Who: The Ag & HES Alumni Association
What: Winter Event
Meal Lines Open: 10:00 AM Program Begins: 10:30 AM
Tip Off: 12:30 PM UK vs. Lipscomb University
Where: Downtown Lexington Hyatt Patterson Ballroom
Registration: Forms can be completed online at
www.ukalumni.net/winterevent or on page 5 and mailed.
(Limited Basketball Tickets are Available)
Accommodations: For reservations, for December 14 and/or 15 please
phone the Hyatt Regency at 1-800-233-1234 by November 15, 2012
requesting the UK College of Agriculture Winter Event room block
of
$129.00 per night.
Event Parking Information
Inside this issue:
Winter Event Registration 4
New Benefit for Alumni Members 6
50 Year Reunion 7
August 1 Transfer Admissions Application Deadline
Complimentary parking is available on a first-come, first-served
basis so come early! Parking lot is located directly across
the
street from Rupp Arena Gate 1*.
*NOTE: You must inform the attendant that you are there for a Hyatt
Function in order not to pay.
Inside this issue:
Winter Event Registration
Student/Alumni News 8 - 9
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Volume 8, Issue 3 November 2012
Thanks to our 2012 Sponsors Platinum: $10,000 + Kentucky Farm
Bureau Insurance
Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation
Kentucky’s Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Kentucky Beef
Council
Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders Inc. Silver: $2,500 -
$4,999
Farm Credit Services of Mid-America
Lexington Convention & Visitors Bureau UK Alumni
Association
UK Horticulture Department
Kentucky State Fair Board Blue: $500 - $999 H & R
Agri-Power
Kentucky Corn Growers
Kingsford Mfg. Co.
Workman Tobacco Seed, Inc. White: $250 - $499 AgriBusiness
Ale-8-One Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Council for Burley
Tobacco Hilton/Downtown Kennedy Bookstore Kentucky Portable Toilets
Liberty Mutual Southern Belle Dairy
Stith, Wimsatt & Associates, CPA’s University Inn University of
Kentucky Federal Credit Union
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Throughout all week, a busy bustle stirred around the College of
Agriculture as students, faculty, community leaders and alumni
gathered to celebrate our annual event: Roundup. This event is a
time for fellowship for those with a passion for the University of
Kentucky and the College of Agriculture. Reunions are held where
memories will be shared and new students will enter our facilities
to see where new memories will be made.
As a senior this year, I have taken a step back to cherish each
moment of this event and to soak up the prestige and family
atmosphere that runs deep throughout the college. Whether it be
hanging out with a professor whom had taught me in a classroom
setting earlier that morning, quizzing an alumni member to find out
how the campus had changed, spending quality time with my peers or
eating delicious food.
This is an experience and a place that I am so proud to say that I
am a part. Being able to communicate with so many people that you
may have never met before, but share the same sense of pride,
creates an instant bond and is overall personally rewarding. As
students we are so fortunate to have an opportunity such as this to
network with others in a laid back atmosphere. I challenge each and
every student within the college to participate in Roundup in the
years to come and to reap the benefits whether small or
large.
Overall, I look forward to retuning each year as an
alumni member to reminisce and to sing the fight song just as I do
now. For others, I hope you get to experience the same feelings and
excitement when it comes to the College of Agriculture that I do
and always continue to See Blue. GO CATS!
Check out this and other student blog posts at
http://ukagstudents.blogspot.com/
ROUNDUP 2012 From the Eyes of a Student
By: Sara Kate Rice Ag Ambassador Major - Food Science
Classification - Senior Hometown - Hickman, KY
Volume 8, Issue 3 November 2012 Page 5
WINTER EVENT DECEMBER 15, 2012
REGISTRATION FORM
Name: ________________ Grad Year: ___
GRAND TOTAL ENCLOSED*:
Please make check payable to:
Ag & HES Alumni Association
Signature:_____________________________________
*$3.00 Service Fee will apply to credit cards NOT processed
online
Mail registration form and payment
in attached envelope to:
400 Rose St., Lexington, KY 40506-0119
OR
(Members & Guests) ____@ $ 30
*Children 2 and under FREE.
UK vs. Lipscomb Basketball Note: One adult/child MEAL ticket MUST
be purchased per ball ticket. A ticket is REQUIRED for game entry
regardless of age.
