Leaving on a High Note - Austin Peay State University
Leaving on a High Note - Austin Peay State University
Leaving on a High Note - Austin Peay State University
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Lady Govs volleyball<br />
coach resigns<br />
Corey Carlin, head volleyball coach for the<br />
past two seas<strong>on</strong>s, resigned from his positi<strong>on</strong><br />
in mid-November.<br />
The Lady Govs finished 2006 with a 4-24<br />
record, a year that saw the team battle injury,<br />
illness and other pers<strong>on</strong>nel issues.<br />
Carlin officially took over the Lady Govs<br />
program in August 2005 after l<strong>on</strong>gtime coach<br />
Cheryl Holt announced her resignati<strong>on</strong> earlier<br />
that spring.<br />
Mark your calendar<br />
6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 17, 2007<br />
Morgan <strong>University</strong> Center Ballroom<br />
A dinner in tribute to<br />
Sherry Hoppe and Bob Hoppe<br />
On her retirement from the presidency of<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Hoppe Scholarship at APSU.<br />
Tickets are $150 per couple or $85 per pers<strong>on</strong>.<br />
If you are unable to attend, you may wish to send a tax-deductible gift to h<strong>on</strong>or<br />
Dr. Hoppe and her great accomplishments as president of your <strong>University</strong>.<br />
Help endow the Hoppe Scholarship and make it a lasting tribute<br />
that will benefit countless students for generati<strong>on</strong>s to come.<br />
For reservati<strong>on</strong>s and gift informati<strong>on</strong>, please teleph<strong>on</strong>e <strong>University</strong> Advancement: (931) 221-7127<br />
Feedback<br />
Thanks (for) the alumni magazine for<br />
Fall 2006. As a soldier and a nurse in the<br />
U.S. Army, I occasi<strong>on</strong>ally come across<br />
w<strong>on</strong>derful individuals who are related to<br />
the great family of <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>.<br />
Capt. Ngo Anders<strong>on</strong> … a graduate<br />
of APSU’s School of Nursing … helped<br />
me apply for the Army’s enlisted commissi<strong>on</strong>ing<br />
program, where I was able<br />
to pursue a B.S.N. at APSU. She is an<br />
outstanding American, married to a fine<br />
individual (Capt. Travis Anders<strong>on</strong>, an<br />
APSU School of Nursing graduate) and<br />
a mother of two beautiful children.<br />
(Her) leadership style was simple; she<br />
did what she said and out-performed<br />
almost all of us.<br />
Much to my surprise and satisfacti<strong>on</strong>,<br />
she is now professed to the 28 th<br />
Combat Support Hospital of the 82 nd<br />
Airborne of Fort. Bragg, N.C. She<br />
serves in Iraq, away from her family,<br />
and c<strong>on</strong>tinues as a fine leader and<br />
mentor of young officers, much in the<br />
same fashi<strong>on</strong> as when she was an outstanding<br />
n<strong>on</strong>-commissi<strong>on</strong>ed officer.<br />
Also, to (my) great surprise and satisfacti<strong>on</strong>,<br />
another fine soldier leader,<br />
Col. Ruth Lee, is serving in Iraq. She<br />
and Retired Col. Glenda Thomps<strong>on</strong> are<br />
w<strong>on</strong>derful nurse humanitarians (who)<br />
have shaped many of my thoughts and<br />
percepti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> caring and service.<br />
Many of these great people influence<br />
the lives of their students and followers<br />
to a much greater extent than<br />
they realize, and often do not receive<br />
the just credit they deserve.<br />
Best wishes to every<strong>on</strong>e at the<br />
School of Nursing and to all at <strong>Austin</strong><br />
<strong>Peay</strong>.<br />
Lt. Richard Noll, B.S.N.<br />
U.S. Army Nurse Corps<br />
28 th Combat Support Hospital<br />
(This) carto<strong>on</strong>* was drawn by a<br />
w<strong>on</strong>derful, old friend of mine who died<br />
suddenly almost two years ago. He<br />
was a great example of the value of<br />
higher educati<strong>on</strong> outside the “flagship”<br />
universities.<br />
R<strong>on</strong> Sweeney was the first in his<br />
