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from the president

The return of football to Lindsey Wilson College on

Sept. 4 was a historic day for several reasons.

The first reason is financial. In an age when many col-

leges and universities across the United States are scaling

back programs, trimming budgets, and laying off faculty and

staff, Lindsey Wilson is expanding. In the last 10 years, the

A.P. White Campus has been transformed. The campus’

overall size has expanded from 50 acres to more than 200

acres; several multi-million dollar buildings have been

added; and the size of full-time faculty has almost doubled.

The second reason is social. Resurrecting football has

added a great deal to the life of the A.P. White Campus.

Home football games give students another activity on

weekends. Football games also bring students, faculty and

staff together, and they strengthen the bonds between town

and gown. One of the primary reasons we were able to res-

urrect football at Lindsey Wilson was because of an incredi-

ble level of support from local businesses and area citizens.

Lindsey Wilson Park, which includes Blue Raider Stadium,

is also a testament to this college’s strong relationship with

Columbia-Adair County.

The third reason is relational. A case in point is home-

coming. Since the first Lindsey Wilson homecoming was

held more than 75 years ago, homecoming activities have

been celebrated, for the most, part in a gymnasium in

between basketball games. To be sure, Lindsey Wilson has

enjoyed some memorable homecomings, but the weather and

location often limited the college from having more celebra-

tions with alumni. That will change this year when the col-

lege celebrates its first football homecoming.

Football has been a part of the fabric of college campuses

for more than 140 years, and it has attracted the attention of

U.S. presidents as far back as 1905 when Theodore

Roosevelt held a meeting of the presidents of Harvard, Yale

and Princeton universities at the White House to re-write the

rules of the game. Intercollegiate athletics have been called

American higher education’s “peculiar institution.” But

when they are done the right way, they can yield a tremen-

dous benefit to a college.

– William T. Luckey Jr.

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CornerstoneFall 2010

Volume 15, Number 1Lindsey Wilson College

Columbia, Kentucky

William T. Luckey Jr.President

John B. BegleyChancellor

Duane BoniferDirector of Public Relations

Venus PopplewellAsst. Director of Public Relations

Travis SmithNews Writer

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The mission of Lindsey Wilson College

is to serve the educational needs of students

by providing a living-learning environment

within an atmosphere of active caring

and Christian concern where every student,

every day, learns and grows and feels

like a real human being.

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•LWC News Roundup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3

•Springs Commencement Caps Off

Largest LWC Graduating Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5

•Tim Smith’s Sculpture Inspired by Thoughts of Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

•Bonner Leader Program Receives

$500,000 Matching Gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

•Holloway Health & Wellness Center Creates

a Strong Student Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-9

•Brenda Dew Honored by

Tennessee State Counseling Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

•Institute for Advanced Studies Expands

School of Professional Counseling’s Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

•Energy Technology Career Academy Earns

National Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

•Lindsey Wilson Singers Have High

Standards of Excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-13

•LWC Joins Madisonville, Paducah Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-15

•Building From The Ground Up:

The Return of Football . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-19

•DuoCounty & Bluegrass Cellular

Join WAIN-FM/AM to Carry LWC Football . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

•Egnew Park Named in Honor of Longtime

Baseball Supporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

•Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22-29

•From the Alumni Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

•Gift Planning: Young Alumni Who Have Made

the Ultimate Gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

•Closing Thoughts: Building Bridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Chris Oliver leads the return of football to Lindsey

Wilson College with one eye on building a winning

program from the ground up and the other on building

outstanding graduates of character.

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Lindsey Wilson College has joined anational effort to promote civic and so-cial responsibility in U.S. higher educa-tion.

Lindsey Wilson College joined Ken-tucky’s Campus Compact coalition. TheKentucky Campus Compact is part of anational organization of more than 1,100colleges and universities whose presi-dents are committed to fulfilling thecivic purposes of higher education.

Campus Compact schools promotepublic- and community-service skillsthat develop students’ citizenship skills;help campuses forge community part-nerships; and provide resources andtraining for faculty seeking to integratecivic and community-based learninginto the curriculum.

Lindsey Wilson Vice President forAcademic Affairs Bettie Starr said shelooks forward to the many opportunitiesbeing a Campus Compact school willprovide LWC students and faculty.

“We have a lot to gain through Cam-pus Compact and with working with the

other colleges who are part of the coali-tion,” Starr said. “There are opportuni-ties for grants and scholarships for ourstudents and federal money set aside forus to use if we do things that promote

the mission of Campus Compact.”

For more information about CampusCompact, go to its website: www.com-pact.org

LWC Vice President for Academic Affairs Bettie Starr, left, is joined by Kentucky Campus Compact

Executive Director Gayle Hilleke, LWC Vice President of Student Services and Enrollment Man-

agement Dean Adams, Kentucky Campus Compact Vista Coordinator Lee Ann Luxenberger, and

LWC Director of Civic Engagement & Student Leadership and Co-Director of the Bonner Leader

Program Amy Thompson-Wells on the steps of the L.R. McDonald Administration Building.

National Coalition Promotes Service

Blue Raider Bob, the nickname

for the Lindsey Wilson College

athletics icon, now looks down

over Adair County’s Holladay

Place, on Exit 46 of the Louie B.

Nunn Cumberland Parkway.

In June, bottom, workers from

Caldwell Tank Inc. of Louisvil le,

Ky., and Monarch Engineering of

Lawrenceburg, Ky., raised the mil-

l ion-gallon bowl to the top of the

136-foot tower. I t took about two

hours to bring the bowl to i ts

place on the tower.

The tower, top, was completed in

mid-August.

BLUE RAIDER BOB

WATCHES OVER

ADAIR COUNTY

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More than 250 Lindsey Wilson Col-lege students gathered June 26 on theA.P. White Campus for the inauguralLindsey Wilson School of ProfessionalCounseling Day. For Chris Hipshire,that meant diving more than 250 milesfrom his home in Logan, W.Va., to theLWC A.P. White Campus.

“I don’t get to travel much, and I’vealways wanted to see what the (A.P.White) Campus in Columbia lookedlike,” said Hipshire, who took classes atthe LWC community campus in Logan,W.Va. “I’ve seen pictures of it on the In-ternet, and it seemed like a nice place.I’m really glad I came.”

The day brought together studentsfrom LWC’s 21 community campuses,located in Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia andWest Virginia. The students came to Co-lumbia to attend seminars conducted byLWC faculty, participate in games andactivities, tour the A.P. White Campus,and hear from several LWC administra-tors.

“This is your college, and we wantyou to enjoy it,” LWC PresidentWilliam T. Luckey Jr. told the students.“You are an important part of the Lind-sey Wilson family.”

Thanks to an innovative partnershipwith the local community colleges, stu-

dents can either complete a bachelor ofarts degree or earn a master’s degreefrom LWC. Classes meet year-round, al-most exclusively on weekends, and aretaught by LWC faculty.

LWC School of Professional Coun-seling Dean John Rigney reminded thestudents that when they become mental-health professionals, they will have a“moral obligation to reach back andgive others a hand.”

“We are a very powerful force to-gether,” Rigney said at a luncheon in theRoberta D. Cranmer Dining & Confer-ence Center. “We have all taken differ-ent roads and paths to be here today, butwe all have one thing in common: wewant to change the world – that’s all.And we might not change it all, but wecan at least change part of it.”

SPC Celebrated on A.P. White Campus

Freshmen Challenged to Get Involved in U.S. Senate Race

LWC freshmen Karleigh McDermott, left, Cequinta Dunn and Ashley Cowherd – all of

Greensburg, Ky. – talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Hawpe on Aug. 18 in

the Norma & Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship.

Members of the Lindsey Wilson College Classof 2014 were challenged at the start of the 2010fall semester to get involved with Kentucky’s U.S.Senate race.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Hawpeof Louisville, Ky., addressed members of the LWCClass of 2014 in the Norma & Glen Hodge Centerfor Discipleship on the topic of “This I Believe.”

“My challenge is that you pay attention to thisyear’s politics, and involve yourself in some mean-ingful way,” Hawpe said. “The differences be-tween the candidates (Republican Rand Paul andDemocrat Jack Conway) are very real, and it reallymakes a difference who wins and who loses.”

This school year, all Lindsey Wilson freshmenare reading the book This I Believe II: More Per-sonal Philosophies of Remarkable Men andWomen, based on the famous CBS Radio Networkprogram.

Some of the LWC School of Professional Counseling students, faculty and staff who attended

SPC Day gather on the Campus Quadrangle.


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CONGRATULATIONS: Erin Williams of Columbia, right, is congratulated by LWC Associate Professor

of Communication Susan K. Minton in the “Academic Gauntlet” outside of Biggers Sports Center.

THIS IS THE MOMENT: Kelly Ann Craig of Greensburg, Ky., right, Heather Cravens of Columbia and Jared Criswell of Monticello, Ky., move the tas-

sel across their mortar board from right to left to symbolically signify their graduation from LWC. The three were among 199 students who received a

degree at the 91st commencement ceremony, held in Biggers Sports Center.

2 0 1 0 S P R I N G C O M M E N C E M E N T

‘ L I V I N G I N A L A R G E R U N I V E R S E ’

Lindsey Wilson Collegecapped off its largest graduat-ing class in the college’s 107-year history at 2010 springcommencement, held on May 8before more than 2,500 peoplein the college’s Biggers SportsCenter. The college awarded atotal of 199 undergraduate andgraduate degrees at the springceremony. Combined with de-grees awarded at the 2009 win-ter commencement ceremony,the Class of 2010 was a record521 students.



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PROUD MOMENT: As LWC President William T. Luckey Jr. looks on,

Jared Conover of Columbia, left, is congratulated by Lindsey Wilson

Board of Trustees Chair Robert Holloway after receiving his diploma.

Conover received a bachelor of arts degree in criminal justice, magnacum laude.

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS: LWC Chancellor John B. Begley delivers

the commencement address in Biggers Sports Center at LWC’s 91st

commencement ceremony. “You will live in a larger universe because of

the time you have spent here,” said Begley, who was the college’s sixth

president from 1978-97. Begley – who has seen more than 6,700 people

graduate from Lindsey Wilson – encouraged the graduates to remain

committed to a life of learning. “The things you will also remember

about this place are some of the books you have read and some of the

people you have met,” said Begley, who has been the college’s chancel-

lor since 1997. “Keep reading and keep meeting people who can have a

positive impact upon your life.”

HONORARY DOCTORATES: At the 2010 spring commence-

ment, the Lindsey Wilson Board of Trustees and faculty hon-

ored retired higher-education marketing consultant Jeremy

Lord of Springfield, Mass., and philanthropist Kendrick Mc-

Candless of Campbellsburg, Ky., with an honorary doctorate.

From left: LWC President William T. Luckey Jr., McCandless,

Lord, Lindsey Wilson Board of Trustees Chair Robert Hol-

loway and LWC Chancellor John B. Begley.

For more than two decades, McCandless has focused on Ro-

mania. She and her husband, Jerry, support Romanian stu-

dents who attend college in the United States. They have also

built two private children’s homes for orphaned children in

Romania. The two homes support more than five dozen or-

phans.

Lord’s relationship with LWC began in 1982, when the college

had an enrollment of 428 students. For more than 20 years, he

helped LWC become one of the fastest-growing colleges in

Kentucky as the school set a series of enrollment records.

FIRST GRADUATE: The Rev. Michael Coppersmith of Nancy, Ky., center,

becomes the first person to receive a master of arts degree in Christian

leadership from LWC. Coppersmith receives his master’s hood from

student marshal Chaz Dunn of Columbia, left, and LWC Professor of Re-

ligion Terry Swan.



