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THE BRAND
ISSUE 13 VOLUME 05
IIARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY
APRIL 24 2007
Relay for Life: Hardin-Smmon's Efforts to Combat Cancer
by Crystal Koc
feature editor
Thousands of candles lit around a track
throughout the night represent several
things: remembrance of lost loved ones
celebration of lives saved and hope for
millions of cancer patients. Relay for Life
is an all-night celebration and fundraiser
for the American Cancer Society (ACS).
Months of fundraising will culminate in
this one night where teams symbolically
circle the track for a full 12 hours. Hardin-
Simmons University's Relay is the only
university relay in the Midwest Region
and will take place on April 27 and 28
from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Relay for Life began in May 1985 with
one man Dr. Gordy Klatt a colorectal
surgeon in Tacoma Washington. With
the hope of increasing the income of his
local ACS office he spent 24 straight
hours circling the Baker Stadium track
at the University of Puget Sound a total
of more than 83 miles. Friends paid $25
to walk with him 30 miles and that first
night Dr. Klatt raised $27000 to fight
cancer. Several months later he and a
small committee planned a team relay
event called the "City of Destiny Classic
24-Hour Run Against Cancer." The next
year the first team relay event took place
at the Stadium Bowl with 19 teams that
raised a total of $33000.
The HSU relay will consist of separate
teams of 8 to 10 people who have been
conducting fundraising efforts for the
past few months. Teams include repre-
sentatives from different organizations
and social clubs on campus as well as
individuals without affiliations. Bake
sales car washes and barbeques are just
a few of the many creative endeavors that
HSU students and faculty have carried
out. The night before the relay all teams
get together for what is known as "Bank
Night" where the money raised is col-
lected from the individual teams.
The night of the relay the teams camp
out around the track where fundrais-
ing efforts continue along the sidelines.
Each team has at least one representa-
tive walking the track at all times. The
relay starts with the "Survivor Lap" the
first lap of the night where survivors walk
together as a symbol of hope. At 10 p.m.
three hours into the event the Lumanaria
Service will take place which is when all
lights are turned off and people can pur-
chase bags with a candle in it in honor of
a loved one lost to cancer or currently in
the fight against cancer. According to one
of the student organizers Jenny Bell in
a meaningful and poignant moment the
only lights visible will be the lighted bags
placed around the track.
While a deeply meaningful event for a
serious cause the atmosphere will not be
a somber one as fun and festivities will be
a highlight of the night. Fundraising will
go on in the forms of face-painting mani-
cures and food. People will be setting
grills for hamburgers and hotdogs while
some will be supplying other types of food
and drink. Live entertainment will also be
provided with Team CHIP Tae Kwon Do
Be Ready Ministries a local Christian rap
group and the HSU "In His Steps" step
team. The search for more performers is
f
RELAY
FOR LIFE
Relay for Life logo courtesy of American Cancer Society website.
still going on so if you are in a band or
have a special talent do not hesitate to
get in touch with the organizers.
This event is open to the public and
everyone is encouraged to take part.
There will be numerous door prizes and
free Starbucks coffee for those intending
to stay up all night. Free parking will be
provided as well. For more information
or if you would like to volunteer your ser-
vices contact Anna Krake at kraki253
hsutx.edu.
2007 Mclntyre Distinguished Speaker Series: Orlando Magic
Co-Founder Pat Williams Teaches How to Find the Will to Win
by Julie Tcague
staff writer
On April 19 motivational speaker
and senior vice president of the NBA's
Orlando Magic Pat Williams took the
stage at the historic Paramount Theatre as
the featured speaker at Hardin-Simmons
University's Mclntyre Distinguished
Speaker Series.
The series honors the memory of Dr.
Harold and Alma Mclntyre and it allows
the university to bring distinguished
speakers to the Abilene area who dem-
onstrate the ideals and principles of the
institution.
As the distinguished speaker Williams
discussed the qualities that winners in
life possess the secrets to becoming a
more focused person finding passion in
your work and succeeding in the face of
defeat. He believes that finding the will
to win is something that everyone needs
to be motivated and inspired to achieve
whether they are athletes or just every-
day people struggling with defeats and
discouragements. Williams delivered a
message of hope to encourage everyone
to persevere towards victory in the work-
place and in life.
Williams has been delivering his inspi-
rational messages to people all over the
country for many years. He has been a
featured speaker at two Billy Graham
Crusades two Peter Lowe Success
Seminars and he has spoken on a num-
ber of university campuses. He is also the
author of over 40 books and has addressed
employees from many of the Fortune 500
companies and the Million Dollar Round
Table an association for financial profes-
sionals that provides members with ser-
vices to improve businesses.
Williams spent seven years in the
Philadelphia Phillies organization two
as a minor league catcher and five in the
front office. He then spent three years
in the Minnesota Twins organization
before moving to the National Basketball
Kelley College of Business Honor
Outstanding Students at Annual
Queen's Award Banquet
by Julie Teague
staff writer
On April 17 the Kelley College of
Business held its annual Queen's Award
banquet to honor outstanding students
in the school of business.
