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.


Cornerstone
Fall 2010
Volume 15, Number 1
Lindsey Wilson College
Columbia, Kentucky
William T. Luckey Jr.
President
John B. Begley
Chancellor
Duane Bonifer
Director of Public Relations
Venus Popplewell
Asst. Director of Public Relations
Travis Smith
News Writer
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and staff by the
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Comments should be addressed to:
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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.
Lindsey Wilson College Cornerstone • Fall 2010 • www.lindsey.edu/cornerstone
in this
cover story
issue
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.
See Pages 16-19
inside
DuoCounty Telecom and Bluegrass Cellular
have teamed up with Forcht Broadcasting to
broadcast LWC games over radio, television
and the Internet.
See Page 20
campus news
•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
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•LWC Joins Madisonville, Paducah Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-15 download a PDF of this
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alumni news
•Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22-29
•From the Alumni Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
•Gift Planning: Young Alumni Who Have Made
the Ultimate Gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
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National Coalition Promotes Service
Lindsey Wilson College has joined a
national effort to promote civic and so-
cial responsibility in U.S. higher educa-
tion.
Lindsey Wilson College joined Ken-
tucky’s Campus Compact coalition. The
Kentucky Campus Compact is part of a
national organization of more than 1,100
colleges and universities whose presi-
dents are committed to fulfilling the
civic purposes of higher education.
Campus Compact schools promote
public- and community-service skills
that develop students’ citizenship skills;
help campuses forge community part-
nerships; and provide resources and LWC Vice President for Academic Affairs Bettie Starr, left, is joined by Kentucky Campus Compact
training for faculty seeking to integrate 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
civic and community-based learning
LWC Director of Civic Engagement & Student Leadership and Co-Director of the Bonner Leader
into the curriculum. Program Amy Thompson-Wells on the steps of the L.R. McDonald Administration Building.
Lindsey Wilson Vice President for
Academic Affairs Bettie Starr said she other colleges who are part of the coali- the mission of Campus Compact.”
looks forward to the many opportunities tion,” Starr said. “There are opportuni- For more information about Campus
being a Campus Compact school will ties for grants and scholarships for our Compact, go to its website: www.com-
provide LWC students and faculty. students and federal money set aside for pact.org
“We have a lot to gain through Cam- us to use if we do things that promote
pus Compact and with working with the

BLUE RAIDER BOB

WATCHES OVER
ADAIR COUNTY
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for the Linds e y Wilson Co l l eg e
a thle tic s ic on, now looks d o w n
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Pla c e , on Ex it 4 6 of t he L o u i e B.
N unn C um be r la nd P arkw ay.
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C a ldwe ll Ta nk Inc . of Lo u i svi l l e,
K y., a nd Mona r c h E ngineeri n g o f
La wr e nc e bur g, K y., raised t h e mi l -
lion-ga llon bowl to t he t o p o f t h e
1 3 6 -foot towe r. It took ab o u t t w o
hour s to br ing the bowl t o i t s
pla c e on the towe r.
The towe r, top, wa s co mp l et ed i n
m id-A ugus t.

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SPC Celebrated on A.P. White Campus
More than 250 Lindsey Wilson Col-
lege students gathered June 26 on the
A.P. White Campus for the inaugural
Lindsey Wilson School of Professional
Counseling Day. For Chris Hipshire,
that meant diving more than 250 miles
from his home in Logan, W.Va., to the
LWC A.P. White Campus.
“I don’t get to travel much, and I’ve
always wanted to see what the (A.P.
White) Campus in Columbia looked
like,” said Hipshire, who took classes at
the 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 students
from LWC’s 21 community campuses,
located in Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and
West Virginia. The students came to Co- Some of the LWC School of Professional Counseling students, faculty and staff who attended
lumbia to attend seminars conducted by SPC Day gather on the Campus Quadrangle.
LWC faculty, participate in games and dents can either complete a bachelor of “We are a very powerful force to-
activities, tour the A.P. White Campus, arts degree or earn a master’s degree gether,” Rigney said at a luncheon in the
and hear from several LWC administra- from LWC. Classes meet year-round, al- Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Confer-
tors. most exclusively on weekends, and are ence Center. “We have all taken differ-
“This is your college, and we want taught by LWC faculty. ent roads and paths to be here today, but
you to enjoy it,” LWC President LWC School of Professional Coun- we all have one thing in common: we
William T. Luckey Jr. told the students. seling Dean John Rigney reminded the want to change the world – that’s all.
“You are an important part of the Lind- students that when they become mental- And we might not change it all, but we
sey Wilson family.” health professionals, they will have a can at least change part of it.”
Thanks to an innovative partnership “moral obligation to reach back and
with the local community colleges, stu- give others a hand.”

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 Class
of 2014 were challenged at the start of the 2010
fall semester to get involved with Kentucky’s U.S.
Senate race.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Hawpe
of Louisville, Ky., addressed members of the LWC
Class of 2014 in the Norma & Glen Hodge Center
for Discipleship on the topic of “This I Believe.”
“My challenge is that you pay attention to this
year’s politics, and involve yourself in some mean-
ingful way,” Hawpe said. “The differences be-
tween the candidates (Republican Rand Paul and
Democrat Jack Conway) are very real, and it really
makes a difference who wins and who loses.”
This school year, all Lindsey Wilson freshmen
are reading the book This I Believe II: More Per-
sonal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and
Women, based on the famous CBS Radio Network
program.

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2010 SPRING COMMENCEMENT
‘LIVING IN A LARGER UNIVERSE’

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.

