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PcJoAc *"t«-«- A i, <'£^ Id' I -"%>'"U-i SpAvW |^<y A Publication for Alumni and Friends of Maryville College VOLUME ONE-HUNDRED, NUMBER THREE SPRING 1999 COLLEGE IS POSSIBLE KeepingA Maryville EducationAffordable PAGE 2 VIDING to :ess LLENCE PAGE 6 C2000: AMPAIGN UPDATE PAGE 11 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT — J reetings from the Maryville College per Session ofFive Months. Here are the fig- campus! One ofthe nice things that ures: Tuition. $10.00; Room Rent, $2.50; Fuel, & happens in the Maryville College president's Lights, Washing, $10.00; Board in the College office is that now and then someone brings me a Boarding Hall, $40.00. Current students find the very old College publication. Last fall, for charges somewhat higher! example, a visitor brought me a copy ofa small But one thing that has not changed is booklet entitled "Catalogue ofthe Officers and Maryville's commitment to making a quality Students ofMaryville College, EastTennessee, education affordable to students ofmodest for theAcademicYear 1871-72." This was the means. Most ofthe students listed in that 1871- catalog for the first full academic year that the 72 catalog came from Tennessee, places like College operat- Mossy Creek and Strawberry Plains and ed on the pre- McMillan's Station and Brick Mill, and most of sent site. them, the histories tell us, from families with Things have very limited resources. Today some two-thirds changedjust a ofMaryville's students are also Tennesseeans, bit since the about a third are first-generation students, and a printing ofthis majority qualify for significant amounts offinan- MC publication cial aid. It is through financial aid-scholarships 127 years ago! that Maryville continues to make quality educa- The three tion affordable for its students. brand new In this issue ofFOCUS you can learn more buildings on about the complex financing ofa college educa- campus. tion in the 1990s; I urge you to read Donna Anderson, Davis' article "College is Possible: Keeping a Baldwin and Maryville EducationAffordable" which address- Memorial Halls, es the relationships connecting scholarships with cost a total of "net price" and "cost subsidy." You may well be $50,000, the surprised by what you learn from this article. General FOCUS also tells you how one donor ofschol- MC Statement page arship funds is helping a current student , tells us. By afford to attend college. This is a direct way the contrast the FOCUS readers can play a part in educating restoration of young people for leadership and citizenship and the Center for for richer and fuller lives. Campus You may be sure that Smith Jean-Philippe '00 Ministry in will never forget the role that Knox and Peggy 1999 will cost $700,000, and the renovation and Singleton '70 are playing in his life, and with expansion ofBartlett Hall to create a new stu- him, we are grateful fortheir generosity. dent center has a price tag of$6.3 million. Yes, buildings have changed and curricula The Collegiate Department in 1871 enrolled a have changed and enrollments have changed and total of 19 students, and the English Department costs have changed since 1871-72. But (a kind ofjunior college program) enrolled Maryville's mission remains the intellectual and another46; this total of65 students compares moral education ofoncoming generations ofciti- with 944 enrolled in 1998-99. The additional 40 zen leaders. That means making sure that a students in the Preparatory Department have no Maryville education remains affordable, even in counterpart on campus today. the face ofa greatly changing world. The reader ofthe 1871-72 catalog is perhaps most struck with the section entitled Expenses cJ, 1 MoryvilleCollegeFOCUSmagazine 1999 (issn309) Publishedthreetimesayear :College, 502 E. LamarAlexanderParkway,Maryville,TN 37804-5907 Subscriptionprice none INTENTS Dllege is Possible Page 2 oviding Access to Excellence Page 4 in Takahashi Week Page 6 ]mpus News Page 8 umni News Page 10 1C2000: Campaign Update Page 1 lass Notes Page 15 Volume99,Number4 Spring1999 ALUMNIASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD TimTopham'80 Maryville,Tennessee President President JamesCampbell'53 GeraldW.Gibson Maryville,Tennessee ricePresidentforAdvancement VicePresident EltonR.Jones DeniseSmithVogodo'74 Maryville,Tennessee Ed't EmilyC.Yarborough RecordingSecretary DirectorofCommunications JanRickardsDungan'65 DirectorofCampaignsand Louisville,Tennessee PrincipalGiving Past-President AnnaB.Graham CLASS OF 1999 DirectorofDevelopmentand CarolCorbett'51 AlumniAffairs GregGheen'83 MarkCate JimMcCall '57 OliviaVawterMills'55 