Spotlight

The magazine for Emporia State University alumni and friends, the Spotlight, is in your hands. The summer 2009 edition hits mailboxes in late July, and the winter 2010 edition is slated for early February. See below for previous editions.

Summer 2009

Contents

• PAPA HORNET:
  76 years later, Corky's creator is still abuzz
• The Memorial Union Renovation: Moving            forward with a student mandate
• The New Reality: ESU adapts to a cloudy economic horizon
• The B.E.S.T. Transformation
• The Tracks Lead Back: Railroad executive times gift to ease students' financial burdens
• Putting the Buzz in Business: The gradual transformation in the School of Business
• The Markowitz Accent: A baseball family

Alumni profiles

• Linda Drake, national yearbook advisor of the year
• William Browning, pursuing an opera career
• Vernard Johnson, internationally renowned gospel saxophonist

Other

• E-Wire: letters to the editor
• Homecoming 2009
• What can the Advancement office do for you?
• Editor's note: A Memorial to My Union
• Letter from Taylor Relph, Newberg Outstanding Senior
• An estate gift provides for a future teacher
• Recognition of Spotlighters, the magazine's supporters
• New concierge service - just for you!
• A magical season for the national runners-up
• In athletics, honors abound

Through the Years

See pages 24 to 32 in the full PDF version.

Online extras

Web-exclusive content available for the summer 2009 edition

Story enhancements:

• Papa Hornet: In Paul Edwards' words
• Memorial Union: Renovation website, architectural renderings, historical images
• The new economic reality: President's budget presentations
• BEST links
• Linda Drake, alumni profile
• William Browning, alumni profile
• Barbara Cline's work on archiving Lyndon B. Johnson's taped conversations, linking Richard Nixon's campaign staff and Vietnam affairs.

Photos:

• The first-ever alumni rugby reunion
• Expanded photo gallery of the 2009 Founders' Day celebration
• Floyd Hoelting and Ron Sasse, a friendly Texas rivalry

Interactive: Send your memories of the Memorial Union Ballroom to be showcased on the renovation website!

Previous editions   

Last Updated July 30, 2009