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Lindsey Wilson College Professor ofArt Tim Smith hopes his latest sculpturewill be more than a decoration in front ofthe Adair County Justice Center. He alsohopes it will remind people about justiceand the meaning of democracy.

Smith, who has been a member of theLWC faculty since 1992, recently un-veiled The Scales of Justice, a four-foottall welded sheet bronze sculptureperched on a fountain in front of theAdair County Judicial Center.

It took Smith – who has two otherpieces of public art in Adair County –about three months to create the piece.But it was inspired by more than a cen-tury of local history.

In addition to prominently showcasinga set of scales, the piece also featuresscrolls on the back to symbolize law andjustice. The shape of the scales is almostidentical to the shape of the lampposts infront of the Adair County Courthouse.

Scales also includes sculpted leaves ofthe Tulip Poplar, the state tree of Ken-tucky. The sculpture also has leaf patternsand other elements that Smith derivedfrom some of the plaster designs on olderstorefronts of Columbia’s Public Square.

“If you look at some of the plasters onthe old storefronts and on the courthouseitself, you will find the same design thatis in the sculpture,” Smith said.

For Smith, using themes of the court-house and century-old storefronts was away of connecting Adair County’s past toits future.

“I took design elements like that andincorporated them into the sculpture’s de-sign as a way of connecting the old to thenew,” he said.

Smith has a public sculpture on theLWC A.P. White Campus in front of theW.W. Slider Humanities Center, and hehas one in Columbia Cemetery that paystribute to Adair County native Col. FrankWolford, who fought for the Union dur-ing the Civil War.

Smith also has a public sculpture inBranson, Mo., as well as at several U.S.corporations’ offices.

And Smith says public art is more rel-

evant than ever.

“Public art matters – it is a type of artthat has the opportunity to really be sig-nificant because it is public,” Smith said.“Very often, public art is something thatwill in a sense interact with people. AndI think in today’s age – with a lot of con-fusion, a lot of different ideas, almostanxiety about urban lifestyle – traditionalartwork sometimes doesn’t seem to havea lot of relevance to people’s lives. Publicart can have relevance because it is directand physical and interacts where peopleare.”

Smith hopes The Scales of Justice willalso inspire people to consider the impor-tance of democracy in modern America.

“It’s nice to create something that peo-ple notice – especially because it drawsthe association to the significance ofwhat a courthouse means, what it meansto us as a people,” he said. “It’s fun to bea part of that.”

Professor of Art Tim Smith hopes The Scales of Justice will inspire people to think about democ-

racy, justice and law as it much as it decorates space in front of the Adair County Judicial Center.

SCALES OF JUSTICESculpture Inspired By Thoughts About Justice

The Scales of Justice features sculpted leaves

of the Tulip Poplar, the state tree of Kentucky.

The sculpture also features scrolls on the back

to symbolize law and justice, and it has leaf

patterns and other elements that derived from

the plaster designs on older storefronts of Co-

lumbia’s Public Square.


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Lindsey Wilson College received a$500,000 endowment grant to supportservice-learning initiatives at the liberalarts college. The grant, from the BonnerFoundation of Princeton, N.J., will bematched by $500,000 from the college tocreate a $1 million endowment.

The $1 million endowment will beused to provide scholarships to more thanfour dozen students who participate inthe Lindsey Wilson Bonner Leaders pro-gram.

“The Bonner Leaders program is anincredible asset to Lindsey Wilson’s stu-dents because it helps them become val-ues-centered parents, employees andvolunteers who are committed to servingothers,” said Lindsey Wilson PresidentWilliam T. Luckey Jr. “Bonner Leaderstudents learn through doing, throughleading and through reaching out to helpothers. These habits of service ingrain inthem the ability to and the need to be in-tegrally connected to those around them.”

LWC started its Bonner Leaders pro-gram in 2005-06 with eight students; itexpanded to 42 students in 2009-10.Thanks to the endowment gift, LWC hasmore than 60 Bonner Leader students in2010-11, according to LWC Director ofCivic Engagement & Student LeadershipAmy Thompson-Wells.

Since the program’s inception, LWC

Bonner Leaders have contributed morethan 30,000 hours of community serviceto the region, including more than 10,000hours during the 2009-10 school year. In2007, the LWC Bonner Leaders programreceived the Best Partner Award from theKentucky Community Education Associ-ation for its work with the after-schoolprogram at Columbia’s Colonel WilliamCasey School.

“Lindsey Wilson College is making adifference in Columbia and in surround-ing communities through the BonnerLeaders program,” Luckey said.

One of those students is Kayla Clarkof Greensburg, Ky., who has volunteeredat Colonel William Casey School’s after-school “Camp Casey” program.

“It’s been a great experience for mebecause I’ve learned who I am,” Clarksaid. “I’ve also learned that service issomething I really enjoy doing. I’ve real-ized that helping people from the heart iswhat I want to do with my life.”

The 2010-11 Bonner Leaders gather in August in in the Norma & Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship.

BONNER PROGRAM GETS $500,000

Bonner Leader Shameka Fridenstine of Louisville, Ky., looks for a place for a decorated t-shirt to

dry on Sept. 11 outside of Jim and Helen Lee Fugitte Science Center. The LWC Bonner Leaders

decorated more than 75 t-shirts for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jamestown, Ky., as part of

a 9/11 day of service. The t-shirts are given to alleged abuse victims during an examination.

Grant Funds $1 Million Service-Learning Endowment


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The Lindsey Wilson Col-lege community celebrated a“most awesome day” on April21 as students, faculty, staffand area residents gathered todedicate the Doris and BobHolloway Health & WellnessCenter.

“This is a most awesomeday as we dedicate this mostawesome building,” saidLWC Vice President of Stu-dent Services and EnrollmentManagement Dean Adams.

Named in honor of Lind-sey Wilson Board of TrusteesChair Robert Holloway ofMiddletown, Ky., and his latewife, Doris, the 73,232-square-foot center is thelargest building on the col-lege’s A.P. White Campus.

The Holloway Health &Wellness Center – which isopen to the college’s students,faculty, staff and members ofthe community – includes anindoor, eight-lane swimmingpool; recreation pool; 40-per-son hot tub; indoor walkingtrack; racquetball court; car-diovascular area; weight-lift-ing room; and three basketballcourts.

“This is one of the most ex-citing days in the 107-yearhistory of Lindsey WilsonCollege,” said Lindsey WilsonPresident William T. LuckeyJr. “Other than the founding ofthe college in 1903, I don’tthink anything we’ve donewill have a larger impact onthis college or on this commu-nity than the opening of thisfacility.”

The Holloway Health &Wellness Center is the fruitionof a lot of dreaming and hardwork, Luckey said.

“I still drive by about twicea day and hope that it’s really

here and not just part of somedream,” he said.

Luckey said he hopes theHolloway Health & WellnessCenter will help turn the tidein Kentucky and contribute tohealthier citizenry. He notedthat Kentuckyhas the highestrate in thecountry fordeaths causedby cancer, andit leads the na-tion in teen to-bacco use,adults whosmoke andadults who lack exercise.

Kentucky also is fifthamong the states in cardiovas-cular disease, and it is the fifthmost obese state in the union.

“This is not a pretty picturefor the commonwealth,”Luckey said.

Things are not much betterin Adair County, which ranks91st among the 120 Kentuckycounties in overall healthamong residents. AdairCounty residents are lessphysically active, smoke more

and havehigher infantmortality ratesthan residentsof the averageK e n t u c k ycounty –which has re-sulted in 51percent ofAdair County

residents being classified asobese.

“The good news is thatAdair County ranks at verytop in that it can most easilyimprove its health status bysimply making changes to be-havior,” Luckey said.

Justin Cason of Louisville,Ky., said that since the Hol-loway Health & WellnessCenter was opened on Feb. 5it has changed the college’sstudent body.

“The transformation thatthis facility and staff have cre-ated on this campus can onlybe described as amazing,” saidCason, who graduated in Maywith a bachelor’s degree inrecreation, tourism and sportsmanagement. “Students arebecoming healthier, happierand gained a new sense ofcommunity. … It’s where newfriendships are formed, oldfriendships are being strength-ened and lives are beingchanged.”

And Holloway Health &Wellness Center Director JoelPeterson said the building isalso helping students’ careerplans. More than 30 LWC stu-

“I still drive by about

twice a day and hope

that it’s really here and

not just part of some

dream.”

– William T. Luckey Jr.,President

The ribbon is cut to dedicate the Doris and Bob Holloway Health & Wellness Center. From left: LWC Athletics

Director Willis Pooler, Holloway Center Director Joel Peterson, Dean of Students Chris Schmidt, LWC senior

Tracy McClain of Harrodsburg, Ky., Rebecca Morris, LWC board chair Robert Holloway, Jennifer Thompson,

LWC senior Justin Cason of Louisville, Ky., LWC Vice President of Student Services and Enrollment Manage-

ment Dean Adams and LWC President William T. Luckey Jr.

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dents work at the center,which Peterson said givesthem valuable job experienceand a chance to give back toLWC.

“All of this is being run bystudents,” he said. “Havingthat opportunity and givingstudents those leadership op-portunities really helps growand develop them.”

Luckey said it was naturalfor the center to be named inhonor of Holloway and hislate wife.

“I had the privilege ofknowing Doris – a more gra-cious and classy lady hasnever ever graced this cam-pus. … I am so thrilled I knewher,” he said.

He said that Holloway –who has been chair of theLWC board for almost all of

Luckey’s 12-year tenure – hasbeen a “friend, role model andmentor to me.”

“Simply put Bob, you areMr. Lindsey Wilson College –our leader who has guidedthis team through its most dy-namic expansion in the 107-year history of this college,”Luckey said. “You and Dorishave your fingerprints all overthis place – and for that we areextremely grateful.”

Holloway, who has been amember of the LWC board formore than 25 years, said thatbeing involved with the col-lege has meant a great deal tohim.

“I’ve met many, manywonderful trustees,” he said.“It’s been a real highlight ofmy life to be a part of yourteam.”

The Doris and Bob Holloway Health & Wellness Center includes an indoor, eight-lane swimming pool; recreation pool; 40-person hot tub; indoor

walking track; racquetball court; cardiovascular area; weight-lifting room; and three basketball courts.

Refer a Student to LWCDo you know a young person who could benefit fromthe Lindsey Wilson College experience? A person whowants to attend a college where the focus is on everystudent, every day?

Contact the Alumni Office at [email protected], (800) 264-0138 or (270) 384-8400.

And don’t forget that LWC will have an open house for prospective students and their family members on the following dates: Nov. 20, Jan. 29, March 26 and April 30.

“I’ve met many, many wonderful trustees. It’s been a real highlight of

my life to be a part of your team,” says LWC Board of Trustees chair

Robert Holloway, who has been a trustee for more

than 25 years.


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Lindsey Wilson College professor

Brenda Dew does not plan to slow down.

That is why a recent award made her

laugh as much as it humbled her.

Last spring, Dew, a professor of

human services and counseling, received

the Lifetime Achievement Award of the

Tennessee Association for Marriage and

Family Therapy.

“I always say that you get this award

when you are old,” said Dew, who has

been a member of the LWC faculty for

15 years. “I was very honored. Besides

your students, what’s better than having

your colleagues say you do a good job?”

Dew has served as past-president of

the Tennessee Association for Marriage

and Family Therapy, and she has also

held a number of other important posi-

tions in the association.

