Spring/Summer 2010 - University of Arkansas at Monticello
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From the ChanCellor<br />
Another academic year has drawn to a close. This<br />
was a special year th<strong>at</strong> saw UAM celebr<strong>at</strong>e its 100th birthday. Now, instead <strong>of</strong><br />
looking back, I am excited to look forward as we begin our second century. We<br />
are closer to our goal <strong>of</strong> expanding the forestry complex, and we are remodeling<br />
the first floor <strong>of</strong> Bankston Hall. We plan to make all first floor rooms single occupancy<br />
to respond to the needs and desires <strong>of</strong> our students. With on-campus<br />
housing <strong>at</strong>, or near, full occupancy, I have appointed a committee<br />
to research possibilities for new housing opportunities for the<br />
campus.<br />
We are also moving forward with plans to determine the feasibility<br />
<strong>of</strong> cre<strong>at</strong>ing a campus-based retirement community. This<br />
was envisioned as part <strong>of</strong> our original campus master plan in<br />
2005. This will allow individuals to continue their rel<strong>at</strong>ionship<br />
with the university and particip<strong>at</strong>e in the many activities th<strong>at</strong><br />
happen on a busy college campus. This retirement community<br />
will also present a unique and desirable housing option not available<br />
in many communities in our region.<br />
We continue working to improve our gradu<strong>at</strong>ion and retention r<strong>at</strong>es while<br />
remaining true to our mission as an institution th<strong>at</strong> provides educ<strong>at</strong>ional opportunities<br />
to those who might not <strong>at</strong>tend college otherwise. Those opportunities<br />
are even gre<strong>at</strong>er now, thanks to the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Academic Challenge Scholarship<br />
funded by the st<strong>at</strong>e lottery, which will provide thousands <strong>of</strong> dollars in scholarship<br />
revenue to <strong>Arkansas</strong> students.<br />
As you look through the pages <strong>of</strong> this magazine, you’ll read about the success<br />
<strong>of</strong> individual alumni as well as the remarkable tale <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the university’s<br />
gre<strong>at</strong>est success stories, our pre-medicine program. We give you a pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> current<br />
first-year medical students Stephen Cagle and Amy Hoang.<br />
You will also read the amazing story <strong>of</strong> Shaye Smith. We knew her as Charlotte<br />
Smith when she was shooting baskets for the Cotton Blossoms, but now<br />
she is an award-winning country music songwriter.<br />
We were pleased to recognize Martin “Marty” Brutscher as our 48th distinguished<br />
alumnus during our commencement exercises on May 14. You will see<br />
photographs <strong>of</strong> our gradu<strong>at</strong>ion ceremonies which represent an ending for us<br />
but a new beginning for our gradu<strong>at</strong>es. We wish them well as they begin a new<br />
chapter in their lives and invite them to join YOU as proud alumni <strong>of</strong> UAM.<br />
Best Wishes,<br />
Jack Lassiter<br />
Chancellor<br />
On The Cover: First-year medical students<br />
Amy Hoang and Stephen Cagle are the l<strong>at</strong>est<br />
in a long line <strong>of</strong> UAM pre-med students<br />
excelling in medical school.<br />
UAM MAGAZINE, Volume 17, number<br />
2, is published three times a year by the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>, the<br />
UAM Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion, and the UAM<br />
Found<strong>at</strong>ion Fund. For inform<strong>at</strong>ion, you<br />
may contact:<br />
UAM Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
UAM Box 3520<br />
<strong>Monticello</strong>, AR 71656<br />
Jim Brewer, Editor<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> Media Services<br />
(870) 460-1074 (<strong>of</strong>fice)<br />
(870) 460-1174 (FAX)<br />
e-mail: brewer@uamont.edu<br />
Scott Kuttenkuler, Director <strong>of</strong><br />
Advancement<br />
(870) 460-1028 (<strong>of</strong>fice)<br />
(870) 460-1324 (FAX)<br />
e-mail: kuttenkuler@uamont.edu<br />
Brooke Flemister, Director <strong>of</strong> Alumni<br />
Affairs<br />
(870) 460-1028 (<strong>of</strong>fice)<br />
(870) 460-1324 (FAX)<br />
e-mail: flemister@uamont.edu<br />
Dr. Clay Brown, Vice Chancellor for<br />
<strong>University</strong> Rel<strong>at</strong>ions and Student<br />
Affairs<br />
(870) 460-1053 (<strong>of</strong>fice)<br />
(870) 460-1324 (FAX)<br />
e-mail: browncl@uamont.edu<br />
If you want to find out wh<strong>at</strong>’s happening<br />
on campus, or want to contact us about<br />
something significant th<strong>at</strong>’s happened in<br />
your life, check out our website <strong>at</strong> www.<br />
uamont.edu. When you reach the UAM<br />
home page, just click on Alumni & Friends.<br />
Let us know wh<strong>at</strong> you think. We welcome<br />
your suggestions!<br />
Parents, if your son or daughter <strong>at</strong>tended<br />
UAM and is no longer living <strong>at</strong> this address,<br />
please notify our <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> his or her<br />
new address. Thank you.
F E A T U R E S<br />
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Familiar P<strong>at</strong>h<br />
Marty Brutscher <strong>of</strong> Baltimore, Maryland is UAM’s <strong>2010</strong><br />
Distinguished Alumnus.<br />
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DIStINGUISheD ALUmNUS<br />
the SoNGWrIter<br />
GrADUAtIoN<br />
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Telling Her Story<br />
Charlotte Smith didn’t like country music, or so she<br />
thought. Now Shaye Smith, a successful Nashville songwriter,<br />
she discovered country was “telling her story.”<br />
Looking Ahead<br />
UAM’s gradu<strong>at</strong>ing class <strong>of</strong> <strong>2010</strong> faces both challenges<br />
and opportunities.<br />
Pre-meD<br />
Prepped<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> / <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Recent gradu<strong>at</strong>es Stephen Cagle and Amy Hoang are<br />
the l<strong>at</strong>est in a growing legacy cre<strong>at</strong>ed by UAM’s premedicine<br />
program.<br />
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Alumni News<br />
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New Record<br />
U<br />
AM set a new spring semester<br />
enrollment record with 3,474 students<br />
currently enrolled on its three<br />
campuses in <strong>Monticello</strong>, Crossett and<br />
McGehee, according to preliminary<br />
figures released by the university’s<br />
registrar.<br />
The total represents a 7.45 percent<br />
increase over last spring’s enrollment<br />
<strong>of</strong> 3,233, which <strong>at</strong> the time was also a<br />
record for the spring semester.<br />
UAM’s spring enrollment dropped<br />
by just nine students from the all-time<br />
record enrollment <strong>of</strong> 3,483 students<br />
reported in the 2009 fall semester, a<br />
dram<strong>at</strong>ic break from past enrollment<br />
trends which saw student popul<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
decrease from fall to spring by an<br />
average <strong>of</strong> 5.3 percent over the last<br />
decade.<br />
UAM’s spring enrollment has<br />
increased 19.9 percent in the last<br />
six years – from 2,696 in 2004 to the<br />
3,233 in <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
“These numbers are both en-<br />
N<strong>at</strong>ional Leader<br />
Dr. Laura Evans, an assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> nursing<br />
<strong>at</strong> UAM, has been appointed to serve as<br />
a N<strong>at</strong>ional League for Nursing Ambassador by the<br />
NLN.<br />
As an NLN Ambassador, Evans will serve as a<br />
liaison between the n<strong>at</strong>ional organiz<strong>at</strong>ion and the<br />
UAM School <strong>of</strong> Nursing, informing the faculty and<br />
administr<strong>at</strong>ion about NLN initi<strong>at</strong>ives, grant opportunities,<br />
conferences, public<strong>at</strong>ions, workshops, and<br />
other benefits available to NLN members.<br />
Evans joined the UAM faculty in 2008. She<br />
holds a bachelor <strong>of</strong> science in nursing degree<br />
from St. Joseph’s College, a master’s degree<br />
from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Texas Southwestern<br />
Medical School, and a Ph.D. from the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> for Medical Sciences.<br />
She is a women’s health nurse practitioner<br />
and practiced with the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> Health in pren<strong>at</strong>al and gynecologic clinics<br />
for a number <strong>of</strong> years. Evans has conducted<br />
research in the areas <strong>of</strong> health promotion and disease<br />
prevention, women’s health, and<br />
nursing educ<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
couraging and a little surprising,”<br />
said R. David Ray, provost and vice<br />
chancellor for academic affairs. “It<br />
goes against enrollment trends from<br />
the past, and not only <strong>at</strong> UAM, but <strong>at</strong><br />
most colleges and universities across<br />
the country. In the past, we could<br />
count on a pretty significant drop<br />
from the fall to the spring semester,<br />
but students are staying in school. I<br />
think it’s a reflection <strong>of</strong> the opportunities<br />
we’re <strong>of</strong>fering and efforts <strong>of</strong> our<br />
faculty and staff to retain students<br />
as well as the tough economic times<br />
we’re experiencing.”<br />
UAM Chancellor Jack Lassiter<br />
praised the efforts <strong>of</strong> Mary Whiting,<br />
director <strong>of</strong> admissions, and her<br />
recruitment staff for the record enrollment.<br />
“Mrs. Whiting and her staff work<br />
long hours in wh<strong>at</strong> has become a very<br />
competitive job to <strong>at</strong>tract students to<br />
our three campuses,” Lassiter said.<br />
“As the available popul<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> high<br />
school gradu<strong>at</strong>es in our area shrinks,<br />
the competition for students becomes<br />
even more intense. Our recruitment<br />
staff and faculty are to be commended<br />
for their tireless work on behalf <strong>of</strong><br />
the institution.”<br />
A large percentage <strong>of</strong> UAM students<br />
receive some form <strong>of</strong> financial<br />
assistance, which according to Susan<br />
Brewer, director <strong>of</strong> financial aid, is an<br />
inducement to <strong>at</strong>tend the university.<br />
“Many <strong>of</strong> our students would be unable<br />
to <strong>at</strong>tend college without receiving<br />
financial aid in some form,” said<br />
Brewer. “Our <strong>of</strong>fice is dedic<strong>at</strong>ed to<br />
insuring th<strong>at</strong> any student who wants<br />
to <strong>at</strong>tend will be able to, regardless <strong>of</strong><br />
his or her financial situ<strong>at</strong>ion.”<br />
Speaking Of<br />
he UAM deb<strong>at</strong>e and forensics<br />
t team brought home 14 awards<br />
from the Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Public Deb<strong>at</strong>e<br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>ion (IPDA) n<strong>at</strong>ional tournament<br />
and convention in March.<br />
As a team, UAM placed fourth in<br />
the season-long IPDA deb<strong>at</strong>e competition.<br />
Individually, McGehee senior<br />
Josh Smith placed fifth for the season<br />
in varsity deb<strong>at</strong>e while Tiffany Reed, a<br />
sophomore from Cabot, placed ninth.<br />
The IPDA individual public deb<strong>at</strong>e<br />
competition fe<strong>at</strong>ured novice, varsity<br />
and pr<strong>of</strong>essional divisions.<br />
In the novice division, Yvonne Hinshaw,<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>, Brittany Booker,<br />
<strong>of</strong> Hermitage, and Melissa Rodgers,<br />
<strong>of</strong> Star City, finished in the top 16.<br />
In the varsity deb<strong>at</strong>e division, Chris<br />
Brown <strong>of</strong> Siloam <strong>Spring</strong>s finished in<br />
the top 16 n<strong>at</strong>ionally and won the<br />
seventh place speaker award. Josh<br />
Smith and Tiffany Reed also finished<br />
in the top 16.<br />
In the pr<strong>of</strong>essional division, Keith<br />
Milstead, UAM’s assistant director<br />
<strong>of</strong> forensics, finished as a n<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
quarter finalist and won the fifth place<br />
speaker award. “For such a young<br />
team they did extremely well,” said<br />
Jim Evans, director <strong>of</strong> deb<strong>at</strong>e and<br />
forensics. “We were in it until the very<br />
end against some really tough competition.”
Conclave Champs . . . Again!<br />
UAM forestry students continued<br />
their dominance <strong>of</strong> the Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>of</strong> Southern Forestry Clubs<br />
Conclave competition in March, winning<br />
the event for the 30th time in its<br />
53-year history.<br />
Hosting the event <strong>at</strong> the Drew<br />
County Fairgrounds, UAM students<br />
won the competition for the second<br />
year in a row, finishing first in<br />
the physical events and third in the<br />
technical events to edge arch rival<br />
Stephen F. Austin St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>University</strong><br />
for the overall Conclave championship.<br />
Students from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Georgia finished third.<br />
Conclave is a competition <strong>of</strong> both<br />
technical and physical forestry skills<br />
among forestry students from 15<br />
universities. This year’s event brought<br />
together competitors from UAM,<br />
Stephen F. Austin, Alabama A&M,<br />
Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Georgia,<br />
Kentucky, Louisiana St<strong>at</strong>e, Louisiana<br />
Tech, Mississippi St<strong>at</strong>e, North Carolina<br />
St<strong>at</strong>e, Tennessee, Texas A&M,<br />
and Virginia Tech.<br />
UAM students placed in the top<br />
six in five different technical events<br />
and domin<strong>at</strong>ed the physical events<br />
competition, finishing first or second<br />
in eight different events.<br />
“The students deserve all the<br />
credit,” said Dr. Lynne Thompson,<br />
faculty advisor to the forestry club.<br />
“They did all the work and made sure<br />
everything went smoothly. I’m proud<br />
<strong>of</strong> their efforts.”<br />
HIGH FLYER Daniel<br />
Standley <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
reached for the top in the<br />
pole climbing competition.<br />
Standley placed third in the<br />
event.<br />
INTO THE DRINK<br />
UAM forester<br />
Bobby Glaze (left)<br />
won the birling<br />
competition, one<br />
<strong>of</strong> the most popular<br />
events with<br />
spect<strong>at</strong>ors.<br />
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Academic<br />
Olympians<br />
oseph Lockwood <strong>of</strong> Stuttgart (left)<br />
does more than c<strong>at</strong>ch passes for<br />
Jthe UAM football team. Lockwood<br />
successfully defended his title in the<br />
Academic Olympics recently, winning<br />
the title for the second year in a row.<br />
Placing second in the competition<br />
was John Ragsdale <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
while Deborah Wylie (center) <strong>of</strong><br />
Kingsland placed third. The<br />
competition is sponsored annually<br />
by Alpha Chi honor society.<br />
Autism Study<br />
A<br />
N<br />
Day Honored<br />
D<br />
UAM MAGAZINE<br />
UAM educ<strong>at</strong>ion instructor has<br />
received grant from the <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ion to help<br />
teachers and parents learn the special<br />
skills needed to teach and mentor<br />
children with autism.<br />
r. John Kyle Day, assistant<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> history, was<br />
recently elected to a n<strong>at</strong>ional leadership<br />
position in Phi Alpha Theta,<br />
the n<strong>at</strong>ional collegi<strong>at</strong>e history<br />
honor society.<br />
Day was elected n<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
councilor for Phi Alpha Theta and<br />
will serve on the board <strong>of</strong> directors<br />
while developing policy for<br />
the organiz<strong>at</strong>ion and representing<br />
the honor society to the academic<br />
community.<br />
A member <strong>of</strong> the UAM faculty<br />
since 2007, Day holds bachelor’s<br />
and master’s degrees from the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> and a<br />
doctor<strong>at</strong>e from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Missouri. He is the faculty advisor<br />
for Phi Alpha Theta.<br />
“Children with autism spectrum<br />
disorders (ASD) are increasingly being<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ed in inclusive general educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
classrooms,” explained Debbie<br />
Givhan, instructor, grant recipient and<br />
leader <strong>of</strong> the UAM Autism Project.<br />
“For these students to be successful,<br />
teachers and parents need to know<br />
as much as possible about autism<br />
and the teaching methods th<strong>at</strong> work<br />
best for these students.”<br />
The UAM Autism Project provides<br />
training and on-site mentoring for<br />
teachers, parapr<strong>of</strong>essionals and parents<br />
to prepare them to help children<br />
with autism be successfully integr<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
into general educ<strong>at</strong>ion classrooms.<br />
The project will provide 15 clock<br />
hours <strong>of</strong> training for both general educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
and special educ<strong>at</strong>ion teachers<br />
as well as parapr<strong>of</strong>essionals and parents<br />
<strong>of</strong> autistic children from southeast<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> elementary schools.<br />
The training will include learning the<br />
characteristics <strong>of</strong> autism and developing<br />
individual teaching techniques to<br />
meet the specific individual needs <strong>of</strong><br />
autistic students.<br />
An on-line forum will be developed<br />
to exchange inform<strong>at</strong>ion and share<br />
resources and each particip<strong>at</strong>ing<br />
classroom will receive a minimum <strong>of</strong><br />
two on-site mentoring visits from a<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essional with experience in teaching<br />
autistic students. In addition, an<br />
ASD resource library will be cre<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
in the UAM School <strong>of</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ion to<br />
provide supplementary resources and<br />
m<strong>at</strong>erials to be used to help students<br />
with ASD.<br />
The Voice<br />
U AM’s campus newspaper, The<br />
Voice, and the Boll Weevil centennial<br />
yearbook received recognition<br />
<strong>at</strong> the <strong>2010</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> College Media<br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>ion’s conference and awards<br />
luncheon held recently in Fayetteville.<br />
The Voice took both second and<br />
third place in the newspaper c<strong>at</strong>egory<br />
for the Best Web Edition, with the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong>’ Traveler taking<br />
first overall. “I am happy The Voice<br />
won second and third place,” said<br />
Editor-in-Chief Linna Jones <strong>of</strong> Gould.<br />
“I congr<strong>at</strong>ul<strong>at</strong>e the staff members for<br />
their achievements.”<br />
In the yearbook c<strong>at</strong>egory, the Boll<br />
Weevil staff took second in academics<br />
writing, third in organiz<strong>at</strong>ion layout for<br />
the staff spread, and third in sports<br />
layout.
