2011 communicator magazine

THE MAGAZINE OF THE MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ARTS & SCIENCES2011-2012

TOMORROW’S GLOBAL COMMUNICATORS

SPARTANS

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ENRICHING LIVESWORLDWIDE

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Lindsay Bacigalupo (BA ’11 Communication, Public Relations specialization) was the student speaker at the college’s commencement in May.

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PRESIDENTDiane Neal

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VICE PRESIDENT TREASURERMerri Jo Bales Jeff Lambert

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Jim AlexanderBA ‘85 Telecommunication

Phil BertoliniBA ‘85 Telecommunication

W. Clark BuntingBA ‘77 Advertising, MA ‘84 Communication

April ClobesMA ‘00 Advertising

Ed CohenBA ‘76 Telecommunication, PhD ‘88 Mass Media

Nancy CrawleyMA ‘85 Journalism

Brian HamrickBA ‘92 Telecommunication

Andrew MacMillanBA ‘99 Telecommunication, Honors College

Matt MartynBA ‘96 Communication

Angela R. MassenbergPhD ‘88 Audiology & Speech Sciences

Shawn MorganBA ‘91 Communication

Erika MyersBA ‘97 Journalism

Jana O’BrienBA ‘79 Advertising and Honors College, MA ‘80 Advertising

Ed SwiderskiBA ‘02 Telecommunication

Roger TremblayBA ‘70 Advertising, MA ‘71 Advertising

BA ‘93 Advertising

The Communicator magazine is published annually by the MSU College of Communication Arts & Sciences for alumni, donors, friends, faculty, staff and students of the college.

Kirsten Khire, Communications ManagerMichigan State UniversityCollege of Communication Arts & Sciences287 Communication Arts & Sciences BuildingEast Lansing, MI 48824Email: [email protected]

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Masters of the Creative Universe

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Faculty Honors and News

Student Honors and News

Passings

Donor Wall

A look at why the College of

Communication Arts & Sciences is a leading

creative college

Awards, features, and Spartan Sagas featuring alumni

Featuring six distinguished alumni and their stories

Learn about important program updates and meet new faculty and staff

Awards, honors and books by faculty members

Graduate awards, Emmys, and Addys received by MSU students

Honoring members of our community who have passed away

Thank you to all of our generous donors who continue to help our college lead the way!

Dean’s Message

Alumni Board President’s Message

The 2011 Celebration

100 Years of Journalism

Preparing Tomorrow’s Global

Communicators

Enriching Lives Worldwide

Spring Commencement 2011

A message from Dean Pamela Whitten

A message from Alumni Board President Diane Neal

A look at the 2011 Celebration featuring a conversation with Faculty Impact Award winner

Bob Albers

A look at the Centennial Celebration of journalism at Michigan State University

The ways in which the College of Communication

Arts & Sciences is preparing students to be successful

A look at the ways in which the College of

Communication Arts & Sciences is enriching lives

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WELCOME TO THE 2011 EDITION OF OUR COLLEGE’S COMMUNICATOR MAGAZINE. This magazine is written just for you, the friends and alumni of the college. It’s one way we share many of the college’s accomplishments during the year. This year, there are many points of pride.

The National Research Council issued its evaluation of graduate programs nam-ing ours the best communication college in the country. Of 83 communication doctoral programs that participated we were the only university that had two

programs in the top 10, both of which are in this college.

Alumni Craig Murray and Linda Chap-man Stone received prestigious MSU Grand Awards. Marcie and the late Ed Schalon were honored for their philanthropy to the university at the awards ceremony.

As of January, Diane Neal became our Alumni Board president. Diane is a true advocate for our college and a wonderful leader of our board. Jef Richards began his role as the new chair of the De-partment of Ad-vertising, Pub-lic Relations, and Retailing also in January.

This past year, we conducted searches for seven new faculty members. As fall ap-proaches, we will welcome these talent-ed scholars to our college. You can learn more about them on page 21.

This fall, we launch our new inte-grated media arts program in the Media Sandbox. This program will be a boon to creative students who want to start early and learn fast about all of the multimedia tools in high demand by employers today. Read about it on page 20.

Our researchers are hard at work on projects that seek to enrich and improve our lives. Our faculty members submit-ted 116 grant proposals last year - more than the number of faculty we have. This summer, our graduate students received more than $100,000 in funds to conduct independent summer research, with ex-pectations to publish and present at con-ferences.

In addition, your support helps to guide much of our activity and progress, and we are thankful for all contributions. This year, expendable funds were donat-ed by alumni allowing immediate intern-ship scholarship opportunities for 25-30 students – across the U.S. and the world. We are working to build our pipeline of alumni, corporations and foundations who want to be more active and support the college’s fi nancial future. There are

many ways to make this hap-pen, and we have a talented Advancement team who can

answer every question you might have. This team includes our new alumni rela-tions professional Lauren Lepkowski (BA ‘11 Communication).

As we move forward with our goals, we want you to be involved. We know we can do it. We have a plan. We have a team. We have proud alumni. We are Spartans. SPARTANS WILL.

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ALUMNI BOARDPRESIDENT

A FEW WORDS FROM THE

2011 SPRING COMMENCEMENT

OUR ALUMNI BOARD IS HERE FOR YOU. It’s an honor to lead this outstanding group of 18 alumni looking out for the college and constantly advocating for it. Yes, we are already a college of high reputation, but there’s always work to do to push our college forward.

This year, our board made extensive progress on several major fronts. We have identifi ed these priorities to guide our future work:

1. Broaden our reach of alumni2. Create mentoring and internship

opportunities for students3. Encourage our fundraising eff ortsWe also support and advise the college.

In addition to our regular board meetings, we have frequent conversations with Dean Whitten, we select the winners of the alumni awards and the Faculty Impact Award, we help to identify new board members, and more. To meet the priorities mentioned above, we now have several strategic planning and mentoring/internships committees that report back

to the board on their progress.As I mentioned, our board selects the

winners of the alumni awards, which are honored each May at The Celebration. This year’s recipients, as I’m sure you will agree, are extremely talented alumni who are making a diff erence in their fi elds and communities. You can read all about them on the following pages.

At The Celebration, we also honor the recipient of the annual Faculty Impact Award, given this year to Bob Albers. The board has established an endowment to ensure this award continues into the future.

Congratulations and thanks are also in order for several of our board members this year. Jeff Lambert and his company Lambert, Edwards and Associates were named the small agency PR fi rm of the year by PR News. Matt Martyn and his company

Ahptic created the online holiday video greeting for the past two years. This year’s video greeting featured our student groups and the MSU Fight Song sung acoustically by alum Nate Erickson.

You know the words: “Fight for the only colors: Green and White.” Keep singing and keep that Spartan spirit alive.

DIANE NEALALUMNI BOARD PRES IDENT

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Students shake hands with faculty members before receiving diplomas.

1,000 students graduated from the college this spring and summer.

Lucinda Davenport, director of the School of Journalism, presents J-School graduates.

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OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS

Sherry Harmon is vice president of sales with Servoyant. Her career began as a sales engineer with Digital Equipment Corp., a hardware and software manufacturer, where she closed the larg-est sale ever in the Pacifi c Rim. Harmon became channels manager where she led a team of 23 and oversaw a $350 million business. She developed considerable expertise with cloud-based business and fi nancial models known as software as a ser-vice, enabling her to drive successful relationships with companies like IBM, Accenture, AT&T, Mo-torola, and GE. Harmon is a member of advisory boards for several social media companies.

Alyssa Harvey Dawson is associate general counsel at Netfl ix. In this role, Harvey is the legal partner for the product development and business devel-opment teams and has responsibility for product technology matters, including technology transac-tions and licensing and intellectual property ad-vice, guidance, counseling and enforcement. For-merly, she was senior director and senior counsel at eBay, and senior counsel at Autodesk. Harvey received her JD from Georgetown University Law Center and stays connected to MSU through her service on the Quello Center’s Advisory Board.

Carole Lick is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the MSU Alumni Club of Mid Michigan. While on the Board of Directors, she established the Crystal Ball, a scholarship fund-ing event, and is the creator and chair of the Spar-tan Insight Program. Lick previously served as a member of the MSU Board of Trustees from 1980 through 1987 and was on the CAS Alumni Board from 2001 to 2008, providing leadership as vice president. Carole received her master’s degree in special education from Western Michigan Uni-versity in 2000.

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George Katsarelas was executive creative director at Leo Burnett. After his passing in June 2009, the George C. Katsarelas Endowed Memorial Schol-arship was created by his family and friends (3 above) at Leo Burnett. Katsarelas was chairman of the “D” Council, a local creative awards show. In his three decades of advertising experience, his work was visible during the Super Bowl and Indy 500 and earned him numerous advertising awards, including the Grand Effi e for his leader-ship and pro bono eff orts with the enrollment campaign for the Detroit Public Schools.

On May 7, 2011, friends and family

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Alumni Awards Banquet of the college. This

year, the college honored nine outstanding

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Diane Neal was the emcee for the gala at the

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campus. Congratulations to this year’s award

winners! Scan the QR code on the right to view a faculty conversation with Faculty Impact Award winner Bob Albers.


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Health communication research is specifi cally a priority to Nancy Peters as a way to memorialize her husband, who was on a kidney donation wait-ing list, but passed away before receiving his kidney donation. She provided a gift to the MSU Health and Risk Communication Center to establish the Craig Peters Fund for Organ Donation Research. Her eff orts have supported the Health and Risk Communication Center in furthering research of communication issues around organ donation and pursuing partnerships with medical doctors to help educate the public about organ donation.

Bob Albers is senior video specialist in the Depart-ment of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media. He is a documentary fi lmmaker with extensive experience as a producer, director, cameraperson, writer, editor, and executive pro-ducer and teaches video production at MSU. He has produced and directed many documentaries, directed multi-camera orchestra programs, and has worked extensively in public aff airs television programming. Programs created and supervised by Albers have received awards and widespread national and international distribution.

Chris Preuss was a key player in GM’s restructur-ing, leading the European communications opera-tions prior to the bankruptcy, and then managing the huge organizational change in the time after the restructuring as the vice president of global communications. He has now blended these unique career experiences with the recent launch of TRUSTrategies, a communications consultancy aimed at dealing with restructuring, crisis and corporate reputation challenges.

Hoekyun Ahn is Deputy CEO of Packet One, which is a Ma-laysian subsidiary of SK Tele-com, a leading Korean commu-nications company. Ahn held many positions at SK Telecom from 2001 to 2010 including

head of the Data Business Division and head of the Global Service Strategy Division.

Jason James is a principal and research analyst at Patrick Communications LLC, a leading media brokerage and investment banking fi rm in the broadcasting industry. James worked as a disc jockey, reporter, producer, and director for The Impact. James is a 2005 John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation Internship recipient and is actively involved with the National Association of Broad-casters Education Foundation and the Broadcast Education Association.

THE CELEBRATION

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Francesca Boville is a media arts and technology junior who received a study abroad

scholarship. She participated in the Technology and Culture: Communication and Games in Japan study

abroad program this summer.

“Studying abroad in Japan was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. Meeting and conversing with Japanese university students, visiting major companies, and sightseeing across the country were all incredible opportunities that I would have never experienced if I hadn’t chosen to study abroad. I also

met and got to know fellow MSU students who I never would have gotten to know otherwise. Studying

abroad in Japan was a once in a lifetime opportu-nity, and I’m so grateful I experienced it.”

GIFTS LOUDPIXEL STUDY ABROADINTERNSHIPS CAREER SCHOLAR-SHIPS FACULTY ALUMNI INTERNS NETWORK CUTTING-EDGE FUNDI-CAREER PREPARING DONATIONSDISCOVERY NETWORKS STUDENT-MMARTS TOMORROW’S STAN STEINSUCCESSES DREAMS FOUNDATIONNATIONAL GLOBAL GIFTS FUTUREA FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH W ORLDWIDE COMMUNICATORS WITH STUDY ABROAD INTERNSHIPSC AREER MICHIGAN STATE ALUMNIFAC ULTY UNIVERSITY CUTTING-EDGE STUDENTS AWARD-WINNING MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY HOME

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The MSU College of Communication Arts & Sciences shapes stu-dents to be responsible global citizens by transcending traditional classroom walls and traveling beyond national borders. Study abroad opportunities, scholarships for high-achieving students, and tailored internships complement innovative academic experiences to provide students with the tools needed to respond and resolve real problems throughout the world.

6 degrees of preparation for Spartan communicators: • Internships • Scholarships • Fellowships • Research projects/experiential learning • Study abroad programs • Alumni connections

Photo by Allan McDaniel, media arts and technology junior


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As one of the public relations industry’s leaders in global account management, Stan Stein is both a thriving professional and a de-voted alum and donor. Stein (BA ’75 Journal-ism, MA ’80 Advertising) is an executive vice president for Weber Shandwick Worldwide and has more than 25 years of industry expe-rience. His professional achievements earned him the Outstanding Alumni Award from the college in 2010. Throughout his distin-guished career, Stein has remained a strong supporter of the college and its students, and his impact is continuously growing.

Stein and Weber Shandwick Worldwide have established the Stan Stein Scholarship within the Department of Advertising, Pub-lic Relations, and Retailing to help support deserving students as they prepare for a ca-reer in the public relations industry.

“I hope to meet the scholarship recipients at some point and try to help them focus on their goals, and ultimately achieve as many of them as possible,” said Stein. “Beyond that, I hope it will encourage other graduates to try and give back appropriately to Michigan State, and remain connected to our great uni-versity.”

MSU alumnus. Radio broadcaster. Presi-dent of the United Press International Tele-vision News. Food connoisseur and restau-rateur. These are just a few of the hats that the late Clar-ence “Dusty” Rhodes wore. For his fi ve children, most im-portantly, he was “Dad.” To honor their father’s legacy, Mar-tha Rhodes Bashore, Beth Rhodes, Jane Rhodes-Wolfe, Dan Rhodes and Matt Rhodes have established the endowed Dusty Rhodes Scholarship in the College of Communication Arts and Sci-ences for Michigan high school graduates who wish to pursue a career in radio, news-paper or TV news.

Rhodes’ children felt a scholarship would be the best way to commemorate their father, as it pays homage to his aff ection for all things Spartan, his belief in the importance of a col-lege education and his love of radio, television and news.

Rhodes graduated in 1950 with a degree in speech and theater. He received the college’s Outstanding Alumni Award in 2005. Rhodes passed way in August 2010.

To give online to the Dusty Rhodes Scholarship Fund, visit www.cas.msu.edu/dustyrhodesscholar.

Dusty Rhodes.

Whether it is aiding students to gain ex-periences around the globe or supporting the artistic culture with the community, Larry Lee (BA ’70 Journalism) is doing his part to help Michigan State University thrive. Lee has made a future gift to the School of Journalism in sup-port of study abroad scholarships and to the Wharton Center’s general endowment, making him a new member of the Snyder Society.

Lee has been actively involved with the col-lege as an alum and donor, and served on the School of Journalism Centennial Committee. Throughout his career he worked for Gongw-er News Service, a state level, political news source that operates services in Michigan and Ohio. Lee eventually became one of three prin-ciple owners in the company and attributes his success to his MSU background.

