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Wolves’ defensive back, James Bostick and left tackle, Lequawn James, were both captains of the 2011-12 football team and graduated in May 2012 from the College’s Nursing Program. See page 10-11 for the full story.

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PRESIDENTELECT

Administration

The Board unanimously elected Dr. Scherrens

The Board of Trustees at Newberry College unanimously elected Dr. Maurice Scherrens for his

strong, proven leadership at George Mason University where he has served as its Senior Vice President

and Chief Operating Offi cer. Dr. John Hudgens will remain as Acting President until Dr. Scherrens

arrives in August to begin his tenure.

In expressing appreciation to the Board for their confi dence in his leadership, Scherrens said, “The

opportunity to lead Newberry College is an honor and a privilege. The College has a rich history built

upon a long-standing commitment to teaching and learning. We will fi nd new paths to excellence, while

we build on our existing core strengths.”

Through Scherrens’ leadership efforts, George Mason signifi cantly expanded its programs,

reputation, and resources. Graduation and retention rates improved and the academic profi le of the

incoming freshman class is at its highest ever. “In a collaborative, ontological fashion we will challenge

ourselves every day to develop the best possible learning environment for our students, faculty, and

staff,” Scherrens added. “We are committed to leading Newberry College on this journey in an inclusive,

transparent manner.”

For the past 12 years, Scherrens has taught an ethics course in George Mason’s College of

Education and Human Development, Department of Sports Management. He also currently teaches a

graduate fi nance course.

Scherrens earned his Doctorate in Higher Education (Ed.D.) from the University of Southern

California; Juris Doctor (JD) from George Washington University; and both a Master of Business

Administration (MBA) and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Central Michigan University.

He and his wife, Dr. Sandy Scherrens, have four children.

CAMPUS COMMUNITY WELCOMES NEW PRESIDENT

On May 21st, Newberry College held a press conference to announce that the 22nd

President of the College will be Dr. Maurice William Scherrens, effective August 13th.

Make sure to join us for the inauguration ceremony, planned for this fall.

“

”

We are excited

to become a

member of the

Newberry College

family and we look

forward to sharing

many successes

in the upcoming

years. –Dr. Scherrens

Strategic Plan

In 2010, Newberry College embarked on a bold two year comprehensive, all-inclusive strategic planning process for the reaffi rmation of accreditation.

The Southern Association of Schools and Colleges – Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC)

has determined that having a solid plan for the future is so important that this is now a “Core

Requirement” of accreditation.

Overseen by Dr. Donald Johnson-Taylor, the Executive Director of the Offi ce of Institutional

Effectiveness, the College sought advisors with deep, world-class expertise in each facet of the

plan. Throughout 2011, a series of fi ve “Town Hall Meetings” were held at the Fire House Conference

Center in downtown Newberry. With input from faculty, students, staff, alumni and citizens from

the town of Newberry, various aspects of the plan were developed and presented by administrators

and consultants as each evolved. The College not only talked – it listened and answered questions.

From the beginning, the intention was that this would be “our plan,” not just the brainchild of a few

administrators!

The Board of Trustees of the College has also been very much involved. Ultimately, this body

had to approve the resulting strategy to make it offi cial policy for administration and faculty to

implement. A subcommittee of the Board became intimately familiar with the evolving plan and made

fi nal recommendations to the full Board to adopt Newberry College’s “Enterprise Strategy,” which it

unanimously did on October 6th.

The Enterprise Strategy is by no means the end of the strategic planning process or even a

completed plan. By design, it is an overarching, top-level plan to which all subordinate, detailed

academic and non-academic executing decisions must conform and support. Over the next few

months, every academic and non-academic function on campus will develop its own specifi c tactic

that complies with and effectuates the Enterprise Strategy. This process is well under way.

PROGRESS AND RENEWAL

OUR FUTURE IS OURS TODETERMINE

The Strategy calls for several very signifi cant changes over the next 5 years:

• Increasing traditional, undergraduate enrollment from

approximately 1,200 to 1,600 students from strategically

determined new majors with signifi cant improvement in retention

• Increasing the number of undergraduate, adult students

enrolled in the fast FORWARD (professional development/degree-

completion) program from approximately 40 to 400 students

• Adding graduate/masters programs in several areas, including

education, business, and the sciences

• Strongly reaffi rming our Lutheran heritage and values in ways

that can be sensed and embraced by students and parents of all

denominations

• Adopting an “Academic Promise” that clearly states what all

students can expect to achieve if they successfully complete

their program at Newberry College. This promise introduces the

important notion of “Ontological Leadership,” which will become a

central theme in academic programs

• Developing a distinct “Learning Ecosystem” that provides a

common, structured learning environment which students of all

disciplines evolve from incoming high school students to young

adults, well-prepared to take on the challenges of citizenship and

successful careers

• Advancing the notion that Newberry (the city of) should become

a true “college town” and not just a town with a college, recognizing

that neither the City of Newberry nor Newberry College can be truly

successful unless both are successful

Many detailed tactics must be formulated and implemented

for the Enterprise Strategy to be realized. A Campus Master Plan

providing the necessary amenities and provisions dictated by

this Strategy must be shrewdly designed, formally adopted and

thoroughly executed. Such a plan, which is absolutely exciting,

has been formulated and presented to the College community.

It has been endorsed by the strategic planning subcommittee of

the Board and has recently been approved by the Board. The core

curriculum must be overhauled to achieve the Learning Ecosystem

concept. fastFORWARD must be revamped to reach strategic

goals. The College must go through accreditation level changes to

offer master’s programs. And obviously, signifi cant funds must be

raised to initiate and adequately sustain all the above.

The College’s exciting newly adopted Strategy is a relatively

simple, but profound, document with far-reaching implications.

Organizational buy-in is the key

factor deciding between success and yet

another dusty pile of paper on a shelf. At

Newberry College, thanks to the process,

management and vision, we have broad

and deep buy-in for the Enterprise

Strategy.

“

”

If you would like to have a copy of the plan, contact Dr. Don Johnson-Taylor in the Offi ce for Institutional Effectiveness.

email:

don.johnson-taylor

@newberry.edu

– Dr. Don Johnson–Taylor

Executive Director, Insitutional

Effectiveness Accreditation Liaison

PERFORMINGARTS

NEWBERRY STUDENTS LET THEIR TALENT SHINE!

For Newberry College, 2011 was a year fi lled with the soothing melodies of the

College’s jazz band to spectacular live performances of the Department of Theatre.

Campus Events

College Hosts First Jazz on the Lawn Event

In April 2012, members of the Newberry community gathered

under the stars outside the Alumni Music Center to share in the

College’s fi rst ever Jazz on the Lawn event. The College Street Jazz

Connection performed for around 1 ½ hours and was joined by

alumni pianist Shannon Pinkney, a former member of the College

Street Jazz Connection who currently is a professional pianist

based in Columbia, S.C. As a performance open to the public, Jazz

on the Lawn was a successful partnership to advance the arts in

Newberry County, so successful that a second Jazz on the Lawn

performance was held that same month.

This event was developed by Dr. Barry McGinnis, Associate

Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Combos at Newberry

College. It provided our music students with an opportunity to

showcase what they have been learning in their studies and to raise

funds to benefi t the College Street Jazz Connection. Monies raised

will be used to buy new music and to help fund their participation

in educational jazz festivals, such as New Orleans’ Crescent City

Jazz Festival. The festivals provide hands-on, experiential learning

opportunities where students work with professional jazz clinicians

and hear other college and university ensembles, as well as

professional ensembles.

After this year’s successful performance, Dr. McGinnis is

planning for Jazz on the Lawn to become an annual community

event.

Jazz on the Lawn was one of

several community musical

events held this spring,

including a benefi t concert

for the March of Dimes, the

Newberry College Singers’

concert, several brass and

percussion chamber ensembles,

a Symphonic Band concert, and

a Jazz Big Band graduation

concert.

In Spring 2012, Wiles Chapel was fi lled to capacity

as high school students and members of the surrounding

community attended the Newberry College Jazz Festival. An All-

State Jazz Band under the direction of clinician Ken Edward and an

All-State Jazz Band under the direction of clinician Dick Goodwin

performed. The Jazz Festival also featured middle school and high

school bands from around the state that performed for ratings

throughout the day. The festival was held in collaboration with the

South Carolina Band Directors Association.

As part of the festival, the Newberry College Jazz Big Band,

directed by Associate Professor of Music, Bill Long, performed with

guest artist, world-famous jazz saxophone soloist Chris Vadala.

Holding the second-oldest jazz festival in the nation brings

regional and national distinction to the College and provides the

Department of Music with an opportunity to nurture experiential

learning at the secondary and collegiate levels. During this

year’s festival, the Jazz Big Band enjoyed playing with Vadala

and the experience made Professor Long even more proud of his

students’ knowledge and expertise. “We have had some of the

fi nest professional musicians in the world participate in our Jazz

Festival,” he said. “It makes me exceedingly proud to hear the

professionals compliment our students who I feel are every bit as

talented and well-trained as the world-renowned musicians we

bring in.”

One of America’s foremost woodwind artists, Vadala is in

high demand as a jazz/classical performer. A graduate of the

Eastman School of Music, he is the Director of Jazz Studies,

Professor of Saxophone and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at

the University of Maryland. He received performing credits on

fi ve gold albums and two platinum albums and has been honored

with performing credits from two Grammys, an Emmy, a Georgie,

and a Golden Globe Award. Vadala has performed and recorded

with the greatest musicians of our day, including Dizzy Gillespie,

Quincy Jones, B.B. King, Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha

Franklin.

College Hosts Second Oldest Jazz Festival in the Nation

Theatre

This spring the Newberry

College Theatre presented a

set of One Act Plays directed

by students in the program.

Pictured is a scene from the

play GOD by Woody Allen,

directed by student Joseph

Schroer. Student Brittany

Kaminer, directed the play

Steel Magnolias by Robert

Harling.

Newberry College Jazz Big Band, directed by Associate Professor

of Music Bill Long.

Lutheran Heritage

College hosts Luther descendant, Christian Priesmeier

Martin Luther and Katherina “Katie” von Bora had six children. Several were blessed to survive to

adulthood, to marry and give them grandchildren, who then married and had children, and so on, down

through the centuries. One of Martin and Katie’s 13th generation grandsons, Herr Christian Priesmeier,

and his wife, Claudia, from Hamlen, Germany, were on the Newberry College campus November 10 - 11,

2011. Their visit was arranged with the assistance of Jim Riddle `72, who is pictured above (right) with

Priesmeier (left), to help the College and surrounding community reaffi rm Newberry’s historic faith,

heritage and distinct mission in higher education.

Two days of sessions were scheduled for the Priesmeiers to meet with faculty, students, and staff.

An evening in Smeltzer Hall’s newly-renovated Summerland reception room provided a forum for Herr

Priesmeier, on the occasion of Martin Luther’s 528th birthday, to make a presentation and fi eld questions

along with Dr. Patrick Graham from the Pitts Theological Library at Emory University’s Candler School

of Theology. Dr. Graham brought some of the world’s rarest Reformation materials from the acclaimed

Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection at Emory (http://www.pitts.emory.edu “Collections”) to view.

The following morning, Herr Priesmeier was the guest speaker at the College’s 155th Founder’s Day

Convocation.

Priesmeier is Secretary of Lutheriden-Vereinigung, a genealogical society documenting the

descendants of Katie and Martin Luther, as well as Martin Luther’s siblings. For more than two decades,

Priesmeier has performed signifi cant volunteer work for the German Red Cross. Ten of those volunteer

years, he helped coordinate the building of orphanages for homeless children in Bulgaria. For that work,

he was honored with a Henry Dunant Silver Medal for outstanding humanitarian service.

A seminary-trained, licensed lay minister in the Evangelical Church of Germany, Herr Priesmeier

lectures, leads worship, and delivers sermons. Bi-vocationally, he also studied and apprenticed as a

business economist for internet technology business applications. For the past seven years, he has

worked as head of quality assurance in a software development company specializing in developing and

servicing applications for hotel and restaurant systems.

HISTORIC FAITH& VALUES

Newberry College’s historic

motto, ‘pro ecclesia et

posteritate,’ continues to be the

institutional torch illuminating

the College’s mission vision and

priorities. It calls for creating

and sustaining the best learning

environment for producing

excellent future leaders for

the church and all of society.

The quality and depth of the

College’s religion/philosophy

faculty and continued core

requirement for instruction

in Bible and applied Christian

ethics proudly embrace Luther’s

vision and help defi ne the

Lutheran vision for higher

education.

College to re-establish Lutheran Youth Day

This fall the College will re-establish its Lutheran Youth

Day and spotlight current students who are invested heavily

in their home parishes. The day will give them the opportunity

to share their personal character and spiritual formation as

they relate their faith experiences to current and prospective

students. The Lutheran Youth Day programming will build upon

the Offi ce of Admissions’ strong national presence at Lutheran

College Fairs, the ELCA Music Collegiate Partnership at Luther

College and at the National Youth Gathering in New Orleans, to

reaffi rm the College’s relationship with the Lutheran intellectual

tradition in higher education.