Literary Winner<br />
U<br />
AM History Pr<strong>of</strong>essor William L.<br />
Shea has received two prestigious<br />
awards for his l<strong>at</strong>est book,<br />
Fields <strong>of</strong> Blood: The Prairie Grove<br />
Campaign.<br />
The Civil War Round Table <strong>of</strong> New<br />
York announced recently th<strong>at</strong> Shea is<br />
the winner <strong>of</strong> the Fletcher Pr<strong>at</strong>t Literary<br />
Award for the best book published<br />
on the American Civil War in 2009.<br />
Shea will receive the award <strong>at</strong> a dinner<br />
<strong>at</strong> the N<strong>at</strong>ional Republican Club in<br />
Manh<strong>at</strong>tan in May. Previous winners<br />
include Bruce C<strong>at</strong>ton, Shelby Foote,<br />
and James McPherson. Shea is the<br />
first Arkansan to be so honored.<br />
Shea is also the recipient <strong>of</strong> the<br />
J. G. Ragsdale Book Award <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Historical Associ<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
The award is given annually to the<br />
author <strong>of</strong> the best book published on<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong>. Shea was presented with<br />
a plaque and a $1,000 check <strong>at</strong> the<br />
annual meeting <strong>of</strong> the associ<strong>at</strong>ion last<br />
week in Jonesboro.<br />
“I commend Dr. Shea for these<br />
awards and for his commitment to<br />
scholarly research,” said UAM Chan-<br />
cellor Jack Lassiter. “These are prestigious<br />
honors th<strong>at</strong> reflect positively on<br />
both Dr. Shea and the university.”<br />
Fields <strong>of</strong> Blood is the story <strong>of</strong> the<br />
final Confeder<strong>at</strong>e <strong>at</strong>tempt to regain<br />
control <strong>of</strong> Missouri in the Civil War.<br />
The campaign culmin<strong>at</strong>ed in a pitched<br />
b<strong>at</strong>tle <strong>at</strong> Prairie Grove, <strong>Arkansas</strong>, in<br />
December 1862 in which the Confeder<strong>at</strong>es<br />
were turned back. The book is<br />
the result <strong>of</strong> 12 years <strong>of</strong> research in<br />
archives in 20 st<strong>at</strong>es. It was published<br />
by the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> North Carolina<br />
Press and has received glowing<br />
reviews in both scholarly journals and<br />
public forums such as Amazon. It is<br />
a selection <strong>of</strong> the History Book Club<br />
and Military Book Club.<br />
Shea has published three other<br />
books on the Civil War in <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
and surrounding st<strong>at</strong>es: Pea Ridge:<br />
Civil War Campaign in the West<br />
(1992), Vicksburg Is the Key: The<br />
Struggle for the Mississippi River<br />
(2003); and Wilson’s Creek, Pea<br />
Ridge, and Prairie Grove: A B<strong>at</strong>tlefield<br />
Guide (2006). Shea has been a Rockefeller<br />
Scholar <strong>at</strong> Colonial Williamsburg,<br />
a Fulbright Pr<strong>of</strong>essor in China,<br />
and a consultant for the N<strong>at</strong>ional Park<br />
Service.<br />
AUTHOR Dr. Bill<br />
Shea, noted Civil<br />
War historian, has<br />
received two prestigious<br />
awards for<br />
his l<strong>at</strong>est book.<br />
Jazzed Up!<br />
AWARD WINNERS Gary meggs<br />
(left), director <strong>of</strong> bands, holds the<br />
plaque won by UAm Jazz Band I <strong>at</strong><br />
the recent Northwestern (La.) St<strong>at</strong>e<br />
<strong>University</strong> Jazz Festival. the band<br />
received all superior r<strong>at</strong>ings while<br />
scoring 289 <strong>of</strong> a possible 300 points.<br />
meggs, who recently spent several<br />
months touring the world with the<br />
Glenn miller orchestra, has led the<br />
UAm jazz band program to successful<br />
performances <strong>at</strong> the North texas<br />
Jazz Festival and the Clark terry<br />
Jazz Festival. Jazz Bands I, II and III<br />
presented their annual spring concert<br />
<strong>at</strong> the UAm Fine Arts Center<br />
on April 20.<br />
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All Weevil<br />
AM is celebr<strong>at</strong>ing its Boll Weevil<br />
Uheritage with a new marketing<br />
and advertising campaign, using the<br />
tag line “Have you got wh<strong>at</strong> it takes<br />
to be a Boll Weevil?”<br />
The tag line is being used in<br />
television commercials on two<br />
Little Rock st<strong>at</strong>ions – KLRT Fox 16<br />
and The CW – and will appear in<br />
print and outdoor advertising as<br />
well.<br />
The star <strong>of</strong> the campaign is<br />
UAM’s boll weevil mascot, who<br />
gained n<strong>at</strong>ional notoriety for be<strong>at</strong>ing<br />
up an aardvark mascot in a<br />
series <strong>of</strong> n<strong>at</strong>ional television commercials<br />
for the wireless phone<br />
applic<strong>at</strong>ion KGB KGB, which<br />
answers questions sent via cell<br />
phone.<br />
As part <strong>of</strong> the campaign,<br />
UAM will also join the college<br />
and university internet site<br />
YO<strong>University</strong> and is exploring<br />
a web site makeover.<br />
UAM Night At<br />
Dickey-Stephens<br />
Make plans to join us on July 13 for UAM<br />
Night <strong>at</strong> Dickey-Stephens Park in North<br />
Little Rock. Come w<strong>at</strong>ch the <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Travelers take on the Frisco Roughriders<br />
<strong>at</strong> 6 p.m. and reconnect with alumni from<br />
the central <strong>Arkansas</strong> area. Tickets are<br />
$15 for adults and $5 for children 12 and<br />
under. Price includes game ticket and all<br />
you can e<strong>at</strong> hamburgers, hot dogs and<br />
s<strong>of</strong>t drinks. Advance reserv<strong>at</strong>ions required.<br />
Please call the Office <strong>of</strong> Advancement<br />
<strong>at</strong> (870) 460-1028 to purchase your<br />
tickets. Deadline is June 25.
DINNER FOR 40 members <strong>of</strong> the UAm Ambassadors were guests <strong>of</strong> Chancellor and mrs. Jack<br />
Lassiter for a dinner in their honor <strong>at</strong> the chancellor’s home. Pictured from left are (kneeling) Chase<br />
owyoung <strong>of</strong> mcGehee , Douglas Boultinghouse <strong>of</strong> rison, Landon Lively <strong>of</strong> Grapevine, Beau Jones <strong>of</strong><br />
monticello, Lamar rochell <strong>of</strong> Star City, Will hunter <strong>of</strong> monticello, J.J. Solorio <strong>of</strong> Nashville, Joseph Lockwood<br />
<strong>of</strong> Stuttgart, Spenser Garrison <strong>of</strong> mountain View, Calif., N<strong>at</strong>han Probst <strong>of</strong> Benton, Jim renfroe<br />
<strong>of</strong> mcGehee, James Whitaker <strong>of</strong> osceola, Josh Pope <strong>of</strong> Warren, taylor Beard <strong>of</strong> malvern, Adam hargrave<br />
<strong>of</strong> Warren, m<strong>at</strong>t Garner <strong>of</strong> Grapevine, m<strong>at</strong>t Whiting <strong>of</strong> monticello, (standing, from left) Chancellor<br />
Jack Lassiter, Brittany Dees <strong>of</strong> hermitage, Kacie Johnson <strong>of</strong> Lake Village, K<strong>at</strong>ie mcDill <strong>of</strong> Crossett,<br />
Whitney mcGregor <strong>of</strong> monticello, Alyson Dawson <strong>of</strong> hamburg, he<strong>at</strong>her Adcock <strong>of</strong> monticello, Lauren<br />
W<strong>at</strong>ts <strong>of</strong> Grapevine, Sarah Kilcrease <strong>of</strong> Nashville, Lily Burchfield <strong>of</strong> monticello, myrka Agosto-Dones <strong>of</strong><br />
Puerto rico, rebekah heflin <strong>of</strong> russellville, macKenzie Willis <strong>of</strong> Andrews, tex., Colleen Glass <strong>of</strong> monticello,<br />
Shyann Scott <strong>of</strong> W<strong>at</strong>son, Paisley Palsa <strong>of</strong> monticello, Alexis Pacheco <strong>of</strong> Warren, Sydney miles<br />
<strong>of</strong> mcGehee, meagan Wilson <strong>of</strong> Longview, tex., Amanda Nordberg <strong>of</strong> Branson, mo., Ashley Young<br />
<strong>of</strong> Portland, Jessica Dickey <strong>of</strong> rison, Alexandria Bridges <strong>of</strong> morrilton, olivia Livingston <strong>of</strong> Lake Village,<br />
hope mceachern <strong>of</strong> monticello, and Judy Lassiter.<br />
Winners Again<br />
Ambassadors Feted<br />
two teams <strong>of</strong> computer inform<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
students from the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong> captured<br />
the top two places in the Computer<br />
Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Systems Division <strong>at</strong> the<br />
<strong>2010</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> Collegi<strong>at</strong>e Programming<br />
Competition.<br />
Jay Dyson <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>, Justin<br />
Walker <strong>of</strong> Back G<strong>at</strong>e, and Freddie<br />
Gibson <strong>of</strong> Winchester took first place<br />
in the COBOL programming competition.<br />
Dyson and Gibson are computer<br />
inform<strong>at</strong>ion systems majors while<br />
Gibson carries a double major in CIS<br />
and geographic imaging systems. The<br />
team <strong>of</strong> Calvin Davis <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>,<br />
Jake Hayden <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>, and Kyle<br />
Knight <strong>of</strong> Hamburg placed second<br />
in the competition. All three are CIS<br />
majors.<br />
Both teams completed five <strong>of</strong><br />
seven problems with time completed<br />
being the deciding factor, according<br />
to Lori Selby, pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> CIS and<br />
coach <strong>of</strong> the programming teams.<br />
The competition was sponsored by<br />
Acxiom’s TresNet Division and hosted<br />
by the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Central <strong>Arkansas</strong>.<br />
The competition was split into<br />
two sections – computer inform<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
systems and computer science. Students<br />
competing in the CIS section<br />
could choose to program in COBOL,<br />
Java, or C++.<br />
Homecoming ‘10<br />
m ark your calendars for the<br />
weekend <strong>of</strong> October 14-16 and<br />
join us for Homecoming <strong>2010</strong>. We’ll<br />
start the weekend with the Sports Hall<br />
<strong>of</strong> Fame banquet October 14. The<br />
Alumni Dinner and present<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Alumni Awards for Achievement and<br />
Merit is scheduled for October 15.<br />
Activities are being planned for S<strong>at</strong>urday,<br />
October 16, culmin<strong>at</strong>ing with<br />
the football game with West Georgia.<br />
Look for the Homecoming schedule in<br />
the next UAM Magazine.<br />
Alpha Chi Honors<br />
t he<br />
UAM chapter <strong>of</strong> Alpha<br />
Chi n<strong>at</strong>ional collegi<strong>at</strong>e honor<br />
society, recently recognized the<br />
top administr<strong>at</strong>ors, staff members<br />
and teachers <strong>at</strong> the organiz<strong>at</strong>ion’s<br />
annual awards banquet.<br />
Dr. Morris Bramlett, dean <strong>of</strong><br />
the School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and<br />
N<strong>at</strong>ural Science, was named<br />
Administr<strong>at</strong>or <strong>of</strong> the Year while<br />
long-time pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> geology<br />
Dr. Jim Edson was named<br />
Teacher <strong>of</strong> the Year. First-year<br />
assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> biology Dr.<br />
Mary Stewart made it a clean<br />
sweep for the m<strong>at</strong>h and science<br />
faculty by winning the Rookie <strong>of</strong><br />
the Year Award.<br />
Bramlett joined the UAM faculty<br />
in 1993 and holds degrees<br />
from <strong>Arkansas</strong> Tech and the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong>-Fayetteville.<br />
Edson has been a member <strong>of</strong><br />
the faculty since 1977. He holds<br />
degrees from <strong>Arkansas</strong> Tech,<br />
UA-Fayetteville, and Tulane <strong>University</strong>.<br />
Stewart is the newcomer<br />
<strong>of</strong> the group, joining the faculty<br />
in 2008 after earning degrees<br />
from Kearney St<strong>at</strong>e College and<br />
Kansas St<strong>at</strong>e.<br />
Mary Whiting, director <strong>of</strong><br />
admissions, was named Staff<br />
Person <strong>of</strong> the Year. In addition to<br />
admissions, Whiting is in charge<br />
<strong>of</strong> special student services and<br />
intern<strong>at</strong>ional students. She holds<br />
degrees from UAM, Auburn and<br />
Columbia Southern.<br />
Bramlett<br />
edson<br />
Stewart<br />
Whiting<br />
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urviving medical school can be a dawnto-exhaustion<br />
test <strong>of</strong> mind, body and<br />
will. It takes intelligence, prepar<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
hard work, and the ability to manage<br />
time to make it.<br />
Oh, and one more thing. “A lot <strong>of</strong> caffeine,” says first-year medical<br />
student Amy Hoang.<br />
Hoang and Stephen Cagle are in their first year <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. Both completed the<br />
pre-medicine program <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>.<br />
Hoang, a <strong>Monticello</strong> n<strong>at</strong>ive, and Cagle, who hails from R<strong>at</strong>cliff,<br />
gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from UAM last spring and represent the l<strong>at</strong>est success<br />
stories for a pre-med program th<strong>at</strong> has cre<strong>at</strong>ed a legacy <strong>of</strong> excellence.<br />
“If a student can make it through our premed program with a<br />
decent grade point average, they’re probably getting into medical<br />
school,” says Dr. Morris Bramlett, dean <strong>of</strong> UAM’s School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical<br />
and N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences. “And they’ll do well once they get<br />
there.”<br />
Over the past three decades, UAM’s pre-medicine gradu<strong>at</strong>es have<br />
had one <strong>of</strong> the st<strong>at</strong>e’s highest acceptance r<strong>at</strong>es to medical school.<br />
The competition is fierce, with more than twice as many applicants<br />
as available spots.<br />
Hoang’s decision to go into medicine was a n<strong>at</strong>ural one for the<br />
youngest member <strong>of</strong> a family <strong>of</strong> overachievers. Amy’s oldest sister,<br />
Cynthia, is a UAM gradu<strong>at</strong>e and now a pharmacist living in Houston.<br />
Another sister, Kimmy, also a UAM gradu<strong>at</strong>e, is a second-year<br />
UAM MAGAZINE<br />
Prepared<br />
for Success<br />
First-year medical students<br />
Amy hoang and Stephen Cagle<br />
are the l<strong>at</strong>est in a long line <strong>of</strong><br />
UAm pre-medicine gradu<strong>at</strong>es<br />
prepared for success in medical<br />
school.
