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<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong><br />
Magazine for alumni and friends<br />
Summer 2009<br />
<strong>Come</strong> <strong>Join</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Celebration</strong>!<br />
Published twice annually for alumni and friends of <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> • Summer 2009 - No. 2<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Foundation • 1111 Main Street • <strong>Wayne</strong>, NE 68787
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3 President’s Message<br />
5 Bremers Receive Award<br />
6 Seven Faculty Retire<br />
8 Faculty Notes<br />
9 Weber ‘77 Recognized<br />
10 Quiz Bowl Winners<br />
Service-Learning Effort<br />
11 Students Help Library<br />
Media Awards<br />
12 Pfaltzgraff <strong>Join</strong>s WSC<br />
13 Gutshall New Professor<br />
17 Alumni Notes<br />
21 Alumni Reunions<br />
23 Homecoming 2009<br />
ON THE COVER: <strong>The</strong> WSC Centennial Logo on the cover was designed by Corey Vondrak, who graduated<br />
from the college in 1994 with a bachelor of science degree in graphic design. <strong>The</strong>re will be more about<br />
Vondrak and his winning design for the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Foundation’s logo contest in a future publication.<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Magazine is published<br />
semiannually for alumni and friends of <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>. <strong>The</strong> magazine is funded by the <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> Foundation. Comments and letters should be<br />
mailed to: <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Foundation, <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>, 1111 Main Street, <strong>Wayne</strong>, Nebraska 68787<br />
Administration<br />
Dr. Richard Collings<br />
President<br />
Dr. Robert McCue<br />
Vice President for Academic Affairs<br />
Beth Kroger<br />
Vice President for Administration and Finance<br />
Dr. Jeff Carstens<br />
Vice President and Dean of Student Life<br />
Phyllis Conner - 402-375-7543<br />
Vice President for Development and Executive<br />
Director of the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Foundation<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Foundation Staff<br />
Deb Lundahl - 402-375-7209<br />
Director of Development and Alumni Relations<br />
Kevin Armstrong - 402-375-7534<br />
Director of Planned Giving<br />
Brian Lentz - 402-375-7559<br />
Accountant and Assistant Director<br />
Carol Stephens - 402-375-7510<br />
Foundation Office Assistant<br />
Cathleen Hansen - 402-375-7526<br />
Alumni Office Assistant<br />
Lori Bebee<br />
Office Assistant<br />
Editorial Staff<br />
Jay Collier<br />
Director of <strong>College</strong> Relations<br />
Trudy Muir<br />
Graphic Design Artist<br />
Angie Nordhues<br />
Writer, Photographer<br />
Lois Brunnert<br />
Media Assistant<br />
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President’s Message<br />
Dr. Richard J. Collings<br />
Don and Carol (Rankin) Bremer (center) were<br />
recognized as Alumni Achievement Award winners<br />
at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> commencement, May 9.<br />
Congratulating the Bremers are Phyllis Conner<br />
(left) vice president for development, and Dr.<br />
Richard Collings, president of <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> honors its own twice a year at commencement with the presentation of the Alumni Achievement<br />
Award. Each time I have the honor of meeting the recipients of this award I see the true depth of commitment to <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> the honorees maintain while pursuing their impressive careers. This year’s honored alumni, Don and Carol (Rankin)<br />
Bremer, embody the spirit of the award.<br />
Within this issue of your alumni magazine you will learn more about the Bremers and their contributions to education,<br />
business and the college. But they are just two of many distinguished members of the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> community.<br />
Our faculty members regularly receive recognition for the outstanding work they do for the college and the professional<br />
organizations to which they belong. Professors Dave Bohnert, Pat Arneson, Randy Bertolas, Brad Weber and Marlene<br />
Mueller are featured in the magazine for recent professional achievements. <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> newcomers Phil Pfaltzgraff and<br />
Dr. Elise Gutshall are profiled for the contribution each has already made to the college’s outstanding music department.<br />
You will also find brief profiles on seven faculty members who retired this spring.<br />
Service-learning remains an important component of <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>’s programs. Our students continue to engage in projects<br />
in the region and beyond, such as a spring break trip to work in a shelter in Missouri and a business communications class<br />
project that aided the Gardner Public Library in Wakefield, Neb.<br />
Students involved with the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>r and our television and radio programs recently had a tremendous showing at<br />
the Nebraska Collegiate Media Association’s meeting in April on the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> campus. <strong>The</strong> <strong>State</strong>r was named the<br />
best newspaper out of a field of seven student papers and the radio and television stations earned second place in overall<br />
excellence.<br />
Three students majoring in exercise science in the Department of Health, Human Performance and Sport won first place in<br />
the American <strong>College</strong> of Sports Medicine quiz bowl championship in May in Seattle. <strong>The</strong>y competed against teams from<br />
schools such as University of Oregon, Florida <strong>State</strong> and University of Connecticut, among others. As department chair<br />
Tammy Evetovich noted, this is just the beginning of their success stories.<br />
Wildcat athletics had another great spring season. Several students were named All Northern Sun or All American athletes<br />
as our baseball, softball, track and field, and golf teams piled up win after win. <strong>The</strong> baseball team won its sixth straight<br />
conference title. <strong>The</strong> softball team earned its first NCAA Division 2 national ranking and made its first appearance in the<br />
NCAA national tournament.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re’s a lot of pride that comes with being a Wildcat, from the success of your fellow alumni, our faculty and our<br />
students. We hope you enjoy this issue of your magazine chronicling their achievements.<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Magazine 3
Campus Notes<br />
Weather Smiles<br />
on Graduation<br />
for First Time<br />
in Three Years<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> held commencement for graduate students<br />
in Rice Auditorium and undergraduates in the Willow Bowl on<br />
May 9. A total of 531 degrees – 198 graduate degrees and 333<br />
undergraduate degrees – were conferred by <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> President<br />
Richard J. Collings.<br />
Stephen Hakes gave the invocation for the master’s ceremony.<br />
Hakes was born in Baltimore, Md., but was raised in Auburn, Mich.,<br />
a town of about 2,000. He was awarded his MBA on May 9 from<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>. Hakes lives in Norfolk and serves as the<br />
director of music at Christ Lutheran Church. He is married to Lori<br />
Hakes, with whom he has three children, Daniel, Megan and Lauren.<br />
John Gathje, who received his master of science in education,<br />
curriculum and instruction, was the featured speaker at the<br />
master’s ceremony. Gathje is the son of Ronald and Helen Gathje<br />
of Rochester, Minn. Gathje works as an English instructor, cross<br />
country coach, track & field coach, and English department chairman<br />
at Mount Michael Benedictine High School in Elkhorn, Neb. He<br />
compled his eighteenth year of teaching and coaching at Mount<br />
Michael this spring. He is married to Melissa Gathje, with whom he<br />
has two children, Jacob and Benjamin.<br />
Chance Buss delivered the invocation for the baccalaureate<br />
ceremony. He is the son of John and Madonna Buss of Pierce, and<br />
brother of Patricia and Kristi Buss. He graduated from Pierce High<br />
School in 2005. Buss majored in communications, public relations<br />
and organizational leadership. He is a member of Lambda Pi Eta<br />
Communication Honor Society, Blue Key Honor Society and Phi<br />
Kappa Phi Honor Society. His career plans include public speaking<br />
for the Community Character Development Coalition based in<br />
Norfolk, Neb.<br />
Lance Hedquist, city administrator for the City of South<br />
Sioux City since 1980, gave the commencement address at the<br />
baccalaureate ceremony. Hedquist is a lifelong resident of South<br />
Sioux City. He grew up in South Sioux City and returned after<br />
graduating from <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>, where he earned a bachelor of<br />
science degree in 1972.<br />
Hedquist has dedicated his life to public service and cares very<br />
much about the community, its citizens and employees. He works<br />
tirelessly to make South Sioux City a better place to live, enriching<br />
the quality of life for all and always planning for the future.<br />
Hedquist is recognized as a leader and innovator in the tristate<br />
area and across Nebraska for his skill leading one of the most<br />
progressive cities in the state. Under his leadership, the City of South<br />
Sioux City received the 2003 All America City Award, one of the<br />
nation’s most prestigious awards, and the 2003 Nebraska Showcase<br />
Community Award, the state of Nebraska’s most esteemed award.<br />
Lance and his wife, Jean, have two grown sons, Nick and Chris.<br />
Nick lives in Washington, D.C.; and Chris, his wife, Misty, and their<br />
daughter, Ashley, and son, Ryan, live in South Sioux City.<br />
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Bohnert Receives Teaching Excellence Award<br />
Dr. David Bohnert was awarded the <strong>State</strong> National Bank Teaching Excellence<br />
Award during <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> commencement. Bohnert is associate professor<br />
of music and director of bands at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> where he teaches applied trumpet,<br />
brass methods and conducting, as well as serving as director for the WSC Wind<br />
Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, and Marching Band. He holds bachelor of music (trumpet<br />
performance) and bachelor of music education degrees from Southeast Missouri<br />
<strong>State</strong> University. He earned the master of music degree in trumpet performance from<br />
the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where he also served as a graduate teaching<br />
assistant. He has done post-graduate study at the Eastman School of Music and the<br />
University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, where he completed<br />
the DMA (Trumpet Performance) in August 2003. Bohnert is an active performer,<br />
playing regularly with A Touch of Brass, the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra and<br />
Municipal Band, the Northeast Area Jazz Ensemble, in addition to maintaining an<br />
active solo recital schedule. He is in demand as a clinician and guest conductor<br />
for ensembles throughout the Midwest and is a popular adjudicator at music<br />
competitions throughout the United <strong>State</strong>s.