Spring Break mission trip nurtures students’ desire to serve

This spring, our Values Based Learning (VBL)Program

provided resources for Chaplain Ernie Worman, Dr. Christina

Wendland, and four students as they prepared for a Spring Break

mission trip to Washington, DC. The mission trip was sponsored

and coordinated through Newberry College Campus Ministry. Using

the VBL resources, the group’s preparation became an exercise

in liberal and empathetic learning as they discussed poems, short

stories, and data profi ling poverty and homelessness in the United

States. The trip participants also examined the causes of poverty as

they contemplated civic engagement and community participation.

The trip offered a chance for all six from the College to get

some important hands-on experience helping workers at the DC

Central Kitchen prepare 1000 meals, which included 38 bushels of

collard greens. They volunteered at Bread for the City, an advocacy

organization providing legal, medical, dental, and social services.

Students helped bag, stock, and distribute food. They stood on

street corners selling Street Sense, a newspaper written by staff

and homeless persons. The group also met representatives from

Lutheran Social Services and Lutheran immigration and adoption

services at the Washington Offi ce of the ELCA. Additionally, a panel

discussion of affordable housing and a living wage reinforced

how homelessness could happen to anyone. Afterwards, students

refl ected on the experiences, including the day they greeted

wounded soldiers at the Pentagon. Refl ection was a signifi cant

component of VBL, helping students apply life experiences to local,

regional, and global endeavors that evoke positive change.

Just as our students volunteered for the College’s fi rst

mission trip in 10 years, perhaps more of our students will go and

do likewise as an extension of the personal character and spiritual

formation nurtured while at Newberry. Now the students’ challenge

is applying their experiences to the College and the surrounding

community. More mission trips are being planned as the College

continues to encourage the call to service through local, regional,

and even global, community service participation.

“

”

I have done mission trips with

churches before to Central America and

West Africa, so I was excited to go to

help in DC. – Anthony Santilli

Junior, Biology Major

Students helped DC Central Kitchen prepare 1000 meals and over

38 bushels of collard greens.

Students enjoyed DC including the day they greeted wounded

soldiers at the Pentagon.

Hands-on learning experiences in our Nursing Program make our graduates

desirable to employers with 93% of our fi rst graduating class of nursing students

being employed in the nursing fi eld.

Academics

NURSING STUDENT

ATHLETES

Making their rounds: students excel in football and nursing

For most football players, a run-in with a nurse involves a trip to the doctor or a hospital visit,

but for opponents of James Bostick and Lequawn James, a run-in with a nurse occurs while trying to

sack the quarterback or catch a pass. Wolves’ left tackle Lequawn James and defensive back James

Bostick both were captains of the 2011-12 football team and both graduated in May 2012 from the

College’s Nursing Program. James Bostick, an NFL prospect, has wanted to become a nurse since he

was a boy, thanks to the infl uence of his aunt, a nurse at an Augusta burn center, and his grandfather,

a doctor in the Korean War who also worked as a mortician at his family-owned funeral home. “My

Grandfather let me see things that most little kids couldn’t see (like dead bodies),” James recalled.

“It felt natural and medicine became something I wanted to do.” He chose to pursue his dream by

attending Newberry because he was drawn to the College’s small class sizes, its football program, and

its commitment to academics.

During his years at Newberry, James worked hard to take advantage of the opportunities that the

College presented him. “Good time management is the number one thing when you do two completely

opposite things like nursing and football,” James said. He managed his time and workload well, thanks

to the support of his best friend, Lequawn James. The teammates split the driving to nursing clinicals

and even worked on the same fl oor at Lexington Medical Center (LMC). They worked out, ran, and

studied together. When they studied, James would study one subject in depth and Lequawn would pick

another area. Then they later debriefed each other on the material. Both of them said that studying

technique made them work harder because they wanted to make sure they learned the material well

enough that they did not let their partner down.

In the photo above, Lequawn

James, poses with the Sim Man

3G, a human patient simulator.

Local media, including

The Newberry Observer and

WIS-TV recently featured

stories about James and

Lequawn’s football and nursing

careers.

Above photo courtesy of

The Newberry Observer

Our nursing faculty, all registered nurses with master’s or

doctorate degrees in nursing, worked closely with our football

coaches to develop a schedule that maximized the players’

classroom time, including one-on-one interaction with professors,

and their practice time.

Lequawn and James pursued all of those experiential learning

opportunities in the nationally accredited nursing program thanks

to the guidance and support of their professors and coaches. During

2011-12 Lequawn worked as a nurse technician at Lexington Medical

Center and was also a resident advisor in East Hall. The RA job

sometimes required late nights followed by getting up at 5:00 a.m.

for clinical rotation assignments, but he said the grind was worth it.

“Being an RA… my residents count on me just like patients do in a

hospital setting, so it all kind of goes hand in hand,” he said.

Lequawn will work even longer hours when he returns this

fall to play his fi nal season for the Wolves. Though he already has

graduated, he will take more courses so he can make the most of

the privilege offered to him by athletic eligibility. During his fi nal

semester at Newberry, he plans to work nights as a nurse while

juggling football and academics. Nurses at LMC marvel at his ability

to do so many things at once. For Lequawn, it all fi ts together,

though. Football helped him become a more observant nurse

because of skills he honed as a left tackle breaking down game fi lm.

“With nursing, you are taught to look at the whole picture. You have

to go beyond what you see, and we do that in the fi lm room, too.”

For James Bostick, the football carryover to nursing is

confi dence. “As a defensive back, if you get beat on a deep ball,

you have to move to the next play. We ‘move on to the next play’ in

nursing, too. You have to be confi dent (as you advocate for your

patient). You can’t appear unsteady or uncertain.” James aspires to

work in the critical care fi eld and believes that playing cornerback

helped prepare him for the rigors of an ED. Additionally, both team

captains credited small group clinical work for expanding their

leadership abilities. They learned to lead a medical team and then

applied those lessons to leading 150 football players.

One way they led was by example. On days when they had

clinicals, both students were on their feet all day and sometimes

skipped lunch to arrive at practice on time. Once there, they gave

maximum effort on the fi eld followed by study sessions lasting well

after midnight. Both agree the sacrifi ces in social and free time

were worth it. “At the end of the day, my friends could not graduate

for me,” James said. “It was my choice to be a student fi rst and

an athlete second.” They hope more dedicated, energetic student-

athletes will follow their example and study nursing at Newberry

College. Regardless of their course of study, Lequawn encourages

students to embrace the College’s “Education for Life” concept

and make the most of their Newberry experiences. “I remind (my

teammates) that hardly any of us will get to go pro, so we need to

be proactive in our educations. If they put the same effort in the

classroom as they do here in football, they will guarantee success.”

Pictured is the 2012 Department of Nursing graduating class.

FACULTY KUDOS & ACCOLADES

• This spring, Professor

and Coordinator of the

Communications Program,

Dr. Jodie Peeler received the

South Carolina Independent

College and Universities

(SCICU) Excellence in

Teaching Award. The award

acknowledged the dedication

shown to her students as she

teaches journalism, media

history and communications

law courses. A faculty member

at the College since 2001,

Dr. Peeler also supervises

the student newspaper, The

Scarlet and Gray. She has

been instrumental in the town

and gown partnership the

College has with the Newberry

Observer, helping mentor

students as they write for the

local paper.

• New Bern ArtWorks &

Company fi ne art gallery in

downtown New Bern, NC, will

present an exhibit of new works

by Bruce Nellsmith, Professor

of Visual Art.

Academics

Farewell The following Professors and Staff members have retired from the College after the 2011-2012

academic year. The College thanks each of them for their years of service and commitment to

liberal arts higher education.

• Dr. Nathan Schroer, Associate Professor of Psychology, 1989

• Dr. Victor Terrana, Professor of Mathematics, 1995

• Mr. Larry Ellis, Director of Library Services, 1992

• Ms. Cleta Dunaway, Associate Director of Library and Technical Services, 1994

• Assistant Professor of

Communication, Al de Lachica

has chosen the epic fi lm series,

Star Wars, as ‘The Force’

communications students can

more fully comprehend and

analyze the progression of

media. The innovative course

explores the impact available

communication mediums

have on promoting the fi lm,

celebrating its themes and

characters, the development

and growth of fan clubs while

also infl uencing social norms,

political systems and even the

ethics of cloning.

• Dr. Gregory K. Cole,

Professor of Spanish, had his

third book of poetry published

in Fall 2011 by Ravenna Press

in Spokane, Washington.

Entitled Frases to Or, it is a

collection of poems in Spanish

and English.

• Assistant Professor of

Chemistry, Dr. Laura Lanni

published a paper entitled

“Enhanced Pore Stability

and Hydrolytic Stability of

Self Assembling Alkylated

2-Dimensional Covalent Organic

Frameworks” in the Journal of

the American Chemical Society.

• Dr. Betsy McDowell, Chair

of the Department of Nursing,

authored a chapter in a major

nursing textbook focusing

on pediatric nursing and the

use of the “Newman Systems

Model.” She also spoke

at national conferences in

subjects like children and post-

traumatic stress disorder.

• Dr. Wayne Kannaday ('75),

Professor of Religion, was a

featured speaker at the South

Carolina ELCA Synod Assembly

this month leading a series of

devotional sessions on Ezra/

Nehemiah and Jonah in a

pastoral exploration of the ten-

sions inherent in preserving the

purity of God’s community of

believers while openly receiving

all of God’s children.

• English Professor and

Director of the Communication

Across the Curriculum Program

(CACP) John Carenen is

having his fi rst commercially

published novel, Signs

of Struggle, published by

Neverland Publishing in Fall

2012. The novel is about a

man who loses his family in

an automobile accident and

then struggles with drinking, a

tendency toward violence, and

with his faith.

• The graduating class of

2012 voted to honor Dr. Lisa

Waller, Assistant Professor

of Education, with the

L.Cooper Grady Award as

an outstanding professor. In

addition, Dr. Peggy Barnes-

Winder, Professor of Physical

Education, was honored with

the Student Government

Association (SGA) Professor of

the Year Award.

• Assistant Professor of

Business and Entrepreneurship

Paul Smith’s article on

entrepreneurship was recently

published in the book, Teachers

Reaching Out.

• Dr. Karl Rohr’s article,

“On the Bridge Near Harpers

Ferry at Midnight: The

Journal of the Rev. Josiah P.

Smeltzer ” was published by

the South Carolina Historical

Association in its 2012 journal,

The Proceedings. According

to Dr. Rohr, his is the fi rst

published, scholarly work

to examine the journal of

Smeltzer, who was president

of Newberry College from

the Civil War through

Reconstruction. Dr. Rohr

also presented the article at

the South Carolina Historical

Association’s Annual Meeting

and Conference at the College

of Charleston in March 2011.

• Assistant Professor of

Sociology Dr. Carol Black

served as a panelist and

presented a paper at the

Southern Sociological Society’s

annual meeting in New Orleans.

The session was co-sponsored

by Sociologists for Women in

Society. The discussion among

graduate students and faculty

was on changing career paths.

Dr. Black also participated in the

Fourth Annual Peace Studies

Conference held at Lander

University.

• Assistant Professor

of Education, Dr. Carla

Cruickshanks, has recently

developed a unique strategy

to enhance the teaching of

confi dence skills to physical

education majors while also

providing a social engagement

and service learning

opportunity for students as

they discover and meet a

community need. The strategy

connects College physical

education majors using

acquired Motor Development

and Movement Education

skills with home-schooled

students from Newberry and

surrounding counties. Starting

in the spring of 2011 with 12

home-schooled students, ages

4 to 15, within three semesters

Dr. Cruickshanks’ students

provided organized oversight

instruction for 50 home-

schooled students.

• Professor Dr. Charles Horn

published articles entitled

“75 years of botany – The

Southern Appalachian

Botanical Society” in

Southeastern Biology;

“Pontederiaceae” in The Jepson

Manual, Vascular Plants of

California; and “ Heterophylly

of Didiplis diandra (Nutt. Ex A.

DC.) Wood (Lythraceae). He

also published a key to some

rooted, shallow water and

shoreline herbs of the mid-

Atlantic piedmont in Castanea.

Additionally, Dr. Horn received

the Southern Appalachian

Botanical Society’s Elizabeth

Ann Bartholomew Award (April

2011) for his outstanding

service to the botanical

community.

• Assistant Professor

of English, Dr. Marilyn

Seymour, served on a panel

and presented a paper entitled

“The Power of the Story:

Gayl Jones’s Corregidora” at

the 36th annual Philological

Association of the Carolinas

(PAC) conference in March of

2012.

• Professor of Theatre &

Speech, Patrick Gagliano,

completed some acting work

with South Carolina Educa-

tional Television, performing

in several historical dramas

based on the works of Idella

Bodie. “The Dicey Langston

Story” was shot on location at

Lexington County Museum and

Prof. Gagliano portrayed the

father of protagonist, Solomon

Langston. An earlier produc-

tion, “The Dorcas Richardson

Story”, shot in Camden, SC,

and featured Prof. Gagliano as

Jack Simpson, patriot, body-

guard, and confi dant to Richard

Richardson, one of Francis

Marion’s men.