Lindsey Wilson College

capped off its largest graduat-
ing class in the college’s 107-
year history at 2010 spring
commencement, held on May 8
before more than 2,500 people
in the college’s Biggers Sports
Center. The college awarded a
total of 199 undergraduate and
graduate degrees at the spring
ceremony. Combined with de-
grees awarded at the 2009 win-
ter commencement ceremony,
the Class of 2010 was a record
521 students. 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.

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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, magna
cum 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 FIRST GRADUATE: The Rev. Michael Coppersmith of Nancy, Ky., center,
about this place are some of the books you have read and some of the becomes the first person to receive a master of arts degree in Christian
people you have met,” said Begley, who has been the college’s chancel- leadership from LWC. Coppersmith receives his master’s hood from
lor since 1997. “Keep reading and keep meeting people who can have a student marshal Chaz Dunn of Columbia, left, and LWC Professor of Re-
positive impact upon your life.” ligion Terry Swan.

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.

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SCALES OF JUSTICE
Sculpture Inspired By Thoughts About Justice
Lindsey Wilson College Professor of
Art Tim Smith hopes his latest sculpture
will be more than a decoration in front of
the Adair County Justice Center. He also
hopes it will remind people about justice
and the meaning of democracy.
Smith, who has been a member of the
LWC faculty since 1992, recently un-
veiled The Scales of Justice, a four-foot
tall welded sheet bronze sculpture
perched on a fountain in front of the
Adair County Judicial Center.
It took Smith – who has two other
pieces 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 showcasing
a set of scales, the piece also features
scrolls on the back to symbolize law and
justice. The shape of the scales is almost
identical to the shape of the lampposts in
front of the Adair County Courthouse. 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 also includes sculpted leaves of
the Tulip Poplar, the state tree of Ken- evant than ever.
tucky. The sculpture also has leaf patterns “Public art matters – it is a type of art
and other elements that Smith derived that has the opportunity to really be sig-
from some of the plaster designs on older nificant because it is public,” Smith said.
storefronts of Columbia’s Public Square. “Very often, public art is something that
“If you look at some of the plasters on will in a sense interact with people. And
the old storefronts and on the courthouse I think in today’s age – with a lot of con-
itself, you will find the same design that fusion, a lot of different ideas, almost
is in the sculpture,” Smith said. anxiety about urban lifestyle – traditional
For Smith, using themes of the court- artwork sometimes doesn’t seem to have
house and century-old storefronts was a a lot of relevance to people’s lives. Public
way of connecting Adair County’s past to art can have relevance because it is direct
its future. and physical and interacts where people
“I took design elements like that and are.”
incorporated them into the sculpture’s de- Smith hopes The Scales of Justice will
sign as a way of connecting the old to the also inspire people to consider the impor-
new,” he said. tance of democracy in modern America.
Smith has a public sculpture on the “It’s nice to create something that peo-
LWC A.P. White Campus in front of the ple notice – especially because it draws
W.W. Slider Humanities Center, and he the association to the significance of
has one in Columbia Cemetery that pays what a courthouse means, what it means
tribute to Adair County native Col. Frank to us as a people,” he said. “It’s fun to be
Wolford, who fought for the Union dur- a part of that.” The Scales of Justice features sculpted leaves
ing the Civil War. of the Tulip Poplar, the state tree of Kentucky.
Smith also has a public sculpture in The sculpture also features scrolls on the back
Branson, Mo., as well as at several U.S. to symbolize law and justice, and it has leaf
patterns and other elements that derived from
corporations’ offices. the plaster designs on older storefronts of Co-
And Smith says public art is more rel- lumbia’s Public Square.

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BONNER PROGRAM GETS $500,000
Grant Funds $1 Million Service-Learning Endowment

