WILDCAT WSU Alumni Magazine | SPRING 2017 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY News for Alumni & Friends I DON’T ALWAYS WANT TO LOOK AMAZING, WILDCAT Vol. 22, No. 1, Spring 2017 editor in chief Amy Renner Hendricks Creative director Hillary Wallace BFA ’98 Contributing writers Rachel Badali Amy Renner Hendricks Allison Barlow Hess Karin Hurst Jasmine Pittman Jaime Winston designers Emily Caraballo Amy Hajdas Hillary Wallace BFA ’98 contributing editors Nancy B. 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Comments and questions may be sent to Wildcat, Weber State University, 1265 Village Drive Dept 4025, Ogden UT 84408-4025. The editor may also be contacted by phone: 801-626-7359 or email: magazine@weber.edu. For 50 years, faculty members in WSU’s Department of Radiologic Sciences have 2002 and 2012 and has been ranked in the top five in the U.S. for 10 years. BUT WHEN I DO, I WEAR weber state university board of trustees 2016-17 Nolan Karras BS ’70, Chair Louenda H. Downs BS ’78, Vice Chair Kearston A. Cutrubus Karen White Fairbanks Heather K. Hales BA ’91, M.Ed. ’06 PR5000000004801 Scott W. Parson Steven E. Starks BIS ’03 Jeff M. Stephens BS ’84, MS ’88 Retired Gen. Kevin J. Sullivan Gregory J. Woodfield Visit weber.edu/radsci to learn more about radiologic sciences programs at WSU. 5o weber.edu/wsumagazine | alumni.weber.edu Three locations to serve you: Ogden, Davis and WSU Downtown. wildcatstores.com n REMEMBERING CONTENTS Rod Weber State University mourns the passing of its former president 22 When Rodney H. Brady was just a senior in high school, he set this goal for himself: “to serve someday as the President of a fine college.” We are proud he chose Weber State as the place to fulfill that goal. Appointed on June 11, 1978, Brady is credited with beginning a new era at A Day in Second Grade what was then Weber State College. From the beginning of his tenure as president, Brady emphasized the importance of making Weber State a superior Ever wonder what it’s like to be a teacher? We’ll give you a minute-by-minute account. undergraduate college, stressing teaching excellence. “President Brady’s belief in humanity and his commitment to outstanding teaching left a lasting impression on this university,” said current WSU President Charles A. Wight. “We will miss his kindness and wisdom, and we will work to 12 Going for the Gold 28 And getting it. Alumnus David Blair brings home Paralympic medal. 16 In Teacher Sherrie’s 30+ years in the Melba S. Lehner Children’s School, she has watched many preschoolers turn into Weber State students. Jumping Educational Hurdles From testing to shortages to negativity, educators discuss challenges facing American school systems and why teachers, and students, are exhausted. From Wildkittens to Wildcats 32 WSU Salutes Outstanding alumni and friends receive recognition. 35 Class Notes Wildcats share their successes and updates. ensure that his legacy will live on in Weber State’s commitment to excellence.” To read more about Brady, or to read his recollections as president from the Weber State College Oral History Program, visit weber.edu/wsumagazine. Rodney H. Brady JAN. 31, 1933 – JAN. 9, 2017 WEBER WATCH WEBER WATCH CLEAR VIEW WSU’s Larry Zeng placed third in the world in the Low-Dose CT Grand Challenge, WEBER WATCH Allison Barlow Hess, Rachel Badali and Amy Renner Hendricks MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS a global contest to produce a clear CT scan using a very low dose of radiation. The contest attracted 103 teams from 26 countries and was sponsored by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, the Mayo Clinic’s CT Clinical Innovation Center and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). Zeng, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, created an algorithm that uses geometry to rapidly detect and remove image distortions common in CT scans. He was honored by international peers at the AAPM annual dinner in Washington, D.C. SOAK UP THE SUN Seven acres of newly installed solar needed for the Davis campus, is a panels at WSU Davis will generate 100 major milestone in WSU’s journey percent of electrical power needs at to become carbon neutral by 2050,” the campus. said Jennifer Bodine, sustainability The solar array is expected to offset coordinator for WSU’s Energy & more than 85 million pounds of carbon Sustainability Office. emissions throughout its lifetime and The project is one of the will provide predictable and stable largest solar installations at power for at least the next 20 years. a Utah public institution. “The Davis solar project, which will A PERFECT 10 provide virtually all of the electricity Students pursuing an MBA in the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics are enrolled in a program that has made Princeton Review’s annual “Best Business Schools” rankings for 10 consecutive years. OUTSTANDING Princeton Review surveyed approximately 22,000 Radiologic sciences professor Diane M. second-largest department. In 2016-17, it is students nationwide about their schools’ academics, Kawamura AAS ’75, BIS ’79, M.Ed. ’81, BS ’82 celebrating its 50th anniversary. Kawamura, student body and campus life, and also asked questions was named the Most Effective Radiologic who also has a Ph.D. from the University about the students’ career plans. Technologist Educator in the nation in the of Utah, has been instrumental in the 2016 edition of the Minnies. Published by department’s growth and development for AuntMinnie.com, a comprehensive forum nearly four decades. She is a past president for professionals in the medical imaging of the Society of Diagnostic Medical field, the Minnies are awarded annually to Sonography and a Weber State Brady recognize excellence in radiology. Presidential Distinguished Professor. With 400+ students, WSU’s Department MBA students reported that the quality of instruction and the depth of professors’ knowledge are “high” and that teachers “bring a lot of outside experience to the table.” Students also praised the MBA administration for being “very focused on the success of the students,” “very responsive” and for “seeming to have an honest desire to help students.” of Radiologic Sciences is the university’s 6 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Spring 2017 Spring 2017 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 7 WEBER WATCH TRAINING ON BASE WSU’s Law Enforcement Academy cadets now have access to buildings and facilities that provide more realistic training opportunities, thanks to a recently signed agreement with Hill Air Force Base. The Law Enforcement Academy, located in WSU’s Center for Continuing Education in Clearfield, Utah, is just across the street from the base’s south entrance. “We are proud of our long association with Hill Air Force Base and appreciate the many contributions the U.S. Air Force makes in defending our nation and strengthening our community,” said WSU’s vice provost and dean of Continuing Education Bruce Davis BS ’79. “This partnership marks an important milestone in our ongoing relationship and will result in cost savings and greater efficiencies for the base and the university.” After creating an impressive remake of the intro to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, WSU communication senior Nick Garrett landed a spot as a production intern ON THE TRAIL OF DISCOVERY on Fallon’s show. Hikers exploring the foothills above the Wasatch Front’s geological history, Garrett’s Tonight Show intro featured buildings and sights Weber State can learn more about the formation and biology. from Salt Lake City, rather than New York City. Garrett area’s natural setting by reading 25 “We are excited about the potential to played the role of Fallon. Instead of listing guest stars, he informational signs along the WSU help local teachers, students and the listed his qualifications. public learn more about our amazing BREATHING EASIER “I’ve just always wanted to work in TV or film,” Garrett told natural setting and its history,” said Dave In the African country of Ghana, where asthma, news station KSL. “I like making people laugh and that’s local volunteers collaborated to place Matty, dean of the College of Science. emphysema and pulmonary disease are what he (Fallon) does. And I’ve just always been a huge fan the signs along 1.5 miles of trail, which The trails are accessible from the Par widespread, respiratory therapy training is badly of Jimmy Fallon. I watch every night, and I’ve watched him Course parking lot (3990 Skyline Drive) needed. For 10+ years, WSU associate respiratory ever since he was on Saturday Night Live.” east of Stewart Stadium. therapy professor Lisa Trujillo AAS ’98, AS ’00, Visit weber.edu/wsumagazine to see the intro for “The Intern BS ’00 has been helping the University of Ghana Job Starring Nick Garrett.” Discovery Loop. Geosciences alumni, WSU faculty and are a part of the Weber Trails network. The signs include information about implement its first Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy program. In the fall of 2016, she proudly watched an inaugural cohort of eight AUTOMOTIVE STAR students begin courses at the University of Ghana Weber State’s automotive technology and people who are do-it-yourselfers to become licensed respiratory therapists in their YouTube channel hit a milestone who want to repair their vehicles.” home country. this year. Views have surpassed the Faithful viewers have noted changes It is the first program of its kind in Ghana and, to 10-million mark, and the channel has over the years. Kelly wears a microphone Trujillo’s knowledge, the first of its kind in Africa. nearly 50,000 subscribers. for better audio. He uses two high- For her efforts in helping implement the degree The unlikely video star, automotive resolution cameras for better picture program, Trujillo received the International technology professor John Kelly AAS ’91, quality and angles. And, Kelly, who has Council for Respiratory Care’s Toshihiko Koga, BS ’93, M.Ed. ’98, wanted to give students muscular dystrophy, now delivers his MD International Medal. The honor recognizes better views of the complex processes he lectures from a wheelchair. an individual for excellence in promoting the was teaching, so he started filming the lectures and posting them on YouTube. “This has turned into my hobby for me. globalization of quality respiratory care. Being in a wheelchair for the past three “Receiving the medal was very humbling,” Trujillo years limits my hobbies,” Kelly said. “My said. “It’s an award that absolutely needs to be believe it. That wasn’t my intention,” co-workers, when they see me early and shared. The bachelor’s degree program in Ghana Kelly said, laughing. “I have received late and on Saturdays, say, ‘You sure was the result of the work of many, many people. messages from people all over the world spend a lot of time here.’ And I say, ‘Well, I just happened to walk through doors that led me this is what I do for fun.’” to opportunities, and those opportunities grew “It’s just taken off like crazy. I can’t — people who are using my training videos in their own automotive programs 8 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Spring 2017 and grew and grew.” Spring 2017 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 9 WEBER WATCH WEBER WATCH LIFELIKE TRAINING ETHICS IN LEADERSHIP with specific equipment for pelvic, orthopedic, ear/ Andre Lortz BA ’91, M.Acc. ’92, the chief financial officer for Maverik, was honored with the mannequins — they teach students how to react and perform nose/throat, cardiovascular, pulmonary and metabolic Ethical Leadership Award from Weber State’s Richard Richards Institute for Ethics. in a lifelike medical environment. procedures. In addition to his role as a CFO, Lortz volunteers on boards and committees to advance Improvements took the center from a 10-bed, open-room education, technology and jobs. setting with 10 standard mannequins to a suite with upgraded the ability to observe students, alter patient scenarios and features, including: symptoms, and give immediate feedback. recent past president, and on the advisory board for WSU’s School of Accounting & Taxation. k l Ta • Five individual simulation rooms equipped with five • Audio and visual equipment throughout, giving professors The Dee Simulation Center, located on the third floor of the technologically sophisticated mannequins. Students can Marriott Allied Health building, will allow for interdisciplinary ventilate patients, measure blood pressure, check pulses, teamwork among nursing, respiratory therapy, emergency care watch pupils for dilation, observe laryngeal spasms and more. and rescue, and radiologic sciences students. Visit weber.edu/wsumagazine to watch students work in the lab. ABOUT RAC E LE T • A nurse practitioner suite with five rooms, each furnished Dee Simulation Center aren’t real — they’re high-tech Lortz currently serves on the WSU Alumni Association Board of Directors, where he is the ’S Although the patients in WSU’s newly updated Annie Taylor In an effort to create change and encourage inclusion in the Ogden community, Weber State began hosting town hall conversations about race. “Too often, our separate experiences create what seems like an unbridgeable gap of understanding within our communities,” WSU President Charles A. Wight said. “While valid points emerge from multiple sides, we must ultimately come together to move toward a better world.” The meetings provide a platform for discussion to foster healing and understanding. Topics have included relationships between community and law enforcement, racial violence and post-election tension. 10 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Spring 2017 Spring 2017 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 11 “There was one person before me who could beat me. He threw the discus, and it wasn’t far enough,” David said. “When I saw his measurement, I thought ‘I’ve won.’ That’s when the goosebumps started up my back and my neck and my arms. And the crowd started yelling and cheering and clapping. I did my final throw, and right after that, they threw me an American flag, and I got to run around the track and say thank you to the fans in the stands. It is definitely one of those moments I will never forget — ever.” And rightly so. Blair is the only Utah resident to bring home a gold medal from Rio. But David also remembers winning all G Bringing Home ld! Wildcat takes first place, sets world record in Rio Allison Barlow Hess MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS the foot races on field day in elementary school and even the trike race in first grade. He was born competitive, just as he was born with a small left leg and misshapen foot, commonly known as clubfoot. academic scholarship to WSU as well, Between his birth and 10th grade, David underwent eight studying business administration. surgeries at Shriners Hospital for Children in Salt Lake City. “I would travel with him to track Doctors fused his foot at a 90-degree angle. While the foot has meets when I could,” Cinthia said. no movement, the surgery allowed him to run, much like a “I liked watching him succeed. It prosthetic would. was also stressful for me — it still David started to run as soon as he could walk. He remembers is — to watch him throw because waiting impatiently to turn 5 so he could play T-ball. He was a I’m so vested in him. I almost have pitcher and first baseman all through middle school. He also to close my eyes. Our whole family played high school football and wrestled. In eighth grade, he loves watching him perform. We were told his baseball coach he wanted to attend college but would all thrilled the day he won the gold need a scholarship. His coach said, “Drop baseball and go out medal. We were running around the for track because in track, individual effort stands out, and house. Even our dog was running you’ll have a better chance at a scholarship.” around with us.” David listened and turned his attention to the discus, hammer When David won gold and set the throw and shot put. He still holds Davis High School records, world record in Rio, he had plenty of set in 1993, for all three events. As a senior, he won the state fans back home, none more excited championship for discus. nor less surprised than WSU track “People without a ‘quote-unquote and field coach Dan Walker disability’ view disabilities BS ’75. Walker was the differently than people with David Blair BS ’99 knew he had won disabilities. No question. Always. I’m gold at the 2016 Paralympic Games in of disability. It’s just some of them Rio before he picked up the discus for his third and final throw. Going into the championship round, he had secured the top spot, which put him throwing last. convinced everybody has some form are more physically obvious. We all deal with them, and we all plow through,” David said. David succeeded by outworking his competition. His dream of a college scholarship followed. He received offers from both BYU and Weber State. He didn’t hesitate to become a Wildcat. It was a bonus that his girlfriend, now wife Cinthia Johnstun Blair BA ’98, accepted an 12 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Spring 2017 “There was one person before me who could beat me. He threw the discus, and it wasn’t far enough. When I saw his measurement, I thought ‘I’ve won.’ That’s when the goosebumps started up my back and my neck and my arms.” assistant coach during David’s years at Weber 64.11 METERS, OR 210 FEET AND 4 INCHES: The length of David Blair’s gold-winning, record-setting discus throw at the Paralympic Games State, and together they had perfected ways to compensate for David’s asymmetrical form. “He has the birth defect, but he also has some genetic gifts,” Walker explained. “He is very fast. He can move his arms and legs quickly. That’s something a lot of big people can’t do. A thrower is kind of like a sprinter; they have to move things quickly, and he could. That was fun to see.” During meets, Walker told David to use his difference to psych out competitors. “I had him warm up without sweatpants. Because he was throwing so far with his small leg, the other Spring 2017 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 13 guys would lose all their confidence,” Walker said. to compete in the Paralympics and began a rigorous four- By the time David graduated, he had set six Weber State hour-a-day training regimen. In May 2016, he smashed a records in hammer, discus and indoor weight. One of those world record in the F44 discus — for athletes with functional records, his hammer distance of 200 feet and 8 inches, still ability in one leg similar to an amputation. That set him stands 18 years later. up to compete in Rio. His throw of 64.11 meters, or 210 feet “It’s neat because there are athletes at Weber this year who still use that as their motivation, to break my hammer record. and 4 inches, broke his own world record and made him the Paralympic champion. And they’re working their tails off to get it,” David said. “To David said he will now be able to sleep the night before be honest, if they do, they’ve earned it. It’s a compliment to competition because any other victory will be icing on the me that something I did in 1999 can still motivate and drive cake. A born competitor, he wants to make sure that icing is athletes now.” thick, however. He has his sights set on the 2017 World Para This program prepared me for a leadership role because the faculty are industry leaders with Athletics Championships in London. years of real-world experience. There’s only so down the discus and concentrated on his career in database “The goal this season is to break that world record again and much you can learn from a textbook. management and his family — Cinthia and their four to break it handily,” David said, “so, hopefully it stands for a daughters. 