DirectorofAlumniand TomScott'61 ParentRelations KarenBeary CLASS OF 2000 MarthaBessEllisDeWitt'64 Directo.Lry3onJf„FGrifJetncP,hlannin6g _R,uD^sasveli.ld.G_K,i.i.bnsgon'9382 RogerNooe'62 Writers EmilyC.Yarborough JudyPenry'73 JeffGary ShannaVeiga CLASSOF 2001 JonathanAllison'90 RobertBeam'58 PriscillaBookCampbell '79 DeAnnHargis-Kaminski '88 BrendaBabbMcCroskey'82 MARYVULE COLLEGE Established1819 FOCUSSpring1999 1 — MESSAG — reetings from thi ^ sJ campus One of ! happens in the Maryville office is that now and the very old College publicat example, a visitor brough booklet entitled "Catalogi Students ofMaryville Co for the AcademicYear 18 catalog for the first full ac 1999 will cost $700,000, expansion ofBartlett Hall dent center has a price ta£ The Collegiate Departn total of 19 students, and tl (akind ofjunior college \ another46; this total of6: with 944 enrolled in 1998 students in the Preparator counterpart on campus to The reader ofthe 1871- most struck with the secti 1 APublkotion ForAlumniAnd FriendsOfMoryvilleCollege MaryvilleCollegeFOCUSmagazine 1999 (issn309) Publishedthreetimesayear MaryvilleCollege, 502 E. LamarAlexanderParkway,Maryville,TN 37804-5907 Subscriptionprice-none CONTENTS College is Possible Page 2 Providing Access to Excellence Page 4 Kin Takahashi Week Page 6 Campus News Page 8 Alumni News Page 10 MC2000: Campaign Update Page 1 Class Notes Page 15 Volume99,NumberA Spring1999 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD TimTopham*80 Maryville,Tennessee President President JamesCampbell ">3 GeraldW.Gibson Maryville,Tennessee VicePresident VicePresidentforAdvancement EltonR.Jones DeniseSmithVogodo*74 Maryville,Tennessee Edit RecordingSecretary EmilyC.Yarborough DirectorofCommunications JanRickardsDungan '65 DirectorofCampaignsand Louisville,Tennessee PrincipalGiving Past-President AnnaB.Graham CLASSOF 1999 DirectorofDevelopmentand CarolCorbett'51 AlumniAffairs GregGheen'83 MarkCate JimMcCall'57 OliviaVawterMills'55 DirectorofAlumniand TomScott'61 ParentRelations KarenBeaty CLASSOF 2000 MarthaBessEllisDeWiti '64 DirectorofGiftPlanning n „„., 10_ LynFrench DavidKing'93 RogerNooe'62 Writers EmilyC.Yarborough JudyPenry'73 JeffGary ShannaVeiga CLASSOF 2001 JonathanAllison'90 RobertBeam'58 MC2000: PAGE 11 PriscillaBookCampbell '79 DeAnnHargis-Kaminski '88 BrendaBabbMcCroskey'82 FOCUSSpring1999 1 COLLEGE by Donna Davis, Vice President of Admissions/Enrollment POSSIBLE Keeping A Maryville Education Affordable Maryville College students pausein front of Fayerweather Hall. L-R: Seniors Brian Hastings, Sarah Knisley, and Patricia Romitiof Argentinaenjoy the sunshine. Who can afford a Maryville education today? Like by working on the College Farm or in the Maid Shop. many private colleges, the price ofa Maryville Maryville continues to admit and enroll students regard- education has risen sharply in the last decade. Do increas less oftheir ability to pay for college. Today, ing prices mean that Maryville is moving away from the nine out often students at Maryville College tradition of serving students from low- and mid- receive student aid. In this year's entering dle-income families? class, one in three students is the first in their Before formal student aid programs were family to attend college. Over 200 Maryville introduced in the early part ofthis century, students come from families with incomes Maryville College established a pattern of under $30,000 and nearly 60% have fami- service to students with little or no ability to ly incomes under $60,000. pay the price ofa College education. At a time The College also awards a signifi- when most colleges served children ofthe upper cant number ofacademic scholarships classes, many Maryville students earned their keep to students from middle-income fam- 2 ilies. While these hard-working families do expensive than the university model of not meet the federal requirements for stu- undergraduate instruction delivered by dent aid, they still need help in paying for graduate teaching assistants to classrooms college. of students. At Maryville, millions ofdol- At one time, keeping the price low and lars are required helping students work their way through each year to main- SampleStudentAidAwards college made sense as a strategy for serving tain academic For First-YearStudents students oflimited means. Unfortunately, facilities, buy Family Income $20,000 $35,000 $60,000 making a College education affordable is library books, far more complex now. Today, low prices operate residence 1998-99 Published Price 20,415 20,415 20,415 actually provide the greatest benefit to stu- halls, pay faculty dents from higher income families who can and