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Published twice a year (with a 12-month photo calendar as the third issue), Around the Oval features Alumni Association highlights, member stories, and University news. Colorado State University Alumni Association Members Receive print versions of this magazine.
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Summer 2013A publication for members of the Colorado State University Alumni Association
Dear Members,
I hope this note finds you doing well and that you’ve been able to do what you love this summer. I’ve certainly loved spending time with my family, especially my eight-year-old daughter. She spent a week this summer attending the Kids Do It All music theater camp at the University Center for the Arts. Camp participants are guided by CSU faculty and students to write, design, and compose musical plays entirely of their own creation, finishing with a full production of their original work. To watch my daughter confidently perform as Moonica, the cyclone-loving cow, was an experience, where, as parents, we were beaming brighter than a spotlight, and as CSU alumni, dazzling with pride for our alma mater. You play an important part in our production as we work to design and compose thoughtful alumni engagement. As members and volunteers, your support has helped us achieve award-winning results such as a 15 percent increase in memberships, 87 percent increase in sustaining life member gifts, 51 percent increase in new graduate memberships, and we hosted more than 300 events around the country. You deserve a standing ovation!
With gratitude,
Colleen Meyer, ’94 Executive Director & Sustaining Life Member
Mission of Around the Oval: To build relationships and conduct conversations with members of the CSU Alumni Association. EditorBeth Etter (M.A. ’03) Graphic Designer Vance Sherwood (’99) Graphic Design Intern Maci Hass (’15) Photography CSU Creative ServicesVance Sherwood (’99) Alumni AssociationColleen Meyer (’94), Executive Director Around the Oval is published twice a year by the CSU Alumni Association as a benefit of membership. Colorado State University 7114 Campus DeliveryFort Collins, CO 80523-7114(800) 286-2586(970) 491-6533 (phone)(970) 491-0798 (fax)[email protected] © 2013 by Colorado State University.All rights reserved.
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Thank you for your support through your membership. It matters.
In the past year, your membership supported record-breaking accomplishments at the Alumni Association. Take a look at your impact:
• Membership increased by 15 percent; there are now more than 8,100 Rams showing their pride through membership!
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• Sustaining Life members increased their support by 87 percent.
• Scholarship fundraising increased by 25 percent, allowing more opportunity for CSU students.
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Cover: Student on his way to class. CSU PHOTOGRAPHY
Top Left: Students begin a new year by enjoying the beautiful weather on the Colorado State University Oval. CSU PHOTOGRAPHY
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is a 60-year-old cyclist with no family history of heart disease. He bikes several times a week and, for 21 years, has taken a seven-day bike vacation of 50 miles a day with his family. So it was rather surprising when in April this year, Boutilier expe-rienced pain in his chest, and through cardiac catheterization, the doctors dis-covered a 90 percent blockage in the left anterior descending coronary artery. But perhaps more surprising than the block-age is that two weeks after the robotic bypass surgery (the surgeon reroutes the heart arteries without opening the chest), he was back on his bike for a 10-mile ride, and less than six weeks after surgery, he and his wife and two daughters departed on a 4,300-mile bicycle ride from Virginia to Oregon using the TransAmerica cy-cling route. “I took up cycling originally for fit-ness,” Boutilier says. Boutilier met his wife, Donna, and her daughter, Sara, through the Cincinnati Cycle Club group rides. After they married, they had two daughters, and continued their week-long bicycle tours, such as the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure, with children in tow.