“She has given distinguished service

to the profession of marriage and family

therapy,” said Richard Gillespie, presi-

dent-elect of Tennessee Association for

Marriage and Family Therapy. “She is an

educator, writer and therapist who has

played a significant role in the training of

many marriage and family therapists over

time. Her service has been of the highest

caliber in advancing the good of families

and the development of our profession.”

Dew has a passion for teaching, but

she did not start out teaching future coun-

selors. She began as a grade school

teacher, then after pursuing graduate de-

grees became involved in counseling –

both as a college professor and as coun-

selor with a private practice.

Dew said she enjoys marriage and

family counseling because “you can do

more with a family than a person – you

have a system.”

“If you look at the family as a system,

you are really trying to change the sys-

tem,” she said. “I like seeing how the sys-

tem operates.”

When she teaches LWC students, Dew

said she aims to give them the skills and

know-how that will make them effective

counselors.

“I try to give students techniques that

they can walk out of my classroom and

use immediately,” she said.

Dew said she “loves to teach,” espe-

cially when she has a breakthrough with

a student.

“It’s fun to see someone’s face when

they say, ‘I got it,’” she said. “College’s

purpose is to give you information so that

you have more possibilities in life. Col-

lege is about giving you more choices and

it broadens you.”

“I try to give students techniques that they can walk out of my classroom and use immediately,”

says Professor of Human Services and Counseling Brenda Dew.

Dew Honored by Therapeutic Profession

Assistant professors of

Counseling and Human De-

velopment Dan and Jennifer

Williams have established the

Institute for Advanced Study

with the goal of offering spe-

cialized courses to profes-

sional counselors. Both

professors are members of the

LWC School of Professional

Counseling.

“We spend a lot of time

looking for needs in commu-

nities, and then we try to es-

tablish ways to meet those

needs,” Jennifer Williamson

said.

In early October, the insti-

tute held a conference at

Maryville (Tenn.) College on

women and children. On Oct.

28, the institute will hold the

“Summit on Spirituality and

Counseling” at LWC.

For more information about

the institute or the Oct. 28

conference: [email protected]

or (270) 384-8053.

Institute for Advanced Study Reaches Out

Institute for Advanced Study co-directors Jennifer Williamson, third from

left, and Dan Williamson, far right, with LWC President William T. Luckey

Jr., left, and School of Professional Counseling Dean John Rigney.




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11

Until last summer, Brittany Combs ofColumbia had never visited Washington,D.C.

And although her first trip was awhirlwind visit of the nation’s capital, it’sone Combs says she will never forget.

Combs was among 13 students fromAdair and Russell County high schoolswho attended the National Energy Edu-cation Development Project NationalYouth Awards, held June 25-28 in Wash-ington, D.C.

The students are members of the Lind-sey Wilson College Energy TechnologyCareer Academy. In May, they receivedNEED’s National High School Rookie ofthe Year award, along with several otherstate awards. That earned the students atrip to the national conference.

“It definitely sparked more of an inter-est in pursuing an energy-related career,”said Combs, who will be a senior this fallat Adair County High School. “I justlearned so much about Washington andabout energy while there. It was a greatexperience, and I was grateful I got to at-tend it.”

Founded in 2008 by Lindsey Wilson,the ETCA enrolls students at Adair andRussell county high schools. Classes aretaught by ETCA Director Heather Spoonand other LWC faculty. The ETCA isfunded through grants from Siemens In-dustry Inc., the Appalachian RegionalCommission, LWC, and more than adozen Adair and Russell county busi-nesses and residences.

Spoon said all 13 of the students expe-rienced similar life-changing experiencesat the national conference. In addition tolearning about energy issues and meetingwith students from all over the UnitedStates, the ETCA students also visitedKentucky Congressman Ed Whitfield’soffice and toured several of the monu-ments.

“The students got a better idea aboutwhat they want to do with their lives –the trip just opened up a lot of possibili-ties for them,” Spoon said. “The studentswere amazed at what’s available to them

and the careers available to them in en-ergy.”

One of those students was Jason Davisof Russell Springs, Ky.

Davis, who is a senior this fall at Rus-sell County High School, said the tripmade him interested in possibly workingin NEED’s national office.

“The trip and being a member of theprogram helped me out a whole lot,” saidDavis, who has been a member of the

ETCA since his sophomore year. “It’shelped me figure out what I should dowhen I get out of high school.”

Spoon said the trip would not havebeen possible without the generosity ofmore than a dozen area residents andbusinesses. In addition to Lindsey Wil-son, several individuals and local busi-nesses combined to donate more than$7,000 so the students had few expenseson the trip.

“I could not have asked for a bettergroup of kids to have taken to Washing-ton, D.C.,” Spoon said. “In addition tolearning about what’s available in the en-ergy field for them, the trip was an oppor-tunity for students to see what is outsideof Kentucky. They told me they willnever forget this trip. They made lifetimememories on it.”

Students of the LWC Energy Technology Career Academy gather at the Frankfort Civic Center

after receiving the National High School Rookie of the Year award from the National Energy Edu-

cation Development Project. Joining the students are: (far left) ETCA Director Heather Spoon, left,

Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities Director of Communications

Mason Dyer and Russell County Schools Superintendent Scott Pierce; (far right) Adair County

Schools Superintendent Darrell Treece, left, and Michael Azzara of Siemens Industry Inc. The stu-

dents pictured are (in alphabetical order): Jacob Burton of Adair County High School; Brittany

Combs of Adair County High School; J.D. Coomer of Adair County High School; Jason Davis of

Russell County High School; Brandon Joseph of Adair County High School; Macgyver Manning of

Adair County High School; Jose Rodriguez of Russell County High School; Matthew Russell of

Russell County High School; Jennifer Schwika of Adair County High School; Noah Schwika of

Adair County High School; Cody Taylor of Adair County High School; Travone Taylor of Russell

County High School; and Casey Webb of Adair County High School.

Keep up with the LWCEnergy Technology Ca-reer Academy on theETCA blog. ETCA Direc-

tor Heather Spoon posts entriesabout students’ work at: lwcenergy-academy.blogspot.com.

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ENERGIZED STUDENTS

Energy Technology Academy Earns National Attention


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For more than a decade, the

Lindsey Wilson College

Singers have started the

school year with an elegant

and solemn ceremony. Known

as the “Signing of the Stan-

dards of Excellence,” the cer-

emony invites the

co-curricular group’s mem-

bers to pledge themselves and

the group to high artistic, in-

tellectual, spiritual and per-

sonal standards.

As part of the ceremony,

which is in its 12th year, each

member signs their name into

a book that contains the en-

semble’s “Standards of Excel-

lence.”

“It’s a wonderful experi-

ence that was created over a

decade ago by the officers,

and every officer group since

then has felt it worthwhile to

continue this tradition,” Asso-

ciate Professor of Music &

Religion and Director of

Choral Programs Gerald L.

Chafin told the 31 members of

the 2010-11 Lindsey Wilson

Singers. “And I suppose that

even after all these years, I’m

still learning and growing in

my understanding of exactly

what being a Lindsey Wilson

College Singer is all about.”

In addition to performing

several times a year on cam-

pus and in the community, the

Lindsey Wilson Singers,

under the direction of Chafin,

make a performance tour each

spring to a region of the

United States.

The previous 11 cere-

monies were held in the John

B. Begley Chapel. The

chapel’s acoustic panels fea-

tured flags from the U.S.

states and territories where the

Singers have performed. But

the Begley Chapel ran out of

space to display the flags, so

the first part of this year’s

“Standards,” held on Sept. 8,

was moved to the W.W. Slider

Humanities Center Recital

Hall; the Singers’ flags were

hung from the hall’s rafters.

The ceremony ended with a

candlelight ceremony in the

Begley Chapel.

“There weren’t ever

enough panels to hang all of

the flags (in the Begley

Chapel), and in a few years

there won’t be enough beams

(in Slider Recital Hall) to hang

all of our flags,” Chafin said.

Singers President Katelin

Frederick of Hustonville, Ky.,

told her colleagues that being

a member of the choral group

for the last three years “is one

The 2010-11 Lindsey Wilson Singers. Front row, from left: Katie Easton, Louisville, Ky.; Allison Chafin, Colum-

bia; Laura Wesson, Somerset, Ky.; Katie Dawson, Lawrenceburg, Ky.; Kailyn Conner, Albany, Ky.; Ashley

Graves, Columbia; Natalie Vickous, Lancaster, Ky.; Alex Cogdell, Louisville, Ky.; Chelsea Wethington,

Nashville, Tenn.; Chelsea Pike, Campbellsville, Ky.; Katelin Frederick, Hustonville, Ky.; and Gloria San Miguel,

Grayson, Ky. Second row: Andy Biddle, Paris, Ky.; Josh Bertram, Monticello, Ky.; Jessicca Massengale, Vine

Grove, Ky.; Haley Hicks, Edmonton, Ky.; Nicole Moyer, LaGrange, Ky.; Emily Ramage, Columbia; Alyssa Rid-

ner, Stearns, Ky.; Sara Keller, Greenville, Ind.; Brittany Corbin, Campbellsville, Ky.; and Tiffany Green, Greens-

burg, Ky. Third row: Gerald Chafin; Tyler Stephens, Summer Shade, Ky.; Josh Newman, Mayville, N.Y.; Andrew

Ferguson, Columbia; J.T. Payne, Columbia; Anthony Saylor, Pineville, Ky.; Tyler Miniard, Lancaster, Ky.; Josh

Baird, Strunk, Ky.; Trey Ball, Strunk, Ky.; and John Brown, Albany, Ky.

BECOMING A FAMILY

Singers’ Ceremony Forges Strong Bonds, High Standards

Members of the Lindsey Wilson Singers walk from the W.W. Slider Hu-

manities Center to the John B. Begley Chapel during the ensemble’s

12th-annual “Signing of the Standards of Excellence.”Continued on Page 13




Lindsey Wilson CollegeAssociate Professor of HumanServices Jodi Crane does notmean to appear overzealouswhen she talks about the po-tential play therapy holds forsome individuals.

“I hate to use the wordmagic, but that would be agood way to describe it,” shesaid.

On June 24-25, a total of 55mental-health professionalsand students from six stateshad a firsthand opportunity tolearn about play therapy whenthey attended the second con-ference sponsored by the LWCAppalachian Play TherapyCenter.

Crane, director of the LWCAppalachian Play Therapy

Center, has high praise for thegrowing form of therapy used inthe United States.

Held on the A.P. White Cam-pus, the conference featuredtraining by noted mental-healthprofessional Felicia Caroll,founder-director and advancedtrainer at the West Coast Insti-tute for Gestalt Play Therapy.

“Children learn best throughplay,” Crane said. “Play impactscognitive, physical, social andemotional behaviors. Hence theprimary benefit from a therapystandpoint is the fact that chil-dren communicate and realizesome of their conscious and un-conscious desires through thetherapy.”

opportunity I’m glad that I hadthe chance to take and didn’tpass up.”

Frederick said the energy,intensity and passion investedin the Singers’ rehearsals cre-ate a family atmosphere.

“We all come together atthe beginning of the year,some as strangers, some aswell-seasoned veterans andfriends,” she said. “Regardlessof where we start, though, wecannot and will not finish inthe same way. We become afamily.”

Singers officer John Brownof Albany, Ky., compared theintensity of being a LindseyWilson Singer to that ofbungee jumping, white-waterrafting or competing in atriathlon.

“While we won’t be fallinghundreds of feet, battling na-ture’s rapids or biking upmiles of mountainous terrain,as members of this group, weare all guaranteed to experi-ence intensity and to displayintensity to those for whom

we perform,” Brown said.

Chafin reminded theSingers that “it takes time forthe full impact of what we doto fully sink in.”

