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The Newsletter of the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Foundation | August 2011 | Vol. 3 - No. 2

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Nineteen gold shovels lay neatly arranged—waiting for the University administrators, area planners, philanthropists, contractors, dignitaries, and students who would soon drive them into the red Fort Smith dirt—as Chancellor Paul B. Beran spoke June 28 to a crowd assembled to celebrate the breaking of ground for the Learning and Research Center at Boreham Library. “As we’ve focused on developing our programs, our faculty, and our classroom buildings, we’ve essentially pulled our library along behind,” Beran said. “Today, that changes. Today, we celebrate the decision to vault the Boreham Library well into the 21st century.” “The Learning and Research Center at Boreham Library,” Beran continued, “completes the intellectual and educational transformation from community college to

university that Chancellor Stubblefield began on January 1, 2002 [when Westark College became the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith].” The University is committed to raising $5 million in private gifts to help offset the $14.2 million cost of the project, and just before Dr. Beran spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony, UAFS Foundation Board member Peggy Hadley announced five gifts totaling nearly $700,000 that the Foundation had already received. Among them were two anonymous gifts: one given to name the study corner on the first floor of the addition, and another for two study carrels. Doug and Loretta Parker gave $50,000 to name The Kyle D. Parker, J.D., Landing Area to honor their son, currently serving as UAFS Vice Chancellor for Planning

and Technology, for his devoted service to the University. Also announced was an estate gift of more than $100,000 from the Joan M. Worley Living Trust to name the large presentation room on the first floor of the addition in honor of Ms. Worley’s parents, Bruce and Eileen Worley. The fifth gift, from longtime benefactors Dr. Ted and Betty Skokos, provided $500,000 to name the airy, two-story rotunda of the Learning and Research Center The Dr. Ted and Betty Skokos Commons. Dr. Skokos coached the FSJC basketball team in the 1950s as a volunteer and served for decades as a trusted advisor to college leaders. Numerous prime naming opportunities are still available. Contact the UAFS Foundation at (479) 788-7020 for details.

“Once I had my career started and I was able to, I knew I wanted to give back to the school that gave me so much,” says Rachel Solley of her recent gift to the UAFS College of Business. And there’s no denying that she has a solid start. The 2006 graduate—who, as a member of the inaugural

class of the Chancellor’s Leadership Council, earned a full, four-year scholarship—started the management training program at Arkansas Best Freight immediately after school, then worked as an ABF account manager for three-and-a-half years before being promoted in early 2010 to Branch Manager of the La Salle, Illinois, terminal. At just 25 years old, she was the youngest female branch manager in ABF’s history. When she was in school, Solley understood the value of her scholarships from the student’s perspective. “I knew all along that this was a huge blessing,” she says. “I was fortunate enough to be selected for the CLC and the C.A. and Carrie T. Lick Scholarship, and I was very appreciative of the opportunity.” Now, though, she understands also how important private scholarships are as recruiting tools and hopes her gift will help attract more star students just like her. “When I was in high school and looking at colleges, one of my main criteria was scholarship opportunities,” she says. “When someone from UAFS came to Northside High School when I was a senior and talked about the CLC scholarship, I just knew that was what I wanted.”

YOUNG GRADUATE FUNDS SCHOLARSHIP PERCENTAGE WITH BACHELOR’S DEGREES RISES ACROSS UAFS SERVICE AREASince 2000, two years before Westark College became the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith and began awarding four-year degrees, the percentage of residents within the University’s service area holding a bachelor’s degree or higher has been ticking steadily upward. According to data collected by the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, the degree-holding segments of Sebastian, Crawford, Franklin, Logan, and Scott counties in Arkansas, as well as Sequoyah County in Oklahoma, all grew between 2000 and 2009. The percentage held steady in LeFlore County, Oklahoma. UAFS has awarded more than 3,000 bachelor’s degrees since joining the University of Arkansas system in 2002.