“I benefi ted from hard-nosed training in the School of Journalism and an academic adviser, Mary Gardner, whose exacting standards and common-sense approach helped to set a long-term guide. The State News provided profes-sional-grade experience, the chance to cover critical events in the turbulent 1960s and con-nected me to the job I held throughout my ca-reer beginning after graduation,” said Lee.

Lee was eager to give back to his fellow Spartans as an alumnus.

“I am impressed by the challenges today’s students face with tuition and costs of attend-ing college at such a high level compared to what they are able to earn,” said Lee. “We’ve seen state support slashed over the years by an astonishing amount and while alumni giving

cannot and should not take the place of public support, it can serve an important role in add-ing to the overall experience and help students set and achieve their goals.”

As an individual who appreciates the diver-sity of cultures and enjoys traveling the world, Lee wanted to help others share these passions through his donations.

“Now, the university is rightfully encourag-ing a wide range of study-abroad experiences in recognition that we are infl uencing and are infl uenced by cultures everywhere on a daily basis. My gift is specifi cally designated to as-sist students in pursuing those study-abroad opportunities,” explained Lee.

“For me, living close to the university, I have been able to continue to take advantage of the cultural programs throughout the year and with my involvement in the Mary Gardner Scholarship, I have been privileged to appreci-ate how students are adapting to and leading the change in our journalism profession.”


INTERNS GET ALUMNI HELP

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Recently, several alumni have set up scholarships for students in need. These scholarships give students the opportunity to work unpaid internships of their choice. Without the help of the alumni, many of these students might not be able to pursue these great experiences.

Robbie Couch, a journalism senior, in-terned at The Oprah Magazine in New York City this summer.

“I cannot say enough about the faculty and staff in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. My internship at The Oprah Magazine would not have been pos-sible without the many inspiring teachers I’ve had along the way. The faculty and staff worked tirelessly to secure the fi nancial re-sources I needed to make an expensive sum-mer in New York City possible. Thank you, MSU!” Couch said.

Gabi Moore, a journalism major, is intern-ing for the communication department at the Indianapolis Zoo in Indianapolis. Moore says of her scholarship, “As my internship is unpaid, it would have been very diffi cult to make it through the summer without some kind of fi nancial support. I’ve learned quick-ly that big city traffi c is hard on a gas tank particularly, so this fi nancial support has been helpful for that as well as other living expenses and paying for internship credit.”

Students interned around the country this summer with support from alumni at a variety of employers. To fi nd out how you can help a CAS student in this way, contact the CAS Offi ce of Advancement by calling (517) 432-6514.

When thinking of a “telecaster,” one might simply think of someone who broadcasts news, but the MSU Telecasters Alumni Group is making news of their own with this year’s scholarship drive.

MSU Telecasters is a student-run group that gives undergraduate students the oppor-tunity to gain hands-on experience in work-ing with state-of-the-art television equipment such as cameras, lighting and editing software.

The MSU Telecasters Alumni Group was formed in 2008. Part of the group’s mission is to assist new graduates in networking and in-troduce them to professionals in a wide range of fi elds in the visual arts world.

Past president of the MSU Telecasters Alumni Group Pam Saunders (BA ’94 Journal-ism) explained, “Telecasters is a family com-prised of students, alumni and faculty. Once you work on a show or project, you become part of that creative energy. The memories you build while exercising and expanding

that creative energy in the college stays with you in life and your career. Alumni want to make sure that current students are exposed to those same experiences outside of a regu-lar classroom setting. Many alumni have also provided jobs and internships to students and other alums, and I’d like to especially thank Rich Perry, Telecaster Alumni VP, for running our scholarship campaign.”

When asked what initiated the idea for this scholarship, Saunders replied, “We want the students to understand that the hundreds of alumni who have come up through the Tele-casters program support them. We hope that the scholarship helps them understand and feel part of the Telecasters legacy of excellence.”

For more information on the MSU Tele-casters Alumni Group, visit their website at www.telecasters.msu.edu/alumni.

To make a donation to the MSU Telecast-ers Scholarship, contact the CAS Offi ce of Advancement by calling (517) 432-6514.

(1) Media arts and technology and advertising senior Mandy Erinc received a 2011-2012 scholarship.

(2) Sophomore media and information student Colin Marshall is also a 2011-2012 scholarship recipient.

Journalism senior Robbie Couch received alumni support that helped him intern at The Oprah Magazine this summer in New York City.

GLOBAL COMMUNICATORS

“Malawi and Malaria: Fighting to Save the Children” collected two

2011 regional Emmy awards – one for best documentary-cultural and one for best writing. The

documentary, produced by Bob Gould and Sue Carter from the School of Journalism, focused on MSU’s work and

progress in Malawi to help children who contract malaria. The documentary highlights the work being done by MSU faculty member Terrie Taylor over the past 24 years in Malawi, including a $9.1 million federal grant to create new prevention and control strategies in the small African nation.

In this photo, producer and faculty member Bob Gould gave the Malawi children the chance to record some of

their surroundings. He promptly snapped the moment with his camera. To learn more about this project

http://msujschoolinmalawi.wordpress.com/

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With our college’s world-class research expertise, we partner across campus and worldwide to promote healthy lifestyles, install technol-ogy in remote areas, and create rewarding everyday experiences. Lives are enhanced and are healthier when a CAS communicator is involved.

Our research seeks to:• Employ technologies to optimize communication practices • Impact health and risk behaviors through communication • Develop and enhance regions worldwide via communication

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Photo by Bob Gould, faculty member of the School of Journalism


RESEARCHER LOOKS FOR TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR

PEOPLE WHO STUTTERCROWDFUNDING EXAMINED FOR JOURNALISM

OVER $12 MILLION IN GRANTS LEAD TOThis past year, faculty member Kurt De-

Maagd led three MSU projects that received federal broadband stimulus awards totaling more than $12 million to increase computer ac-cess and broadband access throughout Michi-gan. These three projects are expanding broad-band access in library computer centers in rural areas, creating additional public computer centers in Michigan’s core urban areas, and ex-panding knowledge and access to broadband in urban areas of Michigan.

“Now more than ever, our state needs to focus on its economic growth. These projects are providing that positive change, and helping transform our state to participate in the infor-mation economy,” DeMaagd said.

DeMaagd said the projects have provided opportunities for students to learn about broadband and computer installation fi rst hand and will help residents of Michigan who will

have increased technology at their fi ngertips. “In a state that has been among the hardest

hit nationwide, this is an important tool as we work to rebuild rapidly. As a land-grant pio-neer, MSU’s work is vital in that rebuilding ef-fort. In the past few months, we have installed more than 1,000 computers across the state. By the time the project is complete, we will have expanded or created more than 300 computer centers,” DeMaagd said.

MSU students’ real-world work confi -dence increased dramatically as they installed computers, solved network problems, and cre-ated systems that would not have been accom-plished without them, he said.

Student Ryan McBride participated on a work trip to Marquette, Mich. last summer. He said, “I look back on my time in Marquette knowing I did a small part to get Michigan back on its feet. I know from the smiling faces

A Michigan State University researcher is hopeful that a recent National Institutes of Health grant she received will result in bet-ter treatment options and, ultimately, better lives for children who stutter.

Soo-Eun Chang, assistant professor of communicative sciences and disorders, is us-ing a $1.8 million grant to conduct a fi ve-year longitudinal study on brain development of children who stutter. The grant is from the NIH’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

Chang and colleagues are following chil-dren’s development when they are between 4 and 6 years of age. She is specifi cally search-ing for brain clues to explain how stuttering diff ers between males and females.

“Previous studies have shown that girls are more likely to recover from childhood stuttering,” Chang said. “We know that at 2 to 4 years of age, boys and girls stutter more equally. For some reason, there’s a change that occurs when they are 4 to 6 years old. The girls start to recover within about two years, and often boys do not.”

Chang is studying brain scans of the chil-dren to see whether boys’ and girls’ brains

develop diff erently to enable some to re-cover, and others to go on to have chronic stuttering for the rest of their lives.

“This work will hopefully change the face of stuttering diagnosis and treat-

ment,” she said. “It’s the fi rst series of studies to identify neural reasons for early childhood stuttering, and gender diff erences that lead to recovery or persistence of stuttering.”

Stuttering aff ects about 5 percent of children during the early stages of speech acquisition. Many of these children recover naturally, but some do not, leaving about 1 percent of the population who have chronic developmental stuttering.

“This is a speech disorder that is notori-ously diffi cult to treat,” Chang said, “and can be debilitating for some people who might experience social or occupational rejection.”

“There is a misperception that stuttering is caused by anxiety, that it is behavioral,” she said. “In the vast majority of cases, stut-

If you build it (the right way), they will give. The “it” is a website designed to en-courage crowd funding, an online method of matching people willing to donate money for a cause. The “give,” of course, is money.

Rick Wash, an assistant professor in Michigan State University’s College of Com-munication Arts and Sciences, says exist-ing crowd funding sites are good, but could be better. And he is using a grant of nearly

$400,000 from the National Science Foundation to de-velop ways to make these sites more eff ec-tive.

In particular, Wash is interested in improving upon sites that can assist online news-gathering op-erations – sites such

as “spot.us” – and those that can help college and university fundraising.

“On a typical crowd funding site, it’s diffi -cult for people to fi nd projects that are exact matches for their interests,” Wash said. “Our project will help identify ways to make it easier for matches between donors and proj-ects to occur.”

In the world of journalism, for example, it’s no secret that newspapers are suff ering fi nancially. Websites such as spot.us have helped bring together journalists, especially those doing longer, more investigative pieces, and donors willing to fund those kinds of projects.

The problem, Wash said, is that is some-what limiting.

“This is not helpful in the coverage of breaking news or the coverage of beats,” he said. “We are going to look at some diff erent things that can be put into place that will help fund, for example, a beat system.”

Wash also is working to deal with some of the problems that crowd funding faces. Example: If someone donates to a cause, and that cause does not reach its fundraising goal, does the donor get his or her money back?

Wash and his team will be putting to-gether computer simulations to see what works and what doesn’t. Subjects will be brought into a computer lab to test the vari-ous models.

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BROADBAND EXPANSION IN MICHIGAN

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTSMIGHT BE PLAYING MSU GAME

tering is not due to a psychiatric condition or low IQ. We have strong evidence now that stuttering is caused by subtle neural defi cits that disrupt interactions between diff erent parts of the brain that are critical for fl uid speech production.”

Her interest in this research comes from her own fi rsthand training as a speech-lan-guage pathologist. Now she’s hoping to take stuttering research to a new level - and to help parents and children.

“Parents will be able to see their child’s brain growth in this study, and they will be contributing to treatment solutions for people who stutter,” she said. “We expect to learn more about the causes of this speech disorder, and to learn better ways to diag-nose, prevent and treat it.”

The study is looking for participants. Par-ents who decide to participate in the study can receive payment to off set time involved and to help with transportation costs. In ad-dition, the research team provides speech, language, hearing and IQ testing at no cost. Children will be able to take home a picture of their brain. The team will explain all pro-cedures, including tests, risks and benefi ts.

If your child is between the ages of 3 to 8 years old and stutters, and you would like more information about the study, call (517) 884-2257 or (616) 755-8601 or email [email protected].

of adults and children that we met in Mar-quette that our eff orts meant the world to them. There’s certainly still a lot of work to be done, but I think the future of technological innova-tion in Michigan is bright. I’m proud to be a part of it.”

The MSU team is led by DeMaagd, and includes faculty members Robert LaRose, Pamela Whitten, Johannes Bauer, Steven Wild-man, Charles Steinfi eld and Cliff Lampe.

Project partners include the Michigan De-partment of Information Technology, Library of Michigan, other state and local government agencies, and regional broadband providers. The MSU team is also working with area high schools, Jackson Community College, Lansing Community College, the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition, the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center, and the In-formation Technology Empowerment Center.

Michigan State University researchers and students have developed a video game that is showcased in GameUp - a brand-new feature of the educational website BrainPOP® used in classrooms worldwide.

The game, “Life Preservers,” teaches national middle school science standards related to the history of life on earth and is accessible at www.lifepreservers.msu.edu. It is prominently featured in Brain-POP’s GameUp™, a collection of top free online game titles that tie in to curriculum.

“Life Preservers” was designed by MSU faculty members Carrie Heeter, Brian Winn and Darcy Greene and students as part of a research project funded by the National Science Foundation.

“It is a huge honor for one of the projects developed in the Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab to be part of BrainPOP,” Heeter said. “We are in such good compa-ny with the other games on GameUp, and thrilled that ‘Life Preservers’ will be used in the classroom.”

Norman Basch of BrainPOP said the company reviewed hundreds of online learning games prior to selecting the ones that now appear on GameUp.

“BrainPOP is working with some of the best educational game creators and featur-

ing their work. We are looking for not only the best educational games, but also those that teachers can eff ectively use in the classroom,” Basch said.

Heeter and the team developed the video game in 2005 as part of a National Science Foundation project to study how boys’ and girls’ game-playing styles relate to learning from a game. The research team designed “Life Preservers” to test the re-search hypotheses on seventh graders with a science-related game.

“Life Preservers helped us fi nd out many clues about how children of both genders play games and learn, and now our game will have real world use in classrooms pro-viding quality science content,” Heeter said. “That’s very rewarding as a game de-signer and researcher.”

Laura Breeden, Kyra Khanna, Kurt DeMaagd, and Teresia Hagelberger at a Michigan public library. Breeden and Khanna represent the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program; DeMaagd and Hagel-berger are from MSU. DeMaagd is leading three BTOP grants to help ex-pand broadband technol-ogy in Michigan’s rural and urban areas.

ENRICHING LIVES WORLDWIDE

MSU senior Patrick Ronan, who graduated in May with a double major in

telecommunication, information studies, and me-dia and advertising, created a brand catalog for Pogo

Nip Technologies, a clothing store for snowboarders, for an advertising class that received a gold award and a People’s

Choice Award at the Mid-Michigan Addy Awards this spring.

“I had just downloaded a word of the day application on my phone and “pogonip” was the word of the day. It is an icy fog in the mountains, and I thought it would be the perfect name for a com-pany,” said Ronan.

The ADDY Awards is the advertising industry’s largest and most representative Competition. Conducted annually by

the American Advertising Federation (AAF), the lo-cal ADDY Awards are the fi rst of a three-tier,

national competition.

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The Midwest’s premier innovative and integrated media arts program, launching this fall at the college, will prepare students to become the nation’s best media artists, innovators and storytellers. By being fl uent and fl exible in a continually evolving and unpredictable communications industry, students will use the latest technologies, media and communication research to become masters in advertising, journalism and telecommunication, information studies and media. The integrated media arts program will create new design and production opportunities for our students across many majors, including advertising, journalism and media arts and technology.

As the new MSU art museum takes shape, our college’s arts and cultural opportunities are expanding as well, and our students will benefi t from this expansion. In addition, faculty members are receiving external funding for creative projects such as documentaries, creative campaigns, and for projects that lead to global improvements.

Explore the creative possibilities online at www.mediasandbox.cas.msu.edu.