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS<br />
Don and Carol<br />
(Rankin) Bremer<br />
Receive Alumni<br />
Achievement<br />
Award<br />
Don and Carol (Rankin) Bremer<br />
were the recipients of this year’s<br />
Alumni Achievement Award at<br />
spring commencement.<br />
Don and Carol (Rankin)<br />
Bremer were the recipients of<br />
this year’s Alumni Achievement<br />
Award at spring commencement.<br />
Don earned his bachelor’s<br />
degree from <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> in<br />
1958, majoring in education and<br />
industrial arts. Carol graduated<br />
from <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> in 1954<br />
with her two-year teaching<br />
credential. <strong>The</strong> Bremers have<br />
been exemplary educators,<br />
administrators and business<br />
owners, embodying the spirit<br />
that with a <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> degree,<br />
one can go anywhere and do<br />
anything.<br />
Don Bremer was born in<br />
1934 in Sioux City, Iowa. He<br />
moved to Laurel, Neb., and<br />
graduated a year later in 1952.<br />
He enrolled at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
that fall in the pre-engineering<br />
program. Don was drafted by<br />
the U.S. Army in 1954 during<br />
the Korean War. After training,<br />
he married Carol Rankin, his<br />
college sweetheart. Don and<br />
Carol have been married 54<br />
years. <strong>The</strong>y have three sons and<br />
seven grandchildren.<br />
Don returned to <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> in 1956 where<br />
he continued his education<br />
with majors in education and<br />
industrial arts. After graduating<br />
in 1958, Don, Carol, and<br />
their new son, Doug, moved<br />
to Chino, Calif., where Don<br />
taught math and drafting while<br />
attending Cal Poly University<br />
in Pomona working on a major<br />
in mathematics. He earned<br />
his master of arts degree in<br />
secondary school administration<br />
from California <strong>State</strong><br />
University-Los Angeles in 1962.<br />
Don spent 26 years as a<br />
school administrator, the last<br />
14 as principal of Chino Boys<br />
Republic High School. He is an<br />
Elk, a Mason and a Rotarian.<br />
He has served all offices in his<br />
Rotary Club and several at the<br />
district level. Don was named<br />
Rotarian of the Year in 2005<br />
and received the “Excellence in<br />
Service Award” in 2009. Don<br />
and Carol are major donors to<br />
the Rotary Foundation.<br />
Carol was born in Neligh,<br />
Neb., in 1935. She graduated<br />
from <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> with a<br />
two-year teaching credential<br />
in 1954. Her first teaching<br />
assignment was at a one-room<br />
country school in Antelope<br />
County. Her next assignment<br />
was teaching fifth and sixth<br />
grade in Norfolk, Neb.<br />
During Don’s last two<br />
years at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>, Carol<br />
taught a seventh and eighth<br />
grade combination class in<br />
Laurel, Neb. Carol earned her<br />
bachelor of arts and master<br />
of arts in education from the<br />
University of California-Los<br />
Angeles. She taught junior high<br />
school English before serving<br />
as the junior high counselor in<br />
the Ontario-Montclair School<br />
District for about 13 years.<br />
She also served two years as<br />
assistant principal of Buena<br />
Vista High School in Ontario,<br />
Calif.<br />
Don left his school<br />
administrative position in<br />
1992 after 35 years in the field<br />
of education to give more<br />
time to their rapidly growing<br />
investment business. Carol<br />
and Don own and manage D<br />
& C Investment Properties, a<br />
partnership that runs their 345<br />
apartment units, nine singlefamily<br />
homes and a medical<br />
complex that houses 18<br />
doctors. One of the Bremers’<br />
redevelopment projects now<br />
serves as a model for the<br />
redevelopment of blighted<br />
apartment areas.<br />
Don and Carol have been<br />
exceptionally charitable to their<br />
community. <strong>The</strong>y have also<br />
created an endowed scholarship<br />
fund at <strong>Wayne</strong> to provide two<br />
student scholarships each year.<br />
During the past three years Don<br />
and Carol have also served on<br />
the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Foundation<br />
Board as trusteesand have<br />
hosted a <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> alumni<br />
reunion in their home.<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Magazine 5
Campus Notes<br />
Seven <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> Faculty Retire<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> retiring professors were honored at commencement, from left: Vic Reynolds, Dr. Janet Gilligan, Dr. Kent Blaser, Frank<br />
Teach, Dr. Christopher Bonds, Dr. Richard Keenan and Dr. James Curtiss.<br />
Dr. Kent Blaser, Professor of History<br />
Kent Blaser, Ph.D., came to <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> in 1979. His teaching<br />
and research interests include historiography and the philosophy of<br />
history; Nebraska and the Great Plains; and the history of <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>. Dr. Blaser was head of the college’s Division of Social<br />
Sciences from 1984 to 1989; director of <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>’s Honors<br />
Program, 1993-1994; president of Mid-America American Studies<br />
Association, 1995-1996; and editor of Midwest Review from 1983<br />
to 1994, among many academic accomplishments. He earned his<br />
bachelor’s in U.S. history from Kansas <strong>State</strong> University and his Ph.D.<br />
from University of North Carolina, (Chapel Hill) in American History.<br />
He previously taught at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br />
and the University of Nebraska-Omaha.<br />
Dr. Christopher Bonds, Professor of Music<br />
Chris Bonds, Ph.D., taught at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> for 28 years. Dr. Bonds<br />
was chair of the music department from 2004 to 2007. He said he<br />
considers his greatest accomplishments at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> to be the<br />
students he has taught who have gone on to have successful careers in<br />
music. Dr. Bonds was hired as string instructor/orchestra conductor in<br />
the Fine Arts Division. He previously taught at Ball <strong>State</strong> University,<br />
Carroll <strong>College</strong>, Elmira <strong>College</strong> and Whitman <strong>College</strong>. He earned his<br />
bachelor of music and master of music at Arizona <strong>State</strong> University<br />
and his Ph.D. from University of Iowa.<br />
Dr. James Curtiss, Professor of Education<br />
James Curtiss, Ph.D., was a professor of education at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> for<br />
14 years. Dr. Curtiss was a music teacher for 24 years in Nebraska<br />
public schools. He earned his bachelor of music education degree<br />
from Indiana University in 1966; his master of arts degree in music<br />
education from the University of Northern Colorado in 1972; and<br />
his doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1998. Dr.<br />
Curtiss also served as a music teacher and chair of the Fine Arts<br />
Department from 1978 to 1990 for Sidney Public School in Sidney,<br />
Neb.; music teacher and chair of the curriculum committee from 1968<br />
to 1978 for Chappell Public School in Chappell, Neb.; and music<br />
teacher from 1966 to 1968 for Bladen Public School, in Bladen, Neb.<br />
Dr. Janet Gilligan, Professor of English<br />
Janet Gilligan, Ph.D., came to <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> in 1988. Among her<br />
many accomplishments, she has mentored more than 100 English<br />
education student teachers. Dr. Gilligan initiated the Language Arts<br />
Festival, an annual <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> event that hosts for students<br />
in grades seven through 12, which is now in its fifth year. She also<br />
won the <strong>The</strong> Balsley-Whitmore Teaching Excellence Award in 2009,<br />
funded by an endowment established by Howard Balsley and Irol<br />
Whitmore Balsley, is given annually to a faculty member in English<br />
who embodies the teaching mission of WSC. Dr. Gilligan earned<br />
her bachelor of science in education from Saint Mary of the Woods<br />
<strong>College</strong>, master’s in English from Northern Illinois University, and<br />
Ph.D. in English from Northern Illinois (concentration in Middle<br />
English Literature). She previously taught at Hamilton <strong>College</strong>,<br />
Northern Illinois University, and Universite de Nantes, France.<br />
Dr. Richard Keenan, Associate Professor<br />
of Communication<br />
Richard Keenan, Ph.D., has taught for 15 years at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>.<br />
Dr. Keenan has developed new and expanded classes in public<br />
relations and presented research findings at national and international<br />
gatherings of the Popular Culture Association each year during the<br />
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CELEBRATING 100 YEARS<br />
past 15 years. He has been an<br />
active participant in community<br />
service with his church and plans<br />
a career change to church ministry<br />
work. He earned his bachelor’s<br />
degree in communication from<br />
University of Michigan, master’s<br />
in communication from University<br />
of Illinois, and Ph.D . from City<br />
University of Los Angeles. Dr.<br />
Keenan previously taught at Mary<br />
<strong>College</strong>, East Carolina University,<br />
J.C. Smith University and <strong>The</strong>il<br />
<strong>College</strong>.<br />
Vic Reynolds,<br />
Professor of Art<br />
Vic Reynolds, M.F.A., was hired<br />
as full-time tenure-track faculty in<br />
1988. Reynolds was born in Idaho<br />
Falls, Idaho. After retiring from<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>, Reynolds plans to<br />
continue to work in his studio in<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong>. Reynolds works using a<br />
wide variety of art materials in the<br />
creation of paintings, drawings,<br />
and digital images. While serving a<br />
tour in Vietnam (U.S. Army 116th<br />
Combat Engineers), Reynolds was<br />
selected to be part of the U.S. Army<br />
Combat Art Team Vlll, which was<br />
assigned by the Army Historian in<br />
Washington D.C. to depict and create<br />
impressions of the Vietnam War. He<br />
received his bachelor and master of<br />
fine arts degree from the University<br />
of Idaho and taught previously at<br />
the University of Nevada and the<br />
University of Alabama.<br />
Frank Teach, Director<br />
of Student Activities<br />
and Instructor of Physical<br />
Education<br />
Frank Teach, M.A., was hired nearly<br />
40 years ago to run the college’s<br />
new intramural sports program.<br />
Teach also developed the student<br />
activities program, which reached<br />
out to students to involve them in the<br />
coordination of campus activities.<br />
He earned his bachelor’s degree and<br />
a master’s in education from <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong>. During his master’s program,<br />
he served as a graduate assistant for<br />
baseball coach Fred Pierce.<br />
WSC All in the Family for Adamson Family<br />
Jordan Adamson made her mother’s goal complete on Mother’s Day weekend as she graduated<br />
from <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> on May 9. She and three of her sisters have all earned WSC degrees.<br />
<strong>The</strong> goal to have all the Adamson girls graduate from <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> was a special one<br />
set when the children were small. Nicole Adamson Mathison was the first to achieve it in 1996.<br />
Heather Adamson Tillotson followed as the only sister with an education degree in 1999. Megan<br />
Adamson Froehlich earned her degree in 2004.<br />
Three of the four sisters earned communications degrees and had Drs. Ron and Deb Whitt as<br />
teachers and mentors.<br />
"We all had the Whitts as instructors and they really made a difference for all of us,’’ Jordan<br />
Adamson said. "I feel the most important aspect of the communications degree at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> is the leadership aspect. I am very glad that was a part of my education.’’<br />
Jordan Adamson will be entering <strong>The</strong> Buckle’s management program in Sioux Falls, S.D. She<br />
said her leadership experiences at WSC will help her in the program.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Adamson sisters were an absolute delight to have as students in our Communication Arts<br />
program. Each had a unique positive personality and brought a different positive perspective to our<br />
classes,” said Professors Ron and Deb Whitt when asked about the Adamsons. “<strong>The</strong> one ingredient<br />
that flowed through each, however, was a strong work ethic each brought to the classroom. All<br />
were carefully prepared to fully engage in academic and group discussions. <strong>The</strong> sisters’ goal<br />
oriented attitude, along with their strong interpersonal communication skills, will continue to serve<br />
