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Spring 2013 Voice

Serving Those Who Serve

The University of La Verne Works to Meet the Educational Needs of a Growing Active Duty and Veteran Military Enrollment

A Legacy of Life

For 55 years, Dr. Robert Neher has educated La Verne biology students, and now retires with the admiration of all of those he has touched, except one nasty python.

Speaking of Excellence

The 101-year-old La Verne Debate Team ranks eighth in the nation, but the students’ real benefits extend well beyond competitive forensics.

For Their Own Good

Dr. Janis Dietz is as tough as professors come, but her students emerge ready to be successful in the business world.

The Natural

With an 80-year legacy of teachers in the family, Dr. Cleveland Hayes may have been born to be an educator.

She Has A Whole New Vibe

Former rock ‘n’ roll backup singer Vicki Calhoun hones her leadership skills as a doctoral candidate in Organizational Leadership at La Verne.

Sibling Revelry

For the first time in their athletic careers, sisters Nicole, Stephanie and Catie Tuning are on the same women’s water polo team, at La Verne.

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Winter 2013 Voice

Building The La Verne Experience

A big idea, exclusive to University of La Verne, may serve as a new model for higher education.

A Brother, For Life

The death of Arthur Magugu stirred the emotions of his La Verne College brethren, upon whom he left an indelible impression long before he became Minister of Finance in Kenya.

Orient Express

La Verne President Devorah Lieberman connects with alumni, prospective students and educational leaders as she takes the university global in a 14-day trip across Southeast Asia.

A Firm Commitment

Five partners with a strong University of La Verne connection have helped Vicenti Lloyd & Stutzman become an industry pioneer in the advancement of women to leadership.

Golf Is His Bag

An Interview with alumnus, PGA Tour caddie, and recent La Verne Athletic Hall of Fame inductee Joe Skovron.

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Fall 2012 VOICE

The Smart Money

Why University of La Verne donors still feel that students are the best investment for the future.

Honor Roll of Donors

A listing of all who have donated to the university during the past year.

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Summer/Fall 2011

The Ceremony

With plenty of pomp and circumstance, Devorah Lieberman is sworn in as La Verne’s 18th president, galvanizing the Campus Community and launching a festive Homecoming Weekend.

The Symposia

A veritable Who’s Who of national scholars, possibly the most accomplished ever to visit La Verne, lead academic panels focused on university Mission Statement tenets.

The Sculpture

In conjunction with the historic event, artist Seth Kaufman makes a third contribution to the Muriel Pollia Sculpture Garden on campus, the city’s only public art display.

The Weekend

The energy created by the Friday inauguration carries over into a most festive Homecoming Weekend, which included food, fun and a football victory.

Leveling The Playing Field

New track, football grid will serve more of the student body, and heighten the athletic recruiting allure.

Macro Managers

Alumni Arturo Delgado and Gary Thomas set school policy as superintendents of schools in two of the largest counties in the nation.

A Work In Progress

Marlin Heckman has four degrees and a 42-year career as librarian behind him, but he’s most excited about what’s yet to come.

a.k.a. E.B.

In 24 years, Eric Bishop made his mark on the University of La Verne as a student, teacher and mentor.

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Winter/Spring 2011

Steve Morgan

As the embodiment of the University of La Verne for the past 26 years, Steve Morgan ’68 has demonstrated that the best way to provide stability and security is to keep moving — forward.

Spot On

Steve Morgan is a tough act to follow, but Devorah Lieberman, the university’s next president, is just the person to do it.

Going Out on a High Note

As the university’s most prolific president approached retirement, the gloriously renovated theater in Founders Hall reopened with a new name in tribute: The Ann & Steve Morgan Auditorium.

Dynamic Digs

The university’s new residence hall will be the largest structure ever built on the property, accommodate 387 students, and is intended to completely change the feel of life on campus.

Got College?

Local junior high school students and their parents spend a day at La Verne and discover that a college education is well within their reach.

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Summer/Fall 2010

Victory Lap

Steve Morgan enters his final year as the University of La Verne’s longest-serving president after leading his alma mater to unprecedented fiscal security and academic excellence for 25 years.

The Power of Sheer Will

Paralyzed at birth, recent La Verne graduate Ashley Hughes amazes and inspires others with an indomitable spirit, a drive to succeed and a very special grandmother.

A Brief Recess

La Verne Law takes time out to celebrate 40 years of providing quality, personalized education.

Hello, Old Friend

La Verne delegates share leadership-building process with their counterparts at an education seminar in Vietnam.

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Winter/Spring 2009

Victims of 1960 Racism Reunited

After a prior issue of the Voice recounted the story of La Verne students’ encounter with racism, five members of the group held a touching reunion.

Paving The Way For Excellence

The five-year, $42 million, Building on Excellence Campaign gave the university the resources to meet the needs of its faculty, students and facilities.

The Sky’s The Limit

The Muriel Pollia Sculpture Garden, soon to be installed near the Campus Center, will take art to a higher level at University of La Verne.

The Shape of Things to Come

Geometric sculptures of Indio-based artist Phillip K. Smith will set the tone for a new art consciousness at University of La Verne.

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Summer/Fall 2009

Student Centric

Within months of the Sara and Michael Abraham Campus Center’s grand opening, many on campus wondered how they ever got along without it.

