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A C H I E V EM A G A Z I N EThe magazine for alumni and friends of William Jewell College
Spring 2011
achievement day 2 0 1 1 :Celebrating the liberal arts tradition
A vote of confidence in the liberal artsLast year at this time, I reported that eventhough our nation had experienced the mostchallenging times since the Great Depression,Jewell was fortunate to have a dedicatedcommunity of supporters who value highereducation. This year, that level of commitmentis even more evident.
At the College’s Celebration of Achievement in March, I sharedthe news with nearly 600 friends of Jewell that the institution hasreceived gifts and commitments totaling more than $50 milliontoward the Phase I goal of $55 million f or “Shaping the Journey:The Campaign for Jewell.” Those gifts represent more than 10,500donors.
What that tells us is that there are a great number of people whocare about having a national liberal arts college as a regionalresource, and that those people are willing to provide significantfinancial support to maintain the excellence of the institution. Itmeans that William Jewell College matters to our alumni, to ourfriends, and to the greater Kansas City region.
We believe that great cities deserve great colleges, and we aregrateful to those who continue to make William Jewell a greatcollege. We have already made significant progress toward our topfunding priority of building a new learning commons that willserve the needs of scholars in the 21st century, and theannouncement of a recent $3 million leadership gift from alumniFred and Shirley Pryor puts us even closer to making this facility areality. You can read more about our campaign progress in thisonline issue, or on our newly launched campaign website atwww.jewell.edu/campaign/.
It is our hope that by July 1, 2012, we will be able to share withyou the news that commitments for the entire $55 million firstphase of our Shaping the Journey campaign will be at hand.Economic uncertainties continue to exist in our country and ourworld, but we are confident that the passion of those who believ eso deeply in William Jewell College will continue to fuel ourmomentum as we prepare a new generation of leaders.
David L. Sallee
From the President
ACHIEVE MAGAZINE
SPRING 2011
PRESIDENT
David L. Sallee
VICE PRESIDENTFOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Chad J. Jolly ’94
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Robert A. Eisele
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOROF ALUMNI RELATIONSAND ANNUAL GIVING
Kent Huyser ’93
DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI SERVICES
Tanna Campbell ’08
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OFCOMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA
Cara Dahlor
WEB DEVELOPER
Jonathan Dickson
MANAGER OF PRINT
COMMUNICATIONS
Kari L. Perry ’94
DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES AND SIGNATURE EVENTS
Susan E. Arbo ’86
CAMPUS PHOTOGRAPHER
Kyle Rivas ’08
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SHAPING THE JOURNEY
$3 million gift from alumni Fred and Shirley Pryorfuels Learning Commons projectA $3 million naming gift from alumni Fred and Shirley Pryor willsupport the cornerstone project of William Jewell College’s “Shaping the Journey” campaign.
“Fred and Shirley Pryor have once again made a gif t that is bothprescient and inspiring,” said Dr. David Sallee, president of WilliamJewell College. “Nearly two decades ago, they helped us create thePryor Leadership Fellows Program because theyknew that quality leaders hold the key. Now, theyunderstand that learning is dif ferent and willcontinue to evolve. The intellectual heart of theCollege must lead that evolution. And thisLearning Commons will be that vibrant center that every great college needs.”
The new Pryor Learning Commons is thesignature project in the first phase of “Shaping the Journey: The Campaign for Jewell,” whichfocuses on $55 million of priority initiativescoming out of the College’s s trategic plan adopted in late 2007. The Campaign, with over10,500 donors to date and gifts and commitmentsof more than $50 million, is on pace t o be thelargest in the history of the 162-year-old liberal arts institution.
The Pryors affirmed their belief in the importance of the LearningCommons project. “The world is changing at an unparalleled rate,”said Fred Pryor, a member of the William Jewell College class of 1956and a member of the College’s Board of Trustees. “The role of a greatcollege like William Jewell is to prepare students for leadership andservice in the future. We are pleased to be able to play a part in thatprocess.” The Pryor gift will fund both construction of the facility andthe programming it will support.
The announcement of the Pryor gift marks the beginning of theCampaign’s public phase. Areas of emphasis include the constructionof the new Pryor Learning Commons; funding for the College’sCenter for Justice and Sustainability; endowed scholarship support;student grants for self-designed projects; support for athleticprograms; endowments for faculty and program support; studenthousing; and annual operating support.
“The Campaign is positioned to make theCollege accessible to all deserving applicants,broaden experiential learning opportunities forstudents and prepare Jewell to be moreresponsive to emerging trends in teaching andlearning,” said Dr. Chad Jolly, vice president forinstitutional advancement.