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

Lindsey Wilson College received a

$500,000 endowment grant to support
service-learning initiatives at the liberal
arts college. The grant, from the Bonner
Foundation of Princeton, N.J., will be
matched by $500,000 from the college to
create a $1 million endowment.
The $1 million endowment will be
used to provide scholarships to more than
four dozen students who participate in
the Lindsey Wilson Bonner Leaders pro-
gram.
“The Bonner Leaders program is an
incredible asset to Lindsey Wilson’s stu-
dents because it helps them become val-
ues-centered parents, employees and
Bonner Leader Shameka Fridenstine of Louisville, Ky., looks for a place for a decorated t-shirt to
volunteers who are committed to serving
dry on Sept. 11 outside of Jim and Helen Lee Fugitte Science Center. The LWC Bonner Leaders
others,” said Lindsey Wilson President decorated more than 75 t-shirts for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jamestown, Ky., as part of
William T. Luckey Jr. “Bonner Leader a 9/11 day of service. The t-shirts are given to alleged abuse victims during an examination.
students learn through doing, through
leading and through reaching out to help Bonner Leaders have contributed more One of those students is Kayla Clark
others. These habits of service ingrain in than 30,000 hours of community service of Greensburg, Ky., who has volunteered
them the ability to and the need to be in- to the region, including more than 10,000 at Colonel William Casey School’s after-
tegrally connected to those around them.” hours during the 2009-10 school year. In school “Camp Casey” program.
2007, the LWC Bonner Leaders program “It’s been a great experience for me
LWC started its Bonner Leaders pro-
received the Best Partner Award from the because I’ve learned who I am,” Clark
gram in 2005-06 with eight students; it
Kentucky Community Education Associ- said. “I’ve also learned that service is
expanded to 42 students in 2009-10.
ation for its work with the after-school something I really enjoy doing. I’ve real-
Thanks to the endowment gift, LWC has
program at Columbia’s Colonel William ized that helping people from the heart is
more than 60 Bonner Leader students in
Casey School. what I want to do with my life.”
2010-11, according to LWC Director of
Civic Engagement & Student Leadership “Lindsey Wilson College is making a
Amy Thompson-Wells. difference in Columbia and in surround-
ing communities through the Bonner
Since the program’s inception, LWC
Leaders program,” Luckey said.
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TRANSFORMING THE CAMPUS
Holloway Center Promotes a Healthier Student Body
The Lindsey Wilson Col-
lege community celebrated a
“most awesome day” on April
21 as students, faculty, staff
and area residents gathered to
dedicate the Doris and Bob
Holloway Health & Wellness
Center.
“This is a most awesome
day as we dedicate this most
awesome building,” said
LWC Vice President of Stu-
dent Services and Enrollment
Management Dean Adams.
Named in honor of Lind-
sey Wilson Board of Trustees
Chair Robert Holloway of
Middletown, Ky., and his late
wife, Doris, the 73,232-
square-foot center is the
largest building on the col-
lege’s A.P. White Campus.
The Holloway Health & The ribbon is cut to dedicate the Doris and Bob Holloway Health & Wellness Center. From left: LWC Athletics
Wellness Center – which is Director Willis Pooler, Holloway Center Director Joel Peterson, Dean of Students Chris Schmidt, LWC senior
open to the college’s students, 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-
faculty, staff and members of ment Dean Adams and LWC President William T. Luckey Jr.
the community – includes an
indoor, eight-lane swimming here and not just part of some Things are not much better Justin Cason of Louisville,
pool; recreation pool; 40-per- dream,” he said. in Adair County, which ranks Ky., said that since the Hol-
son hot tub; indoor walking Luckey said he hopes the 91st among the 120 Kentucky loway Health & Wellness
track; racquetball court; car- Holloway Health & Wellness counties in overall health Center was opened on Feb. 5
diovascular area; weight-lift- Center will help turn the tide among residents. Adair it has changed the college’s
ing room; and three basketball in Kentucky and contribute to County residents are less student body.
courts. healthier citizenry. He noted physically active, smoke more “The transformation that
“This is one of the most ex- that Kentucky and have this facility and staff have cre-
citing days in the 107-year has the highest “I still drive by about higher infant ated on this campus can only
history of Lindsey Wilson rate in the twice a day and hope mortality rates be described as amazing,” said
College,” said Lindsey Wilson country for than residents Cason, who graduated in May
President William T. Luckey deaths caused that it’s really here and of the average with a bachelor’s degree in
Jr. “Other than the founding of by cancer, and not just part of some Kentucky recreation, tourism and sports
the college in 1903, I don’t it leads the na- county – management. “Students are
think anything we’ve done tion in teen to- dream.” which has re- becoming healthier, happier
will have a larger impact on bacco use, – William T. Luckey Jr., sulted in 51 and gained a new sense of
this college or on this commu- adults who President percent of community. … It’s where new
nity than the opening of this smoke and Adair County friendships are formed, old
facility.” adults who lack exercise. residents being classified as friendships are being strength-
The Holloway Health & Kentucky also is fifth obese. ened and lives are being
Wellness Center is the fruition among the states in cardiovas- “The good news is that changed.”
of a lot of dreaming and hard cular disease, and it is the fifth Adair County ranks at very And Holloway Health &
work, Luckey said. most obese state in the union. top in that it can most easily Wellness Center Director Joel
“I still drive by about twice “This is not a pretty picture improve its health status by Peterson said the building is
a day and hope that it’s really for the commonwealth,” simply making changes to be- also helping students’ career
Luckey said. havior,” Luckey said. plans. More than 30 LWC stu-

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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.
dents work at the center,
which Peterson said gives
them valuable job experience
and a chance to give back to
LWC.
“All of this is being run by
students,” he said. “Having
that opportunity and giving
students those leadership op-
portunities really helps grow
and develop them.”
Luckey said it was natural
for the center to be named in
honor of Holloway and his
late wife.
“I had the privilege of
knowing Doris – a more gra-
cious and classy lady has
never ever graced this cam-
pus. … I am so thrilled I knew
her,” he said.
He said that Holloway –
who has been chair of the
LWC board for almost all of
campus news
Luckey’s 12-year tenure – has
been a “friend, role model and
mentor to me.”
“Simply put Bob, you are
Mr. Lindsey Wilson College –
our leader who has guided
this team through its most dy-
namic expansion in the 107-
year history of this college,”
Luckey said. “You and Doris
have your fingerprints all over
this place – and for that we are
extremely grateful.”
Holloway, who has been a
member of the LWC board for
more than 25 years, said that
being involved with the col-
lege has meant a great deal to
him.
“I’ve met many, many
wonderful trustees,” he said. “I’ve met many, many wonderful trustees. It’s been a real highlight of
“It’s been a real highlight of my life to be a part of your team,” says LWC Board of Trustees chair
my life to be a part of your Robert Holloway, who has been a trustee for more
than 25 years.
team.”
Refer a Student to LWC
Do you know a young person who could benefit from
the Lindsey Wilson College experience? A person who
wants to attend a college where the focus is on every
student, every day?
Contact the Alumni Office at alumni@lindsey.edu,
(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.
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Dew Honored by Therapeutic Profession
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 “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.
Marriage and Family Therapy. “She is an
educator, writer and therapist who has Dew said she enjoys marriage and they can walk out of my classroom and
played a significant role in the training of family counseling because “you can do use immediately,” she said.
many marriage and family therapists over more with a family than a person – you Dew said she “loves to teach,” espe-
time. Her service has been of the highest have a system.” cially when she has a breakthrough with
caliber in advancing the good of families “If you look at the family as a system, a student.
and the development of our profession.” you are really trying to change the sys- “It’s fun to see someone’s face when
Dew has a passion for teaching, but tem,” she said. “I like seeing how the sys- they say, ‘I got it,’” she said. “College’s
she did not start out teaching future coun- tem operates.” purpose is to give you information so that
selors. She began as a grade school When she teaches LWC students, Dew you have more possibilities in life. Col-
teacher, then after pursuing graduate de- said she aims to give them the skills and lege is about giving you more choices and
grees became involved in counseling – know-how that will make them effective it broadens you.”
both as a college professor and as coun- counselors.
selor with a private practice. “I try to give students techniques that