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THE KINGS OF FLINT

DOCUMENTARY EARNSINTERNATIONAL HONOR

A documentary fi lm about the fatal shoot-ing of a Muslim religious leader by the U.S. government, created by faculty and students from Michigan State University, has received international recognition.

“The Death of an Imam” has received a Best of Festival King Foundation Award from the Broadcast Education Association in the 2011 Festival of Media Arts. The documen-tary received the top award and Best of Com-petition honor in the Faculty Video Compe-tition category.

Geri Alumit Zeldes, associate professor in the MSU School of Journalism, directed the fi lm. Co-producers include Zeldes, Salah D. Hassan, associate professor in the Depart-ment of English; and Brian J. Bowe, an MSU media and information studies doctoral stu-dent. Students Sarah Jaeger and Ryan Hurst edited and helped fi lm the documentary.

“The documentary is a powerful medium to share stories that matter,” Zeldes said.

“This work is important for all journalists to see who are covering the government, and it also has meaning for all of us as we try to overcome categories and labels on people, es-pecially Muslims.”

The documentary was one of 15 works, chosen from a pool of 913 entries from 143 colleges and universities, to receive the award.

The 17-minute fi lm examines the news reporting associated with the 2009 shooting of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah in a Dear-born warehouse. It explores allegations of a terrorism conspiracy, the use of FBI infor-mants, and the portrayal of Muslims in the mainstream media. The documentary was made with a grant from the Social Science Research Council and is part of the Islam, Muslims and Journalism Education project.

View the entire fi lm online athttp://www.beafestival.org/video/The_

Death_of_an_Imam.

Dr. Geri Alumit Zeldes works on a rough draft of ‘The Death of an Imam’ (1), which received international recognition. Zeldes, an MSU faculty member, directed the fi lm. Team members (from right to left) Ryan Hurst, Geri Alumit Zeldes, Salan Hassan, Sarah Jaeger, and Brian J. Bowe (2).

A documentary about sustainable urban agriculture created at Michigan State Uni-versity is connected to a national award for the subjects.

Faculty members Geri Alumit Zeldes and Troy Hale are directors and executive pro-ducers of the fi lm “The Kings of Flint” that focuses on Flint residents Jacky and Dora King. The United States Department of Ag-riculture has named the Kings Michigan’s Small Farmers of the Year. They are the fi rst urban farmers to receive the award.

Zeldes and Hale came up with the idea af-ter meeting with Jacky and Dora King, own-ers of King Karate. After a number of years teaching self defense to the youth of Flint, the Kings decided to use farming to help their community.

The fi lm shows their eff orts to transform Flint into a healthy, agricultural community and to teach young adults how to grow their own food. The Kings also incorporate the

principles of karate into their daily farming routine, teaching young adults about strong work ethic and character building.

Zeldes and Hale began the project sum-mer 2009. It started with a short video clip, but with the help of 15 students and fund-ing from the Ruth Mott Foundation, the Hu-manities and Arts Research Program and the College of Communication Arts and Scienc-es’ undergraduate program, they were able to create a longer version for WKAR-TV.

“In Michigan, I think Flint is known as a city with lots of crime and it’s going no-where, but there are actually people trying to change it,” said journalism student Alyssa Firth, webmaster and a producer of the fi lm.

The 30-minute fi lm aired on WKAR-TV this spring and showcased at fi lm festivals. A half-hour show called “Flint Food Fighters” and a half-hour documentary called “Flint River Farm” will premiere soon. For info, go online to greeningoffl int.cas.msu.edu.

Scan this QR code to watch The Kings of Flint online, or visit vimeo.com/16779025.


2010-2011 Michigan Creative Film Alliance students with former Gov. Jennifer Granholm

STUDENTS, FACULTY WIN MICHIGAN EMMYS

STUDENTS AT 3 UNIVERSITIESWORK TOGETHER ON FILM

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Students and faculty members from the MSU College of Communication Arts & Sciences received multiple Michigan Emmy awards this year from the Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

“Malawi and Malaria: Fighting to Save the Children” collected two awards – one for best documentary-cultural and one for best writing. The documentary was produced by Bob Gould and Sue Carter from the School of Journalism. In addition, Carter won the writing award for the documentary.

Student winners were a team of fi ve jour-nalism students from Focal Point, a student-produced news program that won for col-lege/university student production – news.

The MSU students listed on the award are Marty Berman, Annie Cook, Chloe Hill, Ka-

tie Masters, and Erin O’Connor. Also, the documentary “Publicly De-

fended: Michigan’s Fight for Public Defender Reform” directed by MSU student Nicolas Baker won for best college/university stu-dent production – non-news programs.

Faculty member Troy Hale is part of the university’s MSU Today team, which also won for three segments of MSU Today:

• “Izzo Goes to Broadway” – arts/en-tertainment

• “MSUToday in Studio: Mohammed’s Journey” – interview/discussion

• “Mohammed” – documentary-topical

For more information, visit www.natas-michigan.org/awards.html.

Students from Michigan State Univer-sity, University of Michigan and Wayne State University premiered their fi rst co-produced fi lm this spring. “Appleville” was written, di-rected, produced and edited by 22 students from the three universities who were part of the groundbreaking Michigan Creative Film Alliance program.

“These students are fully trained and career-ready. It’s vital for the public to under-stand the importance of the fi lm alliance as a tool to combat the ‘brain drain’ of our talented young fi lmmakers and artists to the east and west coasts,” said Bob Albers, MSU lead fac-ulty on the program.

The alliance was announced on July 6, 2010 by former Governor Jennifer Granholm as a way to provide professional fi lm industry training to students in Michigan. The Michi-gan Economic Development Corporation provided seed money to launch the three-university collaboration. The intensive pro-gram used a professional fi lmmaking model to teach students from three universities.

The program kicked off on July 7, 2010 with a retreat at the KBS Conference Cen-ter in Gull Lake, Mich., featuring Hollywood executive and MSU alum Bill Mechanic. The students fi nished shooting the fi lm in August 2010, and the fi lm premiered in March to 900 viewers at the Detroit Institute of the Arts.

“Appleville” had an original script full of twists and turns. The plot: Characters Donny and Frank try to rob a group of senior citizens on a bus outing to the new Appleville Mall. The result is a funny, bittersweet and action-packed ride as this unlikely crew must band together against the pursuing police before their options run out.

After the success of last year’s fi lm, the fi lm alliance is hard at work with a new set of students on a new production “Beauty Queen.” The fi lm alliance is bigger this year, with 32 students involved and a more com-plex fi lm with 10 locations. Another premiere is planned at the DIA in 2012.

For more information, go online to http://mi-cfa.com/.

Faculty member Henry Brimmer’s artwork will be showcased at the Grand Rapids Art Museum during ArtPrize.

ArtPrize is an open art competition based in Grand Rapids that awards nearly $450,000 to winners. The contest runs Sept. 21 through Oct. 9. Brimmer is among 1,582 artists from 36 countries that will participate in the competition.

Brimmer is an assistant professor in the Department of Advertising, Public Relations, and Retailing. His mixed me-dia installation for ArtPrize is entitled “Touch wood”, and touches on the ten-sion between trees and fabricated wood.

Visitors can view Brimmer’s work with paid admissions as early as Sept. 8 during normal museum hours. The public can view the work for free during ArtPrize from Sept. 21-Oct. 9. On Sept. 22, Brim-mer will present his work and participate in a panel discussion from 7-9 p.m. in the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Vote for Brimmer at ArtPrize using code 41741 in the following ways:

• send a text message to 808080• download the ArtPrize smart

phone application• vote online at www.artprize.org. • vote via mobile at m.artprize.org.

Faculty members Bob Gould and Sue Carter on site in Malawi to shoot their documentary.

MASTERS OF THE CREATIVE UNIVERSE


NEW! INTEGRATED MEDIA ARTS PROGRAM

The Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media has updat-ed its undergraduate degrees to refl ect the changes in media and technology. Starting this fall, bachelor of arts and bachelor of sci-ence options are available for the media and information degree with concentrations in TV, Cinema & Radio, Interactive and Social Media, or Media Management. The B.A. op-tion is for those who are interested in produc-tion and creative roles, and the B.S. option is for those interested in media management and more technical careers. Current students who are pursuing other TISM undergraduate degrees can select this new option or contin-ue to pursue their current degree.

More program newsWKAR joins college

Communication off ers 5-year BA/MA degree

TISM off ers BA/BS in Media and Information

Michigan State University Broadcasting Services, home to WKAR TV and WKAR Radio, has joined MSU’s College of Commu-nication Arts and Sciences. The shift will enable the university to fur-ther the goals of public broadcasting and cre-ate new opportunities for tomorrow’s com-munication leaders, said MSU Provost Kim Wilcox. “Moving MSU Broadcasting Services into the MSU College of Communication Arts and Sciences promises to provide unprec-edented academic and experiential oppor-tunities for MSU students while enhancing the broadcast off erings for our community,” Wilcox said. Gary Reid, distinguished senior academic specialist in the college and general manager of MSU’s award-winning student radio sta-tion, WDBM, has been named the acting di-rector of broadcasting for WKAR.

Starting this fall, communication bachelor’s students who want to earn their master’s de-gree can do so in one extra year. Up to nine 400-level credits will double count toward the BA and the MA degrees in communica-tion for eligible students. Students admitted to this program will only have to do 21 more credits of coursework instead of 30 to com-plete the MA degree. Students must already be a communication major at junior or senior status to apply.

Michigan State University is unveiling a new program to develop new-age storytell-ers who can be nimble in a rapidly evolving and unpredictable media industry.

This fall, the MSU College of Commu-nication Arts & Sciences launches an in-tegrated media arts program as part of a new collaborative called Media Sandbox to help fi ll the growing demand for graduates with creative and multimedia skills and ex-perience. Media Sandbox will include an integrated media arts curriculum, visiting artists, special events, creative projects by faculty and students and more.

In today’s digitally connected world, the need for creative solutions and well-designed multimedia is more important than ever – and more in demand than be-fore, says Pamela Whitten, dean of the MSU College of Communication Arts & Sciences.

“Today, we don’t just read or watch media – we experi-ence them. Demand for well-educated me-dia students who can create stories and ex-periences in an integrated and creative way is exploding, and MSU can fi ll that need,” Whitten said.

The program includes a new hands-on curriculum beginning as soon as students arrive at MSU when they are freshmen. The curriculum will be the foundation for stu-dents in advertising, journalism and media and information, said MSU faculty member Bob Albers, director of Media Sandbox.

“This curriculum will provide students in their freshman year with a common base of understanding, technique and creative

energy that will springboard them into specialized curriculum in their major. It will also encourage collaboration between these majors, which is important with me-dia convergence today and for the excit-ing future of media – whatever shape that takes,” Albers said.

“Students can study fi lm, television, graphic design, web design, game design, visual storytelling, information design, journalism, advertising, 3D and animation, documentary and more,” Albers said.

Most importantly, Albers said, students will have more opportunities to make job connections. “These graduates will be the most employable new media artists, inno-vators and storytellers who will be well

equipped to tackle the challenges of a continually evolv-ing and unpredict-able industry.”

The founda-tion of the new curriculum will be three courses: Creative Process,

The Digital Image and Story, Sound and Motion. These courses will be available to incoming students majoring in advertis-ing, journalism, and media and informa-tion. As students progress, they can choose from specializations in design, fi ction fi lm, documentary fi lm, and game design and de-velopment.

Four-year competitive MSU scholar-ships are potentially available to quali-fying students who are interested in the new program. For more informa-tion about Media Sandbox, go online to www.mediasandbox.cas.msu.edu.

Demand for well-educated media students who can

create stories and experiences in an integrated and creative way is exploding, and MSU

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Saleem Alhabash, as-sistant professor of public relations/social media in the departments of Advertising, Public Relations, and Retail-ing and Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media

Kayla Hales, visiting as-sistant professor in commu-nication technology in the Department of Telecommu-nication, Information Stud-ies and Media

Lourdes Martinez, as-sistant professor in health communication in the De-partment of Communication

Maral Minassian, assis-tant professor in design in the Department of Adver-tising, Public Relations, and Retailing and the School of Journalism

Emilee Rader, assistant professor and AT&T Scholar in the Department of Tele-communication, Informa-tion Studies and Media

Rabindra Ratan, assis-tant professor and AT&T Scholar in the Department of Telecommunication, Infor-mation Studies and Media (beginning in January 2012)

Patrick Shaw, visiting assistant professor focusing on videogame design and development in the Depart-ment of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media

7 NEW DEPARTMENT CHAIR

NEW FACE IN ALUMNI RELATIONS

This academic year, the college welcomes seven new faculty members. These new faculty members bring expertise in commu-nication technology, design, gaming, health communication, public relations, social media and more.

Jef Richards is the new chairperson of the Department of Advertising, Public Re-lations and Retailing. He joined the depart-ment on Jan. 1. Richard Cole, chair of the department since March 2006, continues as an active professor in the department.

Richards had been teaching advertising at the University of Texas at Austin since 1988. He served as the chairperson of the Advertising Department at UT-Austin from 1998-2002.

“Between the department’s reputation, the college’s reputation and the university’s reputation, combined with some very nice and talented people, I simply couldn’t re-sist the chance to be a part of what is hap-pening at Michigan State University. It’s a wonderful opportunity,” Richards said.

Dean Pamela Whitten said Richards is a proven leader in communication and will bring additional expertise to MSU.

“Jef Richards brings high-level research expertise and management experience to the Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Retailing. He comes as a renowned scholar in the advertising disci-pline where he conducts research focusing on advertising law and regulation, com-bining both legal and behavioral research methods. He will be a phenomenal suc-cessor to Rick Cole, who has made great

advances to the department during his time as chair. Jef will continue that upward trajec-tory of research education and outreach,” Whitten said.

Richards has conducted

research on vari-ous regulatory issues aff ecting advertising, authoring or co-authoring more than 65 articles, books, and book chapters; and he serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Advertising, the Journal of Cur-rent Issues and Research in Advertising, the Journal of Public Policy and Market-ing, the Journal of Consumer Aff airs, the Journal of Interactive Advertising, the Advertising and Society Review, and the International Journal of Electronic Busi-ness. He also is associate editor of the In-ternational Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising. In 2008, he was president of the American Academy of Advertising, and he currently is a member of the Adver-tising Educational Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Our college has 43,000+ well educated Spartans. Not a day goes by without interact-ing with alumni. In May, as the college celebrated some of our most outstanding alumni of the year at the Celebration, the college also said farewell to former alumni relations co-ordinator Andrea Poole, who embarked on a new job in the area.

As of June, there’s a new face in the college who is the direct point of contact for alumni. Alumni relations co-ordinator Lauren Lepkowski graduated in May with a degree in communication from MSU. As a full-time student, Lepkowski built up her professional skills in a signifi -cant way working for a variety of units on

campus, from MSU Athletics to our Career Offi ce. Her work with MSU Athletics involved making sure MSU alumni and donors had some of the best experiences possible. Her help in the college’s Career Center was also a hands-on experi-ence in making sure students had career resources and re-sume critiques. As a student, Lepkowski learned about teaching and research as well,

serving as an undergraduate assistant and working with a Ph.D. student on a research project.