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PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS BY COUNTY HOLDING A BACHELOR’S DEGREE OR HIGHER

Construction begins on a major library addition, the linchpin of UAFS’s emergence as a premier regional university.GROUND

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Sebastian16.6%

17.4%

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2009

Crawford9.7%

11.8%

Franklin11.0%

13.0%

Logan9.4%

10.6%

Sequoyah10.9%

11.9%

Scott8.4%

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From theEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

L I V I N G U P T O H E R P O T E N T I A LThree scholarships and lots of hard work later, Myca Jester is on her way to medical school.

UAFS GALÁPAGOS TRIP SET FORFEBRUARY 24-MARCH 3, 2012

THRIVING IN TOUGH TIMESThese are tough times for public colleges and universities. Faced with sharp cuts in state funding, many are struggling just to keep the doors open—laying off faculty and staff, discontinuing programs, and dramatically raising tuition, among other painful measures.

In contrast—even though we’ve also seen a steady decline since 2008 in state dollars per student—the University of Arkansas -

Fort Smith is adding students and faculty, building residence halls and a major library addition, and broadening its reputation as a premier regional university. How?

As the story on this page notes, incremental increases in tuition have certainly helped offset the steady decline in state dollars per student, but the sum of state dollars plus tuition and fees has remained relatively constant since 2008, ticking up by a half percent to one percent per year.

The real answer is very simple—private gifts. Although the total amount distributed by the Foundation to the University each year is relatively small, on the order of two to three percent of the total operating budget, it’s a vitally important two to three percent. It provides what I call our “margin of excellence.”

In other words, although the $1.85 million the Foundation contributed to the University in fiscal year 2010 may not seem like much as part of an approximately $60 million budget, that money goes a very long way. For example, it takes only a few thousand dollars—and sometimes just a few hundred—to keep a student in school who would otherwise have to drop out for financial reasons, or to give a first-generation student the shot he or she needs.

Private gifts also help the University recruit top faculty and top students. There is keen competition today for the most dynamic teacher-scholars, and endowed chairs and professorships funded by private dollars give UAFS an edge in attracting them. Likewise, prestigious private scholarships help us compete for the most promising students—students like Rachel Solley, briefly profiled on the front page.

And private gifts—like the Skokoses’ and the Parkers’ detailed on the front page—will in turn help offset the $14.2 million cost of the new Learning and Research Center at Boreham Library, allowing us to build a beautiful, state-of-the-art facility that will serve the University and Greater Fort Smith well for decades to come.

Let me take this opportunity to say to all of the generous individual and corporate donors who make it possible for this University to thrive in these tough times, “Thank you!”

Best regards,

Marta M. Loyd, Ed.D.Executive Director, UAFS FoundationVice Chancellor for University Advancement

“If it were not for this assistance,” wrote senior biology major Michaela “Myca” Jester recently in a thank-you note for the Bob and Joan Miller Scholarship, “I would find it a struggle to live up to my academic potential.” Truth be told, living up to that potential has still been a bit of a struggle at times. Financially independent since graduating from high school, Jester has worked throughout college to pay her bills, even while the Miller Scholarship and the Sally McSpadden Boreham Scholarship, which she received in 2008 and 2009, covered her tuition. “It’s just hard when you’re a single kid, doing it all on your own,” she says. “It’s hard to afford to stay in school. It’s hard to keep your grades up. But the scholarships have made it a lot easier. Everything helps when you’re in college. Everything.” Fortunately, Jester isn’t one to back down from a challenge. When she wanted to study abroad but didn’t have the money for airfare, she went to the International Relations office and got a referral to a South Korean university that would pay her airfare, her tuition, and some of her living expenses in return for teaching English. She was also awarded a scholarship for travel abroad, the Bill and Marjorie Dixon Memorial Scholarship. So she packed up and flew halfway around the planet, 20 years old and all alone, to Ulsan, South Korea, where she lived, studied, and taught for a full calendar year. “It was amazing, the best opportunity ever,” she says.

That’s only one example of the kind of gusto with which Jester approaches life—both its triumphs and its challenges. Back home, after a stint as president of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority, she’s working at a retail store in

Central Mall to make ends meet, serving as a Resident Assistant at the Lion’s Den, and taking summer classes, all while studying long hours in the library for her medical school entrance exams.