For 21 years they’ve made a bicycle trip a family vacation, and their current trip is the ultimate. In approximately 70 days, they will ride 4,300 miles. The route was started in 1976 by Adventure Cycling to celebrate America’s bicenten-nial. “The view of America from a bicycle is a different pace than traveling by car. People are interested in talking to us about our trip and telling us about their towns or farms or local events,” Boutilier says. The family has met many wonderful people and found a shower every night. They are documenting the trip with a blog http://boutiliersbikeam-erica.tumblr.com/
“It was Donna’s dream to make a complete crossing of the U.S.A. It became my dream also, and somewhere along the line, Emily and Joanna de-cided to make the trip with us,” he says. Their oldest daughter Sara, who is in school this summer, carried their gear in a minivan for the first six days. When Boutilier is not on his bicycle, he is in the lab at Procter & Gamble applying the tools and thought pro-cesses of analytical chemistry to solve problems such as how to get the tabs on baby diapers to stick better. In fact, Boutilier is one of 16 members of the Victor Mills Society, named after the inventor of disposable diapers. The society recognizes research fellows at Procter & Gamble who have made sustaining and important business-building contributions in their careers. With 21 patents and some cutting-edge polymer chemistry, Boutilier has played a lead role in creating better patterned belts for the papermaking process and devel-oping self-stick plastic wrap for food. “My favorite project at Procter & Gamble involved the proprietary technology used for paper making belts,” Boutilier says. These belts run at
over 30 mph, are subjected to high tem-perature, high pressure, and high velocity cleaning showers. “A group of dedicated and persistent scientists and engineers were able to make this successful. It is the reason today that Charmin, Bounty, and Puffs are able to deliver the combination of softness, strength, and absorbency to consumers,” he says. The long-term busi-ness success of this technology is a major reason why Boutilier was inducted into the Victor Mills Society in 2000. Boutilier is most proud of the Glad Press and Seal product he developed at Procter & Gamble. “This was an anti-adhesion problem. I firmly believed we
could solve the technical
Glenn Boutilier (’74)
“The view of America from a bicycle is a different pace than traveling by car. People are interested in talking to us about our trip and telling us about their towns or farms or local events.”
problems, but I was not sure the product would ever reach consumers because of the business issues at the time,” he says. Ultimately, they overcame the technical challenges and the business challenges (with a joint venture between Procter & Gamble and Clorox) and brought the product to the market.
Alumnus explores the U.S. from a bicycle
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Why Glenn Boutilier is a member of the Alumni AssociationMy reason for membership and support of the CSU Alumni Association
is recognition of the key role CSU played in my success as a chemist. The opportunity to do undergraduate research greatly influenced my decision to attend graduate school and pursue a career in R&D. While I have spent my professional career in Ohio, I have never forgotten the wonderful experience I had at CSU in Fort Collins and want to remain connected with CSU and
support programs that I believe are important.
“This is what I like about problem solv-ing as an industrial analytical chemist. I am able to see products on the store shelves reaching consumers as a result of my contributions to a team of people at Procter & Gamble,” he says. Because of his career success, Glenn Boutilier will receive the Honor Alumnus Award for the College of Natural Sciences on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013 as part of the Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony. “Dr. Boutilier truly exemplifies every-thing the Distinguished Alumni Award represents: accomplishment, leadership, and service. We in the College of Natural Sciences are proud of the high example he sets for all of our current and aspiring sci-entists ... and bicyclists!,” Jan Nerger, dean of the College of Natural Sciences, says.
by Beth Etter (’03)
“The view of America from a bicycle is a different pace than traveling by car. People are interested in talking to us about our trip and telling us about their towns or farms or local events.”
70 days, 4,300 miles
From high end to highly sustainable, the art of fashion design and merchandis-
ing has let Whitney Weber’s (’13) creative spirit thrive. Weber, who has studied drawing, photography, and jewelry making, along with apparel design, has incorporated environmentally and ethi-cally sustainable practices into her designs, which she tailors to her active Colorado lifestyle of running, biking, and getting her hands dirty. “If I would rather be wearing a more technical garment than a really pretty dress, does that mean I shouldn’t be in apparel?,” Weber says. “I met other people like me and realized that wasn’t true at all.” Originally from Nebraska, Weber traded in her job at an affluent midtown Omaha boutique for the rough and tough outdoors of Colorado, which she uses as inspiration for her apparel designs. “I’ve always been environmentally conscious,” Weber says. “Moving to Colo-rado really heightened that. Just being outdoors gave me a special awareness of preserving the beauty of nature … Every decision that we make impacts our sur-roundings, including what we wear.” While she has studied the complexity of textiles, and how different materials with-stand over time, she explains that acting sustainably doesn’t necessarily have to be so scientific. Weber works with a compa-ny that salvages fallout fabric, the remain-ing scraps of material that are discarded from clothing factories and typically sent to the landfill, and makes them into wear-able pieces like hats and scarves. During her time at Colorado State University, Weber says she learned the value of networking and the importance of being able to connect, collaborate, and bounce ideas off of people with a common interest. “I think that one of the most important things I’ve learned going to school, especially as a nontraditional student, is networking,” she says. “CSU has opened a lot of doors that wouldn’t be open otherwise.”