Lepkowski looks forward to us-ing her skills to help alumni meet their goals and stay connected. She can be reached at 517-432-7207 or by email at [email protected].

From top: Alhabash, Hales, Martinez, Minassian, Rader, Ratan, Shaw

Lauren Lepkowski

new facultyjoin college

Jef Richards

NEW PROGRAMS & FACULTY


Dean Whitten named ATA Fellow

Tim Levine, professor in the Department of Communication, was one of 10 MSU faculty members who received a Distin-guished Faculty Award during the 2011 MSU Awards Convocation.

Distinguished Faculty Award: Faculty members publish booksTim Levine

Dean Pamela Whitten of the MSU College of Communication Arts & Sciences has been named a 2011 Fellow of the American Tele-medicine Association. Whitten accepted the honor at the Ameri-can Telemedicine Association meeting in Tampa, Fla. on May 1. This year, the associa-tion inducted a total of seven members into its College of Fellows, including Whitten. Election to the American Telemedicine As-sociation College of Fellows is a high honor that recognizes signifi cant achievements in telemedicine, service to the general telemed-icine community, and service to ATA. “To be so recognized by one’s peers is a high honor. Telemedicine, the use of communica-tion technologies to deliver health services and education, has off ered me a research platform to address issues that directly aff ect human health,” Whitten said. “I am proud that MSU is being recognized through this honor for making a lasting contribution to the fi eld of telemedicine.” Whitten’s contributions to the fi eld of tele-medicine over the past 17 years have ranged from creation and implementation of tele-

medicine-related initiatives to a broad array of research studies. Telemedicine funded research projects have included a telepsychiatry program in rural oncology clinics (National Institutes of Health), telehospice project in rural and urban Michigan (Department of Commerce) and a Michigan project to keep children healthy through school-based telemedicine (MSU FACT). Whitten’s research, which includes almost 100 refereed publications, three books, mul-tiple book chapters and almost 40 research grants, is focused on the use of telemedicine technologies to improve health and health care for all segments of society. Whitten has also conducted and dissemi-nated the results of evaluation services to drive policy development. She has been recognized for teaching through the MSU Teacher-Scholar Award (2002); for outreach with a long-term tele-medicine partnership with the Upper Pen-insula through the Outreach Scholar Award (2009), and for research by being designated as MSU Distinguished Faculty (2010).

Dean Pamela Whitten was awarded 2011 Fellow of the American Telemedicine Association May 1 at the ATA meeting in Tampa, Fla.

Johannes M. BauerDepartment of Telecommunication,Information Studies and Media“Innovation Policy and Governance inHigh-Tech Industries: The Complexityof Coordination,” Springer, 2010

Patricia HuddlestonDepartment of Advertising, PublicRelations, and Retailing“Consumer Behavior: Women and Shopping”Business Experts Express, LLC, 2011

William DonohueDepartment of Communication“CARD Talk: Winning CommunicationGames,” Kendall Hunt PublishingCompany, 2010

Steven McCornackDepartment of Communication“Refl ect & Relate: An Introductionto Interpersonal Communication,”Bedford Books/St. Martin’s, 2010

Charles T. SalmonDepartment of Advertising, PublicRelations, and Retailing“Communication Yearbook 34,”Routledge, 2010

Sandi W. SmithDepartment of Communication“New Directions in InterpersonalCommunication Research,” SagePublications, Inc., 2010

Brenda SternquistDepartment of Advertising, PublicRelations, and Retailing“Kawaru Sekai no Korigyo: RokaruKara Gurobaru e,” Shinhyoron, 2009

Pamela WhittenDean, College of Communication Arts and Sciences“E-Health: The Advent of Online Cancer Information Systems”Hampton Press, Inc., 2011


Scan this QR code to watch Gary Reid’s video, or visit http://vimeo.com/25892905.

RETIRING THIS YEAR

Stan Soffi nMSU Ombudsman,School of Journalism

Keith AdlerAssociate Professor,Advertising

Jerry PunchProfessor, Communicative Sciences and Disorders

Bruce Vanden BerghProfessor,Advertising

Lifetime achievement honorFaculty member Gary Reid is the recipi-

ent of the Michigan Association of Broad-casters’ 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Reid wears a number of hats at MSU, including distinguished senior academic specialist in the Department of Telecom-munication, Information Studies and Media; acting director of MSU Broadcasting Servic-es; associate director of the Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law; and general manager of WDBM-FM, MSU’s student radio station.

In 2007, he was inducted into the MAB Hall of Fame. Reid is the 22nd person to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, joining notable Michigan broadcasters Er-nie Harwell, Jim Quello and J.P. McCarthy among others.

“I’ve been so blessed, and so honored, by having such marvelous students over the years who have gone on to successful careers within the broadcasting industry,” Reid said. “They are more responsible for this award than I am.”

Since 1977 Reid has taught a variety of courses at MSU, including audio/radio courses, video production classes, and tele-communication technology and media man-agement courses. He also is currently teach-ing in support of the state’s burgeoning fi lm industry.

Reid produced the weekly radio and In-ternet address for former Michigan Gov. Granholm. He has produced numerous re-cord albums, nationally distributed radio series, and television and video productions.

He has two endowed scholarships in his name at both MSU and the MAB.

He also has earned honors from the Acad-emy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Na-tional Association of Independent Record Distributors, and American Women in Radio and Television.

A punch. A kick. A hit in the head with a can of soda. It’s not a Three Stooges fi lm but rather the latest trend in advertising, a trend a Michigan State University professor calls “disturbing.”

Advertising professor Nora Rifon recently served as guest editor of the latest edition of the Journal of Advertising which was devot-ed to advertising and its connection to vio-lence and abuse. The special edition includes nine articles from international researchers on topics ranging from the impact of vio-lence against women in advertisements to potential eff ects of commercial TV violence on children.

While violence in the media has long been studied, Rifon said this journal edition spe-cifi cally shows connections between adver-tising and marketing, and violence – links that have not been shown before.

This journal edition represents the fi rst time that scholars in marketing and adver-tising have published a signifi cant body of work on the implications of violence in ad-vertising, she said.

Rifon collaborated with colleagues Marla Royne of the University of Memphis and Les Carlson of the University of Nebraska. The Journal of Advertising is the offi cial journal of the American Academy of Advertising.

Violent ads focus of journal

FACULTY NEWS & HONORS

Faculty member Gary Reid, right, with Hollywood alum Patrick Cyccone.


Student documentary“Publicly Defended” wins Emmy award

MSU student Nicholas Baker co-produced and directed a documentary that received a regional Emmy award, garnered an un-dergraduate research award, and aired on prime-time TV - all this year. The documentary, “Publicly Defended,” is about the 1985 trial of Eddie Joe Lloyd, who was sentenced to life in prison for rape and murder of a 16-year-old Detroit girl. But it’s a crime that Lloyd did not commit, Baker said, and this fi lm showcases the cracks in Michi-gan’s justice system for some of the most vul-nerable residents in our state. Baker worked with the Michigan Campaign for Justice to profi le Lloyd and others in the fi lm. Baker, an Honors College student majoring in media arts and technology at MSU, said the fi lm is the result of 13 weeks of nonstop work on the part of seven fi lmmaker stu-dents, himself included. The students were in a digital documentary class taught by MSU documentary experts Bob Albers and

Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai. The fi lm received a regional Emmy award in May. It also received a fi rst-place oral presentation award at the University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum in April. And it aired on WKAR-TV last fall in primetime. Baker, who is from Davison, Mich., said the 26-minute fi lm represents the type of work he wants to create. “My entire goal of going into media is to create productions that will somehow cause change in the world that we all live in. I feel that this fi lm has the potential to do just that in Michigan,” Baker said. Baker has been involved in TV and fi lm for many years, including his years at Davi-son High School. Today, he still works there helping with the school's TV production. He also worked on the Big Ten Network's sports production team during the school year. Last summer, he had an internship at CBS News, where he was one of six interns nationwide.

Nicholas Baker co-produced and directed the award-winning documentary “Publicly Defended.”

Programsrank in top 10

Two Ph.D. programs in the MSU College of Communication Arts and Sciences rank among the top 10 communication doctoral programs in the United States, according to data released by the National Research Council (NRC) last fall.

MSU’s Department of Communication houses the Communication doctoral pro-gram. This program ranked second nation-wide.

The Media and Information Studies (MIS) doctoral program is shared by the MSU Department of Advertising, Public Relations, and Retailing, the School of Jour-nalism, and the Department of Telecom-munication, Information Studies & Me-dia. This program ranked seventh overall and third among the subcategory of media Ph.D. programs in the United States.

Michigan State University is also among the best universities to study video game design in North America, according to a newly released ranking.

MSU earned the No. 5 ranking in North America in The Princeton Review’s list of “Top Schools for Video Game Design Study for 2011.”

Brian Winn, associate professor and undergraduate director of the game design and development specialization, says this honor is signifi cant for current and future students.

“We are the only school in the Midwest and east of Utah to be listed in the top fi ve, so this program is a real boost for students looking for this education outside of the western region of the U.S.,” he said. “We are honored to receive this recognition and excited about the future of video game edu-cation at MSU.”

The Princeton Review chose the schools based on a survey of administrators at 150 institutions off ering video game design coursework and/or degrees in the United States and Canada.

Reported in the April GamePro maga-zine (on newsstands March 8, 2011), the list is also accessible on the websites of The Princeton Review and GamePro.


Lindsay Neuberger Stephanie Tom Tong

Excellence in teaching awards

Student relives 1961 Freedom Rides MSU student Erica Shekell said she and others on the 2011 Student Freedom Ride through the South weren’t just retracing the original 1961 journey. They were actually re-living the emotions of the journey, along with some of the original riders and history-mak-ers, she said. “We were feeling the emotions that the original riders had felt. Our journey began almost to the day of the original, and just like the riders before us, some of us were in the middle of fi nal exams and had to miss gradu-ation ceremonies to be part of this ride,” Shekell said. It was a journey she will never forget. On May 6, Shekell was one of 40 students from across the nation to participate in the 10-day journey through the South that retraced the original 1961 Freedom Rides from Washing-ton, D.C. to New Orleans. Shekell, a journalism and media arts and technology major and a member of MSU’s Honor’s College, was chosen from nearly 1,000 applicants to participate in PBS’ “Amer-ican Experience” 2011 Student Freedom Ride.

Two Communication Ph.D. students were among six MSU graduate students honored on Feb. 8 with MSU awards. Lindsay Neuberger and Stephanie Tom Tong received 2011 MSU Excellence-in-Teaching Citations, awarded to graduate teaching

assistants who have distinguished them-selves by the care they have given and the skill they have shown in meeting their class-room responsibilities. This award is support-ed by the MSU Foundation.

Doctoral students win best paper competition Jing Zhao and Sonia Manjeshwar, retail-ing doctoral students, both won fi rst place awards in the 2011-2012 Shao Chang Lee Graduate Best Paper Competition. The competition is sponsored annually by the Asian Studies Center of MSU and the scholarship awards were presented at the annual dinner for the Shao Chang Lee Scholarship fund. Brenda Sternquist was the faculty mentor for both students. Zhao’s paper is titled “Market Orientation in Retailer-Supplier Relationship in China: From the Reference Group Perspective” and Manjeshwar’s is “Decision Making in Retail Buyers – An Asian Perspective.”

She was the only student from Michigan and one of only two from the Big Ten. Some mo-ments were a study in con-trasts, Shekell said. In Annis-ton, Ala., the c o m m u n i t y rolled out the red carpet in 2011; in 1961, the buses were

attacked and fi rebombed. In Petersburg, Va., the downtown bustled in 1961; today, it’s a ghost town. Where there was segregation in 1961, today there might be a civil rights mu-seum.“We saw the then and now, positives and negatives, pain and healing,” Shekell said. The purpose of the Student Freedom Ride

was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the original freedom rides, as well as promote the PBS documentary “Freedom Riders,” which aired May 16. Along the way, students visited places signifi cant to the civil rights movement and met with civil rights leaders to examine civic engagement today through the lens of the 1961 freedom rides. They learned so much along the way. Along with another student, Shekell orga-nized a “teach-in” on the bus. Each person had 10 minutes to talk about an issue, and it was a way to get to know more about the causes, problems and solutions they were fi nding. And they benefi ted from talking to the original freedom riders, who shared their experiences. Shekell said for her, the takeaway was em-powerment. “We really can be the change in the world,” she said. To read Erica Shekell’s blog posts on the bus, go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/ameri-canexperience/freedomriders/2011/tag/erica-shekell/

Erica Shekell

STUDENT NEWS & HONORS


Alum receives leadership awardEdward Deeb (BA ‘60 Advertising), presi-

dent of Michigan Food and Beverage Asso-ciation, and Michigan Business and Profes-sional Association, recently received the 2010 Neal Shine Shining Light Award for Exem-plary Leadership from the Detroit Free Press and Metropolitan Aff airs Coalition.

Deeb, an alum and ardent supporter of the college, is a prime example of a Spartan. He has built a career distinguished by helping others, bridging gaps between groups and creating new opportunities for young people and others in need of a champion.

Among his achievements are: co-founding the award-winning Metro Detroit Youth Day program on Belle Isle which draws 35,000 youngsters each year; establishing its youth scholarship program giving out more than 700 scholarships so far; co-founding Detroit’s scouting program for handicapped children which now serves more than 4,000 youth; helping with the revival and renovation of Detroit’s historic Eastern Market; and estab-lishing the region’s largest award program for

women leaders in business.Detroit Media Partnership CEO Susie Ell-

wood said, “ What sets him apart is that he is always thinking about and doing things that make a diff erence in people’s lives, especially children.”

Deeb is the organizer of Metro Detroit Youth Day. The fi rst one attracted 1,100 young people for games and lunch. This year, 35,000 young people and 1,600 volunteers participated. It’s now the largest youth event

in Michigan and the Midwest, and includes an ambitious scholarship program. Deeb, who received a presidential Point of Light Award in 1991 from George H.W. Bush, as the event’s founder, is still its driving force.

The Scouting for the Handicapped pro-gram, which he founded with the late Nate Shapero of Cunningham Drug Stores, has also grown dramatically. It began in 1984 with 40 children and now serves 4,600 girls and boys in what’s called the Trailblazer Unit.

One of Deeb’s favorite projects is Eastern Market. He became involved with it in 1986, when he helped business owners set up the Eastern Market Merchants Association.

Working through the Michigan Business and Professional Association, he also cre-ated the annual Women and Leadership in the Workplace conference and awards, now in its 14th year. About 600 businesswomen attend; seven are honored each year for dis-tinguished work in areas ranging from small business to civic aff airs.

A helping hand from Hollywood

Edward Deeb, president of Michigan Food and Beverage Association and Michigan Business and Professional As-sociation.

Craig Murray (BA ’76 Advertising) has long been a supporter of Michigan State University. This fall, he was honored for his dedication to his alma mater. He received an MSU Distinguished Alumni Award in Octo-ber, one of MSU’s highest alumni honors.