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optometry student <strong>at</strong><br />
Nova Southeastern <strong>University</strong><br />
in Fort Lauderdale,<br />
Fla. Her oldest brother,<br />
Bryan, is a UAM gradu<strong>at</strong>e<br />
and a first-year resident<br />
physician <strong>at</strong> Jefferson<br />
Regional Hospital in Pine<br />
Bluff. Another brother,<br />
Austin, is the fifth member<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Hoang family<br />
with a UAM degree. He<br />
is set to gradu<strong>at</strong>e from the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Tennessee-<br />
Memphis Dental School<br />
in May. Allen Hoang,<br />
who Amy refers to as the<br />
oddball <strong>of</strong> the family, is a<br />
Hendrix gradu<strong>at</strong>e and a<br />
third-year medical student<br />
<strong>at</strong> UAMS.<br />
Cagle, who grew up in<br />
a military family, thought<br />
about dentistry as a career,<br />
but with encouragement<br />
from his family and his<br />
own interest in microbiology,<br />
decided to pursue<br />
medicine. Cagle’s wife,<br />
Megan, is a first-year pharmacy<br />
student <strong>at</strong> UAMS.<br />
They met as undergradu<strong>at</strong>es<br />
<strong>at</strong> UAM.<br />
Both Hoang and Cagle<br />
are immersed in a daily<br />
schedule th<strong>at</strong> includes<br />
eight hours in the classroom<br />
and labor<strong>at</strong>ory, then<br />
more study once class is<br />
over. “You have to force yourself<br />
to study,” says Cagle. “It takes a<br />
certain amount <strong>of</strong> self-discipline.”<br />
The toughest adjustment for<br />
both has been the speed <strong>at</strong> which<br />
m<strong>at</strong>erial is covered in the classroom<br />
and the overall intensity <strong>of</strong> the<br />
program. “The hours are longer<br />
and it’s more intense,” says Hoang.<br />
“And the integr<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> all the<br />
courses into one exam is a really<br />
tough thing. Every subject, there’s<br />
team-based learning so one pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
tackles one subject, another<br />
tackles another, and so on. Then<br />
each writes their own questions so<br />
Hoang and Cagle will spend the<br />
next three years <strong>at</strong> UAMS.<br />
you have to get used to each pr<strong>of</strong>essor’s<br />
style <strong>of</strong> testing because it’s<br />
always changing.”<br />
“As an undergradu<strong>at</strong>e, you probably<br />
get two to three lectures in a<br />
subject a week,” adds Cagle. “Here,<br />
you’re getting two to three lectures<br />
in a subject in a day and you’re ex
pected to test over 20 or 30 lectures<br />
in two weeks.”<br />
Both Hoang and Cagle say<br />
UAM prepared them to succeed in<br />
a highly competitive environment.<br />
“I feel like UAM prepared me<br />
academically,” Cagle says. “I haven’t<br />
seen anything th<strong>at</strong> was a shock yet.<br />
We’d already been introduced to<br />
everything we’ve seen here.”<br />
“I think we were given more opportunities<br />
<strong>at</strong> UAM,” says Hoang.<br />
“The faculty really helped us. My<br />
biggest struggle was chemistry. Dr.<br />
Bramlett really helped with th<strong>at</strong>.<br />
He was very encouraging and I got<br />
through it.”<br />
Bramlett says UAM’s small<br />
classes are a key to the success <strong>of</strong> its<br />
pre-med gradu<strong>at</strong>es. “Our students<br />
get a lot <strong>of</strong> one-on-one time, or<br />
small group time with faculty,” he<br />
explains. “Th<strong>at</strong>’s very important.”<br />
Hoang and Cagle must complete<br />
four years <strong>of</strong> medical school<br />
followed by an internship and<br />
residency. After th<strong>at</strong>, it’s four years<br />
practicing in the military, Cagle<br />
in the Air Force and Hoang in the<br />
Navy. Both joined the military to<br />
finance their medical educ<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
“They pay for all <strong>of</strong> our school,”<br />
says Cagle, “Books, supplies, equipment,<br />
tuition and fees. They give<br />
you a $20,000 bonus and while<br />
you’re in school, you get $2,000<br />
a month to live on. When you’re<br />
done with your residency, you owe<br />
them four years.”<br />
Cagle is considering trauma<br />
surgery as a specialty which could<br />
lead to a career as a field surgeon<br />
in the military. He and his wife<br />
will consider their options before<br />
he chooses a military career. “Th<strong>at</strong><br />
will be a family decision,” he says.<br />
“I’ve got a military background in<br />
my family. I’ve got two brothers<br />
in and my dad’s in. It will depend<br />
on if Megan’s interested in moving<br />
around or if she’s ready to settle<br />
down, or if I’m ready to settle<br />
down.”<br />
Hoang is leaning toward becoming<br />
an OB-GYN. Both she and<br />
Cagle must declare their specialties<br />
in their third year. In the mean<br />
time, they will continue their studies,<br />
thankful for the prepar<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
they received <strong>at</strong> UAM. In fact, both<br />
were so well prepared th<strong>at</strong> medical<br />
school isn’t quite the challenge they<br />
expected.<br />
“It’s not th<strong>at</strong> hard,” says Hoang.<br />
“It just takes a little bit more effort<br />
and a little bit more time.”<br />
“They hype it up to make it<br />
seem it’s almost impossible,” adds<br />
Cagle. “But if it was, we wouldn’t<br />
have any doctors.”<br />
“Th<strong>at</strong> really doesn’t surprise<br />
me,” says Bramlett. “Our program<br />
is very rigorous. It’s hard, but it’s<br />
supposed to be.”<br />
Recently, Bramlett received an<br />
e-mail from Cagle. “It said, ‘Just<br />
wanted to let you know I am very<br />
well prepared. I know a lot <strong>of</strong><br />
things other students don’t.’ Th<strong>at</strong><br />
pretty much says it all.”<br />
“Our program is rigorous. It’s<br />
hard, but it’s supposed to be.”<br />
Dr. Morris Bramlett<br />
Dean, School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and<br />
N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences<br />
UAM Grads Currently Enrolled In Medical,<br />
Dental, Pharmacy, Or Optometry School<br />
Medical School<br />
Stephen Cagle (UAMS / 1st year)<br />
Amy Hoang (UAMS / 1st year)<br />
Thetsu Mon (UAMS / 4th year)<br />
Maggie Sullivan Ngar (Kansas City College <strong>of</strong><br />
Medicine / 4th year)<br />
M<strong>at</strong>thew P<strong>at</strong>oka (UAMS / 4th year)<br />
James Reeves (UAMS / 4th year)<br />
Amanda Temple Vickers (VIrginia Tech / 3rd year)<br />
Pharmacy School<br />
Megan Martin Cagle (UAMS / 1st year)<br />
Lauren Young Lynch (UAMS / 4th year)<br />
Brittany Paul (UAMS / 4th year)<br />
Aissa R<strong>of</strong>lo (<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Florida / 3rd year)<br />
Lani Simmons (UAMS / 4th year)<br />
Abby Trites (Harding / 1st year)<br />
Brittney Wells (UAMS / 4th year)<br />
Jennifer Young (UAMS / 4th year)<br />
Dental School<br />
Taylor Everett (Tennessee-Memphis / 2nd year)<br />
Austin Hoang (Tennessee-Memphis / 3rd year)<br />
Optometry School<br />
Barrett Brown (Southern Coll. <strong>of</strong> Optometry / 1st year)<br />
Kimmy Hoang (Nova Southeastern / 2nd year)<br />
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The<br />
Move<br />
Marty Brutscher followed a familiar p<strong>at</strong>h to the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>.<br />
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The son <strong>of</strong> blue collar parents<br />
in Louisville, Kentucky, Brutscher<br />
needed help to pay for college. He<br />
had gone to Cumberland <strong>University</strong><br />
on a track scholarship, but<br />
Cumberland wasn’t a good fit and<br />
his scholarship didn’t pay enough<br />
to <strong>of</strong>fset the cost <strong>of</strong> tuition <strong>at</strong> the<br />
priv<strong>at</strong>e school.<br />
Thanks to a chance meeting<br />
<strong>at</strong> a track meet, Brutscher heard<br />
about UAM and eventually came<br />
to <strong>Monticello</strong>, where he was a triple<br />
jumper on the track team, joined<br />
Phi Lambda Chi fr<strong>at</strong>ernity and<br />
became part <strong>of</strong> David Ray’s awardwinning<br />
deb<strong>at</strong>e program.<br />
Brutscher parlayed the communic<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
skills he learned as a<br />
deb<strong>at</strong>er with the drive <strong>of</strong> a competitive<br />
<strong>at</strong>hlete to forge a successful<br />
career in the medical billing<br />
industry. Brutscher is the executive<br />
vice president and principal <strong>of</strong><br />
Baltimore-based McBee Associ<strong>at</strong>es,<br />
one <strong>of</strong> the n<strong>at</strong>ion’s largest medical<br />
billing firms. For his success in<br />
business, Brutscher is UAM’s 48th<br />
Distinguished Alumnus.<br />
“This is a tremendous honor<br />
and completely unexpected,” said<br />
Brutscher. “I had such gre<strong>at</strong> times<br />
there and learned so much about<br />
wh<strong>at</strong> it takes to be successful.”<br />
Chancellor Jack Lassiter called<br />
Brutscher a “classic UAM success<br />
story. He represents wh<strong>at</strong> this<br />
institution has always been about,”<br />
Lassiter said. “Like so many <strong>of</strong> our<br />
students, Marty came to UAM<br />
searching for an opportunity. He<br />
had the drive and the determin<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
to be successful; he just needed<br />
a chance.”<br />
Brutscher got his chance after<br />
meeting Richard Smith, a former<br />
UAM shot putter, <strong>at</strong> a track meet<br />
in the spring <strong>of</strong> 1975. Brutscher<br />
was looking for a school th<strong>at</strong><br />
needed a triple jumper and Smith<br />
called Boll Weevil track coach<br />
Harry Denson, who arranged for<br />
Brutscher to visit the campus in<br />
l<strong>at</strong>e July. During his visit, Denson<br />
asked Brutscher wh<strong>at</strong> he wanted to<br />
study.<br />
“I mentioned th<strong>at</strong> I might want<br />
to be a lawyer,” Brutscher remembered.<br />
“Coach Denson said, ‘Well,<br />
you’ll need public speaking skills.’<br />
So he arranged for me to have<br />
breakfast with David Ray. David<br />
told me he could get me more<br />
money if I particip<strong>at</strong>ed in deb<strong>at</strong>e,<br />
so th<strong>at</strong> money, combined with my<br />
work-study job in track, seemed<br />
like a good deal.”<br />
Brutscher’s first experience with<br />
the deb<strong>at</strong>e team was forgettable.<br />
“The first day <strong>of</strong> deb<strong>at</strong>e practice,<br />
David said he was going to videotape<br />
our present<strong>at</strong>ions,” Brutscher<br />
said. “I froze . . . completely!”<br />
Despite his initial setback,<br />
deb<strong>at</strong>e helped Brutscher develop<br />
polished communic<strong>at</strong>ion skills<br />
and learn some important lessons<br />
about life outside the boundaries <strong>of</strong><br />
a small college campus. “The trips<br />
with the deb<strong>at</strong>e team exposed me<br />
to the rest <strong>of</strong> the world,” he said. “I<br />
discovered th<strong>at</strong> there was another<br />
level <strong>of</strong> people out there. I found<br />
out th<strong>at</strong> I might have been smart,<br />
but there were a lot <strong>of</strong> people out<br />
there smarter than me. If I was<br />
going to be successful, I knew I had<br />
to work hard.”<br />
Brutscher’s work ethic and his<br />
communic<strong>at</strong>ion skills became an<br />
important part <strong>of</strong> his pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
success, but he also learned some<br />
important lessons as a member <strong>of</strong><br />
the UAM track team. Brutscher<br />
was an All-<strong>Arkansas</strong> Intercollegi<strong>at</strong>e<br />
Conference triple jumper for the<br />
Boll Weevils and set a school record<br />
<strong>of</strong> 48 feet 9 inches, a mark th<strong>at</strong> will<br />
stand in perpetuity unless UAM reinst<strong>at</strong>es<br />
its track and field program.<br />
But it was the interaction with his<br />
teamm<strong>at</strong>es th<strong>at</strong> had the biggest<br />
impact.<br />
“You have to remember, this was<br />
the ‘70’s and things were different<br />
then,” Brutscher explained. “Being<br />
on the track team, I got to travel<br />
with a diverse group <strong>of</strong> guys and<br />
I learned a lot about dealing with<br />
people from different backgrounds.<br />
I was very lucky to be involved in<br />
both an academic and <strong>at</strong>hletic setting<br />
<strong>at</strong> UAM.”<br />
Brutscher drifted a little after<br />
college before being introduced to<br />
health care billing after taking a job<br />
<strong>at</strong> Ingram and Associ<strong>at</strong>es in Nashville.<br />
From there, he was <strong>of</strong>fered a<br />
job managing the financial oper<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>of</strong> a Baltimore hospital. He<br />
was 29 and younger than all but<br />
two <strong>of</strong> the 100 people he supervised.<br />
“The hospital billing process is<br />
very complic<strong>at</strong>ed and I didn’t know<br />
th<strong>at</strong> much about it,” Brutscher<br />
said. “My job was more about<br />
managing people, getting the best<br />
out <strong>of</strong> them. The communic<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
skills I learned in college helped me<br />
tremendously.”<br />
Brutscher joined McBee and<br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>es in 1992 as a manager<br />
supervising a staff <strong>of</strong> 25. In 1994,<br />
he became a senior manager and<br />
in ‘95 became a partner. He is now<br />
the executive vice president and<br />
second in command <strong>of</strong> a company<br />
with nearly 400 employees.<br />
He and his wife, Erma, who he<br />
met 15 years ago <strong>at</strong> a health care<br />
conference, live in the Baltimore<br />
suburb <strong>of</strong> Monkton and spend<br />
their spare time <strong>at</strong> Oriole Park <strong>at</strong><br />
Camden Yards cheering for the<br />
Baltimore Orioles.<br />
“Erma didn’t go to school there,<br />
but we’ve managed to get back a<br />
few times and she loves it as much<br />
as I do,” said Brutscher. “I had<br />
some really gre<strong>at</strong> times there.”<br />
AT HOME Erma<br />
Brutscher didn’t<br />
<strong>at</strong>tend UAM, but<br />
according to Marty,<br />
“she loves it as<br />
much as I do.”<br />
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From basketball player to songwriter,<br />
Charlotte Smith and Nashville fit like<br />
a comfortable pair <strong>of</strong> jeans.<br />
Her Story<br />
An unexpected thing happened to Charlotte Smith on<br />
her way to becoming a college basketball coach. She<br />
fell in love with country music.