them well. We wish them the very best and look forward to the next generation of Adamsons!’’<br />
Although all the sisters lived in Bowen residence hall, only Nicole and Heather had the<br />
opportunity to live together in a room.<br />
"Heather was able to tell me who I should take in classes and some tips about college life,”<br />
Nicole said. “<strong>The</strong> best thing about <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> was the small class sizes and individual<br />
attention that we received from our professors.’’<br />
Each sister agreed their professors had known them by their first names. <strong>The</strong>y said they valued<br />
the ability to be able to speak with them face to face.<br />
After commencement, Jordan Adamson’s niece, Kennedy Mathison, ran up to her and gave her<br />
aunt a hug.<br />
"Tell us where you are going to college, Kennedy,’’ Adamson said. "<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>?"<br />
Kennedy Mathison looked up and nodded yes with a big smile.<br />
Jordan Adamson of Osmond is congratulated by her sisters as she joins them as <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> alumni. From left are: Heather Adamson Tillotson, a 1999 graduate;<br />
Megan Adamson Froehlich, a 2004 graduate; Jordan Adamson, a 2009 graduate; and<br />
Nicole Adamson Mathison, a 1996 WSC graduate.<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Magazine 7
Campus Notes<br />
Dr. Patricia Arneson<br />
Professor Arneson to Attend Oxford Round Table Forum<br />
Dr. Patricia Arneson of <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> will participate in the 20th anniversary of the Oxford Round<br />
Table, to be held July 5-10 at Oxford University in Oxford, England. Arneson is one of 40 international<br />
scholars invited to attend as a discussant and/or presenter. Participants include governmental and business<br />
leaders, ministers of education, and educational leaders and faculty from institutions and countries worldwide.<br />
<strong>The</strong> purpose of the Oxford Round Table is to promote education, art, science, religion and human rights<br />
through academic presentations and scholarly discussion. First held in 1989, the Oxford Round Table is a<br />
unique forum that provides the opportunity to discuss important policy questions during a five-day period in a<br />
collegial “think-tank” atmosphere.<br />
This year’s forum is “Women’s Careers: <strong>The</strong> Presumption and Burdens of Proof.” Topics include career<br />
traps for women, women’s career investments and returns, workplace politics, social and cultural restraints on<br />
equal pay, workplace discrimination, and gender equity issues.<br />
Dr. Arneson is professor of business at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>, teaching in the disciplines of Human<br />
Resource Management and Business Teacher Education. She has been the recipient of teaching and service<br />
awards for her contributions to business e)ducation. Arneson is a member of the Society for Human Resource<br />
Management, as well as the Nebraska <strong>State</strong> Business Education Association, Mountain-Plains Business<br />
Education Association, National Business Education Association, and Delta Pi Epsilon graduate honorary.<br />
Professor Bertolas Elected to National Executive Committee<br />
Dr. Randy Bertolas, chair of the Department of History, Politics, and Geography and professor of<br />
geography at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>, was recently elected to the National Executive Committee of Gamma<br />
<strong>The</strong>ta Upsilon. Gamma <strong>The</strong>ta Upsilon (GTU) is the international honor society in geography, established<br />
in 1928. Bertolas chartered the Lambda Zeta chapter of GTU at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> in 2002.<br />
Bertolas grew up on the Iron Range of northern Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota-<br />
Duluth and was studying geography in his dorm room the night the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake<br />
Superior on Nov. 10, 1975. Subsequently, he earned graduate degrees in geography from the University of<br />
Vermont in 1982 and from the <strong>State</strong> University of New York at Buffalo in 1995. A high school instructor<br />
and wrestling coach in the 1980s, Bertolas has been teaching at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> since 1995.<br />
He has received numerous awards including the Outstanding Professor of the Year Award presented by<br />
the WSC Student Senate in 2005 and 2009, and the Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award presented<br />
by the National Council for Geographic Education in 2006. Bertolas also serves as coordinator of the<br />
Geographic Educators of Nebraska, an organization that collaborates with the National Geographic Society<br />
and is dedicated to raising the level of geographic literacy in the state.<br />
Bertolas was elected alongside new GTU National Executive Committee members from Old<br />
Dominion University, Oklahoma <strong>State</strong> University and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.<br />
Dr. Randy Bertolas<br />
Professor Mueller Shows Work in Kearney, Lincoln and New York City<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> Professor of Art Marlene Mueller gave a solo exhibition at the Museum of<br />
Nebraska Art (MONA) from Oct. 18 to Jan. 4. <strong>The</strong> exhibit was the first full-scale showing of her complete<br />
fire drawing series. Mueller’s fire drawing series was also shown in Lincoln and New York City. Work<br />
by Mueller was included in a two-person show with David Harvey at Tugboat Gallery in Lincoln, April<br />
3-26. Mueller’s work features charcoal drawings that address the transformation of solid matter into ash<br />
where the elements of flame, steam, water, and smoke provided the foundation of her study. Tugboat<br />
Gallery is located at 116 N. 14th St. in Lincoln. Tugboat provides showing opportunities for emerging<br />
artists as well as established professionals. <strong>The</strong> goal of Tugboat, as a non-commission gallery is to exhibit<br />
high quality exciting artwork. Mueller’s Into the Ashes charcoal drawing series gained her acceptance<br />
into <strong>The</strong> Drawing Center’s Viewing Program in New York City. Called "one of the city’s most highly<br />
respected small art museums" by the New York Times, the Drawing Center has become the country’s<br />
preeminent venue for important contemporary and historical drawing exhibitions. Established in 1977,<br />
the Viewing Program offers emerging artists the opportunity to include their work in a curated Artist<br />
Registry. Mueller’s work can be seen on-line by going to <strong>The</strong> Drawing Center Website at: http://www.<br />
drawingcenter.org/viewingprogram/portfolio.cfm.<br />
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CELEBRATING 100 YEARS<br />
Leader of the Band Got His Start at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
Brad Weber<br />
“I’ve just wanted to do the best<br />
I possibly could in order to help<br />
my students be successful as<br />
they traveled down life’s path<br />
...I have always felt we<br />
(as a band) can do this.”<br />
As students march into the <strong>Wayne</strong> High School band room, they enter through a<br />
hallway overflowing with award plaques, trophies and photos of smiling students in<br />
uniforms. <strong>The</strong>se winners have been part of a team effort coached for a different type of<br />
score, a strong music tradition orchestrated by Brad Weber of <strong>Wayne</strong>.<br />
“I just try to be myself and let the students know that it is about them and I truly<br />
enjoy working with them,’’ Weber said. “I have always wanted students to be involved<br />
in as many different programs, activities, and other opportunities as they could be. <strong>The</strong><br />
more they are involved, the better they are able to communicate in different areas later<br />
in life.”<br />
A 1977 <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> alumnus, Weber graduated from Randolph Public<br />
High School. He began teaching at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> in 1984 and <strong>Wayne</strong> High<br />
School in 1986. He is the instrumental music instructor at <strong>Wayne</strong> High School and<br />
serves as an adjunct faculty member at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>. His bachelor’s degree<br />
is in fine arts in education with a major in instrumental music with a performing<br />
concentration of percussion and clarinet. He earned a master of arts in music in 1992.<br />
Although Weber’s success has been recognized statewide, a new honor has been<br />
added to the list. Weber accepted the Donald A. Lentz Outstanding Bandmaster Award<br />
at the Nebraska <strong>State</strong> Bandmasters Association (NSBA) annual awards banquet March<br />
6 in Lincoln. <strong>The</strong> award is NSBA’s highest award. It recognizes the outstanding<br />
contribution Weber has made throughout his career.<br />
Throughout Weber’s teaching career, his bands have excelled in contests and<br />
captivated audiences during performances. He has built a successful program that<br />
attracts students. A majority of students at <strong>Wayne</strong> High School are involved in band.<br />
This year, 162 students participated in band in grades 9-12 from a total of 265 students<br />
at <strong>Wayne</strong> High. More than 60 percent of <strong>Wayne</strong> High students enroll in band.<br />
“I’ve just wanted to do the best I possibly could in order to help my students be<br />
successful as they traveled down life’s path,’’ Weber said. “I have always felt we (as a<br />
band) can do this.”<br />
“Outstanding band directors have come before me,’’ Weber continued. “I am sure<br />
they felt as I do about the band program including Ron Dalton, who I had the privilege<br />
to follow. Don Schumacher, Earl Green and others were outstanding band directors.’’<br />
His father and mother, Marvin and Virginia Weber, and Dr. Jay O’Leary of <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>, are a few of the people who have inspired Weber, he said.<br />
“I could list pages of people who have inspired me over the years,’’ Weber said.<br />
“My wife, Deb, my daughters Melissa, Megan and Micaela, and of course the students,<br />
parents, school and community of <strong>Wayne</strong> that I have had the privilege to work with<br />
over the years have motivated me.”<br />
Weber and his wife Deb, have three daughters, Melissa ‘01, Megan ‘05 and<br />
Micaela ‘09. His wife, Deb, is employed at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> in the Counseling Center.<br />
“I was lucky to attend <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> and have the instructors that I did,’’<br />
Weber said. “Dr. Jay O’Leary, Dr. Raymond Kelton, Jim Day, Dr. Cornell Runestad,<br />
Connie Webber and others had a huge impact on my life.”<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Magazine 9
Campus Notes<br />
WSC Students<br />
Win Quiz Bowl at<br />
National Meeting<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> students won the<br />
American <strong>College</strong> of Sports Medicine (ACSM)<br />
Student Bowl Championship in Seattle, Wash.,<br />
May 27-30 at the 56th annual ACSM meeting.<br />
Kelly Brink, Peter Ray, and Darren<br />
Richter, <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> students from the<br />
Department of Health, Human Performance,<br />
and Sport majoring in Exercise Science,<br />
competed in a Jeopardy style contest against<br />
six other teams from schools throughout<br />
the United <strong>State</strong>s that won regional chapter<br />
competitions. Dr. Donovan Conley, professor<br />
of exercise science, coordinated the trip and<br />
accompanied the students to Seattle.<br />
“I am so very proud of our students, faculty,<br />
and programs at WSC,” he said. “Our students<br />
went toe-to-toe with students from some<br />
of the most highly regarded programs in the<br />
nation and came out on top. This is a big win<br />
for everyone on our campus and underscores<br />
the notion that you can get anywhere from<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>!”<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> students won the American <strong>College</strong> of Sports Medicine (ACSM)<br />
Student Bowl Championship in Seattle, Wash., May 27-30. From left are: Darren Richter,<br />
Peter Ray, Kelly Brink and Donovan Conley, Ed. D., FACSM (far right).<br />
Dr. Tammy Evetovich, Health, Human<br />
Performance and Sport department chair, said<br />
“This win highlights the fact that <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> students can compete with their peers<br />
from some of the best schools in the nation.<br />
This win by Kelly, Peter, and Darren is just<br />
the beginning of their success stories.”<br />
Other institutions and regional chapters<br />
represented in the national competition<br />
included: University of Oregon (Northwest<br />
Chapter), Florida <strong>State</strong> University and<br />
University of Western Florida (Southeast<br />
Chapter), University of Connecticut (New<br />
England Chapter), Eastern Michigan<br />
University (Midwest Chapter), Cal <strong>State</strong> San<br />