Murray is the Founder and CEO of CMP Entertainment Group, Inc., an entertainment advertising fi rm in California. As a Spartan in Hollywood, Murray represents MSU in many ways, including the number of Spar-tans he has mentored and hired at his compa-ny. He has maintained an internship program since 1990 at his company, and interns have gone on to become employees and clients at places such as Disney.

In East Lansing, Murray’s impact on the college has been strong as well. His help to make the College of Communication Arts & Sciences among the most reputed and cre-ative communication colleges nationwide has been substantial and continuous.

Murray was one of the major donors to the Creative Incubator, a room designed with the intention of inspiring creativity in students. The room is dedicated to Murray’s mentor and former MSU instructor Larry Pontius and is a beacon for creative students. Featuring white board walls, creative font wallpaper, blockbuster movie decorations, Disney memorabilia, and bright furniture, the room is regularly used as a hub for stu-dents working on creative projects. Murray involved students in the design of the room, just as he has them do hands-on movie mar-keting work at his California fi rm.

Today, Murray continues to keep the col-lege creative through his gifts and support.

“Craig Murray epitomizes “cool” in so many ways. He is an innovator and ground-breaker in his industry. He keeps connected to our students and impacts their problem-solving and creative skills. And, he is a pio-neer in his insight regarding the crucial role

Dean Pamela Whitten, student Allyson Schultz and Craig Murray (BA ‘76 Advertising) at the MSU Grand Awards last fall, where Murray received an MSU Grand Award.

the communication disciplines play in al-most every aspect of life. He has never for-gotten his MSU roots and is a true friend of our college who has contributed in so many ways,” said Dean Pamela Whitten. “His MSU award is well deserved!”


Marcella (Marcie) Gast Schalon credits her family with teaching her the importance of making life better for others. She recently es-tablished the Schalon Scholars Fund in the college to support stu-dents who demonstrate academic achievement but who also have served non-profi t organizations as volunteers and have a plan for continuing their involvement af-ter graduation. She hopes that the Schalon scholars will carry on her dedication to service as they use their MSU education to enhance their own lives and communities.

Having a heart for the work of nonprofi ts refl ects the life legacy of Marcie. For MSU, where she earned her BA (’46) and MA (’47) in social work, that has meant cash support that now totals $2.3 million. Early on, Marcie and her late husband, Ed Schalon, gave more than $200,000 during the 1992-1995 capital campaign. They became regular supporters of the Spartan Fund, Wharton Center for Performing Arts, the MSU Libraries Endowment Fund and MSU Safe Place.

A $1.7 million gift to the Eli Broad College of Business in the late 1990s established the William C. and Martha H. Gast Business Library Endowment in honor of her parents. Next, Marcie directed $450,000 to support MSU’s Chance at Childhood Clinic, part of a pioneering program in which faculty and students from the School of Social Work and other disciplines work to train child welfare professionals to better serve abused and neglected children.

Her newest gift honors another member of her family also pas-sionate about service, her daughter Susan K. Schalon (’73, Commu-nication Arts and Sciences). Recently, mother and daughter joined together to become catalysts for the Silver Beach Center in St. Jo-seph, Mich. Marcie became one of the lead donors for the project, a private-corporate public collaboration that has transformed the area with unique tourist attractions including a carousel, a splash fountain, a children’s museum and Michigan’s tallest kaleidoscope.

She was inspired to establish the Schalon Scholars Fund to rec-ognize her daughter’s eff orts working on the Silver Beach project.

It was through a $200,000 cash gift and a $300,000 charitable gift annuity, that Marcie established the fund. A charitable gift annuity is a popular choice for donors who wish to provide a gift, while creating a guaranteed stream of income for one or two lives and receiving a charitable tax deduction representing a percent of the gift.

For their generous record of providing major, on-going fi nancial support and leadership to Michigan State University, Marcie and Ed (posthumously) received the 2010 Philanthropist Award from the MSU Alumni Association. Marcie is a life member of the as-sociation.

“There is no way we can express the full infl uence of MSU because it shaped our lives in so many posi-tive ways,” expressed Linda Chap-man Stone, MD (BA ’65 Speech and Theater). Dr. Linda Stone and her husband Larry Stone (BA ’64 Televi-sion and Radio) have been touched by MSU in both educational and personal ways, and are committed to giving back to the university. They have made annual donations and are also Landon Legacy Society mem-bers, choosing to remember the col-lege in their will.

“Our time at Michigan State had a profound impact on our lives in many diff erent ways. Coming to such a large university with its many career

option pathways was wonderful. Larry came to MSU from New Jer-sey because of his interest in radio and television and he knew about the great reputation of that department. Coming to MSU opened up many doors for me and I ended up in speech and theatre because of the amazing faculty and staff . Also, Larry and I met because of our similar interests in communication arts,” said Linda. “So not only did MSU give us an excellent education it also gave us our very happy marriage, currently at 45 years.”

The Stones left MSU with a lasting relationship and they also took away valuable skills that led them both to successful and fulfi lling careers. “The College of Communication Arts and Sciences is the per-fect starting place to explore career possibilities because what ever you end up doing, your communications background will help you get there,” said Linda. “Larry took his bachelor’s and master’s degrees and spent part of his career teaching radio and television. He became active in judicial education and was selected to direct the Ohio Judi-cial College. He led that nationally-recognized part of the Ohio Su-preme Court for 20 years.”

“My career teaching speech, theatre and English brought me into teaching situations in both rural and urban areas. That reignited my wish to become a family physician. There is no greater gift a physi-cian can give a patient than the gift of communication that forms the foundation of the patient-physician relationship. Without MSU and the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, I would not have successfully made the change in careers,” said Linda.

The Stones appreciated the many doors that the college opened in their lives, and as donors, they are now ensuring that the college con-tinues to thrive and off er the same opportunities to future students.

“Larry and I owe a lot to MSU and our college. Our educations made possible all that we have been able to do in our lives. Everyone who decides to donate to MSU does so for many reasons, including the chance to honor a great university and the chance to recognize the continuing work of today’s students and faculty. The energy and enthusiasm that is the culture of CAS today is inspiring.”

Grand Award couple set up legacy gift

Schalon Scholars Fund created

Marcella Gast Schalon, with Scott Westerman of the MSU Alumni Association, estab-lished the Schalon Scholars Fund to support students.

Dr. Linda and Larry Stone have chosen to remember the college in their will. They both received MSU Grand Awards this year.

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MSU CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF

JOURNALISMIn early 1910, an editorial in the “Holcad,”

the weekly student newspaper at what was then Michigan Agricultural College, made this statement: The college needs journalism education.

Before the end of the year, the college’s fi rst journalism course English 2k - Agricul-tural Journalism was off ered to prepare stu-dents as writers and editors in agriculture and engineering.

During the next 100 years, Michigan State University continued to expand journalism education. Today, MSU off ers undergraduate and graduate degrees in journalism to pre-pare students for a wide variety of careers.

Throughout the year, the MSU School of Journalism celebrated the centennial milestone by bringing together some of the school’s best and brightest journalism alum-ni to speak to today’s journalism students.

The gathering was a time to celebrate 100 years of history and the next 100 years of in-novation, said Lucinda Davenport, director of the School of Journalism. The school re-cently overhauled its curriculum to strength-en its position as the go-to place for students wishing to become leaders in the industry. The new curriculum is built upon the exper-tise and advice of professionals, alumni, uni-versity administrators, faculty and students.

“Critical thinking, excellent writing and superb visual communication skills are the hallmarks of our students as they learn how to research and produce news and informa-tion in distinct platforms for diff erent audi-ences,” Davenport said.

“We are preparing students for an indus-try that holds true to many traditional val-ues while using innovative technologies that emerged within the past few years.”

The centennial also include a sports jour-nalism celebration. The 2010 Neal Shine Ethics Lecture on Oct. 15 featured a team of Spartan sports journalists. This all-star team included J-School alumni Jemele Hill of ESPN, Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports, and MacKenzie Wilson of NBCOlympics.com. Dan Dickerson of the Detroit Tigers moderated the event.

With more than 5,000 journalism gradu-ates during the past 100 years, the school continues to adapt and innovate, Davenport said. She cites new faculty hires in informa-tion graphics, computational journalism, environmental journalism and multimedia journalism as examples of the school’s prog-ress, as well as major awards for faculty.

She says the students’ own work is also a sign of success.

This year, MSU journalism students re-ceived multiple awards at the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, the Michigan Press Association for Colleges, and the So-ciety of Professional Journalists regional awards among several states. Students have won Michigan Emmy awards, awards at the Great Lakes Film Festival, honorable men-tions at the national SPJ conference and national writing championships for Hearst awards, among others, for their work over the past few years.

The accredited MSU School of Journalism has more than 500 students, 20 faculty mem-bers, and more than 5,000 alumni.

For more information about the MSU School of Journalism, visit www.jrn.msu.edu.

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SUPPORTERSThroughout 2010, our college and the J-

School celebrated 100 years of journalism education at MSU.

Because of donor and alumni support, the School of Journalism now has a Second Century Fund that will create new opportu-nities for students and the school on a long-term basis.

Special thanks are due to the Centennial Committee of journalism alumni and friends who not only made individual gifts, but also advocated for the work MSU does in journal-ism research, education and outreach.

All of these gifts are extremely valuable to ensure an exciting future of scholarship for students and faculty. We understand that ev-ery gift is an important decision for each do-nor, and we are grateful for all contributions. With the Second Century Fund, journalism education at MSU will continue far into the future. Here are a few of the individual gifts that were made during the Centennial:

Judith Anderson pledged to create the Donald H. Anderson Family Scholarship in the School of Journalism in honor of her father, who graduated with a journalism degree in 1940.

Beverly Hall Burns and Ben Burns,both MSU graduates, provided a Spartan Scholarship Challenge gift.

Friend of the School Charlotte Caldwellbolstered the Caldwell Scholarship Fund.

Michael and Julianne Riha made a gift to the School. Michael is a 1972 journalism alum.

Patricia Meloy (BA ‘59 Journalism, Honors College) made a gift in memory of Gordon Sabine, fi rst director of the J-School.

BENJAMIN BURNS

THECENTENNIALCOMMITTEE

BA ‘63 JOURNALISMMA ‘68 HISTORY

PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

STAN SOFFIN

BEVERLY HALL BURNS

DONALD DAHLSTROM

KATHERINE DAHLSTROM

KAREN HEALY

LARRY LEE

JOSEPH SERWACH

MA ‘68 JOURNALISMPHD ‘75 ENGLISH

BA ‘67 ENGLISH

BA ‘78 JOURNALISM

MA ‘91 ENGLISH

BA ‘76 JOURNALISM

BA ‘70 JOURNALISM

BA ‘87 JOURNALISM

OMBUDSMAN ATMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK & STONE

FORMER SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER AT C.S. MOTT FOUNDATION

INSTRUCTOR OF JOURNALISM AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY

VICE PRESIDENT OF CORPORATEAFFAIRS & MARKETING AT DELPHI

FORMER VICE PRESIDENT ATGONGWER NEWS

MEDIA RELATIONS ATUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

SPECIAL THANKS TO:• Pamela Saunders (BA ‘94

Journalism) and Jeremy Steele (BA ‘03 Journalism, Honors College), alumni organizers of the Centennial Celebration

(1) Left to right: Lucinda Davenport, Dan Dickerson, MacKenzie Wilson, and Jemele Hill at the 2010 Shine Lecture focusing on sports journalism.

(2) Dickerson, the voice of the Detroit Tigers, moderated the Neal Shine Ethics Lecture in October.

3.) Manuel Chavez, Lucinda Davenport and Alejandro Junco at the Gardner Lecture.

4.) Former heads of the J-School Stan Soffi n and Steve Lacy with current head Davenport.

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Robin StoneAlumna, 1986veteran journalist and author

Tell us your story at spartansagas.msu.edu

M. L. ElrickAlumnus, 1990

investigative reporter

Nicole DuhoskiAlumna, 2003co-founder of Vinesprout Inc.

Jemele HillAlumna, 1997sports journalist, ESPN

Diane NealAlumna, 1979

CEO of Bath and Body Works

W. Clark BuntingAlumnus, 1977 and 1984

president of Discovery Emerging Networks

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Dr. THOMAS MUTHDr. KENWARD ATKIN

Dr. THOMAS BALDWIN

RON CHOURA

PASSINGS

Kenward L. Atkin, former chair of the Department of Advertising, passed away on Dec. 27, 2010 in East Lansing.

Atkin was chair of the department from 1967-1974, years of rapid change in the in-dustry and department. During Atkin’s time as chair, MSU won the National American Advertising Federation Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) in 1973 and received second place in 1974.

A World War II veteran, Atkin spent 10 years in business executive positions before joining the faculty of MSU. Atkin was chair of the advertising division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Com-munication in 1970. He served as president of the American Academy of Advertising in 1974 and 1975. In 1974, he joined the faculty of California State University Fullerton, and later became dean at Southern Methodist University.

A native of Michigan, Atkin received his Ph.D. in communication from MSU in 1961 after receiving his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from University of Michigan. He is the fi rst graduate of the communication Ph.D. program, which currently ranks No. 2 in communication programs nationwide.

Professor Emeritus Thomas F. Baldwin passed away on April 25, 2011 at the age of 78.

Baldwin, a faculty member at Michigan State University for almost 38 years, was a specialist in broadcast and telecommunica-tions policy research and scholarship. Bald-win received the MSU Distinguished Faculty Award in 1976. Before formally retiring from MSU in 2003, he held joint appointments in the departments of Telecommunication and Communication. He was a senior fellow with the Quello Center for Telecommunica-tion Management and Law.

Upon his retirement, Baldwin continued to stay active in the college, serving on the college’s alumni board from 2003-2010 and participating on funded research projects. In addition, Baldwin directed the Mass Media doctorate program (now the Media and In-formation Studies Ph.D. program) for more than a decade.

He was the co-author of “Cable Commu-nication” (two editions with Steve McVoy), “Convergence: The Integration of Media, In-formation and Communication” (with Steve McVoy and Charles Steinfi eld) and “Cable Advertising,” with Kensinger Jones and Mar-tin Block. “Convergence: The Integration of Media, Information and Communication” won the 1997 Book Award from the National Cable Television Center and Museum.

Contributions may be made to the Thom-as Baldwin Graduate Fellowship Fund on-line at www.givingto.msu.edu.

Longtime Department of Telecommunica-tion, Information Studies and Media adjunct faculty member Ron Choura passed away on Dec. 5, 2010. Choura was active in the gov-ernment and telecommunications industry for more than three decades. He taught MSU classes for 34 years and was appointed in the department beginning in 1990.

In addition to teaching classes, he recently retired as a departmental administrator at the Michigan Public Service Commission after 37 years of service.

He was responsible for management of telecommunications matters as they relate to more than 1400 regulated communica-

tions carriers, providing telecommunications services to the domestic market and training students in Telecommunications Network Management. He was also the project coor-dinator for the MSU MSITE Project to bring economical telecommunications broadband services to unserved areas, helping to es-tablish Allband, Michigan’s fi rst fi ber to the home telephone cooperative.

Choura was also active in the telecommu-nications community and involved with many professional affi liations. Contributions may be made to the Ronald Choura Fund in Tele-communication, Information Studies, and Media online at www.givingto.msu.edu.

