January 8, 2001
Citizens Bank announces pledge for Lyon scholarships
Lyon President Roettger with Citizens Bank President Woody Castleberry
Citizens Bank of Batesville is making it easier for area students to pursue a college education at Lyon College for years to come.
Citizens pledged $25,000 for scholarships to Lyon for area students. Citizens President Woody Castleberry and Lyon President Dr. Walter Roettger announced the pledge Friday, Dec. 22.
The pledge will be matched dollar for dollar by the Lyon Leadership Challenge, a challenge by Frank and Jane Lyon of Little Rock which matches all new donations and pledges made to the college through the end of the year for up to a total of $10 million.
With the Lyon Challenge matching funds, the bank’s gift will provide $50,000 to establish the Citizens Bank Endowed Scholarship Fund and provide additional annual scholarships.
“We are very grateful to Citizens Bank for this leadership gift and pledge,” Roettger said. “It represents their commitment to the community and their confidence in the education provided by Lyon College.”
Former Upward Bound student honored as Trio Achiever of the Year
Jason
Antonio Martinez, a Van Buren attorney, has been honored as the 2000 Arkansas
Trio Achiever of the Year.
Martinez was recognized for his achievement at the Arkansas Association of Student Assistance Programs annual conference in Little Rock in October and the regional Southwest Association of Student Assistance Programs in Albuquerque in November.
Martinez was nominated by Marilyn Chlebak, director of the APPLE Project at Lyon College. Martinez is a 1990 graduate of Batesville High School and Lyon College’s APPLE Project’s Upward Bound Program.
Since his 1990 graduation, Martinez received a bachelors degree in history at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in 1995. He completed his law degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville in 1998 and passed the Arkansas and Oklahoma bar exams in 1999.
Martinez opened his Van Buren practice in 1999. In an essay that accompanied his nomination for the honor, he said that since opening his practice, he has been able to provide legal services for the large Hispanic population in the area, giving him a chance to serve “as the bridge between two cultures.”
Martinez was born in El Salvador in 1971. He was adopted by an Arkansas family that turned out to be an abusive and harmful atmosphere. Martinez became a ward at the Arkansas Sheriff’s Boys and Girls Ranch in Batesville after being removed from the home.
It was during his stay at the ranch that he began to attend Batesville High School and Lyon’s Upward Bound Program.
Martinez married his wife, Adela, in 1995. They have two daughters, Natasha Elena and Vanessa.
Andrea Budy's poem featured in Sunday's Washington Post
Andrea Hollander Budy, Lyon College’s
Writer-in-Residence, will be featured in The Washington Post’s “Poet’s
Choice” on Sunday, January 7.
“Poet’s Choice” is a weekly Sunday column written by Rita Dove, a
former Poet Laureate of the United States. Dove will feature the title poem of
Budy’s most recent book of poetry, “The Other Life,” which was recently
released by Story Line Press.
The column may be viewed online at The Washington Post’s website (www.washingtonpost.com/style/columns/poetschoice)
or at the Poetry Daily websit (www.poems.com) in the section marked “News.”
Budy has taught at Lyon since 1991. In 1998 she was awarded the Lamar
Williamson Prize for Teaching Excellence. She won the Nicholas Roerich Poetry
Prize for her first full-length collection of poems, “House Without a Dreamer,”
and has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and
the Arkansas Arts Council.
Dr. Bube to join Lyon faculty Bube will join the Lyon faculty in August at the beginning of the fall term,
said Dr. John Peek, vice president for academic services and dean of the
faculty. Bube currently serves as a professor of religious studies at Kansas
Wesleyan University in Salina, Kan.
The W. Lewis McColgan Professorship in Religion was established by First
Presbyterian Church of Pine Bluff in April 1979, in honor of the late Dr. W.
Lewis McColgan, who served as that church’s minister from 1947 to 1974.
Bube, 46, has taught at Kansas Wesleyan since 1988, holding the positions of
assistant professor of religious studies and associate professor of religious
studies in addition to his current one. He was honored in 1999 with the Kansas
Wesleyan University Exemplary Teaching Award.
He has been the chairperson of the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts since
1999 and of the Department of Religion and Philosophy since 1988.
Bube holds a Ph.D. in Theological and Philosophical Ethics from the
University of Southern California School of Religion. His teaching interests
include theological, social, professional and Biblical ethics.
Bube will be joined in Batesville by his wife, Joni, and two daughters.
Fifteen Lyon students included among 'Who's Who' list
Fifteen Lyon College students are on the list of Who’s Who Among Students
in American Universities and Colleges.
The students were selected based on their academic achievement, service to
the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for
continued success. The students were chosen by the annual directory’s editors
after being nominated by a campus committee.
Chosen from Lyon were: Shannon Akin of Minden, Texas; Kathleen Cater of
Siloam Springs; Aimee Dunnavant of Athens, Ala.; Amanda Fincher of Harrison;
Warren McCullough of Thayer, Mo.; Teryn McDuff of Nashville, Ark.; Jennifer Moss
of Newport; Rebecca Newcome of Portland, Ark.; Karla Roberts of Harrisburg;
Bethani Rydzewski of Little Rock; Stephanie Saunders of Salem; Kelly Schafer of
Siloam Springs; Lisa Stiles of Reno, Texas; Donitia Sutton of Clifton, Texas;
and Amy Whitt of McCrory.
They join an elite group of students from more than 2,300 institutions of
higher learning in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign
nations. Outstanding students have been honored in the annual directory since it
was first published in 1934.
Dr. Tebbetts has essay published
Dr. Terrell Tebbetts, the Brown Professor of English, is the author of the
concluding essay in an ucoming book by Greenwood Press, “Teaching Faulkner:
Approaches and Methods.” Dr. Tebbetts’ essay is titled, “Tense Unresolve:
Enging a Course on Faulkner.” (pp. 191-200)
The book, scheduled for publication in 2001, is edited by Stephen Hahn and
Robert Hamblin.
AEGIS program refunded for summer It is a summer residential program on the campus of Lyon College. Students
will explore all aspects of the plays of William Shakespeare. There will be a
final production, and students may choose to work on stage or backstage.
The program has been approved and funded by the Arkansas Department of
Education Gifted/Talented Program. It was designed and is directed by Dr.
Michael Counts, assistant professor of theatre and director of the Harlequin
Theatre at Lyon.
Applications have been sent to all schools. For additional information, call
(870) 793-1750 or e-mail mcounts@lyon.edu.
Lyon College Campus Calendar 2 p.m. Scots vs. Columbia
College
Becknell Gymnasium Tuesday, January 9 10 a.m. Staff Development
Committee
Lyon, Seminar West Thursday, January 11 8-5 p.m. Larry Shaw Racing
Seminar
Lyon, Nucor Auditorium 6/8 p.m. EST Pipers/Scots vs. Lee
University
Cleveland, TN
Friday, January 12 8-5 p.m. Larry Shaw Racing
Seminar
Lyon, Nucor Auditorium 10-11 a.m. Enrollment Mgmt. Services Team
Meeting
Lyon, Citizens Bank Room
Dr. Paul Bube has been selected as the Lyon College W. Lewis McColgan Professor
of Religion.