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Station Park is located just off I-15 in Farmington, only 20 minutes from the airport by car or mass transit. WEBER.EDU/EMHA 14 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Spring 2017 TRYING TIMES A look into the state of education In ninth grade, Jennifer Graviet BA ’95 was voted Most Shy and Most Talkative. “Figure that out,” the self-described introvert says, laughing. It’s 4:15 p.m. at Sand Ridge Junior High in Roy, Utah. School has been out for an hour already, but Graviet, a ninth-grade English teacher, is still there. She usually arrives at 6 a.m. and leaves 12 hours later. She has her routine down; she’s been doing it for 22 years — at the same school. “Most teachers don’t stay in junior high as long as I have, but my students, they’re so funny!” she says, her face brightening. “I did change rooms. I used to live across the street (the hallway), but this room became available, and it had windows!” Two students — a boy and a girl — pop in and ask, “Do you Amy Renner Hendricks MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS need help with anything today?” “That is so nice of you, but I don’t need help today,” Graviet answers, smiling. “Have you asked Mrs. Smith, the librarian? She always has projects.” “We looked in the library, but she wasn’t home,” the boy says. 16 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Spring 2017 Spring 2017 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 17 And the two students head out, in search of a teacher in need Today, Graviet’s ninth-graders miss at least six periods of of assistance. English in the spring, spending those sessions in the computer lab taking Student Assessment of Growth and Excellence The T Word dropping. Kristin Hadley, chair of WSU’s Department of Teacher Education, pulls up an enrollment graph on her com- Good or bad, testing is a reality in U.S. schools. puter. She looks at the figures and says, “It’s not good.” On the one hand, test scores, like Graviet says, give teach- From the fall of 2006 to the fall of 2015, the department has ers and schools the ability to assess students better. Jack had a 24-percent decline in the number of students admitted Suddenly, the intercom switches on, and a man’s voice booms: Rasmussen, dean of WSU’s Jerry & Vickie Moyes College of to its programs, which include early childhood, elementa- “Good afternoon, Scorpions. If you are not with a teacher, Education, laments not having today’s assessment tools when ry, secondary and special please find your way to the nearest exit.” And in his best he was a teacher. education. “Teachers are much more sophisticated in their ability to gath- The problem is not specific to er data and assess where their kids are,” says Rasmussen, who Weber State. Graviet laughs — she does that often — and says, “See, they (SAGE) tests, Utah’s comprehensive testing system. They take really do think we live here!” sports announcer voice, he adds, “Have a great afternoon, and stay ‘Scorpolicious!’” Graviet chuckles. “That’s Chris Maag, our Spanish teacher,” spent 10 years teaching, mostly at the junior high school level. she says. “What you just heard is a great example of a junior “For example, I always knew my seventh-graders’ reading Across Utah, enrollment in high school teacher’s personality. For me, there is nothing levels, but if I had a student who was reading at a fourth-grade teacher preparation programs more enjoyable than this community.” level, I couldn’t always pinpoint the problem. Today’s data can is declining. According to help you do that.” the 2015 Title II Reports on But as much as she loves her job and as good as she is at it — National Teacher Preparation Graviet was a runner-up for the 2012 Utah Teacher of the Year On the other hand, standardized tests don’t always accurately Data, enrollment in teacher award — she isn’t 100 percent sure she would recommend measure students’ abilities. education programs at Utah’s being a teacher. “A “So many teachers are exhausted and feel beaten down. Sometimes I feel like I’m mourning the profession I love.” part of me would say, “We live in a world where numbers create an illusion of ‘Don’t do it,’” she says, accuracy,” Rasmussen says. “In other words, ‘If you can put a crestfallen, whisper- number on it, it means something.’ Well, maybe it does, maybe ing the words. “It’s just it doesn’t. that so many teachers “Our current structure says you can set a standard that every- are exhausted and body can reach, but that’s not true. Kids have different abilities feel beaten down. and different learning curves. Even if they can meet the Sometimes I feel like I’m mourning the profession I love.” To explain what she means by that, Graviet compares her first year of teaching to her 22nd. standard, they might not be able to meet it in the time frame Jennifer Graviet greets students outside her Sand Ridge Junior High classroom. Photo by Sheridan Sheffield two periods to complete a reading test, two to complete an informative essay and two to complete an argumentative essay. given. That doesn’t mean that our schools are failing. It’s like someone deciding all babies should walk by 9 months old. That would never happen, but, for some reason, people think teachers can make it happen in academics.” (colleges and universities) decreased by 26 percent from 2012-13 to 2013-14. “There are a number of factors that I think contribute to the enrollment decline,” Hadley explains. “On the positive side, women — and the majority of our students are women — are seeing more options career-wise than they did, say, 20 years ago, and that’s a good thing. On the other hand, when you become a teacher today, you are picking a career that is on the lower end of the pay scale. So, if you are the best and the brightest in your Students also miss two periods of science and two periods of math for SAGE tests throughout the year. 10 traditional programs “I loved the way I felt in school — the learning, the discovery. I’m not sure kids today, even our very best students, love the way they feel in school.” class, unless you just have a sincere passion for teaching, why Deterring Future Teachers? would you choose that route?” test as a tool to pinpoint where students need help — but she If, like Graviet fears, students aren’t enjoying school, why, she In addition to declining teacher education enrollments, is opposed to the amount of testing required and the pressure asks, would they want to become a teacher? It’s a question she licensed teachers are leaving the profession at alarming rates. it puts on both kids and teachers. ponders — often. The Utah State Office of Education reports that 42 percent of saying that extreme is great, but do you know how much we “Sometimes when we do something fun, but frivolous, the “When I first started teaching, I’d ask my students, ‘How played, and how much we learned while we played?” she asks. kids will ask, ‘Are we going to be tested on this?’” Graviet says. many of you want to be teachers?’ And the majority of them Dale Payne, recruitment coordinator for the Moyes College of “As a young teacher, I may not have known exactly what I was “Just last week we did some mad libs to lighten it up a bit, but would raise their hands. Now, not many do,” Graviet says. “I Education, says negative messages in the media are a con- doing, but you know what I did do? I created a family and a even I was like, ‘OK, tomorrow we have to get back to work, we was trying to figure that out, so I thought back to when I was tributing factor, in addition to low compensation, challenging culture of learning. Testing wasn’t always at the back of my have to get back to it.’ As their teacher, I know what they’re their age. I loved the way I felt in school — the learning, the student behaviors and lack of respect. mind. The only thing at the back of my mind was, ‘What am I going to be tested on, so we write informatively, we write argu- discovery. I’m not sure kids today, even our very best students, love the way they feel in school. We’re definitely not going to “Teachers are committed to their kids,” Payne says. “They love going to do to make this lesson a really good learning experi- mentatively, but do we write creatively? Hardly ever, because it’s not going to help them on the test. And we want them to create a new generation of teachers if students hate the way them like their own children and spend more time with them ence for my kids?’” succeed — for themselves and because we, as teachers, know they feel in a classroom.” in many cases. The thought that somebody is going to hold It isn’t that Graviet is anti-testing — in fact, she uses the SAGE Teaching Then Versus Now “When I started teaching English in 1995, we didn’t have new teachers quit within five years. standardized tests in English/language arts,” she says. “I’m not we will be judged on how they do.” 18 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Spring 2017 your career and your livelihood hostage because you couldn’t She’s right. Enrollment in teacher education programs is reach one or two kids is a huge deterrent. And that happens. Spring 2017 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 19 You can get 38 out of 40 kids to do incredible work, but people alternative method of teaching licensure. of education. People don’t look at the challenges those kids were facing outside school — perhaps it’s an issue of poverty or struggles in their home life — and that the teacher did everything they knew to do.” Whatever the reason, the decline in teachers puts Utah on a to stop and think, ‘How do I get these kids to wrap their heads Multidisciplinary Educators) helps increase the number of around it?’ The ones who are most at risk, teachers need to be teachers working with students with disabilities. The program higher from regionally accredited universities to become prepared to help them the most. Without a teacher education is available to those who have bachelor’s degrees and who al- teachers after passing content knowledge tests. While the in- background, I don’t think they’ll be prepared.” ready are working in local charter and public schools assisting dividual is not required to have classroom experience, the APT Graviet is opposed to APT, which she made known during her that chooses to hire an individual holding this type of license campaign to win a seat on the Utah State Board of Education must assign a master teacher as the individual’s mentor.” — yes, she ran for office, putting her introversion aside for the Weber State’s TAPT (Teacher Assistant Pathway to Teaching) sake of students and schools, and won. On Jan. 12, 2017, she is a program that helps teacher assistants become licensed was sworn in as a member of the board, representing the 4th teachers. Originally created in response to critical shortages of District, which includes parts of Weber and Davis counties. ESL teachers, the program has been expanded to include any A key word in the rule is “choose.” A spokesperson for the Hadley calls up a PowerPoint presentation prepared by Utah’s board described APT as “voluntary,” meaning school dis- Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel. “Look at tricts and schools are not required to hire someone with an this statistic,” she says. “By 2050, the state is expected to be APT license. The board supported the rule as a method to educating 985,000 school-aged children, an increase of 64 per- hire knowledgeable but nontraditional teachers for hard-to- cent from 2015. If enrollment in the state’s teacher education fill spots and to allow those who didn’t major in education programs continues to decline and teachers continue to quit to have the option to consider public service in education. the profession, we’re in trouble.” Despite the board’s intention to help with the teacher shortage, the APT faced criticism from many teachers. To address the shortage, the Utah State Board of Education, in 2016, unanimously adopted the Academic Pathway to Teaching (APT) rule, which provides individuals with an Rasmussen says he understands why. “Take me, for example. The fact that I was good at math and could present it, didn’t mean all of my kids would learn it,” Rasmussen says. “If I were, say, teaching ratios, 60 percent of Are the numbers ominous? You decide... 