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From Moccasin Bend RSD#5

During the day, she helped pick the fruits and vegetables that fed post-war America. At night, her bed was beneath the canvas-covered, flat-bed truck that had brought her and her family from eastern Oklahoma to the migrant fields of California,...

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Features / Spring 2013

In High Gear

As a new Pitt State freshman, Joe Douthitt thought he wanted to be a television weatherman. Today, the only time he worries about the weather is when it might affect the activities at Heartland Park, a multimillion-dollar racing complex in...

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Features / Spring 2013 /

No ordinary groundbreaking

It happened, as it typically does, after a count of three. The shovels hit the dirt, cameras clicked and people applauded. It happened in the fashion of most ceremonial groundbreakings. But this was no ordinary groundbreaking. It was more than that. It...

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Profiles / Spring 2013

Research in a terrorist hot spot

As media around the globe chronicled the fight with al-Qaeda-linked militants in the North African nation of Mali, few watched with more interest than PSU history professor Steve Harmon. Harmon, an expert on terrorism in North Africa and the Middle East, spent the past fall semester in Mali doing research for a book on unrest...

From the Oval / Spring 2013 /

Biggest Gorilla rolls into town

There were lots of Gorillas in Pittsburg for Homecoming week, but the biggest by far was a shiny, 263,000-lb. brute courtesy of Watco Companies. The locomotive, painted in Pitt State colors and boasting pictures of Gus Gorilla on all sides, was introduced to the community as part of the Homecoming 2012 celebration. “Watco has a...

Arts & Sciences / College Close-up / Spring 2013

True inspiration

In December, Chuck Harper (BS, Social Work) walked 56 feet across the stage to pick up his college diploma. His brief walk represented a journey that could not be measured in feet or miles. At 45, Harper has suffered job loss, worked to prepare for a new career and survived a rare blood disease that...

Features / Spring 2013 /

Then & Now

The first place prospective students and their parents visit when they come to PSU is the Student Welcoming Center, which is now located in the old Horace Mann laboratory school. Today’s visitors are likely not aware of the building’s original purpose, but many former students have fond memories of their days in the school. Dr....

Business / College Close-up / Spring 2013

Education + ambition = 3 businesses

Like many students studying within the halls of the Pittsburg State Kelce College of Business, Matthew Yoakum has dreams of owning his own business after graduation. “My dad owns a drilling company,” the Cleveland, Mo., native said, “and I’d like to take over that one day or maybe even start my own.” Whichever route he...

Business / College Close-up / Spring 2013

SIFE changes name

Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) is now ENACTUS, the result of a rebranding effort aimed at highlighting the organization’s focus on entrepreneurial action “as a catalyst to transforming communities and lives.” The name ENACTUS is a combination of the words “entrepreneurial,” “action,” and “us.” Suzanne Hurt, PSU’s academic advising coordinator and ENACTUS adviser, said the...

College Close-up / Education / Spring 2013

Little school library rescue

It is not surprising that it was a group of teachers-to-be who came to the rescue of a little school library. Future Educators of America (FEA) and Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society in education, solicited donations of books from individuals and groups when they learned that teachers at the SEK Learning Center, a...

College Close-up / Spring 2013 / Technology

Company Day networking

Bruce Dallman was smiling a lot on Sept. 19, 2012. Dallman, dean of the Pittsburg State University College of Technology, moved from one table to the next in the Kansas Technology Center, visiting with company representatives who were there to meet students at PSU’s annual Company Day. He liked what he was hearing. “There is...

Athletics Update / Spring 2013

Athletes give back

As a Pitt State student-athlete, life isn’t always about the performance on game day. Part of being a student-athlete in Division II is the commitment to the community. The Gorillas showed their community support over the past year with many new outreach activities. Led by SAAC, student-athlete advisory committee, PSU athletes organized two large events...

Alumni News / Spring 2013 /

Outstanding alumni honored

Pittsburg State University honored three alumni with its 2012 Kenneth K. Bateman Outstanding Alumni Awards during Homecoming activities. The recipients were selected based on their professional achievements and community and organizational involvement. This year’s recipients are: Andy Carson, weatherman on KPTV’s “Good Day Oregon,” the top rated morning show in Oregon; Bethene Fahnestock, vice president...

Profiles / Spring 2013

University family remembers Judith Shaw

When word was received of Judith Shaw’s death on Dec. 25, 2012, Pittsburg State University’s Facebook page lit up. The long-time history professor’s former students recalled how much they enjoyed her classes, how impressed they were with her knowledge and how well she told stories. Most comments were similar to this, from former student Ron...

Profiles / Spring 2013

Greeks earn national accolades

Two Pitt State Greek organizations received top honors in 2012. The Eta Eta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha earned the Crown of Excellence Award, which is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a chapter. This marked the first time that the Eta Eta Chapter had won the award in its 92-year history. The...

From Moccasin Bend RSD#5

In High Gear

No ordinary groundbreaking

Research in a terrorist hot spot

Biggest Gorilla rolls into town

True inspiration

Then & Now

Education + ambition = 3 businesses

SIFE changes name

Little school library rescue

Company Day networking

Athletes give back

Outstanding alumni honored

University family remembers Judith Shaw

Greeks earn national accolades

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