Sustainable Design
Weber is now working as a sales representative for Elemental Eco Sales and Designs, a company that distributes sustainable clothing to retailers like Whole Foods.
By Shelby Taylor-Thorn (’13)
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Weber, third from right, stands with models wearing her clothing designs
Students modeling Weber’s clothing line
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Whitney Weber is an annual member through the purchase of a Grad Pack, which is a way for graduating students to purchase their cap and gown and a membership with the Alumni Association.
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Tom (’85) & Lori (’85) (Weidelman) LeahyAnnual Members since 2006 who upgraded to Life Membership in 2013.
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“[The Colonel’s Assignment Division] called and said, ‘You’re going to Fort Col-lins,’” Godkin recalls. “I had never heard of it. It came as a very pleasant surprise.” It took a reference to a book to find out
the university at which he would be serv-ing as an Air Force ROTC commander, but by the summer of 1979, Godkin, along with his wife and daughters, had made the move to Colorado. Soon after Godkin arrived in Fort Col-lins, he began reshaping the ROTC pro-
gram, and in 1980, he began implement-ing a part of military routine that had not existed at CSU for many years. “One of the first things I did was meet with the cadets,” he says. “We got a drill
team going.” The drill team, a group of cadets who whirl weapons and per-form choreographed marches, is now called Wing Walkers. The team began small, but competed with CSU’s ROTC rival—Air Force Academy— whose team tremendously outnumbered that of CSU. And, of course, the team is present at most of the university’s sporting events.
Today, the drill team has grown, and so has the trophy case in the Military Scienc-es building. A major contributor to the collection of awards is United States Air Force officer Megan Wade, a 2013 CSU graduate of agricultural sciences, who was commissioned by Godkin himself— an honor he says was all his.
As a former member of both the ROTC and Wing Walkers, Wade first met Godkin during her sophomore year, upon initia-tion onto the drill team. From that point on, her college career was strongly affected by Godkin, as a commander, mentor, and someone who deeply inspired her. “He really took the time to get to know me, and the others in Wing Walkers as well,” Wade says. “I would go months with-out seeing him and when I did, he’d greet me by my first name, which is rare in the military. He really showed that he cared.” Although Godkin retired from a 31-year run in the Air Force, and left CSU in the early eighties, it was just a few years before he found himself back on campus. Through the connections he had made as an ROTC commander and as a professor of aerospace studies, he heard about a new managerial position at the university’s faculty club. “In early ’87, I got the word from some friends in the [Lory Student Center] that they were looking at starting what they were going to call a ‘faculty club,’” he says, recalling the “pitiful” faculty lounge that had consisted of a few coffee machines and some plastic couches. After three rounds of interviews, and an admission that he’d had no prior restaurant or bar management experience (but knew how to make drinks), Godkin was offered the position. It was then that he began
“I’m the luckiest man you’ll ever talk to,” says retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Sheldon Godkin. As a graduate of both Oglethorpe and Boston University, one could wonder how he managed to score an honorary lifetime membership to the University Club at Colorado State. One phone call, however, turned him green and gold forever.
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Lifelong InfluenceFrom ROTC to U-Club
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Shelly Godkin, Alumni Association Life Member
Godkin and friends with his VW on campus in 1980
to transform the stale lounge into the polished club that serves not only faculty, but University staff, alumni, and retirees. Although Godkin was the driving force behind the transformation, he humbly credits former CSU president Philip Austin and former Lory Student Center director Manny Cunard for making it all come together. “But I had all the fun of getting it done,” Godkin adds. He says that the club’s selling points are the free breakfast, coffee, and tea on weekday mornings— and probably the Thursday night happy hours. “What kept me here at the U-Club for17
years was that the club filled a need,” he says, “It was something the University didn’t have.” Godkin retired from the University Club in 2004 after nearly two decades, but that doesn’t mean he is far from CSU. The am-biance of the University is what has kept him around as a member of the Alumni Association. “I was so welcomed here at CSU by the faculty and the staff,” he says. “People were so great; still are. It made a major impact on me— a favorable impact.” Godkin, who still owns a ’64 Volkswa-gen Beetle that sports custom “U-Club” license plates, received a lifetime mem-
Godkin in uniformGodkin in Okinawa, Japan, 1955
CSU Air Force ROTC Wing Walkers, 2013
bership to the club, and is occasion-ally seen there having breakfast with friends. And while his name will for-ever grace the plaque mounted in the club entrance, his cadets recognize him for something entirely different— the influence he continues to have on them. Though Godkin’s time as a professor came to an end nearly 30 years ago, his name is still fresh in the minds of students in 2013. “His legend, his story, and his passion have carried on still,” Wade says.