985,000 Projected number of school-aged children in Utah by 2050 students with mild to moderate disabilities. It is funded by a requires that any “Utah public school district or charter school dangerous trajectory. The Teacher Shortage WSU’s Project PRIME (Preparing Research-based Inclusive The APT allows individuals who have bachelor’s degrees or are going to point to the two you couldn’t reach and call you a failure. Unfortunately, those are the messages we’re seeing out my kids might get it, but 40 percent might not. I would have 26% Decline in enrollment in teacher education in Utah’s 10 traditional programs from 2012-13 to 2013-14 teacher assistant working in the schools. The TAPT program has a 96 percent graduation rate, resulting in a Utah State “Teachers are incredibly important to us.That’s why we need to fight the negativity. That’s why we need to stand up for education.” Average number of days of classroom instruction Utah ninth-graders miss taking SAGE tests teaching license, and is fully funded by private donations. The Moyes College also offers three graduate certificates in elementary teaching, secondary teaching and special education for students who want to be teachers but received bachelor’s degrees in fields other than education. On a Positive Note Yes, there are challenges, but at the end of the day, teachers can make a difference, and that’s what we should be focusing on, Payne says. “Weber State created an inspiring video where we asked students to name the last three Oscar winners for Best Actress and the last three NFL MVPs. They didn’t do so hot,” Payne “I don’t think we should be experimenting on our kids,” she says, laughing. “But when we asked them to name three says, referring to the APT. “I’m afraid what’s going to happen teachers who had an impact on them, it was easy. is that we’re going to make teaching a profession where even more people leave. If you have nothing in the game, you’re just coming in and trying it out, what’s going to keep you? For me, the kids keep me, obviously, but also the fact that I spent five years getting two teaching degrees, that I spent four years doing reading endorsements, that I spent two years doing a master’s degree in counseling. That’s 11 years! I’m invested.” “That’s the thing about education. We just sat here for an hour talking about all of the challenges surrounding education, but the moment you asked us who our favorite teacher was — mine was Mrs. Cashman, fourth grade — the whole weight of the room got lighter, our faces brightened. Why? Because teachers are incredibly important to us. That’s why we need to fight the negativity. That’s why we need to stand up for education.” What Else Can Be Done? 10 grant through the Utah State Board of Education. Visit weber.edu/wsumagazine to see the video, to share memories of your favorite teacher, and to read a student teacher’s perspective on The Moyes College of Education is also working to address the the profession. teacher shortage. In addition to its undergraduate and graduate degrees, Hadley says the college offers programs aimed at 42% Percentage of new teachers in Utah that quit within five years increasing the number of teachers, especially where they’re needed most, including special education and English as a Second Language (ESL). Spring 2017 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 21 The ‘Ama-ZING’ Teacher A day in the life story Amy Renner Hendricks MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS “EVERYTHING HURTS, AND I’M DYING.” That’s what I told my husband after spending all day in Heather Hales’ second-grade classroom at H. Guy Child Elementary in South Ogden. I said it jokingly, just to see if my husband would catch the Parks & Recreation television show reference, but two Advil and a nap later, my head, neck, shoulders, legs and feet still ached — a horrible, deep pain. “I was dying earlier today, and then I died. Now I’m dead,” I told my own second-grader. She ignored me, giving me that look that said, “Jeez, Mom, you’re quoting Parks & Rec again.” Teaching is serious business. And teachers are superheroes. Literally. You have to be to do what they do. Here’s what my exhausting, but fun, day in second grade looked like. 22 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Spring 2017 Heather Hales BA ’91, M.Ed. ’06 helps one of her second-graders solve a problem. Photos by Zac Williams BS ’01, MPC ’13 7:45 A.M. I arrive. Mrs. Hales has been here since 7 a.m., an As the students file by, they hang up their winter gear in the 9:15 A.M. The students pass the papers back to the owners, own journals. After a few minutes, she says, “Freeze! Who has hour and 40 minutes before school starts. She is quick to note hallway, with the exception of one little boy. “It’s a brand-new and a line forms in front of Mrs. Hales. One student wants power over their own learning? You do! You can find mistakes this is not a requirement. “You definitely don’t have to get coat,” Mrs. Hales explains to me, smiling. “He likes to keep it to know why his clock was marked incorrectly. “What am I and fix them. You can be successful!” here this early to be a good teacher,” she emphasizes. “When on.” She tells the students, “Show me you know right what to concerned about here? I really like that short hand, but the my own kids were little, I didn’t get here this early. They’re do.” They know to correct their journal entries from the day long hand needs to go all the way up to the 12,” she explains. grown now, so this is just the routine I like.” before. Problem areas are underlined in purple. “I like the way 7:50 A.M. Mrs. Hales dashes off to a meeting. H. Guy Child Natilee got to work,” Mrs. Hales praises. 10 A.M. The students move to the reading alcove, where they all read It Won’t Be Easy together aloud. They look for 9:20 A.M. They transition to sight words. “Let’s all read them letter combinations that make the long ‘e’ sound. She stops together,” Mrs. Hales says. “Get ready. Read.” They are out of mid-sentence. “Here’s a contraction! It’s a sneaky one! Raise is one of 45 schools participating in a state initiative called 8:40 A.M. A line of students has formed at Mrs. Hales’ desk. sync and speaking very quickly. “Uh-uh!” She stops them. your hand if you can tell me what ‘won’t’ means!” A student Assessment to Achievement, which focuses on effectively She encourages them to tell her why certain items are “Let’s start again, and go a little slower.” answers, “Will not.” “Yes!” and they start to read again. using data to improve student achievement. Mrs. Hales, along underlined. “I didn’t put a date. I need to capitalize that,” 9:25 A.M. The class sings a song about contractions. “A 10:12 A.M. “OK. If your journal is done, you may now go to with eight other teachers and the school principal, make up students say. Some of the mistakes aren’t as easy. “The word contraction has an apostrophe that takes the place of letters, recess,” Mrs. Hales says. a leadership team that meets weekly. They discuss ways to ‘sincerely’ needs to be written full size. Fix those commas,” you see,” they belt out together. help improve the grade-level professional learning community Mrs. Hales instructs. (PLC) process to increase student learning. They talk about 8:45 A.M. Mrs. Hales goes to the whiteboard. “Ohayo 9:27 A.M. Mrs. Hales leads the students in fun physical 10:15 A.M. Recess. Are you exhausted yet? I am. 10:30 A.M. The children file back into the classroom. A little exercises. They do arm circles, counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. boy searches out Mrs. Hales to tell her about an incident on the evidence-based teaching methods to improve student gozaimasu,” she says. “Ohayo gozaimasu,” the students say in academic success and raise test scores. “Testing is a reality,” They do windmills, counting by 100s. They do football runs, unison. “For our guests in the room, that means good morning playground. Two other children say they saw what happened. Mrs. Hales acknowledges. “We have state tests, but I think it’s counting by 10,000s. in Japanese,” Mrs. Hales explains. “Now, I’m going to check the She asks all of the children involved how the incident made hard to have one moment — one test on one day — to show time. This one is tricky. Can someone tell me what time it is?” how a student is doing. In the classroom, I like to give quick Aspen raises her hand. After a long pause, she answers 8:45. assessments frequently, so I know exactly where my students “Yes!” Mrs. Hales says. “That was hard! I’m so proud of you! are and can respond with the support they need to further Did you notice how quiet our class was while giving Aspen fluency poems I Can Feel the Beat thinking time? That’s how you support her learning!” (That’s and Peas. The peas poem gets a few an important theme in Mrs. Hales’ class.) “Ewwwws!” It starts like this: “I like their learning progress.” 8:30 A.M. The meeting ends. Mrs. Hales heads back to class. them feel. They apologize and are over it quickly. 