Institute for Advanced Study Reaches Out

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
Institute for Advanced Study co-directors Jennifer Williamson, third from
left, and Dan Williamson, far right, with LWC President William T. Luckey
looking for needs in commu-
Jr., left, and School of Professional Counseling Dean John Rigney. 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: info@lindsey.edu
or (270) 384-8053.

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ENERGIZED STUDENTS
Energy Technology Academy Earns National Attention
Until last summer, Brittany Combs of
Columbia had never visited Washington,
D.C.
And although her first trip was a
whirlwind visit of the nation’s capital, it’s
one Combs says she will never forget.
Combs was among 13 students from
Adair and Russell County high schools
who attended the National Energy Edu-
cation Development Project National
Youth Awards, held June 25-28 in Wash-
ington, D.C.
The students are members of the Lind-
sey Wilson College Energy Technology
Career Academy. In May, they received
NEED’s National High School Rookie of
the Year award, along with several other
state awards. That earned the students a
trip 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 fall
at Adair County High School. “I just
learned so much about Washington and
about energy while there. It was a great
experience, and I was grateful I got to at-
tend it.”
Founded in 2008 by Lindsey Wilson,
the ETCA enrolls students at Adair and
Russell county high schools. Classes are
taught by ETCA Director Heather Spoon
and other LWC faculty. The ETCA is
funded through grants from Siemens In-
dustry Inc., the Appalachian Regional
Commission, LWC, and more than a
dozen Adair and Russell county busi-
nesses and residences.
Spoon said all 13 of the students expe-
rienced similar life-changing experiences
at the national conference. In addition to
learning about energy issues and meeting
with students from all over the United
States, the ETCA students also visited
Kentucky Congressman Ed Whitfield’s
office and toured several of the monu-
ments.
“The students got a better idea about
what they want to do with their lives –
the trip just opened up a lot of possibili-
ties for them,” Spoon said. “The students
were amazed at what’s available to them
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campus news
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.
ETCA since his sophomore year. “It’s
Follow the Blog helped me figure out what I should do
when I get out of high school.”
Keep up with the LWC
Energy Technology Ca- Spoon said the trip would not have
reer Academy on the been possible without the generosity of
ETCA blog. ETCA Direc- more than a dozen area residents and
tor Heather Spoon posts entries businesses. In addition to Lindsey Wil-
about students’ work at: lwcenergy- son, several individuals and local busi-
academy.blogspot.com. nesses combined to donate more than
$7,000 so the students had few expenses
and the careers available to them in en- on the trip.
ergy.” “I could not have asked for a better
One of those students was Jason Davis group of kids to have taken to Washing-
of Russell Springs, Ky. ton, D.C.,” Spoon said. “In addition to
learning about what’s available in the en-
Davis, who is a senior this fall at Rus-
ergy field for them, the trip was an oppor-
sell County High School, said the trip
tunity for students to see what is outside
made him interested in possibly working
of Kentucky. They told me they will
in NEED’s national office.
never forget this trip. They made lifetime
“The trip and being a member of the memories on it.”
program helped me out a whole lot,” said
Davis, who has been a member of the
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BECOMING A FAMILY
Singers’ Ceremony Forges Strong Bonds, High Standards
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, 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
and every officer group since Graves, Columbia; Natalie Vickous, Lancaster, Ky.; Alex Cogdell, Louisville, Ky.; Chelsea Wethington,
then has felt it worthwhile to Nashville, Tenn.; Chelsea Pike, Campbellsville, Ky.; Katelin Frederick, Hustonville, Ky.; and Gloria San Miguel,
continue this tradition,” Asso- Grayson, Ky. Second row: Andy Biddle, Paris, Ky.; Josh Bertram, Monticello, Ky.; Jessicca Massengale, Vine
ciate Professor of Music & 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-
Religion and Director of burg, Ky. Third row: Gerald Chafin; Tyler Stephens, Summer Shade, Ky.; Josh Newman, Mayville, N.Y.; Andrew
Choral Programs Gerald L. Ferguson, Columbia; J.T. Payne, Columbia; Anthony Saylor, Pineville, Ky.; Tyler Miniard, Lancaster, Ky.; Josh
Chafin told the 31 members of Baird, Strunk, Ky.; Trey Ball, Strunk, Ky.; and John Brown, Albany, Ky.
the 2010-11 Lindsey Wilson
space to display the flags, so
Singers. “And I suppose that
the first part of this year’s
even after all these years, I’m
“Standards,” held on Sept. 8,
still learning and growing in
was moved to the W.W. Slider
my understanding of exactly
Humanities Center Recital
what being a Lindsey Wilson
Hall; the Singers’ flags were
College Singer is all about.”
hung from the hall’s rafters.
In addition to performing The ceremony ended with a
several times a year on cam- candlelight ceremony in the
pus and in the community, the Begley Chapel.
Lindsey Wilson Singers,
“There weren’t ever
under the direction of Chafin,
enough panels to hang all of
make a performance tour each
the flags (in the Begley
spring to a region of the
Chapel), and in a few years
United States.
there won’t be enough beams
The previous 11 cere- (in Slider Recital Hall) to hang
monies were held in the John all of our flags,” Chafin said.
B. Begley Chapel. The
Singers President Katelin
chapel’s acoustic panels fea-
Frederick of Hustonville, Ky.,
tured flags from the U.S.
told her colleagues that being
states and territories where the
a member of the choral group
Singers have performed. But Members of the Lindsey Wilson Singers walk from the W.W. Slider Hu-
for the last three years “is one
the Begley Chapel ran out of manities Center to the John B. Begley Chapel during the ensemble’s
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 Continued from Page 12
opportunity I’m glad that I had
the chance to take and didn’t
pass up.”
Frederick said the energy,
intensity and passion invested
in the Singers’ rehearsals cre-
ate a family atmosphere.
“We all come together at
the beginning of the year,
some as strangers, some as
well-seasoned veterans and
friends,” she said. “Regardless
of where we start, though, we
cannot and will not finish in
the same way. We become a
family.”
Singers officer John Brown
of Albany, Ky., compared the
intensity of being a Lindsey
Wilson Singer to that of Associate Professor of Music & Religion and Director of Choral Programs Gerald L. Chafin, right, is joined by
bungee jumping, white-water 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
rafting or competing in a of Hustonville, Ky. Behind them hang flags in W.W. Slider Humanities Center Recital Hall that represent some
triathlon. of the U.S. states where the Singers have performed over the last 12 years.
“While we won’t be falling we perform,” Brown said. experiences, our understand- amazing opportunity to create
hundreds of feet, battling na- ing will increase and our ap- music, to worship God, to
ture’s rapids or biking up Chafin reminded the
Singers that “it takes time for preciation will deepen and bring class to a situation,” he
miles of mountainous terrain, grow for this ensemble.” said.
as members of this group, we the full impact of what we do
are all guaranteed to experi- to fully sink in.” And Chafin reminded the
ence intensity and to display “We are indeed travelers on Singers not to lose sight of
intensity to those for whom a journey,” he said. “Over their goal.
time and with various Singers’ “All of this is driven by the