Among the major commitments received to dateis a $6.5 million pledge from the Hall FamilyFoundation made in early 2008. This is thelargest single pledge commitment to the Collegein over a decade, and a majority of the fundssupport the Pryor Learning Commons. The
Kansas City-based William T. KemperFoundation, Sunderland Foundation, JE Dunn
Construction Company and the Gary Dickinson Family CharitableFoundation have also provided significant support to the Campaign’ssignature project. The College plans to raise another $3.5 milliontoward the Pryor Learning Commons and then begin cons truction.
The Campaign for Jewell is currently scheduled to run to 2015 withthe second phase beginning in 2012. For more information about“Shaping the Journey: The Campaign for Jewell,” go to
Shirley (Neff ) Pryor ’56 and Fred Pryor ’56
PRYOR LEARNING COMMONS
Celebrating the liberal arts traditionAn education that allows students to “connect dots that aren’t immediately connectible” is how Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor and journalist Jon Meacham described the liberal arts for an Achievement Day audience of nearly 600 people at Kansas City’s Westin Hotel March 3.
Meacham, who won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 2009 forAmerican Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, was the keynotespeaker for William Jewell’s annual Celebration of Achievement.He spoke fondly of his own liberal arts background.
“I am a child of the liberal arts, unabashedly,” Meacham said. Agraduate of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., the co-anchor of the PBS show “Need to Know” and former managingeditor of Newsweek magazine said small liberal arts collegesprovide an environment “set slightly apart from the rest of theworld where you learn to think and read in an atmosphere ofintimate learning. It opens a window and gives us a glimpse of theworld beyond the immediate sensory one.”
Achievement Day continues William Jewell’s 67-year tradition ofbringing together alumni with the Kansas City community tocelebrate the role higher education plays in preparing leaders forthe metropolitan area and the world beyond. The benefit supportsscholarships and financial aid for deserving Jewell students.
Meacham encouraged friends of William Jewell to extol the virtuesof the kind of educational experience that colleges like Jewellprovide.“If we don’t link the work of the institutions we care aboutwith issues of creativity and global competitiveness then we’ll bepresiding over the anachronization and the marginalization of theliberal arts,” Meacham said.“We must be vital and relevant and trainyoung minds to solve problems, to see what others have yet to see,to think energetically about creating jobs and wealth. Jobs andwealth are the oxygen of democracy. History tells us that wideprosperity creates wide opportunity for free societies.”
Meacham concluded that “a liberal education is not about living thegood life; it is about living a good life—a life of doing good.”
(Top left) 2011 Achievement Day speakerJon Meacham; (left) Meacham greets
Jewell students following the night’s festivities
Achievement Day 2011:
Voices of AchievementStuart Bascomb ’63, business administration major,now Chairman and CEO, Qualsight Inc.:“Jewell was the right place for me. It was the perfect place tomature as a person. I have found significant benefits over theyears in having a broader perspective on issues that was, Ibelieve, founded in my William Jewell education. Without myliberal arts education and experiences while at Jewell I am sure
I would not have been able to make the contribution I have been able to make atthe companies I have worked for and started.”
Robert B. Gengelbach ’69, chemistry major,now President (Retired), Oxea Corporation:“Each of you should be asking yourself what success means foryou, both now and in the future. Is it who has the most money?The most friends on Facebook? The fanciest car or house? Whatwill give you that feeling that you have truly had a fulfilling andrewarding life? You also must keep learning every day and
every year. The techniques of yesterday won’t work today – regardless of theprofession. Can you imagine if your classes here were still being taught as theywere when I was here? No computers, calculators, email or printers? Teachingchanges, just as all other careers change, and you must constantly be updatingyour knowledge, skills and abilities to achieve success.”
Cynthia L. (Hoover) Martin ’81, communication andpsychology major, now Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District:“I am blessed and humbled to be here today, and, frankly, morethan a bit embarrassed to be recognized for doing nothingmore than what this College prepared me to do. To work hard.To follow my dreams. To give back. To live life in a way that
makes it a joy to face a mirror every day. To set goals, and to find an honorable pathto achieve them. That is a simple recipe, it seems to me, for success, measured notby the yardstick of wealth, or accolades, or awards. But, rather, by the notion thatyou are making a difference, such that your absence just might someday be felt. Iwish for each of you the same gift.”
Diane E.H. Webber ’81, music education major,now Rear Admiral, United States Navy:“I wanted to be a band director and was certain that I'd gottenthe best music education possible. But when that didn't panout, and another opportunity emerged, I took it, because that'swhat I'd been doing for four years at Jewell. And the suddenshift in plans did not seem intimidating or insurmountable. My
education turned out to be much less about music, and much more about learningto think, discovering who I was, putting my talents to good use and takingopportunities as they come.”