10:36 A.M. They read phonics peas covered with cheese …” “Don’t 8:47 A.M. Mrs. Hales sits down briefly at her desk to take say ew!” Mrs. Hales says. “Some attendance while kids quietly continue working on math people may like their peas covered problems and the day’s journal entries (the new journal entry is with cheese.” But then it says, “I about a colorful bird that has been posted on an art easel). Two like peas in ice cream freeze,” and students come to ask questions: “Can I go to the bathroom?” Mrs. Hales says, “OK, you can make and, “What kind of a bird is that?” Mrs. Hales rapid-fire answers: a face like this (a grossed-out face), “Yes.” And, “Now, what do we do if we don’t know what that bird but don’t make a sound while you’re is? We can look in a reference book. Right now, it’s a mystery.” doing it!” 8:58 A.M. Mrs. Hales tells the children they have two more 10:40 A.M. “OK, class, we’re minutes for journal time. “How do you spell cockatoo?” a little cleaning up our supplies now boy asks. “Oh, you’re asking a question I need a dictionary and are going to practice these to answer!” she answers. “OK. It’s spelled a really fun way. poems with a partner,” Mrs. Hales C-O-C-K-A-T-O-O.” 9 A.M. Logan leads calendar time, reciting the date, time and 9:30 A.M. They take a bathroom and drink break. announces. “Try to practice with someone new!” The kids gather in groups of three to say and act out the poems. season. He predicts the next shape for their pattern. “I think 9:34 A.M. Metacognition superhero time! “Metacognition it’s a cube,” he says. “He’s right,” Mrs. Hales announces. “Give is a big word,” Mrs. Hales says, doing a superhero pose. him a quiet thumbs up.” Then he reads one of the learning “Remember, it means thinking about your thinking. We 11 A.M. Students from a different second-grade class rotate goals for the week. work to learn. It gets harder. We work to learn more! in; one group sits in a circle with Mrs. Hales, another with Metacognition!” a volunteer. They take turns reading one line each from a 10:50 A.M. The groups present their poems. 8:35 A.M. The first bell rings. Mrs. Hales steps outside. All of the 9:05 A.M. Logan leads the Pledge of Allegiance. second-graders are lined up. She leads them in a lively chant: 9:06 A.M. The students trade math worksheets and correct “Second-graders, get tall and straight. Second grade is really great. We’re here to learn and do our best. We’ll help each other with friendly zest. There’s much to do; it’s time to begin. each other’s work. Mrs. Hales goes over the answers in detail kindergartener assessing her work. “What does assess mean? on her projector. She walks through the rows to describe how It means she’s looking at how she’s doing,” she explains. the children solved the problems differently. “Madilynn drew “Now, look at this journal entry from a second-grader and tell stops and reads it again correctly. “Ooh, I like the way you self- 16 circles and crossed out nine to get the answer. Lainey drew me what we should be concerned about,” Mrs. Hales instructs. corrected,” Mrs. Hales says, and the student smiles. dots and counted how many there were between nine and 16. The students list what is wrong. They do this for five more Get focused and ready; it’s time to go in.” These are smart, smart strategies. I love it!” she says. examples. She then instructs the students to assess their 24 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Spring 2017 9:35 A.M. Mrs. Hales shows the students a video of a book. “Freeze!” Mrs. Hales says. “Do you see that word that is slanted? That’s called italics. It means we emphasize that word,” she explains. A few minutes later, a student comes across another italicized word and reads it without emphasis, Spring 2017 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 25 11:30 A.M. The students finish reading and transition 1:43 P.M. Students take a practice math test. “Do your best. Do “Goodbye, everybody, goodbye. back to their classes. Mrs. Hales’ students complete their not get discouraged. We are practicing,” Mrs. Hales reminds them, Goodbye, everybody, goodbye. planners, writing what they did that morning. “Read 20 as she walks up and down the rows of students, many of whom We saw her (pointing at me). minutes. Had special WSU visitors!” they write. “Or, we are concentrating so hard their tongues are stuck out. And we went to computers! could call them guests,” a student says. “Or company!” And we had a good day! another student suggests. Mrs. Hales stops, smiles and Ja mata everybody, ja mata (see you later in Japanese)! says, “Yes! Good synonyms!” 3:20 P.M. The bell rings to go home. Mrs. Hales escorts her 11:35 A.M. The students line up to go to the cafeteria children to the pickup line. She has bus duty. She spends 10 and sing: minutes in the cold, ensuring children get on the right bus and “We’ve washed our hands. into the right cars. She rescues one from atop a snowy hill. We have our lunch and card and Mrs. Hales’ card. 3:30 P.M. Mrs. Hales leaves for the day but only because she has And now we’re ready to munch on lunch. an appointment. She brings work home to prep for tomorrow. Muncha, muncha, muncha, let’s go to lunch!” 3:31 P.M. I leave, exhausted and cold, but holding an And off they go, with Cohen leading the line and Mrs. ama-ZING thank you note from a student. It reads: Hales following behind. Once they’re settled in the cafeteria, she goes back to the classroom, stopping by a first-grade class to give the teacher a handful of Pokémon cards. “We’ve had a little problem with Pokémon cards this week,” she explains. 11:45 A.M.-NOON Mrs. Hales eats quickly, then sorts magnifying glasses and penny stamps for her afternoon lesson. 12:15: P.M. The children arrive back to the classroom and sing: “We munched on our lunch, and we played for a bit. We’ll be ready for more learning in a lickety-split!” 12:20 P.M. They gather at the alcove to read Flat Stanley. Stanley gets made fun of, and Mrs. Hales looks at her class and asks, “Do we make fun of people?” “No!” they shout. 12:33 P.M. “The end,” Mrs. Hales says, closing Flat Stanley. 12:35 P.M. “It’s time to do Calendar Math,” Mrs. Hales says. “Get your white boards. You may doodle on them if you’re quick.” They spend the next 20 minutes working on place value (hundreds, tens and ones). 1:50 P.M. Mrs. Hales plays the video about pennies. 1:55 P.M. Students use magnifying glasses to investigate the words and pictures on pennies, and Mrs. Hales lists what they find on the projector. “The second ‘l’ in Lincoln is silent,” one Translation: “Thank you for being here. I appreciate it. Thank student observes. “Yes, Carden, it is!” Mrs. Hales says. “What you for the pencil.” He asked me multiple times if I was going do we say?” “Carden, you’re ama-ZING!” they answer. to keep his note. It’s hanging in my office. It makes me smile 2:15 P.M. Recess. 2:35 P.M. I give a small presentation about Weber State every day and makes me understand why teachers do their very tiring, but rewarding, jobs. University, tell them what my job is and pass out WSU colorchanging pencils. One student gives the others a way to remember place 2:55 P.M. The students work on their pop-up coloring books of Heather Hales received her bachelor’s degree in value. “Think HTO (hundreds, tens, ones) in your mind,” the Liberty Bell and Statue of Liberty as part of a social studies English from Weber State University in 1991. She she says. “Yes!” Mrs. Hales praises. “That’s a great idea!” lesson. Groups of two are sent to a table where they put penny earned her master’s degree in education from WSU They also work on shapes, including quadrilaterals. stamps and stickers on their money worksheets. in 2006 and has been a teacher for 16 years. She is 1 P.M. They line up to go to computer. On the way, Mrs. 3:05 P.M. The students do their classroom jobs, check their Hales stops to help two students tie their shoes. On the cubbies and straighten up their desks. A picture falls off the way back to her classroom, she goes on a search for white board, and Ridge takes a quick break from his job to white paper. Locating that, she gets back to her own pick it up. “Hey!” another student says, “we should give him a computer and finds a video on YouTube about the penny. Charger cheer!” So they do. 1:30 P.M. Mrs. Hales gets her students from computer. 1:35 P.M. The last students present their phonics poems. the president of the WSU Alumni Association Board of Directors. She wants to thank all of the fabulous parent and grandparent volunteers who help in her class. “They are fantastic,” she says. Or, as her class would say, “They’re ama-ZING!" 3:15 P.M. The first bell rings, and students line up. Children, in groups of two, say announcements, broadcasting who they thought had the most organized desks, who solved the problem of the day, etc. They sing a song about what they did: Spring 2017 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 27 Sherrie West brings inspiration, science to the Melba S. Lehner Children’s School Being Teacher Sherrie THEN & NOW Jaime Winston MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS K ids love getting dirty. Sherrie West AS ’78, BS ’82 loves West makes sure her students have the confidence to teaching kids. tackle public school. “She let us know that we were all very Last fall, when a boy in her class proudly showed her the important people,” said Erin Packer AS ’07, BS ’09, a children’s gooey earthworm he just captured on the playground, West school alumna who went on to graduate from Weber State saw an opportunity to teach. Instead of lecturing on the in nursing. “Just to have that instilled at a young age was grossness of worms or the social etiquette of showing one off, something that inspired me.” West focused on science, explaining that the worm was just West’s own Weber State education helped prepare her to work what the class needed for its compost pile. with students like Evans and Packer. “I am very science-based in my teaching; everything we do After attending Snow College and Brigham Young University- is science,” said West, a supervising teacher in the Melba Hawaii, West earned her bachelor’s degree in child S. Lehner Children’s School in Weber State University’s development, with an emphasis in education, at Weber State Department of Child & Family Studies. “Children are natural in 1982, then received her master’s degree in curriculum and scientists, so I take advantage of that.” instruction from the University of Phoenix in 2009. “When I Known for her enthusiasm came to Weber as a student, it was — and her science projects — such a breath of freshness,” West “Teacher Sherrie,” as students “I joked about my daughter and parents call her, has spent Abigail becoming too smart. I more than 30+ years instilling a love of learning in her students, blamed it on Teacher Sherrie.” birds-this-week types of programs.” 