By Shelby Taylor-Thorn (’13)
M E MB E R Profile
What can you do with a speech degree? Quite a lot. Peter Mindock
(’72) studied speech arts and has had a career as a public school teacher, a sports reporter, and a financial advisor. “[Speech courses] taught me how to communicate; how to have some confidence and trans-late what I know,” Mindock says. After graduation from CSU, and upon advice from his brother, Mindock inter-viewed with teacher recruiters on campus and then headed to Chicago. “It was a great experience because I had to get up in front of thirty 10th graders. Talk about persuasion,” he says. From Chicago he accepted a teaching job in Aurora, Colo., and a few years later, Mindock transitioned to journalism as a sports reporter for the Denver Post. All this time he was calling his stock bro-ker, the financial philosopher P.Q. Wall, daily. After a year and a half, Wall said to Mindock, “‘you’re so into it, why don’t you become a stockbroker,’” Mindock says. “I looked into it and made the decision.” His career as a financial advisor has been fruitful, for himself and his clients, and for the third consecutive year he has
been named one of America’s top 1000 financial advisors by Barron’s, a financial publication of the Wall Street Journal.Mindock is senior portfolio management director at Morgan Stanley in Greenwood Village, Colo., managing a third of a bil-lion dollars for high net worth individuals, doctors’ groups, and several corporations.
“When you have that responsibility, you have to be careful,” he says. The Barron’s award “confirms what someone with my duties wants to achieve: being a responsi-ble, effective steward of my clients’ money,” Mindock says. He is not only an effective steward of money, but an effective steward of educa-tion, both in Denver Public Schools and at Colorado State. As a member of the board of directors of Colorado UpLift, Mindock and his colleagues raise $4M annually to support the nonprofit’s programming, which is designed to teach character, leadership, and life skills to urban youth in Denver so they may overcome obstacles and achieve their dreams. “It’s a special organization that’s well run,” Mindock says.
by Beth Etter (’03)
An Effective Steward
Peter Mindock (’72), Alumni Association Life Member
Support & Impact Mindock’s support of Colorado State includes sustaining life membership with the Alumni Association, the global council for the College of Business, and the Department of Athletics. In 1994, Mindock, Mark Crabtree (’83), and Jim Smith (B.S., ’67, M.S., ’71) founded Ram Masters to provide a supplemental funding source for the men’s golf team. Each year, Ram Masters raises $60,000 to support golf scholarships. “I feel strongly about supporting your school. It helps shape you,” he says. Mindock credits his CSU classes with teaching him language skills that have been invaluable in his career: “the ability to explain my ideas clearly and persuasively enhanced my professional performance as a school teacher, sports writer, and, for the last 32 years as a financial advisor,” he says. “Colorado State did a lot for me.”
He is not only an effective steward of money, but an effective steward of education, both in Denver Public Schools and at Colorado State.