The Bascomb family gathered for Achievement Day Convocation, Friday, March 3
Cynthia and James Martin
Three generations of Gengelbachs callJewell their alma mater
Diane Webber with her son James (a future Jewell student himself) at Achievement Day dinner
ent Day 2011:
As William Jewell begins a new era in its baseballprogram with the dedication of the new FredFlook Field, Talley Stadium and Lynn SchlemeyerCookson Press Box on April 16, the Collegecelebrates the enduring bonds between student-athletes, coaches and parents that are at the heartof the athletic experience at William Jewell.
Fred Flook enjoyed a coaching career spanningmore than three decades (1962-1970; 1975-2001)of teaching students to enjoy baseball, to win andto believe in themselves. That winning attitudeearned Flook a special place in the hear ts ofWilliam Jewell College students and alumni. Fredcounts a 1968 national championship and 23conference championships in baseball among hismany achievements. His Cardinal teams also tooksecond place in a national bowling tournamentand third place in a national wrestlingtournament. In addition, Fred coachedintramurals, gymnastics, cross country, basketballand football. He introduced the sport of soccer toWilliam Jewell, fielding the College’s first team in1966. Fred instilled in every student-athlete apositive attitude built on a solid foundation ofrespect for each other and their fellowcompetitors and a genuine love of “the game.” Hewas inducted into the William Jewell CollegeAthletic Hall of Fame in 2001.
Jack Talley was one of the student-athletes whohad the opportunity to benefit from theleadership of Coach Flook. A member of theWilliam Jewell class of 1980, Talley led theCardinal baseball team to a high level of successfrom 1977 to 1980. In his first year at Jewell, Jackand his teammates advanced to the third roundof the national tournament. Under Jack’sleadership as captain the following year, the teamadvanced to third in the District 16 playoffs, andJack received an honorable mention on the NAIAAll-American team. The Cardinals won the Heartof America Athletic Conference for the fourth
consecutive year in 1979 and played in the WorldSeries the following year, when Jack earned a spot onthe NAIA All-American second team. Aftergraduating with a degree in business administration,Jack joined the Kansas City Royals from 1980 to 1981with the Gulf Coast League in Sarasota, Fla. Hissuccess on the playing field has been mirrored in hisbusiness career, his family life and his philanthropicefforts. He was inducted into the William JewellCollege Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.
“We built a lot of camaraderie on and off thebaseball field,” Talley recalls of his days as amember of the Cardinal baseball team. “CoachFlook taught us to prepare properly and give ourbest every game. Looking back on his wisdom, itnot only served us well on the baseball field, it isalso applicable in our lives today.” Talley made asignificant gift to help install grandstand seating inthe renovated stadium.
Lynn Schlemeyer Cookson is the mother ofMichael “Stu” Schlemeyer, a baseball player and abusiness and Applied Critical Thought and Inquirymajor from the Jewell class of 2009. Stu is now afinancial advisor based in Denver for NorthwestMutual Financial Network. Cookson ignited theentire project by initiating a generous gift to fundconstruction of a larger press box equipped withrestrooms and concessions.
To make the newly renovated baseball stadium areality, a former student-athlete and the parent of arecent alumnus have stepped up to honor alegendary coach and make significant financialcommitments to improving the student-athleteexperience as William Jewell transitions to NCAADivision II membership this summer. Theirgenerosity will benefit Jewell student-athletes andfans for decades to come.
Look for complete photographic coverage of thebaseball stadium dedication in the summer printversion of Achieve in August.
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Dr. Ian Coleman, professor of music and department chair, and Dr. ElizabethSperry, professor of philosophy anddepartment chair, are the recipients of theSpencer Family Sabbatical for the 2011-2012 academic year. Dr. Coleman and Dr.Sperry will spend the full academic yearworking on special projects in theirrespective disciplines.
The Spencer Family Sabbatical is fundedby alumni Bill and Joan Spencerand theSpencer Family Estate to honor theteaching and mentoring of longtime Jewellphysics professor Wallace Hilton. The giftseeks to enhance teaching and mentoringcapabilities of the current William Jewell faculty while promoting scholarly achievement and facultyexcellence consistent with the goals of theCollege’s strategic plan. The sabbaticalincludes full pay with a stipend for traveland research.
Dr. Coleman will be writing a 30- to 40-minute large-scale, four-movement work for
choir and orchestra. “Many composerswho are working in academia find the timepressures of administrative and teachingduties mean they are unable to undertakelarge-scale projects,” Dr. Coleman said.“Most of my work in the past few years hasbeen shorter pieces. While there is an artand craft in constructing effective pieceswithin this time frame, it is also of greatvalue for composers to wrestle with thespecific issues that arise in the formal anddramatic construction of a longer work.”