Accounting major In order to elevate the College to become an institution of regional and national distinction, new

majors, minors, and programs have been launched in the areas of business, education, and athletics.

The undergraduate major in accounting is being re-established for the Fall 2012 semester, and the

Offi ce of Admissions has begun to actively promote the program among its candidates. The accounting

curriculum was redesigned by the business faculty to align directly with recently revised South Carolina

standards for eligibility for the Certifi ed Public Accountant Exam. An advisory committee of four CPAs

and other community business professionals provided counsel on the curriculum.

Athletic Training minor In another academic initiative, the Department of Athletics and the Department of Teacher

Education and Sport Professions collaborated to introduce a new minor in athletic training. The

athletic training minor includes coursework and 100 hours of fi eld experience each semester under the

supervision of a head athletic trainer from the Moore Orthopedic Clinic. The minor prepares students

for graduate school and is available to all students, regardless of their major.

Student-Manager program Another way that students can prepare for their futures is through our new Student-Manager

Program, which links experiential learning to career objectives in athletics. The four-year program

allows students to gain experience in a coaching tract, an administrative sports management tract,

or both tracts, by completing 800 hours of service work under the direct supervision of coaches or

administrators. Though student managers do not receive academic credit, they benefi t from career

exploration and leadership development within a structured and progressive learning environment.

Faculty and coaches serve as mentors and help to identify and develop students’ leadership styles by

placing an emphasis on successful confl ict resolution, collaborative leadership skills development, and

communications skills. The student managers provide logistical support with practices, competitions,

and team travel.

Academics

NEW PROGRAMS& MAJORS

College establishes Accounting major, Athletic Training minor,

and Student-Manager program.

College establishes Summer Mentoring and Research Training Program

In 2011, the College launched a summer pilot program to

promote student research across all disciplines. Established by

Chemistry Professor Dr. Evelyn Swain, the Summer Mentoring

and Research Training (SMART ) Program enables collaborative

student-faculty research that extends beyond the classroom.

Students select a faculty sponsor, design a research proposal

and then apply for SMART. The SMART Review Board, consisting

of a representative from each department and one from the

administration, selects the participants for the ten-week program.

Weekly meetings between program faculty sponsors and

student researchers ultimately produce fi ndings presented on

campus at Research Day during Homecoming Week, as well as

during an end-of-summer seminar or a SMART focus series event

during the academic year.

In 2011, two students conducted a wet-lab project utilizing

yeast as a model for understanding Type 2 Diabetes. A third

student partnered with the University of South Carolina’s computer

research cluster to perform computational chemistry research

on the same topic. In addition to promoting undergraduate

scholarship, SMART strengthens students’ applications to the

Council on Undergraduate Research’s Registry of Undergraduate

Researchers. This Registry helps to match students with graduate

schools seeking well-qualifi ed, experienced researchers in various

fi elds.

SMART applications for 2012 included two majors in biology,

three in chemistry, one in business and one in music education.

“Their research transcends any kind of learning they get in the

classroom. Undergraduate research gives students the opportunity

for hands-on learning as they begin to apply their craft,” Dr. Swain

said. “Other benefi ts include helping student retention.”

Through Research Day and the SMART program, the level of

scholarship at Newberry College continues to grow as we make

advances to our science and math facilities, providing experiential

learning that benefi ts the entire campus community.

Becoming more “Military Friendly”

for Veteran Support Services

The College is already a Service

Member Opportunity College and

a participant in the Yellow Ribbon

Program. Now Newberry is set to

offer a re-structured College 101

experience for veterans, a dedicated

study facility, and support services.

The program is being developed and implemented by Susan

Epting who recently completed her doctorate at the University of

Pennsylvania focusing on veteran’s readjustment issues.

Dr. Epting notes, “Newberry College enjoys a long tradition

of educating military personnel and it is a legacy we wish to

continue and embrace.” The College established a unit of the

Student Army Training Corps during WWI and during WWII,

Newberry hosted the V12 Program, one of only two in the

state, to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel. Over 800

men were assigned to the College’s V12 Program and as an

acknowledgement of the school’s outstanding contribution to the

US Navy, a ship was named after the College, the SS Newberry

Victory.

The Veterans Program and study area will be located in

the Darrow Naval Trainee House on College Street. The facility

was purchased by funds donated by Captain Donald Darrow, a

Newberry V12 veteran and his wife, Kitty. “The inside of the house

is rather stately and features military memorabilia related to the

College,” explains Dr. Epting; however, she continues, “there is

need for immediate exterior renovation to refl ect the priority and

respect the College has placed upon educating those who serve

our country.” One of Dr. Epting’s goals is to raise funds to make

the outside of the Darrow House as welcoming as the inside.

The new Veterans

Program at Newberry

College redefi nes

“military friendly”

higher education.

The Veterans Program and study area will be located in the Darrow

Naval Trainee House on College Street. The program is being

developed and implemented by Dr. Susan Epting.

Admissions

ENGAGINGSTUDENTS

College hosts Creative Arts Scholarship Day

A new recruitment initiative occurred on campus this spring that used an experiential learning

opportunity to attract talented students in the creative arts. During the College’s fi rst Creative Arts

Scholarship Day, high school students presented portfolios of creative works or performed theatre

auditions that put them in competition for special scholarship awards. Fifty people, including students

and their family members, attended the event, which was a collaborative effort between staff in the

Offi ce of Admissions and the faculty in theatre, communications, music, visual arts and creative

writing. These faculty members provided the Offi ce of Admissions with a list of specifi c schools

to target because of the schools’ reputations throughout South Carolina for arts programming.

Admissions Counselor Chris Bouknight (’04) said the Offi ce of Admissions expanded its recruiting

efforts by having her attend performing and visual arts fairs and art-related conferences. She also

visited arts classrooms to connect with teachers and students.

Professor Patrick Gagliano, chair of the Department of Arts and Communication, noted that many

of the prospective students were talented in their respective arts and were top-achieving students

who would enhance the College’s overall learning environment. Chris continues to actively recruit that

caliber of student, telling young people that Newberry can be their stage and sharing how she uses

her Newberry theatre and speech communications degree every day while she works as an admissions

counselor. The College commends her, its faculty, staff, and the Offi ce of Admissions for their efforts to

advance the arts and strengthen Newberry’s proud tradition of liberal arts education.

Creative Arts Scholarship Day should be a big help in

recruiting not only talented theatre students but also students

interested in the other creative arts areas on campus. We

expect that many of the prospective students who attended will

become Newberry College students in Fall 2012.

“

”– Patrick Gagliano

Which way did they go? Catching up with the Offi ce of Admissions

This year the Offi ce of Admissions engaged in a national recruiting

campaign by visiting nearly 500 high schools, community colleges,

college fairs and specialized recruitment events throughout the country,

an increase from about 100 such visits in 2011. Admissions counselors

posted an interactive Google map on the College’s website so people

could follow them on the recruiting trail. They also launched a Social

Networking Initiative including an admissions electronic newsletter,

Zinch (a social media outlet similar to Facebook allowing students to ask

online questions of our admissions counselors) and a group Facebook

site where newly admitted students can learn about one another. These

efforts, along with more extensive direct mail and email communications,

are all part of a three-year strategy entitled “Bring the World to

Newberry” that is intended to expand the College’s regional and national

visibility.

More service and faith-based scholarships are now available

Making Lutheran-affi liated higher education affordable for all

students and their families is important for Newberry College. With

this objective in mind, the Offi ces of Admissions and Financial Aid have

collaborated to make more scholarship opportunities available, including

some only for Lutherans.

Merit-based scholarships have been

expanded for incoming and transfer

students in three critical areas to

match the College’s newly adopted

strategic plan.

• Supporting an undergraduate education emphasizing character,

leadership development, and civic responsibility

• Reaffi rming the College’s commitment to its Lutheran values and the

Lutheran intellectual tradition

• Building academic and student life program capacities through

targeted recruitment efforts to enhance the College’s reputation and to

expand national recruitment.

Service Scholarships New scholarships are now available for students who are active in

community service. A committee evaluates students’ community service

resumes and awards ten scholarships to recipients who will provide

leadership for the College’s community service organizations. Another

service-related scholarship now available is the Newberry Community

Leadership Scholarship that is funded entirely by the City of Newberry.

The scholarship is for a city resident who has an outstanding service

and leadership background.

Faith-Based Scholarships To affi rm the College’s connection to its Lutheran heritage and

values, the Muller Endowment assists Lutheran undergraduates

interested in pursuing training as ordained ministers, youth ministers,

or ministers of music. Sponsorship for Lutheran students also has been

expanded through the Lutheran Family Member Award scholarships for

the sons and daughters of active ELCA Lutheran ministers or rostered

ELCA congregation leaders. Interim Dean of Enrollment Management,

Shelia Wendeln, and her department are working closely with local

congregations to reaffi rm their connectedness to Newberry College and

to the Lutheran intellectual tradition and sponsorship. She also has held

a series of meetings with Lutheran networks in the region.

Communications Scholarship In addition to service and faith-based scholarships, the re-

instituted Clemmy Scholarship, named for former Communications

Professor Dr. Clem Chow, is now available. To compete for the Clemmy

scholarships, prospective communications students present an original

piece of electronic media. Submissions are judged for editing, camera

work, audio, story line, and overall creativity. The scholarships are

awarded to incoming communications majors.

Strategic Plan Creates

Exciting New Financial

Aid Policy

Teacher education at Newberry College is poised to increase in stature and ability

in the coming years thanks to our Speers Street School renovation project. The

College purchased the old Speers Street Elementary School property from the

School District of Newberry County and plans to convert the building to house the

Department of Teacher Education and Sport Professions (TESP). The building also

will contain an innovative Institute for Teacher Leadership and will incorporate our

fi rst graduate courses, which will be offered for practicing teachers.

TRANSFORMINGEDUCATION

Revitalization

Dr. Cindy N. Johnson

Expansion is needed for a Teacher Education and Sport

Professions department that in the past six years has increased

from 60 students to over 325 students and has added three new

majors (Early Childhood Education, Middle Level Education and

Secondary Education for Chemistry majors) leading to teacher

certifi cation. The expansion project occurs in three phases. Phase

one involves moving the TESP into the building and constructing a

200-seat conference area that could be shared with other groups

of educators. Phase two involves moving the Physical Education

majors into the facility and establishing the Institute for Teacher

Leadership. The fi nal phase of the project constructs a lab school

on the Speers Street property. The lab school will be a public school

for children ages kindergarten through fourth grade and it will offer

year-round instruction in arts and technology. The goal is to move

the TESP into the Speers Street facility by summer of 2013.

Renovated classrooms in the new facility will be modeled after

the learn lab in the McClurg Center for Teaching and Learning. All

classrooms will be designed to create learning environments that

foster “constantly engaged learning.” These learning environments

will be technology-oriented and will include projectors that are

triangulated to multiple screens, a smart board, rotating chairs,

huddle boards, and a copy cam that can take a photo of notes

on the board and email those notes to everyone in the class.

Other building expansion objectives include old classrooms being

converted to offi ce space, former administrative space changing

into a reception area, and remodeling the media center into a

larger 30-40 student classroom. Classrooms will include breakout

areas, and the old cafeteria kitchen will be remodeled as a catering

kitchen. A library will also be constructed on the site.

According to architect Darryn Bouknight, “There is no wasted

space. It’s as if the building were ready-made for this project.”

Jumper Carter Sease and Newberry College Trustee Joel M. Carter

have generously donated Darryn’s time to the project.

Darryn fi rst learned of the proposal from his wife, Newberry

Assistant Professor of Education Jen Morrison. He became excited

by the idea that the school he attended for grades 1-3 might be used

again for teaching. “This is a unique opportunity to go back to my

childhood school and have an impact on the community,” Bouknight

said.

A former chair of our TESP will lead the efforts to fund the

renovations and develop this opportunity. As the Assistant Dean

for Transformative Initiatives, Dr. Cindy Johnson will apply her

experience as principal investigator for three grants totaling $1.8

million. She also will utilize her background in mentoring, teacher

education, and school leadership as she works closely with Interim

Dean Timothy Elston and the Offi ce of Institutional Advancement

to raise funds for the Speers Street project and for other academic

programs. Dr. Johnson will lead the development of new teacher

education initiatives, including Newberry College’s fi rst graduate

degree program and the Institute for Teacher Leadership.

Additionally, she will work to strengthen the College’s relationship

with the School District of Newberry County.

Under Dr. Johnson’s leadership, the TESP established

programs in Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood

fastFORWARD, Middle Level Education, and Chemistry Secondary

Education. The department also started the Newberry College

RETAIN Center of Excellence through the South Carolina

Commission on Higher Education. Professor Jen Morrison will

work to maintain the forward momentum in the TESP by serving as

its department chair. Professor Morrison will handle the day-to-

day operations of the department, which includes both teacher

education and physical education majors.