Peter Mindock stewards money and education
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2012-2013 Board of Directors
PRESIDENTSam Romano (B.S.,’79, D.V.M., ’83)Life Member PRESIDENT-ELECT Jack Capp (B.S.,’65, M.S., ’67)Life Member IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Darshan Shah (B.S.,’92, M.E., ’01)Life Member MEMBERSBo Bandy Goldstein (’04)Life Member Joe Bohling (’90)Life Member Karen Bordner (M.B.A. ’04) Life Member Kathleen Henry (’70), Ex Officio Life Member Kevin Keefe (’81) Life Member Nancy Kittridge (’87) Life Member Gary Langlie (’80) Life Member Constance O’Brien (’00) Life Member David Paton (’78) Life Member Lon Saavedra (’76) Life Member Eulanda Sanders (B.S., ’90, M.A., ’94) Life Member Thad Smith (’74) Life Member Ross Thompson (’78) Life Member
Brady Welsh (’99) Life Member Jessica Wright (’04) Life Member
NEW LIFE MEMBERSThe following individuals became Life Members of the Alumni Association, February 16, 2013 – July 14, 2013. Timothy M. and Diana, ’79 Anderson Carol L. Berg, ’69 Korey K. Berthelette, ’12 Lynn J. Bonomo, ’13 Dr. Nicholas H. Booth, ’51 Luke H. Brunner, ’06, ’11 and Sarah Vernon-Brunner Nicholas E. Burkett, ’13 Adolphus A. Busch, V, ’13 Mark D. Campbell, ’77 J. Craig Capp Thomas R., ’91 and Heather Eckert Shaun E., ’99, ’13 and G. Nichole, ’98 Franklin James T. Frantz, ’92 Joseph Garcia, ’11 Kathleen J. Gundy, ’85 Barry A. Hager, ’74 Steven A. Hiraoka, ’76 John R. Hopwood, III, ’03 Robert B., ’77 and Sharla A., ’77 Hottman Douglas L., Ph.D., ’98 and Peggy C. Householder Andrew E. Hurd, ’12 James M., III, ’72, ’81 and Janice A., ’75 Kincaid William R. La Bahn Roy D. Ladewig, ’87 Sarah R. Langlie, ’13 Thomas J., ’85 and Lori L., ’85 Leahy Stephen R. Light, ’68 Michael L. Lowell, ’82 David S., ’86 and Gari Lee, ’87 Ludwick George E. Mandler, ’74 Christopher D., ’93 and Edda T., ’92 Maxwell Michael B., ’04 and Quinha G., ’08 McBride Thomas D., ’99 and Katherine J. McKenna Emily J. Molzahn, ’11, ’13 Randall J., ’76 and Nancy K., ’77 Morgan Ryan P. Murphy, ’13 Christopher D., ’94 and Elizabeth A., ’91 Nachand Frank O’Loughlin and Dr. Susan A., ’75 Stearns Subin Pinkayan, Ph.D., ’65 Terry L., ’81 and Joette L. Rice Carolyn M. Romero, ’11 Gene R. Spencer and Jean M., ’58 Lamson Robert E. Thompson, Jr., ’88 Tom H. Thompson, IV, ’11 Dr. Robert W. Thresher, ’70 Jeffrey L. Timmerman, ’04 Dr. Thomas J. Trout, ’75, ’79 and Vickie L., ’76 Traxler Michael J. Valiquette, ’94 Bruce N., ’77 and Louisa Walthers Jason D. Whyte, ’94 Benjamin H. Wright, ’13 SUSTAINING LIFE MEMBERSLife Members can further their support of the Alumni Association by making annual contributions to the Sustaining Life Member program. Following are Life Members who made an annual Sustaining Life contribution, February 16, 2013 – July 14, 2013. $5,000 Peter J. Mindock, ’72 $1,870Kenneth R. Curry, ’81 Gene E. Fischer and Marylynn Keithly Fischer $1,000-$1,869Linda H. Beck, ’77 Dennis D., ’67 and Earlene E. Becker $500-$999Michael A., ’83 and Maureen K., ’84 Beaty Charles W., ’50 and Elyse D., ’73 Bliss Thomas C. Crews, ’59 Gerald D. Ferguson, Jr., ’52, ’60 Forest R. Herron, II, ’58 Thomas G., ’71 and Linda A. Kundert Dennis M., ’73 and Joan A. O’Brien Douglas C., ’70 and Somsiri Stovall Robert L. Warner, ’58, ’59 Barbara J. (Warner) Winter, ’72
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Though Casey Simpson (’12) has landed far from the foothills of the Front Range, she has brought her passion for education and leadership from the classrooms at Colorado State University to her own third grade classroom in the Omaha Public School District. Simpson, who shares another alma mater with CSU football legend Thurman “Fum” McGraw (’50), says that it was her Paonia High School counselor who originally brought her to the campus she fell in love with. “I toured almost every college in Colo-rado, but when I visited CSU, everything
clicked,” Simpson says. “I knew that was where I wanted to go.” While on her campus tour, Simp-son discovered the charm of the Oval, enjoyed the open outdoor spaces, and felt the positive ambiance of the student body. During her sophomore year, she became an Admissions Ambassador, an on-campus job where she could share her pride and experience with prospective students, and also learn about the history of the University. “[I got to] take strangers and make them feel comfortable on campus and show them how wonderful it is,” she says.