staffsalaries, StudentAid afford to pay the full published price. A low update computers, FederalPellGrant 3,000 850 college tuition means that someone else is and provide ser- State/FederalGrant 3,450 MCScholarship/Grant 7,500 11,100 7,500 paying the difference between tuition and vices to students. StaffordLoan 2,625 2,625 2,625 the actual cost ofproviding the education. The net price is SupplementalLoan 2,500 2,500 1,000 Every student, regardless ofthe family's the amount that a Compusjob 1.200 1.200 1.200 ability to pay, receives the benefit ofthis student pays after TotalStudentAid 20,275 18,275 12,325 cost subsidy. Keeping prices low through subtracting student NetPrice $140 $2,140 $8,090 high cost subsidies can actually hurt stu- aid from the bill. dents from low income families by limiting Originally, col- funding for student aid. leges awarded student aid only to needy The concepts ofprice, cost, and net price students in order to provide access to higher are critical to understanding college education to low-income groups. Most col- finances. Media attention has focused on leges award student aid not only to those college prices, virtually ignoring the more who have financial need, but also to stu- important factors ofcost and net price. For dents who earn academic scholarships, families, the published price ofa college is regardless offamily income. It is the net far less important than the net price - the price that opens or closes the door to a par- amount ofmoney they pay after deducting ticular college for most students. student aid from the bill. Maryville College continues in the spirit The price ofa college or university is set ofmaking a College education affordable below the cost ofproviding the education, for students from all walks of life. The in contrast to for-profit businesses where increases ofrecent years reflect a pricing prices are set higher than costs in order to strategy that asks students from families provide a profit. The price ofa college with higher depends on the college's costs and the avail- incomes to pay a StudentAid atMaryville College ability offinancial resources to underwrite a greater percentage $8,000,000 cost subsidy for every student. For example, ofthe actual cost $7,000,000 public university students pay about 35% of ofeducation. At $6,000,000 the cost ofeducation with state taxpayers the same time, $5,000,000 underwriting most ofthe balance. At private funding increased $4,000,000 colleges, students pay a higher percentage for students with $3,000,000 ofthe cost ofeducation with charitable con- financial need and $2,000,000 tributions and endowment earnings making academic $1,000,000 up the balance. promise. This The cost ofa college education is the robust program of $0 actual annual expense required to provide student aid sup- the education. Like families with different ported by gifts DFed/StateAid Grants Scholarships lifestyles, college costs are based on pro- from alumni and gram choices and facility requirements. For friends permits the College to continue to example, a one-on-one SeniorThesis pro- serve a significant number ofstudents from gram staffed by full professors is more low- and middle-income families. FOCUSSpnng1999 PROVIDING ACCESS EXCELLENCE by Emily C. Yarborough Director of Communications J. Knox Singleton 70 aryville College has long been associat- that assist students with the cost oftuition, fees, ed with some ofthe best colleges in the room and board. Scholarships are a vital part of south foracademic excellence. Maryville has the College's financial aid program and give stu- been recognized by USNews & WorldReportas aTop 10 Southern Region liberal arts college for fourout ofthe last five years and last yearwas "Its (Maryville College) historic added to the JohnTempleton Foundation's mission has been to carry an educa- HonorRollfor CharacterBuilding Colleges. Ccoonmtmiintuetsedtotaodimtsitmisstsuidoenn,tsMawriytvhilalceadCeomlilcege tion to those that are hungryfor it, promise without regard to financial need. but that are in danger ofnot being In this time ofincreased "sticker price," Maryville has become associated in some peo- given by others" it ples' minds with some ofits "wealthier" sister - Samuel Tyndale, schools. However, though tuition and fees for fifth president ofMaryville College the 1999-00 school year will exceed $20,000, MC the majority of students are able to attend only due to the financial support provided to dents strong encouragement to excel in their them. studies. MC Gifts to the Annual Fund help provide Students are selected for scholarships based on access to MC's academic excellence. One way criteria