“We are indeed travelers ona journey,” he said. “Overtime and with various Singers’

experiences, our understand-ing will increase and our ap-preciation will deepen andgrow for this ensemble.”

And Chafin reminded theSingers not to lose sight oftheir goal.

“All of this is driven by the

amazing opportunity to createmusic, to worship God, tobring class to a situation,” hesaid.

Associate Professor of Music & Religion and Director of Choral Programs Gerald L. Chafin, right, is joined by

the 2010-11 Lindsey Wilson Singers officers, from left: Student Government Association Representative John

Brown of Albany, Ky.; Vice President Jessicca Massengale of Vine Grove, Ky.; and President Katelin Frederick

of Hustonville, Ky. Behind them hang flags in W.W. Slider Humanities Center Recital Hall that represent some

of the U.S. states where the Singers have performed over the last 12 years.

Continued from Page 12

Conference Spreads the Gospel of Play Therapy

Enrica Macklin of Louisville, Ky., enjoys an experiential clay exercise

during a training session at the play therapy conference.


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14 Lindsey Wilson College Cornerstone • Fall 2010 • www.lindsey.edu/cornerstone

College officials and repre-sentatives of the Paducah(Ky.) Area Chamber of Com-merce commemorated the ar-rival of a transfer programbetween West KentuckyCommunity and TechnicalCollege and Lindsey WilsonCollege with a ribbon-cuttingon Aug. 19 in the WKCTCAnderson Technical Building.

The agreement allowsWKCTC students to continuetheir college education atLWC without stepping footout of the region. Thanks to ajoint cooperative program be-tween WKCTC and LindseyWilson, WKCTC studentswill be able to earn a bache-lor’s – and eventually a mas-ter’s degree – in counselingand human development byattending classes at theWKCTC Paducah campus.

Glen Anderson, chair-electof the Paducah Area Chamberof Commerce, praised the col-lege officials for bringing thenew program to Paducah.

“Educational opportunitiesfor our citizens, … opportuni-ties like you’re offering to ourcommunity, we’re excitedabout,” Anderson told the au-dience at the Aug. 19 event.“It’s an area of training and anarea of education that in thelong term will offer economicbenefits to our community and

to our business community togrow.”

Martin Wesley, regional ac-ademic director for LWC’sWest Kentucky communitycampuses, said LWC was ex-cited about the partnership.

“This is a win-win situationfor WKCTC’s students be-cause they will be able to earna four-year degree or a mas-ter’s degree while they con-

tinue to attend classes in Pad-ucah,” he said.

LWC classes are offered onweekends in the year-roundprogram.

“This is an essential degreethat fills a need in westernKentucky,” said WKCTCPresident Barbara Veazey.“We are pleased to be a part-ner in this opportunity.”

Wesley noted that the LWC

program will help address acritical health need in the re-gion.

“There is a well-docu-mented and severe shortage ofqualified mental health profes-sionals in the Purchase area,and we look forward to work-ing with WKCTC officials toaddress this need,” Wesleysaid.

The ribbon is cut on Aug. 19 in the West Kentucky Community and Technical College Anderson Technical

Building. From left: Regional Academic Director Martin Wesley; LWC regional enrollment director Georgia

Ellis; School of Professional Counseling Dean John Rigney; WKCTC President Barbara Veazey; WKCTC Vice

President of Academic Affairs Tena Payne; LWC coordinator Dawn Cleary; Jason Amyx of Paducah, a WKCTC

graduate who was one of the first students to sign up for the LWC program at WKCTC.

WELCOME TO PADUCAH

LWC-WKCTC Fill ‘Essential Need’ in Western Kentucky

Show your support for sporting a Lindsey

A contribution of $10 is made to Lindseyand renewal of each

Applications for Lindsey Wilson license pthe Kentucky Department of Tra



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Lindsey Wilson Collegewas officially welcomed intothe Madisonville-HopkinsCounty (Ky.) Chamber ofCommerce on Aug. 20 with aribbon-cutting ceremony atMadisonville CommunityCollege.

LWC has offered classes atMCC’s North Campus since2009, and on Aug. 20 LWCofficially became a memberof the Madisonville-HopkinsCounty Chamber of Com-merce.

Madisonville-HopkinsCounty Chamber of Com-merce President Harriett C.Whitaker said the communityis “thrilled to have LindseyWilson here.”

“We’re really excited tohave Lindsey Wilson becausethey bring a whole wealth ofnew educational opportunitiesto people in Madisonville,Hopkins County and through-out our region,” Whitaker saidat the ribbon cutting, held inMCC’s John H. Gray Build-ing.

Thanks to an innovative co-operative program betweenMCC and LWC, MCC stu-dents and other area residentscan earn a bachelor’s or amaster’s degree in counselingand human development byattending classes at the MCC

North Campus.

Most of the classes are heldon weekends.

“We look forward to manysuccesses together and greatcooperation,” said MCC Pres-ident Judith Rhoads.

In addition to helping Ken-tucky reach its “double thenumbers” goal of graduating

more citizens with a bache-lor’s degree, Rhoads notedthat the MCC-LWC partner-ship will “help our students beall they can be, which is whatwe are both all about.”

The first cohort of LWCundergraduate students beganclasses in August 2009 atMCC; they will receive their

bachelor’s degrees this De-cember.

“We know that students aregoing to go out and have won-derful professional careers,helping and building theircommunities,” said LindseyWilson School of ProfessionalCounseling Dean JohnRigney.

Madisonville-Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce President Harriett C. Whitaker, far left, instructs Madis-

onville Community College President Judith Rhoads and LWC School of Professional Counseling Dean John

Rigney during the ribbon-cutting ceremony, held in the John H. Gray Building of Madisonville Community Col-

lege North Campus. From left: Whitaker; LWC graduate student Susan Reid of Madisonville; LWC graduate stu-

dent Sharon Furgerson of Madisonville; LWC SPC Associate Dean Angelia Bryant; Rhoads; LWC Madisonville

Community Campus Coordinator Ashley Mitchell; Rigney; LWC Assistant Professor Troyann Gentile; LWC Re-

gional Academic Director Martin Wesley; LWC undergraduate student Samantha Leavell of Madisonville; and

LWC graduate student Deborah Morrow of Madisonville.

WELCOME TO MADISONVILLE

LWC Brings ‘Wealth of Opportunities’ to Hopkins County

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or Lindsey Wilson College by ey Wilson license plate.dsey Wilson’s general scholarship fund from the sale ach Lindsey Wilson license plate.

e plates are available from the County Clerk's offices, Transportation and Lindsey Wilson College.

For more information about the license plates, contact Lindsey Wilson at [email protected] or (270) 384-8400.


After almost 75 years without a team, football returned with a bang on Sept. 4 to Lindsey Wilson College.

footballfootballthe return of

More than 3,100 people packed Blue Raider

Stadium at Lindsey Wilson Sports Park to witness

a “historic day in the life of Lindsey Wilson Col-

lege.”

More than three hours before the 1:30 p.m. CT

kickoff, fans gathered on the Campus Quadrangle

for a pre-game tailgate and followed the Lindsey

Wilson Marching Band on a one-mile Raider

Walk into the Lindsey Wilson Sports Park. Several

hundred more arrived even earlier to tailgate and

enjoy the historic moment.

And the game ball was delivered by Larry

Compton of Bowling Green, Ky. – who para-

chuted 4,000 feet from the air to bring the ball into

Blue Raider Stadium.

Lindsey Wilson lost its first game 14-10 to vis-

iting Notre Dame (Ohio) College, but that didn’t

dampen the spirits of the record crowd that at-

tended the game.

As LWC President William T. Luckey Jr. said

in pre-game remarks to the crowd, Sept. 4 was but


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a beginning and a celebration of the college’s stu-

dent-athletes.

“Today we have the opportunity to earn it – to

begin laying the foundation for a culture of win-

ning,” Luckey said. “Winning in the classroom, win-

ning in our community, winning in life, and winning

future national championships.”

The Blue Raiders rebounded the following week-

end by beating Southern Virginia University 44-3,

giving LWC Coach Chris Oliver his first win as a

college head coach.

“It always feels good to get that first one,” Oliver

said on his post-game show. “And this one was even

more special because it was for the school and the

community as well.”



FROM THEBUILDINGGROUNDUP

When Lindsey Wilson College football coach Chris Oliver walks

out of his team’s locker room and peers across Blue Raider Stadium,

he can’t help but feel pride at the inception of his program.

Upon his arrival in 2008, football at Lindsey Wilson was little more

than an idea. As he prepared to lead the Blue Raiders into the 2010

season, there was an extraordinary sense of excitement throughout the

college and community.

“From the moment I stepped on this campus, I knew this was home

for me and my family,” Oliver said. “I am so incredibly honored to

lead our young men as we represent Lindsey Wilson College on the

football field.”

While officials at Lindsey Wilson were having conversations about

bringing back football for the first time in more than 75 years, Oliver

was engineering Ohio Dominican University’s record-breaking of-

fense.

As ODU’s offensive coordinator from 2006-08, Oliver helped the

Panthers lead the NAIA in total offense in 2007. During his tenure as

head of the offense, Oliver helped Ohio Dominican to a 26-7 record,

including an appearance in the 2007 NAIA Football Championship Se-

ries quaterfinals.

When he heard that football would be reborn at Lindsey Wilson,

Oliver was confident he was the right person for the job in Columbia.

Support from the LWC administration and Columbia-Adair County

were two factors that attracted Oliver to Lindsey Wilson. Oliver also

liked the fact that he could attract the right kind of student-athletes.18


“We have great support from our administration, andwe’ve put in the funding necessary for facilities andstaffing to make this a top-notch program,” Oliver said.“Combine those elements with the incredible excitementand support within this community and we have a ter-rific situation going forward to build this program theright way.

“Then you look at us as an academic insti-tution, we have great programs and an in-credible campus that’s in a locationthat’s in the middle of a footballhotbed with Louisville, Cincin-nati and Nashville all nearby, notto mention the entire state ofKentucky is full of talent.”

Oliver always knew hewanted to be a football coach.

He grew up around football –thanks in large part to his father,Greg, coaching at Wilmington(Ohio) College – and later developeda passion for the game. Oliver playedfootball throughout his youth before attendingThe Ohio State University, where he was a student-as-sistant under coach Jim Tressel.

Big-time college football was a terrific experience,but Oliver said he always knew he wanted to go backto his roots and coach in the NAIA.

“I love the impact we can have on our student-ath-letes,” Oliver said. “College football at the highest levelis great, but small college is more true form where play-ers and coaches come together to build something spe-cial without all of the outside distractions.”

Oliver said the time spent at Ohio State and Ohio Do-minican helped him mature as a coach and prepare himfor the biggest job of his life.

“I’ve taken a lot of things from each coaching stint,but the thing that strikes me the most is the level of re-sponsibility,” Oliver said. “At Ohio State, I was asponge; and at Ohio Dominican, I was in charge of the

offense. But now as the head coach, I am respon-sible for the entire program, and I hope that

I’ve handled that responsibility well.”Oliver has taken what he learned at

the two Ohio programs and forgedhis own coaching style.

“I think there are commonthemes among successfulcoaches,” Oliver said. “You haveto be able to be a good communi-

cator, you have to be able to man-age people, you have to be able to

motivate, you have to be able to dele-gate, and then you branch out from there

with your style.”Managing to perfect those traits while building

a program from the ground up with a roster made up al-most entirely of freshmen has been demanding at times.But Oliver said he would not have it any other way.