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Casey Simpson is in her second year as an annual member.
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By Shelby Taylor-Thorn (’13)
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August 22Native Plants for the Colorado GardenCSU Extension September 12Seeking Excellence: Leading from a Strengths-Based PerspectiveCSU Alumni Association September 25Sending Your Student to CollegeCSU Parent & Family Programs
October 23 and 30Leading from Strength: Creating a Path to Excellence for Your EmployeesCSU Alumni Association
In JanuaryExploring Urban Agriculture and Food SystemsCSU Extension
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WILLIAM E. MORGAN ALUMNIACHIEVEMENT AWARDJohn Ikard, M.B.A. (’79)
CHARLES A. LORY PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDJean Sutherland (M.A. ’72)
JIM AND NADINE HENRY AWARDTim and Jackie (’82) O’Hara
ALBERT C. YATES STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARDAmy Emch (’13)
DISTINGUISHED ATHLETIC AWARDJanay Deloach-Soukup (B.S., ’08, M.S., ’12)
DISTINGUISHED EXTENSION AWARDJudith Barth, Ph.D. (Ph.D. ’03) DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARDToni Zimmerman, Ph.D.
GOLD – GRADUATE OF THE LAST DECADE AWARDAshley Colburn (’08) DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI EMPLOYEE AWARDF. Jay Breidt, Ph.D. (M.S., ’89, Ph.D., ’91)
2013 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS
DISTINGUISHED INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI AWARD Lubna Tahtamouni, Ph.D. (Ph.D. ’05) COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCESPaul Skinner, Ph.D. (M.S. ’83)
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Attendees of the 50 Year Club Luncheon
The 50 Year Club is for anyone who graduated 50 or more years ago, and the 50 Year Club Luncheon is for those graduates and their guests. At the luncheon we induct the newest class (1963) and present the 50 Year Club Outstanding Recognition Awards. Friday, October 11, 2013Hilton Fort CollinsThe classes of 1943, 1953, and 1963 will all have class reunion dinners at the Fort Collins Hilton on Friday, October 11. This year’s awardees are Jim Coleman (’56), Career Award Bill Erickson (’51), Public Service Award
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Mary Ontiveros has been an employee of CSU since 1974, working in leadership posi-
tions in Admissions, as a faculty affili-ate, special assistant to the president of CSU-Pueblo, and most recently as vice president of diversity. She has devoted her professional career to reaching out to students and providing the assistance and resources needed to make their dream of attending college a reality. As the architect of the Alliance Partner-ship, Ms. Ontiveros created an innovative program to increase college access in ten communities across Colorado. These communities, high schools, and students have benefitted greatly from high quality pre-collegiate services and resources. Ms. Ontiveros has also provided support and leadership for pre-collegiate programs such as TRIO, Reach Out, and CSU Dream Project, which have extended the possibility of a college education to countless young students from under-represented economic and ethnic/racial backgrounds.
Mary is a Life Member of the Alumni Association because …
“As a member, I am continually informed of the variety of programs and activities offered by the Alumni Association. I took advantage of the joint lifetime member-ship option and was able to give the gift of membership to my son who is also a graduate of Colorado State. When I attend University events, it is common to hear the students chant, “I’m proud to be a CSU Ram.” Becoming a life
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Being a Life Member is a very tangible way of showing Ram spirit and pride.
Mary Ontiveros
member of the Alumni Association is a way to demonstrate that pride beyond graduation. There is also the satisfaction of staying involved with the University. It’s all related to community and connections. Getting together with others who share similar experiences is always fun and comforting. There is a bond and always something to talk about, whether that includes experiences we had as students, faculty and staff we knew, for-mer students we stay in touch with, or important issues related to higher education or to the University. Life Membership is a very tangible way of showing Ram spirit and pride. For Mary, giving back is important because …The decision to continue my education at Colorado State has impacted my life in very positive ways. There is no question that the lives of my siblings and parents were also positively impacted. Colorado State University has given us much, so giving back is appropri-ate and was an easy decision.
•B.S., ’73, M.Ed., ’79 •Life Member •Vice President of Diversity and Associate Vice President of Enrollment and Access at Colorado State University
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