Conference Spreads the Gospel of Play Therapy

Lindsey Wilson College
Associate Professor of Human
Services Jodi Crane does not
mean to appear overzealous
when she talks about the po-
tential play therapy holds for
some individuals.
“I hate to use the word
magic, but that would be a
good way to describe it,” she
said.
On June 24-25, a total of 55
mental-health professionals
and students from six states
had a firsthand opportunity to
learn about play therapy when
they attended the second con-
ference sponsored by the LWC
Appalachian Play Therapy
Center.
Enrica Macklin of Louisville, Ky., enjoys an experiential clay exercise Crane, director of the LWC
during a training session at the play therapy conference. Appalachian Play Therapy
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Center, has high praise for the
growing form of therapy used in
the United States.
Held on the A.P. White Cam-
pus, the conference featured
training by noted mental-health
professional Felicia Caroll,
founder-director and advanced
trainer at the West Coast Insti-
tute for Gestalt Play Therapy.
“Children learn best through
play,” Crane said. “Play impacts
cognitive, physical, social and
emotional behaviors. Hence the
primary benefit from a therapy
standpoint is the fact that chil-
dren communicate and realize
some of their conscious and un-
conscious desires through the
therapy.”
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WELCOME TO PADUCAH
LWC-WKCTC Fill ‘Essential Need’ in Western Kentucky
College officials and repre-
sentatives of the Paducah
(Ky.) Area Chamber of Com-
merce commemorated the ar-
rival of a transfer program
between West Kentucky
Community and Technical
College and Lindsey Wilson
College with a ribbon-cutting
on Aug. 19 in the WKCTC
Anderson Technical Building.
The agreement allows
WKCTC students to continue
their college education at
LWC without stepping foot
out of the region. Thanks to a
joint cooperative program be-
tween WKCTC and Lindsey
Wilson, WKCTC students
will be able to earn a bache-
lor’s – and eventually a mas-
ter’s degree – in counseling
and human development by The ribbon is cut on Aug. 19 in the West Kentucky Community and Technical College Anderson Technical
attending classes at the Building. From left: Regional Academic Director Martin Wesley; LWC regional enrollment director Georgia
WKCTC Paducah campus. 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
Glen Anderson, chair-elect graduate who was one of the first students to sign up for the LWC program at WKCTC.
of the Paducah Area Chamber
of Commerce, praised the col-
lege officials for bringing the to our business community to tinue to attend classes in Pad- program will help address a
new program to Paducah. grow.” ucah,” he said. critical health need in the re-
“Educational opportunities Martin Wesley, regional ac- LWC classes are offered on gion.
for our citizens, … opportuni- ademic director for LWC’s weekends in the year-round “There is a well-docu-
ties like you’re offering to our West Kentucky community program. mented and severe shortage of
community, we’re excited campuses, said LWC was ex- “This is an essential degree qualified mental health profes-
about,” Anderson told the au- cited about the partnership. that fills a need in western sionals in the Purchase area,
dience at the Aug. 19 event. “This is a win-win situation Kentucky,” said WKCTC and we look forward to work-
“It’s an area of training and an for WKCTC’s students be- President Barbara Veazey. ing with WKCTC officials to
area of education that in the cause they will be able to earn “We are pleased to be a part- address this need,” Wesley
long term will offer economic a four-year degree or a mas- ner in this opportunity.” said.
benefits to our community and ter’s degree while they con- Wesley noted that the LWC