“I accepted this position knowing that we would buildaround freshmen,” Oliver said. “We made the philo-sophical choice to build around young men who aregoing to be here for four seasons. We are excited aboutthe future of Blue Raider football.”

“College footballat the highest level is

great, but small college ismore true form where playersand coaches come together tobuild something special with-

out all of the outside dis-tractions.”



Southcentral Kentucky residents can enjoy all Lind-

sey Wilson College home football games this year on

television, thanks to corporate sponsorship from two

local companies. And thanks to a partnership with a

local radio station and Internet company, Blue Raider

fans all over the world can watch just about every home

LWC event.

DuoCounty Telecom of Russell County, Ky., and

Bluegrass Cellular of Elizabethtown, Ky., have teamed

up to sponsor the broadcasts of all LWC home football

games at Blue Raider Stadium. The games – which are

produced by Travis Smith of the LWC public relations

office and LWC alumnus Ramie Hutchinson of Duo-

County – are carried live on DuoCounty Telecom Chan-

nel 2; they will be rebroadcast at a later date.

“Even if fans are at the games, they can set their DVR

or VCR players and then watch them later on,” said

LWC Athletics Director Willis Pooler. “We certainly ap-

preciate the support of DuoCounty and Bluegrass Cel-

lular – they mean a lot to our student-athletes. This

community is fortunate to have companies that take so

much pride in promoting our region.”

The DuoCounty broadcasts use audio from WAIN-

FM. All LWC football games will be carried on WAIN-

FM. LWC Sports Information Director Chris Wells calls

the games.

“WAIN has been a great partner to Lindsey Wilson,

and we are excited they will carry our football games

this year,” Pooler said. “It’s great to be on the same team

with WAIN-FM.”

Thanks to iHigh.com, the home football games are

streamed – and archived – through a link at lindseyath-

letics.com. Most other home LWC athletics events will

also be streamed this school year, thanks to the agree-

ment with iHigh.com.

Based in Lexington, Ky., iHigh.com is America’s

high school sports network providing free Web services

to schools across the United States.

“Now no matter wherever in the world Blue Raider

fans are located, they will be able to watch events such

as LWC volleyball match, basketball game or swimming

meet over the Internet,” Pooler said. “We’re excited to

provide this service to our student-athletes, their families

and our fans.”

DuoCounty & Bluegrass Cellular Join WAIN-FM/AM to Carry LWC Football

To watch a video of LWC coach Chris Oliver discussing his coaching philosophy and

hopes for Blue Raider football, go to www.lindsey.edu/cornerstone. The page alsoincludes a video of an opening-season sermon by

the Rev. G. Ted Taylor, transitional pastor at Columbia Baptist Church.




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21

Few families have meant more to thehistory of Lindsey Wilson College base-ball than the Egnew family of Stearns,Ky.

And on April 20, the college immor-talized the McCreary County family’sname by christening the newly openedbaseball park as Egnew Park.

The Egnew family is “one of the cor-nerstones of the program,” Lindsey Wil-son baseball coach Mike Talley said at thededication ceremony.

“Words cannot begin to express thegratitude we feel toward you for all youhave done,” Talley said. “Much of thesuccess that we have enjoyed over theyears would not have been realized with-out the support and leadership of J.C.Egnew.”

Talley, who is in his 18th season asLWC baseball coach, first encounteredthe Egnew family in the early 1990s. AlexEgnew pitched for the Blue Raiders from1993-96.

He threw four career shutouts, making

him co-leader on the Blue Raiders’ all-time list. Alex was also a member of Tal-ley’s first graduating class of baseballplayers. Alex’s wife, Becki, is a 1995Lindsey Wilson alumna.

Alex’s father, J.C., made his first giftto LWC in 1991 when the college was“pretty lean.”

“Lindsey Wilson was pretty lean whenwe (first) came over here,” he said duringthe ceremony.

Egnew said that leadership has beenkey to Lindsey Wilson’s success over thelast two decades.

“Good leadership can overcome any-

thing,” he said.

J.C. Egnew funded the baseball pro-gram’s first assistant coach, made the firsttarpaulin used to protect the old baseballfield’s infield, and also supplied funds forEgnew Field’s lights and locker rooms.

“It is because of the generosity of peo-ple like the Egnews that our current stu-dent-athletes, and those to come, will playbaseball in this top-notch facility,” saidLindsey Wilson Athletics Director WillisPooler.

And Talley noted that the Egnew fam-ily’s support of Lindsey Wilson goes be-yond baseball.

“They believe in the college’s missionand support the Lindsey Wilson mission,”he said.

J.C. Egnew said his family supportsLindsey Wilson because of a desire tomake the world a better place.

“At the end of the day, I think we’re allput on this earth to leave it better than wefound it,” he said.

“Much of the success that we

have enjoyed over the years

would not have been realized

without the support and leader-

ship of J.C. Egnew.”

– Mike Talley,baseball coach

The Egnew family of Stearns, Ky., is joined by the members and coaches of the Lindsey Wilson baseball team following the April 20 dedication cere-

mony of Egnew Park. The Egnew family: J.C. and Azalie Egnew; and Alex and Becki, and their children: Savannah and A.J.

FIELD OF DREAMSEgnew Park Honors Longtime Baseball Friend


1930s-40sOpal Gaston ’33 Young died on

March 4. She taught fifth grade at the

former Columbia Grade School and

retired to be a full-time homemaker and

raise her children.

Luther Collins ’40 died on Feb 27.

He was a pharmacist and was owner of

Collins Drug Store from 1951-86 in

Columbia. He also built and operated

the Dreamland Motel in Columbia. He

was a member of Columbia Masonic

Lodge No. 96 for 66 years and was a

veteran of World War II. He was active

in civic affairs and served as chairman

of the Columbia-Adair County Airport

Board.

Mary Evelyn Barnes ’42 Walker

died on June 2. She was a retired educa-

tor in the Adair County School system,

with a teaching career that spanned 31

years. She was a member of the

Westlake Regional Hospital Auxiliary, a

member of the Columbia Women’s

Club, and a member of the Bliss

Homemakers and of the Adair County

Democratic Women’s Club.

Mary Ruth Wells ’46 Stone died on

Feb. 20. She was a former school

teacher and bookkeeper for a number of

Columbia businesses.

Russell K. Taylor ’46 died on Feb.

6. A retired United Methodist minister,

he served for 35 years in the Louisville

Annual Conference.

Elizabeth Amanda Shelton ’47

Caylor died on Sept. 17, 2009. She

began her teaching career at Gans

Bottom in Wayne County, Ky., followed

by Somerset High (Ky.) School, Henry

Clay High School in Lexington, Ky.,

and Maple Heights High School in

Cleveland. Her final teaching position

was as a professor at Ball State (Ind.)

University, where she retired with emer-

itus status in 1987. Upon retirement, she

returned to Wayne County where she

was a member of the Wayne County

Extension Homemakers, the Monticello

Woman’s Club and a longtime member

of Delta Kappa Gamma.

Rev. J. Smiley Collins ’47 died on

July 6. Smiley joined the armed forces

and served as a chaplain’s assistant in

Burma, China; and India during World

War II. After the war he earned degrees

from Lindsey Wilson and Union (Ky.)

College. He later received a doctorate

of divinity from Emory (Ga.)

University, and he published the book

Man of Devotion: Francis Asbury.Collins served as pastor to several

Methodist churches throughout

Kentucky, including churches in Greater

Louisville.

Edwin Rogers ’48 is retired from

Rogers Aluminum and Glass Co., which

he founded, and he is also a veteran of

World War II.

Hazel Bybee ’48 Stephenson died

on June 21. She was a member of the

Burkesville Woman’s Club and a mem-

ber of the Kentucky Dental Association

Auxiliary. She received a teaching certi-

fication from Bowling Green Business

MARRIAGES

• LaToya Jenee Webster ’03 to Anthony Benberry

• Jill Schmidt ’05 to Peter Bolken

• Chiquita Baldock ’06 to Timothy Akers

• Brooke McHargue ’06 to Peter McLellan ’06

• Jonathan Neal Wood ’06 to and Carla Marie Pryor

• Kevin Davis ’07 to Megan Greenwell

• Deedra Wesley ’10 to Zach Franklin

NEW FAMILIES

IN MEMORIAM

• Opal Gaston ’33 Young

• Luther Collins ’40

• Mary Evelyn Barnes ’42 Walker

• Mary Ruth Wells ’46 Stone

• Russell K. Taylor ’46

• Elizabeth Amanda Shelton ’47 Caylor

• Rev. J. Smiley Collins ’47

• Hazel Bybee ’48 Stephenson

• Mary Dick ’51

• C. L. Foley ’58

• Jennifer Denise Mickey ’97

BIRTHS

• Drew ’94 and Laura Dickinson ’03 Burwash: Ty Robert

• Jason ’97 and Daniela Richardson: Clara Bella

• Amanda L. Miller ’01: Jaylee Alexis Miller.

• Virginia Oglesby ’06 and Isaac Gibson: Alexzander

• Christina Oaks ’08: Aubree

• Jamison Ornella ’08 and Gregory Justin Rogers: Jasper Cole

• William Andrew “Andy” Mann ’08 and Tiffany Cloud ’04 Mann:

August Andrew Mann

• Daniel Travis ’09 and Cindy Austin ’09 Davis: Miles Sidney Davis

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University and her master’s degree from

Western Kentucky University. She

taught business and commerce at

Bremen High School in Muhlenberg

County, Ky., Russell County High

School in Jamestown, Ky., Southern

High School in Louisville, Ky., and also

in the Cumberland County (Ky.) School

System. She is survived by her husband,

Dr. Julius “Doc” Stephenson ’47.

Billie Isenberg ’49 Blakeman is a

retired teacher after teaching almost 40

years in the Metcalfe County (Ky.)

School System. She resides in

Edmonton, Ky.

1950s-70sEunice Wilson ’50 Thomas is

retired after 34 years of teaching in the

Russell County (Ky.) School System.

Allene Collins ’50 Aaron spent 36

years teaching in Adair County schools.

Mary Dick ’51 died on March 11.

She taught first through third grades at

Wayne County (Ky.) Elementary

School.

Lynn Harmon ’52 is a retired pastor

who resides in Louisville, Ky., with his

wife, Shirley Burnett ’59 Harmon.

C. L. Foley ’58 died on Oct. 15,

2009.

Wallace Stewart ’69 has been

involved with road construction for 35

years. He resides in Scottsburg, Ind.

1980sTommy Ross ’86 is president of

South Central Bank in Bowling Green,

Ky., and Franklin, Ky. He and his wife,

Terri, have three children: Jonathan,

Anne Marie and Laura.

Dinah Cassady ’88 Smith is a full-

time homemaker and has five grandchil-

dren. She resides in Campbellsville, Ky.

Pam Luckett ’88 Potts is the work-

ers’ compensation representative for the

Ford truck plant in Louisville, Ky.

David D. Johnson ’88 resides in

Atlanta where he is in real estate.

Jerry Lucas ’89 works in the mar-

keting department at the Brook

Hospitals in Louisville, Ky.

Susan Barbee ’89 is a court-desig-

nated worker for Kentucky’s 11th judi-

cial district, serving Green, Marion,

Taylor and Washington counties.

At the spring commencement cer-

emony, the Lindsey Wilson College

community recognized members of

the Class of 1960 as inaugural mem-

bers of the LWC Golden Alumni

Society – alumni who graduated 50

years ago from the college.

