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Jayhawk Salute 2021-2022
★ 3 new graduate degrees expand options in Fort Leavenworth KU earns more top rankings
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aSteve Puppe
U will offer three graduate degrees opened a new office within Fort Leav-
for the Fort Leavenworth community enworth’s Education Center. "I am very
beginning with the fall 2022 semester. excited about leading this new effort,"
In January, Fort Leavenworth officials said Sarah Weygand, the new student and
released a request for proposal for uni- academic services manager. "As a local
versities to deliver new graduate degrees from Leavenworth, I know firsthand the
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in support of the installation community. incredible reputation KU has for serving or a second year in a row, the
KU programs selected are three master’s our military-affiliated community. I also University of Kansas ranks fifth
degrees, in public administration, business understand the inclusivity of the military-
nationally among Tier 1 Research
administration and organizational leader- affiliated community. These programs will
Institutions in the most recent
ship. These programs join master’s degrees serve not only soldiers but also their family
in global & international studies and in members and Department of the Army “Military Friendly Schools” survey.
supply chain management & logistics, civilians who work on post.” KU has ranked as a Military Friendly
which have been offered for more than 10 With accelerated coursework and eve- Top 10 school since 2018 and has
years, and the master’s in homeland secu- ning classes, students in Leavenworth can earned “Gold” award status since
rity, which has been offered since 2017. complete a KU master’s degree in as few as 2017.
“Our expanded partnership with Fort 10 months. The programs and class sched- The University also ranked No. 1
Leavenworth ensures Jayhawk expertise ules are designed to meet the needs of pro- Central Region and No. 13 overall
and Jayhawk values have an increased fessional and military careers. Moreover, public institution in the most recent
presence regionally and around the world,” the KU faculty who teach in Leavenworth Military Times “Best for Vets” survey.
said Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer, j’82, are the same faculty who instruct gradu- In the most recent U.S. News &
c’86, g’88, PhD’92. “I’m grateful that unit ate degree programs in Lawrence and
World Report annual list, two online
commanders recognized KU’s educational are among the top scholars in the United
graduate programs received high
leadership in these disciplines and how States in their particular fields.
they can benefit the careers of military per- “In 2017, KU made a strategic decision rankings:
sonnel, as well as society at large.” to expand our outreach to the Leaven- •No. 10 Best Online MBA Programs
As part of the new agreement, KU also worth community by opening classrooms for Veterans
in the Marriott Fairfield Inn •No. 11 Best Online Master’s in
and TownePlace Suites, and we Education Programs for Veterans.
will continue to operate from
those facilities,” said Mike Den-
ning, c’83, director of the Office
of Graduate Military Programs.
“Because of that vision, sev-
eral years of engagement with
public and private partners in
the Leavenworth area and KU’s
deep commitment to the U.S.
Army, we were awarded this
new agreement.”
Students, staff, faculty and family members from KU’s Leaven- Find more information about
worth programs participated in the 2021 Leavenworth County the classes and programs avail-
Veterans Day Parade, the oldest Veterans Day observance in the able in Leavenworth at
nation and the largest parade west of the Mississippi. leavenworth.ku.edu.
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★ KU joins national alliance Veterans Alumni Network ★ 2022 KU Vets Day 5K set for November 13
Dan Storey (4)
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Executive Committee
he University of Kansas was one of 16
higher education institutions invited MSGT Christopher Campbell,
to join the National Veterans Leadership USMC (Ret.)
Foundation’s national alliance. NVLF CAPT James Cooper, Navy (Ret.), c’74
partners with universities in their work to Warren Corman, Navy, e’50
successfully transition and support their COL Mike Denning, USMC (Ret.),
veteran and military-connected students Chapter President, c’83
to achieve their full leadership potential. COL Greg Freix, USAF (Ret.), Chapter
www.NVLFoundation.org Vice President, g’99
COL Bernie Kish, Army (Ret.), PhD’98
AMB David Lambertson, Department
of State (Ret.)
★ Scholarship recipients COL Steven Leonard, Army (Ret.)
Prof. Adrian Lewis, Army (Ret.)
