Pamela Kilday, chief information officer and managing director of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, spoke to Tusculum College student athletes in a presentation on campus on Friday (Oct. 12) about her journey from athletics to a serving in management positions in some of the top banks in the country.

Kilday shared with the students her journey from just wanting “to play basketball” to a career in which she has held management positions in three of the top 10 banks in the country during the “Women in Leadership” luncheon, presented by the Offices of Career Development and Multicultural Affairs at Tusculum.

After her athletic career had ended, Kilday told the students that she was coaching and teaching at a college in Chicago, a position she enjoyed and thought would be her future career path.

However, she said, that changed after she had lunch with a friend who was working with a bank to teach its personnel how to use new technology. The friend had decided that he needed people who could teach because the “techies” and the bankers were not connecting.

“He asked me, ‘Do you know any teachers?’ I told him, I knew several teachers. And then he asked, ‘what about you?'” she said.
That conversation led Kilday into the world of finance, and she now has 20 years of operations and technology experience in the financial industry.

In her current position, Kilday is responsible for developing the strategic vision and delivering technology solutions for SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, which is the full-service corporate and investment banking arm of SunTrust Banks, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, where Kilday lives.

Kilday has implemented a holistic technology methodology that effectively incorporates information technology and business professionals into a strategic delivery team at the bank. Through her work, she has helped the bank expand product offerings, improve operations, achieve greater risk management efficiency, and implement a state-of-the-art disaster recovery site serving primarily capital markets programs.

A native of Greene County, Kilday is a graduate of Chuckey-Doak High School, where she played basketball. Prior to her corporate career, she was a member of the Women’s Professional Basketball league. This league played three seasons from the fall of 1978 to the spring of 1981, and is generally considered to be the first American professional women’s basketball league founded.

Kilday has several close ties to Tusculum College. Her father, Jack Kilday (who was also her high school basketball coach), is a 1957 graduate of Tusculum, and her mother, Nancy Kilday, has worked at the college for 30 years. Her sister, Kim Kilday Dixon, graduated from Tusculum in 1985. Kilday attended Tennessee Technological University, where she earned a bachelor of science degree, and earned a masters degree from the University of Illinois.

Wayne Murphy, a veteran law enforcement officer with 21 years experience, was welcomed Monday morning as Tusculum College’s new Campus Safety Director in a brief and informal installation ceremony held in the Niswonger Commons on the Tusculum campus.

The Ohio native has worked at the college as a campus security officer for more than a year, but now heads the campus safety program, reporting to Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. David McMahan.

The previous Campus Safety Director was Nadia Bebawy, who left the college last month to continue her education toward a degree in family counseling. Bebawy previously served with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Secret Service.

McMahan said Bebawy plans to remain in the Greeneville/John City area and will be a valued resource as the department undergoes this leadership transition.

Among those applauding Murphy’s installation this morning were Interim President Dr. Russell Nichols, Head Football Coach and Interim Athletic Director Frankie DeBusk, and members of the college’s Communications and Students Services staffs.

McMahan led the ceremony, expressing his pleasure at having Murphy on the job and praising his work as an experienced law enforcement leader. He then symbolically passed Murphy his badge and shook his hand.

McMahan stated that “Wayne’s engaging demeanor has endeared him to the community and his professionalism and dedication show promise for the leadership in this area of the college and provide confidence for his ability to serve in this key role.”

Murphy joined Tusculum College as a retired officer from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department in Florida, where he was a supervising deputy. Prior to entering law enforcement, Murphy was in military service for eight years, serving in the Navy and then the Air Force.

He also worked in security for General Motors in Ohio prior to beginning his Florida law enforcement career in the mid-1970s.

At Tusculum, Murphy advanced quickly from being a part-time officer to a full-time position, then was named captain before taking on his current post.

Murphy said today that he views the job as a challenge, and looks forward to working with McMahan in making positive changes in campus security when those are needed.

“I love this place – I really do,” Murphy said of Tusculum today. “I never have been affiliated with a place like this.” He said he particularly appreciates the friendly interaction he has with students and employees of the college.