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WELCOME TO MADISONVILLE
LWC Brings ‘Wealth of Opportunities’ to Hopkins County
Lindsey Wilson College
was officially welcomed into
the Madisonville-Hopkins
County (Ky.) Chamber of
Commerce on Aug. 20 with a
ribbon-cutting ceremony at
Madisonville Community
College.
LWC has offered classes at
MCC’s North Campus since
2009, and on Aug. 20 LWC
officially became a member
of the Madisonville-Hopkins
County Chamber of Com-
merce.
Madisonville-Hopkins
County Chamber of Com-
merce President Harriett C.
Whitaker said the community
is “thrilled to have Lindsey
Wilson here.”
“We’re really excited to Madisonville-Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce President Harriett C. Whitaker, far left, instructs Madis-
have Lindsey Wilson because onville Community College President Judith Rhoads and LWC School of Professional Counseling Dean John
they bring a whole wealth of 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-
new educational opportunities dent Sharon Furgerson of Madisonville; LWC SPC Associate Dean Angelia Bryant; Rhoads; LWC Madisonville
to people in Madisonville, Community Campus Coordinator Ashley Mitchell; Rigney; LWC Assistant Professor Troyann Gentile; LWC Re-
Hopkins County and through- gional Academic Director Martin Wesley; LWC undergraduate student Samantha Leavell of Madisonville; and
out our region,” Whitaker said LWC graduate student Deborah Morrow of Madisonville.
at the ribbon cutting, held in North Campus. more citizens with a bache- bachelor’s degrees this De-
MCC’s John H. Gray Build- lor’s degree, Rhoads noted cember.
ing. Most of the classes are held
on weekends. that the MCC-LWC partner- “We know that students are
Thanks to an innovative co- ship will “help our students be going to go out and have won-
operative program between “We look forward to many all they can be, which is what
successes together and great derful professional careers,
MCC and LWC, MCC stu- we are both all about.” helping and building their
dents and other area residents cooperation,” said MCC Pres-
ident Judith Rhoads. The first cohort of LWC communities,” said Lindsey
can earn a bachelor’s or a undergraduate students began Wilson School of Professional
master’s degree in counseling In addition to helping Ken- classes in August 2009 at Counseling Dean John
and human development by tucky reach its “double the MCC; they will receive their Rigney.
attending classes at the MCC numbers” goal of graduating

r Lindsey Wilson College by

A one-time application fee of $25
is due with each application. An
additional $25 ($15 regular regis-
tration fee and the $10 contribu-

ey Wilson license plate. tion to the college or university

scholarship fund) will be due
when the plate is collected.

sey Wilson’s general scholarship fund from the sale For more information
ch Lindsey Wilson license plate. about the license plates,
contact Lindsey Wilson at
plates are available from the County Clerk's offices, info@lindsey.edu or
Transportation and Lindsey Wilson College. (270) 384-8400.

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 the return of

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

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 BUILDING
FROM THE
GROUNDUP
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.
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 “We have great support from our administration, and Oliver said the time spent at Ohio State and Ohio Do-
we’ve put in the funding necessary for facilities and minican helped him mature as a coach and prepare him
staffing to make this a top-notch program,” Oliver said. for the biggest job of his life.
“Combine those elements with the incredible excitement “I’ve taken a lot of things from each coaching stint,
and support within this community and we have a ter- but the thing that strikes me the most is the level of re-
rific situation going forward to build this program the sponsibility,” Oliver said. “At Ohio State, I was a
right way. sponge; and at Ohio Dominican, I was in charge of the
“Then you look at us as an academic insti- offense. But now as the head coach, I am respon-
tution, we have great programs and an in- sible for the entire program, and I hope that
credible campus that’s in a location I’ve handled that responsibility well.”
that’s in the middle of a football
“College football Oliver has taken what he learned at
hotbed with Louisville, Cincin- at the highest level is the two Ohio programs and forged
nati and Nashville all nearby, not
to mention the entire state of
great, but small college is his “Iownthink coaching style.
there are common
Kentucky is full of talent.” more true form where players themes among successful
Oliver always knew he and coaches come together to coaches,” Oliver said. “You have
wanted to be a football coach. to be able to be a good communi-
He grew up around football – build something special with- cator, you have to be able to man-
thanks in large part to his father, out all of the outside dis- motivate, age people, you have to be able to
Greg, coaching at Wilmington you have to be able to dele-
(Ohio) College – and later developed tractions.” gate, and then you branch out from there
a passion for the game. Oliver played with your style.”
football throughout his youth before attending Managing to perfect those traits while building
The Ohio State University, where he was a student-as- a program from the ground up with a roster made up al-
sistant under coach Jim Tressel. most entirely of freshmen has been demanding at times.
Big-time college football was a terrific experience, But Oliver said he would not have it any other way.
but Oliver said he always knew he wanted to go back “I accepted this position knowing that we would build
to his roots and coach in the NAIA. around freshmen,” Oliver said. “We made the philo-
“I love the impact we can have on our student-ath- sophical choice to build around young men who are
letes,” Oliver said. “College football at the highest level going to be here for four seasons. We are excited about
is great, but small college is more true form where play- the future of Blue Raider football.”
ers and coaches come together to build something spe-
cial without all of the outside distractions.”