Alumni who graduated from LWC

in 1950 or earlier are invited to partic-

ipate in the winter Golden Alumni

Society induction ceremony, to be

held in conjunction with the winter

commencement on Dec. 11. This

one-day event will include a medal-

lion breakfast, Golden Alumni Society

class picture and participation in win-

ter commencement exercises. For

more information or to register for the

event, contact the LWC Alumni Office

at [email protected],

(800) 264-0138 or (270) 384-8400.

LWC Honors Golden Alumni

ABOVE: Prentice Stanford of Tompkinsville, Ky., left, is

welcomed on May 8 into the Golden Alumni Society by

LWC Director of Alumni Relations Randy Burns.

LEFT: Front row, from left: Susan Chambers of Edmonton,

Ky., Dott Luttrell Miller of Jamestown, N.C., and Betty

Bruton Brown of Columbia; back row, from left: John

Kelly Murphy of Tompkinsville, Ky., James Chapman of

Tompkinsville, Lynn “Blackie” Nixon of Hillsboro, Ind.,

and Douglas Pendygraft of Danville, Ky. Not present:

Charles Miller of Louisville, Ky., and Robert Vaughn

Schuler of Milwaukee, Wis.

Next Golden Group to be Inducted Dec. 11 during Winter Commencement

Continued on Page 24

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Steve Pruitt ’89 is a finance manag-

er at REGISTRAT-MAPI, a global clini-

cal research organization with an office

in Lexington, Ky.

Jackie Willis ’89 Sapp teaches sec-

ond grade at Taylor County (Ky.)

Elementary. She has two children:

Daley and Mason.

Brenda Wilburn ’89 Riney has

three children and a granddaughter.

Brenda worked in human resources,

recruiting and staffing for more than 10

years in schools. She now home-schools

her children and is studying for a psy-

chology degree and then a master’s in

school psychology from Western

Kentucky University.

1990sRebecca Seebold ’90 teaches kinder-

garten and resides in Louisville, Ky.

Joan Metcalfe ’90 Huffman is a

retired park superintendent at Old Fort

Harrod State Park and resides in

Harrodsburg, Ky.

Melissa Pridemore ’90 Carlton is

employed in the information technology

department at Florida State University

in Panama City, Fla.

Wanda Lee Meaux ’90 is working

on a doctorate. She has taught fourth

and fifth grade in the Fayette County

(Ky.) School System.

Stacy Estes ’91 Griner owns the

Learning Tree Child Care, which has

centers in Cave City, Ky., Hodgenville,

Ky., and Horse Cave, Ky.

Sherry Rogers ’91 Johnson is a

manager of Travel Professionals in

Harrodsburg, Ky. She has two children:

Levi and Laken.

Lisa Coop ’92 is an auditor of public

accounts for the Commonwealth of

Kentucky.

Sadie K. Gambrel ’92 has two chil-

dren and three grandchildren. She is an

administrative secretary at the Boyle

County (Ky.) Board of Education, and

she also is a foster mother.

Tim Curry ’92 is associate athletic

director at Union (Ky.) College. His

wife, Susan Feltner ’94 Curry, is a child

family interventionist for Cumberland

River Comprehensive Care in

Manchester, Ky., where they reside.

Glenda Woodall ’92 Brown resides

in Mount Juliet, Tenn., with her hus-

band, Jeff.

Donna Spoon ’92 Redmon is

employed at Westlake Regional

Hospital in Columbia.

Belinda Gauthier ’93 Roberts is

working on a bachelor of science degree

in business management with a minor in

Christian studies at Mid-Continent (Ky.)

University. She is the mother of four

children and resides in Wingo, Ky.

Julie Gossage ’93 Pyles is in her

18th year teaching at Bell Elementary

School. She is married to Thomas

Lewis Pyles, and they recently celebrat-

ed their 15th anniversary. They have

one child, Hallie Elizabeth, and reside

in Monticello, Ky.

Robin Johnson ’93 Underwood is

married to Brett Underwood. They have

two children, Hunter and Kacie. Robin

has taught at Taylor County (Ky.)

Longtime Lindsey Wilson

College leader Dr. Charles Victor

Henry died on April 24. A 1951

graduate of the college, Henry was

the son of the late

V.P. Henry, who

served as LWC’s

third president

1942-54.

Henry was a

member of the

Lindsey Wilson

Board of Trustees

from 1983 until his

death.

“Vic Henry was a

giant in the history

of Lindsey Wilson College, eclipsed

only by his father,” said LWC

President William T. Luckey Jr.

“During his time as a trustee, Dr.

Henry provided an important voice

in all of the critical discussions that

took place in the last quarter-centu-

ry.

“Just like his father, Dr. Henry

witnessed incredible growth of

Lindsey Wilson. It is because of

selfless people like Dr. Henry that

Lindsey Wilson College stands tall

today.”

During Henry’s time as an LWC

student, his father successfully

fought to keep the college open by

increasing enrollment and serving

four years without a salary and for

five years as superintendent of the

Louisville Conference’s Columbia

District.

After Henry graduated from

LWC, he enlisted in the Army and

served in combat in Korea. He

graduated from Eastern Kentucky

University, and in 1959 graduated

from the University of Louisville

College of Dentistry.

Henry operated a dental practice

in Russell Springs, Ky., from 1959-

2006.

In addition to serving as a

Lindsey Wilson trustee, Henry

served as chairman of the Lake

Cumberland District Board of

Health and was also a member of

the Jamestown Lions Club, where

he served as district governor.

Henry also helped develop the

Lakewood Country Club in Russell

County, and served as one of the

club’s first presidents.

Henry was preceded in death by

his wife of 52 years, Laura

Josephine “Jo” Antle Henry.

Henry is survived by three chil-

dren: Dr. Ann Karen Henry and her

husband, Michael Karol; Dr. Mark

Allen Henry and his wife, Cynthia;

and the Rev. Laura Henry Harris

and her husband, Michael; and

eight grandchildren. He is also sur-

vived by one brother, the Rev.

George Edward Henry, and one

sister, Martha Henry Berry.

The LWC Henry Endowed

Scholarship is named in honor of

the Henry family’s contributions to

the college.

Henry Was a Key Member of LWC Board

for More than a Quarter Century

Dr. Charles

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Elementary School since 1994. She also

has a master’s degree in education from

Campbellsville (Ky.) University and a

Rank I in Instructional Leadership from

Eastern Kentucky University.

David Wadlington ’94 is the

women’s basketball coach at Ohio

Valley (W.Va.) University. His wife,

Carla Miles ’93 Wadlington, is associate

dean of students at Ohio Valley. They

make their home in St. Vienna, W.Va.

Drew ’94 and Laura Dickinson ’03

Burwash are the proud parents of Ty

Robert. He was born May 4; weighed 8

pounds, and 2 ounces; and was 21 inch-

es long.

John Cauley ’94 is vice president of

development for the Kentucky Masonic

Homes Charitable Foundation in

Louisville, Ky.

Carrie Grant ’94 Wilde has a son,

Dawson Caleb Wilde.

David Clemmons ’95 is employed

by the Metcalfe County (Ky.) School

System. His wife, Tara Sewell ’94

Clemmons, works for a law firm in

Glasgow, Ky.

Brett Pyles ’95 is married to

Jennifer Pyles and has one son, Cord.

They reside in Ratcliff, Ky.

Connie Todd ’95 Young is employed

by the Adair County (Ky.) Water

District.

Mark Karnes ’95 has two children:

Kevin and Tyler. They reside in

Jamestown, Ky.

Brandi Ferguson ’96 Pentecost was

inducted into the Hopkins County

Central Athletic Hall of Fame. She was

an assistant freshman softball coach for

Lady Storm for two years. She currently

resides in Nashville, Tenn., with her

husband, Adrian, and their children,

Taylor and Cayden.

Julie Garner ’96 Morgan is a guid-

ance counselor at Southwestern High

School in Somerset, Ky.

Judith Houk ’96 Curry has opened

a private practice, Counseling

Associates, in Campbellsville, Ky. Her

associate is Rebecca Hardin ’01 Price.

April Bryant ’97 Johnson is a sub-

stitute teacher while she goes back to

school to earn a certificate/master’s

degree in special education.

Steve Burton ’97 teaches special

education at Adair County Elementary

School. His wife, Sarah Harvey ’04

Burton, is a kindergarten teacher at

Colonel William Casey Elementary

School. They have three children: Kyle,

Hallie and Kaden.

Angela Chisholm ’97 is a Certified

Nurse-Midwife at Bella Vie Gentle

Birth Center in Oregon and at Central

City Concern Health Services.

Stephanie Huddleston ’97 is a

native of Burkesville, KY. She received

her Bachelors in Biology from Lindsey

Wilson College in 1997 and graduated

from the University of Kentucky

College of Dentistry in 2001. She has

operated Stephanie Huddleston, DMD

PLLC, Studio for Aesthetic Dentistry in

Lexington, Ky., since November 2004.

Tomohiro Kamochi ’97 resides in

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and is cur-

rently working on his own business.

Jennifer Denise Mickey ’97 died on

March 20.

Jason Richardson ’97 and his wife,

Daniela, along with their children Ela

and Seth welcomed a new addition to

their family: Clara Bella. She was born

on May 28.

Tanya Thompson ’97 is a sales

manager for the Hilton Clearwater

Beach. She has a son, Quinn, and is

engaged to be married in May 2011.

Mandy Lile ’98 Newkirk is

employed by Team Health Inc., where

she recruits doctors, nurse practitioners

and physician assistants to hospitals and

clinics that serve the Kentucky cities of

Bowling Green, Franklin and

Scottsville.

Ernie ’98 and Julie Rigling ’98

Salisbury reside in Owensboro, Ky.,

where Julie is a physician assistant and

Ernie is a landscape designer. They

have a daughter Isabelle, 6.

Chad Rakes ’98 is a district loss

prevention manager for Rite Aid

Pharmacies. He has three children.

Josh Messer ’98 is a production

supervisor at Aramark Uniform

Services. He is married to Tanya

Messer, and he has three children:

Olivia, Kennedy and Ryland. They

reside in Lancaster, Ky.

Greg Johnson ’65 displays a fish he caught earlier this year in South Carolina. This Big Blue

Catfish checked in at 23 pounds.

THE ONE THAT DIDN’T GET AWAY


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Betty Popplewell ’98 Hare is

employed by the Kentucky Division of

Family Support in Frankfort, Ky. She

and her husband, David, have three

children and 10 grandchildren.

Helen Breen ’98 Pack is the site

supervisor/school program director of

Clinton County (Ky.) Adanta. She has

four children and 10 grandchildren.

Nina Sjostrand ’99 is a project man-

ager for a Swedish insurance company.

Freida Mae Curry ’99 works in the

accounts payable department at Novelis

Inc. in Berea, Ky., the world’s largest

aluminum products manufacturer and

recycling facility.

Eric Carpenter ’99 is employed by

Hollister Incorporated as ostomy/wound

care specialist. He is married to Katie

Carpenter and they reside in Scarbro,

W.Va.

Susan Stamper ’99 Smith is a fami-

ly readiness officer for the Marine

Corps. She resides in New Bern, N.C.,

with her husband, Jerod, and their six

children.

2000sJeff Crawford ’00 owns his own

business in oil and gas. His wife,

Christy Watson ’99 Crawford, is a stay-

at-home mom of two boys, Cody and

Cameron, and she also helps in her par-

ents’ photography studio.

Sheryl Robbins ’00 Luczak is

employed by Cumberland River

Comprehensive Care Center. She

resides in Mount Vernon, Ky., with her

son, Jacob.

Adam Cruse ’01 is chief financial

officer at Three Rivers Medical Center

in Louisa, Ky. Adam and his wife,

Janie, have two children, Ally and Clay.