Bernadino (Southwest Chapter), and West<br />
Chester University and Edinboro University<br />
(Mid-Atlantic).<br />
Brink is the son of Brad and Jill Brink<br />
of Lyons; Ray is the son of Daniel and Peggy<br />
Ray of Spalding; and Richter is the son of<br />
Jeff and Sharon Richter of Fremont.<br />
Students Make Spring Break<br />
a Service-Learning Effort<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> students talk with the director of a youth dropin<br />
center. From left are: Sr Inviolata Mukhaabi (Kenya), Oliver Warui<br />
(Kenya), Jaime Johannsen (Omaha), Rare Breed director Todd<br />
Duncan, Adrianne Svitak (Schuyler), Annie Cong Ying Kang (China)<br />
and Ben Polacek (Bruno).<br />
A group of <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> students donated more than<br />
500 hours of service over spring break during a trip to a homeless<br />
shelter March 9-11 in Springfield, Mo. <strong>The</strong> Kitchen, Inc. has provided<br />
housing, food and medical services to the homeless, underserved and<br />
uninsured in the Springfield area since 1983.<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> Catholic campus minister Sr. Cynthia Hruby<br />
and students Adrianne Svitak (Schuyler), Anna Kang (China), Jaime<br />
Johannsen (Omaha), Sr. Inviolata Mukhaabi (Kenya), Ben Polacek<br />
(Bruno) and Oliver Warui (Kenya) participated in the trip and service.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> spring break service-learning experience at <strong>The</strong> Kitchen Inc.<br />
was exceptional,’’ Warui said. “<strong>The</strong> organization serves as a national<br />
model for holistic rehabilitation services for the homeless.”<br />
Students participated in activities with this non-profit organization<br />
to help meet the needs of the poor and homeless.<br />
Students spoke with Dr. James Granden at Boyd Elementary, a<br />
school with approximately two dozen students who live at the shelter.<br />
<strong>The</strong> school partners with Drury University to provide intervention for<br />
these students.<br />
“I really liked how the school kept a supply of winter clothing<br />
on hand to help those students who may need it. <strong>The</strong> principal of the<br />
school also mentioned about having drives to get school supplies<br />
for children who don’t have them. Visiting this school was a good<br />
experience which related to my education major,’’ Polacek said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> trip was funded through a WSC Service-Learning sub-grant<br />
provided by the MidwestConsortium for Service-Learning.<br />
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Business<br />
Communications<br />
Students Help<br />
Public Library<br />
By Sarah Thomsen, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>r<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> media students were<br />
honored April 4 at the Nebraska Collegiate<br />
Media Association meeting in the Student<br />
Center on campus. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>r was<br />
named 2009 Newspaper of the Year. This<br />
was last awarded to the newspaper in 2006.<br />
<strong>The</strong> school TV and radio stations each earned<br />
second places in Overall Excellence in<br />
NCMA’s Golden Leaf Awards.<br />
WSC competed against Chadron<br />
<strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>, Hastings <strong>College</strong>, Northeast<br />
Community <strong>College</strong>, Concordia University,<br />
Western Nebraska Community <strong>College</strong>,<br />
Midland Lutheran <strong>College</strong> and Doane<br />
<strong>College</strong>. Judging was done by professionals in<br />
Kansas for radio and TV entries, while judges<br />
from Florida evaluated the print entries.<br />
“<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> did very well this year,”<br />
associate professor Michael Marek, the radio<br />
advisor, said. “It reflects well on our program<br />
and students here at WSC.”<br />
“Some of the other schools we go up<br />
against have better resources, but it just shows<br />
good storytelling and good writing is always<br />
going to be rewarded,” Maureen Carrigg,<br />
faculty advisor to the campus student-run TV<br />
station KWSC, said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>r had four firsts, three<br />
seconds and one third in the newspaper,<br />
helping the <strong>State</strong>r past second-place Chadron.<br />
Radio had one first place, five seconds, two<br />
thirds, and seven honorable mentions. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
were three firsts and one second in TV.<br />
“I’m very happy and proud of my<br />
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> Students of Business Communications completed a Service Learning Project for<br />
the Gardner Public Library in Wakefield. <strong>The</strong> students worked closely to come up with 18 programs that<br />
the library could use. <strong>The</strong>se programs included descriptions of the events and prepared donation letters for<br />
sponsorship in the community. Students determined ways to make these programs easy to execute.<br />
Students who participated include Derick Engelbert of West Point; Jennings Johnson of Oakland;<br />
Rachel Kotalik of Dakota City; Jillian Schnebel of Pierce; Kayla Neuhalfen of Laurel; Tonya Wical of<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong>; Jean Hartung of Fremont; Jason Jelinek of Laurel, John Bothwell of Mason City, Iowa; and Jessica<br />
Spanihel of Garwood, Texas.<br />
“We were impressed by the way the Gardner Public Library serves Wakefield area residents in so<br />
many ways. <strong>The</strong> students learned a lot about how a library can enhance community learning” said Dr.<br />
Laura Dendinger, associate professor for the School of Business and Technology.<br />
Head librarian Kathy Muller asked for assistance identifying grants that the library could utilize as<br />
well as ideas to serve community members in new and innovative ways. <strong>The</strong> group worked to identify<br />
grant programs and fundraising ideas from libraries across the country.<br />
This program was supported by the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> Service-Learning Project. Service-Learning<br />
grants at WSC are part of a grant from the Midwest Consortium for Service-Learning in Higher Education<br />
made possible through the Corporation for National Service under the Learn and Serve America: Higher<br />
Education grant program.<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Students Earn Golden Leaf Media Awards<br />
students,” Carrigg said. Students from the<br />
broadcast journalism class in the fall also<br />
received five awards for radio stories.<br />
<strong>The</strong> day began with a keynote address by<br />
Senator Mike Flood, Speaker of the Nebraska<br />
Legislature. Flood discussed how media<br />
and the government work together, making<br />
the workings of the state legislature “a very<br />
transparent process.”<br />
Aside from serving in the Legislature,<br />
Flood is also a radio broadcaster. His advice to<br />
students in the field was to be able to write and<br />
report.<br />
Breakout sessions followed, giving<br />
media students a chance to learn about<br />
topics like “Industry Trends in Video<br />
Production,” “Working for Small Weekly<br />
and Daily Newspapers in a Changing Media<br />
Environment” and “Preparing for Your First<br />
Broadcasting Job.”<br />
“I was really happy with our presenters<br />
in our sessions,” associate professor<br />
Max McElwain, <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>r advisor,<br />
said. Former <strong>State</strong>r staff members Rhea<br />
Landholm, Grace Petersen, Jacob Bettin,<br />
Savannah Wissig and Cliff Starkey<br />
conducted some of the sessions.<br />
“It’s important to reward students’ hard<br />
work, and a good way to tell students they’re<br />
doing a great job,” McElwain said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>r staff displayed Golden Leaf awards from the Nebraska Collegiate Media<br />
Association Convention on campus, April 11. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>r took first place for overall<br />
Nebraska <strong>College</strong> Newspaper of the Year. Front (left to right): Katelynn Wolfe, Skylar<br />
Osovski, Sarah Thomsen, Ashley Ryan and Tim Gray. Back (left to right): Rick Prusa, Devin<br />
Bethune, Lois Brunnert, Molly Mayhew, Deb Harm and Laquisha Cook.<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Magazine 11
Campus Notes<br />
Pfaltzgraff Pfinds Pfriends at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
Philip Pfaltzgraff will mark time<br />
for <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> as the college<br />
celebrates its centennial. Unveiling his<br />
new composition, Pfaltzgraff has created a<br />
unique, lasting time capsule for the event<br />
with a work that focuses on time.<br />
“‘<strong>The</strong> Time Cycle’ is a work with five<br />
sections: ‘Once Forever,’ ‘Timeless,’ ‘<strong>The</strong><br />
Time Keeper,’ ‘Junctures’ and ‘Time to<br />
Sing,’’’ Pfaltzgraff said. “This work will<br />
involve the Concert Choir, Concert Band, a<br />
Soprano solo and piano. My creative process<br />
has been all over the map for this centennial<br />
project. I have been looking at some of John<br />
Neihardt’s writing for inspiration. Some of<br />
the phrases of his writing have imagery that<br />
is wonderful. When I write music, I start out<br />
with a text, a scripture or some idea, and then<br />
a chord progression jumps out. In this case,<br />
there also are all the colors of the concert<br />
band available to create something that is<br />
hopefully memorable.’’<br />
Pfaltzgraff began in August as a staff<br />
accompanist for the college. He has also been<br />
performing, composing and helping students<br />
and faculty with practices and performances.<br />
“Music is a good way to bridge gaps<br />
with people. It has a way of reaching<br />
people,’’ Pfaltzgraff said. “My contact with<br />
students has included working with nonmusic<br />
majors in the Topics in Music Class.<br />
I’m very impressed with the students here at<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>. I like the attitude of the<br />
students here.”<br />
Pfaltzgraff staged “Pfaltzgraff and<br />
Pfriends” last year at Lutheran Churches<br />
in the community with other WSC faculty<br />
members. He has also consulted with them<br />
on his compositions including “<strong>The</strong> Time<br />
Cycle.” In February, the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Concert Choir performed choral music by<br />
traditional and contemporary composers,<br />
including the Nebraska premiere of a work<br />
by Pfaltzgraff.<br />
Pfaltzgraff graduated from Westmar<br />
<strong>College</strong> in LeMars, Iowa, in 1971 with a<br />
music education (major in voice) degree.<br />
He has worked in public and private<br />
schools (K-12) in Hubbard, Des Moines<br />
and Waukee, Iowa, St. Petersburg, Fla., and<br />
Mt. Pleasant, Mich. In addition to a career<br />
in music education, he has served in music<br />
and pastoral leadership in churches in Iowa,<br />
Florida, and Michigan.<br />
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Philip Pfaltzgraff<br />
As a Methodist pastor’s son, Pfaltzgraff<br />
said he’s always written works for churches<br />
including praise and worship music and small<br />
anthems. He worked with musical theater<br />
shows such as “Godspell’’ and “Jesus Christ<br />
Superstar.’’ He was one of nine children in his<br />
family who all took organ and piano lessons.<br />
At the age of 12, he began to give piano<br />
lessons. Pfaltzgraff said his family is multiethnic<br />
as his parents adopted two children<br />
who are Korean American and two from the<br />
United <strong>State</strong>s.<br />
“It was a good experience growing up<br />
with a large and diverse family. We always<br />
had music in the house,’’ Pfaltzgraff said.<br />
“Mom and Dad have both been singers and<br />
instrumentalists, and many of my nieces and<br />
nephews are also involved in music. We put<br />
on a musical program with family members<br />
for my Mom and Dad’s 60th anniversary.’’<br />
Pfaltzgraff has worked with nationallyknown<br />
composers. Some of his original<br />
compositions were written with specific<br />
groups of people in mind who will be<br />
performing it.<br />
“When you write for someone, there is<br />
a sound expectation,” he said. “Music on a<br />
page is just dots on a page until they come to<br />
life in performance.”<br />
Pfaltzgraff composed a set of pieces<br />
for Josh Calkin’s students to perform in his<br />
low brass studio after walking by his office,<br />
hearing music and stopping to ask what he<br />
was working on. Calkin, who was hired in the<br />
2007-08 academic year, is assistant director<br />
of bands and instructor of low brass at <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong>.<br />
“I have been very impressed with <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>. Every aspect of the WSC<br />
performance spaces, classrooms and pianos<br />
have been great,’’ Pfaltzgraff said. “I’m an<br />
advocate of higher education, but I believe<br />
that smaller colleges have a unique way of<br />
caring for and working with students.’’