Daniel “Dan” T. Davis passed away on Jan. 16, 2011 at the age of 68. He was a faculty member in the MSU School of Journalism for more than 30 years.

Davis received his bachelor’s degree in communication from MSU and his master’s degree in history from Old Dominion Uni-versity. He obtained both degrees while on active duty with the U.S. Air Force.

While serving in the military, he was a public aff airs offi cer in various capacities worldwide and also saw duty as an execu-tive with American Forces Radio and Tele-vision Service. In his terminal assignment, he served as assistant professor of aerospace studies at the University of Notre Dame. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years, retiring as captain in 1980. He returned to MSU, and retired from MSU in 2010.

Thomas A. Muth passed away Oct. 20, 2010 at the age of 73.

Muth was a professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media for more than 35 years before retir-ing in 2007. He joined the department in 1973 after serving as a visiting professor of commu-nication at Ohio State University.

Muth was a central fi gure in Michigan’s telecommunication community for three de-cades, serving as a consultant to government and industry on communication regulatory matters. In addition to serving as professor, he served as acting chairperson of the de-partment from 1996 to 1999. An award win-ning teacher, Muth received an Excellence in Teaching award from the Golden Key Nation-al Honor Society in 1989 and a State of Michi-gan Teaching Excellence Award in 1991.

He was the founding advisor of the Asso-ciated Students for a Career Orientation in Telecommunication (ASCOT) student group. He helped start the group in 1983 and was the advisor for many years.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Thomas A. Muth Sr. Endowment Fund in Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media online at www.givingto.msu.edu.

Inquiries to remember your favorite CAS professor can be directed to the Advancement Offi ce of the MSU College of Communication Arts & Sciences at 517-432-6514.

DAN IEL DAVIS

Prepare tomorrow’s GLOBAL COMMUNICATORS

today.

Help a student complete a degree from the MSU College of Communication Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s largest, oldest and best

communication programs.

Contact the CAS Offi ce of Advancement at 517-432-6514 or make a gift online at:

givingto.msu.edu

“I have recently returned from my study abroad trip to Japan, an opportunity I am very grateful

to have experienced. The country was incredibly beautiful, and the people were very helpful and polite. I was always impressed at how hard the

locals tried to help me and my fellow classmates when we had a question.

The technology was also remarkable, the cell phones we saw had 1080p streaming, which is

full HD, and used 18megapixel cameras. I also learned about augmented reality, which is the

concept of using an everyday object and altering one’s perception of it through

a device such as a computer.

Through this trip to Japan, I was also able to reunite with my grandfather, who I have only met once before. We were able to spend the

afternoon together, and it also gave me a good opportunity to really practice my Japanese.

I would like to once again express my thanks for the scholarship that assisted in making this

study abroad opportunity possible.”

Rebecca Konishimedia arts and technology

student

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Marcella Gast Schalon

J. Sumner Bagby and Irene

G. Bagby

Clyde Burton

Jill C. Byron

Dr. Edward E. Cohen

Marshall D. Newell & Lee K.

Newell

Mary & John Blyth

Michael A. and Sandra S.

Clark

Pam & Bill Costabile

Edward Deeb

Daun C. Dickie

Brian F. Fontes

Richard D. McLellan

Craig & Lisa Murray

Susan L. Silk

Weldon Abbott

Judith L. Anderson

Sandi Smith & Chuck Atkin

Mr. Bruce Augenstein

Roger & Jean Beck

Norman & Mary Beeker

Doris Berkey-Anderson

Ellis N. & Jeannette Brandt

Dr. Barbara Everitt Bryant

Daniel Burke

Benjamin J. Burns & Beverly

Hall Burns

Hannah Baker Church

Roberta J. Dailey

Brooke A. Corley & Scott R.

Essex

Teri L. Fenner

Bob & Betty Jean Awrey

Phil and Kathleen Bertolini

Erwin P. & Carol O. Bettinghaus

Derwood & Elizabeth Boyd

Steve & Peggy Bransdorfer

Dr. L. Susan Carter

Donald F. & Katherine K.

Dahlstrom

Leo V. & Nola J. Deal

Dr. William Donohue

Mickie L. Edwardson, Ph.D.

David & Renata Foote

Linda K. Good

David and Chris Hackem

Thomas and Karen Healy

James E. & Robin Lawrence

Henderson

Adrienne M. Johns and James

Whiteley

Kensinger & Alice Guseman

Jones

Janet Kaplan

Kraig T. Kitchin

Mrs. Cynthia A. Kragt

Mark Kunch

Don & Carole Lick

Dr. Sam & Susie Mallory

Mark McAlpine & Cathy Catallo

Mrs. Neva Ackerman Moyer

(Mrs. Sheldon Moyer)

Diane L. Neal

E. Jane Oyer

Mr. & Mrs. Lowell W. Paxson

Michael E. Phelps

Dr. David C. & Kathryn W.

Ralph

Bruce & Maggie Richardson

Susan Schalon

Rick Sirvaitis

Duane M. Smith

Gary & Carol Styrk

Howard Sutton

Marjorie & Walter Trump

Tim Whaley

Bradley H. & Joan R. Wire

Karen Elizabeth Wrobel

Betty Zabrusky

Dorothy Zabrusky

AT&T

Coyote Logistics

Dart Foundation

Duke Energy

The John D. Evans

Foundation

Farm Bureau Life

Insurance of Michigan

Gannett Communities

Fund

Rollin M. Gerstacker

Foundation

Gund Foundation

John S. & James L.

Knight Foundation

Michigan Association of

Broadcasters

Charles W. Barr II

Daniel Behringer

W. Clark and Karen Camille

Bunting

Richard C. Bush & Patricia A.

McGuigan

Cynthia Cash

DeDe & Rick Coy

Richard W. & Nancy J. Heiss

Jane Lostutter Henner

Anthony J. & Nancy J. Hopp

Helen A. Kirkpatrick

Helen Leavitt

Larry P. Lee

Richard P. & Susan R.Liblong

Larry P. Miller

Gordon E. Miracle & Christa

L. Miracle

Rupert Murdoch

Thomas S. Murphy

James H. Quello

Bonnie B. & James S. Reece

Shanon Edward Singer

Mrs. Linda Staff ord

George T. Trumbull & Dr.

Janet Alleman-Trumbull

Tim & Sue Unger

W. Scott Westerman

Dr. & Mrs. Bradley S.

Greenberg

David T. & Janice B. Hayhow

Wanda J. Herndon

Leo J. Hindery, Jr.

Gene Jankowski

Kyle C. Kerbawy

Valdis E. Krebs

Jeff and Katy Lambert

Mel & Betty Markwardt

Lowry & Peggy Mays

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L.

Milliman

Jon & Diane Pepper

Gray R. & Leah A. Reynolds

Jean Davis Schlater

Louis M. & Diane L. Schultz

Marie & Larry Shore

George F. & Ann T. Siegle

Lawrence H. & Linda L. Sims

Linda Lou Smith

Jim Spaniolo

Sally Spaniolo

Drs. George C. & Ida J.

Stockman

Thomas & Nancy Thomas

Robert E. & Darlene R. Wenner

John K. Williamson

Mary Jo & Robert A. Wills

The Frank S. Kedzie Society

recognizes individuals who

make a commitment between

$1,000,000 and $2,499,999 to

MSU or a documented planned

gift of at least $1,500,000.

The Robert S. Shaw Society



$500,000 and $999,999 to MSU

or a documented planned gift of

at least $1,000,000.

The Theophilus C. Abbot Society



$250,000 and $499,999 to MSU

or a documented planned gift of

at least $500,000.

The Jonathan L. Snyder Society



$100,000 and $249,999 to MSU or

a documented planned gift of at

least $200,000.

The John A. Hannah Society

recognizes individuals who make a

commitment between $50,000 and

$99,999 to MSU or a documented

planned gift of at least $100,000.

The Beaumont Tower

Society recognizes

individuals who make a

commitment between

$25,000 and $49,999 to MSU.

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Margaret Spaniolo Afshar &

Michael Afshar

John & Margaret Anderson

Mr. & Mrs Michael J.

Anderson

Richard Augenstein

Katy Baetz-Matthews & Bill

Matthews

Merri Jo Bales & Randy

Sahajdack

Leland K. & Tina Bassett

David & Patricia Bender

Jeff and Cindy Berner

Howard & Kathy Bossen

Dr. & Mrs. Franklin J. Boster

David P. & Patricia L.

Bostwick

Brian & Cathy Brenton

Jane Briggs-Bunting &

Robert L. Bunting

Mrs. Joan L. Brown

Pamela Pajas & David Burke

Jim Burlingame

John & Leslie Burns

Robert & Charlotte Caldwell

Mary Fluke Carey

Cheryl & Doug Carey

Professor & Mrs. Richard Cole

Donald and Diane Cook

Ann Corwell

Carolyn & Ken Cosgrove

Mrs. Brenda Cucci

Patrick C. Cyccone

Ty & Kristen Damon

Dr. & Mrs. Eric Deal

Anne Deming

Patricia M. Derry

Jim and Connie Detjen

Mrs. Susan M. Donohue

Mr. & Mrs. Richard V. Ducey

Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Engel

Eric Freedman & Mary Ann

Sipher

Susan B. Goldberg

Mr. & Mrs. David Z. Greene

Lillian Greene

John D. Gruner

William H. Haas

Alyssa R. Harvey

Aleen Henke

Dr. and Mrs. George A.

Hough, III

Lorraine F. Jacobs

Brian & Julie Janks

Mary G. & Michael T.

Jenkins

G. Donald & Sarita Johnston

Mrs. Kathrine R. Jorgensen

W. Henry Kennedy (husband

of Jean Schlater)

Frank & Carol Kery

Seongcheol & Youngmi Kim

Mr. Gregg S. King

Lowell & Roxanne Kinney

Robert J. Kobel

Robert Kolt

Dr. & Mrs. William H. Krieg

Lillian Kumata

Dennis F. Kutzen

Steve & Leslie Lacy

Susan W. Lane

Dennis & Vicki Lewin

Dina C. Lim (Dina L. Wines)

Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Listerman

Ralph & Joan Lock

David & Mery Jo Martens

William J. & Florence W. McEwen

Albert S. McGhee (Arnold

McGhee)

Steve & Suzi McVoy

William A. McWhirter

Gary & Marlene Mescher

James B. Stiff and Katherine

I. Miller

Pearl Ann Miller

Andrew and Charlene

Mollison

Professor John Molloy &

Mrs. Carol D. Molloy

Jane E. Moyer

Jana O’Brien

Michael Olman & Peter

Hayashida

James J. & Kimberly A.

Palmer

Eric & Patrice Phillips

Alan R. Poppe & Kimberly

Poppe

Dick & Gail Purtan

Alma J. Rombouts

Ellen J. Sabine

Bob and Bobbi Sabine

Charles T. Salmon

John P. Sargis

Richard N. Savage

Elise Schepeler

Hugh J. Schulze

Kim and Karen Serota

Joseph J. Serwach

Charles & Maxine Shapiro

Phyllis K Shine

Marianne G. Smith

Stan Soffi n & Maggie Miller

Harvey & Nancy Solway

Jan & Susan Starr

Sheila & Michael Steger

Brenda Sternquist

Mr. Laurence B. Stone and

Linda C. Stone, M.D.

Gerald M. Boyd & Robin D.

Stone

John & Rosemary Swantek

(Vocino)

Edward R. Swiderski, III

Michael & Antoinette

Talovich

James A. Taylor

Judith B. Taylor

Michael R. & Susan M.

Thompson

Jay & Francie Todd

Bruce & Jo-Ann Vanden Bergh

Mr. Werner Veit

Kim & Joann Viculin

Lynn & Sandy Waterkotte

Pamela J. Wathen

Mark & Suzanne Wegener

Chuck Werle

Jason J. Whitten and Pamela

S. Whitten

Sharon Wimon-Wenzl &

Joseph Wenzl

Robert and Amy Yien

Michael & Brenda Zemmin

John H. Zwarensteyn

The Presidents Club



$10,000 and $24,999 to MSU.

The College of Communication Arts &

Sciences is thankful for the tremendous

contributions given by alumni, friends,

foundations and corporations to off er

scholarships, update lab space, acquire

new technologies, conduct research

and expand the college’s programmatic

eff orts.

For more information about giving to

the College of Communication Arts &

Sciences, scan this QR code, visit www.

givingto.msu.edu or contact the college’s

Offi ce of Advancement at 517-432-5672.

PRESIDENT’S CLUB


Judith Anderson

Patricia J. Barron & Dr.

David W. Barron

Mark M. Bashore & Martha

M. Bashore

Phillip R. Bertolini &

Kathleen A. Bertolini

Gregory H. Boyd &

Elizabeth M. Rhodes

Charlotte J. Caldwell

Dr. Linda S. Carter

Michael A. Clark, Ph.D. &

Sandra S. Clark

Brenda J. Cucci & John Cucci

Donald F. Dahlstrom &

Katherine K. Dahlstrom

David C. Foote & Renata A.

Foote

Sherry L. Harmon & John R.

Willison

Richard W. Heiss & Nancy

J. Heiss

Adrienne M. Johns & James

M. Whitely

Larry P. Lee

Kelly A. Morrison, Ph.D. &

Steven A. McCornack,

Ph.D.

Randy Munguia

Jana R. O’Brien

Steven L. Reynolds

Daniel M. Rhodes & Julie P.

Theodore

Matthew R. Rhodes & Caryn

Rhodes

James Wolfe & Jane Rhodes-

Wolfe

Bruce W. Richardson &

Marilyn I. Richardson

Michael J. Riha

Marcella J. Schalon

Joseph F. Wenzi & Sharon

Simon-Wenzi

Stanley M. Stein & Lynn M.

Stein

Laurence B. Stone & Linda

C. Stone, M.D.

Robin D. Stone

Edward R. Swiderski, III

Roger L. Tremblay & Gayle

Tremblay

W. Scott Westerman &

Colleen Y. Westerman

Kimberly J. Winkel

Merri Jo Bales & Randy L.

Sahajdack

Dr. Carole O. Bettinghaus &

Dr. Erwin P. Bettinghaus

W. Clark Bunting & Karen C.

Bunting

Richard T. Cole, Ph.D. &

Deborah P. Cole

Richard L. Shipman & Jean

M. Eddington-Shipman

Robert M. Gawronski &

Mary J. Gawronski

Clarence E. Howard, Jr.

Mary L. Katsarelas

Richard P. Liblong & Susan

Liblong

W.D. Mason & Sandra L.

Mason

Michael G. Olman & Peter

Hayashida

Alan R. Poppe & Kimberly

Poppe

James S. Reece, Ph.D. & Dr.

Bonnie B. Reece

Gray R. Reynolds & Lean A.

Reynolds

Hugh J. Schulze

Charles J. Sieman, Jr.

Lowell M. Sprague & Sheila

O. Sprague

Thomas M. Springer &

Nancy J. Springer

Douglas N. Strayer & Susan

K. Strayer

Jason J. Whitten & Pamela S.

Whitten, Ph.D.

Albert S. McGhee &

Elizabeth A.