Rebecca Hardin ’01 Price has

opened a private practice, Counseling

Associates in Campbellsville, Ky. Her

associate is Judith Houk ’96 Curry.

Pernilla Jonsson ’01 Nicklasson is

married to Mikael Nicklasson and has a

daughter, Tova. They reside in Sweden.

Susan Jones ’01 Lewis is employed

by the University of Kentucky. She

works in the UK College of Education’s

Literacy Department in the Reading

BACK TO CAMPUS

Hall Received Solid Foundation

During His Time at LWCA lumber yard and a caring high

school guidance counselor brought

Greg Hall to Lindsey Wilson College.

After Hall graduated from Monroe

County High School in 1980, he

went to work in his Uncle Johnny

Rich’s lumber yard in nearby

Burkesville, Ky.

It didn’t take many exhausting

days in brutal summer heat to con-

vince Hall that college would be the

path to a better life.

The only problem: the fall semes-

ter was more than two weeks old.

Enter Dorothy Hayes, the late

guidance counselor at Monroe

County High School. Hayes took Hall

to Columbia, where she helped

enroll him at LWC.

“I think my fate was coming to

Lindsey Wilson,” Hall said during a

recent summer tour of the A.P. White

Campus. “For me it was the perfect

fit – it was the right size for me, and

there was a family atmosphere on

the campus.”

During his two years at LWC, Hall

was involved in campus life. After

earning a degree in history from

LWC, Hall earned a bachelor degree

from the University of Kentucky, then

served in the Navy for six years

before settling in Southern California.

After working for a couple busi-

nesses in the early 1990s and earn-

ing an MBA, Hall joined the sales

department of then-fledgling Orange

County Container Group in 1995.

More than 15 years later, OCCG

has grown from 75 to more than

4,200 employees, and Hall now

serves as president of its packaging

division.

“I was determined the day I put

my foot on this campus that I was

going to give it my all – and I did,

and it paid huge dividends for me in

the future,” Hall said.

Greg Hall ’82 stands in front of Horton Hall, where he lived during his two years as an LWC

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Recovery University Training Center.

She is also working on a bachelor’s

degree in business management.

Bruce Alan Smith ’01 is a third-year

doctoral student in business. He is

employed by the University of Phoenix,

where he was promoted to director of

student and financial services.

Amanda L. Miller ’01 recently gave

birth to a baby girl, Jaylee Alexis

Miller.

Walter “Wally” Ian Maybrier ’01

and Leah Carter ’02 Maybrier celebrat-

ed their eighth wedding anniversary in

May. They reside in Somerset, Ky., with

their son, Ian.

Amanda Froggett ’02 Norris has

earned her Mary Kay independent sales

director certification. She is married and

has three children: Addyson, Jackson

and Aubree.

Amanda Joyce Walker ’02

Newman is nurse manager of critical

care at Norton Audubon Hospital in

Louisville, Ky. She has two children,

Jackson and Riley.

Tanya Webster ’02 Zeitz is a book-

keeper/accountant for Aramark at Yum!

Brands. She resides in Louisville, Ky.,

with her husband, Jesse ’00.

Scarlet Gipson ’02 Garrity resides

in Louisville, Ky., with her husband,

Dave, and two children, Alexander and

Jake.

Tracy Wathen ’02 Murray is man-

ager for adult case management services

at Communicare in Elizabethtown, Ky.

Angela Love Moser ’02 teaches sev-

enth grade language arts and has earned

master’s degree in secondary education.

She resides in New Bern, N.C.

Pablo Alberto Serenelli ’02 is direc-

tor of Quick Language Solutions in

Argentina. To view his website go to:

www.quicklanguagesolutions.com.

Millicent Onyango ’03 Tutlam is a

certified public accountant/tax account-

ant in St. Louis.

Angela Smith ’03 Crump is

employed by R&R Donnelley as a

Prograph project support assistant.

Kyle Robertson ’03 is married to

Renae Robertson and has two children.

He is chief financial officer at Bruss

North America Inc. in Russell Springs,

Ky.

LaToya Jenee Webster ’03 and

Anthony Benberry of Paducah, Ky.,

were married on May 1.

Amanda Foster ’03 Thomas is in

management at Dollar General Stores.

She has two children, Robyn Elizabeth

and Penny Elaine, and resides in

Benton, Ky.

Brian Christopher Shelton ’03 is

an investment adviser at First Tennessee

Brokerage. He is married to Lori

Summerford Shelton, and they reside in

Cookeville, Tenn.

Leeza Merkel ’04 Long resides in

Liberty, Ky.

Sherry Trivett ’05 is an executive

TOP OF HIS CLASS

Dunn Honored by UofL Law SchoolBarry Dunn ’05 graduated from

the University of Louisville’s Brandeis

School of Law at the top of his class.

Dunn received the Outstanding

University Graduate from the univer-

sity’s law school.

While a UofL law student, Dunn

was president of the Moot Court

Board, notes editor for the Universityof Louisville Law Review, two-time

member of the National Moot Court

team, American Bar Association

Representative, Academic Support

Center Tutor, and research assistant

to two Distinguished University

Scholars. He won the Justice

Charles Leibson Award as outstand-

ing constitutional law student, the

Kentucky Bar Association Student

Writing Competition, Stites and

Harbison Leadership Award, and

was inducted into the Brandeis

Honor Society.

Dunn will practice commercial liti-

gation with Stoll Keenon Ogden in

Louisville.


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casino host for Harrah’s Cherokee

Casino and Hotel in Cherokee, N.C.

Nicholas A. Drexler ’05 is an ECE

teacher at Price Elementary in

Louisville, Ky. He resides in Mount

Washington, Ky.

John Richard Woodrum ’05 is an

officer with Florence Police Department

in Florence Ala. He is a member of the

SWAT team and the water rescue unit,

and he is also a field training officer.

Brooke McLain Hatcher ’05 has

two children, Cade and Aden. They

reside in Corbin, Ky.

Jill Schmidt ’05 and Peter Bolken

were married on Feb. 6. They reside in

Fargo, N.D.

Chiquita Baldock ’06 married

Timothy Akers on Dec. 28, 2009. They

reside in Frankfort, Ky.

Brandi Tauffener ’06 is director of

financial aid at the Frontier School of

Midwifery and Family Nursing in

Lexington, Ky.

Tawanna Huffman ’06 is employed

by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in

Pike County as a child protective social

worker. She resides in Virgie, Ky.

Brooke McHargue ’06 married

Peter McLellan ’06. They reside in

Scotland.

Valerie Planck ’06 Lebanion

resides in Corbin, Ky.

Fausy Eduardo Rodriguez ’06 is

studying for a master’s degree in inter-

national business at SKEMA Business

School in France. He is engaged to

Marie Coyon.

Laurie Willhite ’06 Cross and her

husband, Jeremy, and their son, Japeth,

2, reside in Albany, Ky.

Filipe W. de Souza ’06 is an English

language lecturer at Shantou University

in Shantou, China.

Virginia Oglesby ’06 Gibson and

her husband, Isaac, have a son,

Alexzander, born on Jan. 1.

Federico M. Parola ’06 is a cross-

cultural coach/consultant at Diversity

Coaching Group of Nashville, Tenn.

Jonathan Neal Wood ’06 and Carla

Marie Pryor were married on March 27.

Kevin Davis ’07 married Megan

Greenwell. They reside in Louisville,

Ky.

NorNa Marie Fannin ’07 Sagraves

has two children and four granddaugh-

ters. She is a public assistance program

specialist with the Kentucky Cabinet for

Health and Family Services in Louisa,

Ky.

Metchie Williams ’07 is a teller

supervisor at a bank in Grand Cayman.

Tammy Hawkins ’07 McGowan

resides in Russell Springs, Ky., with her

husband, Lance, and their daughter,

Madelyn Olivia.

Jennifer Cannon ’07 Nichols is

employed by Ultimate Treatment Center

in Ashland, Ky., as an addictions coun-

selor in a methadone treatment center.

Jennifer and her husband, Doy, have

two children, Aryssa and Brooklyn.

They reside in Ashland.

Jasmin Moore ’07 resides in Fort

Collins, Colo.

Norann Parker ’07 resides in

Lexington, Ky., with her daughter,

McKenzie Grace Janes.

Nathan Mayo ’07 completed boot

camp in Great Lakes, Ill., and is in

training to become an intelligence spe-

cialist at the Navy Intell Training

School in Dam Neck, Va.

Christina Oaks ’08 gave birth to a

baby girl, Aubree, on Feb. 16 She

resides in Jonesville, Va.

Emmanuel Otwori Isanda ’08 is

the volleyball, cross country, track &

field assistant coach at Wiley (Texas)

College.

Jamison Ornella ’08 is engaged to

Gregory Justin Rogers. They have one

FACES FROM CLASS NOTES

Jaylee Alexis

Miller Aden Hatcher Ty Robert BurwashJasper Cole

Ornella

August Andrew

Mann

Dr. Stephanie

Huddleston ’97

Miles Sidney

Davis Jason ’97 & Clara Bella Richardson Children of Angela Chisholm ’97


BLUE RAIDER BABIES

The Alumni Office will help wel-

come your family's baby into the

world with a complimentary LWC

baby bib.

For more information, contact

Alumni Director Randy Burns at

a l u m n i @ l i n d s e y . e d u ,

(800) 264-0138 or (270) 384-8176.

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child, Jasper Cole, born on Jan. 25.

Jamison is employed by the Social

Security Administration in Frankfort,

Ky.

William Andrew “Andy” Mann ’08

and Tiffany Cloud ’04 Mann are proud

parents of August Andrew Mann, born

on Feb. 25. He weighed 8 pounds, 9.5

ounces, and he was 21.5 inches long.

Candela Gruselda ’08 Castonon is

an internal auditor for Direct TV.

Joseph “Joe” Allen Jessee ’08

resides in Radcliff, Ky.

Kara Osterfeld ’08 is in her third

year of pharmacy school at the

University of Cincinnati.

Tara Taylor ’08 Henon is married to

John Henon Jr. and they have a one-

year-old daughter, Delaney Ross. Tara

is a stay-at-home mom, and they reside

in Louisville, Ky.

Daniel Travis ’09 and Cindy Austin

’09 Davis are the proud parents of

Miles Sidney Davis. Daniel and Cindy

will earn their master’s degree in coun-

seling and human development from

LWC in December.

Leigh Ann Moore ’09 has been

inducted into the Storm Hall of Fame at

Hopkins County Central High School.

She is a student at the Florida Coastal

School of Law in Jacksonville, Fla.

Laura Galloway ’09 Pollard is an

administrative assistant at the LWC

Radcliff (Ky.) Community Campus.

Rachael Dannielle Erwin ’09 is the

proud parent of a baby boy, Keegan.

Dannielle resides in Williamson, W.Va.

Benjamin T. Martin ’10 is an LWC

Freshman Advisor. He was recently the

college’s assistant chaplain.

Aimee S. Blum ’10 is LWC’s enroll-

ment coordinator for the Elizabethtown-

Radcliff, Ky., area. She has a master’s

degree from LWC, and she was recently

the college’s assistant chaplain.

Genevieve “Gennie” Adams ’10 is

youth pastor and children’s facilitator at

Science Hill (Ky.) United Methodist

Church. She is also enrolled in LWC

master’s program in Christian leader-

ship.