New <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Professor Quickly Finds a Voice<br />
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS<br />
Dr. Elise Gutshall, who came to <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> in August, approaches<br />
singing as more than a technical<br />
art. Gutshall, soprano and assistant<br />
professor of voice at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>, teaches students as vocalists.<br />
She also tries to bring in aspects that<br />
students haven’t experienced before,<br />
including opera, how the songs they<br />
sing entwine with history and how to<br />
compete as vocalists.<br />
“I love it (at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>),’’ Gutshall said. “I feel like<br />
it’s a gem in northeast Nebraska, a<br />
wonderful school that gives students<br />
opportunities that they wouldn’t have<br />
otherwise.’’<br />
Gutshall is a native of Hamilton, Mo.<br />
She received degrees in 2000 and 2003<br />
from Northwest Missouri <strong>State</strong> University<br />
and the UMKC Conservatory of Music,<br />
respectively. She earned a doctorate<br />
of arts in music from the University<br />
of Mississippi in 2006. Her research<br />
focused primarily on vocal pedagogy<br />
and performance. Her studies included an<br />
internship with <strong>The</strong> Voice Care Associates<br />
of Memphis, Tenn., and interdisciplinary work with the Ole Miss<br />
Communicative Disorders Department, focusing on pathological<br />
disorders of the voice.<br />
Gutshall has performed leading roles with the University of<br />
Mississippi Opera Department and Inspiration Point Opera in Eureka<br />
Springs, Ark. Productions included <strong>The</strong> Ballad of Baby Doe, Into the<br />
Woods, Die Zauberflöte, <strong>The</strong> Mikado, Tartuffe, Martha, and Le Nozze<br />
di Figaro.<br />
She received an honorary scholarship in 2007 from Rotary<br />
International to study at the New Zealand School of Music in<br />
Wellington, New Zealand. She completed research under the tutelage<br />
of world-renown Brahmsian scholar Inge van Rij, the lied of Richard<br />
Strauss and Johannes Brahms. During her studies in Wellington,<br />
she performed with the New Zealand Light Opera as Stella and<br />
Antonia in Offenbach’s Les<br />
Contes d’Hoffmann opposite<br />
international tenor, Patrick Power.<br />
She also performed with<br />
the Auckland Philharmonic<br />
Orchestra as a finalist in New<br />
Zealand’s National Aria and<br />
Art Song Competition, placing<br />
second in the Lied and English<br />
Art Song divisions.<br />
Gutshall continues<br />
to perform regionally and<br />
nationally as a recitalist and<br />
clinician. Her performances<br />
since she began at WSC have<br />
included campus events and<br />
concerts with other faculty<br />
members.<br />
Fifteen voice students<br />
from <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>’s<br />
Department of Music had<br />
the opportunity to compete<br />
in the Dana Vocal Arts<br />
Competition on April 15 in<br />
Blair. More than 50 students<br />
from six colleges and universities<br />
from Iowa and Nebraska participated in the competition. Each<br />
student was required to present a variety of vocal solo repertoire<br />
in more than two languages (including but not limited to: French,<br />
German, Italian and English). <strong>The</strong>y were all judged according to their<br />
vocal ability, the accuracy of language and technique, as well as their<br />
musical expression. Eight of her students won either first or second<br />
place in the five classical divisions.<br />
“Vocal competitions were very good for students to attend and<br />
something new for them. It was good for them to see how hard you<br />
need to work to be a singer,’’ she said.<br />
“I try to treat them like colleagues,’’ Gutshall said of her<br />
students. “I want to empower them to do well and give them<br />
motivation. I still think of my vocal teacher who told me, ‘I really<br />
think you could be a singer,’ I feel like I could be that person for my<br />
students at WSC.’’<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>, Nebraska <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>s Offer Advantage Program<br />
<strong>The</strong> newly approved Nebraska <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> System Advantage program<br />
guarantees first-time freshmen students<br />
who receive federal Pell Grants will pay<br />
no tuition at the Nebraska <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>s<br />
for the 2009-10 academic year. <strong>The</strong> NSCS<br />
Advantage offers an innovative way for<br />
Chadron, Peru and <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> to serve<br />
students, communities and the state of<br />
Nebraska. <strong>The</strong> program fulfills the promise<br />
of excellent educational programs combined<br />
with unrivaled affordability. Participants in<br />
the NSCS Advantage Program must be:<br />
• A Nebraska resident<br />
• A federal Pell Grant recipient<br />
• A first-time freshman for the 2009-10 year<br />
• Enrolled in at least 12 on-campus<br />
credit hours<br />
“<strong>The</strong> new Nebraska <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> System<br />
Advantage scholarship program is designed<br />
for first-time, full-time freshmen enrolling at<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>, Chadron <strong>State</strong>, or Peru <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>s who receive a federal Pell Grant,”<br />
said Dr. Richard Collings, <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> president. “In these economic times,<br />
this program will allow Pell Grant recipients<br />
at <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> to cover the cost of tuition not<br />
covered by other awards.”<br />
For information about the NSCS<br />
Advantage, go to the NSCS Web site at<br />
www.nscs.edu or visit <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>’s Web site<br />
at www.wsc.edu/advantage.<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Magazine 13
Wildcat Athletics<br />
Baseball Wins Sixth Straight Conference Title<br />
For the sixth consecutive season, the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> baseball team captured the Northern Sun<br />
Intercollegiate Conference title with an impressive 27-4<br />
record in conference play. <strong>The</strong> 27 conference wins by<br />
WSC surpassed the 25 wins by <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> during the<br />
2005 season for the most wins ever by a Northern Sun<br />
Conference baseball team in league play.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Wildcats finished the 2009 season with a 45-15<br />
record, tying the school record for most wins by a WSC<br />
baseball team, while qualifying for the NCAA Division<br />
II Baseball Tournament for the sixth straight season.<br />
WSC went 3-2 in the regional tournament, falling to<br />
Mesa <strong>State</strong> 8-2 in the regional championship game. <strong>The</strong><br />
Cats belted 93 homers during this season, which is a<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> record.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Wildcat baseball squad placed five players on<br />
the 2009 NSIC All-Conference Baseball Team while<br />
winning three of the five postseason awards. Junior<br />
outfielder Joe Wendte was named the 2009 NSIC<br />
Player of the Year, junior infielder Eric Bond earned<br />
NSIC Newcomer of the Year honors and Coach John<br />
Manganaro was named NSIC Coach of the Year for the<br />
fourth time in his career and earned his 500th career win<br />
in a 19-7 win May 3 at Minnesota, Crookston.<br />
Wendte hit .396 on the year with 14 homers and<br />
a team-high 67 RBIs. He set a school record with 83<br />
runs scored, which ranked fifth in NCAA Division II,<br />
and had a team-high 51 walks to rank eighth in NCAA<br />
Division II. Wendte was a three-time NSIC Player of<br />
the Week and led the Wildcats in hits (78), doubles (20),<br />
stolen bases (19), slugging percentage (.741) and on-base<br />
percentage (.527).<br />
Bond hit .365 with a team-high 19 homers and 61<br />
RBIs for the Wildcats this season. His 19 homers set a<br />
single-season Wildcat record, breaking the previous mark<br />
of 18 set by Bill Schwartz in 1981. Bond led the team in<br />
at bats (211) and total bases (152) while ranking second<br />
in hits (77) and stolen bases (13).<br />
First Team All-NSIC selections included Wendte,<br />
Bond, senior pitcher Chad Moreland and senior infielder<br />
Alex Koch. Senior outfielder Justin Hemauer earned<br />
Second Team All-NSIC honors.<br />
For the sixth time in the past seven years, <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> had a player achieve All-American status as<br />
Wendte (First Team) and Bond (Second Team) earned<br />
All-American honors by Rawlings/ABCA (American<br />
Baseball Coaches Association). Chad Moreland joined<br />
Wendte and Bond as First Team ABCA/Rawlings All-<br />
Central Region selections while Alex Koch was a Second<br />
Team ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region honoree.<br />
Junior pitcher John Snyder and Wendte were named<br />
to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VII<br />
Second Team. This marked the fourth straight season that<br />
WSC has had at least one player named Academic All-<br />
District.<br />
14<br />
Joe Wendte hit .396 on the year with 14 homers and a team-high 67 RBIs.<br />
Joe Wendte<br />
Eric Bond<br />
Eric Bond’s 19 homers set a single-season Wildcat record.
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS<br />
Wildcats Softball Pounds Out Record Year<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
softball team set numerous<br />
school records while posting a<br />
41-21 record in the 2009 season.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 41 wins are the most ever<br />
by a Wildcat softball team and<br />
the Wildcats earned their first<br />
NCAA National Tournament<br />
appearance. <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
advanced to the Central Region<br />
Bracket #1 championship game<br />
in the tournament before falling<br />
to Winona <strong>State</strong> 2-0 in the title<br />
game. WSC also earned its first<br />
NCAA Division II National<br />
Rankings during the 2009<br />
season, ranking 16th three times<br />
in March.<br />
As a team, WSC set seven<br />
school records this season.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ‘Cats set a record and led<br />
NCAA Division II with a .982<br />
fielding percentage, which<br />
topped the previous record of<br />
.967 in 2008. WSC also set<br />
single season team records in<br />
at bats (1,646), runs scored<br />
(254), hits (468), doubles (77),<br />
and putouts (1,276). WSC also<br />
ranked 15th in the nation with a<br />
1.61 team ERA.<br />
Individually, sophomore<br />
pitcher Katie Goetzinger set<br />
seven school records. She set<br />
the single season school record<br />
for wins (31), appearances<br />
(54), saves (4), shutouts (12),<br />
strikeouts (347), innings pitched<br />
(294.1) and games started<br />
(47). Goetzinger already<br />
holds <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> career<br />
records in wins (54), saves (7),<br />
shutouts (17) and strikeouts<br />
(489). Goetzinger ranked third<br />
nationally in wins, 14th in<br />
saves, 21st in strikeouts per 7<br />
innings and 41st in ERA (1.55).<br />
She also set a WSC single game<br />
record with 16 strikeouts vs.<br />
Bemidji <strong>State</strong> on April 18 and<br />
pitched two perfect games in<br />
2009 for the ‘Cats.<br />
Junior Amy Sandstrom<br />
set four single season school<br />
records, breaking three of her<br />
own records set last season. She<br />
set records in at bats (224), hits<br />
(77), runs scored (45) and total<br />
bases (114) during the 2009<br />
season. Sandstrom is the <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> career leader in runs<br />
scored (118) and total bases<br />
(280) and ranks third all-time<br />
career hits (197) and second in<br />
career doubles (42). She needs<br />
just five hits to pass Sarah<br />
Herrick (201 hits) and become<br />
the all-time hits leader at <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong>. Sandstrom was named<br />