The Warhawk Family Military Family Scholarship LTC Jeffrey Long, USAF (Ret.), ’85
of Scholarships CAPT Sean Navarro, Air National
This one-time, $500 scholarship is for Guard, MASC Assistant Director
This series of named and unnamed schol- a dependent or spouse who does not COL James Pottorff, Army (Ret.), l’84
arships is for current and former military, qualify for the Warhawk Family of BG Michael Rounds, Army (Ret.)
and spouses and dependents of 100% dis- Scholarships and who is not using the April Blackmon Strange, MASC
abled or deceased veterans. Awards range Post-9/11 GI Bill. Director, SVA Advisor, Newsletter
from $1,500 to $5,000 a year. Students are
listed with their academic majors. Cecilia Yoon is pursuing her doctor-
ate degree in curriculum and Instruction
Editor
Ex Officio
T his year marks the 100th anniversary
of the dedication of the Memorial Sta-
dium (now known as David Booth Kansas
even more participants to brave the hills
as we continue to grow our virtual run
(allowing them to compete on their own
Tyler Archie, Wounded Warrior and for her dissertation plans to study the CAPT James Miller, Navy, Memorial Stadium). To commemorate the time/location).
Scholarship and Heart of America Patriot function of texts in widely used elementary Commanding Officer, NROTC event, the KU Student Veterans of America Those who wish to participate in the
Foundation (HOAPF) Scholarship curriculum materials. She also is a military LTC J.D. Finch, Army, Professor of and KU Veterans Alumni Network will pay event can visit www.kuvetsday5k.com.
recipient, pre-journalism spouse who currently substitute teaches at Military Science-Department Chair tribute to all those who served and fought The 5K also seeks business and individual
Kayja Bruno, HOAPF Scholarship Fort Riley. AROTC for our nation with the annual KU Vets sponsors. For more details, email
recipient, biochemistry/pre-medicine LTC Charles Dorssom, Air Force, Day 5K. The 5K begins at 9 a.m. Sunday, michellem@kualumni.org.
Casey Fowler, Student Veteran Scholar- To donate to this scholarship, visit Commander AFROTC Nov. 13, at the stadium and travels through
ship recipient, accounting bit.ly/DonateMASC and in “Special campus, past KU’s other war memorials,
Seth Middleton, Student Veteran Instructions,” indicate you wish to support and concludes at the stadium. We invite
Scholarship recipient, French and the Military Family Scholarship. you to be a part of this tradition—on
Francophone Haley Anne Mahusay, Army ROTC, campus or virtually—to help honor our
Enrique Rodriguez, Wounded Warrior aerospace engineering veterans and to support our military-affili-
Scholarship recipient, doctorate of Krehbiel Scholarship recipients Mac McArthur, Naval ROTC, ated initiatives.
physical therapy geography The KU Vets Day 5K began in 2012 with
Gracie Stone, Wounded Warrior The Carl C. Krehbiel Military Service Madison McGurk, Army ROTC, a group of student veterans who wanted to
Scholarship and HOAPF Scholarship Scholarship assists ROTC students with molecular, cellular and developmental honor their brothers and sisters in arms,
recipient, pre-nursing tuition, fees, books or related living biology increase the community’s awareness of
Reagan Warburton, KAMO expenses. Students receive up to $2,000 a Caleb Megee, Army ROTC, business KU’s rich military history, and raise money
Adventures Scholarship recipient, Eastern semester for one year. administration to help military-affiliated students succeed.
languages, history and pre-law. The following students, listed with their Hannah Pennington, Air Force and Last year, we welcomed back in-person
academic majors, have received scholar- Space Force ROTC, global and interna- participants and had a record number
To donate to the Student Veteran or ships for the 2022-’23 academic year. tional studies and biology of nearly 400 in-person participants and
Wounded Warrior scholarships, Melissa Rider, Air Force and Space nearly 200 virtual participants. Our par-
visit bit.ly/WarhawkScholarships Jon Fink, Army ROTC, business Force ROTC, aerospace engineering ticipants were from 35 states (plus D.C.)
administration Aaron Schifman, Naval ROTC, pre-law and five countries and ranged in age from
Oliver Gonzalez, Air Force and Space and political science 5 to 86! This year, we hope to welcome
Force ROTC, aerospace engineering James Wall, Air Force and Space Force
The first 600 5K participants will receive a shirt and finisher’s medal. Additional shirts can be purchased
Andrew Holmes, Naval ROTC, business ROTC, aerospace engineering
separately through the www.kuvetsday5k.com for those who wish to support the event in solidarity.
administration Reagan Warburton, Army ROTC, East
Kusal Kularatne, Army ROTC, history Asian languages, cultures and history.