Alumni of the LWC men’s and women’s soccer programs gather for a reunion on Sept. 10 in the Emily Hundley President’s Home. On Sept. 11,

they participated in alumni soccer matches at Walter S. Reuling Stadium. Attending the reunion were: Michael Baker, Drew Burwash, Raymon

Clarke, Felicia Crawford, Benjamin Djeukeng, Tish Ewing, Murray Frazier, Jomo Leing, Kristy Lindsay, Latoya Linton, Scott Martin, Gina

Pischoto, Lisa Poirier, Phillip Pooler, Traci Pooler, Willis Pooler, Wendy Egbert Tryba, Christian Uhre, Sarah Uhre, Ray Wells and Jodie Williams.

REUNION OF CHAMPIONS

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The LWC Alumni Speakers

Bureau features alumni who are

interested in speaking to LWC

classes and student organizations

about their careers and/or areas of

expertise.

The list is made available to fac-

ulty to use in their courses or with

student organizations.

To join the bureau, contact

Alumni Director Randy Burns at

[email protected] or (270) 384-

8400.

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Dear Fellow Blue Raiders and Friends,

How many times in life do we get to experience a once-in-a-life time opportunity?

We will all have that opportunity this fall. Never before has Lindsey Wilson College celebrated

Homecoming festivities in conjunction with football. That will change on Oct. 30 when the 2010 Homecoming

queen and king will be crowned during halftime of the LWC-West Virginia Institute of Technology football

game at Blue Raider Stadium.

The excitement about football within the alumni base has been nothing short of incredible. For more than a

year, the alumni office has received scores of phone calls about regarding Homecoming 2010 because this will

be the first homecoming weekend to include a football game.

It is not too late to make plans to come home to LWC to celebrate with classmates and friends. Included in

this edition of Cornerstone is additional information about the weekend.

But know that the greatest part of the weekend will be the opportunity to reconnect with former classmates,

faculty and staff. After all, it was the relationships you forged while at LWC that made your LWC experience

the incredible time that it was.

So come to Homecoming 2010 – have a great time at the golf scramble and pig roast on Friday; and enjoy

the 5K run/walk and football game on Saturday. And do it with people who share your love and affinity for

LWC.

Come home this fall to experience the excitement that has engulfed this college. Many things have changed

– an all-time record number of students enrolled, new buildings, and new programs and degrees. But one thing

has remained constant: LWC continues to be a mission-driven college, dedicated to serving every student,

every day.

I look forward to seeing you at Homecoming 2010 on Oct. 29-30.

“Blue Raiders for Life”,

RandyRandy Burns


Alumni Director, [email protected]

HOMECOMING October 29 & 30

LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE


gift planning


Gifts Lindsey Wilson College

receives can be grouped into

three categories: annual gifts,

major gifts and the ultimate gift. These

gifts build upon one another, culminat-

ing with a donor making the ultimate

gift through an estate plans with

resources they will no longer need after

death.

In most cases, major and ultimate

gifts are made by individuals who are

retired or near retirement age. This is

not the case with two special LWC

alumni – Leighton ’98 and Amanda

Gagel ’97 Main. They have both taken

steps to remember their alma mater in

their estate plans.

Leighton and Amanda – who met

while LWC students – both enjoy suc-

cessful careers. Leighton has put his

LWC education to work by teaching

physical education and coaching soccer

at Louisville Collegiate School;

Amanda, who graduated with honors

from LWC then graduated at the top of

her class from the University of

Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of

Law, is a senior attorney with Brown-

Foreman Corp.

In addition to their careers, Leighton

and Amanda are kept busy with their

twin boys Aidan and Bode, 3. Amanda

also serves on the Lindsey Wilson

Board of Trustees.

When their sons arrived more than

three years ago, Leighton and Amanda

understood the importance of planning

for their futures. They asked important

questions, such as:

• Who will take care of our sons

should something happen to either of

us?

• How can we be certain our finan-

cial resources are allocated properly

should one of us become disabled?

With the assistance of an estate plan-

ning attorney, Leighton and Amanda

addressed those issues in their last will

and testament.

While drafting their estate plans,

they also wanted to make provisions for

organizations and charities that are

important to them. One of those places

was their alma mater.

Leighton and Amanda believe in the

Lindsey Wilson mission.

Both of them received scholarship

support while they were LWC students,

so they want to help provide similar

opportunities for future generations of

LWC undergraduates.

“We both attended Lindsey Wilson

on scholarships and feel like the school

has done so much to prepare us for

what we are today,” Amanda said.

“Including the college in our estate plan

was a natural decision. We really didn’t

have to give it much thought – we just

had to decide which assets were the best

to donate, while still adequately provid-

ing for our young children should some-

thing happen to us.”

So Leighton and Amanda have made

the college beneficiaries of their indi-

vidual retirement accounts. Some day,

proceeds from the IRAs will provide

scholarship support for deserving stu-

dents.

“Our hope is that by including

Lindsey Wilson in our estate plan, we

will make the college better for genera-

tions to come – maybe even our own,”

Leighton said.

What Leighton and Amanda have

done is a beautiful message to all alum-

ni – no matter your age, estate planning

is important. Do it to provide for your

family, protect the ones you love, and

remember causes that are important to

you.

Already, more than 175 individuals

have remembered the college in this

meaningful way.

If you have questions about estate

planning or how to remember LWC in

your will, know that I can assist you.

Kevin A. Thompson is associate vicepresident for development.

PLANNED GIVING

BY KEVIN A. THOMPSON

Leighton ’98 and Amanda Gagel ’97 Main on the porch of their Louisville, Ky., home. “Including

the college in our estate plan was a natural decision,” Amanda says. “We really didn’t have to

give it much thought – we just had to decide which assets were the best to donate.”

Alumni Couple Make the Ultimate Gift



By Brandi Jo Crowe

Ibelieve in promises like I believed in Santa Claus or

the Tooth Fairy. As sure as I was that a jolly man in a

red suit would venture down my chimney on Dec. 24,

I am certain that the words “I promise” can change futures

and erase pasts.

It may seem strange to some, but with promises I find a

sort of absolution, and with that absolution, peace of mind. It

may seem even stranger that the strong belief that I place

with promises came from the biggest broken one of my life.

I was 12 years old as I sat in a hospital waiting room pray-

ing not to receive the worst news of my young life.

No one would admit it, but every family member and

friend that had gathered in that eight-by-ten nightmare shared

in the same worry, even my newly adult brother who would

sooner chop off his own foot than to be found guilty of fear.

However, he kept up his charade fairly well, rocking me

back and forth vouching and reinforcing his promise that she

would be alright. Little did he know, those few words alone

helped to alleviate my animosity. He had promised, so to me

the case had been closed, everyone could go home, and we

could be on with the rest of our lives.

However, those words didn’t hold the magic I so strongly

believed in, and on that hot summer day I lost one of the

biggest pieces to my existence – my mother. I was angry. I

was upset. I was the most heartbroken 12-year-old on the face

of the planet.

Now 18, not a day goes by that my mother doesn’t cross

my mind. But now, almost as strong as her missing presence

is that of the best lesson of my life – the one I learned on a

tragic evening in late July.

When you give someone a promise, they receive so much

more: peace, hope and reassurance. Because they receive

these things, there is more to be lost with an unfulfilled

promise than if one had never been made at all, and you gain

the responsibility of fulfillment.

It is for this reason that my promises are only given when

I am sure of my success (though it is disputable that success

is ever a sure thing). When I give that word – my word – I

give it knowing that it is not accompanied by false hope. I

keep my promises because promises are like bridges; they’re

only useful when not broken.

Brandi Jo Crowe of Mount Hermon, Ky., is a freshman.

I Build Bridges

This school year, all Lindsey Wilson freshmen are

reading the book This I Believe II: More PersonalPhilosophies of Remarkable Men and Women.

Founded in 2004, This I Believe Inc. is a not-for-

profit organization that engages youth and adults from

all walks of life in writing, sharing, and discussing brief

essays about the core values that guide their daily

lives. It is based on the 1950s radio program of the

same name, hosted by acclaimed journalist Edward R.

Murrow.

To read Brandi Jo Crowe’s essay on the This I

Believe website and browse other essays, go to:

thisibelieve.org/essay/84217.

About This I Believe

When you give someone a promise, they

receive so much more: peace, hope and reassur-

ance. Because they receive these things, there is

more to be lost with an unfulfilled promise than if

one had never been made at all, and you gain the

responsibility of fulfillment.

closing thoughts


campus scenesLEADERSHIP BANQUET:LWC Dean of Students

Chris Schmidt, left, pres-

ents Kentucky State Sen.

David Givens with an L3

leadership t-shirt. Givens –

whose district includes

Allen, Barren, Edmonson,

Green, Metcalfe and

Simpson counties – spoke

at the 2010 Leadership

Banquet on April 19 in the

Roberta D. Cranmer Dining

& Conference Center.

FIRST & FARMERS

SUPPORTS LINDSEY

WILSON FUND: LWC

President William T. Luckey

Jr. receives a $10,000 gift

to the Lindsey Wilson Fund

from First & Farmers

National Bank President

Ann Martin. The donation

will be used to provide

scholarship aid for

Columbia-Adair County

residents to attend Lindsey

Wilson.

FUTURE LEADERS: A total of 29 rising high school freshmen got to experience college life in June

at Lindsey Wilson College. For the second year in a row, students in the Rogers Explorers program

spent three days on the A.P. White Campus where they learned about math, science, leadership,

community service and entrepreneurship. The program – which is open to rising high school fresh-

men in Southern and Eastern Kentucky counties – was created four years ago by the Center for

Rural Development in Somerset. They are pictured with their counselors on the steps of the L.R.

McDonald Administration Building.

WARES FAIR CONNECTS STUDENTS, LOCAL BUSINESSES:LWC student Harrison Courtney of Woodford County, Ky., left,

won the grand prize at the 2010 LWC Wares Fair, held Aug. 19

in the Doris and Bob Holloway Health & Wellness Center.

Courtney won two roundtrip airline tickets to anywhere in the

continental United States. Courtney is presented the prize by,

from left, LWC Vice President of Student Services & Enrollment

Management Dean Adams, Lisa Clark of WAIN-FM/AM and

Tammy Sexton of WHVE-FM. Sponsored by the Columbia-Adair

County Chamber of Commerce, the annual event connects

LWC students to area businesses.

STATE LEGISLATOR FUNDS SCHOLARSHIP: Lance Don and June

Carney Opportunity Scholarship recipients Dustin Graves of

Columbia, left, and Erica Cowan of Campbellsville, Ky., receive the

Don and June Carney Opportunity Scholarship from State Rep. John

“Bam” Carney. Carney – whose 51st House District covers Adair and

Taylor Counties – created the scholarship in honor of his parents. He

funds the scholarship, which helps pay the cost of tuition, from his

state legislator’s salary.

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First football Homecoming in LWC history.

October29-30:

November 5:Women’s basketball opens 2010-11 season5:30 p.m. CT vs. Morris (S.C.) College atBiggers Sports Center. LWC coach JohnWethington enters the 2010-11 season with399 career wins, looking to become the firstLWC coach with 400 wins as a Blue Raider.

November 10:Annual Veterans AppreciationLuncheon, hosted by the LWC NationalAlumni Association. Open to all veter-ans, their spouses, and widows and wid-owers of veterans. To RSVP or for infor-mation: [email protected] or (270)384-8400.

November 18-20:Steel MagnoliasRobert Harling’s award-win-ning play performed by theLindsey Wilson Players anddirected by Robert Brock ofKentucky Repertory Theatreat Horse Cave

For ticket info: [email protected] or (270) 384-8400

December 11:Winter Commencement in Biggers Sports Center

April 28: Founders’ DayRoberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center

LWC Dates To Remember


210 Lindsey Wilson Street

Columbia, KY 42728

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