Th<strong>at</strong> love led her to a successful<br />
career as a country<br />
music songwriter with six<br />
number one hits and more<br />
than 500 songs to her<br />
credit. Now writing under the name<br />
Shaye Smith, she is one <strong>of</strong> Nashville’s<br />
preeminent songwriters but her<br />
journey has taken as many twists as a<br />
good country song.<br />
When Smith gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
in the spring <strong>of</strong> 1989, she briefly<br />
tried her hand as a management<br />
trainee for Roadway Express but<br />
quickly realized the business world<br />
was not for her.<br />
Next came an <strong>of</strong>fer from Leon<br />
Barmore, the legendary women’s<br />
basketball coach <strong>at</strong> Louisiana Tech,<br />
to join his staff th<strong>at</strong> fall as a gradu<strong>at</strong>e<br />
assistant. Smith had been an All-<br />
American basketball player <strong>at</strong> UAM<br />
and agreed to go to Tech in August.<br />
In the mean time there were bills<br />
to pay and Smith needed a job.<br />
She found one <strong>at</strong> KDEW radio in<br />
DeWitt, her hometown, as a country<br />
music disc jockey, an ironic note<br />
since Smith didn’t like country music.<br />
“I was a rock fan,” she says now.<br />
“I was really into Journey, Michael<br />
Jackson, Air Supply.”<br />
It wasn’t long before Smith’s music<br />
tastes changed. Forced to listen<br />
to music she thought she didn’t like,<br />
Smith became a fan. “I thought,<br />
‘Every one <strong>of</strong> these stories are like<br />
my life story,’” she says.<br />
Smith liked country music so<br />
much she began writing her own<br />
songs even though she couldn’t play<br />
an instrument. When her summer<br />
job <strong>at</strong> KDEW came to an end, she<br />
enrolled in gradu<strong>at</strong>e school <strong>at</strong> Louisiana<br />
Tech but never took the coaching<br />
job. Instead, she found work <strong>at</strong><br />
a Ruston radio st<strong>at</strong>ion. It was there<br />
th<strong>at</strong> Charlotte became Shaye.<br />
“They told me Charlotte wasn’t a<br />
radio name,” she says. “So I played<br />
around with the first few letters <strong>of</strong><br />
my name and came up with Shaye.<br />
I discovered th<strong>at</strong> once you change<br />
your name, you can’t be two people.”<br />
In 1991, Smith took a job as a<br />
DJ <strong>at</strong> KMAG radio in Fort Smith,<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong>, then bought a guitar and<br />
taught herself to play. Before she<br />
could play, she wrote songs with the<br />
melody in her head and would sing<br />
them to friends who would play the<br />
chords on piano or guitar.<br />
By 1993, Smith was ready to take<br />
a giant leap. She had made contacts<br />
in the music business, so she headed<br />
to Nashville with $350 in her<br />
pocket. “Looking back, it was crazy,”<br />
she says, “but when you’re young<br />
and don’t have a lot <strong>of</strong> bills and responsibilities,<br />
you can do things like<br />
th<strong>at</strong>. I decided I was either going to<br />
do something I love, or be miserable<br />
my whole life.”<br />
Almost two years to the day after<br />
her arrival in Nashville, Smith hit<br />
the big time for good. Her song<br />
“One Boy, One Girl,” co-written<br />
with Mark Alan <strong>Spring</strong>er and<br />
recorded by Collin Raye, climbed to<br />
number one on the Billboard country<br />
music charts.<br />
More hits followed – “Th<strong>at</strong>’s Why<br />
I’m Here,” co-written with <strong>Spring</strong>er<br />
for Kenny Chesney; “Single White<br />
Female,” co-written with Carolyn<br />
Dawn Johnson and performed<br />
by Chely Wright; and the debut<br />
number one “There Is No Arizona,”<br />
co-written with Lisa Drew and Jamie<br />
O’Neal, and performed by O’Neal,<br />
all which earned BMI Country<br />
Awards.<br />
Smith also wrote a number one<br />
hit in Sweden with “I Should Be<br />
Sleeping” and followed th<strong>at</strong> with<br />
“Complic<strong>at</strong>ed,” co-written with<br />
Johnson, which became number one<br />
in Canada and was named the Canadian<br />
Country Music Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Song <strong>of</strong> the Year.<br />
Smith’s songs have reached as far<br />
as New Zealand, where “They Can’t<br />
Take Th<strong>at</strong> Away” spent seven weeks<br />
<strong>at</strong> number one, became the country’s<br />
all-time biggest single, and went four<br />
times pl<strong>at</strong>inum for the winner <strong>of</strong><br />
New Zealand Idol.<br />
She has also written for Martina<br />
McBride, Faith Hill, Trace Adkins<br />
and recently had a song called “Pink<br />
Guitar” selected by Reba McIntire<br />
for her new album. Smith’s “Songs<br />
About Me” reached number two<br />
for Jewel and forged a friendship<br />
between writer and performer. Jewel<br />
invited Smith to her working ranch<br />
in Stephenville, Texas, where she met<br />
Jewel’s husband, seven-time World<br />
All-Around Cowboy Champion and<br />
Dancing With The Stars contestant<br />
Ty Murray. “Some <strong>of</strong> the perks <strong>of</strong><br />
the business,” says Smith with a<br />
chuckle.<br />
All in all, not a bad resume for<br />
a girl from DeWitt with no musical<br />
background. “I never sang in<br />
church choir or the high school<br />
choir,” Smith says. “But I always<br />
loved music. I’m still not a very good<br />
singer, but I’ve been able to hone my<br />
craft over time and I do all right on<br />
writer’s nights <strong>at</strong> clubs. But I don’t<br />
have a gre<strong>at</strong> voice.”<br />
Smith is signed to a publisher,<br />
who markets and plays her music to<br />
people in search <strong>of</strong> new songs. She<br />
can write a song tonight, record it<br />
tomorrow, turn it in to the publisher<br />
and the next day have it pitched to<br />
an artist. Her inspir<strong>at</strong>ion comes from<br />
everyday life. “You have to be careful<br />
wh<strong>at</strong> you say around a songwriter,”<br />
she says.<br />
“I guess the coolest thing about<br />
wh<strong>at</strong> I do is I know everyone on the<br />
face <strong>of</strong> the earth loves music in some<br />
form or fashion,” she adds. “Music<br />
can make you laugh or cry. It makes<br />
me feel my job has meaning to it.”<br />
Shaye’s<br />
Hits<br />
“One Boy, One<br />
Girl”<br />
“Th<strong>at</strong>’s Why I’m<br />
Here”<br />
“Single White<br />
Female”<br />
“There Is No<br />
Arizona”<br />
“I Should Be<br />
Sleeping”<br />
“Complic<strong>at</strong>ed”<br />
“They Can’t<br />
Take Th<strong>at</strong><br />
Away”<br />
“Pink Guitar”<br />
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SnaPShoTS From<br />
SCENES FROM GRADUATION<br />
Sydney Selman (above) was all<br />
smiles as she marched in with the<br />
rest <strong>of</strong> the Class <strong>of</strong> <strong>2010</strong>. (right)<br />
Students and faculty posed for<br />
photos and a long journey is<br />
complete for one gradu<strong>at</strong>e,<br />
receiving here master’s degree<br />
from UA Board Chairman John<br />
e. Anthony.<br />
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First Steps<br />
The Class <strong>of</strong> <strong>2010</strong> Says “Hello World!”<br />
UAM’s gradu<strong>at</strong>ing class <strong>of</strong> <strong>2010</strong> received their degrees<br />
on a warm morning in May and moved from students,<br />
to gradu<strong>at</strong>es and alumni. UA Board Chairman John E.<br />
Anthony and Distinguished Alumnus Marty Brutscher<br />
encouraged UAM’s newest gradu<strong>at</strong>es to remember their<br />
roots and stay true to their values.
MASTER’S DEGREE mitch meredith gets his master’s degree hood<br />
from Provost David ray.<br />
GrADUAtIoN <strong>2010</strong><br />
NEVER FORGET Distinguished Alumnus<br />
marty Brutscher reminded the Class <strong>of</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
to remember their roots and cherish<br />
their years <strong>at</strong> UAm.<br />
WHY THEY<br />
CAME Parents,<br />
grandparents,<br />
cousins, and friends<br />
proudly w<strong>at</strong>ched –<br />
and photographed<br />
– their gradu<strong>at</strong>es.<br />
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SPorTS<br />
18<br />
Coming Home<br />
llen Sharpe is the new men’s<br />
Abasketball coach <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>.<br />
Sharpe was introduced <strong>at</strong> press<br />
conferences in <strong>Monticello</strong> and Little<br />
Rock recently by Athletics Director<br />
Chris R<strong>at</strong>cliff. Sharpe is the son <strong>of</strong><br />
Gary Sharpe, who coached the Boll<br />
Weevils from 1985-91.<br />
“UAM is excited to have Allen<br />
Sharpe,” said R<strong>at</strong>cliff. “He has a<br />
strong connection to UAM and has<br />
a gre<strong>at</strong> vision to where the program<br />
needs to be.”<br />
Sharpe, 33, spent the last five seasons<br />
(2005-10) as the head coach <strong>at</strong><br />
Wallace St<strong>at</strong>e Community College in<br />
Hanceville, Ala., where he compiled a<br />
record <strong>of</strong> 136-30. In the last four seasons,<br />
he led his teams to an average<br />
<strong>of</strong> 30 wins per year (120-15) and took<br />
his team to the top <strong>of</strong> the N<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
Junior College Athletic Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
(NJCAA) Top 25 poll.<br />
Last season, Sharpe led Wallace<br />
St<strong>at</strong>e to a record <strong>of</strong> 32-5, a fifth place<br />
finish <strong>at</strong> the NJCAA N<strong>at</strong>ional Tournament,<br />
the school’s first Alabama<br />
Community College Conference<br />
(ACCC) championship, the first NJ-<br />
CAA Region 22 title and a final No. 8<br />
ranking.<br />
Sharpe was named <strong>2010</strong> ACCC<br />
North Division and District 12 Coach<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Year. Additionally, he earned<br />
ACCC North Division Coach <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Year honors in 2007 and 2008, and<br />
was named Birmingham Tip-Off Club<br />
Coach <strong>of</strong> the Year in 2008.<br />
Sharpe led his 2006-07 squad to<br />
a 28-4 record and a No. 5 ranking in<br />
the NJCAA Top 25 poll. In 2007-08,<br />
he guided his team to the first undefe<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
regular season in the history<br />
<strong>of</strong> the ACCC and broke the school’s<br />
record for wins with a 32-1 mark and<br />
Three TV Games In <strong>2010</strong><br />
UAM’s <strong>2010</strong> football schedule includes three televised games<br />
for the first time in school history. The Boll Weevils will appear<br />
as part <strong>of</strong> the GSC-TV package <strong>at</strong> home vs. West Alabama and<br />
Delta St<strong>at</strong>e and in El Dorado vs. SAU. The games will be carried<br />
by Comcast Sports Southeast and Cox Sports Television<br />
throughout the southeastern U.S. In <strong>Monticello</strong>, the games may<br />
be viewed on local cable channel 31.<br />
Sept. 2 WEST ALABAMA (TV) MONTICELLO 7:00<br />
Sept. 11 Southern <strong>University</strong> B<strong>at</strong>on Rouge, La. TBA<br />
Sept. 18 Ouachita Baptist* Arkadelphia TBA<br />
Sept. 25 ARKANSAS TECH* MONTICELLO 6:00<br />
(Parent-Family Day)<br />
Oct. 2 Henderson St<strong>at</strong>e* Arkadelphia 3:00<br />
Oct. 7 DELTA STATE* (TV) MONTICELLO 7:00<br />
Oct. 16 WEST GEORGIA* MONTICELLO 3:00<br />
(Homecoming)<br />
Oct. 23 Valdosta St<strong>at</strong>e* Valdosta, Ga. 2:00<br />
Oct. 30 Harding* Searcy TBA<br />
Nov 6 SOUTHERN ARK* (TV) El Dorado 7:00<br />
Nov. 11 South Alabama Mobile, Ala. TBA<br />
* GSC games<br />
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON Allen Sharpe, who used to<br />
serve as a ballboy for his f<strong>at</strong>her, Gary, <strong>at</strong> UAM basketball<br />
games, is the new Boll Weevil basketball coach<br />
final No. 1 ranking. In 2006-07, his<br />
team finished the season with a 28-5<br />
record and No. 21 ranking.<br />
Prior to Wallace St<strong>at</strong>e, Sharpe<br />
spent three seasons (2002-05) as the<br />
head coach <strong>at</strong> Truett-McConnell College<br />
in Cleveland, Ga., where he led<br />
the program to a three-year record <strong>of</strong><br />
70-25. He began his coaching career<br />
with a two-year stint (2000-02) as an<br />
assistant coach <strong>at</strong> Piedmont College<br />
in Demorest, Ga.<br />
Sharpe ranks 19th on the all-time<br />
scorers list <strong>at</strong> Lipscomb <strong>University</strong>,<br />
where he played for legendary coach<br />
Don Meyer. He totaled 1,431 career<br />
points from 1996-2000.<br />
Allen Sharpe’s f<strong>at</strong>her, Gary, was<br />
one <strong>of</strong> the most successful coaches<br />
in UAM history. Gary Sharpe guided<br />
UAM to the most memorable season<br />
in school history, taking the 1985-86<br />
squad to a runner-up finish <strong>at</strong> the<br />
NAIA N<strong>at</strong>ional Tournament while<br />
posting a 26-10 record, still the<br />
school mark for wins in a season.<br />
Gary Sharpe is tied for third in the<br />
UAM coaching records after totaling<br />
a six-year record <strong>of</strong> 103-82.<br />
Allen Sharpe earned a bachelor<br />
<strong>of</strong> science degree from Lipscomb<br />
<strong>University</strong> in 2000 and a master <strong>of</strong><br />
arts degree from Piedmont College in<br />
2002.<br />
Allen and his wife, Susan, have<br />
three children – Garrison (6), Ally (3)<br />
and Anderson (8 mo.).<br />
Fore!<br />
he UAM men’s golf team recently<br />
twon its first tournament since joining<br />
NCAA Division II with a one-stroke<br />
victory over Southern <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> the<br />
<strong>2010</strong> Boll Weevil Invit<strong>at</strong>ional <strong>at</strong> Pine<br />
Bluff Country Club.<br />
Devin DeBay led UAM and finished<br />
second overall with scores <strong>of</strong><br />
76-76 for a 152 total, just three shots<br />
behind <strong>of</strong>f the leader.<br />
Cameron Hurst finished third with<br />
a combined score <strong>of</strong> 153 (75-78).<br />
Other UAM finishers included Brett<br />
Hubbard (161) 8th, Jared Blasengame<br />
(165) 14th, Richard Eberle<br />
(171) 17th, and Jacob McGhee (177)<br />
21st.