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★ ROTC updates the Ranger Buddy Competi- nuclear surface warfare officer.
tion—an event pitting 82 teams Our busy year included numerous
from 41 universities from across leadership opportunities such as the Joint
Air Force & Space Force ROTC the country in an all-day physi- Service Ball. This event built inter-service
cal test replete with dozens of camaraderie and recognized the hard work
Greetings from Det. 280! While many military skills tests. The Jayhawk of the commissioning senior class. The
cadets are enjoying some well-deserved Cadets crushed the competition Jayhawk Battalion also participated in a
downtime, others are maintaining a high finishing first and second in the 24-hour vigil at the various war memorials
ops tempo through the summer. Specifical- men’s division, second in the located around campus, attended the Sa-
ly, eight rising 300s have completed or are co-ed division, and fourth in the lute to Service football game, and ran the
in the middle of summer Field Training, a women’s division. annual Veterans Day 5K during the week
rite of passage into the upper class. Others Air Force and Space Force ROTC students marched The final highlight—the Joint leading up to Veterans Day. Our students
are taking advantage of special opportuni- in the April 10 parade to celebrate the men's basketball Commissioning Ceremony continue to impress me through their ser-
ties offered by the Air Force Academy and hosted by Army ROTC – gave vice to the community and representation
★ New online homeland security graduate programs provide one-week trips to various bases around
team's NCAA championship.
BG Kevin Admiral (KU ’94) an on campus.
specialized industry knowledge the country to get a first-hand look at how opportunity to provide words of wisdom Other events included attendance at the
we do business. Leadership development prior to the start of classes through plan- to the Midshipmen, Air Force Cadets and virtual Women in Naval Service sympo-
never stops at Det. 280! ning and hosting the Joint Commissioning the 11 Army Cadets who commissioned sium as well as the annual Field Training
We accomplished a lot this past year. Ceremony the day after commencement, as 2LTs. These 11 2LTs will join the long Exercise (FEX) at Clinton Lake where we
I n May, the first group of students com-
pleted the new online master’s degree in
homeland security: law & policy and an
highly complex and constantly evolving
field,” Cope said. “Students have the op-
portunity to develop into leaders on the
In addition to our regular curriculum
and leadership laboratory activities, we
conducted several field exercises, held a
Army ROTC cadets planned, prepared
and executed a whole host of phenomenal
events. Fall highlights included an excel-
line of Jayhawks serving proudly across
all three components and in every branch,
just like the alumni before them.
hosted midshipmen from the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln and Iowa State. We also
had midshipmen compete in the Ranger
online graduate certificate in homeland cutting edge of homeland security.” joint wargame with Det. 270 (K-State), lent training exercise at Fort Leavenworth, —LTC J.D. Finch, Buddy Challenge, hosted by KU Army
security: law & policy. These KU School of Through a capstone simulation course, participated with our sister services in the Ranger Challenge at Camp Dodge, Professor of Military Science ROTC, where one of our Navy teams
Law programs enable military, government students prove their readiness to manage many Veterans Day ceremonies, and were Iowa (finishing a respectable 7th), plan- placed fifth in the arduous physical compe-
and other professionals to gain a strong a homeland security crisis and provide honored to take part in the Tribute to ning and executing the Commander’s Cup tition. Outside of campus activities, the
foundation in law and policy related to front-line leadership in sectors such as Veterans Gala at the Dole Institute. We (kudos to Navy for the win), and compet- Naval ROTC Battalion traveled to Boulder, Colorado, to
homeland security, national security and defense, emergency management, immi- sent representatives to the National Char- ing in the Army 10-Miler (held locally due compete in the annual Drill Meet against
advanced knowledge of specific home- gration, law enforcement, public health, acter and Leadership Symposium, and to COVID-19). The Jayhawk NROTC Battalion finished other Naval ROTC branches from across
land security fields. They are designed to public works and transportation. seven cadets earned over 70 flight training Spring highlights included the North- another successful year that culminated the nation. The Jayhawk Battalion’s platoon
give non-lawyers and lawyers advanced Online courses offer a flexibility that hours through the AFROTC You Can Fly ern Warfare Competition in La Crosse, in the commissioning of 10 new officers and squad drill team placed within the top
instruction, technical expertise and en- is increasingly important to students program. Wisconsin, in February (First place in the Navy and Marine Corps. This class three, and the pistol team took first place
hanced value in their organization, with today, Cope said. The ability to attend live I would like to individually recognize co-ed division), the Spring Field Training consisted of two Marines, two submari- at the competition.