It’s enough to make you believe the last sentence of that thank-you note: “I promise that you will see this generosity paid forward tenfold in the years to come.”

UAFS FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mr. Douglas BabbMrs. Cindy BagbyMr. Richard BeauchampMr. Cliff BeckhamMr. Jimmy G. BellMr. Kent BlochbergerMrs. Gina ClarkMr. Carl D. CorleyMr. Hank FarrellMrs. JoAnn GedoshMrs. Peggy Ann Hadley

Mr. Bill HannaMr. H. Lawson HembreeMrs. Marianne Lane-ThompsonMr. John A. McFarlandMrs. Judy McReynoldsMr. Robert E. MillerMr. Mark MollMr. Neal PendergraftMrs. Janice Hobbs PowellMr. Craig RivaldoMr. Mark Rumsey

Mr. Tim ShieldsMr. Sam M. SicardMr. Douglas O. Smith, Jr.Mr. John R. TaylorMrs. Susan McMahon TaylorMr. William S. WalkerMr. Bennie WestphalMr. Randy WewersMr. Chris WhittMr. Stanhope WilkinsonMr. Robert A. Young III

New to the Foundation board since March 2011 are Gina Clark, Cliff Beckham, Craig Rivaldo, and Tim Shields. Clark is Vice President of Curtis Investments, LLC, which focuses on developing, owning, and leasing commercial properties, with a specialty in the development of federal government properties. Beckham, who studied at Westark’s University Center, is Director, President, and CEO of USA Truck, where he began his career in 1994 as a staff accountant. Rivaldo, a Westark alumnus, assumed the position of President and CEO of Arvest Bank Fort Smith when John Womack relocated recently to Little Rock. Shields, a petroleum geologist, owns the Shields Companies, including John P. Shields, Inc.; Shields Energy, Inc.; Shields Operating, Inc.; and Tojac Minerals, Inc.

Financially independent since

graduating from high school,

Myca Jester has worked

hard and made the most of

her scholarships to build a

noteworthy academic career—

and she’s just getting started.

Join the UAFS Alumni Association this winter for an incredible nine-day journey to the Galápagos Archipelago, including a four-night cruise aboard the state-of-the-art MV Santa Cruz. The Santa Cruz is equipped with everything from a fleet of Zodiac watercraft and

a glass-bottom boat to a highly qualified team of certified naturalists and complimentary snorkeling gear.

Visit seven islands and see a magnificent variety of exotic birds, animals, and plants, including species

unknown elsewhere in the world. With few natural predators on the islands, the abundant wildlife is nearly fearless and

accepts human company up-close. You can almost touch spiny-backed iguanas and snorkel alongside tropical penguins and playful seals.

On mainland Ecuador, enjoy deluxe hotel accommodations in Quito and Guayaquil. The six-night Post-Program Option features Peru’s legendary “lost city” of Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley, and the historic cities of Lima and Cuzco. Prices start at $3,595 plus airfare. Contact Elizabeth Underwood, Director of Alumni Affairs, at elizabeth.underwood@uafs.edu, or call (479) 788-7026 for more details.

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IMPRESSIONS OF GENEROSITYWhy a former basketball coach and his family decided to make a major gift in support of the new library addition

