The Ranken FileStudent Newsletter

November 8, 2011

Dates to Remember:» Campus News & Updates

11/16 Shadow-a-Tech

11/24- Thanksgiving Break11/25

11/30 Automotive Shadow-a-Tech

Update from Walker Hall

During the first week of October residents observed Mental Health Awareness Month.

LaTrina and the resident assistants did their best to expose the residents to all the options available to maintain their mental health. The school counselor, Jennie Wilson made herself available for students to speak with and there was an artistic expression workshop with Ranken TRIO staffer, Miranda Myles Jackson who gave her personal time and showed her talent to teach residents how to express their feelings through painting. Residential life staff also presented workshops on depression and stress relief.

Diane Padgette, licensed yoga instructor and long time student of the Big Bend Yoga Center, donated her time to lead a Yoga for Beginners course and residents also had the opportunity to watch a showing of the movie, “A Beautiful Mind.”

The remainder of October included the monthly Wal-Mart Wagon trip for supplies and groceries and a new Book Club led by RHA President, Kory Wagner. The featured book for the month is “The Kite Runner.”

Other events included a chick flick night hosted by the Women of Walker (WOW), a Halo tournament, a Wii gaming night and a Microwave Cooking Workshop. The residents also got to take in all of the excitement of the Cardinal’s World Series win!

Halloween Week is huge in Walker Hall. The week leading up to Halloween was filled with horror movies, a pumpkin carving contest, a costume contest, a wing decorating contest, a door decorating contest and visiting The Darkness which is one of St. Louis’s scariest haunted houses! The ghost of David Ranken, Jr. even paid a visit to Walker Hall during Halloween week! Check out more photos on the Walker Hall blog and their Facebook page.

Photo: Residents participated in a yoga class led by Diane Padgette.

Photo: Residents made the trip to The Darkness, a local haunted house.

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Professionalism »Experience »Ranken Celebrates Our Veterans

On Thursday, November 10, Ranken held its annual Veteran’s Day Ceremony on the Finney lawn to honor all of our faculty, staff and students who have served in the armed forces. Thank you for all you have done and all that you continue to do!

Employee Veterans Student Veterans (evening continued)

Shawn Bowers Ron Paul Brandon Medley Drew Niemeyer Joaquin Robinson

Ben Brown Bob Paynter James Schieffer John Schuler Tim Seitz

Richard Byquist James Plumber Jerld Stephenson Andrew Van Hoogstraat

Ken Corse Marcus Record

Michael Crawford Aaron Ryan Student Veterans (day)

Tom Ely Tom Schroeder Jared Albrecht Jonathan Aldridge Craig Aubuchon

Ron Ettling Drew Shands Zachary Ball David Behle Bradley Berrey

Sal Francis Mike Short Korey Binder Kelvin Glanchard Kyle Bray

Jim Gravitt Stan Shoun Nicholas Bunker Lester Carr Marucs Chaplin

Kent Hornberger Larry Sisson Joseph Chesser Oliver Cody Aaron Cofer

David Kirchner Aussie Thayer James Collins Matthew Conley Kevin Cooper

Tommy Joe Lucas, Jr.

Kurt Trice Brandon Craig Von Dash Matthew Dawe

Pat Mickle Ron Vaughn Jason Eichelberger Steven Few John Fisher

Alan Osborne John Weber Bradley Frohne Joseph Galloway Jonathan Gibbon

David Parchim John Gilliland Jeremiah Gilman Marquis Ginger

Student Veterans (evening)

Sam Alvarez Robert Anderson

Eric Atkins Gerald Barton

Kyle Betteridge Curtis Blake

Kagen Boyden Tabatha Clark

Keith DalPozzo Daniel Eddington

Michael Fozzard Anthony Gainey

Austin Gauthier Ken Glore

Jason Goodwin Jim Granden

Mack Green Mark Griffin

Neal Heitzig Michael Hickerson

Daniel Humiston Nicholas Imperato

David Malone Corey McMullen

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Leadership »

This Day In History - November 14

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In Theaters...

Top at the Box Office

1. Immortals2. Jack & Jill3. Puss In Boots4. Tower Heist5. J. Edgar

Coming Soon...

Happy Feet Two Nov 18 PG Action/Adventure/FamilyBreaking Dawn: Nov 18 PG-13 Drama/Romance/ThrillerPart 1

» 1967 – American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world’s first laser.

» 1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.

» 1970 – Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team.

» 1991 – In Royal Oak, Michigan, a fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage, killing four and wounding five before committing suicide.

»1995 – A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.

» 2007 – The last direct-current electrical distribution system in the United States is shut down in New York City by Con Edison.

Student Veterans (day continued)

James Hall Stephen Hardesty Michael Heltmann Robert Hohman Jarrette Hudson

Gregory Hulbert Will Hutchins Jordyn Jones Gordon Jurgensmeyer Robert Killoren

Douglas Langille Brian Mattingly Scotch McDonald Brian McKenney Gregory McWilliams

James Miller Roy Morris Albert Nicholson Paul Nobles Chris Norbeck

Anthony O’Dell William O’Donnell Thomas Peterson Thomas Phillips Larry Porter

Nathaniel Presley William Rose Jacob Roseke Anthony Shamus Carl Shepley

Walter Sinnott Jeremy Smith Stephen Spring Nick Stack Michael Stafford

Lee Stahlhut Nehemiah Stahlschmidt

Joseph Sumner Daniel Tapia Marc Taylor

Stan Temares Christopher Timmerberg

Anthony Travis Jacob Daniel Turpiano Andrew Van Ronzelen

Joe Vo David Walter Brian Washington Eric Wells Jonathan Whitlock

Edward Wiener Matthew Winters David Young John Ziebold

Student Veterans (continued)