Arnold McGhee

Margaret E. Bauman

James R. Beck & JoEllen L.

Beck

Roger F. Beck, C.F.M. & Jean

L. Beck

Douglas A. Moff at & Cara

J. Boeff

John E. Callender & Betty

Callender

Edward E. Cohen, Ph.D.

Jeff rey A. Cruz & Emily S.

Cruz

Dr. Arta Damnjanovic & Paul

A. Mongeau, Ph.D.

James T. Detjen & Connie C.

Detjen

Dr. Linda Good Mikols

Randall A. Goodman &

Regina Jessup-Goodman

Susan M. Goodrich

Bradley S. Greenberg, Ph.D.

& Delight A. Greenberg

Alyssa R. Harvey

Ann M. Hoff man & Mark H.

Hoff man

Tamara J. Richardson-Inch &

Terry M. Inch

Lorraine F. Jacobs

John E. Kimball

Sven A. Kins & Larisa Kins

Robert J. Kobel

Elaine M. Kulhanek

Lillian Kumata

Prof. Stephen R. Lacy &

Leslie C. Lacy

Jeff rey T. Lambert & Katy L.

Lambert

Dennis J. Lefebvre &

Maureen E. Lefebvre

Janet Katherine Lillie, Ph.D.

& Bruce R. Lillie

Melvin B. Markwardt &

Betty M. Markwardt

Cara L. McLauchlan

Larry P. Miller

Richard L. Milliman &

Donna Milliman

Diane L. Neal

Alexandra B. Nordahl

William S. Packard & Susan

E. Packard

Malcolm R. Parks, Ph.D.

Marc P. Richardson

Kevin Roots

Richard N. Savage

Elise C. Schepeler

John C. Schlinker & Stepheni

L. Schlinker

Kerry W. Schwartz

Joseph J. Serwach & Debra J.

Serwach

R. William Sheathelm, Jr. &

Norma J. Sheathelm

Jill M. Sherwood & Patrick J.

Sherwood

Stanley I. Soffi n, Ph.D.

Harvey L. Solway, J.D. &

Nancy B. Solway

James D. Spaniolo

Dr. Charles W. Steinfeld &

Susan Russick

Dr. James A. Taylor

Janice H. Thomas

Richard C. Tibbals and Jami

M. Tibbals

Timothy J. Unger & Susan J.

Unger

Terry K. Vanderveen

Robert A. Wills &

Mary Jo Wills

Kimberly J. Winkel

Douglas A. Adams & Linda

E. Blauhut

John G. Anderson &

Margaret M. Anderson

Suzanne M. Baker & Lorna

Luebbers

Janice S. Baldwin

Roger J. Blake & Jennifer S.

Blake

Robert L. Bunting & Jane L.

Briggs-Bunting

KayLou Brown

Dennis M. Bulgarelli &

Kathleen Bulgarelli

Barbara J. Burmeister

Bonnie A. Burnett

John J. Case & Barbara L.

Case

Tom F. Cavanaugh & Carey

H. Cavanaugh

Peter R. Kamarainen & Carol

Chappell

Marie Collins Hebeler

Andrew D. Corner & Nancy

A. Corner

R. Matt Davis

Robert H. Davis & Lori E.

Davis

Patricia M. Derry

$5000 AND UP

$2500 TO $4999

$1000 TO $2499

$500 TO $999


Frank J. Drayton, III &

Kim A. Drayton

Joe E. Herrara & Maryann

Finnestad

Frederick C. Fisher, M.D.

Prof. Eric Freedman & Mary

Ann Sipher

Dr. William E. Garber &

Taylor Lewis Garber

Gerald B. Gormley

James C. Greene, Ph.D. &

Darcy D. Greene

Thomas W. Hamp

Brian H. Hamrick & Karey

Kale Hamrick

Nancy A. Hanus

David T. Hayhow & Janice B.

Hayhow

Marcus H. Higginbotham

Gerald A. Hodak & Margaret

A. Hodak

Patricia T. Huddleston, Ph.D.

Rebecca A. Hudson

Merrick D. Hurlbutt & Karen

Hurlbutt Pixley

Kazuhiko Ichihashi

Bruce C. Kefgen & Judith A.

Kefgen

Lowell D. Kinney & Roxie

W. Kinney

David J. Kolat & Susan M.

Kolat

James A. Kushman & Valerie

B. Kushman

Dr. and Mrs. Don R. Lick

John R. Liskey

Ralph H. Lock & Joan P.

Lock

Andrew P. MacMillan &

Monica MacMillan

Judith E. Marr & Allen R.

Marr

Walter T. Mathews, Ph.D.

Daniel E. McLaughlin &

Charlotte McLaughlin

Prof. John D. Molloy & Carol

B. Molloy

David M. Moody & Susan B.

Moody

Robert J. Myers & Erika C.

Myers

Mark E. Newman

Charles K. Atkin & Sandi

Walker Smith, Ph.D.

Kenneth F. Bachulis & Amy

E. Bachulis

Philip G. Bator

Johannes M. Bauer & Susan

W. Woods

Derek T. Berry

Roger J. Blake & Jennifer S.

Blake

Ruth N. Blanchard

Stephanie R. Blatt

Linda E. Blauhut & Douglas

A. Adams

Martin C. Beene & Pamela

J. Boyes

Janet A. Bridges, Ph.D. &

Lamar W. Bridges

Karen J. Brown

Ryan W. Brown & Susanna

N. Brown

Richard J. Byrd

Dr. F. William Cambray &

Doreen A. Cambray

Jeff rey T. Carpenter &

Amanda Carpenter

Deborah A. Clark & Robert

T. Clark

James M. Clark

Mark L. Clark & Jane Clark

Stephen W. Colovas

Jennifer J. Coltrain

Clinton B. Crook

John M. Croskey

Jack M. Crowner

Linda J. D’Orazio & Robert

M. D’Orazio

Jonathan S. Dean & Susan

E. Dean

Lori A. Dickerson & Daniel

H. Dickerson

Catherine L. Doig

Michael W. Drager, Ph.D. &

Carolyn S. Seibert-Drager

John B. Eulenberg & Marcia

W. Eulenberg

Edward S. Feldman &

Lorraine Feldman

Robert H. Feldman

Lisa L. Fetter

Prof. Frederick Fico

Ralph B. Ford, IV

Jill M. Gahsman

Gus W. Ornstein

Richard D. Owen & Tammy

J. Owen

Robert N. Peirce, III &

Stephanie Peirce

Charles A. Pettee & Ann M.

Pettee

Scott J. Phillipott & Laura M.

Phillipott

Andrew D. Poole & Andrea

L. Poole

Kathryn W. Ralph & David

C. Ralph, Ph.D.

Lawrence N. Redd, Ph.D. &

Betty A. Redd

Frank H. Reynolds & Patricia

A. Reynolds

Laurie A. Schram & Stephen

M. Schram

Amar S. Shool

Lawrence A. Shore & Marie

L. Shore

Marjorie A. Sorge & Edward

Lapham

Mary H. Sotir

Jayne Z. Spittler, Ph.D.

Steve Y. Suk & Melanie L. Suk

Howard Sutton

Michael S. Talovich &

Antoinette A. Talovich

George T. Trumbull, Jr. &

Janet E. Alleman-

Trumbull, Ph.D.

Bruce G. VandenBergh, Ph.D.

& Jo-Ann VandenBergh

Rosemary Vocino Swantek &

John R. Swantek

Robert T. Kolt & M. Sue

Wagner

David A. Weitzner & Joan

Weitzner

Bradley H. Wire & Joan R.

Wire

Kathleen A. Angood & John

B. Angood

Lorraine M. Arbetter & Brian

S. Arbetter

Mark S. Arikian & Denise

Arikian

Patrick S. Armstrong

Lora M. Gier

James W. Goble & Monica

M. Goble

Dawn P. Goldman

Frederick L. Good, Jr. & Gail

L. Good

Amanda A. Gotschall

Kathleen A. Gwinn

Paula J. Hancock-Wheeler

Constance Y. Hanson &

David Hanson

John Hare, IV & Linda N.

Hare

Carrie Heeter, Ph.D.

Scott A. Hensler & Heather

L. Hensler

Lt. Col. Graydon K. Hicks

(Ret) & Elizabeth T. Hicks

Mary E. Holland

Franklin E. Howe, Jr. &

Elizabeth P. Howe

Michele B. Johnson & Bruce

S. Johnson

William P. Kauper & Patricia

R. Kauper

Jacqueline J. Keathley &

Alonzo P. Keathley, Jr.

Dr. Milind V. Khire & Kirsten

M. Khire

Brandi R. Kohlsmith

Cliff ord A. Lampe

Hairong Li, Ph.D. & Ying J.

Jiang

Patty Mallett & Jeff Mallett

Dayton H. Matlick & Patricia

C. Matlick

Katrina Baetz-Matthews &

William R. Matthews

Denise R. McCourt-Buikema

& Charles A. Buikema

Paul A. Cesarini & Lisa

McHugh Cesarini

Gregory H. Montgomery, Jr.

Denise L. Moore

Stephanie L. Myer

Melissa D. Nelson

John T. Olsen & Jill S. Olsen

Gail A. Overholt

Margo A. Papp

Thomas G. Peart & Diane M.

Peart

Cheryl S. Pell

Dale J. Perz

$500 TO $999 CONT.

$250 TO $499


Kaari E. Peterson

Gwendolyn D. Phillips

John L. Pompeo

Jerry D. Pope, Jr.

Michael H. Quinting

Glenn E. Ray & Rena

Whitehill-Ray

Judith S. Rodes

Richard Romatowski

Michael A. Santoro & Maria

A. Santoro

David R. Sargent

Marie Schram

Kim B. Serota & Karen A.

Serota

Shannon L. Shelton Miller

Laura L. Shumate & James G.

Shumate

Keith W. Simmons

Victoria N. Southworth

Linda M. Staff ord

Philip E. Strong, Ph.D. &

Katie A. Strong

George Taylor, III

Frank A. Topper

Eric M. Traver

J. Michael Van Dyke &

Juanita F. Van Dyke

David E. VanNorman

Mark R. Warnshuis &

Cynthia J. Warnshuis

Rhoda E. Weiss

Bernard Winograd & Carol

Winograd

Michael O. Wirth, Ph.D. &

Alice R. Wirth

David N. Young

Alan G. Abraham & Debbie

Abraham

Sharita D. Abraham

Kathleen M. Adler

Joseph E. Adney, III & Mary

R. Adney

Louise M. Ahern & Gerald

A. Ahern

Frances M. Ahlich & Harold

G. Ahlich

Robert A. Albers

Britta S. Albrecht

Bruce H. Aldrich

James G. Aldrich,Sr. &

Katherine Y. Aldrich

James A. Alexander, III

James B. Alfredson & Patricia

L. Alfredson

Leslie C. Almas

Richard J. Anderson &

Sheryl L. Anderson

Nancy K. Andrews

John R. Armstrong, M.D. &

Alicia H. Armstrong

Karen Armstrong

Justin M. Artis

Jason R. Ash

Paul C. Atkinson & Suzanne

Y. Atkinson

Teresa M. Bailey

Kevin J. Ball & Roxann P. Ball

Mary Q. Barber & Loren

Barber

Susie N. Barbour Dugan &

Richard Dugan

Dennis W. L. Barnes & Rose

Mary Barnes

Theresa E. Barnes Allen

Andrew T. Barnhart III

Charles W. Barr, II

Ryan P. Barry

C. Marilyn Batastini

Victoria C. Beauregard

Ariel A. Bedoy

Douglas C. Bellah

Cary R. Benson

Leona J. Berger

A. Jack Bergers & Marilyn C.

Bergers

Jennifer M. Bergman

Maggie L. Bernardi

Matthew N. Berns & Rhonda

Berns

Steven C. Black

Donna J. Blair

Mary K. Blakemore

The Honorable James

J. Blanchard & Janet A.

Blanchard

Deborah Blanton Williams

Michael J. Blecker, M.D. &

Nan M. Blecker

Harlan E. Blomquist &

Bonnie J. Blomquist

John P. Blough & Linda

Blough, D.V.M.

Charles S. Bluhm & Sally M.

Bluhm

Lori Abney Boekeloo &

Stuart W. Boekeloo

Harold G. Bogart

J. Anne Bondy

Fredrick C. Bosbous

Prof. Howard S. Bossen &

Kathleen N. Bossen

Michael A. Boulus, Ph.D. &

Marian K. Boulus

Sandra J. Bowens

Elizabeth D. Boyd

Thomas M. Boyer & Theresa

J. Boyer

Sharon Boysel

Susan M. Breaugh

Brian D. Brenton & Catherine

D. Brenton

Michael A. Brethour &

Shelby W. Brethour

Elizabeth A. Bridenstine

Anne M. Brigham

David H. Brogan, C.L.U. &

Patricia J. Brogan

Jennifer A. Brooks

Jennifer R. Brooks

Jillian M. Brown Thomas

Dennis O. Brown

Dianne L. Brown

Lawrence W. Brown

Amy S. Bryer

Paul J. Tikalsky & Julie A.

Bubolz-Tikalsky

Leo Burnett

Benjamin J. Burns & Beverly

Hall Burns

Peter G. Callahan

Steve P. Dickerson & Kenzie

A. Cameron, Ph.D.

John H. Campbell

Marc C. Campbell, J.D. &

Mary Lou Campbell

Dawn A. Carter

Theresa L. Ceccarelli &

Terrence Ceccerelli

Matthew B. Chamberlain, II

Suzanne E. Chandler

Andrew J. Chapelle & Pamela

A. Chapelle

Anthony Chaprnka & Marian

Chaprnka

Robert J. Chaprnka

Cynthia A. Charette & Paul

F. Charette

India S. Christman Rodriguez

Philomena Clark

William H. Clark, Jr.

Paula C. Coats-Garrett

Lisa A. Cole Nelson

Sandra C. Combs

Donna A. Conklin-Shaults

James H. Conley, Ph.D.

Marc S. Conlin

Koleen M. Cook & Paul T.

Cook

David A. Copp & Diana L.

Copp

Michael J. Corvino & Laura

M. Corvino

Kathlene A. Costello

Matthew J. Cox & Emily J.

Cox

Robert T. Craig, Ph.D. &

Karen Tracy

Lisa A. Crampton

Paul B. Crockett & Georgia

C. Crockett

Kimberly K. Croel Kersten &

Robert L. Kersten

Paul H. Cundari

Kimberly J. Cundiff & Larry

L. Cundiff , Jr.

Pamela R. Curry & Sean E.

Curry

Ralph J. Dallier & Antonia

Dallier

Leone S. Dalrymple

Kevin J. Dalton

William H. Damon, III &

Linda J. Damon

Stephen J. Danokowski

Karin M. Darmanin

Frederic W. Greene &

Lucinda Davenport, Ph.D.

Dawna L. Davidson &

George E. Davidson

Raymond W. Davio & Janet

M. Davio

Linda J. Davis & Mike Davis

Brian T. Day & Stella M. Day

Robert M. Daykin & Karen

B. Daykin

Lawrence N. DeBeau &

Jacqueline A. DeBeau

Linda C. DeJong

Wallace M. DeMaagd & Lois

A. DeMaagd

Mr. and Mrs. James C.