Blossoms Enjoy Record-Setting Season<br />
s this issue <strong>of</strong> UAM Magazine went to press, the most successful <strong>at</strong>hletic<br />
A program <strong>at</strong> the university over the last decade was enjoying an unprecedented<br />
season <strong>of</strong> accomplishments. The Cotton Blossoms s<strong>of</strong>tball team completed the<br />
regular season by winning a school-record 48 games while capturing the Gulf South<br />
Conference western division for the seventh time in the last 11 years. UAM then<br />
went on to win the NCAA South Regional to advance to the Super Regional <strong>at</strong><br />
Valdosta, Georgia, where they lost two <strong>of</strong> three to Valdosta St<strong>at</strong>e to end the season.<br />
Head coach Alvy Early picked up his 500th career win on April 18, an 8-0 decision<br />
over Henderson St<strong>at</strong>e th<strong>at</strong> clinched the GSC West title. In th<strong>at</strong> game, sophomore<br />
pitcher Kayla Jackson (pictured right) threw a perfect game.<br />
A n<strong>at</strong>ive <strong>of</strong> Hallsville, Texas, Jackson has been a pitching and hitting star for the<br />
Blossoms in <strong>2010</strong>. Jackson closed the regular season with a .400 b<strong>at</strong>ting average<br />
to go with nine home runs and 45 runs b<strong>at</strong>ted in. In the pitcher’s circle, she compiled<br />
a 25-5 record with a 1.38 earned run average and 158 strikeouts.<br />
Jackson isn’t the only star for the ‘10 Blossoms. Senior c<strong>at</strong>cher/outfielder<br />
Becca Tipton <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong> was b<strong>at</strong>ting a team-high .480 with 13 home runs and<br />
a team-high 65 RBI. Newcomers Sarah Hayslip, a junior transfer outfielder from<br />
Houston, was b<strong>at</strong>ting .380 with 58 RBI while Bentonville freshman Faith Lund<br />
was b<strong>at</strong>ting .333 with 43 RBI as the design<strong>at</strong>ed hitter. Hayslip and Lund were<br />
tied for the team lead in home runs with 14 each.<br />
“We’ve had an outstanding year,” said Early, who finished the season with a<br />
career record <strong>of</strong> 505-256-2 in 14 seasons. Early is one <strong>of</strong> three coaches in GSC history<br />
to record <strong>at</strong> least 500 wins. “Wh<strong>at</strong> success I’ve had is a result <strong>of</strong> having good<br />
players,” he said. “We’ve been fortun<strong>at</strong>e <strong>at</strong> UAM to have been able to <strong>at</strong>tract good<br />
players who are also good students and quality individuals.”<br />
All-Academic<br />
AM senior forward Yelitza<br />
URivera has been selected to<br />
the 2009-10 Gulf South Conference<br />
Winter All-Academic Team<br />
and joined five <strong>of</strong> her teamm<strong>at</strong>es<br />
on the GSC Honor Roll.<br />
Rivera wrapped up her final<br />
season as a member <strong>of</strong> the UAM<br />
women’s basketball team with a<br />
3.21 cumul<strong>at</strong>ive grade point average,<br />
majoring in biology.<br />
On the court, Rivera averaged<br />
seven points and just under three<br />
rebounds per game in 25 contests,<br />
making 15 starts <strong>at</strong> forward. She<br />
shot 52 percent from the field, 50<br />
percent from three-point range and<br />
77 percent from the free-throw line.<br />
Rivera scored in double figures<br />
five time in 2009-10, including her<br />
season-high <strong>of</strong> 16 points in her final<br />
game <strong>at</strong> Southern <strong>Arkansas</strong>.<br />
Six Cotton Blossoms were named<br />
to the 2009-10 GSC Winter Honor<br />
Roll, which requires a minimum<br />
cumul<strong>at</strong>ive grade point average <strong>of</strong> 3.0<br />
or better. Players named were Taylor<br />
Clark, an exercise science major from<br />
Searcy, Jerica Hubbard, a health<br />
and physical educ<strong>at</strong>ion major from<br />
Ashdown, Monica Perkins-Miller, a<br />
Clark Hubbard Perkins-<br />
Miller<br />
Seale Slamons<br />
KAYLA<br />
JACKSON<br />
health and physical educ<strong>at</strong>ion major<br />
from Houston, Tex., Rivera, LaChasity<br />
Seale, a nursing major from North<br />
Little Rock, and Emili Slamons, a<br />
health and physical educ<strong>at</strong>ion major<br />
from Elkins.<br />
STAR IN CLASS Yelitza Rivera (left) excels<br />
on the court and in class.<br />
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FoUNDAtIoN enDoWMenTS<br />
Chairman<br />
Bill Wisener*<br />
monticello<br />
Vice Chairman<br />
Scott Saffold<br />
monticello<br />
ex-<strong>of</strong>ficio<br />
Jack Lassiter<br />
monticello<br />
Secretary-Treasurer<br />
Clay Brown<br />
monticello<br />
Directors<br />
ed Bacon<br />
monticello<br />
Lesa C<strong>at</strong>hey handly<br />
Little rock<br />
Clarence holley<br />
Lawton, okla.<br />
Kenneth mann*<br />
Jersey<br />
Jeff Weaver<br />
hot <strong>Spring</strong>s<br />
* UAm represent<strong>at</strong>ives<br />
to the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Found<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
Inc., board <strong>of</strong> directors.<br />
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FOUNDATION FUND ENDOWMENTS / Established by:<br />
Weldon B. Abbott Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Betty S. Abbott, Dr. and Mrs. Weldon S. Abbott,<br />
Mr. and Mrs. H. Lavon Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Taylor, and Ms. Mary Ross Taylor<br />
James Edward and Joy Dell Burton Akin Award / Mrs. Joy Dell Burton Akin<br />
Alumni Achievement and Merit Scholarship / Recipients <strong>of</strong> the Alumni Achievement & Merit<br />
Award<br />
Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Scholarship / Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Board <strong>of</strong> Directors<br />
Hoyt and Susan Andres Endowed Scholarship / Hoyt and Susan Andres<br />
William R. and K<strong>at</strong>ie B. Austin Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. William R. Austin, Jr.<br />
Barbara Murphy Babin Scholarship / Dr. Claude Babin and Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Babin<br />
Dr. Claude H. Babin Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> Social & Behavioral Sciences, Former Students,<br />
Family and Friends<br />
K. Michael Baker Memorial Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> Social & Behavioral Sciences, Former<br />
Students, Family and Friends<br />
Marvin and Edna Moseley Bankston Scholarship / Bob and Louine Selman Leech<br />
Robert Orum and Fernande’ Vicknair Barrett Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Errol Barrett, Mr. and<br />
Mrs. John K. Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Barrett, Jr., Dr. and<br />
Mrs. T. Y. Harp, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Pasqua, Judge and Mrs. Fred E. Pickett, Mr. and<br />
Mrs. John L. Roebuck and Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Torian<br />
Earl and K<strong>at</strong>hleen Baxter Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Earl Baxter<br />
Beard Nursing Scholarship / Mr. Arthur R. and Mrs. Bettie Beard P<strong>at</strong>e<br />
Leslie and Faye Beard Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter<br />
Major Thomas E. Bell, Jr. Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and Coker Book Account<br />
Fred K. Bellott Music Gift Fund / Dr. and Mrs. Fred K. Bellott<br />
Fred and Doris Bellott Music Endowed Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Fred K. Bellott<br />
*Henry (Mike) Berg Scholarship / Mrs. Helen Berg<br />
Dr. Van C. Binns Scholarship - Nursing / Mrs. Evelyn Hogue Binns<br />
Dr. Van C. Binns Scholarship - Pre-medicine / Mrs. Evelyn Hogue Binns<br />
Birch-Johnson Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. J. Chester Johnson<br />
John Falls Bowen Scholarship / Family, Friends and B<strong>at</strong>tery B 206th Coast Artillery (AA) Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Ruth G. Boyd Scholarship / Dr. Scott Boyd<br />
C. Alton Boyd Jr. Memorial Scholarship / Barbara Boyd<br />
Dr. Scott Boyd Memorial Scholarship / UAM Dept. <strong>of</strong> Health & P. E., Family and Friends<br />
Fay Brann Accounting Scholarship / Mrs. J. F. Brann<br />
Richard “Dick” Broach Wildlife Management Scholarship / Southern Pulpwood Co., Mrs. Nancy<br />
Clippert Broach, Mrs. Maxine Clippert and Mr. David Clippert<br />
B. R. “Bobby” Brown Scholarship / Mr. B. R. “Bobby” Brown and Consol, Inc.<br />
George R. Brown Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship / The Brown Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
George R. Brown Gradu<strong>at</strong>e Assistant Forest Resources / The Brown Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Joe Brown Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Marty and Erma Brutscher Deb<strong>at</strong>e-Forensics Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Brutscher<br />
Mary Claire Randolph Buffalo Scholarship / Mr. Harvey Buffalo<br />
Jimmy Lee Buford Memorial Scholarship / Agriculture Technology Dept. Advisory Committee,<br />
UAM College <strong>of</strong> Technology - McGehee<br />
Jeff Busby Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Verna Hobson Cahoon, Elizabeth Coleman Cochran and Cornelia Coleman Wright Scholarship<br />
/ Tom and Julia Coleman Family<br />
G. William and Verna Hobson Cahoon Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family<br />
Alvin and Raye Carter Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Scholarship / Mr. Dale W. Carter and Mr. Robert Ira Carter<br />
Paul R. and June Webb Carter Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter<br />
Paul R. and June Webb Carter - Drew Central High School Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs.<br />
June Webb Carter<br />
Centennial Circle / 100 Special Friends<br />
Chair <strong>of</strong> the Division Scholarship - Nursing / Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kluender<br />
Chamberlin Wildlife Scholarship / Mr. H. H. Chamberlin<br />
Hank Chamberlin Memorial Scholarship / Family, Friends, Former students, Associ<strong>at</strong>es and<br />
Colleagues<br />
Marjorie Lamb Chamberlin Music Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Anthony T. and Faye Chandler Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Chandler, Family and<br />
Friends<br />
George H. Clippert Endowed Chair in Forestry / Mr. and Mrs. George H. Clippert; Mr. David H.<br />
Clippert; and Mrs. Nancy Clippert Broach<br />
George H. Clippert Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. George H. Clippert<br />
Coker Alumni Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and Coker Book Account<br />
Ernestine Coker Endowed Music Scholarship / Dr. Jesse M. Coker<br />
Jesse and Ernestine Coker Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker<br />
Dr. Jesse M. Coker Distinguished Service Scholarship / UAM Found<strong>at</strong>ion Fund Board <strong>of</strong> Directors<br />
Thomas and Julia Hobson Coleman Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family<br />
Suzanne Cooke Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cooke<br />
Stephen T. Crowley Forestry Scholarship / Mr. James H. Hamlen<br />
Van and Eula Mae Cruce Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday<br />
James Gordon Culpepper Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences, Former<br />
Students and Friends<br />
O. H. (Doogie) and P<strong>at</strong>sy Darling Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Darling<br />
Boyce Davis Award / Mr. Randy Risher<br />
C. W. Day Scholarship / Day Farms, Inc., Danny Day, Sr. Family, Raymond Day Family, Rickey Day<br />
Family, Sue Day Wood Family, William Day Family<br />
Dean’s Scholarship - Forest Resources / Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Kluender<br />
Harry Y. Denson Scholarship / Family, Friends and Former Students<br />
Gregory Alan Devine Memorial Scholarship / Marion and Fern Devine<br />
Dr. Gene R. Dillard Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Award / Mrs. Gerry Dillard, Family and Friends<br />
Peggy Doss Endowed Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Faculty/Staff and Mr. D. John<br />
Nichols<br />
John Dougherty Choral Scholarship / Sen<strong>at</strong>or Jimmy Jeffress, Sen<strong>at</strong>or Gene Jeffress, Former<br />
Students and Friends<br />
David B. Eberdt Scholarship / Mrs. Nancy Eberdt<br />
Vance W. Edmondson Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Vance W. Edmondson<br />
Dr. Albert L. Etheridge Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences, Former<br />
Students and Friends<br />
Hampton and Minnie Etheridge Scholarship / James and Mary Sawyer, Stacey and Helen Toole,<br />
T. D. and Joy Howell, R. M. and Rose Etheridge, Hampton and Marie Etheridge<br />
Wayne Gilleland Golf Scholarship / Dr. Diane Suitt Gilleland and Friends<br />
Shay Gillespie Phi Beta Sigma Leadership Scholarship / Family and friends <strong>of</strong> Mr. R. Shay<br />
Gillespie<br />
Classie Jones-Green African-American Alumni Scholarship / UAM African American Alumni<br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>ion, Family and Friends<br />
Harold J. Green Scholarship / Harold J. Green<br />
Bill Groce, Jr. Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Willie K<strong>at</strong>herine Coody Groce Scholarship / Est<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> Willie K<strong>at</strong>herine Coody Groce<br />
Edward & Veronica Groebner Computer Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Systems Support Endowment / Dr. James<br />
F. Roiger<br />
Joseph Martin Guenter - Sigma Tau Gamma Scholarship / Sigma Tau Gamma Alumni<br />
E. Shermane Gulledge Non-traditional Scholarship / Dr. Dexter E. and Mrs. E. Shermane<br />
Gulledge<br />
Izella Ruth Gulledge Scholarship / Dr. Dexter E. and Mrs. E. Shermane Gulledge<br />
Annette K. Hall Scholarship - Music / Mr. Barry Hall<br />
Annette K. Hall Gradu<strong>at</strong>e Studies in Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Scholarship / Mr. Barry Hall<br />
Barry Hall Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Annette Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Cle<strong>at</strong>ous J. Hall and Mrs.<br />
Audrey Blasingame<br />
Arthur A. Harris Vocal Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Annette Hall, Family and Friends<br />
Helen Harris Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Harris, Division <strong>of</strong> Music, and Friends<br />
Hani and Debra Hashem Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Hani Hashem<br />
Dr. Ann Haywood Scholarship / Dr. Cecil Haywood, Former colleagues, Friends and Students <strong>of</strong><br />
the School <strong>of</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Cecil C. Haywood Scholarship / Dr. Ann Haywood, Friends and Former Students <strong>of</strong> the School <strong>of</strong><br />
Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Henry G. Hearnsberger, Sr. Forest Resources Scholarship / Mrs. George H. Clippert<br />
Mrs. Henry G. Hearnsberger, Sr. Nursing Scholarship / Mrs. George H. Clippert<br />
Paul G. and Leone Hendrickson Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Hendrickson, Sr.<br />
Frank D. Hickingbotham Scholarship / Mr. Frank D. Hickingbotham<br />
William and Anna Hill Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. William T. Hill<br />
Iris Sullivan Hipp Nursing Scholarship / Ms. Sally Hipp Austin, Ms. Sheila Nichole Austin, and Mr.<br />
Hank E. Williams<br />
Robert L. Hixson Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Wilburn C. Hobgood Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences, Former<br />
Students and Friends<br />
Benjamin and Jerri Whitten Hobson Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family<br />
Charlotte Cruce Hornaday Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday<br />
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Agriculture Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday<br />
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Computer Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Systems Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan<br />
Hornaday<br />
Dan & Charlotte Hornaday Deb<strong>at</strong>e & Forensics Endowment / Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hornaday<br />
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday<br />
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Music Excellence Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday<br />
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Residence Life Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday<br />
James A. Hudson Scholarship / James A. Hudson Memorial Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Jim Huey Scholarship / Family, Friends and Colleagues<br />
Henry B. Humphry Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Lamar Hunter Scholarship / The Reinhart Family<br />
Lamar Hunter Veterans and N<strong>at</strong>ional Guard Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and<br />
Coker Book Account<br />
Dean and Mrs. James H. Hutchinson Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jackson<br />
James H. and Elva B. Hutchinson Scholarship / Est<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> Dr. James H. Hutchinson, Jr.<br />
Dr. C. Lewis & Wanda W. Hy<strong>at</strong>t Endowed Scholarship / Ms.Charlotte Hy<strong>at</strong>t McGarr & Mr. C.<br />
Lewis Hy<strong>at</strong>t, Jr.<br />
Brigadier General Wesley Jacobs Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and Coker Book<br />
Account<br />
Veneta E. and Louis Richard James Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Louis J. James<br />
Loran L. Johnson Endowed Scholarship / Mississippi Marine Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion and other individuals<br />