Dr. Coleman’s planned composition willbe in four movements arranged around thetheme of the human need for socialgathering: the Entrance or Gathering; TheWord and Response; Thanksgiving; andSending Forth. “While these have obviousexpression in a religious setting, I believethat they are inherently found in many ofthe ways humans gather,” Dr. Colemansaid. “This work will attempt to portraythe intrinsic humanness in gatheringtogether for our common good.” He hasalready received a commitment from theLiberty Symphony Orchestra, the choirs ofWilliam Jewell College and the LibertyCommunity Chorus to perform the work.
Dr. Sperry plans to write and submit forpublication three articles analyzingpersonal autonomy in society. Two of thearticles will focus on the social forces atwork in shaping specific situations andrelationships. A third will examine thenature of personal autonomy as it relatesto elements in Plato’s understanding ofthe human soul.
Dr. Ian Coleman
Dr. Elizabeth Sperry
Jewell faculty benefitfrom Spencer Family Sabbatical
The Spencer Family
Sabbatical is funded by
alumni Bill and Joan
Spencer and the Spencer
Family Estate to honor the
teaching and mentoring of
longtime Jewell physics
professor Wallace Hilton.
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William Jewell offers a variety of options for those interested ingiving back to their alma mater.
Hilltop ChallengeThe Hilltop Challenge is an initiative
implemented by the William JewellCollege Alumni Board of Governors topromote the importance of alumnigiving and increase the percentage of
alumni who give to the College annually.Classes compete for decade awards and an
overall class giving award based on the percentageof alumni who provide a financial gift in a given fiscal year(July 1-June 30). For more information, go towww.givetojewell.com/hilltopchallenge.
Jewell Fund Trustee Matching Gift ProgramAffirming the importance of annualalumni support for the Jewell Fund, theWilliam Jewell College Board ofTrustees has announced a newmatching gift program. The Board of
Trustees will provide a matching gift of $100 for any gift to theJewell Fund from alumni who didn’t give in the previous fiscalyear (July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010). In addition, any donorproviding a first-time gift to the Jewell Fund of $1,000 or morewill be matched with a $1,000 gift from the Board. Gifts to theJewell Fund impact every aspect of campus life and are acornerstone for student support at Jewell. Your gift supportstop priorities, including financial aid, faculty development,technology enhancements, athletics and building/classroomrenovations, while also keeping the college flexible byproviding resilience against unexpected challenges. Make yourgift go farther this year by taking advantage of the TrusteeMatching Gift Program at www.givetojewell.com/trusteematch.
John Priest Greene SocietyTo honor the legacy of Dr. John PriestGreene, William Jewell’s longest-servingleader, the College created the John PriestGreene Society to recognize donors whoprovide a long-term commitment with anannual gift of $1,000 or more to the Jewell
Fund. To find out more, go towww.givetojewell.com/jpgs.
Alexander Doniphan SocietyThe Alexander Doniphan Heritage Society is a community ofWilliam Jewell College faithful who share the original dream ofwhat a college on "the hill" can become. This group, whichincludes alumni, friends, faculty, staff and administration, lendssupport to this cause by including the College in their long-term financial estate planning. For more information, go towww.givetojewell.com/donorsocieties.
Honor Roll of DonorsThe annual Honor Roll of Donors salutes William Jewell’spartners in achievement. To view the Honor Roll for 2009-2010,go to www.jewellalumni.com/donorhonorroll.
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Varsity swimming returnsto William JewellWilliam Jewell College will reinstate thevarsity swimming program for men andwomen in time for competition duringthe 2011-12 academic year. Jewell willmove to the Great Lakes ValleyConference of the NCAA Division II thissummer and will compete against fellowconference schools Drury University,Indianapolis University, University ofMissouri S&T (men only) and LewisUniversity.“We are excited to bring backthe swimming program at WilliamJewell,” said Dr. Darlene Bailey, Director ofAthletics.“There are many high schooland club swimmers who wish to continueto compete at the college level whilepursuing a degree at a college like Jewell,and we are thrilled to be able to offerthem that opportunity.” Mark Gole, anNCAA Division II national championshipswimmer and coach, will lead the revivedswimming program at William Jewell.Swimming first became a varsity sport atJewell in 1962 and competed until the1990-91 school year.The 1975-76 men’steam was undefeated in dual meets (12-0) and set 13 school records.
Men’s, Women’s Soccer Teams competeat nationalsThe William Jewell College men’s soccerteam defeated Oklahoma BaptistUniversity 3-2 to advance to thequarterfinal round of the 2010 NationalAssociation of Intercollegiate AthleticsMen's Soccer National Tournament in
HOME team
Swimming returns to Jewell with new coach Mark Gole
Orange Beach, Ala., before losing to theUniversity of Science & Arts (Okla.) “Weshowed our true character, heart andpassion with this win,”said Jewell headcoach Chris Cissell of the OklahomaBaptist victory.“Oklahoma Baptist is agreat team and we had to grind it out andfigure out how to get things done. I wasso proud of our team and the way wehung in there to find a way to win.”