What young Ted Skokos lacked in size he more than made up for in athleticism and ball-handling skills. In fact, the 5’7” guard was good enough to play his way into a full basketball scholarship to Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania. At the time, though, W&J was more concerned with football (the tiny school had actually played Cal to a 0-0 tie in the 1922 Rose Bowl), and the basketball coach was a local attorney who volunteered his time after hours. He also went out of his way to support his players off the court, helping Ted land a janitorial job on campus for $15 a month to help with his expenses. That generosity made an impression. Years later, in the early 1950s when Fort Smith Junior College’s basketball program needed the same kind of leadership, Ted, who was by then Dr. Skokos, a successful Fort Smith dentist, answered the call. The program had been discontinued during wartime, and little remained of it but a closet full of old uniforms and a couple of basketballs. But Ted, like his former mentor, volunteered his time to coach in the evenings—on one half of the Boys Club court—after closing his office for the day. The team’s record wasn’t much to brag about, but by his generosity, Ted gave dozens of young men an opportunity to participate in college athletics, an opportunity they wouldn’t have otherwise had. Also like his former coach, Ted became a mentor and a friend to his players. He and his wife, Betty, took them under their wings, encouraged them academically, even occasionally cooked them a hot meal or did the odd load of laundry. At the same time, Ted was also becoming more than just a coach to the college leadership, serving as a trusted, straight-shooting advisor to presidents E.T. Vines, Tom

Fullerton (whom Ted convinced to take a job at what was then a struggling community college), and Shelby Breedlove. Ultimately, he would prove to be something of a visionary after having told Fullerton in the 1960s that the institution “can’t help but grow … we’ll have 5,000 - 10,000 students there … education is here to stay. We are just at the beginning of something that’s going to be the greatest asset to our community.” Still, at first glance, it might be surprising that the Skokoses would make a $500,000 gift to name the Dr. Ted and Betty Skokos Commons in the new Learning and Research Center at Boreham Library, rather than to the athletic program, with which they were so involved. But there’s more to the story. For starters, the couple simply believe a library is the most important part of a college campus. “To me, it’s an integral part of any college or university,” Ted says. “It means more to the entire university than any other single thing.” Then there’s Betty’s aunt, who was a librarian in Van Buren; and her mother, a voracious reader; and Betty herself, a teacher with an unusual command language of mechanics and grammar. And then there’s Ted’s longstanding friendship with the late Roland “Bud” Boreham, whose name the existing library bears. “I was very close to Bud and his family,” he says. “I just thought so much of him that I wanted to be a part—and my family wanted to be a part—of his tribute to the college.” In fact, the way the Skokoses see it, they’re picking up where the Borehams left off, helping to vault the facility that bears the Boreham name—and now theirs, too—into the 21st century.

Dr. Ted and Betty Skokos—who met at a drugstore soda fountain in Pennsylvania when she was a Navy communications officer and he was an Army PFC—made a $500,000 gift in support of the Learning and Research Center at Boreham Library. “Betty has been the one for me,” says Ted. “She’s encouraged me in everything I’ve done, and I owe it all to her.”

In Memory of Gifts made Nov. 2, 2010 through June 15, 2011

Rebecca Needham Anderson Doris Needham

Ray Baker Glidewell Distributing CompanyRosemary and Gene RapleyPeggy and Bill Weidman

Edward Bedwell Eloise Bedwell

Edgar Bethell Barbara BethellRose BethellDon Flanders

Dr. Sidney BlakelyMona and Richard AlonzoCarla and Phil ErkeTaylor A. JoyceBobbie and Homer MichaelFaye and Herman WestfallPhyllis A. Young

Roland S. Boreham, Jr.Fort Smith Symphony

Dr. A. Calvin BradfordGlidewell Distributing Company

Charles BrakeAnonymous DonorGenelle and Dave Newton

Dr. Shelby BreedloveDanielle and David DixonSally and Edward Nunley

James Gary BridgesGlidewell Distributing Company

Dr. Helen I. BrownSylvia and Lester CoffinCarolyn JenkinsLinda and Rusty MyersMarion Thorpe

Hattie Mae ButterfieldBobbie and Homer MichaelRosalee and Donald Skorvaga

Juanita Susan CarsonGlidewell Distributing Company

Elizabeth ChapmanGlidewell Distributing Company

Elmer CookCapt. Sue E. Young

Albert L. Crain, Jr.Glidewell Distributing Company

Jan Rose CromwellGlidewell Distributing Company

Walter Davidson, Jr. Inge and James R. DavidsonPhyllis Davidson

Jewell Teague DavisBetty Carlile

Flora EdgertonDaniel P. Hof

J. D. EdwardsBrenda and Courtney CrouchMary EdwardsDon FlandersDr. Douglas and Lynn NancarrowSelected Funeral & Life Insurance Company