This is the eighteenth year that I Iardin-
Simmons has hosted this event. The ban-
quet is named in honor of Lowell and
Mildred Queen in appreciation for their
contribution to the school of business
and for these specific awards.
Numerous awards were presented
to standout students who have excelled
academically and made significant con-
tributions to the business school. Two
prestigious awards for stellar students
were given including the Dean's award
which was presented to Trevor Elza a
senior finance and economics major and
the Fletcher award for the Outstanding
Business Student which was presented
to Marissa Wichkowski a senior market-
ing major. The Kelley College of Business
also presented a business ethics award
to Matthew McGee a senior accounting
major as well as a business policy award
presented to Ashby Bowen a senior
finance major.
"It is such a huge honor to receive this
award because there are so many great
students in the Kelley College of Business
so to be recognized by the faculty means
a lot to me. Also I have loved being able
to cultivate relationships with profes-
sors and students as a student worker in
the Kelley College of Business and it has
greatly impacted my educational experi-
ence at HSU" said award recipient Leah
Lynch a senior and marketing manage-
ment major.
Lynch was the only student to receive
two awards including the Hemphill
Outstanding Service Award and the
Outstanding Management Student
Award.
Dr. Doyle Kelley who the College of
Business is named after endowed the
program and was in attendance for the
awards banquet to show his support for
the school and the students. Dr. W. Craig
Turner university president and Dr. Bill
Ellis vice president of academic affairs
were also in attendance to honor the
recipients. They wished them continued
success for the future in their respective
fields and businesses.
Association. In 1987 he co-founded the
Orlando Magic and helped lead them to
the NBA finals in 1995. Twenty-three of
his teams have gone to the NBA playoffs
and five of them made the NBA finals.
In 1996 Pat was named as one of the 50
most influential people in NBA history by
a national publication.
Williams and his wife Ruth are the par-
ents of 19 children including 14 adopted
from four nations ranging in age from
18 to 32. He and his family have been
featured in Sports Illusfrated Readers
Digest Good Housekeeping Family
Circle The Wall Street Journal Focus on
the Family New Man Magazine and all
the major television networks.
Williams hosts a national and a local
sports radio show as well as a weekly
Christian radio show. He has also com-
pleted 37 marathons in the past seven
years including the ten times he has
run the Boston Marathon and has also
climbed Mt. Rainier.
At the event there was a selection of
Williams' books on display and everyone
was invited to a reception and a book
signing after the presentation. Williams
challenged everyone in attendance to
read one hour a day from a "real book"
not including magazines The Wall Street
Journal murder mysteries or romance
novels.
Entertainment was provided before
and after the presentation by "The World
Famous" Hardin-Simmons University
Cowboy Band and there was a special per-
formance from the Players in Progress or
PIPs a group of children from San Angclo
that display various basketball skills. The
invocation was led by Dr. Kelley Pigott
university chaplain and the welcome and
closing was made by Pam Tippen presi-
dent of The HSU Academic Foundation.
In-Sync': Live and Up Close in
the Reading Enrichment Center
by Crystal Koe
feature editor
As part of the required teacher
preparation courses at Hardin-Simmons
University Early Childhood and
Elementary Education majors participate
in literacy and technology training. Due
to the continuing need for literacy support
with Abilene area students the Hardin-
Simmons University students hope to build
confidence self-esteem and reading skills
for students struggling to read within the
rising standards of the state accountability
system.
In line with their vision Dr. Mary
Christopher and Mrs. Renee Collins
received two grant awards in Spring
2006 amounting to a total of $3800
from the HSU Academic Foundation and
The Community Foundation of Abilene
to purchase fifteen PALM Tungsten E2
handholds fifty Texas Primary Reading
Inventory (TPRI) TX software subscrip-
tions and twelve TPRI kits. These tools
support purpose-driven assessment and
individualizedMnstruction that will allow
Hardin-Simmons University pre-certification
students to enhance the literacy devel-
opment of young struggling readers in our
community. If diagnosis of deficient read-
ing skills occurs early in a child's school
career early effective interventions will
deter predicted literacy problems.
Reading Specialist graduate students
who are also local elementary teachers join
professors in mentoring and training the
teacher certification students in the usage of
theTPRI software and handheld computers.
Through various presentations and demon-
strations of young reader assessment the
graduate students share experiences help-
ful hints and cautions regarding the use of
the handheld from the classroom.
One particular training session
involved a demonstration of a second grade
teacher Mr. Adam Turner administering
the TPRI with one of his students using
the handheld computer. The undergradu-
ates entered assessment data by tapping
information into their handholds as they
observed the scoring on Mr. Turner's hand-
held projected through the PDA Reach
software onto a classroom screen. Simply
put the literacy and technology experience
enhanced the paper and pencil training
from previous reading classes.
After the training sessions the under-
graduates administered the TPRI utilizing
thehandhelds on individual children during
the Reading Enrichment Center's tutorial
sessions. Using the data collected through
handheld scoring of the TPRI the profes-
sors and students analyzed the data from
reports generated through "syncing" the
handholds to the TPRI website. The whole
process allowed the students an interactive
real-world experience with technology and
literacy instructional decisions.
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