He and his wife, Andrea, live in Greeneville and have three sons, seven grandchildren and one grandchild.

The Tusculum College volleyball team raised over $1,500 in donations and pledges for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, announced College officials.

Last Saturday, the Pioneers hosted its second “Dig For the Cure” Day as Tusculum faced Brevard College. Tusculum was one of 42 colleges and universities in country that have dedicated a home match this season to raise money for breast cancer research.

Both teams collected pledges from sponsors per dig earned by their team in the match. Flat donations were also collected by sponsors and at the door. Players, coaches and game personnel wore the color pink, in recognition of October, which has been designated Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A list of names of players’ family members and friends who have passed away due to breast cancer, was displayed above the doorway entering Pioneer Arena.

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36. Today, the Foundation is an international organization with a network of more than 75,000 volunteers working through local affiliates and events like the Komen Race for the Cure® to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. Together with its Affiliate Network, corporate partners and generous donors, the Komen Foundation has raised more than $740 million for the fight against breast cancer.

For more information, visit www.komen.org or call the National Toll-Free Breast Care Hotline at 1-800 I’M AWARE® (1-800-462-9273).

Tusculum (19-7, 7-1 in South Atlantic Conference) returns to action Friday night as the Pioneers host conference front-runner Wingate University. Tusculum has won 11 straight matches and is in second place in the SAC. Wingate was the last team to defeat Tusculum, a 3-2 decision last month at WU’s Cuddy Arena. Friday’s match begins at 7 p.m.

Scott Contreras-Koterbay, behind podium, is shown as he begins his presentation Monday evening (9/24) at Tusculum College.

His program featured photographs taken of Holocaust survivors and American soldiers who liberated them. The individuals shown were photographed in recent years and new live in Tennessee. Contreras-Koterbay’s presentation in the Allison Gallery was part of the Humanities Series presented by Tusculum College’s English Department.

Contreras-Koterbay, an East Tennessee State University educator, art historian and philosopher, explored how people with no personal connection with either the survivors or soldiers could view the photographs, basing his analysis on ideas and theories of French psychoanalyst and post-structuralist philosopher Jacques Lacan.

According to Lacan’s theories, he said, an individual would not be able to personally relate to the “otherness” of the experiences of those in the photos because of the horrible circumstances and the number of years that have passed, which would leave an emptiness and, thus, create a lasting remembrance of their experiences. The photographs of Holocaust survivors and their American soldier liberators are on display through Nov. 29 at the Carroll Reece Museum on the campus of ETSU in Johnson City.

The regional winners of the 2006-07 NCAA Division II Conference Commissioners Association Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award have been announced and former Tusculum College kicker Glen Black has been named the South Atlantic Region honoree announced College officials Wednesday.

Black, a native of Bristol, Tenn., becomes the first student-athlete in Tusculum history to earn this prestigious honor and one of eight young men in NCAA II to be recognized.

Black was named the men’s recipient of the SAC Presidents Award, becoming only the second football player in the 19-year history to receive the award.

He was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® College Division Football Second Team last fall, becoming the first player in the program’s history to earn Academic All-America® distinction.

Black graduated in the fall of 2006 with a 3.82 cumulative grade point average, while earning a degree in Accounting. He was also named the SAC Scholar Athlete for football the last two seasons (2005 & 2006).

Black enjoyed a solid season on the gridiron leading the Pioneers in scoring with 43 points. The Tennessee High School graduate went 22-of-24 on extra points and 7-of-11 on field goals earning All-South Atlantic Conference Second Team honors. Black was named the SAC Special Teams Player of the Week twice during his career, including once in 2006.

The Tennessee High School graduate is ranked second in Tusculum history with 111 career points (kicking) and is the all-time leader in extra points (69) and extra point attempts (77).

Black was a campus leader, serving as vice president of student government association. He led weekly Bible studies with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes as well as worked with a local church to develop a Tusculum Baptist College Night. He volunteered with numerous community service projects through Nettie Day at Tusculum College and through church activities.