to the NSIC All-Tournament<br />
Team and was a Second Team<br />
Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-<br />
Central Region selection.<br />
WSC landed three<br />
players on the 2009 NSIC All-<br />
Conference Softball Team.<br />
Goetzinger and Sandstrom each<br />
earned First Team All-NSIC<br />
honors while Blaire Kuhl earned<br />
Second Team All-NSIC honors.<br />
Goetzinger earned First Team<br />
Daktronics All-Central Region<br />
honors and was also named to<br />
the Louisville Slugger/NFCA<br />
All-Central Region First Team<br />
as well as ESPN the Magazine<br />
Academic All-District Second<br />
Team. Goetzinger was also<br />
named NSIC Pitcher of the Week<br />
four times during the season.<br />
Sophomore pitcher Katie Goetzinger set seven school<br />
records this season.<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Magazine 15
Wildcat Athletics<br />
Matt Schneider and Misty Rystrom earned All-American track and field honors.<br />
All-American Season for Track and Field<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> track and field teams qualified five athletes in seven<br />
events for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships held May<br />
21-23 in San Angelo, Texas. <strong>The</strong> men’s squad had two national qualifiers while<br />
the women’s squad had three qualifiers in five events. Matt Schneider earned All-<br />
American honors for the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> men and Misty Rystrom earned All-American<br />
honors for the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> women.<br />
Seniors Matt Schneider and Nate Preston each qualified in the 3,000 meter<br />
steeplechase. Schneider, a senior from Nebraska City, placed fourth in the event<br />
and earned All-American honors with a school record time of 9:05.82. Preston just<br />
missed the finals with a 13th place finish.<br />
Rystrom captured All-American honors with a sixth place finish in the high<br />
jump. <strong>The</strong> junior from Pierce cleared 5’ 7 ¼” to earn the sixth-place finish, which<br />
marked the fourth straight season that the WSC women’s track and field team has<br />
had an All-American.<br />
Katie Wilson qualified for nationals in three events for <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong>. Wilson<br />
finished 10th in the discus, 10th in the shot put and 17th in the hammer throw.<br />
Sophomore Paige Pollard also qualified for nationals and finished 13th in the 400<br />
meter hurdles.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> women took home third place at the NSIC Track and<br />
Field Championships on May 8-9. <strong>The</strong> Wildcats scored 94 points and had four<br />
conference champions. Katie Wilson was the multi-event champion for WSC as she<br />
won the shot put and discus. Wilson’s effort of 159’ 5” in the discus was an NSIC<br />
record as well as a <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> record. Paige Pollard took home first place and set<br />
a new school record in the 400 meter hurdles and Rystrom won the high jump.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Wildcat men finished seventh at the NSIC Championships with 63<br />
points and had two conference champions. Schneider and John Sloup finished as<br />
conference champions to lead WSC. Schneider won the 3,000 meter steeplechase<br />
while Sloup took home first place in the hammer throw.<br />
Fields, Katsampes Stand<br />
Out in Wildcat’s Golf<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> sophomore Adam Fields was one<br />
of four individuals selected to play in the 2009<br />
NCAA Division II Men’s Central/West Regional<br />
Golf Championships. Fields finished with a threeday<br />
total of 229 and finished in a tie for 49th out of<br />
90 players in the field at the Wilderness Ridge Golf<br />
Club in Lincoln. Fields was just the second-ever<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> male golfer to qualify for the NCAA<br />
Tournament.<br />
During the season, Fields led <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> with<br />
a 75.5 scoring average in 10 rounds. He finished<br />
in fifth place at the Northern Sun Conference<br />
Tournament, earning First Team All-Northern Sun<br />
Intercollegiate Conference honors. Fields was the<br />
first All-Conference golfer for <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> since<br />
Kyle Lindstrom earned All-NSIC honors in 2003.<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> junior Kelsee Katsampes<br />
became the first women’s golfer in WSC history to<br />
qualify for the NCAA Division II Women’s Golf<br />
Championships. Katsampes qualified for the NCAA<br />
Division II Super Regional 3 Tournament held at the<br />
Westward Ho Country Club in Sioux Falls, S.D. <strong>The</strong><br />
junior from Gretna, Neb., finished the NCAA Super<br />
Regional with a three-day score of 275 to finish in<br />
45th place overall. She led <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> with an 88.0<br />
scoring average in eight rounds during the 2009<br />
season. Katsampes shot a career-best round of 80 on<br />
March 23 at the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Spring Invitational.<br />
Coach Troy Harder and Adam Fields<br />
<strong>The</strong> ‘Cats are just a click away<br />
at www.wsc.edu/athletics/<br />
Kelsee Katsampes amd Coach Troy Harder<br />
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Alumni Notes<br />
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS<br />
(Towns and cities listed on these<br />
pages are in Nebraska unless noted<br />
or generally understood. All events<br />
occurred in 2009 unless indicated<br />
otherwise. Efforts are made to keep<br />
our news current.)<br />
1941<br />
Archie L. McPherran has published<br />
his fifth book, “Operation<br />
Desert Wind.” Proceeds from<br />
this publication will supplement<br />
the McPherran Scholarship fund<br />
at WSC; the 15th annual recipient<br />
has been announced. Archie<br />
and his wife, Margaret, reside in<br />
Sacramento, Calif. He has retired<br />
as Vice Chancellor at California<br />
<strong>State</strong> Community <strong>College</strong>.<br />
1946<br />
Marion (Kriege) Doss lives in<br />
Yuba City, Calif. She retired from<br />
a teaching career in 1987 and<br />
at the age of 83 still serves as a<br />
substitute teacher. When Marion<br />
retired from full-time teaching,<br />
she became an impersonator of<br />
Mother Goose entertaining for<br />
birthdays, at day cares, elementary<br />
schools, fairs, festivals and<br />
nursing homes.<br />
1970<br />
Randy Bates serves as the<br />
athletic director at Norris High<br />
School, Firth. He was chosen<br />
by the American Alliance for<br />
Health, Physical Education,<br />
Recreation and Dance as Central<br />
<strong>State</strong>s Athletic Director of the<br />
Year. Randy was named the<br />
Nebraska Athletic Administrator<br />
of the Year in 2008 by the<br />
Nebraska Interscholastic Athletic<br />
Administrators Association. He<br />
lives in Lincoln.<br />
1976<br />
Jean (Lienemann) Hillyer<br />
has been named the assistant<br />
director of the Mabel Peters<br />
Caruth Learning Resource<br />
Center at the Baylor University<br />
Louise Herrington School of<br />
Nursing in Dallas, Texas. She<br />
joins the faculty as an academic<br />
professional with the rank of<br />
assistant librarian; serving as the<br />
primary contact for reference<br />
assistance<br />
and<br />
computer<br />
searches.<br />
Jean<br />
received<br />
her MLS<br />
with honors<br />
from the<br />
University<br />
of North<br />
Texas. Jean and her husband,<br />
David, live in Coppell, Texas.<br />
Coleen (Paulson) Riedmann<br />
has joined NP Dodge Real Estate<br />
Sales, Inc.,<br />
Omaha<br />
as a real<br />
estate sales<br />
associate.<br />
She is a<br />
member<br />
of the<br />
national<br />
and state<br />
Board<br />
of Realtors. Coleen and her<br />
husband, Mike, are actively<br />
involved in the metropolitan area<br />
of Omaha. <strong>The</strong>y are the parents<br />
of four grown children, Nicole,<br />
Natalie, Jacy and Lucas ‘05.<br />
1977<br />
Brad Weber received the<br />
Donald A. Lentz Outstanding<br />
Bandmaster Award at the 2009<br />
Nebraska <strong>State</strong> Bandmasters<br />
Association annual convention.<br />
This award is intended “to<br />
recognize an individual who has<br />
made an outstanding contribution<br />
throughout his or her career, not<br />
to honor an individual for only a<br />
given year’s work.” During the<br />
convention Brad was elected to<br />
the NSBA’s Executive Board as<br />
President. He has been employed<br />
as an adjunct faculty member at<br />
WSC since 1984 and serves as<br />
the instrumental music instructor<br />
at <strong>Wayne</strong> High School, a position<br />
he has held for the past 23 years.<br />
Brad is a summer director for<br />
the Nebraska Masonic All-Star<br />
Marching Band at the University<br />
of Nebraska-Lincoln. He and his<br />
wife Deb live in <strong>Wayne</strong> and are<br />
the parents of three daughters,<br />
Melissa (WSC ‘01), Megan<br />
(WSC ‘05) and Micaela (WSC<br />
‘09).<br />
1978<br />
Dennis Wininger, San Francisco,<br />
Calif., has published his first<br />
book, “Proper Walk - My<br />
Journey to Help the Children<br />
of Makindu.” It is the story<br />
of the life-long friendship of<br />
WSC graduates and the Proper<br />
Walk. <strong>The</strong> Walk was created by<br />
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Alumni Notes<br />
Michael Farley ‘77 of Louisa,<br />
Va., and a former Peace Corps<br />
volunteer. It is a biannual<br />
event that raises money for the<br />
Makindu Children’s Program in<br />
Makindu, Kenya, and has now<br />
raised $300,000.<br />
1979<br />
Al Riedmann and Kristine<br />
A. McGinley announce their<br />
marriage June 10 at the Hilton<br />
Hotel beach in Oahu, Hawaii.<br />
<strong>The</strong> couple is at home in Auburn,<br />
Wash. Al is the Seattle branch<br />
general manager for TruGreen<br />
Land Company, which designs,<br />
installs and maintains landscapes<br />
exclusively for large corporate<br />
clients in the Seattle area.<br />
1981<br />
Vernice (Nicholas) Johnson was<br />
awarded the Cecil B. Murphy<br />
Christian Writers’ scholarship to<br />
attend the Blue Ridge Mountain<br />
Christian Writers Conference<br />
held in May in Ridgecrest, N.C.<br />
18<br />
Vernice lives in Anderson, Mo.,<br />
with her husband, Bob.<br />
1984<br />
Bryce Lambley had his first<br />
book, “My Neck of the Woods,”<br />
published with favorable reviews.<br />
<strong>The</strong> novel is a heartfelt and<br />
introspective look at hunting<br />
adventures from the Midwest,<br />
Alaska and elsewhere. Bryce<br />
lives in Fremont and writes the<br />
weekly<br />
outdoor<br />
column<br />
for the<br />
Fremont<br />
Tribune;<br />
he also<br />
freelances<br />
for various<br />
bowhunting<br />
magazines. Bryce is a social<br />
studies teacher at Fremont High<br />
School.<br />
Glenda Gallisath has accepted<br />
the position of Associate Vice<br />
President for Academic Affairs<br />
at the <strong>College</strong> of DuPage in Glen<br />
Ellyn, Ill., a western suburb of<br />
Chicago. <strong>The</strong> <strong>College</strong> of DuPage<br />
is the third-largest single-campus<br />
community college in the nation,<br />
the largest community college<br />
in Illinois and the second-largest<br />
institution of higher education in<br />
the state.<br />
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1993<br />
Bill and Rachel (<strong>The</strong>ilen ‘98)<br />
Guenther announce the birth<br />
of daughter, Brooklyn Ann, on<br />
March 21. She joins brothers<br />
Austin (5) and Carter (3) in<br />
their Crofton home. Bill is<br />
an accountant for Marquardt<br />
Transportation, Yankton,<br />
S.D. Rachel is the systems<br />
administrator at First Dakota<br />
National Bank, Yankton.<br />
1994<br />
Renee (Novak) Loper and her<br />
husband,<br />
Mike,<br />
announce<br />
the<br />
birth of<br />
daughter,<br />
Brooke<br />
Christine,<br />
on Feb.<br />
27. She<br />
is welcomed to their Omaha<br />
home by sister, Lauren (20<br />
months). Renee is a first-grade<br />
teacher with the Omaha Public<br />
Schools.<br />
Kristie (Vollmer) Borgelt and<br />