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 DuoCounty & Bluegrass Cellular
Join WAIN-FM/AM to Carry LWC Football
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
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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.”
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 also
includes a video of an opening-season sermon by
the Rev. G. Ted Taylor, transitional pastor at
Columbia Baptist Church.

FIELD OF DREAMS
Egnew Park Honors Longtime Baseball Friend
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.
Few families have meant more to the
history 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’s
name by christening the newly opened
baseball 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 the
dedication ceremony.
“Words cannot begin to express the
gratitude we feel toward you for all you
have done,” Talley said. “Much of the
success that we have enjoyed over the
years would not have been realized with-
out the support and leadership of J.C.
Egnew.”
Talley, who is in his 18th season as
LWC baseball coach, first encountered
the Egnew family in the early 1990s. Alex
Egnew pitched for the Blue Raiders from
1993-96.
He threw four career shutouts, making
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him co-leader on the Blue Raiders’ all-
time list. Alex was also a member of Tal-
ley’s first graduating class of baseball
players. Alex’s wife, Becki, is a 1995
Lindsey Wilson alumna.
“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
Alex’s father, J.C., made his first gift
to LWC in 1991 when the college was
“pretty lean.”
“Lindsey Wilson was pretty lean when
we (first) came over here,” he said during
the ceremony.
Egnew said that leadership has been
key to Lindsey Wilson’s success over the
last two decades.
“Good leadership can overcome any-
blue raider news
thing,” he said.
J.C. Egnew funded the baseball pro-
gram’s first assistant coach, made the first
tarpaulin used to protect the old baseball
field’s infield, and also supplied funds for
Egnew 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 play
baseball in this top-notch facility,” said
Lindsey Wilson Athletics Director Willis
Pooler.
And Talley noted that the Egnew fam-
ily’s support of Lindsey Wilson goes be-
yond baseball.
“They believe in the college’s mission
and support the Lindsey Wilson mission,”
he said.
J.C. Egnew said his family supports
Lindsey Wilson because of a desire to
make the world a better place.
“At the end of the day, I think we’re all
put on this earth to leave it better than we
found it,” he said.
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1930s-40s
Opal 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.)
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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
NEW FAMILIES
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
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
College. He later received a doctorate Rogers Aluminum and Glass Co., which
of divinity from Emory (Ga.) he founded, and he is also a veteran of
University, and he published the book World War II.
Man of Devotion: Francis Asbury. Hazel Bybee ’48 Stephenson died
Collins served as pastor to several on June 21. She was a member of the
Methodist churches throughout Burkesville Woman’s Club and a mem-
Kentucky, including churches in Greater ber of the Kentucky Dental Association
Louisville. Auxiliary. She received a teaching certi-
Edwin Rogers ’48 is retired from fication from Bowling Green Business
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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

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 alumni@lindsey.edu,
(800) 264-0138 or (270) 384-8400.

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-70s
Eunice Wilson ’50 Thomas is
retired after 34 years of teaching in the
Russell County (Ky.) School System.
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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.
1980s
Tommy 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.
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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.
1990s
Rebecca 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
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Henry Was a Key Member of LWC Board
for More than a Quarter Century
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
Dr. Charles
death.
“Vic Henry was a
Victor Henry
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.
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
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.
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.)

THE ONE THAT DIDN’T GET AWAY
Greg Johnson ’65 displays a fish he caught earlier this year in South Carolina. This Big Blue
Catfish checked in at 23 pounds.
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
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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.
alumni news
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.
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BACK TO CAMPUS
Greg Hall ’82 stands in front of Horton Hall, where he lived during his two years as an LWC
student. Over his right shoulder is the window of his Horton Hall room.
Hall Received Solid Foundation
During His Time at LWC
A 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
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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.
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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.
2000s
Jeff 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

TOP OF HIS CLASS
Dunn Honored by UofL Law School
Barry 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 University
of Louisville Law Review, two-time
member of the National Moot Court
team, American Bar Association
Representative, Academic Support
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
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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.
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
alumni news
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
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FACES FROM CLASS NOTES
Jaylee Alexis
Miller Aden Hatcher
Miles Sidney
Davis Jason ’97 & Clara Bella Richardson
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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
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Jasper Cole
Ty Robert Burwash Ornella
Children of Angela Chisholm ’97
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.
August Andrew Dr. Stephanie
Mann Huddleston ’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
alumni@lindsey.edu,
(800) 264-0138 or (270) 384-8176.
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
 alumni news
REUNION OF CHAMPIONS

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.

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 Speakers Wanted
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
alumni@lindsey.edu or (270) 384-
8400.