Doris Walker FilesGlidewell Distributing Company

Helen FrasierP.E.O. Chapter BDJudith Russell

Tom FullertonCharles H. Robertson

J. B. GarrisonKimberly and James Garrison

Johnny D. GlidewellGlidewell Distributing Company

George GloverJanice and Robert Powell

Dillon Patrick Gulley Glidewell Distributing Company

Tom Harmon Karen M. Harmon

Dr. Alfred Hathcock Don Flanders

H. L. HembreeDonnie PendergraftJanice and Robert PowellRachel and Don Smith

Woody HensonDr. Paul B. and Janice H. BeranBetty Anne GarrisonDrs. Marta and Greg Loyd

Dr. Arthur HogeMargaret and Arthur F. Hoge IIIMary Ellen and Brad JessonGuy M. Kinman

Bob Hough Rhonda and Anthony A. Caton

LaVerne Davis Hudson Brenda and Carl Davis

Harper S. Jackson Dr. Douglas and Lynn Nancarrow

Martha Rowene JonesGlidewell Distributing Company

Greg T. KarberJanice and Robert Powell

Rev. Dr. Thomas D. KennedyChristine S. Kennedy

Luella KrehbielJo and Graydon BushartAnn and W. Dane ClayLinda Hunt CravensLt. Colonel Donald and Mary Ann EllisonDr. Robert and Kay FinchHilma and Walter LevyBobbie and Homer MichaelTanya MusickSally and Rod NauckeDr. Anna NelsonCapt. Sue E. Young

Paul LattureMargaret Latture

Pauline LearGlidewell Distributing Company

Bernice MartinJanice and Robert Powell

Fort Smith Police OfficerDaniel MartinezCinnabonCornerstone BenefitsFirst National Bank of Fort SmithRiver Valley Detachment #1248 (Fort Smith Police Dept.)Randall D. Swaim

Don MasonSherri and Jimmy Bell

Ransy MassengaleAnonymous Donor

Mary Elizabeth McCannDr. Paul B. and Janice H. Beran

Nancy McClureGlidewell Distributing Company

Elsie B. McGarveyJanie and Jerry Peirce

Daniel Crane MeriwetherRosemary and Gene Rapley

Robert MitchellTeija and Eugene F. Nelson III

Margaret MontagueAnn and W. Dane ClayLinda Hunt CravensDr. Robert and Kay FinchDr. Anna NelsonCharles H. RobertsonJack Garvin StewartChloe J. Tedder