28 weber.edu/wsumagazine | Spring 2017 & West learned developmentally appropriate practices for early West and her students have created instruments for a faux childhood education from professors like Carol Tribe and Jean marching band and built a cardboard rocket ship. She also Kunz while working part time at the children’s school. “I had teaches what she calls “motorcycle math,” where the children professors who were actual gurus. They knew what they were predict the number of motorcycles they will see on a nearby doing. They loved it; they lived it,” she said. road and graph the results. After graduation, West became a supervising teacher at the “My favorite thing that we did was grow crystals,” said Abigail school. Prior to that, in 1980, she started a preschool at her Evans, one of West’s many former students who went on to home in South Weber, Utah, where she now spends half attend college at WSU. “For sure, it gave me a love of Weber her day. At Weber State, she has also taught college courses, because it was a good learning environment.” mentored Head Start teachers and served as the assistant diplomat. West can recall many students who became Weber director in curriculum for the children’s school. “I have just been so blessed in my life to do what I’ve done,” West said. “I’ve loved every ounce of teaching.” State college students, including one who attended law school West actually started her teaching career years before after graduation and another who went on a service trip to graduating from college. India to assist with cleft lip and cleft palate repairs. As a student at Union Elementary in Fort Union, Utah, West Jennifer Evans BS ’94, Abigail’s mother, recalls meeting with gathered extra worksheets from teachers on the last day of West for parent-teacher conferences and joking about Abigail school for her own class on her family’s patio. “Neighbors becoming too smart. “I blamed it on Teacher Sherrie,” she said. brought their kids over, and I taught them all through the summer,” she said. Now photos by Zac Williams BS ’01, MPC ’13 quality programs for children, not college and beyond. Weber State in hopes of one day becoming a United Nations 2017 behave. They taught me to create just theme-based, let’s-talk-about- Evans currently studies political science and history at 2004 understanding of how children a love that carries through to In addition to recycling projects, such as the compost pile, Teacher Sherrie with Abigail Evans said. “My professors gave me a clear Now, she asks the young students who leave her class to try And she’s passed her love for teaching and science on to her their hand at teaching, too. own children. “I always invite them back, two or three years in a row after West’s daughters Deserae Anderson and Aubrie Epperson they go to elementary school, to teach a lesson in my class,” BS ’09 work as teachers in Oregon. Her youngest daughter, West said. Last fall, a girl returned to teach the students about Adrianna West BS ’13, is also a supervising teacher at the rocks. Recently, a boy who had entered first grade came back children’s school. Her son, Mark West AS ’15, is a Weber State to her class to teach what he had learned about astronauts. student studying social work, with a minor in psychology. “They have to actually make a plan,” she said. “I’ve learned a lot of things from my mom that have helped West also taught throughout her junior high school and me become a better teacher,” said Adrianna, a children’s high school years, volunteering and working at day cares school alumna and Weber State graduate in early childhood and summer recreation programs. When she was 17, West education. “I also see her teaching all of the staff in the school, went on an educational cruise on the Mediterranean Sea. giving them pointers, helping them come up with ideas of On the trip, she learned about a wide range of cultures and what they need to do to help the children.” nationalities, from Italy to Egypt to Israel, and soon recognized For those thinking of going into early childhood education, a commonality: “Children played the same in every country,” West has some advice. “Just do it,” she said. “If people want to West said. “I truly believe children learn through play, and they go into early childhood, they will have a happy ride.” need that now more than ever.” Camie Bearden BS ’98, M.Ed. ’11, director of the children’s Building on the idea of learning through play, West co- school, adds that early childhood educators should have a love authored two books, Sand and Water Play and Literacy Play, with for young children. “You’ve got to have a desire to help them teacher Amy Cox BS ’90 in 2001 and 2004, respectively. West grow and develop, and Sherrie definitely has that,” she said. has also represented Weber State while sharing principles from her books at professional conferences across the country. “Weber State has allowed Every time a former student comes to visit, West sees the difference she makes. “People will knock at my door and say, me to grow and develop,” she said. For those thinking of going into early childhood education, West has some advice. For the Love o Education Students, parents look back on Teacher Sherrie’s legacy Jasmine Pittman MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Sherrie West has been a driving force at the Melba S. Lehner Children’s School for more than 30 years and has inspired many students to go on to achieve even more at Weber State later in life. Here’s how former students and their parents remember Teacher Sherrie: It was preschool, and it was a long time ago, but she stayed in contact with me and my sister. How many people will do that? She stuck with us and genuinely wants to see us and hear about us and still cares about us to this day. ‘Do you remember me, Teacher Sherrie?’” West said. “Many come back and say, ‘Teacher Sherrie, I’m a scientist.” She always had a smile and a kind word, and I can imagine that early in the morning, this wasn’t always easy to do. — Mark Maxson BA ’92, parent of Micah Maxson, West’s former student and — Chris Jenkins AAS ’11, West’s student from 1988 to 1990, studied radiography One of the things that always struck me is that she always had a smile on her face. She was always so enthusiastic… I don’t know how she had that energy, but it was remarkable. — Barbara Wachocki, parent of Daria current WSU student majoring in Sondossi, West’s student from 2003 to theatre arts 2005 and current NUAMES and WSU at WSU Early College student “ J U S T D O I T. ” One word describes Teacher Sherrie: inspirational. Sherrie West did a fabulous job of shepherding him through the process of learning how to interact with his peers, and for that we are very grateful. My son is now a doctor, and I give Sherrie a lot of credit for instilling in him, right at age 3, excitement about learning and the importance of learning. — John Sohl, parent of Ian Sohl, Sherrie’s — Marilyn Diamond BS ’04, parent of — Aimee Galbraith, West’s former student, current WSU student majoring in nursing, and parent of one student from 1997 to 2000, former WSU Jordan Diamond BA ’09, BS, ’11, student of West’s current students Early College student and University of at the children’s school from 1987 to Utah graduate in computer science 1988 and WSU graduate in Spanish and zoology She would always encourage us to do something different, try new things and get me out of my comfort zone. — Michael Jenkins BS ’15, West’s student from 1992 to 1994 and WSU graduate in professional sales Teacher Sherrie had a way of making everyone feel unique and remembered. — Jenny Hamblin, Sherrie’s student from 1983 to 1985 and current WSU nursing To share your memories of Teacher Sherrie, visit weber.edu/wsumagazine. student Spring 2017 | weber.edu/wsumagazine 31 Salutes WSU 32 alumni.weber.edu | Spring 2017 WSU Salutes 2016 honorees: left to right Front row, left to right: Natasha Pruhs, Joaquin Zetina Huesca, Nora L. Axton and Ronald M. Axton Back row, left to right: Thomas K. Welch, Kimberlee Henrichsen, Steven M. Petersen, Jewel Lee Kenley, Jane A. Marquardt and Jason Beardall See next page for biographies. Photo by Robert Casey Spring 2017 | alumni.weber.edu 33 Salutes WSU { DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA } At WSU’s School of Nursing, Kimberlee Henrichsen AS ’85 gained the skills she needed to earn a prestigious fellowship from the University of Pennsylvania and forge an impressive career at Intermountain Healthcare. As vice president of clinical operations and chief nursing officer, Henrichsen sets the vision and provides strategic support for Intermountain’s collaborative health care system. { OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNUS } Technical sales skills acquired at Weber State helped Jason Beardall BA ’06 become a 2014 regional Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Today, Beardall is president of England Logistics, a Salt Lake City-based third party-logistics company and freight brokerage firm. At WSU, Beardall is an industry advisor to the Alan E. Hall Center for Sales Excellence. { DISTINGUISHED SERVICE } His study of applied technology at Weber State prepared Steven M. Petersen for his tenure as president/ CEO, and later, chairman of Petersen Incorporated, a manufacturing facility in Ogden with clients worldwide. Petersen serves on WSU’s National Advisory Council and advocates for the university on Utah’s Capitol Hill. Petersen Incorporated is also a major sponsor of Wildcat Athletics. { WSU PRESIDENT’S AWARD } Jane A. Marquardt’s engagement with Weber State dates back to the 1980s when she served on the board of trustees. A graduate of the University of Utah’s law school, Marquardt began her legal career at Utah Legal Services. Marquardt and her spouse, Tami, established the Marquardt Peace & Possibility Speaker Series as part of WSU’s LGBT Resource Center. { EMERITI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT } Former student body president Thomas K. Welch’s BS ’69 luminous career has included positions such as president and CEO of Maverik, a leading convenience store operation, and executive vice president and general counsel for Dee Smith, where he helped grow Smith’s Food & Drug into a $3 billion company. Welch was instrumental in bringing the 2002 Winter Olympics to Utah, serving as the head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. { LEWIS W. SHURTLIFF AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION } To date, more than 60 WSU students have received one of two scholarships Jewel Lee Kenley established in memory of her husband and daughter. The owner of a Ford dealership in Layton, Utah, Kenley and her company support local school foundations and raise money for scholarships through multiple initiatives. Kenley is a member of WSU’s National Advisory Council. CLASS NOTES A L U M N I U P D AT E S { EMERITI HOMECOMING ROYALTY } ’70s Ronald M. BS ’66 and Nora L. Axton vividly remember Ron’s struggle to put