the certificate focused specifically on cyber instruction remotely provides accessibility two cadets, Sarah Tarnowski and Rachel Exercise (96 hours at Fort Riley with six ners, two aviators, one naval flight officer, Over the summer, the midshipmen have
law and security. to students in higher education’s post-pan- Clark, who each did a fantastic job leading other ROTC programs), and, of course, two surface warfare officers, and one been involved in summer cruises, giving
Paul Cope, the new director of homeland demic reality. These new online offerings, the cadet wing during the Fall 2021 and them the opportunity to experience the
security: law & policy, joined KU in Oc- available through the KU Edwards Cam- Spring 2022 semesters, respectively. fleet and train alongside active-duty Sailors
tober 2021. He previously served as chief pus, expand upon the homeland security The academic year culminated with and Marines, helping them prepare for
of cyber law and policy with the Kansas master’s degree offered in-person at KU in Det. 280 commissioning 10 new lieuten- their future careers as officers in the Naval
National Guard and is a judge advocate Leavenworth. ants who will gradually enter active duty services. So far, we have had midshipmen
with the Kansas Army National Guard. over the next year. The group consists of attend summer cruises out of San Diego,
“Our program allows students to gain For more information, three pilot candidates, two combat systems Norfolk (Wash.) and even Japan.
valuable knowledge and experience in a visit bit.ly/KUHomelandSecurity officers, and one each in the air battle We are preparing to welcome our new
manager, munitions, weather, finance, midshipmen into the battalion once they
remotely piloted aircraft and information have completed New Student Indoctrina-
operations specialties. I sleep easy knowing tion in Great Lakes, Chicago. We look
these junior officers are eager and ready to forward to their arrival in Lawrence, ready
take on our national defense challenges. to go for the fall semester.
Rock Chalk! I am proud of the legacy of this unit and
—Lt. Col. Charles Dorssom, what we continue to accomplish. I encour-
Commander, AFRTOC Det. 280 age all NROTC alumni to come by the
MSB and walk our spaces. Rock Chalk and
Go Navy!
Army ROTC —CAPT Jim “Nemo” Miller,
Professor of Naval Science and
The Jayhawk Battalion kept the Army ROTC camp graduation Commanding Officer
throttle to the floor for the entire academic
year. From New Cadet Orientation just
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★ KU Wichita helps VA prepare for female vets ★ Dole Institute debuts new exhibition featuring story of MIA soldier’s wife
New approach may become best practice for other VA facilities worldwide
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Dole Archives
by Joe Stumpe he Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics
features an original exhibition, “Miss-
ing, Then Action: An Army Wife Speaks
A s the number of women in the
military grows, the Veterans Health
Administration seeks ways to better care
For the most part, VA hospitals provide
primary care. A pregnant veteran who
comes to the ER would be directed to a
Out,” in the Elizabeth Dole Gallery and
Reading Room through Jan. 26, 2023.
“Missing, Then Action” is inspired by the
for them after their service. gynecologist or, if the birth appears im- Dole Institute’s 2017 original exhibition
Enter the KU School of Medicine-Wich- minent, most likely transported to Wesley “The League of Wives: Vietnam’s POW
ita, which helped provide training last fall Medical Center by ambulance. However, and MIA Allies & Advocates,” produced by
to emergency room staff of the Robert J. if a birth absolutely must take place at the Heath Hardage Lee, Dole Archives curato- first, unwelcome—before they changed the
Dole VA Medical Center and several VA Dole ER, the simulated birth training in rial fellow, historian and biographer. course of history, paving the way for their
outpatient clinics through its Simulation the School of Medicine-Wichita will be The 2022 exhibition tells the story of husbands’ release and accounting. Some
Center and other resources. valuable experience, Petrakis said. Army wife Kathleen Johnson, of Salina, national leaders, including U.S. Sen Bob
Over three days, the mini-residencies Reactions of the nurses who caught a as she coped with the 1965 disappearance Dole, ’45, advocated for them.