cont. on back page

In Honor of

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In Memory of

John AllisonFlintco

Scott ArcherFlintco

Dr. Rita BarrettAnonymous Donor

The Mack Barry FamilyJan and Rick Beauchamp

Jan and Rick BeauchampKyle and Steve Creekmore III

Heather BeeneJennifer Canada

Chancellor Paul B. BeranFlintco

Dr. Paul B. and Janice H. BeranLois Knox

Rose BethellSuzanne and Bruce H. Bethell

Alan and Linda BurnsKaren and Jamie Glidewell

Joe and Carla ByarsKaren and Jamie Glidewell

James ChildersFlintco

Ann ChildsAnonymous Donor

Linda and Bill ChristJan and Rick Beauchamp

Ernest CialonePeter D. Cullum

Jan and Bob CooperJan and Rick BeauchampKyle and Steve Creekmore III

Mike CooperAnonymous Donor

Marty CormierFlintco

Danny CowartFlintco

Kay CravensDr. Carl and Linda Brown

The Dr. Neil Crow FamilyJan and Rick BeauchampKyle and Steve Creekmore III

Josie DeckerJennifer Canada

The Jim Edwards FamilyJan and Rick Beauchamp

Mary EdwardsBrenda and Courtney CrouchSelected Funeral & Life Insurance Company

Dr. T.A. Feild IIIKatherine B. Feild

Susan and Sam FioriJan and Rick Beauchamp

Charlotte and Dudley FlandersJan and Rick BeauchampKyle and Steve Creekmore III

Bernie Forsgren HouserKaren and Jamie Glidewell

Dr. Keith FudgeGoddard United Methodist Women

Gail FulenwiderDr. Janet and Curtis Renwick

Betty Anne GarrisonKimberly and James Garrison

Jim, Carol, and Mimi GlidewellKaren and Jamie Glidewell

Nick and Ellie GlidewellKaren and Jamie Glidewell

Paula Glidewell and Sunny WallaceKaren and Jamie Glidewell

John GoodrichKaren and Jamie Glidewell

Casey HargraveFlintco

Dr. and Mrs. David HarperJan and Rick BeauchampKyle and Steve Creekmore III

James Franklin HawkinsHawkins Oil & Gas

Becky HernreichJan and Rick Beauchamp

Billy HigginsAnonymous Donor

Betty J. HintonJoan F. Frisby

Mark HornFlintco

Pete HowardMelynda K. GeorgeWilliam B. OsborneJames V. RoughleyRosalee and Donald Skorvaga

Galen HunterFlintco

Jerry and Christie Jay FamilyKaren and Jamie Glidewell

Dr. and Mrs. Greg JonesKyle and Steve Creekmore III

Dr. Amy JordanAnonymous Donor

Dr. Ragupathy KannanAnonymous Donor

Don LeePeter D. Cullum

Nancy and Ewell LeeDr. Carl and Linda Brown

Rick MassengaleDr. Janet and Curtis Renwick

Rob MayFlintco

The McGehee FamilyKyle and Steve Creekmore III

The Roger Meek FamilyJan and Rick Beauchamp

Rusty MullenFlintco

Dr. and Mrs. Vent MurphyKyle and Steve Creekmore III

The Vent Murphy FamilyJan and Rick Beauchamp

Lynn NancarrowJo and Bud Harper

Kyle Parker, J. D.FlintcoLoretta and Douglas W. Parker

Donnie PendergraftJan and Rick Beauchamp

The Neal Pendergraft FamilyJan and Rick Beauchamp

Pam and Bruce Pyland FamilyKaren and Jamie Glidewell

Cindy RainwaterJennifer Canada

Dorothy RappeportLinda and James Joyce

Gregg RobertsAnonymous Donor

The Mark Rumsey FamilyJan and Rick Beauchamp

Vicki and Mark RumseyKyle and Steve Creekmore III

Jean ShieldsMary and Patrick ShieldsLori and Tim M. Shields

The Greg and Schawn Shipley FamilyKaren and Jamie Glidewell

Elinor and Okla Ben SmithKyle and Steve Creekmore III

Lisa SpearsJennifer Canada

Carolyn and Breck SpeedKyle and Steve Creekmore III

Mike and Donna StecJan and Rick Beauchamp

Bernard SteinMargot Faier

Denise Hodges StewartPat and Cosby Hodges, Jr.

Bruce ThigpenDr. Janet and Curtis Renwick

Ed TinsleyFlintco

UAFS Academic Success Center StaffAnonymous Donor

UAFS Art DepartmentDr. Paul B. and Janice H. Beran

UAFS Boreham Library StaffAnonymous Donor

Sue VinesDr. Carl and Linda Brown

Lynn and Bill Steve WalkerJan and Bob CooperKyle and Steve Creekmore III

The Bill Steve Walker FamilyJan and Rick Beauchamp

Dr. Rosilee WalkerSusan and Jim Echols

Rebecca WheeleyDr. Paul B. and Janice H. Beran

Chris WhittBennett S. Nolan

Chris Whitt and FamilyJan and Rick Beauchamp

Fred O. WilliamsJan and Rick Beauchamp

Jane Warner WilliamsKyle and Steve Creekmore III

John WilsonJanae and John Campbell

Tom WingJo and Bud Harper

Alice WoodJennifer Canada

Richard and Jo Ellen YaffeJan and Rick Beauchamp

Larry YoungFlintco

Christie Gilstrap MorganValarie J. ArnoldussenBev McClendonLinda and Roger ParkerPam and Mike Phillips