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 alumni news
L INDSEY W ILSON C OLLEGE

HOMECOMING October
29 & 30
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”,

Randy
Randy Burns
Lindsey Wilson College
Alumni Director, alumni@lindsey.edu

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 gift planning
Alumni Couple Make the Ultimate Gift
PLANNED GIVING
BY KEVIN A. THOMPSON

ifts Lindsey Wilson College

G 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 Leighton ’98 and Amanda Gagel ’97 Main on the porch of their Louisville, Ky., home. “Including
Gagel ’97 Main. They have both taken the college in our estate plan was a natural decision,” Amanda says. “We really didn’t have to
steps to remember their alma mater in give it much thought – we just had to decide which assets were the best to donate.”
their estate plans.
should one of us become disabled? So Leighton and Amanda have made
Leighton and Amanda – who met the college beneficiaries of their indi-
With the assistance of an estate plan-
while LWC students – both enjoy suc- vidual retirement accounts. Some day,
ning attorney, Leighton and Amanda
cessful careers. Leighton has put his proceeds from the IRAs will provide
addressed those issues in their last will
LWC education to work by teaching scholarship support for deserving stu-
and testament.
physical education and coaching soccer dents.
at Louisville Collegiate School; While drafting their estate plans,
they also wanted to make provisions for “Our hope is that by including
Amanda, who graduated with honors
organizations and charities that are Lindsey Wilson in our estate plan, we
from LWC then graduated at the top of
important to them. One of those places will make the college better for genera-
her class from the University of
was their alma mater. tions to come – maybe even our own,”
Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of
Leighton and Amanda believe in the Leighton said.
Law, is a senior attorney with Brown-
Foreman Corp. Lindsey Wilson mission. What Leighton and Amanda have
Both of them received scholarship done is a beautiful message to all alum-
In addition to their careers, Leighton
support while they were LWC students, ni – no matter your age, estate planning
and Amanda are kept busy with their
so they want to help provide similar is important. Do it to provide for your
twin boys Aidan and Bode, 3. Amanda
opportunities for future generations of family, protect the ones you love, and
also serves on the Lindsey Wilson
LWC undergraduates. remember causes that are important to
Board of Trustees.
you.
When their sons arrived more than “We both attended Lindsey Wilson
on scholarships and feel like the school Already, more than 175 individuals
three years ago, Leighton and Amanda
has done so much to prepare us for have remembered the college in this
understood the importance of planning
what we are today,” Amanda said. meaningful way.
for their futures. They asked important
questions, such as: “Including the college in our estate plan If you have questions about estate
was a natural decision. We really didn’t planning or how to remember LWC in
• Who will take care of our sons
have to give it much thought – we just your will, know that I can assist you.
should something happen to either of
us? had to decide which assets were the best
to donate, while still adequately provid-
• How can we be certain our finan- Kevin A. Thompson is associate vice
ing for our young children should some-
cial resources are allocated properly president for development.
thing happen to us.”

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 closing thoughts
I Build Bridges
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.

By Brandi Jo Crowe is that of the best lesson of my life – the one I learned on a
tragic evening in late July.
believe in promises like I believed in Santa Claus or

I 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
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
and erase pasts.
the responsibility of fulfillment.
It may seem strange to some, but with promises I find a
It is for this reason that my promises are only given when
sort of absolution, and with that absolution, peace of mind. It
I am sure of my success (though it is disputable that success
may seem even stranger that the strong belief that I place
is ever a sure thing). When I give that word – my word – I
with promises came from the biggest broken one of my life.
give it knowing that it is not accompanied by false hope. I
I was 12 years old as I sat in a hospital waiting room pray-
keep my promises because promises are like bridges; they’re
ing not to receive the worst news of my young life.
only useful when not broken.
No one would admit it, but every family member and
friend that had gathered in that eight-by-ten nightmare shared
Brandi Jo Crowe of Mount Hermon, Ky., is a freshman.
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 About This I Believe
back and forth vouching and reinforcing his promise that she
This school year, all Lindsey Wilson freshmen are
would be alright. Little did he know, those few words alone reading the book This I Believe II: More Personal
helped to alleviate my animosity. He had promised, so to me Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women.
the case had been closed, everyone could go home, and we Founded in 2004, This I Believe Inc. is a not-for-
could be on with the rest of our lives. profit organization that engages youth and adults from
However, those words didn’t hold the magic I so strongly all walks of life in writing, sharing, and discussing brief
believed in, and on that hot summer day I lost one of the essays about the core values that guide their daily
lives. It is based on the 1950s radio program of the
biggest pieces to my existence – my mother. I was angry. I
same name, hosted by acclaimed journalist Edward R.
was upset. I was the most heartbroken 12-year-old on the face Murrow.
of the planet. To read Brandi Jo Crowe’s essay on the This I
Now 18, not a day goes by that my mother doesn’t cross Believe website and browse other essays, go to:
my mind. But now, almost as strong as her missing presence thisibelieve.org/essay/84217.

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campus scenes
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.
LEADERSHIP 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.

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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LWC Dates To Remember

October First football Homecoming
29-30: in LWC history.
November 5:
Women’s basketball opens 2010-11 season
5:30 p.m. CT vs. Morris (S.C.) College at
Biggers Sports Center. LWC coach John
Wethington enters the 2010-11 season with
399 career wins, looking to become the first
LWC coach with 400 wins as a Blue Raider.

November 10: November 18-20:

Annual Veterans Appreciation
Luncheon, hosted by the LWC National
Alumni Association. Open to all veter-
ans, their spouses, and widows and wid-
owers of veterans. To RSVP or for infor-
mation: alumni@lindsey.edu or (270)
384-8400.
December 11:
Steel Magnolias
Robert Harling’s award-win-
ning play performed by the
Lindsey Wilson Players and
directed by Robert Brock of
Kentucky Repertory Theatre
at Horse Cave

Winter Commencement in For ticket info:

info@lindsey.edu or
Biggers Sports Center (270) 384-8400

April 28: Founders’ Day

Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center