known as “Loran’s Boys”<br />
Virginia M. Ryan Jones Memorial Nursing Scholarship / Dr. C. Morrell Jones and Family and<br />
Friends<br />
Kingwood Forestry Scholarship / Proceeds from sale <strong>of</strong> Lake <strong>Monticello</strong> maps<br />
Robert C. Kirst Agriculture Scholarship / <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong> Agriculture Alumni<br />
Society<br />
Grady and Myrtle Burks Knowles Scholarship / Mrs. Myrtle Burks Knowles
Timothy Ku Scholarship / Mr. Lawrence A. Ku and Mr. Albert Ku<br />
Victoria Ku Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences, Former Students, Friends<br />
and Family<br />
Curtis W. Kyle Family Scholarship / Mr. Curtis W. Kyle, Jr.<br />
Curtis W. Kyle, Sr. Forestry Scholarship / Mr. Curtis W. Kyle, Jr.<br />
Fred H. Lang Forestry Scholarship / Mrs. Elizabeth S. Lang<br />
Leslie Larance Elementary Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Award / Family and Friends<br />
Randall Leister Scholarship / Friends<br />
A.D. and Nellie Leonard Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Leonard<br />
Willis “Convoy” Leslie Scholarship / Former Teamm<strong>at</strong>es, Former Football Players and Members<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Arkansas</strong> N<strong>at</strong>ional Guard<br />
Gerald and Sue Majors Endowed Scholarship / Trinity Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Robert W.D. Marsh Scholarship / Mrs. Demaris Marsh<br />
M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics Scholarship / Anonymous<br />
M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics-Physics Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences, Former<br />
Students and Friends<br />
Betty A. M<strong>at</strong>thews Women’s Athletics Scholarship / Dr. Betty A. M<strong>at</strong>thews<br />
J. M. and Annie Mae M<strong>at</strong>thews Scholarship / Mrs. J. M. M<strong>at</strong>thews, Sr., Ms. Jane M<strong>at</strong>thews Evans<br />
and Mr. Jim M<strong>at</strong>thews<br />
Tommy M<strong>at</strong>thews Athletic Scholarship / Tommy and P<strong>at</strong> M<strong>at</strong>thews, Bynum M<strong>at</strong>thews and Ann<br />
M<strong>at</strong>thews Jones<br />
Virginia Lee Maxwell Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Maxwell and Family<br />
Pauline J. and Zach McClendon, Sr. Scholarship / Union Bank & Trust Company<br />
Elizabeth Culbertson McDaniel Scholarship / CMD. Noel Waymon McDaniel and Mr. Noel A.<br />
McDaniel<br />
Noel Waymon and LaFran H. McDaniel Scholarship / Mr. Noel Waymon and Mrs. LaFran H.<br />
McDaniel<br />
James and Nellie McDonald Scholarship in Memory <strong>of</strong> David Michael Stapp / Chicot Irrig<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
Inc.-Lake Village, James and Nellie McDonald, Glen and Beverly Rowe, Rick and Linda Rowe,<br />
Mike and Cindy McDonald<br />
Paul C. McDonald Memorial Scholarship / Ms. Betty McDonald, Dr. James McDonald, Mr. Garrett<br />
Vogel, and Dr. Betsy Boze<br />
Thomas McGill Scholarship / Mr. Thomas W. McGill<br />
Thomas McGill Forestry Scholarship / Mr. Thomas W. McGill<br />
Cecil McNiece Family Scholarship Fund / Mrs. Virginia McNiece and Family<br />
Willard G. Mears Est<strong>at</strong>e Scholarship / Est<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Mears<br />
Miller Sisters Scholarship - Educ<strong>at</strong>ion / Miss Jessie W. Miller<br />
Miller Sisters Scholarship -Science / Miss Jessie W. Miller<br />
Walter A. and Myrtle Wells M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t Scholarship / Wells and Ruth M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t, Walter A. M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t, Jr.,<br />
Minnie May M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t and P<strong>at</strong>tie M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t<br />
Ruth and Wells M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t Forestry Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Wells M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t<br />
Dr. Walter A. M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t, Jr. Scholarship / Ms. Minnie May M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t and Ms. P<strong>at</strong>tie P. M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t<br />
William E. Morgan-Weevil Pond Endowment / Est<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> William E. Morgan<br />
Juanita Louise Moss Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Kermit C. Moss Scholarship / Family and Friends <strong>of</strong> Kermit C. Moss<br />
P. E. and Melba Munnerlyn Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Munnerlyn<br />
Charles H. Murphy, Jr. Memorial Scholarship / Deltic Timber Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Jim Neeley Scholarship / Mr. Jim Neeley<br />
D. John Nichols Scholarship / Mr. D. John Nichols and Mississippi Marine Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Loyal V. Norman Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sowell<br />
Velma Ashcraft Norman Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sowell<br />
Dale Oliver Forestry Scholarship / Mr. James H. Hamlen<br />
Merle and Deloris Peterson Scholarship / Merle and Deloris Peterson, Friends and Associ<strong>at</strong>es in<br />
the Dumas, <strong>Arkansas</strong>, Community<br />
Phi Sigma Chi Memorial Award / Phi Sigma Chi alumnae and friends<br />
B. C. Pickens Endowed Scholarship / B. C. Pickens Trust<br />
Bub and Beulah Pinkus Scholarship / The Pinkus Family<br />
Emeline Killiam Pope, Sally Pope Wood, and Velma Wood Powell Scholarship / Est<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> Velma<br />
Wood Powell<br />
John Porter and Mary Sue Price Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. John Porter Price<br />
R. David Ray Deb<strong>at</strong>e and Forensics Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> Arts and Humanities, Former<br />
Students and Friends<br />
Russ Reynolds Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Russell Reynolds, Family and Friends<br />
Randy Risher Fitness Scholarship / Mr. Randy Risher and Friends<br />
Raymond O. & Loretta J. Roiger Chi Iota Sigma Scholarship / Dr. James Roiger<br />
James Roiger Computer Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Systems Scholarship / Dr. James Roiger<br />
James F. Roiger Endowed Fund for Library Acquisitions / Dr. James Roiger<br />
Ross Found<strong>at</strong>ion Endowed Scholarship - Forestry / The Ross Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Ross Found<strong>at</strong>ion Endowed Scholarship - General / The Ross Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
James A. & Mabel (Molly) H. Ross Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Don H. Ross & Mr. and<br />
Mrs. James A. Ross, Jr.<br />
Calvin V. Rowe Award / Mr. Calvin V. Rowe<br />
Bennie F. Ryburn, Sr. Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Cecil R. Scaife Scholarship / Mrs. Cecil Scaife and Children<br />
Thomas Robie Scott, Jr. Scholarship / Mrs. Opal Scott, Mr. Thomas Scott III, Mr. Michael Robert<br />
Scott and Mr. Phillip Roland Scott<br />
Elwood Shade Forest Resources Scholarship / Mr. Elwood Shade<br />
Simmons First Bank <strong>of</strong> South <strong>Arkansas</strong> Scholarship / Simmons First Bank <strong>of</strong> South <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Herman C. Steelman Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences, Former<br />
Students and Friends<br />
Harry H. Stevens Nursing Scholarship / Bradley County Medical Center<br />
*Roy and Christine Sturgis / The Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educ<strong>at</strong>ional Trust<br />
Fred and Janice Taylor Scholarship / Friends <strong>of</strong> UAM<br />
Jack H. Tharp Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Tharp<br />
Carolyn Hibbs Thompson Chemistry Scholarship / The Don Thompson Family & Thompson<br />
Electric Co.<br />
Horace E. Thompson Scholarship / Members <strong>of</strong> UCT, Family and Friends<br />
George and Betty Townsend Journalism Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. George Townsend<br />
UAM Alumni and Friends Endowed Scholarship / UAM Alumni and Friends<br />
UAM Campus Scholarship / UAM Faculty and Staff<br />
UAM Forestry Alumni Scholarship / UAM Forestry Alumni<br />
Richard Wallace Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Lee Wallick Band Scholarship / Dr. Paul A. Wallick, Sr., Friends and Former Band Students<br />
Dr. Paul Allen Wallick, Sr. Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Peggy Wallick Scholarship / Dr. Paul A. Wallick, Sr., Family, Friends and Former Students<br />
Carroll E. Walls Sr. and Colleen S. Walls Forestry Scholarship / Carroll and Colleen Walls<br />
Webb-Carter Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter<br />
Maurice and Minnie Chambers Webb Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Bill Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Kent<br />
Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Banwarth<br />
West-Walden Family Scholarship / Dr. Louis J. and Mrs. Carol West James<br />
George White Golf Award / Family and Friends<br />
James M. White Memorial Scholarship / Deltic Farm & Timber Co., Inc., Family and Friends<br />
James M. White Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship / Deltic Farm & Timber Co., Inc., Family and Friends<br />
John W. White Forestry Scholarship / Est<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> Trannye O. White<br />
Sara Horn Wigley Memorial Scholarship / Sam Wigley Family and Charles & Donna Bell Family<br />
**Larry Willett Scholarship / Family, Co-workers and Friends<br />
Samuel A. Williams Scholarship / Mr. Sam W. Denison<br />
Earl Willis Scholarship / Family, Friends and Drew Central Alumni<br />
Anne Wilson Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Dr. George F. Wynne, Sr. Scholarship / Mrs. M<strong>at</strong>ilda Wynne<br />
Dr. David M. Yocum Family Endowed Scholarship / Dr. David Yocum, Jr. and Mr. David Yocum, IV<br />
Madge Youree Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ion, Family and Friends<br />
*Held by the Institution<br />
**Held by the UA Agricultural Development Council<br />
ACTIVE ENDOWMENTS<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> SAF / Ouachita Society <strong>of</strong> American Foresters & <strong>Arkansas</strong> Division <strong>of</strong> Ouachita Society<br />
<strong>of</strong> American Foresters<br />
Dr. Ed Bacon Scholarship / Ms. Isabel Bacon<br />
C. H. Barnes Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Kelly Bashaw Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Bramlett Scholarship / Dr. & Mrs. Morris Bramlett<br />
Gene Brown Memorial Baseball Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Montre Bulloch “Angel” Scholarship / William C. Bulloch Family<br />
Eugenia H. (Moss) Burson & Jack D. Burson Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Troy and Betty Davis Scholarship / Andy and April Davis, Mr. Kent Davis and Friends<br />
Charles Fred and Laura Lee Stephenson Dearman Scholarship / Chuck and Cindy Dearman,<br />
David and Ashley Dearman<br />
Susan Phillips Echols Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Drs. Glen and Mary Jane Gilbert Scholarship / Drs. Glen and Mary Jane Gilbert and Friends<br />
Charles Hawkins Memorial Fund / Family<br />
Jack Jordan Golf Scholarship / Friends<br />
E. Wesley McCoy Scholarship / Ouachita-Saline Surveying and Mr. Mike Miley<br />
Ernest and Mary McFarland Scholarship / Mary I. McFarland<br />
Arhia Raymond Melton and Mildred Richardson Melton Scholarship / Est<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> W. F. Chumney<br />
<strong>Monticello</strong> Associ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> Life Underwriters / <strong>Monticello</strong> Associ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> Life Underwriters<br />
<strong>Monticello</strong> High School Class <strong>of</strong> 1965 Scholarship / The MHS Class <strong>of</strong> 1965<br />
Al Peer Kappa Alpha Psi Alumni Scholarship / Mr. Jerry Bingham and Kappa Alpha Psi Alumni<br />
Rison High School Scholarship / Jasper Calaway, Rison Business Community and Friends<br />
Bill & Marilyn Webb Forestry Scholarship / Mr. Kent Webb and the <strong>Monticello</strong> Church <strong>of</strong> Christ<br />
Robert W. Wiley Endowed Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
LIFE INSURANCE<br />
Phillip Pierini / Mr. Phillip Pierini<br />
Tim Pruitt / Mr. Timothy R. Pruitt<br />
Gus “Bubba” Pugh, Jr. / Mr. Gus “Bubba” Pugh, Jr.<br />
Guy “Butch” Sabb<strong>at</strong>ini, Jr. / Mr. Butch Sabb<strong>at</strong>ini, Jr.<br />
Johnny Hooks / Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Hooks<br />
CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUSTS<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll E. Walls, Sr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kim L. Mitchell<br />
ANNUAL AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS<br />
BKD Accounting Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Award / BKD, LLP<br />
Commercial Bank Business Award / Commercial Bank<br />
Judge Bill Daniels Scholarship / Bill Daniels<br />
Farmers Grain Terminal Award / Farmers Grain Terminal<br />
Georgia-Pacific Crossett Paper Oper<strong>at</strong>ions Award / Georgia-Pacific<br />
Jewell Minnis Scholarship / Jewell Minnis Trust<br />
Lucille Moseley Memorial Scholarship / Family and friends<br />
Paula O’Briant Non-traditional Business Award / Ms. Paula M. Kinnard<br />
James & Venie Ann Powell Scholarship / James & Venie Ann Powell Fund<br />
Congressman Mike Ross Scholarship / Congressman & Mrs. Mike Ross<br />
A. O. Tucker Memorial Scholarship / Mrs. Glenda Carol Tucker Baker<br />
UAM Institute <strong>of</strong> Management Accountants Scholarship / UAM student chapter <strong>of</strong> the IMA<br />
Wallace Trust Scholarship / Wallace Trust<br />
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make UAM the beneficiary<br />
<strong>of</strong> your will or<br />
trust, contact the Office<br />
<strong>of</strong> Advancement<br />
<strong>at</strong> (870) 460-1028<br />
or go to our website<br />
<strong>at</strong> www.uamont.edu/<br />
alumni/wills.htm for<br />
detailed inform<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
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Unity & Movement Club<br />
($2,500 or more)<br />
Mr. and Mrs. A. Kelton Busby, Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. N<strong>at</strong> Grubbs<br />
Mr. C. Barry Hall<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hornaday<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Lassiter<br />
Mr. James C. Nichols, Jr.<br />
Galaxy Club<br />
($1,000-$2,499)<br />
Mrs. K<strong>at</strong>ie B. Austin<br />
Drs. Steve and Janet C<strong>at</strong>hey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Dearman, Sr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gibson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Gibson<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Louis J. James<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Mann<br />
Mr. Thomas W. McGill<br />
Dr. James F. Roiger<br />
Emerald Club<br />
($500-$999)<br />
Mr. Francis H. Clifton<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Dexter E. Gulledge<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Hancock<br />
Dr. Betty A. M<strong>at</strong>thews<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. McGuire<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell C. Reed<br />
Loyalty Club<br />
($200-$499)<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Akin<br />
Mrs. Louise Burke<br />
Ms. Nancy Cannon<br />
Mr. Raymond Chao<br />
Mr. Ben R. Dunlap<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Fisackerly<br />
Mrs. Angela J. Marsh<br />
Mrs. M<strong>at</strong>ti J. Palluconi<br />
Mr. Kenneth Reeves<br />
Century Club<br />
($100-$199)<br />
Mrs. Joy D. Akin<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Morris Bramlett<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Davis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Davis<br />
Ms. P<strong>at</strong>ricia A. Ewens<br />
Mr. Philip R. Francis<br />
Ms. Jennifer Freer<br />
Ms. Pamela D. Gouner<br />
Ms. Lynn Harris<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Don Hartley<br />
Ms. Flossie M. Holley<br />
Mr. James A. Hudgins<br />
Mr. Jacob P. James<br />
Mr. Johnny Johnson<br />
Mr. Thomas R. Jones<br />
Drs. Tim and Victoria Ku<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kent L. McRae<br />
Ms. Amanda D. Nall<br />
Mr. Edwin R. Pomeroy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Helmut M. Redetzki<br />
Mr. Robert A. Sanderlin<br />
Ms. Cynthia H. Shelton<br />
Mr. Jack Smart<br />
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Wall<br />
Business & Organiz<strong>at</strong>ion Donors<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Choral Society<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Community Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Boots & Coots Services<br />
Commercial Bank & Trust Co.<br />
ExxonMobil<br />
Leesco, Inc.<br />
Oklahoma United Methodist Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
R. A. Pickens & Son Company<br />
Ralph McQueen & Co., LTD.<br />
Russ Beavers Farm<br />
Simmons First Bank <strong>of</strong> South Ark<br />
South <strong>Arkansas</strong> Rehabilit<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
UAM Institute <strong>of</strong> Management Accountants<br />
ALWAYS A WEEVIL Ken and Sharon Mann and their daughter, Jennifer Mann<br />
Hargis, stand next to an obelisk don<strong>at</strong>ed by the Mann family to design<strong>at</strong>e the start<br />
<strong>of</strong> the walking trail around Weevil Pond.