her husband, Alan, announce the<br />
birth of twin daughters, Laura<br />
Marie and Lindsey Marie, on<br />
Dec. 16. <strong>The</strong>y are welcomed<br />
to their home near Wisner by<br />
brothers Michael (11), Jacob (8)<br />
and Andrew (6). Kristie is the<br />
accountant for family-owned<br />
Borgelt Farms & Feedlot north of<br />
Wisner.<br />
James “Jed” and Sarah (Pavey<br />
‘98) O’Leary announce the birth<br />
of son, Ethan Curtis, on Jan. 13.<br />
He is welcomed to their Fremont<br />
home by brother, Jay (4 ½). Jed<br />
and Sarah are employed in the<br />
Fremont Public School system.<br />
1995<br />
Terry and Traci (Abbenhaus)<br />
Gall have relocated to Bonner<br />
Springs, Kansas, with their<br />
children Sydney (7) and<br />
Logan (4). Terry has taken an<br />
expanded role and was promoted<br />
to associate director, Human<br />
Resources with Intervet/Schering<br />
Plough Animal Health a division<br />
of Schering-Plough Corp. Traci<br />
will continue to be a benefits<br />
and payroll administrator for<br />
American Title Inc.<br />
1996<br />
Tamara Hight and David Chubb<br />
were united in marriage and live<br />
in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Tamara<br />
is an assistant director of sales at<br />
Hilton Omaha, Omaha.<br />
Michelle Hansen Daberkow<br />
(MSE) resides in Lincoln with<br />
son, Callum (6). She has taught<br />
art in Lincoln Public Schools for<br />
12 years and was among peers<br />
who presented at the National<br />
NAEA Convention in April in<br />
Minneapolis, Minn.<br />
John and Angela (Krohn ‘94)<br />
Murphy announce the birth of<br />
daughter, Ericka Danielle on<br />
May 20. She is welcomed to<br />
their home in Omaha by sisters,<br />
Brooke (5) and Olivia (2). John<br />
is a manager in the information
Alumni in the News:<br />
Minks Acts as Positive Role Model<br />
for OPPD and Omaha Community<br />
by Barbie Mully of the Midlands Business Journal,<br />
May 8, 2009<br />
As the first female vice<br />
president at the Omaha Public<br />
Power District (OPPD), Adrian<br />
Minks tries to focus on being<br />
a role model to other women,<br />
showing them that it can indeed<br />
be done.<br />
Coaching and mentoring<br />
other women seeking new<br />
opportunities ranks high on her<br />
priority list, she said. She played<br />
a role in establishing the OPPD<br />
Women’s Network to improve communications and support<br />
among professional women at OPPD.<br />
Recognized by the Greater Omaha Chamber for devoting<br />
her time and energy to transforming and strengthening the<br />
community while mentoring others, Minks, vice president<br />
of essential services for OPPD, has been named this year’s<br />
Women in Leadership Award recipient.<br />
“I have taken on leadership roles in community<br />
organizations because I care about and want to be a part of<br />
their missions,’’ she said. “<strong>The</strong>se have been very rewarding<br />
experiences.’’<br />
A 1968 Summa cum Laude graduate of <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> with a degree in business administration, Minks<br />
earned a master’s in business from the University of Nebraska<br />
at Omaha. She has been married to her husband, Jon Minks,<br />
for 34 years. Both serve as board of trustees members of the<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Foundation. Adrian Minks is also an executive<br />
committee member of the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Foundation and a<br />
WSC Alumni Achievement Award winner in recognition of<br />
her many accomplishments in the business profession.<br />
“I work hard to ensure our strong women performers are<br />
included in all developmental activities and are considered<br />
for challenging roles,’’ Minks said. “This is a remarkable<br />
honor and I hope my colleagues at OPPD know they are a<br />
part of it. I hope I was selected because of my hard work and<br />
performance at OPPD and in the community.’’<br />
A member of the senior management team at OPPD,<br />
Minks plays a key role in managing the business. She<br />
participates in goal setting, strategic decisions, personnel<br />
planning and a wide range of business discussions. She<br />
leads and represents business functions including facilities<br />
management, material management, legislative affairs,<br />
strategic planning, environmental and regulatory affairs,<br />
sustainable energy and information technology. Her<br />
responsibilities also involve providing information to the<br />
publicly elected OPPD board of directors.<br />
systems and services area at<br />
ConAgra Foods, Omaha. Angela is<br />
an assistant corporate controller for<br />
ACI Worldwide, Omaha.<br />
1997<br />
Shane Reed and his wife, Nicole,<br />
announce the birth of daughter,<br />
Channing Lynn, on April 30, 2008.<br />
She was welcomed to their Silver<br />
City, Iowa home by big sister<br />
Caitlin (6) and brothers Chase (9)<br />
and Cade (2). Shane is a manager<br />
of revenue accounting with Union<br />
Pacific.<br />
1998<br />
Matt Milbrodt received the Alumni<br />
Achievement, 2009 Distinguished<br />
Management<br />
Alumni of the<br />
Year Award<br />
from the<br />
University<br />
of Nebraska-<br />
Omaha<br />
(UNO). Matt<br />
earned his<br />
Master’s in<br />
Business<br />
Administration degree from<br />
UNO. He is the senior director,<br />
International Organizational<br />
Development/Human Resources for<br />
Wal-Mart International. He lives in<br />
Rogers, Ark., with his wife, Kelly<br />
(Stroh), and their children Marissa<br />
(3) and<br />
Jacob (1).<br />
Angela (Warner) Quinley and<br />
her husband, Chuck, announce the<br />
birth of son, Charles “Charlie” Eli,<br />
on May 1. He is welcomed to their<br />
Omaha home by sibling Lilianna<br />
(15-months). Angela is employed<br />
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS<br />
in human resources at Union<br />
Pacific Railroad, Omaha.<br />
1999<br />
Josh<br />
Climer<br />
and his<br />
wife,<br />
Candice,<br />
announce<br />
the<br />
birth of<br />
daughter,<br />
Emily<br />
Kay, Dec.<br />
27. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
reside in Hartington. Josh is<br />
a consulting engineer at Nohr<br />
Engineering, Yankton, S.D.<br />
Brandon and Heather<br />
(Sudbeck) Marreel announce<br />
the birth of daughter, Peyton<br />
Breanne, on Jan. 22. She is<br />
welcomed to their Sioux City,<br />
Iowa, home by sister, Makayla<br />
Sophie (3 1/2). Brandon is<br />
a certified athletic trainer for<br />
CNOS, Dakota Dunes, S.D.<br />
2001<br />
Angie (Thies) Rosener and her<br />
husband, John, announce the<br />
birth of daughter, Jenna Hope on<br />
May 29. She is welcomed into<br />
their Schleswig, Iowa, home by<br />
sisters, Ashley (4) and Sara (2).<br />
Angie teaches K-8 vocal music<br />
and 5-8 grade instrumental music<br />
at Schleswig Community School.<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Magazine 19
Alumni Notes<br />
2002<br />
Eric Preister and Teresa<br />
Untiedt ‘06 were united in<br />
marriage May 23 and reside in<br />
Omaha. Eric works in the fraud<br />
department at PayPal. Teresa<br />
works in human resources with<br />
Streck, Inc., in Omaha.<br />
2003<br />
Brent and Sarah (Gunderson)<br />
Janzen announce the birth of<br />
daughter, Sophie Grace, on<br />
April 15. She is welcomed<br />
to their home in Bellevue by<br />
brother, Kolben Andrew (2).<br />
Kristi (Kuhlman) Johnson<br />
and her husband, Del, announce<br />
the<br />
birth of<br />
daughter,<br />
Morgan<br />
Marie,<br />
on April<br />
11. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
reside in<br />
Norfolk.<br />
Kristi is<br />
an accountant at Beckenhauer<br />
Construction, Inc., Norfolk.<br />
2004<br />
Joe and Mandy (Hansen ‘04)<br />
Wall reside in Arlington, Va.<br />
Joe joined the Independent<br />
Insurance Agents & Brokers of<br />
America team as senior director<br />
of federal government affairs.<br />
He joins a bipartisan lobbying<br />
team and as a former deputy<br />
assistant for legislative affairs<br />
brings government and political<br />
experience to the Big “I.”<br />
Jayme Blume and Ben<br />
Hartman announce the birth<br />
of daughter, Brooklyn Nicole<br />
Hartman, on May 12. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
reside in Little Elm, Texas.<br />
2005<br />
ShLoe (Lentz) Maurer (MSE<br />
‘05) has served as a teacher<br />
for 21 years for the Sioux<br />
City Community Schools in<br />
Sioux City, Iowa. She became<br />
a National Board Certified<br />
20<br />
Teacher in November, earning<br />
certification in Literacy:<br />
Reading/Language Arts-Early<br />
and Middle Childhood. ShLoe<br />
and her husband Darren live in<br />
Sioux City and are the parents<br />
of two daughters.<br />
2006<br />
Heather Young, Kearney,<br />
completed a master’s degree in<br />
physician assistant studies at<br />
Des Moines University, School<br />
of Osteopathic Medicine. She<br />
is employed as a physician<br />
assistant at Faith Regional<br />
Health System, Norfolk.<br />
Ryan Villwok and Nicolette<br />
Mendenhall ‘05 were united<br />
in marriage April 25. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
reside in Bloomington, Minn.,<br />
while Ryan pursues a degree in<br />
chiropractic medicine.<br />
2007<br />
Philip Esslinger and Erin<br />
Oswald were united in<br />
marriage Dec. 20. <strong>The</strong>y met<br />
while students at WSC and<br />
members of the track team.<br />
Philip attained a doctorate<br />
of physical therapy degree<br />
from Creighton. Erin will<br />
receive her Master of Social<br />
Work degree from UNO in<br />
December.<br />
IN MEMORY OF<br />
Verval J. (Willey) Rogers ‘22,<br />
(106), Lyons; Dec. 12.<br />
Dorothy E. (Glover) McClellan<br />
‘27, (100), Helena, Mont.; Jan. 19.<br />
Mildred “Mickey” (Moats)<br />
Kelchner ‘28, (100), Fort<br />
Atkinson, Wis.; Aug. 22.<br />
Lawrence T. Manning ‘36, (96),<br />
Sioux City, Iowa, formally of<br />
Huntington Beach, Calif.; June 16.<br />
Howard W. Crawford ‘40 (91),<br />
Alpharetta, Ga.; Feb. 1.<br />
Bernice (Vopalensky) Robertson<br />
‘42, (88), Morse Bluff; Jan. 20.<br />
Alumni in the News:<br />
Todd Hilyard ‘07 Named Principal of the Year<br />
Scottsbluff Star-Herald and<br />
Kearney Daily Hub, April 26, 2009<br />
Alice (Scherwin) Wiborg ‘42,<br />
(88), Norfolk; March 12,<br />
James M. Strahan ‘50, (81),<br />
Tampa, Fla.; Jan. 18.<br />
Erma (Zorn) Dallman ‘52, (90),<br />
Creighton; Jan. 20.<br />
Robert G. Scheckler ‘54, MS<br />
‘59, (79), Norfolk; March 17.<br />
Gene G. Panning ‘54, (76),<br />
Kearney; May 6.<br />
McCleda G. (Hanke) Maas ‘58,<br />
(88), Hoskins; Jan. 18.<br />
Joyce (Gowery) Asmussen ‘61,<br />
(86), Ponca; May 7.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Nebraska <strong>State</strong> Association of Secondary School<br />
Principals honored Todd Hilyard, principal at Cozad Middle<br />
School, as its Middle School Distinguished Principal of<br />
the Year. Hilyard was selected to represent Nebraska as the<br />
Middle School Principal of the Year for the Nebraska <strong>State</strong><br />
Association of Secondary School Principals.<br />
Hilyard earned his Education Specialist degree at<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong>. He has been the principal at Cozad<br />
Middle School since 2001. Hilyard received his award at the<br />
Nebraska <strong>State</strong> Association of Secondary School Principals<br />
conference in February in Lincoln. He will also be eligible for<br />
consideration for the 2010 Metlife/NASSP National Middle<br />
School Principal of the Year.<br />
Hilyard’s mother and two of his aunts also are educators,<br />
and an uncle is a guidance counselor. He said he can’t picture<br />
life in any other profession.<br />
“She was a great role model for me because she was an<br />
awesome teacher,’’ Hilyard, 37, said of his mother, Linda<br />
Hilyard. He had his mother as a teacher three times. Rather<br />
than showing favoritism, Hilyard said his mother was tougher<br />
on him.<br />
Hilyard has twice been named regional principal of<br />
the year. Hilyard is president of the TeamMates mentoring<br />
program in Cozad.<br />
“Relatively speaking, we (the school) have kids for a<br />
small amount of time,’’ he said. “If student experiences are<br />
positive, with good role models, the job for educators is easy.’’