family to go to college and attended<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> where I was an undergrad.<br />
Because of family financial pressures,<br />
he never earned a degree.<br />
Nevertheless, educati<strong>on</strong> made a<br />
huge impact <strong>on</strong> his life. He took a night<br />
job at a factory as a student and rose<br />
to be the nati<strong>on</strong>al creative director for<br />
the same company. His passi<strong>on</strong> for<br />
drawing, painting and graphic design<br />
stayed with him from the first day he<br />
took an art class at APSU. He was <strong>on</strong>e<br />
of the nicest people I’ve known.<br />
Let’s keep in mind the R<strong>on</strong>nie<br />
Sweenies out there who take away<br />
something even more important than a<br />
degree.<br />
More of R<strong>on</strong>’s carto<strong>on</strong>s are available<br />
at: http://smilinr<strong>on</strong>.com.<br />
Todd Duren (’86)<br />
Instructor of Graphic Design<br />
Pellissippi <strong>State</strong> Technical<br />
Community College<br />
Knoxville<br />
*From the editor: In December 2006,<br />
the e-mail above was forwarded to faculty<br />
and staff throughout much of the<br />
Tennessee Board of Regents system.<br />
Accompanying it was a carto<strong>on</strong> by the<br />
late R<strong>on</strong> Sweeney of Ashland City,<br />
depicting Santa Claus getting a tattoo<br />
<strong>on</strong> his bare back.<br />
I recently moved back to the Dallas<br />
area (<strong>High</strong>land Village) and started a<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sulting business. This morning, I<br />
attended a networking meeting, and<br />
the speaker was a successful Dallas<br />
area businessman … who had used<br />
networking to build a very successful<br />
business. One of his networking<br />
resources was his college and fraternity<br />
alumni.<br />
I thought that was a great idea, so<br />
t<strong>on</strong>ight I pulled up the list of Texas<br />
alumni … I sorted the Excel spreadsheet<br />
first by zip code and then by city.<br />
Scanning the list, I noted several folks<br />
living in <strong>High</strong>land Village. Then I noticed<br />
some<strong>on</strong>e living <strong>on</strong> Quail Cove Drive—<br />
the same street that I live <strong>on</strong>. Then I<br />
noted the house number.<br />
My next-door neighbor is a (‘89)<br />
graduate of APSU—Michael<br />
Castleberry! How’s that for a smallworld<br />
story!<br />
John “Butch” McGee (’69)<br />
<strong>High</strong>land Village, Texas<br />
I started a new and exciting career yesterday…<br />
here at Intuit and can say<br />
nothing but good things about the company<br />
and my new role.<br />
I sent my resume to three companies<br />
in the middle of September and<br />
went through the interview process<br />
with them all. After a lot of thought,<br />
research and negotiati<strong>on</strong> and a total of<br />
14 rounds of interviews (phew!), I<br />
accepted the positi<strong>on</strong> with Intuit and<br />
feel both the role and the company are<br />
perfect for me.<br />
If you are looking for an inspiring<br />
book … about a company built <strong>on</strong> outstanding<br />
operating values that is<br />
am<strong>on</strong>g the few companies to successfully<br />
beat Microsoft, I recommend<br />
“Inside Intuit” by Suzanne Taylor and<br />
Kathy Schroder. I read (it) <strong>on</strong> a flight<br />
from New Orleans and found the book<br />
to be a true representati<strong>on</strong> of the amazing<br />
culture at Intuit.<br />
D<strong>on</strong> Wallar (’97)<br />
Web Marketing Manager<br />
Intuit<br />
San Diego, Calif.<br />
From the editor: According to Dr. Bruce<br />
Myers. professor and chair of the<br />
department of mathematics and computer<br />
science, who shared the note,<br />
above, Wallar established and supports<br />
the D<strong>on</strong>ald Wallar Computer Science<br />
Scholarship at APSU. For more informati<strong>on</strong><br />
about the scholarship and its criteria,<br />
teleph<strong>on</strong>e 931-221-7840.<br />
Spring 2007<br />
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