Dr. Johnson said that future graduate level degrees might

include a Master’s degree in Teacher Leadership for practicing

teachers and a Master’s degree in Sports Administration for those

who work in physical education. No matter what the specifi c

programming turns out to be, her goal is for our TESP to become

the best teacher education program among South Carolina

private colleges and universities. “Having me work in a position

that focuses on a series of projects that can change the face of

Newberry College is evidence of the transformative thinking that

is taking place on our campus,” Dr. Johnson said. “It is my belief

that the TESP will serve as a prototype for other departments on

campus who are interested in expanding into graduate studies.

In addition, it is my hope that this change will make a strong

statement to the campus community and the broader community

that progress continues at Newberry College.”

College transforms education through Speers Street School project

Original Speers Street School

Revitalization

PHILANTHROPICOPPORTUNITIES

Strategic initiatives for alumni and other constituents to annually support and establish a great personal or family legacy

Every outstanding college’s ongoing strategic plans list needs that provide excellent

opportunities for alumni and other constituents to annually support and to establish a great personal

or family legacy. Akin to the important message Moses spoke to some desert wanderers’ 40-year

hopes and dreams, the pursuit of a college-degree-needed-vocation is a transformative four-year

journey that takes undergraduates into a strange land where so much good already exists. Facilities

in which to study, eat, sleep and compete athletically, the all-important investment structure with

restricted portions exclusively for scholarships, faculty compensation or facility maintenance, the

ongoing constantly evolving student services amenities to stay current with technology and the

best-practiced expectations and accreditation demands, are just some of the “good things” that

undergraduates thankfully do not have to “build, dig and plant” for themselves.

Newberry College has many well-known and less-known campus needs to provide students

the opportunities and experiences necessary to graduate with great institutional respect and to vie

successfully for jobs in a competitive market place. In future publications, you will be able to read in

more detail vital initiatives the development offi ce has been charged with by the Board of Trustees to

make widely-known and to recruit the fi nancial commitments necessary to accomplish.

These strategic initiatives are:

• The Speers Street Transformation Teacher Institute Project

• The Student-Athletic Success Campaign

• The Wiles Chapel Pipe Organ Renovation to Sustain Sacred Music Major

• The Science and Math Building / Department of Chemistry Renovation

• The Department of Nursing New Facility

Each of the above strategic initiatives has various levels of needed giving and naming

opportunities. For further details as well as discovering the variety of ways to contribute or to

investigate other areas of personally targeted giving that pushes Newberry College forward, call the

development offi ce. We would be honored to help you build, dig, and plant good things to fl ourish in

the sacred soil called Newberry College. Please call the Offi ce of Institutional Advancement at

(803) 321-5676 for information about philanthropic opportunities with the College.

“a land with large, fl ourishing cities you did not build, houses fi lled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant…” Deut. 6:11

Some already completed

and many needed project

renovations are more than

hopes and dreams. They are

mandates by accreditation

agencies to preserve

Newberry’s great reputation

and to ensure Newberry’s

success.

Communications Program celebrates new control room and renovation plans

New energy and enthusiasm are fl owing through the

Communications Program following the March open house that

kicked off efforts to renovate the Langford Communications Center.

The event highlighted the new television control room installed in

Fall 2011. The new digital control room allows students to train on

industry-standard equipment similar to what they will use in the

working world. The control room is the fi rst of several stages of

improvements proposed for the Langford Center. Renovations in the

works include converting space on the fi rst fl oor and second fl oor

into seminar rooms. Plans also include creating a computer lab for

communications projects, creating an audio production lab, making

needed repairs to the building, and refreshing the interior with new

paint and furnishings.

The Communications Program is working to build

relationships and alliances with television stations in the

Greenville/Spartanburg and Columbia markets. Dr. Peeler says such

relationships give students additional opportunities for experiential

learning to supplement the hands-on learning students receive on

campus as they work on editing, producing, writing, and running

equipment. That combination of skills makes our Communications

graduates attractive prospects for future employers.

Another feature of the renovated Langford Center will

be a Wall of Fame highlighting distinguished alumni of the

Communications Program such as television producer John

Howard (‘97), who works with television sports coverage and

was involved in the production of the 2012 Super Bowl and Polly

Kotowski (‘03), a producer for the “Dr. Phil” program.

With support from alumni and donors, Dr. Peeler believes the

Communications Program can help elevate the College to become

an institution of regional and national distinction. Her goal is to

complete the Langford Center renovations by 2015, the building’s

25th anniversary.

Smith Road Athletic Facility enters fi nal stage

of expansion

In February, a ceremonial groundbreaking took place to mark

the fi nal construction phase of the Smith Road Athletic Facility.

The phase involves construction of a new fi eld for the women’s

softball team and a fi eld for our men’s and women’s soccer teams.

Coaches and student-athletes are excited about ways the

facility will elevate the level of Newberry athletics to that of a

premier program in the South Atlantic Conference. The new fi eld,

for instance, will allow the soccer teams to hold more spring

practices since they will not be sharing the fi eld with softball.

“Having our own identity and facility is amazing. This is my fi fth

season and I have been looking forward to this since I have been

here,” said Karrie Miller, Women’s Soccer Coach.

Thanks to the dedication of Mike Hold, Jerry Chitty, Jumper

Carter Sease, and various donors, $385,000 has been raised for

the $410,000 project. The College looks forward to alumni visiting

this facility when it opens in 2013.

It has long been a dream of the

College to have separate facilities for

each sport. The baseball fi eld was state-

of-the-art and this new fi eld will be

state-of-the-art—a fi rst class facility for

a fi rst class College.

“

”– Mr. Billy Walker

Newberry College

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Student Life STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM

Two Newberry College students’ study of Shakespeare and of religion and philosophy led them on

an adventure far from Wessels Library and the College’s hallowed halls. In fact, their scholarship took

them all the way to the halls of Oxford University. In 2011, Karen Johnson (photo bottom left) and Emily

Pressley (photo top left) were two of just 26 students from across North America who were accepted

into the six-week study abroad summer program.

Nursing major Karen Johnson (‘13) used her trip to Oxford to explore her interests in religion and

philosophy. She fi rst had those interests piqued as she completed her core requirements, and the tug

was so strong that she decided to apply to study religion and philosophy in Oxford. “The studies did

not directly relate to medicine,” she said, “but I plan to go into palliative care, so added knowledge of

philosophy and religion will be a tremendous resource.” Karen enjoyed her stay in England and said her

writing skills improved during her study, as did her life perspective. “People in England walk everywhere

and that encouraged me to remain health conscious and physically active when I returned to Newberry,”

she said.

During her time in England, English major Emily Pressley (‘12) focused on the Oxford Fantasists

and Shakespeare. She frequently studied in the Bodleian Library, an experience that was career-

shaping. “Having the opportunity to use the resources of that world-famous library and to see the

manuscripts that they own, made me develop an interest in archival sciences and the conservation of

rare books and manuscripts,” she said. That experience led her to consider attending graduate school in

England.

Karen Johnson and

Emily Pressley both have

encouraged other Newberry

students to dream big

and pursue study abroad

opportunities that enable

participation in a global

community. “I am excited that

Newberry College is advancing

in its global educational

opportunities for students,”

Emily said. “I am thankful that

this program was implemented

before I graduated because

this is one of those once-in-a-

lifetime opportunities.”

Newberry College students study at Oxford

Physical Education Program hosts Heart Chase Event

The Physical Education

Program conducted its fi rst

annual Heart Chase Event

in April 2012. The event was

similar to “The Amazing Race”

with its mental and physical

challenges that related to

healthy living. The Heart

Chase Event was designed

and implemented by our PHE

211 community and church

recreation students, providing

them hands-on, experiential

learning opportunities in

areas of event planning

and community outreach

programming.

Students benefi t from career development programming

In the fall of 2011, Associate Dean for Educational Services, Jane Willis made advances in the

College’s career development initiatives. “Our programming ensures students gain the life skills

and job search skills to manage their careers throughout their lifetimes,” Dean Willis said. It covers

interview preparation, résumé development, business dining etiquette, dress for success and job

search techniques. Another benefi cial resource is WolfTrack (found at www.newberry.edu/career

services), an online career platform that allows employers to post positions directly to Newberry

College students, search students’ résumés, and arrange on-campus recruiting visits. Students also

can search for positions posted on the NaceLink (National Association of Colleges and Employers)

Network.

The career development initiatives have had steady student participation this year and those

efforts are paying off. When senior Ben Inabinet applied his new career development training and life

skills, he received job offers from Fastenal, AmeriTrust, UPS, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car. He credits

those successes to his improved resume and to Dean Willis and her staff connecting him with human

resources professionals for interviewing tips. “The Center for Student Success (the umbrella division

under which career development falls) has been the most valuable asset that I could have had while at

Newberry,” Ben said. “Dean Willis and her team have helped me choose my career path. They have put

me at a competitive advantage versus other graduating seniors.”

Senior Maria Besio is using career development resources to search for jobs in her home

country, Argentina, as well as in the United States. Career Advancement Specialist Mariah Gaughan

literally went the extra mile to assist Maria. Maria did not have a car, so Mariah drove the young lady

to a job interview. “[The career development staff] opened my eyes into a new world and introduced

me to different types of jobs and networking… experiences that I know I would never have gotten back

home,” she said.

For junior Brian Beard the career development programming is assisting with his transition

from active duty Marine into a civilian in the workforce. After participating in a mock interview with

Enterprise Rent-A-Car that was arranged by Dean Willis and her staff, Brian gained the confi dence

and skills he needed to enable him to land a coveted summer internship with the Boeing Corporation

in Charleston. “Dean Willis and her staff show initiative,” he said, “and you can tell that they really do

care about the success of Newberry College students.”

Look for the Heart Chase

Event to occur again in the

spring of 2013.

For more information about

the event, please contact:

Ms. Gretchen Haskett at

Gretchen.haskett@

newberry.edu

Dr. Carla Cruickshanks at

Carla.cruickshanks@

newberry.edu.

Student Life

STUDENT KUDOS & ACCOLADES

• Senior business major,

Kelton Hall, was selected

to participate in the highly-

competitive KAPPA ALPHA PSI

Fraternity 2012 Undergraduate

Leadership Institute – Epsilon

Class in June 2012. He was

one of a handful of candidates

chosen for the national

conference.

• History major, Kristen

Smith, applied her work as a

student of Colonial America

and her past work as a

Revolutionary War re-enactor

to land a job as an interpretive

ranger for the National Park

Service. This summer job at

Guilford Courthouse National

Military Park in North Carolina

is a paid, seasonal interpretive

job. Associate Professor of

History Dr. Karl Rohr said the

National Park Service told

him the job likely will lead

to permanent employment

for Kristen. Her landing this

competitive position is a

signifi cant step forward for the

College’s History Program.

• Junior business

administration major, Mario

Rojas, had his paper “The

Evolution of Affi rmative

Action” published in the 2012

Undergraduate Research

Journal for the Human

Sciences.

• Freshman chemistry major,

Justin Golay, was awarded

the 2012 CRC Press Chemistry

Achievement Award for

demonstration of outstanding

achievement in chemistry

based on his performance in

the classroom, leadership on

campus and service to the

community.

• The new 2012 Miss

Newberry College is Jessica

Beam. She graduated in

May 2012, with a major in

Elementary Education.

• Sophomore chemistry

major with biochemistry

concentration and biology

double major, Chas Goodwin,

was awarded the 2012 POLYED

Undergraduate Award for

Achievement in Organic

Chemistry for his excellence in

organic chemistry.

• The Western Carolinas

section of the American

Chemical Society recognized

senior, Brandon Davis, a

chemistry major with a forensic

science concentration, with the

Newberry College 2011-2012

Outstanding Senior Award.

Seven Newberry College

students presented their

undergraduate research at a

poster session prior to Davis’

awards ceremony that was held

at Furman University.

• Junior, Dustin

Goodlett, a chemistry

major with a biochemistry

concentration received the

2012 American Chemical

Society Undergraduate

Chemistry Research Award

that recognizes excellence

in undergraduate chemistry

research.

• Jordan White, chemistry

major with biochemistry

and secondary education

concentrations, was accepted

into a 10-week research

experience for undergraduates

(REU) at the University of

South Carolina. In addition,

chemistry major Kaleigh

Magita was also accepted into

a 10-week research experience

for undergraduates (REU) in

St. Louis, Missouri.

• The Newberry chapter of

the American Chemical

Society was recognized as

commendable in the top 25%

of chapters in the nation for

2010-2011.

• The Michael W. Terrana

Competitive Logic and

Mathematics Exam tests

students’ mathematics and

logical reasoning skills. Named

for Professor Vic Terrana’s

late father, the award is

endowed thanks to family

members and friends in the

Newberry community. The

2012 fi rst place winner was

junior, Josh Stevenson, while

second place went to freshman,

Nathan Collier.