offered training in sexual assault and baby from the Simulation Center’s mani- of her husband, U.S. Army Major Bruce “Missing, Then Action” features items
mental health crises; vaginal, pelvic, kin, Victoria, included “Wow, that’s super One of the most valuable sessions in- G. Johnson, in South Vietnam. A mother from Kathleen’s personal archives. All three
breast and urinary tract problems; birth- cool,” “It’s terrifying but good” and “They volved two enlisted women from McCon- of three, Kathleen, like other POW and Johnson children attended KU because of
ing; cardiac symptoms; and more. Two are slippery.” nell Air Force Base who showed partici- MIA wives, followed military protocols Public Law 91-584, passed in 1970, which
dozen professionals from the Dole VA and No one has given birth at the Dole VA pants how much gear they wear and carry. that called for their public silence on their authorized educational assistance to wives
community-based clinics took part. but “it’s a consistent possibility,” said Lau- “When you realize they’re lugging 80 husbands’ status for many years. Privately, and children of military members who are
“We are having an increasing number rie Pfeiffer, program manager for women pounds of equipment every day, just stand- wives of all branches organized to seek missing in action or held prisoners of war.
of women” come to the Dole VA Medical veterans. “It’s good for our providers to ing in that gear would make my head and recognition and answers regarding their The traveling version of “The League of
Center, said Patricia Petrakis, chair of its have some practice and see what it’s like if back hurt,” Petrakis said. “It makes you a husbands. Wives” is currently on display at the Iowa
Kathleen Johnson and her three children, 1969.
emergency room department. “We like all of a sudden you can’t get a patient in an little more empathetic.” In 1969, the wives broke their silence. Gold Star Museum in Des Moines through
that, but we also want to be prepared.” ambulance.” Pfeiffer said the training, part of the VA’s Their voices were unexpected—and at August 2022.
Petrakis, m’93, estimated that about 6% The group also conducted panel dis- push for better care of female veterans,
to 7% of the 11,000 patients who came to cussions about handling sexual assault was one of the largest local programs of its
the ER last year were women. With women cases—identified as a serious problem kind. It was developed by the VA’s national
now constituting about 14% to 18% of ac- by the military—in addition to patient women’s health program—except for the
tive duty, Reserve and Guard military, that privacy and equipment needs pertaining to imminent birthing section, which the
number will only increase. women’s health. School of Medicine-Wichita created. ★ Language center receives funding through 2025 Center, the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and
Previously, VA nurses and providers Psychological Operations Command and
received simulation-based training only if U.S. Special Operations Command. Next
they were one of the few people from each
VA hospital selected to go to the VA's large
Simulation Center facility in Florida.
T he University’s designation as a
Department of Defense (DoD) Lan-
guage Training Center has been renewed
Francophone & Italian Studies; German
Studies; Slavic & Eurasian Languages and
Literatures; and Spanish & Portuguese.
summer’s students will be able to take
courses in Arabic, French, Persian, Russian
and Spanish.
“This new approach is being looked at through 2025. DoD participants in the program are Language electives have been offered at
nationally for a best practice spread to The Language Training Center Program, enrolled as KU students and are awarded the Command and General Staff College
other VA facilities,” Pfeiffer said. a DoD initiative established in 2011, relies academic credit. (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth since 2014,
Petrakis, who earned her KU medical de- on U.S. institutions of higher education to “We are honored to have the opportunity and KU became the exclusive provider of
gree on the Kansas City campus and com- accelerate the development of foundational to continue working with our military on-site language training in 2019. Courses
pleted her residency at Smoky Hill Family or higher-level expertise of DoD personnel partners,” said Jonathan Perkins, director at Fort Leavenworth this academic year
Practice in Salina, said the Wichita medi- in strategic language and regional studies. of KU’s Language Training Center. “The will include beginning Arabic, Chinese,
cal campus “really facilitated our learning. Currently, nine higher education institu- renewal of the grant is testament to the French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
They had the simulations, the displays, the tions are designated as Language Training quality of instruction provided by KU’s Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian.
auditorium and sound system. They had Centers; KU has been designated since modern language departments and to their For more information, visit ltc.ku.edu
everything we needed.” 2013. flexibility in offering such a broad range
And that should help women veterans The grant renewal will provide about of languages in support of the military’s
down the line. $1.8 million in funding over three years to evolving mission."