He was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV First Team last fall and was tabbed to the 2006 American Football Coaches Association of America Good Works Team which recognizes community service, along with athletic and academic achievement. He was one of only 22 collegiate football players in the country to earn this prestigious honor.

Black is completing his Masters degree in Accountancy at East Tennessee State University. He has also continued his work at Tusculum Baptist Church where he leads the Wednesday night Bible School.

This award, sponsored by Disney Sports Attractions, provides the opportunity for Division II to highlight the extraordinary achievements of its student-athletes. The commissioners from the regions that comprise Division II selected the regional winners. To be nominated for consideration, a student-athlete must have attained a 3.0 career cumulative grade point average and possess outstanding athletic credentials.

The national award winners will be announced later this month.

Freshman and transfer students from Tusculum College will be doing community service work across Greeneville, Mosheim and Greene County on Thursday, Sept. 13, as the college observes its traditional Nettie Fowler McCormick Service Day.

The day honors the memory and altruistic way of life of Nettie Fowler McCormick, widow of reaper inventor Cyrus McCormick, who was a 19th century supporter and advocate of Tusculum College. The McCormicks, staunch Presbyterians from Chicago, learned of Tusculum College through Tusculum graduates who attended their McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, and became donors to the Northeast Tennessee school.

Nettie McCormick is recognized as the college’s first Benefactor, a term that in Tusculum usage denotes a donor whose cumulative gifts total at least $1 million. Nettie McCormick funded construction of several of Tusculum’s historic structures, including Haynes Hall, Rankin Hall, Welty-Craig Hall, Virginia Hall, and McCormick Hall, which is named after the McCormick family.

McCormick Day, now often informally called Nettie Day at the college, began as a day of cleaning the campus in reflection of Nettie McCormick’s insistence on clean living environments. The day has evolved to take on a more generalized community service emphasis.
Work done by students this year will take place on the campus itself, in the Tusculum College museums and in the cleaning of Frank Creek, which runs through part of the college grounds.

Elsewhere across Greene County, work such as landscaping, cleaning, painting, washing, and construction work will take place at Camp Creek Elementary School, the Child Advocacy Center, the Crumley House Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center, Habit for Humanity, Highway 11-E, the Tabernacle Mission Soup Kitchen, Voices for Pets and the Wesley Cemetery, among other locales. Various faculty members are assigned to oversee the student work.

McCormick Day activities are conducted under the auspices of the Center for Civic Advancement at Tusculum College.

Tusculum College, the oldest college in Tennessee and the 28th oldest in the nation, is a civic arts institution committed to developing educated citizens distinguished by academic excellence, public service and qualities of Judeo-Christian character. About twenty-eight hundred students are enrolled on the main campus in Greeneville and nine off-site locations in East Tennessee. The academic programs for both traditional-aged students and working adults served through the Graduate and Professional Studies program are delivered using focused calendars whereby students enroll in one course at a time.

Dr. Stanley R. Welty Jr., Class of 1951 and also holder of an honorary doctorate granted to him by Tusculum College in 2005, died Tuesday at his home in Wooster, Ohio, at the age of 78. He was a devoted friend, alumnus and supporter of Tusculum College.

Dr. Welty’s name is well-known to Tusculum College students because the Welty-Craig Hall residence hall is named partly after him. The Welty Clock Tower of the Library at Tusculum College is also named in his honor.

When he was a business administration student at Tusculum in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Dr. Welty lived in Craig Hall. He was active on the college yearbook staff and was president of his senior class and of Craig Hall. When Craig Hall was renovated in the 1990s, Dr. Welty provided a surprise donation of $8,533.96 to Tusculum College toward meeting future residence hall needs. The amount he donated was the actual building cost of Craig Hall in 1892.

Dr. Welty also generously donated to other Tusculum College projects, and was among the Benefactors of the college, Benefactors being those whose lifetime giving reaches or exceeds $1 million.