• Christine McLaughlin,

a biology major, was accepted

into a fi ve week summer

internship program for

orthopaedic research at the VA

Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

• Students received the

following awards at the South

Carolina Speech and Theatre

Association State College

Festival Competition: Audition

Monologues, second place,

Amanda Williams; Prose

Interpretation, fi rst place,

Stephanie Strickland, and

third place, Brittany Kaminer;

Theatrical Design, second

place, Raymond Schwindler;

Informative Speaking, second

place, John Fowler, and third

place, Stephanie Strickland.

Stephanie Strickland also won

the Triathlon Award for the

highest score that combined

at least one theatre, one

performance studies and one

public speaking event. The

Triathlon Award is the highest

individual award of the South

Carolina Speech and Theatre

Association.

• Lauren Veres, a junior

graphic design major, was

awarded the prestigious Erma

Metz Brown Scholarship

from Kappa Delta Sorority

Foundation. Lauren was one of

39 girls chosen, from a large

national pool of applicants, to

receive a scholarship from the

foundation.

• Bryan Riddick, a Physical

Education/Leisure Services

major, is serving as an

summer intern for Stokes-

Trainor Chevrolette Buick

GMC Cadillac dealership in

Newberry, S.C.

• Joshua Seawright was

recognized as Outstanding

Soloist for his performance

with the College Street Jazz

Connection, at the Crescent

City Jazz Festival, held in New

Orleans, Louisiana. • Our mathematics students

formed the Society for

Undergraduate Mathematicians

(SUM).

• Rebecca Wicker, religion

major, has been approved by

Lutheran World Missions for

a year-long mission effort in

Malaysia starting in August,

2012.

• Anthony Carosiello

and Josh Stevenson are

serving summer internships at

Wightman Methodist Church in

Prosperity.

• The Jimmie F. Coggins

Sr. Memorial Scholarship

Award is awarded by the

Communications faculty to the

next student manager of the

campus radio station WNIR-

LP-FM. This year’s recipient

is communications major

Andrew Wigger.

• The Bachman Honor

Society was founded on March

15, 1962 by a group of faculty

who were members of Phi Beta

Kappa and others who were

deeply committed to fostering

high standards of scholarship.

The society is named for the

Reverend John Bachman,

churchman and scholar and

the main guiding force in the

founding of Newberry College.

Each year the Society inducts

new members from the top ten

percent of the Senior Class.

This year fourteen seniors

have been named Bachman

Honor Scholars. Along with

their membership certifi cate,

inductees into the Society

will receive Scarlet and Gray

honor cords to be worn at

commencement, designating

them as Bachman Honor

Scholars. The recipients are:

Maria Luz Besio

Zachary Aaron Bond

Kathryn Marie Cloninger

Robert L. Ellis

Jennifer Ann Getsinger

Matthew Francis Killen

Christine A. McLaughlin

Katherine Deann McManus

Jennifer Gantt Richardson

Rebecca Grace Wicker

• The Joe McDonald

Community Service

Scholarship is awarded

annualy to a student who has

demonstrated a dedication

to public service through

involvement in the community.

This year the award goes to

Theresa Bishop who has

been active in the campus-

community garden and

participated in the spring break

service-learning trip to DC.

• At the season’s fi nal jazz

concert, Patrick Magwood

was awarded the Charles

“Chief” Pruitt Most Valuable

Player Award.

GRADUATION AT NEWBERRYNewberry College Commencements On Cinco de Mayo, 152 students had extra reason to celebrate

this year because they became young alumni of Newberry College.

Reverend Dr. Herman R. Yoos, III, Bishop of the South Carolina

Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), was

the commencement speaker. The setting was familiar for Bishop

Yoos, who was named Bishop of the South Carolina Synod, in

a 2008 installation ceremony held in Wiles Chapel. The Bishop

challenged graduates to go forth with God discerned and Newberry

College developed skills to lead lives of signifi cance, of sacrifi cial

service to others and to seek to build bridges of peace and

reconciliation in our world wherever they go.

Earlier in the week, the graduating students and their

immediate family members were honored in a Senior Ceremony

at the Dufford Alumni House. The Newberry College Jazz Big

Band performed its Graduation Concert on May 4 recognizing and

celebrating all senior members of the ensemble. Held in the newly

renovated West Recital Hall, the packed performance featured a

new composition by senior Music major, Joseph Schroer, for band

vocalist, Kasey Stuart.

Following the May 5 hooding ceremony, graduates proudly

carried degrees in hand to join their guests, along with faculty,

staff, and Board of Trustees who were gathered under the Yost

Portico of Holland Hall. The President’s reception provided plenty

of fi ne food, lots of congratulatory hugs, and photo moments

for families and friends.

As part of the Newberry College December 2011 Graduation ceremony,

Newberry College conferred the title of Professor Emeritus of Business

Administration and Economics on Dr. Norman E. Masters, jr. Dr. Masters’

Conferral Ceremony was dedicated to the loving memory of Dr. Masters’

parents, Norman Ernest Masters, Sr. and Elsie Lorraine French Masters.

Dr. Norman E. Masters, jr. joined the Newberry College Faculty in 1977

as an Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Economics, after

beginning his academic career at Louisburg College in Louisburg, North

Carolina, in 1973. While at Newberry, Dr. Masters rose steadily through the

academic ranks, retiring as Full Professor in 2009. He served as Chairman

of the Business Administration Department from 2000-2006. He holds the

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from East Carolina University

(1970), the Master of Commerce in Economics and Finance from the University

of Richmond (1973), and the Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration in

Higher Education Law from the University of South Carolina (1993). He earned

the Certifi ed Financial Planner designation from the College for Financial

Planning in Denver, Colorado (1987).

Dr. Masters devoted himself to teaching and student life at Newberry

College for 32 years. He was twice chosen as Professor-of-the-Year, 1981

and 1987, and as Greek Advisor-of-the-Year, 1997 and 1999, by the Newberry

College Student Government Association. He served as advisor of Theta

Chi Social Fraternity and Blue Key National Honorary Society for more than

25 years. The College nominated him to be a South Carolina Distinguished

Professor, which was awarded to him by the South Carolina Governor’s Offi ce

in 1992.

For his many contributions to the more than 10,000 students he was

privileged to teach, Newberry College recognized Dr. Norman E. Masters, jr. for

his loyal, devoted, and exemplary teaching and service to the College.

Dr. Masters holds the following degrees:

• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration,

East Carolina University (1970)

• Master of Commerce in Economics and Finance,

University of Richmond (1973)

• Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Higher Education Administration in Higher

Education Law, University of South Carolina (1993)

• Certifi ed Financial Planner (CFP) designation, College for

Financial Planning, Denver Colorado (1987)

Dr. Masters was awarded the following teaching honors:

• Professor of the Year (NCSGA), 1981 and 1987

• Greek Advisor of the Year (NCSGA), 1997 and 1999

• South Carolina Distinguished Professor (Governor's Offi ce), 1992

During the ceremony, Newberry College provided Dr. Masters a rocking chair

with the Newberry College emblem. Former Newberry College President Glenn.

E. Whitesides, current Board Members and former students of Dr. Masters,

Marshall Prince and Brent Weaver, participated in the presentation.

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While there has been a learning curve, the College took a calculated risk in competing during

the team’s fi rst year instead of easing into lacrosse initially as a club sport over a 2-3 year period. By

launching a Women’s Lacrosse Program in that manner, the College has positioned itself to benefi t from

the sport’s popularity in other regions of the country, such as the Northeast, and its growing popularity

in the South. Therefore, offering women’s lacrosse will elevate the College in both regional and national

distinction.

In keeping with those objectives, fi rst-year head coach Emily Bikowski has fi lled the roles of

coach, teacher, and cheerleader as she built the program. During a shortened recruiting season, Coach

Bikowski signed fi ve recruits and two transfers. She also held one-on-one interest meetings that led

several students who had never played competitive lacrosse to join the team.

Despite the coach’s most commendable efforts, the team faced unique growing pains. Four

Wolves' defenders saw their fi rst ever lacrosse action when they debuted at the Division II level. With

determination, the ladies worked together to overcome those obstacles and develop their strengths.

Defense was the Wolves' strength in their fi rst season because players were still learning the

fundamentals of the sport.

Coach Bikowski required every Wolves' player, including the goalie, to learn every position on every

play so they could potentially help a teammate. That work ethic carried over into the classroom where

women’s lacrosse posted the best fall GPA of all our athletic teams.

Our students and fans have embraced lacrosse. Students attended practice to learn the game and

enjoyed cheering the team at historic Setzler Field, especially when the women won the College’s fi rst

lacrosse game ever played there. The team’s greatest victory, however, may be the relationship that

has formed between Coach Bikowski and her players. “I have never been so humbled than I have been

this year by coming across these 20 girls, two-thirds of whom never played the sport before,” Coach

Bikowski said.

Athletics

LACROSSEFIRST SEASON

There are parallels from

basketball to lacrosse in

offensive and defensive

strategies. Offenses can

operate in a fast break, a slow

break with a specifi c cutting

pattern, or they can run set

plays. Games typically are

high scoring and fast-paced.

They are played on a fi eld

similar to a soccer fi eld, but

lacrosse’s offside penalties,

substitutions, and penalty

box resemble hockey. The

ball is on the ground a lot in

lacrosse, so being able to

bend down and sweep the ball

into one’s net while running is

crucial. Controlling the draw,

which is similar to a hockey

face-off, and scooping ground

balls generally determine the

winning team.

In the fall of 2011, 20 female student-athletes began Lacrosse 101 as our Women’s

Lacrosse team started preparing for its spring 2012 inaugural season.

They have displayed such work ethic, toughness and

perseverance that it is incredible. I have learned far more from

them to this point than they have learned from me.

“”– Coach Bikowski

Wrestling

• Wrestling fi nished 5th at National Tourna

four All-Americans. BJ Young was nationa

at 141 lbs.

•The Wolves won their fi fth straight Sup

Championship and were National Duals

Golf

• Women’s Golf was the South

Atlantic Conference champion and

advanced to the NCAA Super Regional

Tournament for the third straight year,

while Maria Luz Besio (women) and

Matthew Campbell (men) were the

SAC Golf Individual champions.

• Besio was named the SAC Golfer of

the Year and NGCA Divison II FIrst

Team All-American.

Baseball

Newberry played one of the toughest

schedules in the nation this season

fi nishing at 20-31, but one of the

highlights came on Senior Day, as

Caleb Brazell tied a school record and

set a new stadium record with three

homeruns as the Wolves defeated No.

1-ranked Mount Olive, 10-6.

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•

Athletics

Football

• Three former Newberry

football players on NFL

rosters in May 2012.

• Football had Apollo

Stretch named All-

American.

MEN’S SPORTS

Baseball

Basketball

Cross Country

Football

Golf

Soccer

Tennis

Wrestling

WOMEN’S SPORTS

Basketball

Cheerleading

Cross Country

Golf

Lacrosse

Soccer

Softball

Tennis

Volleyball

There was much for Wolves’ fans to howl

about in 2011-2012, including a winning

season across the men’s and women’s

programs.

• Eight players were named Capital

One/CoSIDA Academic All-District.

• Maria Luz Besio and Matthew Killen

were named Capital One First Team

Academic All-America.

• Seven total All-Region selections

across all sports.

• Eight fi rst team All-SAC and 15

second team All-SAC selections.

• Four Wolves were named to SAC

All-Freshman teams.

urnament with

tional runner-up

t Super Region I

Duals runner-up.

Basketball

• Dondray Walker

was the SAC Men’s

Basketball Freshman

of the Year and

Haylee Lepaio was

the SAC Women’s

Basketball Freshman

of the Year, marking

the fi rst time in

conference history

the Freshmen of the

Year were from the

same school.

Athletics

The club elects athletes and

coaches to the Newberry

College Athletic Hall of Fame.

In addition, current student-

athletes are recognized by

being given letters, senior

awards, and a Welcome

Back/Hall of Fame Banquet

that is co-sponsored by the

Letterman’s Club and the

Athletic Club.

Lettermen’s Club honors Newberry College athletes in Hall of Fame:

The College’s athletic success in recent years is something that engenders

alumni pride, and the Newberry College Lettermen’s Club fosters that pride as it

recognizes athletic achievements among our current and former lettermen.

As a result of the Lettermen’s

Club’s efforts to elevate the

level of Newberry Athletics,

over 125 people have been

inducted into the Newberry

College Athletic Hall of Fame

since 1976. Inductees in 2012

include:

• Katy Satcher Felts

(‘02, Basketball and Softball)

•Tommy Williamson

(‘73, Football)

•Dennis Swygert

(‘69, Football)

A complete list of inductees

can be found on the

Lettermen’s Club website:

http://newberryathleticsite.

com/lettermensclub/

Other club efforts to nurture relationships among our athletic constituents include:

• Welcome Back/Hall of Fame

Banquet scheduled for August

23 in Eleazer Arena

• The Hall of Fame Game that is

scheduled for September 1

Ticket information for both

events can be obtained from

Sharon Bryant at 803-321-5152

or sharon.bryant@newberry.

edu.