Basketball Ticket (s)=(includes $3 processing fee) ___ @ $ 45
MEMBERSHIP DUES
2012 - 13 Single Membership = ___ @ $ 15
2012 - 13 Joint Membership = ___ @ $ 22
Lifetime Membership = ___ @ $ 200
Special = ___ @ $ 150
Endowment of Choice ________________
www.ukalumni.net/winterevent
Leadership Lessons From The Czech Republic: Study Abroad
Experience
By: Rachel Dey Major: Community Leadership and Development
Classification: Senior Hometown: Allentown, NJ
When I initially signed up for the University of Kentucky's study
abroad program to the Czech Republic, I really did not know much
about the country, their history or the culture. Walking away from
the experience after two weeks in-country, I have a new profound
appreciation for the traditions, façade, history and people that I
had the opportunity to immerse myself within. The foundation of our
study was to connect boundary spanning leadership and change
leadership to the vast historical triumphs and tribulations that
makes Prague and it's people stand apart from the rest. If you were
to ask someone from Prague or the Czech Republic what they had been
through as a country and as individuals in the last one hundred
years, you would be blown away at the struggles and pain and blood
that was shed due to poor leadership and a government that was not
for the people. Resilience is an understatement to describe the
strength and will-power that must be exhibited to have survived the
Nazi invasion and the Iron Curtain. In addition to having a better
understanding of the culture and their history, I was truly blessed
to have the opportunity to grow as a leader and as a team member. I
stand today as a better leader and teammate due to the vast
opportunities we were given to shine and take a backseat within our
individual teams and as a collective group. I realized that the
biggest challenge to being an effective servant leader is not
taking the time to get to know your teammates and identifying their
individual strengths and weaknesses. When you have an understanding
of where your teammates and yourself excel and fall short, you are
able to then construct an effective way to lead them, that is
specific to their needs and wants. There is a profound meaning to
change leadership that I never really understood before being
enlightened about the many faces of leadership- both good and bad.
I realized that change leadership is inevitable and important to
civilizations because we are ever evolving, thus our
leaders and their styles of leadership must evolve with us. In
addition to my educational take aways , I am truly blessed to have
been able to take this adventure with such amazing classmates, Dr.
Dyk and her husband Warren. The bond that is created when you are
in-country is something that can only be described as a family. We
entered the Czech Republic as strangers and left as a cohesive,
strong unit with the potential to lead, follow and voice our
opinions without constraint. Looking back on my journey, I have a
new appreciation for where I came from, where I'm going and the
people I have met along the way. Sometimes it takes going away, to
appreciate where you came from. The memories I have made, with the
people I will never forget, will remain unmatched in my heart
forever. "Not all that wander are lost."- J. R. R. Tolkien
Front Row L-R: Lynda Wilson, Sibel Solagan, , Ellen Mitchell, Helen
Sauer, Casandra Schroader. Middle Row L-R: Rachel Dey,
Char Grimm, Ashley Suazo. Top Row L-R: E.J. Fields, Megan Barbas,
Tristian Johnson, Aaron Boyd, Trevino Woods.
HES Hall of Fame
analytical, systematic research-based approach that was applicable
in each stage of my career. It instilled in me the value of "giving
back" to the profession."
Joyce Crupper Clifford received her degree in Vocational Home
Economics Education from UK in 1959. She had a 27-year career at
Harrison County High School as a teacher and a principal. For the
past fifty years, Joyce has been a servant leader in Cooperative
Extension in the areas of Family and Consumer Science, 4-H Youth
Development, and Community Economic Development. Her adult
leadership role began in 1959 when she led a 4-H sewing club.
Joyce gives credit to UK School of Human Environmental Sciences for
making her a role model in her profession. "The curriculum in HES
prepares you for any career you may choose. The same skills I was
taught in College, I used to teach Home Economics and every day in
my job as Principal. HES has given me the opportunity to work with
students, families, 4-H members, Extension groups, and volunteers.
I believe I have made a difference in the lives of others."
Joyce has received numerous awards for her community service and
for her professional career including induction to the KY 4-H Hall
of Fame and the National 4-H Hall of Fame.
The University of Kentucky honored two leaders in education as the
newest honorees inducted in the College of Agriculture School of
Human Environmental Sciences Hall of Fame.
Helen Anderson Shaw and Joyce Crupper Clifford were honored for
their years of dedication to the betterment of their professions,
local communities and the School during a recognition ceremony on
Friday, October 19 at the Hilary J. Boone Center on UK's
campus.
