at the meeting of the Texas 

Presbyterian Foundation Board of 

Trustees on November 7, 2006. 

Kimberly Scharmann ’04 

writes, “Teaching ninth grade English 

at East Central High School in 

San Antonio this year is a blessing. 

It feels amazing to be back in the 

town I grew up in and at such a 

wonderful school. Each day I walk 

into my classroom with a smile on 

my face because I have so many 

great things going on in my life and 

such wonderful students. For example, 

I just bought a beautiful new 

home and adopted a dog. Whenever 

I am not at work, I am sitting 

with a pen in my hand, either writing 

or grading. Many new things are 

happening in my life right now and 

I couldn’t be happier.” 

Travis 

Arreaga ’05 

is now an 

admission 

counselor at 

Schreiner. “I 

am responsible 

for Austin, Waco and East Texas, 

as well as the Rio Grande Valley. 

I was very excited to have been 

offered a position here at Schreiner; 

I was not yet ready to leave. Prospective 

students are eager to learn 

more about the University after 

hearing that I am a recent graduate. 

Schreiner was a great place to go to 

school, and it’s an even better place 

to work.” 

Emily Chaney ’05 became the 

bride of Adam Smith on June 3, 

2006 at the YO Ranch Resort Hotel. 

Tammy Fullerton ’06 served as 

her maid of honor. 

Lisa Christiansen ’05 is beginning 

her second year as a teacher 

for the Richland Springs school 

district. She teaches the language 

arts section for grades 4 through 

6, and teaches seventh grade math. 

“I thought last year was good, but 

with a year of experience under my 

belt, this year is already better. I still 

absolutely love teaching. My daughter 

started kindergarten this year, so 

I see her off and on throughout the 

day. She loves school, so that is an 

added bonus!” 

Crystal Kelley ’05 writes, “This 

is my second year at Bluebonnet 

Elementary School in Lockhart, 

where I am teaching first grade. 

Teaching is a very rewarding job 

for me! Soon I hope to pursue my 

master’s in education.” 

Michelle Leija ’05 celebrated 

one year of employment with the 

Department of Family and Protective 

Services on August 22. “I’m so 

proud I have made it, and I’m lucky 

to have an incredible amount of 

support from family and friends. I 

hope that I’ll be able to keep moving 

forward and make a difference. 

Hello to all the wonderful folks over 

there at SU!” 

Adolfo Silvas, Jr. ’05 is now 

teaching at Santa Gertrudis ISD 

in Kingsville. He teaches pre-K 

through eighth grade physical education, 

and is the assistant coach for 

middle school volleyball and basketball, 

and high school baseball. 

Molly Pruitt ’06 accepted a 

position with the Texas Department 

of Family & Protective Services 

and began work in June 2006. “My 

office is at 819 Water Street in Kerrville, 

Suite 230—come and see me! 

I will begin work on my master’s 

in psychology as a licensed professional 

counselor next fall through 

correspondence courses. Life after 

Schreiner is sweet and I am truly 

thankful for all the preparation 

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I received from the people and 

school that I love.” 

Mickey (Styron) Vestal ’06 

writes, “I was married two weeks 

after graduation to Shaun Vestal of 

Fort Worth, and my children and 

I have moved to the Fort Worth 

area. I am a second grade teacher at 

an elementary school in Mansfield. 

Lots of changes! I love the school 

and can’t wait to start my new 

school year as a teacher!” Mickey 

and her family live in Benbrook. 

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november 

9 MONDAY NIGHT FICTION 

“Corpus Christi” by Bret Johnston, presented 

by the author, Logan Library, Scarle-Philips 

Room, 7 PM 

14 LABATT SPEAKER SERIES 

“Transforming the Middle East: Plans and 

Prospects” Dr. Ron Hatchett, Director of 

Schreiner University’s Center for Global 

Studies, and Dr. Bill Martin, senior fellow 

in religion and public policy at the Baker 

Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, 

will speak about wide-ranging factors 

affecting the Middle East situation, Cailloux 

Campus Activity Center Ballroom, 7 PM 

15 CAMPUS STAR PARTY 

next to the Texas Heritage Music Foundation 

Office, 6:30 PM 


SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER 

Cailloux Campus Activity Center, 7 PM 

PRE LAW FILM SERIES 

“To Kill A Mockingbird,” Cailloux Campus 

Activity Center Theater, 7 PM 

17 “AN EVENING OF 

18 

EDWARD ALBEE” 

Hanzen Fine Arts Theater, 7:30 PM 

27 ROBERT P. HALLMAN CHAUTAUQUA 

LECTURE SERIES 

“An Exploration of Musical Form,” Dr. Donald Crandall, 

Cailloux Campus Activity Center Ballroom, 7 PM 

30 SYMPHONY OF THE HILLS CONCERT 

Kathleen C. Cailloux Theater, Kerrville, 7:30 PM, 

$20 admission fee 

january 


“Eastern Sun, Winter Moon” by Gary Paulsen, 

presented by Dr. Fred Stevens, Logan Library, 

Scarle-Philips Room, 7 PM 



“Stem Cell Research as Wonder Cure-All?” presented by 

Professor Elise Kinler, Cailloux Campus Activity Center 

Theater, 7 PM 

february 

7 TEXAS MUSIC COFFEEHOUSE SERIES 

celebrates Black History Month, Cailloux Campus 

Activity Center Corner Pocket, 7 PM 


“A River Runs Through It” by Norman MacClean 

presented by, Dr. Jude Gallik, Logan Library, 

Scarle-Philips Room, 7 PM 



“Everything I Know About Classroom Teaching, I 

Learned From My Dog,” presented by Dr. Carole Errett, 

Cailloux Campus Activity Center Theater, 7 PM 

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MONTY THE MOUNTAIN LION, Schreiner’s new 

mascot, joins the Mountaineer crowd for a roaring good 

time. Monty will be seen all over the campus in coming 

years—not just at athletic events—and he has asked us 

to point out that in addition to roaring he can also purr, 

especially if scratched behind his cute little ears. 

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