established by the donor. A committee of to help is through annually funded scholarships faculty and administrators, including the FOCUSSpring1999 DirectorofFinancialAid, oversees the awarding Miami due to acombination offactors — the ofall college scholarships. reputation ofthe College, the desire to play foot- To establish a named scholarship, the donor ball and the promise offinancial aid. must make acommitment to support the pro- Originally from Haiti, Jean-Philippe moved to gram on an annual basis. For more information Miami with his family at the age ofnine. about Maryville's annual scholarship program English is his second language. His mother readers may contact DirectorofDevelopment taught school in Haiti and his father is the pastor Mark Cate at 423/981-8199. ofa French-speaking church affiliated with the Church ofGod. The oldest The Singletons ofthree siblings, Jean- One couple who are helping the College in its Philippe would have found mission are J. Knox '70 and Peggy Tucker Singleton it difficult ifnot impossible '70. When asked why he and his wife estab- to attend college without lished a named scholarship at Maryville financial aid. College. Singleton said "it was an easy choice to As a high school football make." player, Jean-Philippe The Singletons attended Maryville for two received an unsolicited let- MC years in the late 60's. He says, "we get all ofthe terfrom an coach say- College publications and have kept up with the ing he "would like to talk to school overthe years. We are doing this at some him when he was in the other schools and afterwe thought about it, we Miami area." Jean-Philippe decided 'why notjust do this?'" said he started researching What "this" is is theJ. Knox and Peggy the College and when MC Singleton Scholarship. offered him a scholarship The scholarship provides $2000 peryearto a he thought, "why not?" student who demonstrates financial need- Now he loves it here—so preferably someone who has few, ifany, other much so that in the future sources ofsupport forcollege expenses. he hopes to become aresi- Preference is also given to minority students. dent director (RD) on Smith Jean-Philippe, a A native ofMurphy, NC, who received finan- campus while he attends cial aid while in college, Singleton says he was graduate school at the member ofthe class of raised with the idea ofgiving back to others. University ofTennessee in "And my time at Maryville College certainly Knoxville. helped me solidify my thinking that service to Jean-Philippe is a well- 2000, receives the J. Knox others is an important value" he says. rounded student. In addi- Currently, Singleton is President and CEO of tion to being an outside and Peggy Singleton Inova Health System in Falls Church, VA. Inova linebackerforthe Fighting is a not forprofit community health care system Scots, the business/organi- Scholarship. made up predominately ofhospitals and health zational management care systems. He also serves on the College's majorhas been a freshman NationalAdvisory Council. andjuniorclass senatorand is the budgetary officerforhis hall council. He has been aresi- dent assistant (RA) fortwo years in Lloyd Hall Smith Jean-Philippe and one yearin Gamble. And this yearhe serves When Smith Jean-Philippe reported to foot- on the College's Drug andAlcohol Committee. ball practice at Maryville College in the fall "We discuss ways to bettereducate students of 1996, he had never even seen the moun- about drugs and alcohol dangers," he said. tains ofEast Tennessee, much less the MC Jean-Philippe is grateful forhis educational campus. opportunities as Maryville College and grateful He came to Maryville College on a leap of to alumni like Knox andPeggy Singleton who faith. The Haitian native arrived at Maryville via make those opportunities a reality. FOCOSSpring1999 Kin Tab Return Volunteer workers will return to Maryville for Kin Takahashi Week, June 21-25 It was a monsoon-like afternoon last summer. Kin Takahashi Week volunteers Don and Sylvia Fugate Heard '61 took a break from the out- door activities. "This is wonderful weather," Don exclaimed, as the rain pelted the early summer soil. "Just like Oregon." "It gives us a chance to volunteer indoors," Sylvia added, as she headed to the Lamar Memorial Library for a stint in the stacks. Such enthusiasm marks the spirit of Kin Takahashi Week (known affec- tionately on campus as Kin T. Week). MC The brainchild of alumnus and board member, Dan Greaser '60. and MC Vice President and Treasurer Sylvia Fugote Heard '61 wipes down the furniturein the library last summerduring KinTakahashiWeek. RonAppuhn, the week enters its third year this summer. 6 fOCUSSpring1999