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS<br />
ALUMNI REUNIONS<br />
San Francisco, California<br />
March 21, 2009<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> alumni and friends gathered<br />
March 21 in San Francisco at the home of Ron<br />
Holt ‘89 and Bill Huggett ‘86 for a reunion.<br />
Those attending: (seated, from left) Janis (Nelson)<br />
Wicks ‘54, Deb Siebrandt, Susan Baranowski,<br />
and Marilyn Collings; (standing, from left):<br />
Phyllis Conner, vice president for development,<br />
Joe Nuss, Ron Holt ‘89, Joe Kafka ‘76, Bill<br />
Huggett ‘86, Dale Riehart ‘77, <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
President Richard Collings, Morland “Mac”<br />
‘52 and Yvonne McManigal, and Deb Lundahl,<br />
director of development and alumni relations.<br />
Raleigh, North Carolina<br />
Feb. 19, 2009<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> alumni and friends enjoyed each<br />
other’s company Feb. 19 in Raleigh, N.C., at a reunion<br />
in the home of Tracy (Adkins) Rehberg ‘94. Those<br />
attending: (seated, from left) Deb Lundahl, director of<br />
development and alumni relations, Brian ‘98, MBA ‘01<br />
and Aarica Litchfield, Marilyn and President Richard<br />
Collings, and Dick McCarty ‘62; (standing, from left)<br />
Cindy McCarty, Gary Bigelow, Henry Rehberg ‘93,<br />
Donna (Dibelka) Bigelow ‘80, Clyde Stuhr ‘88, Tracy<br />
(Atkins) Rehberg ‘94, Connie Stuhr, Dawn ‘88 (Warren)<br />
and Tom ‘89, MAE ‘90 Carsey, Genny and Larry<br />
‘57 Williams, and Phyllis Conner, vice president for<br />
development.<br />
Kansas City<br />
June 11, 2009<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> alumni and friends gathered<br />
June 11 at the Grand Street Cafe in Kansas City<br />
for a Centennial Campaign event. George and<br />
Deb Shuck made a financial contribution toward<br />
this event. Those attending: (seated, from left)<br />
Deb Shuck, Karon (Hadenfeldt) <strong>State</strong>n’ 70, Dale<br />
Putman ‘48, Rhonda Beardshear Standing:<br />
Sarah <strong>State</strong>n, George Shuck ‘76, Deb Lundahl,<br />
director of development and alumni relations,<br />
Daniel Stalp ‘76, Phyllis Conner, vice president<br />
for development, Doug Hutchinson ‘81, MSE ‘83,<br />
Don Schernikau ‘82, Kevin Saunders ‘86, Alonzo<br />
Beardshear ‘77, President Richard Collings.<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Magazine 21
Alumni Notes<br />
Harold L. Humphrey ‘61, (76),<br />
Adrian, Mo. Dec. 18.<br />
Winifred H. Staub ‘61, (92),<br />
Stanton; May 4. .<br />
Rosemary (Rundquist) Todd ‘63,<br />
Union; April 12.<br />
Donald S. Novotny ‘64, (67),<br />
Huntertown, Ind.; May 24.<br />
Fred E. Pierce ‘66, MSE ‘67,<br />
(65), Mesquite, Nev. April 25.<br />
Mary Jo Stephen ‘68, MSE ‘77,<br />
(84), Madison; March 23.<br />
Duane Beck ‘70, (61), Omaha;<br />
Feb. 13.<br />
Betty (Uhlir) Christensen ‘71,<br />
(87), Lynch; Jan. 21.<br />
Cheryl Ann (Walters) Ma’ae ‘74,<br />
(62), Honolulu, Hawaii; Dec. 19.<br />
Jacquelyn (Kautz) Pigg, MAE<br />
‘75, (81), Homer; Feb. 9.<br />
Grace (Kaup) Weichman ‘80,<br />
(93), Stuart; Jan. 9.<br />
Marc D. Whisinnand ‘80, (59),<br />
Norfolk; Feb. 16.<br />
Steven D. Wallick ‘82, (50),<br />
Urbana, Ill.; Feb. 24.<br />
Neal A. Schuett ‘85, (46),<br />
Bellevue; May 17.<br />
Craig D. Marshall, MSE ‘02 (47),<br />
Niobrara; May 3.<br />
Pamela S. (Clements) Reiser,<br />
MSE ‘06, (49), Butte; Jan. 6.<br />
FRIENDS WE WILL MISS<br />
Dr. William “Bill” L.<br />
Hagerman (83), Lafayette,<br />
La.; Jan. 24. Dr. Bill served as<br />
an associate professor at WSC<br />
in Communication Arts from<br />
September 1969 to July 1979.<br />
Randy Pedersen ‘71 Receives<br />
Sigma Beta Delta Award<br />
2009<br />
Upcoming Events<br />
July 18<br />
Omaha Golf<br />
August 24<br />
Dakota Dunes Golf<br />
October 1-4<br />
Homecoming<br />
November 17<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Centennial Concert<br />
Ramsey, 7:30 p.m.<br />
December 4-6<br />
Madrigal Dinners<br />
December 13<br />
Black & Gold<br />
President’s Holiday<br />
Gala Concert, 2 p.m.<br />
December 18<br />
Commencement, 2 p.m.<br />
Randy Pedersen, a 1971 <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> graduate,<br />
was presented an award certificate by Dr.<br />
Patricia Lutt of <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> for<br />
Pedersen’s honorary induction into Sigma Beta<br />
Delta international honor society in business,<br />
management and administration. Sigma Beta<br />
Delta was established to honor students who<br />
have attained superior records in business<br />
programs in schools and colleges with regional<br />
accreditation. Students are selected based upon<br />
their class ranking in the top 20 percent, good<br />
moral character and endorsement by faculty<br />
members. Honorary members are individuals who<br />
have distinguished themselves in the practice of<br />
business, management or administration. Pedersen<br />
resides in <strong>Wayne</strong> and was the recipient of the 2007<br />
Alumni Service Award at the WSC Homecoming<br />
and Hall of Fame Banquet. Pedersen is the owner<br />
of <strong>The</strong> Diamond Center - Flowers & Wine.<br />
Pedersen has committed his time and support to<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> as a member of Catbackers,<br />
trustee of the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Foundation, Executive<br />
Committee member and past President of the<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> Foundation.<br />
Alumni in the News:<br />
Jesse Kiefer ‘02 Uses His Skills to<br />
Teach Art and Martial Arts<br />
by Don Bowen of Fremont Tribune, May 1, 2009<br />
Above other things, Jesse Kiefer considers himself a teacher.<br />
But the 31-year-old Fremonter said it isn’t his job as an<br />
elementary school art teacher for Fremont Public Schools that<br />
necessarily gives him that identity. He was a teacher before he<br />
went to college. In fact, he’s been teaching since he was 18.<br />
What started as a Christmas gift from his mother when he<br />
was 15 blossomed into much of the life he has now, he said.<br />
He was given martial arts instruction lessons. He and his brother<br />
took the lessons and practiced often at home. By 18, he had a<br />
second degree black belt, which gave him the authority to teach.<br />
He graduated from WSC in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree<br />
in K-12 art education, giving him the license to teach art. Kiefer<br />
teaches art and travels to Washington, Linden and Clarmar<br />
elementary schools.<br />
When most people think about teaching art to elementary<br />
school students and teaching martial arts, they may not understand<br />
the correlation between the two.<br />
“It boils down to problem solving for both,’’ he said.<br />
“Martial arts does deal with a lot of self-defense scenarios, but<br />
art is similar even though things aren’t life threatening. It is still<br />
problem solving.’’<br />
<strong>The</strong> goal is to still help students understand and succeed in<br />
what they are doing, he said.<br />
“Seeing students succeed is the best part,’’ he said. “That’s<br />
the product. It doesn’t matter if they’re doing a spinning side<br />
kick that breaks three boards or finishing a drawing that’s show<br />
worthy. It’s something that they are proud of. That’s rewarding.’’<br />
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<strong>Come</strong> <strong>Join</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Celebration</strong>!<br />
Homecoming 2009 • October 1-4<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong><br />
THURSDAY, October 1, 2009<br />
11:30 a.m. Scholarship Luncheon (by invitation) - Student Center, Frey Conference Suite<br />
FRIDAY, October 2, 2009<br />
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Hospitality/Information Center - Student Center, Atrium<br />
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Trustee Workshop (by invitation), Gardner Auditorium<br />
Noon - 1 p.m. Trustee Luncheon (by invitation), Student Center, Niobrara Room<br />
Noon - 1 p.m. Alumni and Cat Club Luncheon - Upper Deck (Student Center, Lower Food Court)<br />
1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Annual Trustee Meeting, Gardner Auditorium<br />
4 p.m. 1949 Football Team attends football practice<br />
4-5 p.m. Planetarium, "Two Small Pieces of Glass," a tribute to Galileo<br />
5 p.m. Greek Olympics, Willow Bowl<br />
6 - 8 p.m. Outstanding Alumni Awards Banquet, Student Center, Frey Conference Suite<br />
8:30 p.m. Bonfire & Pep Rally, Tennis Court Area (rain site-Rec Center)<br />
SATURDAY, October 3, 2009<br />
9 a.m. Speech Communications Majors Golf Scramble & Lunch, <strong>Wayne</strong> Country Club<br />
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Parade, Homecoming/Band Day, downtown <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Presidents Society Brunch (by invitation), Student Center, Frey Conference Suite<br />
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. All Honored Classes Reunion Brunch, Niobrara Room, Student Center<br />
(Classes of '49, '59, '69, '79, '84, '89 & '99)<br />
Noon - 1 p.m. Tailgate Party, Bob Cunningham Field, under the tent (free to "Cat Club" members)<br />
General admission: adults $5; students $3<br />
12:30 p.m. Homecoming Royalty introduced<br />
12:40 p.m. - 1 p.m. Pre-game Show - WSC Marching Band, Bob Cunningham Field<br />
Halftime show - WSC Band, and introduction of Hall of Fame Inductees<br />
1 p.m. Football Game - WSC vs. Upper Iowa<br />
1 p.m. Soccer Match - WSC vs. Augustana, Soccer Field<br />
3:30 p.m. (after game) 1975-1985 Track Participants Reunion<br />
5:30 - 6:15 p.m. Social - Student Center, Frey Conference Suite (for banquet ticket holders)<br />
6:15 - 8:30 p.m. Homecoming/Hall of Fame Banquet, Student Center, Frey Conf. Suite<br />
SUNDAY, October 4, 2009<br />
1 p.m. Alumni Softball Game - Chapman Baseball/Softball Complex<br />
1 p.m. Alumni Soccer - Soccer Field<br />
For more information contact:<br />
Deb Lundahl • Alumni Office • <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>College</strong> • <strong>Wayne</strong>, NE 68787 • 402-375-7209 • delunda1@wsc.edu<br />
For a list of registered attendees please check upcoming events at www.wsc.edu/alumni<br />
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