The Centennial Circle<br />
As part <strong>of</strong> the university’s 100th birthday celebr<strong>at</strong>ion. UAM is seeking pledges <strong>of</strong> $10,000 each to be used to cre<strong>at</strong>e<br />
a $1 million unrestricted endowment for the UAM Found<strong>at</strong>ion Fund. Earnings from this endowment will be used<br />
on an annual basis to meet priority needs <strong>of</strong> the university. These priorities will be determined by a joint committee <strong>of</strong><br />
administr<strong>at</strong>ion, faculty, and students. None <strong>of</strong> the endowment earnings will be used to augment salaries. Members <strong>of</strong><br />
The Centennial Circle have their names, or the names <strong>of</strong> whomever they design<strong>at</strong>e, inscribed on the Centennial Clock<br />
Tower.<br />
If you would like to be part <strong>of</strong> The Centennial Circle, we encourage you to contact the UAM Office <strong>of</strong> Advancement,<br />
<strong>at</strong> (800) 467-8148 or (870) 460-1028.<br />
Mike & Susan Akin<br />
Joe Bob & Missy Allaire<br />
Hoyt & Susan Andres<br />
Elizabeth (Libby) Annulis<br />
Barbara & Claude Babin<br />
Pervis & Mary Nell Ballew<br />
John Falls Bowen (by William H. &<br />
Constance Bowen)<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Alaga H. & Myrtle I. Boyd (by<br />
Robert & Faye Boyd)<br />
Marty & Erma Brutscher<br />
The Bulloch Family - Bud, Carole, Liz,<br />
Sarah<br />
Kelton & Betty Busby<br />
Paul R. & June Webb Carter<br />
James & Sue C<strong>at</strong>hey<br />
Steven L. C<strong>at</strong>hey M.D.<br />
Dr. Tim & Paige Chase<br />
The Centennial Class <strong>of</strong> 2009<br />
Jesse & Ernestine Coker<br />
Van & Eula Mae Cruce (by Dan &<br />
Charlotte Hornaday)<br />
David B. & Nancy Kyle Eberdt (by<br />
Bobby & Kimberly Eberdt Edmonds)<br />
Victor Felley, Ark. A. & M. Trustee (by<br />
Wayne & Mellie Jo Owen)<br />
First N<strong>at</strong>ional Bank <strong>of</strong> McGehee<br />
The Frazer Family<br />
Jean C. & Oscar F. Frisby<br />
Lewis & Wanda Gardner – Lone Star<br />
St<strong>at</strong>ion / Boll Weevil Café<br />
Barbara Blanks G<strong>at</strong>hen (by the UAM<br />
African American Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
family & friends)<br />
Jerry, June, Jay & Judd Gibson<br />
Centennial Circle Members<br />
Lisa & Cliff Gibson<br />
John W., Martha (McDougald), John,<br />
Jr. & Mark Gibson<br />
Diane Suitt Gilleland<br />
Rev. Shay & Mrs. Sherrie Gillespie<br />
John DeWitt Halstead (by Harry E.<br />
“Pete” Halstead)<br />
Jim & Betty Jo Hardy Hercher<br />
Frank D. Hickingbotham<br />
Dan & Charlotte Cruce Hornaday<br />
John & Nora Hornaday (by Dan &<br />
Charlotte Hornaday)<br />
President Frank Horsfall & Margaret<br />
Vaulx Horsfall (by Dr. & Mrs. Gordon<br />
D. G<strong>at</strong>es)<br />
Dr. Louis J. & Carol West James<br />
J. Chester Johnson<br />
Dr. Carl Briner Johnston<br />
Don E. & Joyce M. King<br />
Curtis W. Kyle, Jr.<br />
Judy & Jack Lassiter<br />
The Carl F. Lucky, Jr. Family<br />
Carol & Weaver L. Majors<br />
Gerald & Sue Majors<br />
Kenneth, Sharon, & Jennifer Mann<br />
Dot & M.L. Mann<br />
Bryan & Dr. Sue S. Martin<br />
Dr. Betty A. M<strong>at</strong>thews<br />
Allen & Dana Maxwell<br />
Noel Waymon McDaniel (by Noel A.<br />
McDaniel & Marlene Ballard)<br />
Julian W., Sr. & Jean Mettetal (by<br />
Wayne Mettetal, Sherry Mettetal<br />
Woods, Ted Mettetal, Mike<br />
Mettetal, and Mary Ellen Mettetal<br />
McAllister)<br />
Thomas V. & Sarah Beth Burchfield<br />
Maxwell<br />
Kim Lloyd Mitchell<br />
M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t Family - Walter, Jr., Wells,<br />
Ruth, Minnie May & P<strong>at</strong>tie<br />
Lamar G. Moore<br />
Jim Neeley<br />
Donetta F. McGriff, RN (by Ray &<br />
Misty Paschall)<br />
D. John Nichols<br />
J. C. & Carolyn Crain Nichols<br />
Jeff & Sallie Owyoung<br />
R. David & Loyce Ray (by Dr. & Mrs.<br />
B. Alan Sugg)<br />
Richard & Eddye Ann Reinhart<br />
Jeffrey Hunter Reinhart, M.D.<br />
Randy & Neela Risher<br />
Bennie F. Ryburn, Sr. & Virginia M.<br />
Ryburn (by Commercial Bank &<br />
Trust Co. / First St<strong>at</strong>e Bank <strong>of</strong><br />
Warren)<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Harry L. Ryburn<br />
Margaret Horsfall Schadler & Harvey<br />
Walter Schadler<br />
Johnny & Linda Smith<br />
G. Warren Stephenson<br />
Jean & Alan Sugg<br />
Union Bank & Trust Company<br />
Joseph Wallace Trust<br />
Terri Wolfe - Beth Thurman<br />
Jimmie & Linda Yeiser<br />
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Hornaday Gift To Honor Faculty<br />
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday have<br />
always believed in the biblical adage<br />
“to whom much is given, much will<br />
be required.”<br />
After retiring from successful<br />
careers as executives with Exxon<br />
Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion, the Hornadays began giving<br />
back to the school th<strong>at</strong> helped give<br />
them their start in life. The Hornadays<br />
made their first gift to the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong> in 1992 and<br />
since then have cre<strong>at</strong>ed eight separ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
endowments.<br />
Their ninth and l<strong>at</strong>est gift to the<br />
university establishes an endowment<br />
which will cre<strong>at</strong>e the Hornaday Outstanding<br />
Faculty Award. The annual<br />
award, which includes a monetary<br />
prize, will honor UAM’s outstanding<br />
faculty member for excellence in<br />
teaching, research, scholarship, and<br />
public service.<br />
“Dan and Charlotte Hornaday<br />
exemplify wh<strong>at</strong> UAM is all about,” said<br />
Chancellor Jack Lassiter. “They came<br />
from humble beginnings, worked hard<br />
to build successful lives, but never<br />
forgot their roots. Their generosity<br />
has cre<strong>at</strong>ed a lasting legacy.”<br />
The Hornadays met on the<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> A&M campus in the<br />
l<strong>at</strong>e 1940’s. Dan came to A&M<br />
from Fordyce while Charlotte<br />
Cruce had grown up on<br />
campus. Her parents<br />
owned Cruce Grocery,<br />
a campus landmark<br />
loc<strong>at</strong>ed on the current<br />
site <strong>of</strong> the Red Barn.<br />
The Hornadays<br />
were married in<br />
1952 and Dan<br />
began a career in<br />
the oil industry<br />
while Charlotte<br />
became a school<br />
teacher.<br />
NINTH GIFT Dan and<br />
Charlotte hornaday have<br />
cre<strong>at</strong>ed a new endowment,<br />
their ninth.<br />
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Dan Hornaday climbed the corpor<strong>at</strong>e<br />
ladder <strong>at</strong> Exxon Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion and<br />
when the couple moved to Houston in<br />
1977, Charlotte joined her husband <strong>at</strong><br />
Exxon.<br />
Dan admits with a laugh th<strong>at</strong> the<br />
couple’s first gift to UAM in 1992 was<br />
made to “get them <strong>of</strong>f our backs. We<br />
thought, this is going to cost us a little<br />
money, but if we give it, maybe they’ll<br />
leave us alone.”<br />
Then came a phone call th<strong>at</strong><br />
changed their lives.<br />
A woman who identified herself as<br />
the single mother <strong>of</strong> a UAM student<br />
was calling to thank the Hornadays for<br />
the scholarship her son had received.<br />
“She thanked us and told us her<br />
son could not have gone to UAM without<br />
our help,” said Dan. “Th<strong>at</strong>’s when<br />
it dawned on us th<strong>at</strong> we could make<br />
a difference in the lives <strong>of</strong> a lot <strong>of</strong><br />
students <strong>at</strong> UAM. Th<strong>at</strong> lady’s call really<br />
made an impression on us. Charlotte<br />
and I decided, th<strong>at</strong> with our company’s<br />
m<strong>at</strong>ching funds, it would be a sin if<br />
we didn’t do it.”<br />
In the past year, 26 current<br />
UAM students received financial<br />
help from endowments<br />
cre<strong>at</strong>ed by the Hornadays.<br />
“Wh<strong>at</strong> Dan and Charlotte<br />
have done is cre<strong>at</strong>e real<br />
opportunities for future<br />
gener<strong>at</strong>ions,” said<br />
Lassiter. “We owe<br />
them much.”<br />
Hall Scholarship<br />
scholarship to honor the memory<br />
A <strong>of</strong> the l<strong>at</strong>e Annette Hall has been<br />
established by her husband, long-time<br />
<strong>Monticello</strong> educ<strong>at</strong>or Barry Hall.<br />
The Annette K. Hall Gradu<strong>at</strong>e<br />
Studies in Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Scholarship will<br />
be presented annually to a student<br />
enrolled in UAM’s master <strong>of</strong> arts in<br />
teaching program with first preference<br />
given to students in music educ<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
Second preference will go to students<br />
contracted to teach in a Drew County<br />
school.<br />
“This is a wonderful gift and a fitting<br />
tribute to Mrs. Hall,” said Chancellor<br />
Jack Lassiter. “She dedic<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
so much <strong>of</strong> her life to helping students<br />
succeed academically and in life. We<br />
are gr<strong>at</strong>eful to Barry Hall for this most<br />
generous don<strong>at</strong>ion.”<br />
Mrs. Hall spent nearly 30 years on<br />
the UAM faculty after coming to the<br />
campus in 1972. She was an associ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> music who headed<br />
the university’s music program. She<br />
was associ<strong>at</strong>e dean <strong>of</strong> the School <strong>of</strong><br />
Arts and Humanities <strong>at</strong> the time <strong>of</strong> her<br />
retirement.<br />
Mrs. Hall held a bachelor’s degree<br />
from UAM and a master’s degree<br />
from UA-Fayetteville.
It’s Hospitality<br />
he Dumas Chamber <strong>of</strong> Com-<br />
t merce recently got a taste –<br />
literally – <strong>of</strong> the hospitality program<br />
being <strong>of</strong>fered by the UAM College <strong>of</strong><br />
Technology-McGehee. Students from<br />
the McGehee campus prepared a<br />
meal for the Dumas Chamber as part<br />
<strong>of</strong> their on-the-job training.<br />
The hospitality program includes<br />
two options – hospitality services,<br />
which results in a technical certific<strong>at</strong>e,<br />
and hospitality skills, which culmin<strong>at</strong>es<br />
with a certific<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>iciency.<br />
The technical certific<strong>at</strong>e program<br />
requires 35 hours <strong>of</strong> course work and<br />
includes supervised internships and<br />
work-rel<strong>at</strong>ed experiences to simul<strong>at</strong>e<br />
a real world environment.<br />
Students who complete the program<br />
find jobs in a variety <strong>of</strong> positions<br />
in the hospitality industry, including<br />
restaurant, hotel and motel management.<br />
The certific<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>iciency<br />
program requires 15 hours <strong>of</strong> course<br />
work and prepares students for entrylevel<br />
positions in food service and<br />
lodging businesses.<br />
“This has been a wonderful addition<br />
to our curriculum,” said Bob<br />
Ware, vice chancellor <strong>of</strong> the McGehee<br />
campus. “We have received a lot <strong>of</strong><br />
interest since instituting the program.<br />
UAm TeChnoloGY<br />
Hot Prospects<br />
ome <strong>of</strong> the hottest programs <strong>at</strong> the UAM College <strong>of</strong> Technolo-<br />
S gy-Crossett are also the programs th<strong>at</strong> are producing gradu<strong>at</strong>es<br />
who are in the highest demand. Those programs include<br />
electromechanical instrument<strong>at</strong>ion technology, electromechanical<br />
technology, and computer repair and networking.<br />
Entry level salaries in these areas may run as high as $40 an<br />
hour, according to Linda Rushing, vice chancellor for the Crossett<br />
campus. “Students in these programs are finding th<strong>at</strong> their<br />
skills are in high demand and the beginning salaries are very<br />
good.”<br />
The electromechanical instrument<strong>at</strong>ion technology program<br />
trains pr<strong>of</strong>essionals in advanced industrial, electrical, mechanical,<br />
and instrument<strong>at</strong>ion skills to be used in an industrial<br />
environment. Students in the program may choose to continue<br />
their studies and earn an associ<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> applied science in<br />
industrial technology degree.<br />
The computer repair and networking program, which<br />
results in a certific<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>iciency, trains students for entrylevel<br />
jobs in the computer repair and networking field.<br />
SERVER REOAUR A student <strong>at</strong> the UAm College <strong>of</strong> technology-Crossett repairs a<br />
computer server.<br />
It’s just one more way to demonstr<strong>at</strong>e<br />
our commitment to providing our constituents<br />
with a variety <strong>of</strong> academic<br />
and career opportunities.”<br />
Persons interested in either <strong>of</strong><br />
the hospitality programs may call the<br />
UAM College <strong>of</strong> Technology-McGehee<br />
<strong>at</strong> (870) 222-5360.<br />
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Herschel Mann ‘64<br />
Dr. Herschel Mann (BS ‘64)<br />
recently won the President’s<br />
excellence in teaching Award <strong>at</strong><br />
texas tech <strong>University</strong>.<br />
A certified public accountant,<br />
mann is the KPmG Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />
Accounting <strong>at</strong> texas tech. he received<br />
his Ph.D. and m.A. from the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Alabama and his BBA from the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> monticello. his previous work<br />
experience was with Grant thornton & Co. At<br />
texas tech, he has received five university-wide<br />
teaching awards, including the outstanding<br />
faculty member in the College <strong>of</strong> Business<br />
Administr<strong>at</strong>ion and the outstanding faculty<br />
member in the Department <strong>of</strong> Accounting. he<br />
also serves as chairman <strong>of</strong> texas tech’s Athletic<br />
Council.<br />
Byron Clark ‘47-’48<br />
Byron Clark didn’t let a little<br />
thing like a speech impediment<br />
get in the way <strong>of</strong> becoming a<br />
successful actor.<br />
Clark, who <strong>at</strong>tended <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
A&m in 1947-48 on the<br />
G.I. Bill, was president <strong>of</strong> Phi<br />
Lambda Chi fr<strong>at</strong>ernity before transferring to<br />
West michigan <strong>University</strong>, primarily to receive<br />
help for his stuttering from renowned speech<br />
p<strong>at</strong>hologist Dr. Charles Van riper. Clark made<br />
so much progress th<strong>at</strong> he gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from<br />
Western michigan in 1952 with a degree in<br />
speech and dram<strong>at</strong>ics, then went first to New<br />
York, then Los Angeles to pursue his dream <strong>of</strong><br />
becoming an actor.<br />
Clark performed in summer stock before<br />
landing guest roles in a series <strong>of</strong> television<br />
shows, including Dr. Kildare, the Untouchables,<br />
the Judge, the Young Lawyers, and<br />
Washington: Behind Closed Doors. he played<br />
a recurring guest role in the mega-hit Dallas<br />
in the l<strong>at</strong>e ‘70s and early ‘80s and also had<br />
a continuing role in the Dallas spin-<strong>of</strong>f Knots<br />
Landing. Clark currently lives in Los Angeles.<br />
1950-59<br />
Dr. Tommy G. Roebuck (BS<br />
‘59) was named one <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Tennessee Health Science<br />
Center College <strong>of</strong> Dentistry’s<br />
Outstanding Alumni for <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Dr. Roebuck currently practices in<br />
Arkadelphia.<br />
1970-79<br />
Karon Beavers (AN ‘71) was<br />
recently commemor<strong>at</strong>ed with the<br />
cre<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> the Karon Beavers<br />
Quality Award <strong>at</strong> Drew Memorial<br />
Hospital. Beavers recently retired<br />
after 32 ½ years as the Home<br />
Health program director. She was<br />
the longest-tenured employee <strong>at</strong><br />
Drew Memorial.<br />
William Brantley (BME ‘71)<br />
and Julie-Fink Hollar were married<br />
on November 21, 2009. The<br />
groom retired from teaching in<br />
2000.<br />
Dr. Will Langstaff Jr. (BS ‘75)<br />
is the founding pastor <strong>of</strong> The Ser-<br />
Reunited On Facebook<br />
W.L. Brantley and Julie Hollar met<br />
in 1971 in Livingston, Montana but<br />
it took 38 years for them to finally<br />
get together. Shortly after gradu<strong>at</strong>ing<br />
from UAM with a degree in<br />
music, Brantley went on tour with<br />
Collegi<strong>at</strong>e Crusade for Christ.<br />
While on tour, he met Julie Fink,<br />
a recent high school gradu<strong>at</strong>e from<br />
Livingston. Brantley was smitten,<br />
but when the group finished touring,<br />
Fink flew back to Montana and<br />
she and Brantley lost touch.<br />
Fast-forward to July 2009. Brantley’s<br />
longtime friend, Eva Austin<br />
(UAM ‘71) encouraged Brantley<br />
to join Facebook as a way to get in<br />
touch with old friends. At the same<br />
vant House, a church in Lewisville,<br />
TX. The Servant House has helped<br />
plant 22 churches in four n<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
and started a Christian school in<br />
Sierra Leone. Dr. Langstaff and his<br />
wife, Abby, have 3 children and 8<br />
grandchildren.<br />
John Calaway (BS ‘78) will become<br />
superintendent <strong>of</strong> the Green<br />
Forest school district on July 1.<br />
Mr. Calaway is currently employed<br />
as assistant school superintendent<br />
<strong>at</strong> Mountain Home.<br />
Treasa A. Putth<strong>of</strong>f (AD ‘78) is<br />
employed by Lawrence Memorial<br />
Hospital in Lawrence, KS where<br />
she is a Registered Nurse Infusion<br />
Specialist. She also provides continuing<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion for the Midwestern<br />
United St<strong>at</strong>es. Mrs. Putth<strong>of</strong>f<br />
has two children.<br />
1990-99<br />
Suzanne Norris (BA ‘97) earned<br />
her master’s degree in 2005 <strong>at</strong><br />
ASU-Jonesboro in Gifted and Talented<br />
Educ<strong>at</strong>ion. She is currently<br />
time, Julie Fink Hollar, by th<strong>at</strong> time<br />
a widow with five children, also<br />
joined Facebook and decided to see<br />
if she could find the members <strong>of</strong><br />
the Collegi<strong>at</strong>e Crusade. She found<br />
most <strong>of</strong> them, including Brantley.<br />
Two weeks l<strong>at</strong>er, after a 38-year<br />
separ<strong>at</strong>ion as mere acquaintances<br />
and hours burning the phone lines<br />
across the st<strong>at</strong>es, Brantley proposed<br />
and Hollar accepted. They were<br />
married November 21, 2009, in<br />
Crossett.