The women’s soccer team defeated KansasWesleyan University 1-0 to advance to thequarterfinal round of the 2010 NationalAssociation of Intercollegiate AthleticsWomen's Soccer National Tournament inDecatur, Ala., before losing to BakerUniversity.“This was one of the grittiestperformances I have ever witnessed fromour team,”Cissell said of the KansasWesleyan victory.“We had a number ofstarters sick and banged up but we pulledtogether as a team to get the job done.”
Jewell soccer player JustinBeck Named ESPNAcademic All-America Third TeamSenior Justin Beck (Overland Park, Kan.) wasvoted an ESPN Academic third-team All-American by the Collegiate SportsInformation Directors of America (CoSIDA).He is the first William Jewell student athleteto earn this award. Beck, a marketingmajor, helped Jewell to a 17-2 record andthe program’s second regular-season titlein five years. He was a 2010 all-conferencefirst-team honoree and Heart of AmericaAthletic Conference player of the year.To be eligible for Academic All-Americahonors, a student-athlete must be a varsitystarter or key reserve, maintain a
cumulative grade point average of 3.30 ona scale of 4.00, have reached sophomoreathletic and academic standings at his/hercurrent institution and be nominated byhis/her sports information director. Sincethe program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDAhas bestowed Academic All-Americahonors on more than 15,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA,covering all NCAA championship sports.
William Jewell basketball coaches hit career milestonesA 59-56 win over Park University onNovember 9 propelled William JewellCollege head men’s basketball coach LarryHolley to 800 career wins. He is in his 32ndyear at the helm of the Cardinals (his 40thyear overall as a head collegiate coach).Holley is among America’s elite andlegendary coaches, having received 14Coach of the Year Awards, including theprestigious Sears/NABC NAIA NationalCoach of the Year Award in 1996. He hasalso been selected to four Halls of Fame. Hehas been named to the Greater Kansas CityBasketball Coaches Association Hall ofFame, the Missouri Basketball CoachesAssociation Hall of Fame, the NAIA Hall ofFame and the William Jewell CollegeAthletic Hall of Fame.
Women’s head coach Jill Cress alsorecorded a career milestone with her300th career win following the Cardinals’70-55 victory over University of MissouriS & T November 23. Cress, currently inher 15th season at Jewell, is the school’sall-time leader in career wins forwomen’s basketball. Cress has helpedmake the Cardinals one of the consistent
front-runners in the competitive Heart ofAmerica Athletic Conference, consideredone of the strongest NAIA conferences inthe nation. Cress has had theopportunity to coach eight All-Americans (14 selections) and 16Academic All-Americans (31 selections).
William Jewell namesmale and female athletes of the year The William Jewell College AthleticsDepartment named its annual Male andFemale Athletes of The Year for 2009-10.Hillary Adams (women’s basketball) wasselected as the Vicki Larason LandmanMemorial Award winner awarded to theFemale Athlete of the Year and NickLarson (men’s basketball) won the CecilMartin Award as Male Athlete of theYear. Adams, a native of Nevada, Mo., wasa four time Honorable Mention NAIA All-American and completed her career with2028 career points for William Jewell and305 career assists. She currently sits insecond place on the career scoring listand fourth on the career assist list. This isonly the third time in school history for aplayer to reach 2,000 points, and is theonly time a player has accumulated2,000 points and 300 assists. Larson, aLiberty, Mo., native, was named to theHeart of America Athletic Conferencefirst team, and also was named to theNAIA All-American second team. Larsonfinished the 2009-10 regular seasonleading the Cardinals in scoring with 638points good for 19.3 per game. He alsoled the team in rebounds and blockswith 324 and 39, respectively.
GrammyAnd the
goes to...a Jewell alum
Daniel Belcher, a 1992 graduate of William Jewell College and a resident of Liberty, Mo., won the 2011 Grammy Awardin the Best Opera Recording category. Belcher was recognized
for his work as a principal soloist on the recording of Saariaho:L’Amour de Loin. The award recognizes Belcher along withconductor Kent Nagano; soloists Ekaterina Lekhina & Marie-Ange Todorovitch; and producer Martin Sauer. The awards were presented February 13 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, with portions of the presentation airing live on CBS. Belcher attended the awards ceremony.
“To say the least, the whole experience was surreal,” Belcher said.“It was humbling for us to be nominated and recognized by ourpeers. But when they actually called our names for winning, itwas one of those out-of-body experiences. I did no t know if any of my colleagues from the recording would be there and in fact,they were not. So, there I was on the stage giving the acceptancespeech. It was truly unbelievable. I am so thankful t o have hadwonderful arts in education programs growing up in St. Josephand for such a great education at William Jewell.”