The Lettermen’s Club also

hosts:

• Annual reunion for former

lettermen each May. They

invite all former lettermen

to join them and uphold the

tradition of recognizing our

athletes.

Here are just a few ways in which alumni can get involved with the club:

• If you are a letterman who

is not currently receiving

communications from the

Lettermen’s Club, please

contact Club Secretary

Janet Parkman Jordan

(‘78) at 803.356.4523

or jordan3m@sc.rr.com

and ask to be added to the

mailing list.

• Nominate an outstanding

athlete for the Athletic Hall

of Fame. Nomination forms

can be obtained from Janet

or they can found on the

club’s website.

• Consider joining the

Lettermen’s Club. Club dues

are just $35 per year. An

application for membership

can be downloaded from

the club website or may be

obtained from Janet.

LETTERMEN’S CLUB

TEAM NEWBERRY is Doing Great Things!

Did you know that three former Newberry football players are now playing for NFL pro teams?

Helping Team Newberry to attract, to sign, and to retain the best student athletes in

all sports, some who may become professionals or even Hall of Famers, is very important.

To do this, it is vital for all College alumni and constituents to know and comply with the

NCAA rules governing recruiting.

Even if you are not a college employee, if you can answer YES! to any of the

following, to the NCAA you are a representative of Newberry College and are, therefore,

part of Team Newberry athletics:

• Attended Newberry College

• Participated in or have been a member of the Athletic Club

• Contributed to the athletics department or Athletic Club

• Assisted or have been requested by the athletics staff to assist in the recruitment of

prospective student-athletes

• Assisted in providing extra benefi ts to enrolled student-athletes or their families

• Have been otherwise involved in the Newberry College athletics program

According to the NCAA, once someone is identifi ed as a representative of an

institution’s athletics interest, that person remains a recognized booster forever. The

NCAA’s rules governing any representative of an institution, therefore, need to be

known and respected, especially regarding recruitment. These regulations prohibit

representatives from making in-person, on-or-off-campus recruiting contacts

(i.e. attending a contest and speaking with a prospect), any written (even posting a

message on a prospect’s Facebook or Twitter site) or telephonic communications with

a prospective student-athlete (any student that is 9-12 grade in high school, two-year

college transfer, or a four-year college transfer who has been released by his or her

institution) and the prospective student-athlete’s relatives or legal guardians. This

prohibition also includes contacting high school coaches and guidance counselors to

seek information on prospects. Only Newberry College coaches and athletic staff have

recruiting contact privileges with prospects or the prospect’s relatives or legal guardians.

What can other representatives of TEAM NEWBERRY do to help Newberry succeed

athletically? Much! Other representatives are permitted, even strongly encouraged, to

contact our coaches with information about prospects. The athletic staff needs extra

eyes and ears. Newberry representatives can help Compliance Services by reporting

rules violations to help protect a prospect or current student athlete’s eligibility as well

as the College’s good name and reputation. Penalties for breaking NCAA rules, whether

by accident or intentional, are severe. No matter how minor an infraction may seem,

a violation could jeopardize a young person's opportunity to compete for a Newberry

College program, get a great Newberry degree, or more!

Help Newberry College Athletics continue doing great things with student athletes

in classrooms and places of fi erce, hopefully feared, competition! Remember that

greatness must always include avoiding the pains of unwanted press, possible NCAA

sanctions, or having to disassociate someone from our program. Thank you for your

continued cooperation and support of Newberry College athletics.

For more information or questions, please contact Compliance Services at

matthew.fi nley@newberry.edu or at 803-947-2064.

Mike HoldExecutive Director

321-5247mike.hold@newberry.edu

Sharon BryantAssociate Executive Director

321-5152sharon.bryant@newberry.edu

Jerry ChittySpecial Assistant to Executive Director

321-2115jerry.chitty@newberry.edu

Please visit

www.newberryathleticsite.com/athleticclub

There you will learn about upcoming

events, news, becoming a member,

and about our athletic scholarships.

Or, contact our staff to answer

your questions.

Athletic ClubContact

Information

Newberry College blended some old traditions with new ones as it observed

Homecoming 2011. On Friday night, the new Scarlet and Gray Fest was held on

the lawn between East Hall and Eleazer Arena. Hosted by SGA, the event included

music, food, giveaways and the crowning of the 2011 Homecoming King. A “Party on

the Portico” for alumni and guests followed which featured great music, delicious

food, and a fabulous professional fi rework show over the campus. The crowning

twenty-minute spectacle high in the sky not only wowed the college crowd but

many throughout the town of Newberry.

Saturday activities began with the annual 5K run/walk sponsored by the

Newberry College Alumni Association. The 5K course was USA Track and Field

certifi ed and timing was provided by Strictly Running. Following the race, the

Alumni Association and Herff Jones co-sponsored their annual College Ring

Ceremony in Wiles Chapel for those ring-eligible students who ordered their

Newberry College ring. This event has not only become a meaningful prelude

for undergraduates working towards degree competition, but also for graduates,

years or even decades after graduating, who always wanted and fi nally ordered

their Newberry College ring.

After the College Chaplain blessed and the President distributed rings, the

Association held its annual business meeting in Wiles Chapel. Special reunion

classes were recognized, awards were presented, and College updates were

given by senior administration. Following the singing of the alma mater, hundreds

disbursed to Kaufmann Hall or to tailgating tents around the campus for picnic

lunches as they waited for the Homecoming Parade. From Lindsay Furniture on

College Street through the main entrance gate and around the fountain in front

of Setzler Field, the annual procession included fi rst, second and third place fl oat

winners Future Educators of America, Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, and Newberry

College Campus Ministry.

The high energy spectacle–featuring great sounds from the last Lutheran

College marching band in America, cheerleaders and beloved mascot, Scar–was

followed by a special reunion concert in Wiles Chapel for Newberry College

Singers. The vocal event began with an impressive performance of the current

Singers and Madrigals, followed by welcoming an additional 60+ years worth of

100+ college-loving-related voices to the stage. Their sound was spectacular.

Our Student Government Association helped by hosting a Homecoming

Carnival including a “Kidsville” area with infl atable games and train rides around

the quad. Activities concluded with the Homecoming Game between Newberry and

Tusculum. At halftime, the band presented a fantastic show and Essence Kinard

was crowned 2011 Homecoming Queen.

We hope that you will join us for Homecoming 2012, which will be held the

second weekend in October. The theme for this year’s Homecoming is “Bringing

Back the Memories.” Festivities will begin on October 12 for alumni and guests with

a dance in Kaufmann Hall and conclude on Saturday with the 4:00 p.m. football

game vs. Wingate. Look for more information on all events for Homecoming 2012 in

a registration fl yer that will be mailed later this summer.

HOMECOMING

Save The Date! HOMECOMINGOctober 13, 2012

Philip (Phil) M. Spotts (’56) was recognized for his service to the College.

As a 50+ year member of the Athletic Club, he has served three times on its Board of

Directors. He has been a member of the Lettermen’s Club since it was founded, serving

on its Board of Directors and currently serving as treasurer. He is a member of the

Newberry College Athletic Hall of Fame, and in 2001, he was Interim Athletic Director

for Newberry College. Mr. Spotts is a member of the President’s Club and currently

is on the President’s Club Board of Directors. He has also served on the “Star Team”

as a representative for the Class of 1956, and on a number of special committees

for Newberry College over the years. In 2007, he received a Sesquicentennial Medal

of Honor Award during the 150th anniversary of Newberry College. His community

honors include Distinguished Service Awards from the Saluda and Summerville

Junior Chambers of Commerce. A member of the Newberry Rotary Club, the Newberry

Historical and Museum Society (former president), he currently serves on the Opera

House Board of Directors.

After serving in the United States Marine Corps, Mr. Spotts began teaching and

coaching for Saluda, Chester and Summerville High Schools. Phil was director of adult

education at Summerville High, served as assistant principal and principal at Irmo

High School, and was on the Board of Trustees for Lexington/Richland School District

5. He also was director of secondary education for District 5 as well as headmaster

to Patrick Henry Academy in Hampton County and headmaster to Lowcountry Day

in Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. He and his wife, Mary Kathryn (Kathy) Whitaker

Spotts (’63), are members of Central United Methodist Church in Newberry.

Mary Kathryn (Kathy) Whitaker Spotts (’63) also pursued a career in

education, teaching for 25 years in Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, and Paris, France.

A current member of the Alumni Association Board of Managers (former president)

and past member of the Newberry College Board of Trustees, she served as a member

of the Steering Committee of the Sesquicentennial and Bachman Symposium and as

a “Star Team” member representing the Class of 1963. She currently serves on the

Executive Committee of the President’s Club. Additionally, she is a member of the

Heritage Club, the Athletic Club, and the Newberry College Women’s League. She

has been honored with a Class Ring Award from the Alumni Association, and, like her

husband Phil, Kathy is a recipient of the Sesquicentennial Medal of Honor.

At Homecoming 2011, the Alumni Association awarded the outstanding alumni and

non-alumni award, to those who best represent commitment to and support of Newberry College.

Alumni Awards

Alumni Association honored three with the Thomas A. Epting Outstanding Alumni Award

The Philip T. Kelly, Jr. Outstanding Young Alumni Award

At Homecoming 2011, Zebulon “Zeb” Lee Reid (’02) was honored with the Philip

T. Kelly, Jr. Outstanding Young Alumni Award, presented by Woody Cornwell (’67), the

immediate past president of the Alumni Association. The founder of the Newberry College

Men’s Basketball Alumni Association and a member of the Newberry College Lettermen’s

Club Board, Zeb currently assists the Newberry College Department of Teacher Education

and Sport Professions in training student teachers. During his career he has worked as

teacher and coach at Newberry High School; as the assistant men’s basketball, assistant

men’s golf, and assistant women’s golf coach at Newberry College; as athletic director,

teacher and head varsity basketball coach at Trident Academy; and as teacher, coach, and

athletic director at Mid-Carolina Middle School, where he currently works. He received the

2004-2005 SCISA Class A Region I Coach of the Year and the MCMS 2009-2010 Teacher

of the Year awards. He and his wife, Angela Sease Reid (’02), and children, Zoe and Zarek,

are members of St. Philip’s Lutheran Church in Newberry.

The Noah and Pansy Derrick Outstanding Non-Alumni Award

As part of her work for West Electric, Misty M. West has been involved in the

designing and remodeling of the Alumni Music Center, Brokaw Hall, Cannon Tennis Courts,

Cromer Hall, the Darrow House, Derrick Hall, Holland Hall, Kaufmann Hall, MacLean Gym,

the McClurg Center for Teaching and Learning, the Oakland Mill Residence Hall, the O.L.

Casey Center, the Physical Education Complex, Setzler Field, the Science and Mathematics

Building, the Smith Road Baseball Complex, the Welcome Center, and Wessels Library. She

is currently involved in the fi nal phase of the Oakland Mill Project.

Jeff Shacker was recognized for his contributions to the College through his work

as the economic development coordinator, assistant city manager and city manager for

the City of Newberry. A graduate of the South Carolina Executive Institute and of the

University of South Carolina, he also received the Young Professional of the Year award

from the South Carolina City-County Management Association (2005) and the Palmetto

Achievement Award (2008) from the South Carolina Department of Commerce for his

efforts.

George W. Dominick (’65) was recognized posthumously for his service to

and love for Newberry College. A member of the Newberry College Alumni Association

Board of Managers, and the Newberry Touchdown Club, he actively assisted with

College Homecoming activities and prepared meals for fans and players at Newberry

College home football games. He served in the South Carolina National Guard and was

Sergeant-at-Arms in the Newberry Rotary Club. George was a member of the Lutheran

Church of the Redeemer, serving the Lutheran Men in Mission and working on various

committees.

The class notes published in this issue of Dimensions were received

prior to February 28, 2012. All class notes received on or after February

28, 2012 will be published in the fall 2012 Dimensions magazine or on

the College's website.

Class Notes

Brent Schaeffer (’70) and his wife serve USAID missions

Alumnus, James Derrick, engages in global community outreach In September, James Derrick (’82)

performed global community service by

doing medical mission work in La Antigua,

Guatemala. The mission work was part

of his continued volunteer efforts with

Women Orthopedist Global Outreach

(WOGO), a group of female surgeons

who travel to developing nations and

provide free surgical care and joint

replacement for those in need. In addition

to orthopedic surgery and post-operative

care, WOGO maintains a relationship

with surgeons in Guatemala to ensure

that patients are followed over time. As

a physician’s assistant to an orthopedic

surgeon, James was one of over 50

volunteer medical professionals on the

interdisciplinary team.

The trip also included education

initiatives that promoted health

and physical fi tness. Similar efforts

occurred the year before when James

participated in a WOGO/Operation

Walk trip to Kathmandu, Nepal where

44 knee replacements were performed.

His exemplary efforts provide a strong

example for our students, since his

outreach refl ects elements of the

College’s faith and values statement that

encourages citizenship on a local level

and involvement in global community

service.