Above: Patricia Petrakis, chair of the Dole VA Emergency Department, and Erin Doyle, School of Medicine- “Many of our women (patients) have offer language and culture courses from Summer intensive programs have been
Wichita Simulation Center program director, work on umbilical cord clamping and cutting with an infant noticed a change in our VA care,” Pfeiffer all of KU’s modern language departments: offered on the Lawrence campus or online
manikin while physician assistant Rebecca Snyder looks on. Top Right: Joe Barber, emergency room nurse, said. “It’s all of our staff being open to as- African & African American Studies; since 2016, with partnerships includ-
delivers a baby with Victoria, the birthing simulator, while Greg Cooper, simulation technician, guides the sisting women in the services they need.” East Asian Languages & Cultures; French, ing the Air Force Culture and Language
newborn through the birth canal.
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★ 2021-’22 Highlights tration, Amy Smith of the University of for federal relations at Northeastern
Massachusetts at Boston, and Alesha University in May 2022.
Doan, professor of public affairs & admin-
istration and women, gender & sexuality Paul Cope joined KU in October 2021 as
Norms Eroding?” was published in the Doan and Shannon Portillo and Kara studies co-wrote “Up the Chain: Gendered the new director of homeland security: law
Armed Forces & Society Journal. The Dixon Vuic of Texas Christian University, Mentoring in the U.S. Army” a study & policy. Cope previously served as chief
study examines a decade servicemembers’ examines historical and contemporary published in the journal Review of Public of cyber law and policy with the Kansas
affiliations and activism. U.S. military policies and offers diverse Personnel Administration. It shows that National Guard and is a judge advocate
perspectives on both its successes and men and women in the Army’s special with the Kansas National Guard.
The late Reggie Robinson c’80, l’87, failures in handling sex. Read more at operations overwhelmingly view mentor- Veteran research project
was one of three alumni honored in 2021 https://bit.ly/Bailey22. Bailey was also ship positively, but men view it as a way Andrew Foster, c’12, Navy veteran and
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Alumni with the Fred Ellsworth Medallion for named the 2022 recipient of the Samuel to advance, while women view it as a way KU’s former emergency management co- bigail Scott, a doctoral student
his decades of extraordinary service to Eliot Morison Prize from the Society for to survive in a male-dominated organiza- ordinator, took a new role in April 2022 at in history, is looking for Native
Drake Clark, c’22, e’22, received the R.D. KU and higher education. Robinson Military History and received the Higuchi- tion. Read more at: https://bit.ly/Portillo22 Black and Veatch as part of its innovation American veterans to interview. She
Brown Award for Undergraduate Excel- devoted his career to public service (in- KU Endowment Balfour Jeffrey Award and strategy group working on health care is interested in students' and alumni
lence from the math department. This cluding serving four years as an Army of- in Humanities & Social Sciences during Jamie Wilson, academic advisor/coor- infrastructure.
identities and places at KU as both
award was established in memory of ficer), higher education and philanthropy. KU’s annual University Research Award dinator for the Undergraduate Advising
Native Americans and as members
Professor Robert Brown by gifts from his He died Sept. 19, 2020, at age 63. The KU ceremony. Center and a military spouse, was named Daniel Schillinger, Public Safety Office
family and friends to provide awards for a Alumni Association established the award a Best of Region Presentation Winner of security supervisor and a veteran, retired of the U.S. armed forces. These
senior majoring in mathematics who has in 1975 to commemorate Fred Ellsworth, Arpita Ghosh, assistant professor of a regional advising conference that took after 17 years at KU. oral histories will be donated, with
demonstrated the most impressive overall c’22, who led the association as executive educational psychology, co-authored a new place March 14-16 in Lawrence. Her pre- permission, to the Spencer Research
achievement in the field of mathematics director and secretary for 39 years. study about counseling services for vet- sentation was “UNIV 101 as a Mechanism Sarah Weygand, a Coast Guard veteran, Library. During spring 2023, Abigail
during his or her undergraduate career. erans enrolled in higher education. Read for Intrusive Advising: Removing Barriers became the new student and academic and her colleagues will host a talk to
Clark is a dependent of a veteran. Col. Todd Schmidt, PhD '19, contracted more at: https://bit.ly/Ghosh22. Ghosh was for Conditional Admit Students.” services manager for KU programs at share their discoveries and honor our
with the University Press of Kansas to also elected as the American Psychological Leavenworth/Fort Leavenworth in veteran students and alumni. If you
Army MAJ Garrett Gatzemeyer, g’18, publish his dissertation, Silent Coup of the Association Division 19, Society for Mili- Hails & Farewells July 2022. are interested, please contact her at
PhD’19, contracted with the University Guardians: The Influence of U.S. Military tary Psychology, ECP Committee chair. abi.scott@ku.edu.
