Winter 2012 - Wayland Baptist University Alumni Association

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The President’s Pen “You can be proud of your Wayland. Her future is filled with possibility and opportunity. “ Welcoming 2013 Challenges lie ahead for WBU As hard as it is to believe, 2012 is just about gone. I am amazed at how quickly time seems to pass in life. As I think about where we are, both as a university and as individuals, a few words come to mind. Blessings Your university is having a great school year. With record enrollments at several of our campuses, including Plainview and San Antonio, we have been given wonderful opportunities to practice the ministry to which God has called Wayland Baptist University. New opportunities to expand the scope and reach of the school’s service are always given serious consideration, and invitations to consider such expansions seem to come to us regularly. We have added to and expanded the university’s academic offerings, constructed a new men’s dorm, and remodeled our university center. There is a strong spiritual vibrancy among our students which is deeper and more pronounced than at any time in the recent past. Many of the individuals attending Wayland today are deeply and passionately committed to changing our world through the word and the power of Christ. In many ways, our job as a faith-based institution of higher learning is to give these students the tools they need to fulfill that very calling. Challenges Because of growing concerns surrounding government budget issues, student aid programs at both the state and national level are being examined with a view towards large reductions and contractions. Last year, Wayland students received $5.3 million in need-based federal sponsored Pell Grant assistance. In Texas, our students received around $2 million in Tuition Equalization Grant funding from the state legislature. Both of these programs are facing serious challenges and threats. If reductions are enacted, the impact on our students will be significant—especially on first-in-family college attenders. Military tuition assistance is also in danger of being substantively reduced. Such a reduction would impact about 47% of those students who attend our external campuses. While no final decisions have been made yet regarding MTA, the news out of Washington D.C. is, at this point in time, discouraging. Because of the looming “fiscal cliff” in our nation’s capital, all kinds of revenue-generating proposals are being given consideration. One of these ideas is to limit and/or eliminate the charitable deduction provision in the nation’s IRS tax code. Institutions like Wayland, which depend heavily on the generosity of their friends and alumnae, are deeply concerned about such possibilities. The way philanthropy has been supported through the years is under grave threat of being changed forever. Gratitude In spite of the challenges we face, Wayland Baptist University has been blessed. All of us who serve here have a very clear sense that the future clearly is bright for the school. You can be proud of your Wayland. Her future is filled with possibility and opportunity. Your friendship towards and support of this school is more important than ever before. While the environment in which we serve changes on a daily basis, your belief in Wayland’s ministry remains strong and sure and steady. Thanks for your prayers and your gifts. They encourage and sustain us strongly on a daily basis. We hope that 2013 will be for you and your family a blessed and happy year. Grace and peace... . What the President is Reading: Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin; Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, Eric Metaxas; Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World, Evan Thomas
FOOTPRINTS Volume 58, No. 3 Editorial Board Danny Andrews, BA’72 Publisher Jonathan Petty, BA’95, MA’09 Editor Richard Porter, BA’87 Assistant Editor Alumni Officers Sally Dillman Eaves, BS’75 President Tyke Dipprey, BSOE’96 Vice President Danny Andrews, BA’72 Director, Alumni Development Blake Durand, BA’10 Assistant Director, Alumni Development Amber Smith, BS’07 Alumni Assistant Executive Board Dr. Gary Abercrombie, BS’73 Kevin Carter, BBA’93 Rose Ann Chavez, BSOE’06 Michael Cox, BA’98, MA’10 Brenda Gonzalez, BA’73 Stacie Hardage, BBA’90 Mike Manchee, BS’94, MEd’97 Richard Miller, BS’87 Danny Murphree, BS’69 Daleyn Schwartz, AAS’85 Caren Smith, BA’92 Courtney Williams, BSIS’02 Danny Wrenn, BA’84 FOOTPRINTS is published by the Association of Former Students at Wayland Baptist University. No outside advertising is accepted. Wayland Baptist University is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Wayland is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award degrees at the associate, baccalaureate and master’s levels. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Wayland Baptist University. Non-profit rate postage paid at Lubbock, Texas 79404. Telephone (806) 291-3600. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to FOOTPRINTS, Wayland Baptist University, 1900 West 7th St. CMB 437, Plainview, TX 79072. Wayland Baptist University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex or national origin in administration of its policies, admission policies, scholarships and loan programs, athletic and other school administration. Features Wayland Baptist University students excel in the classroom and in life. 2 6 10 Miss Wayland 2013 has a heart for helping the homeless. Dr. John Blevins uses medicine to share the gospel. Anchorage student finds Christ in the classroom. Also Inside 12 Music student earns prestigious honor 14 Professor releases Piano CD 15 Harkey chosen to sing with quartet 22 Alum takes charge Down Under 24 Pioneer sports wrap 29 36 Andrews is decorating with memories Class Notes If you have any questions or comments about Footprints, e-mail Danny at andrewsd@wbu.edu, Jonathan at pettyj@wbu.edu, or write to us in care of the Wayland Alumni Office.
Page 1: Welcome Miss Wayland
Page 6 and 7: her. She left school and took a few
Page 8 and 9: As Dr. Herbert Grover summed up the
Page 10 and 11: Wayland grad and physician Dr. John
Page 12 and 13: Anchorage student finds Christ in t
Page 14 and 15: Operatically Gifted WBU music stude
Page 16 and 17: Fountain releases ‘American Ivory
Page 18 and 19: Stephen Padilla, his wife, Judi, an
Page 20 and 21: Oldest alum celebrates 104 (This st
Page 22 and 23: Members of the Wayland Student Chap
Page 24 and 25: Harrelson tagged as Player/Coach Th
Page 26 and 27: Fall success for Pioneer sports Way
Page 28 and 29: Athletics Wrap saves while allowing
Page 30 and 31: From a Friend Dr. Joel Boyd Bachelo
Page 32 and 33: Wayland Mission Center Dr. Richard
Page 34 and 35: $5 million gift will fund Dean muse
Page 36 and 37: News in Brief Enrollment up; studen
Page 38 and 39: Class notes In Loving Memory Christ
Page 40 and 41: Gifts that Keep on Giving Want to r
Page 42 and 43: 2010s LANCE HEINEN, BA’12, accept
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