himself through school. “We did everything we could to make ends meet and didn’t get a dime from anyone,” Ron said. “Scholarships would have really made a difference for me.” To make things easier for current students, the Axtons have endowed a scholarship through WSU’s Center for Community Engaged Learning. Ron and Nora have been married 57 years. Now retired, they credit their educational experiences at Weber State with opening doors to career opportunities at Hill Air Force Base. 34 A Gene Harvey BS ’85 is an has a long history with information technology Weber State, going back program manager and four generations when his Kristine Heyrend Honein AS recently retired from GW team leader for the great-grandmother attended ’84, BSN ’90 is an informatics Plastics in Bethel, Vermont, Internal Revenue Service. Weber Stake Academy. nurse for University of Utah where he had worked as an He and his wife, Kathie, Scott and his fiancée, Anni, Health Care. She and her accountant since 1993. He have two children and live in San Francisco. husband, Tony, live in Taylor, served in the U.S. Air Force five grandchildren. Utah, and have one child. They live in Ogden. Charles Kunkle BS ’78 A from 1971 to 1991, accepting L Troy Child BA ’89 is an anesthesiologist in Ogden. Mary Hall BS ’85 has Marianne Palacios BS ’86 After graduating from 1980. After retiring from spent the past 20 years in has 25 years of experience Weber State, he attended the Air Force, Charles and community service. In 2015, as a progressive human the University of Utah { STUDENT HOMECOMING ROYALTY } his wife moved to Vermont, she received an honorary resources executive. She School of Medicine. Troy Joaquin Zetina Huesca AS ’13, AAS ’15 moved to America when he was 12 and is a three-time recipient of WSU’s Oportunidad Scholarship for first-generation college students. A senior majoring in medical laboratory sciences, Huesca, an avid volunteer, maintains a 3.71 GPA and dreams of becoming a physician. where he worked as a Doctor of Humanities degree is the principal of Palacios completed his residency at business manager for the from WSU, where she has Leadership Consulting the University of Kansas in Vermont Farm Bureau for served on the Board of and remains involved as Kansas City. He is affiliated two years prior to joining GW Trustees and as president a mentor at Weber State with McKay-Dee Hospital Plastics. He and his wife live of the Alumni Association. through the WSU Alumni and cooperates with other in Williamstown, Vermont. Other Weber State service Association’s Leadership to doctors and specialists in the highlights include terms Legacy mentorship program. Mountain West Anesthesia an officer’s commission in A A piano student since age 4, Natasha Pruhs AS ’15 started at Weber State on a music scholarship. While she uses her keyboard skills to support charities, she is now working toward a dental hygiene degree. Her involvement with the WSU Student Association has resulted in numerous recognitions of her leadership. To view biographical videos on each of the honorees, or nominate outstanding individuals for the 2017 WSU Salutes awards, visit alumni.weber.edu/wsusalutes. L Karmen Sanone BS ’78 is a on the National Advisory government affairs liaison Council, the College of In 2016, Scott Bennion BS and advocacy specialist wife, Rena, live in Ogden Science advisory board and ’89, M.Acc. ’91 became for the Salt Lake County and have two sons, one of the Olene S. Walker Institute the CFO of Recurly, a Recorder’s Office. She whom is attending WSU. Troy of Politics & Public Service subscription revenue previously advocated for established the O. Rex Child board. Hall was elected to management platform senior citizens at the Utah Medical Laboratory Sciences a term on the Ogden City that delivers subscription State Capitol for more than Scholarship at Weber State Council, which she chaired. revenue management and 30 years. Karmen serves on in honor of his father. For six years, she was analysis tools to thousands the WSU Alumni Association executive director of the of businesses worldwide. He Louise Richards Moulding Board of Directors as a Ogden Nature Center, where, has been a guest speaker BS ’89, M.Ed. ’95 has finance and resource prior to her appointment as for the Ralph Nye Lecture been a professor in WSU’s committee member. director, she taught nature Series in WSU’s John B. Department of Teacher education programs. Goddard School of Business Education since 2004. & Economics. His family She currently teaches L alumni.weber.edu | Spring 2017 ’80s A Lifetime Member of the Alumni Association Annual Member of the Alumni Association medical group. Troy and his Spring 2017 | alumni.weber.edu 35 instructional planning and scholarships named in general environmental WSU Alumni Association research methods. Louise has honor of David’s parents consultant. She received Board of Directors. a doctoral degree in research and his paternal and her master’s degree in and evaluation methodology maternal grandparents. American studies from Sherilyn Olsen AA ’92, BA Utah State University. ’94 worked for the state from Utah State University. Prior to her Weber State career, she taught science and worked as the director of assessments at the Utah State Office of Education. ’90s David Richards BA ’90 is a leadership development manager at Intel in Portland, Oregon. He is married to Pam Vicki Stewart AS ’90 has of Utah and is currently worked in intensive care Steve Johnstun BS ’91 is teaching workshops for the and post-anesthesia care the owner and president of Department of Workforce at Davis Hospital for 27 Steve Johnstun & Associates. Services. She is a published years. Her husband, Shane He recently finished a author, and her book, Stewart AA ’91, BA ’93, three-year term on the Search the World Over for Elie; received his MBA from WSU Alumni Association An International Adoption Brigham Young University Board of Directors. He and Story, was released in 2016. and is the managing senior his wife, Wendy, have three Sherilyn has served in financial planner for Deseret children, one of whom is volunteer leadership roles Mutual. Vicki and Shane attending Weber State. in the Church of Jesus have four children and live in Syracuse, Utah. Travel With Waldo & Win A Prize He’s been to the Sydney Opera House, the Golden Gate Bridge, China’s Great Wall and Legoland — what’s next? Christ of Latter-day Saints, A Matt Morgan AS ’92, BA ’95 is the site president for Richards BS ’83. They Sheri Ellis BS ’91 is the owner Citigroup, a global financial have three children and of Certus Environmental firm. He and his wife, Shelly six grandchildren. David Solutions. She works as R. Kirk Morgan ’92, have two and Pamela support WSU an archaeologist, and an children and live in Layton, students through five architectural historical and Utah. Matt serves on the Take our lovable mascot on your summer including stake Young adventure and post his photo online Women’s president. Sherilyn was also a volunteer for the before Aug. 31. MarLon Hills Elementary and Bonneville High School PTAs. She and her husband, Brady, have four children. How Do You Spell Opportunity? NEED A FREE WALDO CUTOUT? We’ll send it! Call 801-626-7535 or visit alumni.weber.edu for details. WSU Alumni Association Scholarship Alumni Legacy Nonresident Scholarship Benefits deserving students Allows out-of-state children and grandchildren of Weber State alumni to pay in-state tuition (a savings Waldo WILDCAT of $4,000 per semester!) To request email notification of when to apply, visit alumni.weber.edu/scholarships 36 alumni.weber.edu | Spring 2017 Spring 2017 | alumni.weber.edu 37 As a bilingual family 23 years. She is vice Chris Swaner BS ’96, He and his wife, Emily, Women’s Resources, physician, David Miner president of the WSU M.Acc. ’97 is the CFO and have six children and live which provides grant BA ’93 practices medicine at Alumni Association Board co-director of Cottages in West Haven, Utah. resources and economic Intermountain Healthcare’s of Directors. Danielle and of Hope, an organization Taylorsville Clinic in Salt Lake her husband, Bob Croyle that provides no-cost Roxanne Hinds AA ’99, City. He attended medical BS ’92, live in Ogden. Bob programs and services BA ’00 is an adjunct faculty school at the University of obtained his MBA from that help individuals and member at West Hills Leonard Stuart BS ’99 served as a program opportunities for women. For six years, Melissa Utah and completed his Utah State University in households in the Ogden/ Community College District residency at the University 2002. He is a business Weber area realize their in the Fresno, California, coordinator for WSU’s Alumni Association, of Illinois. Dave is a member analyst for Autoliv, where potential and achieve area. She serves as a board of the American Academy of he has worked in a number greater levels of financial member for Circles Fresno, where she developed and stability. Chris is involved an organization that supported engagement in program development, helps communities and opportunities, such as the annual golf tournament, Family Physicians and the American Medical Association. of roles over the past 23 years. He currently He and his wife, Kerry Miner works in the information tax site coordination, families resolve poverty AS ’95, have five children. technology department, fundraising, volunteer and thrive. Roxanne is a for current students coordination, client member of the National and alumni groups. She financial/job coaching Women’s Political Caucus. was formerly a WSU and the finance function. She also serves on the women’s volleyball coach board of Professional and student-athlete where he is responsible Brent Weil BS ’93 is the CEO and president of EmpRes for plant implementations and software development. Healthcare, which provides management consulting and other services to health URGENT: care communities across California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. Brent’s wife, Mikelle Barberi-Weil BS ’14, is HELP SPREAD WILDCAT FEVER the director of the Alan E. Hall Center for Sales Excellence Join your regional WSUAA network at WSU and serves as the emeritus direct past board Warning: Wildcat Fever is highly contagious and can chair of the GOAL Foundation. lead to fits of nostalgia, school pride and an uncontrollable Brent and Mikelle have three urge to connect with other WSU Wildcats in your area. children and live in Ogden. Symptoms include bleeding purple, visions of Shepherd A Glen Neeley BS ’94 is the founder and president of Union, and a faint ringing of the Victory Bell in your ear. Glen W. Neeley, Attorney at Law P.C. He earned his juris Act Fast: To learn more about WSU’s 10 regional Small Gifts Big Opportunities! can lead to doctorate from the Oklahoma alumni networks: City University School of WSU PHONATHON Law. Glen specializes in 1 Visit alumni.weber.edu. criminal defense law. He and 2 Click on GET INVOLVED. 