Brent Schaeffer’s (’70) career embodies the values a Lutheran education

imparts to future alumni. Following graduation, Brent desired to be a part of

something greater than he was. “I came from a long line of Lutheran ministers,”

he said. “There was some tradition of service of some kind.” For Brent, that meant

the Peace Corps. As a Peace Corps volunteer, he taught mathematics in Kenya for

three years and also managed Peace Corps volunteer pre-service training. Brent

later had a 20-year career with the U.S. Agency for International Development,

providing administrative and logistical support to areas struggling with poverty,

natural disasters and issues of social injustice. During Gulf War I, he oversaw the

evacuation of USAID staff and family members from Pakistan. He later established

USAID missions in Eastern European capitals and managed support operations

in Cairo, Egypt. Now retired, Brent continues to work short-term assignments for

USAID, having served in Sudan, India, Central Asia, Haiti and Bangladesh.

NOTE: Special thanks to Brent Schaeffer (’70) for using Skype to communicate

from the region where he and his wife serve in Bangladesh.

1940’s

On May 28, 2011, Grace

Ellenberg (’44) celebrated

her 90th birthday by going

on a Harley Davidson ride.

She was presented with a

“doo rag,” Harley t-shirt and

helmet to prepare her for the

excursion. Ms. Ellenberg has

been described as always

being adventurous. She

obtained her master’s degree

in French after graduating

from Newberry College and

spent 20 years in Paris, France

teaching French.

Daniel (Dan) Sandel (’49)

was presented the 2011

Distinguished Service Award

by the South Carolina Lutheran

Men in Mission at their State

Convention in February

2012. The award recognized

Dan’s leadership in his local

church, the South Carolina

Synod and the community. An

active member of St. Thomas

Lutheran Church in Chapin,

Dan is retired from the South

Carolina State Department of

Education where he served for

24 years as the supervisor of

mathematics.

1950’s

Anne Marie Suber Sandel

(’54) is completing 20 years as

a Meals on Wheels volunteer for

Crooked Creek Park in Chapin,

South Carolina.

Miriam Fisher (’59) was

elected president of Inner Wheel

USA in May 2011. Inner Wheel is

related to Rotary International

and is one of the largest

women’s service organizations

in the world. She will represent

the United States in Istanbul,

Turkey this year.

1960’s

Otis S. Culclasure (’61) has

served as the director of the

Newberry College Athletic

Board of Advisors and is the

operational manager of Farmer’s

Cotton Gin in St. Matthews, SC.

Sandra Perkins Fennell

(’65) and husband George

were honored as Outstanding

Individual Philanthropists by

the Lowcountry Chapter of

the Association of Fundraising

Professionals at a Charleston

luncheon in November 2011.

1970’s

The IGA grocery chain named

Frank Shumpert (’73) the

2011 International Retailer of

the Year. Owner of the Pelion-

based Shumpert’s IGA, Frank

carries on a tradition of 100+

years of retail service to that

community. He is a member of

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in

Pelion, South Carolina.

Angie Baker Shuler (’74)

was recently promoted from

Educational Director for

Kenneth Shuler Schools of

Cosmetology to Director of

ACE Academy. The Academy of

Career Excellence is available

for classes and event rentals.

ACE also offers Dale Carnegie

and other advancement

classes.

Dr. James Ann (Holcombe)

Lynch (’76) is director

of elementary schools in

Lexington School District

One and resides in Lexington,

South Carolina.

Lenna Corley Young (’77)

received her Ph.D. with a

major in Curriculum and

Instruction from Clemson

University.

Rick Frederick (’78) now

serves as the executive

director of Wesley

Woods Camp in Western

Pennsylvania.

Timothy J. Mahoney

(’78) is the chief product

and marketing offi cer for

Volkswagen of America. He is

responsible for the strategic

direction of Volkswagen’s

product plans and promotional

efforts in the United States.

1960’s alumni and good friends reunited at Isle of Palms, SC.

1980’s

Jay Ohsiek (’80) is currently

the lead audio engineer

at Stagefront Production

Services in Savannah,

Georgia. He is a certifi ed

technical specialist from

InfoComm and a graduate of

Yamaha Audio Advance Digital

Console School. He is married

with two children and is a

member of the Evangelical

Lutheran Church of the

Ascension in Savannah.

Sarah Shealy Dowd (’81)

has been elected president

of the South Carolina

Association of Student

Financial Aid Administrators

(SCASFAA) for 2012-13.

Kristin Berkey-Abbott

(’87) has written a new

chapbook of poems, “I Stand

Here Shredding Documents.”

She has a Ph.D. in British

Literature from the University

of South Carolina. Kristin

has been published in many

journals and published a

chapbook, “Whistling Past

the Graveyard”, in 2004. She

resides in Florida where she

teaches English and creative

writing at the Art Institute of

Ft. Lauderdale and serves as

chair of the General Education

Department.

Dena Lester Chatfi eld

(’88) was recently named

2012 Middle School Assistant

Principal of the Year by the

South Carolina Association of

School Administrators. She

is the assistant principal at

Myrtle Beach Middle School,

having previously served in

the Newberry County School

District.

1990’s

Cynthia Salley Nicholson

(’92) received her Ph.D. in

Curriculum and Instruction

with an emphasis in English

Education from Arizona State

University on May 11, 2011.

She is currently employed

as an English instructional

specialist in Spalding County,

Georgia.

William Henry Knopf

III (’94) and Mary Lee

Ballentine Reeves (’05)

were married on May 21, 2011

at Ebenezer Lutheran Church

in Columbia, South Carolina.

The newlyweds reside in

Columbia.

Robyn Danielle Brown

(’98) married Jesse Mickens

on October 30, 2010 at St.

Andrew’s Church in Mt.

Pleasant, South Carolina. The

couple now resides in West

Columbia, South Carolina.

Enevelyn Davis Hyatt, Katrina

L. Smith and TrVera G. Williams,

also from the Class of 1998,

were in the bridal party.

Leslie Mathis Echols

(’99) welcomed the birth

of Easton John Echols on

March 9, 2012. Easton was

welcomed home by Daddy, Jon

and big sisters, Sydney (11),

Emily (7) and Natalie

(23 months).

2000’s

As a staff writer for The

Shelbyville News, a daily

newspaper located 20 miles

south of Indianapolis, Paul

Gable (’04) was among an

estimated 8,000 journalists

taking part in Super Bowl

XLVI Media Day 2012. The

opportunity resulted from

career foundations he laid

while he was a student working

with The Scarlet and Gray,

writing for @Newberry, hosting

a WNIR radio show, and helping

in the sports information

department. “Without the help

of people like Dr. Jodie Peeler,

Marshall Maddy, and Jennifer

Lester, I would not have

attained the skills needed to

advance my journalism career.

A major reason why I chose

Newberry College was the

journalism department, which I

consider to be the crown jewel

of Newberry College,” he said.

About three years ago, Paul

and his family moved to his wife

Jennifer’s (’05) native state

of Indiana. The couple has a

four-year-old son, Brenden,

who starts preschool in August

at Triton Central Elementary.

Dr. Kaushik Sridhar (’05)

recently completed his Ph.D.

at the Macquarie Graduate

School of Management in

Sydney, Australia. He has

published 18 papers in

international peer reviewed

academic journals and

written two chapters in two

management books. He has

presented papers at academic

conferences in Auckland,

Bangkok and Paris. He is

employed as a management

Newberry Alumnus is 2012 Chairman of Spoleto

Carlos Evans (‘73) is serving as the 2012 Chairman for the Spoleto Festival in Charleston,

South Carolina. In his new role, Carlos will draw upon eight years of experience on the Board of

Spoleto Festival USA, as well as prior experience with philanthropic work for Wachovia, as he

performs his duties, which include helping raise over $100 million to replace Gaillard Auditorium

in Charleston. He also plans to increase the use of social media and electronic marketing to draw

new attendees to Spoleto. An Executive Vice President of Regional Commercial Banking with

Wells Fargo, Carlos believes efforts to advance the arts through corporate outreach are crucial

to the banking industry from a community relations and community development standpoint. In

addition to promoting the arts, he advocates that corporate America philanthropically support

health and human services programming as a means to elevate the surrounding community. He

and his wife, Lisa, attend First Presbyterian Church in Charlotte.

consultant with Net Balance in

Sydney, Australia. Dr. Sridhar

says Newberry College has

done wonders for his career.

He states that he has benefi ted

signifi cantly from the support,

guidance, and positive

reinforcement offered to him

by the school’s academic and

administrative community.

Bryan Edward Dodgins

(’08) has earned his Master

of Business Administration

degree from Winthrop

University.

Jayson Audette (’09) is an

agent for the South Carolina

Department of Probation,

Parole and Pardon Services.

He completed training in state

law, defensive driving and

self-defense to become Class-1

certifi ed. He also completed

three weeks of specialized

training in offender supervisory

policies and procedures. As

one of the fi rst graduates of

the expanded 12-week program

of basic law enforcement at

the South Carolina Criminal

Justice Academy, Jayson is

one of 400 probation and

parole agents throughout

South Carolina.

Craig Wheatley (’09) was

selected as one of thirty

participants to attend the

Supreme Court Street Law

Institute in 2011. During the

event, educators used the

Georgetown University School

of Law to study the Supreme

Court. They heard speakers,

including lawyers who delivered

arguments in Supreme

Court cases. The educators

also observed Supreme

Court hearings and had the

opportunity to meet several

justices. Furthermore, they

had the opportunity to teach

classes about the Supreme

Court. Craig is thankful for the

learning experience; he has

applied it to teaching his U.S.

history students at White Knoll

High School.

Samantha Baird (’10) is a

historical interpreter for the

Charleston Museum. She leads

tours for two of the historical

homes owned by the museum.

Jennifer Neblo (’10)was

married on March 18th, 2012.

She is now Mrs. Jennifer

Gossett.

Kevin Boozer (’10) was

hired as a reporter for the

Newberry Observer where he

will cover the Whitmire and

the Newberry College beats.

He continues to write for The

Little Lutheran magazine and

his fi rst children’s book will be

published in October.

Todd Moon (’12) received

the February 2012 Employee

of the Month Award for the

Emergency Department at

Gwinnet Medical Center

(Atlanta). Though he has

worked as a nurse for less than

a year, Todd was chosen from

all the employees in the ED. He

credited his College nursing

professors for his success and

said his Newberry experience

prepared him well for the high

stress, fast-paced ED work

environment.

1929Jesse David Ward Sr.

1/28/2011

1931William Sidney Gnann

2/25/2012

1932Dezma Monroe Birchmore

3/11/2011

Retha Wessinger Green

12/3/2011

1933Faye Taylor Cato

8/8/2011

Edna Beacham Hipp

5/25/2011

1934Ruth Senn Bradley

7/8/2011

Lula Mae Epting

10/20/2011

Rev. Clarence Richardson

11/18/2010

1935Willie Lake Dominick Pinson

1/5/2011

1936Henry Gardner Hendrix

1/26/2012

Harriett Hutchinson Tindal

10/15/2011

1937Ruth Carol Tompkins Ballew

12/3/2010

Ruth Oxner Lilienthal

1/20/2010

1938Emily Aull Edwards

1/11/2012

Rev. John Gerald Hipp

9/19/2011

Ruth Pitts Welch

8/13/2011

1939Frances Baxter Prince

3/28/2012

1940Margaret Pritchard Eargle

1/22/2012

Alice Riser Estes

8/6/2011

James W. Henderson

5/4/2011

Helen Parrot Whitaker

10/15/2011

1941Charlotte S. Kohn

8/6/2011

Conrad Ballentine Park

11/27/2010

Mary Lou Haigler Pushkar

12/28/2010

1942Harold M. Forrest

1/20/2010

Mary Hardin Keitt Hinton

4/22/2011

Harold Jacob Saine

9/24/2011

Sadie Elizabeth Kibler Slice

1/8/2011

Clara Danielsen Wertz

11/22/2010

Marjorie Jessen Wilmarth

1/12/2011

1943Louise Ezell Dawkins

1/18/2012

Elma Gault Edens

12/25/2010

Gaynelle Annette Jumper

10/13/2010

Mary Hall Kirby

9/10/2011

Mabel Hiller Slaton

2/24/2012

Elizabeth O’Dell Sligh

12/6/2011

Inez Donahue Stuckey

4/23/2010

1944Elizabeth Workman Arant

7/24/2011

Charles T. Caudle

7/20/2010

Mary Nancy Robertson

3/1/2011

Bruce Rhodes Sigmon

5/4/2010

1945Herman S. Barbrey

8/17/2011

James Henry Bledsoe

3/6/2011

Bennie Lee Glenn Catalano

3/6/2012

William Stillwell Vincent

12/5/2010

1946James B. Peery

2/15/2012

Susie C. Stringfi eld

3/4/2011

1947Mary H. Byrd

7/27/2010

Pauline Gnann Seckinger

1/18/2012

1948Betty Jo Counts

2/13/2011

Louis A. Givens

6/26/2011

Mary Ellen Lindler Wilson

5/29/2011

1949Jacob Carroll Arant

10/13/2011

T. Sam Rawls Jr.

8/31/2011

Rev. Houston David Taylor, Sr.