Belcher is a world-renowned opera performer who has appearedwith New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, HoustonGrand Opera, Santa Fe Opera and the Lyric Opera of KansasCity. He was recognized with William Jewell’s Citation forAchievement award in 2010. Belcher’s portrayal of John Brookein Adamo’s Little Women was telecast nationwide as part of thePBS series “Great Performances” and was recorded and releasedon the Ondine label. The critically acclaimed recording ofL’Amour de Loin previously received the Diapason d’Or awardfrom Diapason Magazine. In the 2009-10 season, Belcher appearedas Captain Corcoran in HMS Pinafore with Lyric Opera of KansasCity, and will appear as Taddeo in L’Italiana in Algeri with UtahSymphony & Opera, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with PortlandOpera and will return to Houston Grand Opera and also debutwith Opera Colorado in future seasons. Belcher received hismaster’s degree from the Juilliard School of Music.
“Dan has combined remarkable vocal talent with superior acting skills to become one of the finest young singers in today’s opera world,” said Dr. Don Brown, retired chair of themusic department at William Jewell. “He deserves this award, and we are very proud of him.”
For more information on Belcher, go towww.danielbelcherbaritone.com.
Harlaxton College 40th Anniversary CelebrationAlumni of Harlaxton College, one of William Jewell’s cooperativeBritish study-abroad programs coordinated by the University ofEvansville, are invited to attend a 40th anniversary celebration ofHarlaxton’s association with UE. The celebration is planned for July4-9 at Harlaxton Manor in Grantham, England. Harlaxton alumnifrom all colleges and countries are invited to return to the Manor torelive the Harlaxton experience. Planners say that the celebrationpromises to provide a unique opportunity to stay at the college, tovisit some of the places last visited many years ago, to meet up withfriends from student times, and to catch up on what hashappened in the intervening years. Harlaxton alumni areencouraged to contact their roommates, organize class reunionsor bring their families to show them where they went to “collegein a castle.” The detailed schedule and booking form, includingaccommodation information and costs, are now availableonline at [email protected].
Jewell President David Sallee receives leadership award from CASEDr. David Sallee, president of William Jewell College, has been recognized with the 2011 Chief Executive Leadership Award from District VI ofthe Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). The award was presented during the organization’s recent annualconference at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City.
In announcing the award, the CASE Recognition Committee cited Dr. Sallee’s leadership during his decade-long tenure as president ofWilliam Jewell, an achievement which distinguishes him as the longest sitting president of any college or university in the Kansas Citymetropolitan area. During Dr. Sallee’s presidency, William Jewell was designated as TIME Magazine’s “Liberal Arts College of the Year” for 2001-2002 and has been consistently named among “America’s Best Colleges” in such publications as U.S. News & World Report and Forbes Magazine.The committee recognized Dr. Sallee’s leadership in rebuilding following a 2003 tornado strike that decimated campus facilities.
“What sets Dr. Sallee apart from others in his profession is his remarkable ability to choose his colleagues carefully, inviting them to share in hisvision for the college, and every day trusting them to help shape its future in significant ways,” said Dr. Dan Lambert, president emeritus ofBaker University. “He is a collegial president whose strength is openness and humility and whose leader ship leaves no room for arrogance. Andthis kind of leadership builds great colleges.”
Washington, D.C.-based CASE is the leading advocacy organization for higher education in the United States. District VI is comprised ofhigher education professionals in the states of Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Formore information about CASE and the District VI leadership awards, go towww.casevi.org/case/index.php/site/Leadership_Awards/.
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Harriman-Jewell Series is part of inaugural season at Kansas City’s new Kauffman CenterThe Harriman-Jewell Series, the acclaimed performing arts presenting series founded by Jewell alumnus Richard Harriman ’53, will be anintegral part of the inaugural season at Kansas City’s new downtown Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Of the18 events in its 47thseason, nine will be held at the new Kauffman Center. The Series has the distinction of holding performances in both of the Center’s new halls:seven events in the Helzberg Hall and two events in the Muriel Kauffman Theatre, in addition to nine events at the beautifully restoreddowntown Folly Theater. The Kauffman Center is scheduled to open in the fall of 2011.
Jewell debaters take state championshipWilliam Jewell College debaters Michael Lacombe and Jimmy Stuart won the 2011 Missouri State Championship in parliamentary debate, closing out the final round with fellow Jewell teammates Kyle Mellon and Matt Reisener. As a squad, Jewell won first place in debate sweepstakes.
Jewell has now won the state title four years in a row, the first college to earn that distinction. Helping the team win the overall sweeps were theteams of Rosemary Loehr and Spencer Shanks,who placed fourth, and Tim Brooks and Andrew Potter,who placed fifth.
