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Show Weber State College Comment, October 1989, Page 10 Alumnews Fund raising for alumni center nears completion Plans for the WSC Alumni Center have been completed and over half of the funds are pledged, said C. Bervard Smith, WSC alumni vice president and chairman of the center fund drive. All but $150,000 of the $625,000 building has been raised and construction is scheduled to begin this spring. All money for construction must come from private donors, and the state requires that the total amount be committed before ground can be broken, Smith said. Smith encouraged former students of the college to help build the center by donating any amount. Those who contribute to the “Buy-a-brick” campaign will receive recognition in the form of a plaque in the new building, Smith said. Signature bricks costs $200 for an individual. $300 for couples and family names, and $500 for businesses. A special plaque will also list contributors of $100 or more, and donors of $25 or more will be listed in a special “Thank You” publication at the dedication of the building, he said. Contributions can be sent to: WSC Alumni Center, Ogden, UT 84408-1011. New alumni boards elected New members of the general alumni board, and of the Young Alumni Council, Emeritus Alumni Council and the Student Alumni Ambassadors were elected during June and recently assumed office. Bryan F. Hurst was elected president of the Alumni Association with C. Bervard Smith as vice president. Raymond A. Freeman is the new Emeritus Alumni Council president with Jack Cole as first vice president and Dorothea Van Erden-Wiese as second vice president. The new president of the Young Alumni Council is Robert L. Bateman and Jon Southwick as his vice president. Mark Love was elected president of the Student Alumni Ambassadors and Jared Preisler is the vice president. All officers and their board members are volunteers _ and serve for a one-year period. Former football players to meet The Weber State Gridiron Club will host a reunion of former Wildcat football players from the years of 1949, 1959, 1969, and 1979 at the homecoming football game Nov. 4. ‘Many of our former football players have not kept in touch with the college over the years. We would like to provide a vehicle for them to get reacquainted with tne college and with Wildcat football,” said Ron McCall, chairman of the Gridiron Club. Invitations will be sent to all former Wildcat football players from the four years being honored, who are on alumni records. But while many former players may be on the alumni list not all are identified as former football players, and McCall noted that those not receiving invitations by Oct. 15 should notify the alumni office so a special invitation can be sent to them. Many former players from all years since 1919, when Weber’s first football team was started, are not listed on alumni records. Anyone knowing someone who played football for WSC is asked to contact the WSC alumni office at (801) 626-6564 or send their name and address and years they played to WSC Alumni Gridiron Club, Ogden, UT 84408-1011. 1965 Don W. Mendenhall has been appointed administrative assistant to United Methodist Bishop Rueben P. Job. The decision marks the first time in the history of the lowa Confer- Ross Robson, associate professor of management and human resources at Utah State University, has been named to direct the Utah State College of Business Partner’s Program. Mr. Robson assumes the post of assistant dean for business relations in the College of Business. USU’s Partner’s Program sponsors seminars on banking, real estate, accounting, human resources, productivity, information systems and world trade. The program also awards the Shigeo Shingo Prize for Manufacturing Excellence to North American businesses successfully using manufacturing methods devised by Shigeo Shingo, dean of Japan’s quality consultants. “My goal with the Partner’s Program is to continue to expand an already outstanding program,” Mr. Robson said. “This program brings together leaders from business, government and education to look at ways for improving productivity, product quality, human resource management, communication, and related practices in business and government.” Mr. Robson does research and teaching in human resource management. He is currently involved in a study on employee benefits and employee perceptions of those benefits. He coordinated USU’s masters degree in human resources administration for five years. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, where he also taught. He has taught at the University of Tennessee and the University of Georgia. He and his wife, DaNece, class of 65, currently reside in Logan. 1967 ence of the united Methodist Church and, presumably, in the history of the denomination that such a position has been staffed by a lay person. The bishop said Mendenhall brings to the position “a rich background of skills and experience as educator, administrator, leader and consultant.” Mendenhall, 45, currently serves as Iowa Conference director of stewardship and lay ministries. He has been a program consultant on the conference Council on Ministries staff since 1977. In that capacity he has organized an extensive local church consultation program, led development of conference stewardship and lay ministry plans, initiated establishment of an eight-denomination media resource library and production center in Des Moines, and coordinated planning for Spirit Fire °88, a statewide revival-type event held in Ames, Iowa. He has also led foreign study and work trips to Africa, Mexico, Costa Rica, Japan and Korea. Mendenhall also serves on the United Methodist Church’s Commission on the Status and Role of Women. He has been elected a delegate to the church’s quadrennial General Conference and to the North Central Jurisdictional Conference in 1984 and 1988. He earned his masters degree from Wichita State University. He and his wife, Nicola, are the parents of three sons and live in Des Moines. 1969 John C. Tupin has recently been named academic dean at Mt. West Junior College in Salt Lake City. He and his wife, Barbara, currently reside in Sandy, Utah. Tamara Holden was recently named warden of the North Point Complex at the Utah State Prison, which includes the Young Adult, Women’s and Men’s Lone Peak correctional facilities. According to an article in the Deseret News she is the first woman to oversee the men’s facilities. She has been with the Utah Department of Corrections for the past 18 years. She was responsible for opening the state’s first halfway house for women in Salt Lake City. She was the first woman to direct the Department of Corrections’ regional operations. “As I’ve gone through my career, I’ve been the first to do this and that,” Ms. Holden said. “At some point I want to be recognized just as a professional in my field and be recognized for my skills and my abilities.” Ms. Holden, who grew up in Ogden, started her career in corrections as a probation officer in 1971. At that time, there was only one other female probation officer in the system, and she was leaving because of illness. “They needed to replace her with another woman. That tells you how far we’ve come.” She worked four years as a probation officer before joining the Department of Corrections administrative staff. “It’s just been incredible. I’ve had so many options and such a good career. I’m still here after taking the job just to see if I liked it,” she said. Bruce Bothwell was recently named Iowa Alternative Teacher of the year at the Iowa Association of Alternative Schools State Conference held in Waterloo, Iowa. Mr. Bothwell is a teacher at Lincoln Alternative High School in Clinton, Iowa. He received his masters degree in English from the University of Iowa after graduating from Weber State. He began teaching at Clinton High School in 1977 and has been with the alternative high school program since its inception as “Focus” at Clinton High in 1979. He is presently lead teacher at Lincoln and teaches English, media, math, sociology and performing arts. He developed the “Family” curriculum materials which make up the core of the Lincoln program. Last year Mr. Bothwell was named one of Iowa’s Distinguished Educators by the University of Iowa. 1972 Navy Commander David J. Smania recently assumed the duties of commanding officer with the Helicopter Combat Support Squadron-Four in Sigonella, Italy. Cmdr. Smania joined the Navy in 1972 after graduating from Weber State. He completed the Naval Postgraduate School in California in 1983 with a masters degree in computer science. He is married to the former Royan West, class of 75. |