Demmer

Bernice E. Demps

$100 TO $249


Stephen W. Kirsch & Jamie

M. DePolo

Craig DeRusha & Isobel M.

DeRusha

Ronald A. Dery & Barbara

J. Dery

Michelle E. Dickson

Christopher D. Dobyns

Matthew J. Donnellon, Jr.

Ronald M. Dooley & Carol

A. Dooley

Kenneth H. Hebenstreith &

Sharlan M. Douglas

Charles R. Downs & Betty L.

Downs

Kevin L. Dragoo & Lauri J.

Dragoo

Erik K. Drake, Ph.D. & Kelly

M. Drake

Kenneth M. Droz

Matthew J. Drzewiecki

Patricia J. DuBoux & Dennix

V. DuBoux

William H. Dufrin

Cynthia K. Dunlevy

Bruce B. Dunn & Nancy S.

Dunn

John R. Dutch

Jennifer M. Ecclestone

Betina A. Echols

Virginia L. Ederer & Rodger

T. Ederer

Stanley L. Eichelbaum

Claudia H. Ellis & Roger G.

Ellis, D.V.M.

Elizabeth S. Erickson

Janet E. Ernst

Barbara A. Ettington

Kimberly M. Etzel Breen &

Patrick L. Breen

Martha K. Eyde

Jennifer L. Farina

Matthew W. Fetters & Laura

Fetters

William T. Field & Mary H.

Field

Herbert L. Fine

Gregory M. Fitts

Neal J. Fitzgerald

Nicole C. Fitzpatrick

David Y. Flouton & Margaret

V. Flouton

Brian F. Flynn & Roberta J.

Hunter, M.D.

Marcelle W. Fowler

Deborah F. Franzetta & P.

David Franzetta

Richard A. Frenz & Kay B.

Frenz

Heather E. Fucinari

Craig J. Galecka & Heather

H. Galecka

Susan B. Garyet & Nickolas

Garyet

Teri L. Gatanis

Tarrence T. George & Helen

L. George

Gary W. Gerds

Terry L. Gibson

Raymond L. Giles & Diane

M. Giles

Nancy L. Glennan-Brethauer

& Robert C. Brethauer

Saranne R. Good & Paul R.

Good

Susan W. Gould & Robert K.

Gould

Brian D. Gowan & Anne

Gowan

Cliff ord L. Graff & Marilyn

M. Graff

Josette B. Gray

Roger D. Graziani

Mary E. Green & Lewis

Green

Lisa A. Greiner

Betty A. Griffi s-Korzenny,

Ph.D. & Felipe Korzenny,

Ph.D.

Paul A. Grimaldi & Melissa

M. Grimaldi

Joseph P. Grimm & Debra A.

Grimm

Tera B. Grinnell

L. Diane Groszko

Robert W. Groves & Kathryn

A. Groves

John D. Gruner

Cheryl A. Grzech

Karl Gude

Jamie L. Gumbrecht

Harry S. Haasch

Mark G. Halverson & Lisa

M. Halverson

Daniel B. Hanson

John W. Hart & Cheryl A.

Hart

Freda L. Harvith & Alan J.

Harvith

Barbara A. Hawke

Gary D. Hawks & Shirley

Hawks

Theron D. Heine

Sophia R. Helms

Lynn G. Henning

Timothy M. Hertler & Lynne

M. Hertler

Susan J. Hill

Lauren J. Hirsch

Shanna E. Hodge

Grace C. Hoff er

Dr. Robert M. Hollingworth

& Judith M.

Hollingworth

David C. Hollister &

Christine F. Hollister

Michael L. Holton & JoAnne

Holton

David R. Hoover

Virginia A. Hrtanek & Robert

M. Hrtanek

Chung-Wei Huang

Tami K. Huginen

Kelly A. Hummel

Jennifer J. Hutchinson

Kelly L. Iblings

Tracey A. Ivaldi

Lynne L. Jackson

Dr. Randy D. Jacobs

Frederick I. Jaff ke &

Kathleen Jaff ke

Ericka M. Jasperson

Zolieta M. Jeff erson

Don H. Jerome & Debra A.

Jerome

Maria L. Jerome

David L. Johnson & Kathleen

Y. Johnson

Paula A. Johnson

Sue B. Johnson & Clark M.

Johnson

Winifred C. Johnson &

Arthur J. Johnson

Yvonne L. Johnson &

Marquam R. Johnson

John. D. Jolley & Elizabeth

M. Jolley

Forest D. Jordan & Lou E.

Jordan

Brian H. Hamrick &

Karey Kale Hamrick

Robert M. Kalec & Ann W.

Kalec

Rebecca L. Kall

Robert C. Karp & Kathleen P.

Karp

Rona Katz

Joel H. Kaufman & Nancy R.

Kaufman

Elizabeth P. Kealoha

Kevin W. Kearns& Tracy A.

Kearns

Katherine B. Keating

Robert E. Keena, III

Mary Lou Keenon

Gregory S. Kegler & Jill L.

Kegler

Steven Kennedy & Christine

Kennedy

Jana G. Kerns

Linda J. Kiefer

Edward P. Kiernan & Cathy

W. Kiernan

Jennifer J. Kildee & Daniel T.

Kildee

Andrew H. Kim

Gregg S. King

Jeff ery H. King & Lisa A.

King

William R. Kinney &

Deborah Kinney

John F. Kircher

Brian J. Kish

Michael E. Kociolek

Kimberly Painter Koff sky

Patrice M. Konja

Mark D. Kosberg & Kimberly

S. Kosberg

Kristin E. Kraft & John Kraft

Michael P. Kramer

Sarah S. Kramer

Brenda Krebs

Gwendolyn Krzyzaniak

Annmarie B. Kubicek & John

L. Kubicek

Jody A. Kubitz, Ph.D. &

Laura A. Kubitz

Gail B. Kuhnlein & Timothy

J. Kuhnlein

Mark E. Kunch

John W. Lindstrom &

Cynthia D. Kyle

George A. Lafkas & Ann

Marston

Ray Lane

Jodi M. Langlous

Margaret A. Lauerman & Jim

Lauerman


Bruce E. Lavengood & Mary

T. Lavengood

Maryln J. Lawrence &

Gordan A. Lawrence

Elizabeth A. Lebster

Doris E. Lemble

Jeannine T. Levesque

Mark R. Levy, Ph.D. & Diane

Levy

Linda L. Lewis

Jospeh G. Lieblang & Cheryl

A. Lieblang

Ricardo Ochoa & Elizabeth

A. Lindsay-Ochoa

Prof. Ashley S. Lipson

Walter A. Littlefi eld &

Marcia M. Littlefi eld

Lauren E. Lockhart

Sharon O. Logan

Mitchell B. Louch

Kevin Lowden & Myra J.

Lowden

William L. Lunce

Deborah M. Luthey &

Graydon D. Luthey, Jr.

Charles A. Lyons

Patricia S. MacClennan &

Paul H. MacClennan

Nancy J. MacNiven

Mary R. Madson & Thomas

B. Madson

James O. Malinak

Joseph J. Manzardo

Stanley G. Markavitch &

Vickie L. Markavitch,

Ph.D.

Bruce E. Markwardt &

Dorene K. Markwardt

Patricia B. Marmon & Paul

M. Marmon

Gary F. Martin & Susan K.

Martin

Mary Ann Martin & Louis R.

Martin

Barbara R. Mason

Thomas F. Matt & Sandra

Matt

Jesse R. Mattson

Ruth A. Mayercak & Philip

Mayercak

Dr. Mark J. McCabe & Jane

L. McCabe

William C. McCloud

Martin J. McCracken &

Kathleen A. McCracken

Nakita R. Mcewen

James N. McGann & Diane

M. McGann

Helene McGovern

Roderick L. McIlquham

John McKearney & Nancy

McKearney

Kelly A. McKinney

Austin W. McMackin

Dennis A. McMillan & Diane

M. McMillan

Gary J. McRay & Nancy A.

McRay

Edward B. McRee & Jan B.

McRee

Michele A. McSwain

Philip S. Brady & Kathleen

Meade-Brady

Ryan J. Mearini & Kristin C.

Mearini

William E. Mendenhall, Jr. &

Jill A. Mendenhall

Lynn N. Mendez

Lindsay A. Merritt

Gavin J. Smith & Mary C.

Mertz-Smith

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L. Merva

Andrew L. Metcalf, III

Gary S. Meyer, Ph.D.

Rebecca P. Meyer & Thomas

C. Meyer

Mary Michaels

Susan P. Millar & Charles W.

Miller, M.D.

Charles R. Montgomery &

Leslie C. Montgomery

Julie A. Moon

Robin R. Moore & William

H. Moore, IV

Ronald L. Moore

William R. Morgan &

Katherine R. Morgan

Kirstin M. Morin

Richard J. Morris

Peter D. Murdoch & Sheila

Murdoch

Theodore C. Murphy &

Suzanne M. Murphy

Thomas O. Mwanika, Ph.D.

Gregory C. Myrick & Andrea

Myrick

Diane Najm

George L. Naylor

Jeff rey R. Needham & Erin

M. Needham

Daniel E. Nelson

Kristin C. Nelson

Claudia Nickel

Eileen M. Nolton

Nancy F. Norman

Richard C. Northrup & Mary

Jane Northrup

Thomas W. Nowak

Timothy M. Nowicki

John D. O’Hair & Barbara

O’Hair

Gerald L. Oade & Donna J.

Oade

Glenna W. Obie

Dr. Folu F. Ogundimu &

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Cheryl L. Olejniczak

Gerald L. Olson

Christoff ell DenBiggelaar,

Ph.D. & Jennifer M.

Olson, Ph.D.

Sherri K. Oosterhouse

Jennifer N. Orlando

Christopher A. Orlowski

Larry J. Ouimet & Wendy L.

Ouimet

Rebecca A. Pagels

Gretchen M. Paige

Leslie J. Palmer & John H.

Palmer

Kirsten C. Pappas

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Nam-Soo Park

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James L. Parker

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Stuart D. Parselle

Kartik Pashupati, Ph.D. &

Pushkala Raman

Sandra B. Pasmanter

Joseph A. Patrick

Marilyn Payne

Charles L. Pearl & Carol J.

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Audrey R. Perakis

Lisa E. Perry

Tyra S. Peterson

Katherine S. Petitti Kornel &

D. Edward Kornel

Fred M. Pettyjohn

Susan V. Pfeiff er

James L. Phelps & Julie A.

Phelps

Patrick M. Phillips

Richard M. Phillips

Kim M. Phipps & Ronald H.

Phipps

Eric S. Pianin & Laurie M.

McGinley

Michele T. Picchi Babcock &

William G. Babcock

Erik J. Pierce & Judith A.

Pierce

Leo L. Pinson & Elaine F.

Pinson

Lisa L. Pregano

John F. Price, Ph.D.

Gary Priestap & Deborah

Preistap

Thomas A. Prior & Kathryn

A. Prior

David Provost & Christine A.

Provost

Diana D. Psetas & George C.

Psetas

Dr. Jerry L. Punch

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A. Pyc

Julia A. Racklyest

John T. Ralph

Juan Ramirez, Jr.

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Ramm

David L. Ransom & Susan C.

Ransom

Stuart R. Rapaport & Barbara

A. Rapaport

Roy C. Rautio & H. Kristine

Rautio

Jermel J. Ray

Jeff rey S. Rayburn

Tessa R. Rayment

Anne L. Readett

Helen G. Reinhart

Arthurt B. Reis

Daniel J. Rekant

David S. Rembiesa

Paul D. Remy & Susan E.

Remy

Charles C. Renwick

Jamie D. Resnik

Ruta E. Reventas

Marcus N. Rhem, M.D. &

Sara E. Rhem

Paula A. Richardson

Patricia L. Ridge, Ph.D.


Regan C. Riley

Mitchell A. Rinek & Nancy

K. Rinek

Meagan E. Robinson

Sharon D. Robinson

Paul H. Rockwell

Claude C. Rodgers, III & Iris

R. Rodgers

Michael E. Roloff , Ph.D. &

Karen M. Roloff

Peter Romatowski &

Suzanne Romatowski

Alma J. Rombouts

Michael T. Rose & Kathleen

R. Rose

Thomas A. Rose & Sarah A.

Rose

Ritta G. Rosenberg

Michael N. Rovner & Bridgit

K. L. Rovner

Jeff rey A. Rowe & Anne K.

Rowe

Karen A. Royse

Neal A. Rubin

James R. Ryan, Ph.D.

Ronald W. Ryan & Lysanne

K. Ryan

Jaye A. Saarinen & Teresa L.

Saarinen

Irene K. Saites

Jeremy E. Sampson & Gena

A. Sampson

Dwight Sann

Deborah J. Saul

Howard K. Saunders &

Pamela M. Saunders

Gail L. Sawyer

James W. Saylor

Kimberly M. Schiebold

James C. Schlachter &

Patricia B. Schlachter

Jeff rey A. Schoenborn &

Margot P. Schoenborn

Michael G. Schultz

Beth E. Schwartz

Jere R. Sedam

Steven W. Seely

Dr. Rafael Javier & Mary

P. Sharp, M.D.

Helene S. Shenkus

Patricia A. Sienstra

Kimberly G. Sikes

John M. Simpson & Lynda S.

Simpson

Lawrence H. Sims & Linda

L. Sims

Gregg A. Skopczynski &

Denise S. Skopczynski

Robert A. Sloan & Ellen M.

Byerlein

Bruce A. Smith

Douglas H. Smith & Delora J.

Smith

Geoff rey P. Smith & Ann M.

Smith

Reverend John R. Smith &

Sally L. Smith

Webb A. Smith, Sr. &

Patricia A. Smith

Patricia R. Snyder

Laurie H. Sorenson & David

K. Sorenson

Natalie M. Spaniolo

Carol A. Spencer & Glenn S.

Spencer, D.D.S.

Francesca Spina

James G. Quibb, Jr. & Julie

H. Squibb

Sonna L. Stampone

Kevin Sosnowski & Karen

E. Stefl

Elise K. Stein & Ronald

Goodes

Dorothy Steinberg &

Lawrence W. Steinberg

Allan D. Stromquist & Ellen

Whelan Stromquist

Gary D. Styrk & Carol A.

Styrk

Bruce A. Sucher

Valerie J. Sulfaro & Dr.

Michael A. Sulfaro

Joseph K. Taylor & Bethany

C. Taylor

Timothy M. Taylor

Thomas V. Telder, Ed.D.

Henry D. Thoenes

Greg Thomas

Keith R. Thomas & Barbara

C. Thomas

William O. Thomas, Jr. &

Carol A. Thomas

Natalie D. Thomason

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F. Thompson

Kurt A. Thuemmel &

Kathleen S. Thuemmel

Jack L. Tittle & Rosemary M.

Tittle

Rosemarie Tobin

John Tragge & Richelle

Tragge

Robert L. Tripi & Mary J.

Tripi

Kim J. Trombetta & Patricia

J. Trombetta

Maureen T. Trybus & Donald

J. Trybus

Vincent Tse

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Cheryl A. VanDenberg &

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