Margaret Marsh NewellAlan D. LaVenue

John Clifton “J.C.” Nichols, Jr.Glidewell Distributing Company

William PendletonDon FlandersDr. Douglas and Lynn Nancarrow

William Mays PendletonDr. Douglas and Lynn Nancarrow

John PreasJo Ellen and Douglas Carson

Annette PutnamZonta Club of Fort Smith

Dr. Frances RalstonJack Blaylock

Steve RinkePeggy and Bill Weidman

Glenn RitterGlidewell Distributing Company

Elise Bedwell RossDon Flanders

Bill SharumJanice and Robert Powell

Elisa ShelbyUAFS Financial Aid Office Staff

Jeffery E. ShipleyMorrison Shipley Engineers, Inc.Aunt Lucy Catherine Patton, Robert Patton and Family, Phylis VerSteegh and FamilyKathy and Michael ReddHeather M. RobasonSchawn and Greg D. ShipleyShipley Motor Equipment CompanyCathey and Waldo White

Joe SidlerGenelle and Dave Newton

Michael “Mike” SinclairGlidewell Distributing Company

Dana Lynne Smith SiscoGlidewell Distributing Company

Eddie Joe SmithCarolyn and Michael BrownBetty CarlileGlidewell Distributing CompanyMarie and Claude Hatley

Isabella K. SmithThomas C. FennellSally and Rod NauckeJack Garvin Stewart

Lucille SpeakmanMona and Richard AlonzoCarole and George Beattie IIILeroy L. BoasAnn and W. Dane Clay

Wilma and Prescott CogswellT. R. (Tommy) EstesDr. Robert and Kay FinchWanda and James FosterJames R. GibsonLinda and Jim LincksBobbie and Homer MichaelSally and Rod NauckeP.E.O. Chapter ADCharles H. RobertsonRaymond H. SchaapJack Garvin StewartFreda and Colonel Bill StrangAnn and Randy WewersReba S. WoodardPhyllis A. YoungCapt. Sue E. Young

Harold StallingsGlidewell Distributing Company

Doug StathamGenelle and Dave Newton

Flavia Teresa SteeleAnonymous Donor

Chancellor Joel R. StubblefieldDanielle and David DixonJames H. Ross

John SullivanJanice and Robert Powell

Mildred SutherlandMary Ellen and Brad JessonDrs. Marta and Greg Loyd

John ValentiGlidewell Distributing Company

Juanita Nell VarnerGlidewell Distributing Company

W. R. WalkerMary Ann and Bradley CassellDan H. EllisElaine EllisSue and W. Hague EllisDr. Edwin Fields III and Martha FieldsGlidewell Distributing CompanyPeggy and James HadleyS. W. “Bud” JacksonGenelle and Dave NewtonDonnie PendergraftGina and Neal PendergraftConnie and Douglas O. Smith, Jr.Harriett and Warren Stephens

Claris and Harold WallaceCarol and Darrell Hill

Gordon WatsonSandra J. Marrs

Larry WeigandAnonymous DonorIgnacio Guerra and Dr. Jill GuerraDr. Gabriel and Tami MatneyDrs. Kathy and Dan PinzonDr. Myron Rigsby and Dr. Carolyn HoldsworthGlenda C. Weigand

Gene WellsGenelle and Dave Newton

Collier Wenderoth, Jr.Antoinette BelandGlidewell Distributing CompanyDorothy E. HosfordJanice and Robert Powell

Patricia WheelerDoris Needham

Clemmie W. WhiteGlidewell Distributing Company

Earl D. WilkersonCarolyn and Michael Brown

Karen Yeager WindsorGlidewell Distributing CompanyJanice and Robert Powell

James WorleyDr. Paul B. and Janice H. BeranJennifer CanadaAnonymous DonorPeggy and Bill Weidman

Judith Anne WrappeSue and Jarrell Wrape

Claud YanceyDr. Doris A. ChristopherJoseph W. GelzineRosalee and Donald Skorvaga