“I am so proud of our debaters,” said Director of Debate Dr. Gina Lane.“They’ve worked hard to earn these honors. Jewell debate continues tobe the most successful squad in the state and ranked high nationally due to the level of talent our college produces every year.”
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Former music department chair diesDr. Wes Forbis, chairman of the musicdepartment at William Jewell College from 1962to 1981, passed away at his home near Nashville,Tenn., January 14. He was 80 years old. Dr.Forbis received a degree in music education fromthe University of Tulsa, where he also was astandout football player. He earned a master’sdegree in religion from the University of Tulsa; amaster’s in music from Baylor University; and a
doctorate in music education from Peabody College (now part ofVanderbilt University) in Nashville. He served as the director of theBaptist Student Union and Bible teacher at Del Mar Junior College inCorpus Christi, Texas, and was an instructor of church music and anassistant football coach at the University of Corpus Christi.
During his tenure at William Jewell, the music department grew fromseven majors to 135, and from one full-time and two part-timeinstructors to 10 full-time and 12 part-time instructors. The percentageof the student body involved in the music program grew from four to32 percent. After leaving William Jewell, Dr. Forbis assumedleadership of the church music program for the Sunday School Boardof the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tenn. He wrote forthe Church Musician and helped organize the publication of theBaptist Hymnal in 1991.
Dr. Don Brown, professor of music at William Jewell from 1967to 2004 and Forbis’ successor as chair of the music department,offered this reminiscence of his friend and colleague: “Few peoplein William Jewell’s history have profoundly influenced so manypeople as has Wesley L. Forbis. He was the right person at theright time. Wes and President Thomas S. Field were the twopeople who made the Pillsbury Music Center (completed in 1974)possible. Wes was responsible for the remarkable growth of themusic program; Dr. Field saw and acted on the need. Wes did notgraduate from William Jewell, but he believed in, loved andsupported the College.”
Parsons Dance offers world premiere of piece dedicated to Jewell’s Richard HarrimanA new work by choreographer David Parsons honors the memory of Harriman-Jewell Series founder RichardHarriman ’53. Harriman, who died in July, was a mentor, friend and early supporter of Parsons’ work. Thenew piece, Portinari, is inspired by the acclaimed Brazilian painter, muralist and political activist CandidoPortinari. Portinari executed two 46-foot tall murals, titled “War” and “Peace,” for the United Nations GeneralAssembly Building in New York. They were donated by the Brazilian government and first displayed at the UNin 1957.
Portinari received a preview performance at the United Nations 2010 Humanitarian Awards Dinner in October. The work had its worldpremiere at The Joyce Theatre in New York January 25, with Jewell alumnus and Harriman-Jewell Series Executive and Artistic DirectorClark Morris ’91 in attendance on opening night. Set to Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings,” the elegiac duet was performed duringthe premiere by Parsons Dance company members Miguel Quinones and Sarah Braverman.
“It’s an extremely moving piece that speaks to the very special place that the ar tistic impulse holds in the human experience,” Morrissaid. “I know that Richard would have been honored by David’s generous tribute, and I am so pleased that w e will have a chance toshare this work with Kansas City audiences next season.”
The piece will have its Kansas City premiere on January 28, 2012, when Parsons Dance returns to the Harriman-Jewell Series as part ofthe 2011-2012 season. The performance will be in the Muriel Kauffman Theatre of the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts indowntown Kansas City.
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Parsons Dance company members Sarah Braverman and Miguel Quinones perform Portinari
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On January 4, eleven Jewell students and faculty traveled toEmbarcadero, Honduras, to continue the College’s ongoing workwith the Village Partners project. This experiential, engagedlearning project, which began in 2009, brings together membersof the William Jewell community from a variety of disciplines andbackgrounds with residents of the small agricultural village ofEmbarcadero, Honduras. Jewell community members step outsideof their own cultural experience and engage in community -ledprojects designed to meet specific needs for the Honduran village.Students and faculty engage in dialogue and reflection, enhancingtheir grasp of the challenges faced by developing communitiesthrough this multi-discipline, reciprocal learning process. Issuesbeing addressed include improving the water supply andproviding healthy, sustainable waste systems; improving teachingmethods in their one-room school setting; exploring wind andsolar energy options; and administering micro-loans to boost thelocal economy. The project is made possible by gifts to theCollege’s Center for Justice and Sustainability, and is a part of thetransformative, experiential learning offered to students atWilliam Jewell College.
The following are some excerpts from journals and reflectionsfrom the trip compiled by campus minister Jeff Buscher.