11/2/2011

1950Ralph S. Boazman

3/31/2012

John Calvin Brigman

3/31/2012

Evelyn Wood Leavell Davis

3/8/2012

James H. Locke Sr.

6/30/2011

Helen Sanford Luther

1/9/2012

Samuel Drafts Schofi eld

6/19/2011

Troy A. Shealy

12/17/2010

Miller Hugh Summer

1/6/2011

These are notices received by the Alumni Relations Offi ce of Newberry College by

April 16, 2012.

In Memoriam

Students, faculty, staff, and alumni gathered this spring in Wiles Chapel to honor and

celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Sally Cherrington Beggs, Chair of the Department of Music

and College Organist. “Dr. Sally,” as she was affectionately called by her students, passed away

this spring following a three-year battle with cancer. She began teaching at Newberry in 2000

and served as department chair during her entire tenure. Under her guidance the Department of

Music doubled in size and became one of the strongest private college music programs in South

Carolina.

As she worked to elevate the College, Dr. Cherrington Beggs drew upon her rich musical

background. She presented workshops for professional groups such as the American Guild of

Organists, the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, and the Music Teachers’ Association.

In addition, Dr. Cherrington Beggs had articles published in The Diapason, Your Church, Grace

Notes, and Cross-Accent magazines; her article on “Organ Pedagogy” appears in the new

International Organ Encyclopedia published by Routledge. She performed extensively in major

churches throughout the eastern seaboard and midwest and made several concert tours of

Europe as a soloist or accompanist, including a performance for Pope John Paul II. Programs

included concerts with the Chicago Brass Quintet (Nov 2011) and solo recitals at two national

conventions of the Organ Historical Society. She was also the organist/choir director for the

2005 National Triennial Convention of the Women of the ELCA. Dr. Cherrington Beggs also

shared her musical gifts as a substitute organist throughout the Columbia area, including regular

appearances at Aveleigh Presbyterian in Newberry where she attended with her family until 2010

and St. Francis of Assisi Episcopalian Church in Chapin. She also served St. Stephen’s Lutheran

Church in Lexington as a part-time organist from 2010-2011 while she battled cancer.

Dr. Cherrington Beggs completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ from Yale

University, where she also received her M. M. A. and Master of Music degrees. She was an

Instructor in Organ at Yale and performed with the Yale Concert Band in Carnegie Hall, New

York City. She received her undergraduate education at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove,

Pennsylvania, graduating fi rst in her class. Prior to attending Yale, Dr. Cherrington Beggs was

the staff organist and teacher at the International Headquarters of the Allen Organ Company.

She performed extensively, ran their active teaching program and wrote instructional materials

including Allen Organ’s series of three educational videos for church organists that sold

internationally.

A beloved wife and mother, she is survived by her husband of 19 years, Newberry Professor

of Religion, Philosophy and Church Leadership Dr. Mike Beggs, and two sons, Zachary, age 16

and Nathan, age 12. The Newberry community has been blessed to call Dr. Cherrington Beggs

a teacher, mentor, and friend. Its members treasure the legacy she provided to music and arts

instruction throughout South Carolina.

College holds memorial service for Dr. Sally Cherrington Beggs

1951Sidney Broadus Cooper Jr.

1/8/2011

Paul J. Drafts

4/9/2012

Clarice Lucille von der Heyde

Epting

12/23/2010

Ralph Thomas Haile Jr.

7/9/2011

Robert Henry Rihm

2/16/2011

1952Jean Simonsen Andrews

4/29/2011

Richard P. Foster

10/11/2011

Paula Frances Layne Gantz

12/2/2011

Barbara Schwarz Rau

2/10/2012

Bonnard Ernest Roache

3/21/2012

1953Mary Frances Bannister

Danielsen

11/30/2011

David Earl Jenkins

4/15/2012

Lucille Smith Price

3/23/2012

Barbara Taylor Stuck

7/12/2011

1954Winona Mills Blackburn

9/10/2011

Colleen Stewart Garrett

7/9/2010

Donald Layton

5/19/2011

1955Samuel A. Tilson

10/15/2010

Frankie Ann Henderson Webb

10/18/2011

Ward H. Yarborough

2/26/2010

1956Erlene S. Bethea

1/31/2012

Joseph Edward Jones

7/28/2010

Thomas L. Varner, Jr.

4/8/2012

1957Edwin T. Graham Jr.

11/20/2011

Major Van McCarty

7/20/2011

John E. O’Cain Jr.

2/13/2011

James D. Seymour

11/19/2010

Dennis Lee Smith

2/11/2012

Edward Homer Steel

11/14/2010

1958Charles Herbert Brown

11/27/2011

Jack L. Harmon

9/19/2011

Wayne Coker Spearman

8/16/2011

1959James D. Coleman

5/21/2011

Suzanne Medlock

4/10/2010

1960Thomas R. Brigman

10/15/2011

Joseph Heyward Eddy

11/29/2010

James Carlyle Grainger

2/19/2012

Harold Fredrick Kirkland

7/14/2011

1961Dana Little Sawyer

7/10/2011

1962Teddy P. Dominick

1/25/2011

1963Edward Wheeler “”Buddy””

Counts Jr.

4/14/2011

Harry Wayne Floyd Sr.

12/19/2010

Laura Gnann Runy

5/12/2011

1964Jackson Corbett Bundy Jr.

9/9/2011

Dr. Gerald V. Long

3/20/2011

1965George W. Dominick

7/15/2011

1966George Drayton Sons Jr.

3/16/2012

1968James Arnold Dennis

2/26/2010

1969Sylvia Coleman Blitch

3/9/2011

William Donald Burton

5/23/2011

Charlotte McMillion Goodling

6/26/2009

Emily Katherine Ashley

Graham

3/14/2012

Gerald Wayne Peeler

3/3/2011

Alton Winston Williams Jr.

1/19/2011

1970Ronnie E. Koon

7/9/2011

1971John Stanley Boozer

2/26/2011

Ann McClellan Gilliam

9/23/2011

Della Horton Williams

1/3/2012

1973John Hampton Bolt

8/18/2011

James Douglas Seigler

5/4/2011

1975Marcia Truesdale Blackman

3/2/2012

1979Grover Monroe Davis Jr.

10/31/2010

1983Everette A. Davis

11/30/2011

1988Brian Allen Cook

7/3/2011

1991Joseph Dantzler Rast

3/5/2011

2009Bryan Bennett Wrigley

4/13/2011

AttendedJoseph H. Belger Jr.

1/18/2011

Everette Ray Bickley

10/18/2011

Rufus Henry Brown

11/18/2011

Joel Thomas Cassidy

7/17/2011

Virginia B. Crawford

8/26/2011

Eddie Cromer

12/8/2011

Michael Paul Gardner

1/16/2011

Hazel E. Gregory

8/25/2011

Margaret Davis Hawkins

4/11/2011

Robert Martin Hicks

2/23/2011

James Hodge Jr.

12/28/2010

Robert Mayes Long

2/17/2011

Robert Homer Monts

2/15/2012

Olin S. Pugh

6/18/2011

Vernon Barcus Randall

3/24/2012

Jimmy Don Sheriff

6/30/2011

Ben P. Stewart

2/28/2012

James Osborne Vaughn

4/15/2011

Shelton Dubose Whittle

4/4/2011

William G. Winn Jr.

4/2/2011

Naval TraineeDr. Edward W. Burke Jr.

6/15/2011

Richard Greening

4/3/2011

Donald G. Kubler

5/26/2011

Herbert F. Reddick

4/13/2010

FacultyDr. Sally Cherrington Beggs

3/17/2012

Former Faculty& StaffDr. Robert K. Carley

8/28/2011

Annie Elizabeth Kaminer

12/31/2011

Jean McWhorter

2/12/2011

Dr. David Edwin Thomas

3/10/2011

Thomas Wade Bryant

6/3/2010

Shirley Jane Durance

5/15/2011

Sophie Way Long

12/24/2011

Faculty, students, alumni, and family members gathered

in April to celebrate Bryan Wrigley Day at the Grant Homes

Apartment Complex in Newberry. A classroom at Grant Homes

was re-named in honor of the young alumnus who passed

away in a cycling accident in 2011. During his Newberry College

career, Bryan Wrigley (’09) was a faithful supporter of our

Values Based Learning Program through his volunteer work at

Grant Homes, serving as a mentor and tutor there for over two

years. He volunteered four days per week and served as lead

tutor for the Grant Homes program.

Thanks to donations from friends and the generous

support of the Newberry Housing Authority, the classroom

was revitalized prior to the ceremony. Improvements included

painting the classroom, installing a bulletin board, and ordering

the plaque that was hung there in Bryan’s honor. The crowd

heard speeches from students Bryan had tutored, as well as

from classmates Katie Justice, Amanda Mason, and Craig

Wheatley. Professor Carol Black also read a poem about Bryan.

Bryan’s grandparents attended and were appreciative of the

ceremony and the love shown their late grandson.

Bryan graduated summa cum laude from Newberry College

in December 2009. In addition to his work with VBL, Bryan also

received the Echo Award for his activities in Newberry College

campus ministry. He attended the University of St. Augustine

for Health Sciences and was working toward his doctorate

in physical therapy at the time of his death. Although Bryan

no longer is with us, his spirit of service lives on through the

spiritual formation and civic participation that occurs at the

College and in its Values Based Learning Program. His memory

helps elevate the College through the endowed scholarship

his parents established in his honor to ensure that the legacy

of their son continues to serve the College he so faithfully

supported.

Classroom dedicated in honor of alumnus, Bryan Wrigley

We would like to express our sympathy to the family and

friends of the Newberry College alumni,

former faculty, and former staff listed here.

If you know of those we have not recorded, or if you hear of

others during the coming months, please notify the Alumni

Relations Offi ce. Whenever possible, please provide a copy of

the obituary or funeral bulletin for our records.

Please send to:Nellie Morris

Dimensions Magazine/Alumni Relations2100 College StreetNewberry, SC 29108

or email to:nellie.morris@newberry.edu

(803) 321-5676

Former Board of TrusteesHerman H. Kleinsteuber

1/13/2011

A. Hart Kohn Jr.

11/8/2011

Former President of the Newberry College Women’s League

Ruth Bundrick Jenkins

12/23/2011

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Great Restaurants, Specialty Shopping, and Annual Festivals

The City of Newberry offers small town charm with big city amenities, like great

restaurants, plenty of specialty shopping and host to many downtown festivals, highlighted

by the annual Newberry Oktoberfest which occurs annually on the fi rst Saturday in

October. While in town make plans to visit the local orchard farm, winery and City parks.

The Wells Japanese Garden is on the National Historic Register and is a short walk from

Newberry College, behind City Hall. The Newberry Opera House is the City’s signature icon.

The Opera House is host to world class entertainment as well as local music and theatre

productions.

Downtown walking tour brochures, visitor guides, and other area attraction

information are available at the Parks, Recreation and Tourism offi ce located across from

City Hall.

City of Newberry Parks, Recreation & Tourism

P.O. Box 538

1223 College Street, Newberry, SC 29108

(803) 321-3681

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Dr. Laura N. Black

The Rev. Kirk P. Bridgers

Mr. Willard O. Brodie III

Mr. Joel M. Carter

Mr. John Woody Cornwell

Mr. R. Jonathan “Shot” Hart

Mr. Robert (Bob) Franklin James II

Mr. Fred B. Johnston II

Dr. Kristi Pope Key

Dr. J. Wade Nichols

Mr. Hugo A. “Hap” Pearce - Secretary

Mr. L. Wayne Pearson - Treasurer

Mr. Marshall Prince

Mr. Michael Reid

Mr. Frank S. Snyder

Mr. John Michael “Mike” Surles

Mr. Joseph A. “Joe” Trainor III

Mr. David L. Vorpagel - Vice Chairman

Mr. William P. Walker - Chairman

Mr. Eric Wells

Mr. Billye West

The Rev. Mark Wilhelm

The Rev. Dr. Herman R. Yoos III

Mr. Eugene Chin Yu

DEVELOPMENT STAFF

Jason Boice, Director of Annual Giving and Scholarships Manager

jason.boice@newberry.edu (803) 321-5694

John Derrick, Director of Alumni Relations and Major Gifts

john.derrick@newberry.edu (803) 321-5692

Jim Hale, Director of Planned Giving

jim.hale@newberry.edu (803) 321-5141

Nellie Morris, Institutional Advancement Coordinator/Alumni Relations

nellie.morris@newberry.edu (803) 321-5676

Susan Walker, Research

susan.walker@newberry.edu (803) 321-5651

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

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brie.logue@newberry.edu (803) 321-5113

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2100 College Street, Newberry, SC 29108

Phone: 1-800-845-4955

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