Press of Kansas to publish his dissertation Elites on National Security, as a book in Jack Cline, a Marine Corps veteran who Do you have an award, publication or
as the book, Bodies for Battle: U.S. Army the publisher’s civil-military relations Steve Leonard, interim senior assistant worked for more than a decade as KU’s other highlight to share? E-mail masc@
Physical Culture and Systematic Training, series. Additionally, Schmidt recently dean in the School of Business and a re- associate vice chancellor for federal ku.edu and put in the subject line,
1885-1957, in the publisher’s modern war published in AUSA's Army Magazine’s tired senior U.S. Army strategist, co-edited relations, was appointed vice president “VAN newsletter highlight.”
studies series. The book is a study of how September Issue “Army Must Strengthen To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and
the Army developed modern, scientific Its Relationship with Allies,” a timely Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond,
training methods in response to concerns article in the wake of the Afghanistan a book that examines leadership through ★ Fraser Award
about entering a competitive imperial withdrawal. Schmidt leads the military's the lens of science fiction. Read more at:
world, where embodied nations battled for NIMBLE TITAN missile defense wargame https://bit.ly/Leonard22
survival in a Social Darwinist framework. series with over 24 allies and partners
across the globe. Margaret Kelley, professor of American Second Lt. Peter Weber, an Air Force ROTC
Duane K. Harvey, c’50, was awarded the studies and daughter of an Army veteran, graduate, is the 2022 recipient of the Chancellor John Fraser
Chevalier Class of the Legion in November Melissa Terrall, g’22, was one of four published a study, “How Do Veterans View Distinguished Military Graduate Award in recognition of
for his service to France during the Alsace KU students named as alternate 2022-’23 Gun Policies? Evidence from the Guns outstanding achievement as an ROTC cadet.
Campaign in WWII. The award, equiva- Fulbright recipient. She proposed to spend in American Life Survey,” in Social Sci-
lent to the Bronze Star, was presented nine months at the Conservatorio Nacio- ence Quarterly. The study found that, “on Award committee chair Jim Cooper presented the award
by a member of the French Consulate nal in Mexico City to study piano with the average, vets—primarily those who have at KU’s Joint ROTC Commissioning
during a Veterans Day ceremony in conservatory’s director. She is the depen- experienced combat—tend to be more Ceremony in May. Given by the KU Veteran’s Alumni
Albuquerque, N.M. dent of a veteran; her parents are Jeffery receptive to some forms of gun control, Network annually since 2013, the award recipient
and Valerie Terrall. such as restrictions on civilian access to exemplifies academic excellence, leadership, physical
David Hatesohl, Pharmacy, ’88, has been military-style semiautomatic rifles and so- fitness and dedication to community service.
named the U.S. Army Medical Command Faculty/Staff called ‘high-capacity’ magazines. They are
Civilian Employee of the Year in March. also open to an extended waiting period
Hatesohl is a pharmacist at the Irwin Beth Bailey, Foundation Distinguished of up to 14 days for the purchase of new
Army Community Hospital at Fort Riley, Professor of History and director of the handguns,” she said. Read more at:
Kan. and has been serving the Fort Riley Center for Military, War, and Society https://bit.ly/MKelley22
community for 13 years. Studies published the book Managing
Sex in the U.S. Military: Gender, Identity Shannon Portillo, associate dean of For newsletter comments or suggestions, please contact: Michelle Lang, director of alumni programs,
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Veterans and Gold Star family members were invited to KU Memorial Stadium in 2021 to be recognized on the field as part of pre-game activities during
KU’s annual Salute to Service football game.
Capt. James Miller, Commanding Officer of KU Naval ROTC, (in uniform facing right) presented a military challenge coin to Hank Booth, (black coat with head
bowed) Grand Marshal of the 2021 Lawrence Veterans Day Parade Association. A Vietnam-era Army veteran, Booth has been a radio broadcaster for decades.
Also pictured among the group (seated, white sweatshirt) is 101-year old Lt. Tom Kugler, a WWII veteran of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Miller earlier presented
a challenge coin to Kugler.
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