Leader of the Pack

La Verne graduate Luis Faura is a devoted family man, a shrewd businessman and new Chair of the Board of Trustees. So what’s with the Harley?

The Son Also Rises

Bruce Hines’ lifelong love for baseball has taken him to the game’s highest level, coaching in the major leagues, just as his father, Ben Hines, did.

Out Of The Rough

A freak spleen injury nearly cost La Verne golfer Mitch Fedorka a dream season and the chance to emerge as one of the nation’s top collegiate players.

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Winter/Spring 2008

Amazing Grace

Being the victim of racial persecution didn’t embitter Etheldra Watts, but it angered and inspired white La Verne College students who witnessed the incident.

Campus Center Project

With both the Campus Center Project goal and The Kresge Challenge met, excitement is on the rise as the Abraham Campus Center building starts to take shape.

Reaching Out to the Future

Two University of La Verne programs — The Master’s Academy and the REACH Program — take their message of higher education to local high schools.

Sen. George McGovern Visits

One of America’s leading statesmen spends three days on the University of La Verne campus, emphasizing the need to end world hunger and to provide adequate health care for all.

Child Life Program

As head of the largest childcare education program west of the Mississippi River, Leslie Anne Young doesn’t teach by the book, and that’s what many of her students love about her.

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Summer/Fall 2008

Ort

For more than 60 years, Roland “Ort” Ortmayer embodied the spirit of La Verne College and the University of La Verne in a way that reaches far beyond athletics.

Somewhere To Turn

Two University of La Verne legal clinics provide advice and representation to clients in need and give students real-world training.

Making Dollars Make Sense

Once economic advisor to the Shah of Iran, Ahmed Ispahani has settled in La Verne, where he teaches economics and is one of the university’s most beloved professors.

The Music Man

PJ Butta, aka Joseph Paul Kilanski, has developed a following as diverse and rich as his background and experiences while studying at University of La Verne.

Strength In Numbers

Armed with a new model for training teachers to be leaders at their schools, the University of La Verne’s Center for Teacher Leadership is reaching out to make an impact.

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Winter/Spring 2007

Setting a Course for Excellence

With a strong background as a scholar, teacher and administrator Dr. Alden Reimonenq assumes the position of Provost with an open mind and open ears as he sets a new academic agenda for La Verne.

Class Act

La Verne professor Kirsten Ogden teaches her class about English and how to effect social change.

Tops In Their Field

La Verne alumni Anthony Rice and Eric Martinez have teamed up once again, to reach the highest plateau of high school coaching.

Up To The Challenge

Two new challenges have the potential to bring in an extra $3.1 million to the university’s Building On Excellence Campaign.

A Night to Celebrate

Sara & Michael Abraham, who spurred a new level of giving to the university, are honored, then raise an additional $108,000 for faculty research before leaving the building.

Morel Steps Down

Don Morel, only the third head football coach the university has had in the past 59 years, steps down after 12 years on the job.

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Summer/Fall 2007

Small World

June Pulcini and Peggy Redman travel to Southeast Asia to finalize an agreement between La Verne and Cambodia’s Pannasastra University.

World Class

La Verne students have the opportunity to study abroad in foreign countries from Japan to Italy to Spain to Ireland.

Where Were You in ’72?

Thirty-five years ago, a young, hard-hitting baseball team put La Verne on the map with the school’s first national championship.

Making Herstory

Donna Nasmyth, an academic advisor at La Verne who holds three degrees, is sworn in as the first female city council member in the history of La Verne.

In his native Croatia, theater director Georgij Paro is more recognized and revered than Steven Spielberg or George Lucas in the United States. Every spring, ULV has the good fortune to have him as guest director.

New School

La Verne alumna Marissa DeRosa Buckisch applied modern marketing methods to her family’s Old World-style of business to produce award-winning results.

A Happy Fun Time

In a special celebration, the University of La Verne Community paid tribute to two inseparable icons: Dwight Hanawalt and the Old Gym.

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Summer/Fall 2006

Pen Pals

Millie Davis and her friends from the Class of ’46 have stayed in touch over the years with a round-robin chain letter that’s still going.

Homecoming Weekend

The dedication of the Frank and Nadine Johnson Family Plaza is the highlight of Homecoming Weekend.

Moving Right Along

With a focus on the future and an opportunity to raise a few million dollars more, the university’s Campus Center Project kicks into a higher gear.

The Academy at La Verne

Some of the university’s best and brightest are honored with membership in a very elite group.

Friends For Life

Bryan Bodine would do anything for his buddy Tim Roe and he proved it by giving him one of his kidneys.

Old World Charmed

La Verne’s Study Abroad program allowed Katie Ford the chance to spread her wings living in Spain.

It’s A Guy Thing

Nick Solis is on a mission to get more male students involved on campus

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Winter/Spring 2006

Law In Order

Under the leadership of Dean Donald Dunn, left, the University of La Verne’s College of Law takes a major step, receiving accreditation by the American Bar Association.

Building on Excellence

La Verne president Steve Morgan announces the $42 million campaign that will transform the university like no project before it.

Seat of Learning

Peggy Redman has had such an impact on La Verne’s teacher education program she has been honored with a department chair.

Helping Hands

A party of 10 from La Verne spend their Thanksgiving weekend in Louisiana, to help in the recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.