employed by Forrest City Schools<br />
where she teaches GT. Mrs. Norris<br />
is married and has two daughters<br />
age 11 and 21. Her oldest daughter<br />
is a senior <strong>at</strong> ASU and will gradu<strong>at</strong>e<br />
in May. Mrs. Norris currently<br />
resides in Wynne.<br />
2000-09<br />
M<strong>at</strong>thew Reaves (BS ‘01) is<br />
currently employed by Immigr<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
and Customs Enforcement in<br />
Oakdale, LA.<br />
Rev. Joshua Murray (BA ‘02)<br />
accepted a call as full time minister<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Antioch Cumberland Presbyterian<br />
Church <strong>of</strong> Quitman, LA.<br />
He began his pastor<strong>at</strong>e in Quitman<br />
on March 1.<br />
Roger Darren High (BA ‘04) ,<br />
an art teacher for Dermott Elementary<br />
School, has been awarded an<br />
$800 Target Field Trip Grant th<strong>at</strong><br />
will fund an educ<strong>at</strong>ional trip for<br />
his students. High’s grant will enable<br />
120 students from Dermott<br />
Elementary School to visit the<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Arts Center and the Little<br />
Rock Zoo.<br />
Paul Butler (BS ‘05) was named<br />
superintendent <strong>of</strong> Moro Bay St<strong>at</strong>e<br />
Park in July <strong>of</strong> 2009. Previously,<br />
Paul served as Interpreter for the<br />
park.<br />
Joel Brown (BA ‘08) is employed<br />
by ARC <strong>of</strong> the Ozarks in <strong>Spring</strong>field,<br />
MO where he was recently<br />
promoted to assistant director <strong>of</strong><br />
Autism Services for the organiz<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
Mr. Brown will be starting a<br />
PhD in Biost<strong>at</strong>istics in the fall.<br />
Tyler Place (BBA ‘09) and<br />
Laura Beth Bottoms were married<br />
on April 24, <strong>2010</strong>. The bride<br />
is currently enrolled in the MAT<br />
program <strong>at</strong> UAM and working as<br />
a m<strong>at</strong>h teacher <strong>at</strong> Dumas High<br />
School. The groom is employed by<br />
Place and Sons, Inc.<br />
“Wee Weevil” bibs have been sent to<br />
the newest Boll Weevils:<br />
William Reid Gardner, born January<br />
11, <strong>2010</strong> to Chad (BA ’05) and Brooke<br />
Gardner (BA ’02) <strong>of</strong> Benton.<br />
Laney Elizabeth Hand, born February<br />
10, <strong>2010</strong> to Dr. Steven (BS ’97)<br />
and Maria Hand <strong>of</strong> Hermitage, PA.<br />
Wee Weevil Bibs<br />
Thelma Fish Giessen ‘34<br />
Thelma Fish Giessen, 96, died September 29. Born November 19,<br />
1912, in W<strong>at</strong>erpro<strong>of</strong>, La., she was the daughter <strong>of</strong> the l<strong>at</strong>e George<br />
Dudley Fish and Jessie Guice hunter Fish. She received an L.I. degree in<br />
1932 and an A.B. degree in 1934 from <strong>Arkansas</strong> A&m. She <strong>at</strong>tended<br />
Scarritt College and received an m.A. degree from George Peabody<br />
College for teachers in 1938. From 1938-40, she served as a missionary<br />
to Japan where she taught foods and nutrition <strong>at</strong> hiroshima<br />
College for Women until she was forced to return to the United St<strong>at</strong>es<br />
during World War II. the following three years she worked under<br />
the N<strong>at</strong>ional Youth Administr<strong>at</strong>ion in a U.S. government program for<br />
disadvantaged girls in 21 counties <strong>of</strong> southern <strong>Arkansas</strong>. She taught in<br />
public elementary schools in several Louisiana communities, and volunteered<br />
as a cross-over teacher when schools in Louisiana were being<br />
integr<strong>at</strong>ed. her last eight years <strong>of</strong> teaching were in a pilot kindergarten<br />
program in a Louisiana public school. She retired in 1980 and returned<br />
to her hometown <strong>of</strong> monticello. She also worked as a partner in ministry<br />
with her husband, a methodist minister in the Little rock and Louisiana<br />
Conference <strong>of</strong> the United methodist Church. Survivors include<br />
three children seven grandchildren, and three gre<strong>at</strong>-grandchildren.<br />
Minnie M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t ‘39<br />
Maggie Claire Hawkins, born<br />
March 7, <strong>2010</strong> to Kevin and Ashley<br />
(BA ’01) Hawkins <strong>of</strong> Star City.<br />
Sophia Isabelle Reaves, born January<br />
14, <strong>2010</strong> to M<strong>at</strong>thew (BS ‘01) and<br />
Brandy (AA ‘02) Reaves <strong>of</strong> Oakdale,<br />
LA. Sophia joins big sister Abigail, 5,<br />
and big brother Ethan, 3.<br />
Minnie May M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t, 90, died February 19 in monticello. She was<br />
born to Walter A. m<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t, Sr. and myrtle Wells m<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t on June 20,<br />
1919 in the family home on South main Street, the home where she<br />
resided her entire life. She <strong>at</strong>tended monticello schools, gradu<strong>at</strong>ing<br />
from monticello high School in 1935. After obtaining a B.A. in French<br />
from <strong>Arkansas</strong> A&m (now UAm) in 1939, she went to work for her<br />
f<strong>at</strong>her <strong>at</strong> m<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t Abstract Company. After his retirement in 1953 she<br />
oper<strong>at</strong>ed this business, the only such company in Drew County, until<br />
she retired in 1982. She was a life-long member <strong>of</strong> Wood Avenue<br />
Presbyterian Church where she served as a deacon and as treasurer for<br />
many years. She was also a life member <strong>of</strong> the Drew County historical<br />
Society, monticello Friends <strong>of</strong> the Library and monticello Jr. Auxiliary.<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> / <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2010</strong> 27
ALUmNI SnaPShoTS<br />
28<br />
Jack Boyd ‘43<br />
Dr. Jack Ireland Boyd (BA ‘43),<br />
died November 23, 2009. he was<br />
born November 12, 1923, in Columbia,<br />
mo., to the l<strong>at</strong>e Dr. Alaga<br />
harrison Boyd, a long-time<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> physics and<br />
engineering <strong>at</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> A&m,<br />
and myrtle (P<strong>at</strong>sy) howard Ireland Boyd.<br />
After receiving a bachelor <strong>of</strong> arts degree in<br />
social sciences <strong>at</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> A&m, he served as a<br />
meteorologist with the U.S. Army Air Corps in<br />
Greenland. Following military service, he <strong>at</strong>tended<br />
the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Chicago, where he earned a master’s<br />
degree in intern<strong>at</strong>ional rel<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
he then studied <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Geneva<br />
in Switzerland as a rotary Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Scholar<br />
before beginning a career as an intern<strong>at</strong>ional trade<br />
and economic development economist with the<br />
Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Cooper<strong>at</strong>ive Administr<strong>at</strong>ions (ICA),<br />
now known as AID, in Washington, Jordan, Vietnam<br />
and Pakistan. In this capacity, he was responsible<br />
for developing and recommending plans for<br />
the use <strong>of</strong> foreign aid funds as well as following<br />
up on the progress <strong>of</strong> the programs.<br />
Dr. Boyd retired from the agency after 25<br />
years to pursue gradu<strong>at</strong>e studies in educ<strong>at</strong>ion. he<br />
received a Ph.D. in educ<strong>at</strong>ion administr<strong>at</strong>ion from<br />
the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Alabama in 1973. he accepted<br />
a position with the Chesterfield County School<br />
System as a teacher and student work coordin<strong>at</strong>or<br />
in 1974, fulfilling a longtime goal to help young<br />
people reach their goals.<br />
UAM MAGAZINE<br />
Dr. Fred Bellott<br />
Ard<strong>at</strong>h P. Anderson ’70 <strong>of</strong> Ozark,<br />
March 30, 2009<br />
Eileen R<strong>at</strong>terree Armstrong ’37 <strong>of</strong><br />
B<strong>at</strong>on Rouge, La., March 4, <strong>2010</strong><br />
James O. Belin ’50 <strong>of</strong> Amarillo,<br />
Tex., January 10, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Dr. Fred Keith Bellott ’49 <strong>of</strong> Collierville,<br />
Tenn., August 29, 2009<br />
William P. Blankenship <strong>of</strong> White<br />
Hall, February 17, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Debra Bottoms ’82 <strong>of</strong> Dumas, January<br />
16, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Guy Bradshaw <strong>of</strong> White Hall,<br />
March 14, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Donnie Gale Calvert <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>,<br />
April 6, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Vonita M. Cecil ’53 <strong>of</strong> Star City,<br />
December 3, 2008<br />
Mary Beth Clark <strong>of</strong> El Dorado,<br />
January 24, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Dr. John Douglas Clower, Sr. <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Spring</strong>dale, March 30, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Paula F. Denson ’70 <strong>of</strong> Texarkana,<br />
February 27, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Virginia B. Edwards ’96 <strong>of</strong> Hot<br />
<strong>Spring</strong>s, August 29, 2008<br />
Wayne Allen Elliott <strong>of</strong> Macon, Ga.,<br />
May 7, 2009<br />
Thelma Fish Giessen <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>,<br />
September 29,2009<br />
Ruth Laron Echols Holt <strong>of</strong> Franklin,<br />
Tenn., April 13, 2009<br />
Holly C. Hudspeth ’73 <strong>of</strong> DeWitt,<br />
February 13, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Tracy R. Krannichfeld ’79 <strong>of</strong> Norman,<br />
May 26, 2009<br />
Friends We’ll Miss<br />
Dr. Fred K. Bellott, 83, <strong>of</strong> Collierville, tenn., died August 29. he retired from<br />
the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> memphis as associ<strong>at</strong>e dean <strong>of</strong> the College <strong>of</strong> educ<strong>at</strong>ion and also<br />
retired from New mexico St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>University</strong>. Dr. Bellott and his wife, Doris, were<br />
among the first university benefactors to establish endowed scholarships in the<br />
UAm Found<strong>at</strong>ion Fund. the Bellott’s have endowed two scholarships to benefit<br />
the Division <strong>of</strong> music. Dr. Bellott is survived by his wife <strong>of</strong> 55 years, Doris J. Branning<br />
Bellott; three children, six grandchildren and four gre<strong>at</strong>-grandchildren.<br />
Edrie Jane Kuykendall ’51 <strong>of</strong> Pine<br />
Bluff, January 25, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Mary Retha Lansdell <strong>of</strong> Humnoke,<br />
April 10, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Dee Merris Mormon Lochala <strong>of</strong><br />
Foreman, March 24, 2008<br />
Bobbie A. Merrifield ’52 <strong>of</strong> College<br />
St<strong>at</strong>ion, Tex., April 11, 2009<br />
Dr. Robert G. Merrifield ’53 <strong>of</strong><br />
College St<strong>at</strong>ion, Tex., January 30, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Mable Reddin Harris Merritt ’56<br />
<strong>of</strong> Wilmar, January 15, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Minnie May M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t ’39 <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>,<br />
February 19, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Paul Edwin Moore <strong>of</strong> Mt. Tabor<br />
community, March 10, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Warren H. Morehart <strong>of</strong> Memphis,<br />
Tenn., January 5, 2008<br />
Kristie Nicole O’Dowd <strong>of</strong> Yellville,<br />
February 27, <strong>2010</strong><br />
James Owen <strong>of</strong> Mountain Home,<br />
February 9, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Billie Pazdera <strong>of</strong> Conway, March 11,<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
Theodore Jordan Pope, Jr. ’56 <strong>of</strong><br />
Hamburg, January 22, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Roy Dale Ray ’53 <strong>of</strong> Clinton, Miss.,<br />
October 19, 2009<br />
Bobby Smith ’55 <strong>of</strong> Dumas, March<br />
12, <strong>2010</strong><br />
David R. W<strong>at</strong>son ’56 <strong>of</strong> Benton,<br />
October 13, 2009<br />
Hollis We<strong>at</strong>herford <strong>of</strong> Pine Bluff,<br />
September 21, 2009<br />
Harold Webb <strong>of</strong> White Hall, February<br />
5, <strong>2010</strong>
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Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Cronin<br />
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Mr. Ben R. Dunlap<br />
Mrs. Marilyn R. Dvoracek<br />
Mrs. Juanita L. Dye<br />
Mr. Maxwell Dyer<br />
Mrs. Nancy K. Eberdt<br />
Mr. Brett W. Eckert<br />
Dr. Audrey Brown Edwards<br />
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AUS, Ret.<br />
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Mr. James A. Garrett, Jr.<br />
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Mr. Jerry D. Gibson<br />
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Howlett, Jr.<br />
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Mr. Kenneth H. Hunt<br />
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Mr. John K. Knight<br />
Mr. and Mrs. W. Brad Koen<br />
Mr. Scott Kuttenkuler<br />
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Mr. and Mrs. Bert O. Lambert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry K. Land<br />
Mr. Malcolm G. Lane<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Langston, Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Lassiter<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lawrence, Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bob H. Lee, Jr.<br />
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Dr. Herbert M. M<strong>at</strong>thews<br />
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Mr. William O. Moore<br />
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Dr. Steven C. Moss<br />
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Mr. Jim J. Neeley<br />
Mr. Tommy N. Neeley<br />
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Mr. William H. Nelson<br />
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Mr. Larry Nipper<br />
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Shelton, Jr.<br />
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Waggoner, Jr.<br />
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