3 Scroll down and select Regional Alumni Network. Staffed by students. his wife, Laura, have three Supported By You! daughters and live in Ogden. A Danielle Croyle BS ’96 is a police lieutenant for the Interested in creating a network near you? EMAIL US AT ALUMNI@WEBER.EDU. Ogden Police Department, where she has served the community for more than L 38 alumni.weber.edu | Spring 2017 A Lifetime Member of the Alumni Association Annual Member of the Alumni Association Spring 2017 | alumni.weber.edu 39 advisor. Melissa and her live in Kaysville, Utah. They Eric Coats BS ’02, M.Acc. Nashville, Tennessee, and business management firm manager. Chad and his Love Story, and serves as with a 5-star rating from husband, Justin, have have one daughter and two ’03 is a managing director completed his residency at that helps entertainment wife, Naomi Witcher editor and publisher of Medicare. He is also a one son. She is currently sons, with one on the way. in the audit practice of the University of Michigan and sports clients maintain AA ’03, BA ’05, live in Spark Wheel Press. Liz licensed preceptor, which Deloitte & Touche LLP, hospital system in Ann and grow their wealth. Syracuse, Utah. They holds a Master of Fine Arts allows him to train others Jeffrey Bell BS ’02 is a which provides audit, Arbor, Michigan. David also He is a certified public have three children. degree from the University to become nursing home certified computer/mobile consulting, tax and completed a fellowship accountant. He and his of Nebraska, where she administrators. JJ and Ryan Thornock BS ’04 is a stay-at-home mom. ’00s Dale Johns BS ’00 is the CEO of Salt Lake Regional Medical Center, where he served as chief operating officer in 2009. He previously served as the CEO of Town and Country Hospital in Tampa, Florida. He received his initial health care training and certifications while serving in the U.S. Army. In 2005, Dale received his MBA from the University of Utah. He and his wife 40 device forensic examiner advisory services to 80 at Washington University wife, Asmeeta, are actively was the recipient of an his wife, Rachel, live in who currently works for percent of Fortune 500 Medical Center in St. engaged with animal a regional sales manager Academy of American Sebastopol, California. the U.S. government in companies. He specializes Louis. He is a member of rights and at-risk youth for Rockwell Window Poets Prize. Her work has They have four children. digital forensics. He holds in financial service the American Academy of nonprofits. They live in Wells. He serves on the appeared in Willow Springs, several certifications and companies. Eric and his Orthopaedic Surgeons and Los Angeles with their WSU Alumni Association Nimrod, RHINO, Sugar House Shih Tzu/poodle mix. Board of Directors as the Review, and Beloit Poetry executive committee chair is a Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)-certified forensic wife, Angie, have four children. They live in Auburn, Washington. examiner. Jeff also owns and operates Mountain David Joos BS ’02 is an West Forensics & orthopaedic surgeon at Consulting LLC with his Intermountain Healthcare’s the American Orthopaedic A For the past five years, A Rebecca Macias BA Journal, and has been ’07 has worked as the David is on the medical Chad Witcher BS ’03 is of student relations. Ryan nominated for the Pushcart marketing coordinator executive committee for the director and senior and his wife, Natalie, live Prize and Best New Poets for Eide Bailly, the third Orem Community Hospital. vice president of Zions in South Ogden, Utah, anthology. Kay lives in largest accounting firm He and his wife, Jennifer, Bank’s National Real with their four children. Omaha with her husband in Utah. She is a board have three daughters Estate Department. He and three children. member for the Family and live in Orem, Utah. has worked at Zions Elizabeth Kay BA ’06 is an Bank for more than 13 English faculty member at JJ Webb BS ’06 is the Northern Utah and has Foot & Ankle Society. son, Ryan. Prior to working Utah Valley Orthopedics for the government, and Sports Medicine in he worked in law Provo, Utah. He pursued his Joe McGill BS ’03 is a years, holding various Metropolitan Community licensed administrator served as president of the enforcement for 22 years Doctor of Medicine degree business manager for positions, including credit College in Omaha, for Apple Valley Post- Junior League of Ogden. analyst, loan officer and Nebraska. She is the author Acute Rehab, a 95-bed, department portfolio of the book, Monsters: A skilled nursing facility before retiring in 2012. alumni.weber.edu | Spring 2017 at Vanderbilt University in Savitsky, Satin & Bacon, a L Lifetime Member of the Alumni Association A Annual Member of the Alumni Association Counseling Service of Spring 2017 | alumni.weber.edu 41 A Angela Choberka MA She received her bachelor’s Planning Commission. methodology that allows in the Mayor’s Office of ’08 works for United degree in exercise and Gary and his wife, Jenessa, teams to self-organize and Diversity Affairs doing Way of Northern Utah as sport science from the live in Syracuse, Utah, make changes quickly, community outreach the assistant director of University of Utah and with their two children. in accordance with agile and collaborating with Ogden United Promise her master’s degree in principles. He lives in Salt community organizations Neighborhood. She and exercise and wellness from Cami Higgs BFA ’11 is the Lake City and currently and individuals to marketing manager for serves on the WSU promote equity, cultivate Weber State Credit Union. Young Alumni Council. positivity, and identify and her husband, WSU visual Arizona State University. arts associate professor Jeni is a self-employed Matthew Choberka, personal trainer and live in Ogden, where certified yoga instructor. Angela volunteers for She is the student chair the Junior League of of the national Society of Ogden. She is involved Behavioral Medicine and in advocacy for social is a grant reviewer for the justice and equity issues. Graduate and Professional Student Association Matt Glass BFA ’08 cofounded the company of ASU. Jeni and her chihuahua live in Phoenix. HCT.media and the documentary web Alexa Hurd AS ’09, BS series Half Cut Tea. The ’11, MBA ’15 is the sales company produces a wide variety of content, from documentaries to music videos. HCT.media’s and marketing operations manager at MarketStar, providing business intelligence analysis, clients include Paramount corporate processes and Pictures, The Jim Henson systems integrations, Company, BBC, New Form Digital, LINK TV and KCET. and business strategy execution. She co-chairs The company’s work has the Mentoring Initiative been featured on MSNBC, for MarketStar (MIM) NPR’s Fresh Air, A.V. Club, Group, which seeks to Yahoo, Huffington Post support, empower and and Entertainment Weekly, mentor female employees and its documentaries as part of the statewide have been licensed all over ElevateHER challenge. 42 Penney at the company’s Jiakun Li BS ’16 works Higgs AS ’14, AS ’16, live headquarters in Plano, in accounts payable in Plain City, Utah. Brock Texas, where he lives with at Maverik. He is a is a registered nurse. his wife and two children. mentor for the WSU They have one daughter. Alumni Association’s Justin Neville BA ’14 works Leadership to Legacy A board-certified radiology for BioFire Diagnostics mentorship program. practitioner assistant, Iris as a human resources Chen BS ’13 co-founded generalist in Salt Lake Flexogenix, a company City. In 2016, he received that helps patients with his Senior Professional musculoskeletal conditions in Human Resources ’16 has worked more than achieve active and pain- certification from the 30 years as a registered free lifestyles by offering Human Resources nurse, with more than innovative non-surgical Certification Institute. 20 years in nursing solutions. She has been the Justin serves as the management. Previously, CEO/chief financial officer secretary of the Young she served as element since the company was Democrats of Utah and chief in large family founded in 2013. Iris and as a Housing Appeals practice clinics and as her husband, Sean Whalen, Advisory Board member nurse manager in internal live in Los Angeles. for Salt Lake City. He medicine, obstetrics/ also serves on WSU’s gynecology and aerospace Young Alumni Council. medicine clinics. As part Spencer Boyce BS ’14 is the marketing project manager Retired from the U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps, A Suzanne M. LaForest BS of the U.S. Armed Forces’ honors 20 veterans across the country annually, strategies and develop painting, drawing, writing Suzanne’s military photo marketing campaigns and sewing. She and her and story were displayed at ’10s for the company’s new husband, Carlos, live the Pentagon in November product launches in in Payson, Utah, with 2015. She volunteers various markets across the their red heeler border Gary Bingham AS ’11, BS weekly at the Hill Air Force globe. Spencer received his collie mix, Quaker parrot ’12 is a financial business Base pharmacy clinic. MBA from the University of and Jenday conure. analyst for Deseret First She and her husband, Birmingham in the United Credit Union and serves Kingdom. He is a certified Viviana Felix BA ’15 is the scrum master. Scrum is a diversity affairs officer live in Layton, Utah. nutrition and wellness. and her husband, Brock creative work, including in photography from degree in physical activity, operations finance with J.C. Utah. He helps create Alexa and her daughter is earning her doctoral husband, Jorge, live in Roy. Cami Higgs Design. She ’14, BA ’16 focuses on Master of Fine Arts degree University, where she senior specialist in store International in Orem, Young Alumni Council. assistant for Arizona State community. She and her graphic design business, Project Retiree, which She is a member of WSU’s Jennifer Matthews AS ’08 Erik Frazier MBA ’14 is a Cierra Valdovinos AS California. 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