At first light, long after the roosters alerted us to the approachingday, we pulled on our rubber boots and headed out into the fields.Our guide this morning is Maximo, a leader in the community ,whose weathered face smiles as he offers us a glass of fresh milk.This is as fresh as it gets. His son, Rudy, just took a break frommilking the cow to fill a cup for us. Our friends in Embarcaderolive together as an agricultural co-op, and Maximo has brought usout this morning to show us some of the ways they live in harmonywith this fertile land. The cattle that are milked and used for beefare just one example of ways our friends find sources of incomeand sustenance in the village.
As the sun peaks over the mountains, we leave the milking pensand put our rubber boots to good use as we trudge through thewater-soaked mud trails between the five-year-old palm trees. Themen of the community also work this 100-acre field of palm trees.When we asked how they divided up the field, Maximo explainedthat they all work together to keep the trees healthy and productive.Later we watched as they harvested the palm seed bunches.
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As we look at Maximo’s small garden, someone asked if they atethe things they grow or if they sold them. His answer surprised allof us. He pointed to the garden and said, “This is how we eat.”Then he turned and waved toward the palm trees and said, “This ishow we live.” He was telling us the small gardens help keep foodon their tables from day to day, and the harvest from the palm treesessentially pays their mortgage, or allows them to live on this pieceof property. In Honduran terms the members of this smallagricultural co-op are referred to as “Campesinos,” which translatedmeans “peasants” or “country folk.” As we continue to work withour partners in Embarcadero, we hope to help them achieve theirgoal of one day owning the land that they live and work on.
During our trips we sleep in a one-room school building, and eachindividual is “adopted” by one of the families. During the week weshare breakfast and dinner with our host family. Maura McDowell,a junior education major, shared how valuable this relationship-building is for the project: “One evening I watched as my family
spent time worshiping and singing and playing their instruments asloud as they could. My ‘mom’ was kind of humming along to itwhile she was cooking dinner. Spending time with them in theirhome and learning from my family helped me see and understandhow they actually live.” Junior organizational communication andApplied Critical Thought and Inquiry major Ashley Willard added:“Being in this small community that was self-governed and seeinghow they worked together with a genuine simplicity of life was anamazing concept. Living in a real community without anytechnology and being able to communicate with our hosts, evennot knowing the language, was absolutely life-changing.”
The high point of our week in the village was on Sunday when wecelebrated the completion of all of the composting latrines in thevillage. Village residents invited government officials to be part ofthe festivities. Among them were the Mayor of nearby Esparta, andthe Director of the Ministry of Health. Professor Rafael Carias alsobrought two nursing professors from the University in nearby LaCeiba (UNAH-CURLA). The nursing department from UNAH-CURLA plans to help us track health issues in the village in futur emonths to determine if these recent village efforts actually improvetheir overall health and well-being.
We started in the schoolhouse where we heard speeches from allthe gathered dignitaries, congratulating the community andemphasizing the value of these new sanitation units. More thanonce it was noted that this village is truly modeling appropriatewaste management that could be used in o ther villages throughoutrural regions in Honduras, keeping ground water cleaner andserving as a source of fertilizer in the fields. Following the speecheswe enjoyed entertainment provided by a group of Hondurandancers dressed in traditional garb. The dancers then invited theleader of the village to join them in dancing. It wasn’t long beforemany in our group joined our friend Adriano, dancing to celebratethe village’s accomplishments.
Following a meal there was more dancing, including some limbo anda lot of Spanish/English conversation. We truly experienced thisvillage’s excitement and appreciation for the projects we havepartnered on thus far. Senior communication major Paul Moorewrote: “It was so rewarding to know that we had a small part in
helping with this project. We helpedbuild the latrines, but we also had a part in teaching them how to build,maintain and use them effectively so theycould teach neighboring villages abouthow it could benefit their communities.”
On this trip, students from UNAH-CURLA University joined us duringour stay in the village. We workedtogether to measure and test wells,talked with families about their stovesand updated our census information.Currently many homes use a wood-burning stove inside the house, whichfills the home with smoke. We spoke
with all the residents and discovered they are all interested inbuying and building a more efficient stove that vents outsidetheir house. Our partners from the University in La Ceiba willbe organizing a workshop to teach the village women how toinstall and test a new stove in one of the f amily houses. Whenwe return in May, we will join the women in constructing anew stove in each house in the village.
It was hard to leave on our last day. Sophomore biochemistrymajor Jessicca Baker summed it up this way: “Everything aboutthe trip was an amazing experience. I am still working onputting everything together, but I know that I have changed asa person and that my focus has changed. The trip really openedup my heart and I am so thankful I go t the opportunity to go.”
On each visit we learn more about how we should live from ourpartners in Embarcadero. In February we took a small team ofbusiness students to the village to sit down with the leaders anddevelop some financial strategies to help them be moreproductive. And in May, just after graduation, we will take ournext full team to continue working with, and learning from,our Honduran partners.
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