Dr. Helen Anderson Shaw graduated from UK in 1958 with a degree in
Dietetics and her 41-year professional career began in 1959 as a
registered dietician. Her career culminated in 2000 when she
retired as Dean of the School of Human Environmental Sciences at
the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Her career was devoted
to promoting education and research in dietetics, nutrition, and
human environmental sciences as a dietitian in clinical and
administrative settings, as a university professor, as a department
chairperson, and as a dean. She has served in leadership roles in
professional and community organizations, on special assignments
with the universities she served, and at the local and regional
levels with the Agricultural Experiment Station. Helen's
post-retirement honors and accomplishments are numerous. She
established the Elizabeth Guyn Anderson and Mary Lou Guyn
Scholarship at UK for students pursuing a career in dietetics or
Extension.
"Human Environmental Sciences enabled me to pursue a career in
education, research, and administration by exposing me to an Joyce
Crupper Clifford
Dr. Helen Shaw
LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM
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2011-2012 Livestock Judging Team will wrap up their season by
traveling to the Keystone International Livestock Exposition in
Harrisburg, PA then the Boilermaker and Stockman Contests in
Indiana, the American Royal in Kansas City and finally the North
American in Louisville.
Members include:
PHI UPSILON OMICRON CONCLAVE HELD IN LEXINGTON
Phi Upsilon Omicron Conclave was held in Lexington September
30-October 2. The Iota Chapter 50 year members were honored. Seated
left to right: Imogen Berryman Haggard, Frances Horalcher Saindon,
Helen Horlacher Evans, June Greathouse Dickinson, Anna Lutes Myers,
Nancy White Wills, Rebecca Langsford Tucker. Standing left to
right: Laura Glenn Dickey, Eleanor Botts, Kay Kuster Thomas, Sarah
Tabb Henry, Fredda Short Moody
Join The Ag & HES Alumni Association Today!
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Ag & HES Alumni News
Master of Science in Education in 1992 from the University of
Kentucky. After 12 years of teaching Human Environmental Sciences,
she was elected the Property Valuation Administrator of Nicholas
County in 1998 and is currently serving her fourth term. She is a
lifetime member of the UK Alumni Association, a University Fellow,
UKAN delegate and a member of Phi Upsilon Omicron. She is president
of the Bluegrass Home Economists. She has served as treasurer, vice
president and president of the UK Ag & HES Alumni Association
and currently serves as past president.
She and her husband Phillip live on a farm in Carlisle and enjoy
traveling.
McDonald Named UK Alumni Association Board of Directors
College Representative
Oscar M. Corbin, Jr., 94 of Fort Myers, Florida, died on May 8,
2012. He was born on the Corbin farm near Nebo, Hopkins County,
Kentucky, on May 3, 1918. He graduated From the University of
Kentucky in 1940 with a B.S. in Agriculture. In 1940 he married
Wilhelmina Mathis of Panama City, FL, who survives him. He always
said that she was the best thing that ever happened to him. She was
his constant companion, partner and best friend for 70 years. He is
survived by his three children, William Corbin, Thomas Corbin and
Virginia Corbin Henderson, 13 grandchildren and 5 great
grandchildren. Oscar served in World War II. He was the Mayor of
Fort Myers from 1967 to 1976. From 1985 to 1989 he was appointed by
the Governor and served on the Board of the South Florida Water
District. He loved being involved with his family, his friends and
his community. He had a wonderful life, as he always said.
FORMER FT. MYERS MAYOR OSCAR CORBIN PASSES AWAY
Michelle Knapke McDonald of Carlisle was elected to the UK Alumni
Association Board of Directors as a College of Agriculture
representative. Her term began July 1, 2012 and will continue
through June 30, 2015. She received a Bachelor of Science in Home
Economics in 1984 and a
Jack Veech, 87, of Deland, Florida died on July 9, 2012. The sixth
generation to have lived on his family’s farm outside of
Shelbyville, KY, where he developed his lifelong love for
agriculture. He proudly served In WWII as a first lieutenant in US
Army Air Corps. Co-piloting a B-29, Jack flew 14 missions over
Japan.
While attending the University of Kentucky he met the love of his
life, Helen Ray Ford. After graduating with a B.S. in Agriculture
he managed his family’s farm. In 1964 he moved his family to Winter
Garden, FL, to manage the Ford family’s citrus groves. From 1980
until his death he managed Ford Properties in Deland where he
resided since 1985. He was active in his church and
community.
Jack is survived by his wife of 63 years, his children, Lex Veech
and Barbara Werth and his three grandchildren. He will be
remembered as a loving husband and father.
JACK VEECH PASSES AWAY
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annual Winter Alumni Event
on December 15, 2012. New members will be recognized during the
program.
Make your reservation today!
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Dates to Remember
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