For 13 years, Dr. Welty was president of the Wooster Brush Company in Wooster, Ohio. His late father had been president of the same company for 20 years. Dr. Welty chaired the Board of Trustees of Tusculum College for many years, and remained active on the board even after his chairmanship ended. At the time of his death he was a Life Trustee of the College, an honorary position on the Board of Trustees.

He was a native of Warren, Ohio, but spent most of his life in Wooster. He and his wife, Janet, also lived in Florida at various times. He was born June 18, 1929, in Warren. Survivors include his wife, Janet; three children, Kay Welty (Nabil Bouanane), Lancaster, Pa., Susan (Patrick) Baker, Macedonia, and Stanley R. (Carmen) Welty III, Charlotte, N.C.; and two grandchildren.

Dr. Welty’s death made front-page news in his hometown today. To see that coverage, visit the following link:
http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/article/2498872.

A highlight of the Aug. 30 Tusculum College opening convocation for the 2007-2008 academic year was the induction of new officers for the Student Government Association.

Swearing in the officers was SGA Chief Justice John Cage, Smyrna, Tenn., at podium. Sworn in were, from left, Secretary/Treasurer Cody Greene, Cleveland, Ga.; Vice President Landree Brotherton, Morristown, Tenn.; and President Duane Randolph, Crossville, Tenn.

Randolph gave a brief address to the students, encouraging participation in college activities. Partially visible in the background is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Kimberly Estep.

The well-attended convocation, held in the auditorium of the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building, also featured a welcome to students by Interim President Dr. Russell Nichols and an inspirational keynote address by Assistant Professor of Business Administration Dr. Michelle Freeman, Greeneville.

In attendance along with the student body were faculty members of the college, in full academic regalia. Bagpiper Jon Shell provided music for the processional and recessional. Tusculum College, located at Greeneville, is the state’s oldest institution of higher learning.

Theatre-at-Tusculum has announced the cast list for their production of ‘Brigadoon.’ The production will be presented in the Annie Hogan Byrd Theatre on November 9, 10, 16 and 17 at 7PM and on November 11 and 18 at 2PM.

A message from Theatre-at-Tusculum:

Thank you for auditioning for “Brigadoon!”  As usual, we were excited with all the talent.  Please do not be discouraged if you have not been cast.  We had to keep the show to a certain number due to space (sets, offstage, etc).   NOTE:  Many of you have been listed more than once – this is to help you know which specific scenes you are in.

View the complete cast list for “Brigadoon”

Cast Call:

We will see you this Monday, August 27th at 6:00pm downstairs (Annie Hogan Byrd) in the Behan Arena for scripts, schedules and measuring for costumes.  Please call 798-1620 if you are unable to attend.

Tusculum College is taking part in an emergency notification/group messaging service that will allow the college to share emergency information with faculty, staff and students via a mobile and online messaging service using phone, Short Message Service (SMS) and email portals on a relatively immediate and simultaneous basis.

The system Tusculum is using is offered by Jyngle, a Brevient Technologies LLC company. After the massacre at Virginia Tech earlier this year, Brevient began offering the service free to colleges and universities wishing to use it for emergency communication purposes.

Using the system, a college or university can send group notification via text messaging regarding emergency situations that might arise on a campus, including instruction to avoid the campus if the critical situation is ongoing.

On Thursday, a college-wide email from the director of campus security invited students, staff and faculty to register on-line to take part in the program free of charge.

The messaging option is part of an effort at Tusculum College to plan appropriate responses to potential critical or emergency situations that can happen on college campuses. Also being created at the college is a Critical Incident Response Team that will include Building Coordinators assigned to oversee response within their individual administrative buildings to critical situations that might arise on the campus.

These efforts are being overseen by Dr. David McMahan, vice president for student affairs and dean of students.

Other colleges or universities interested in learning more about the Jyngle service may visit the company’s web site at www.jyngle.com.

Judson Laipply, who is most well known for his “Evolution of Dance” Internet video clip, will perform Tuesday, Aug. 28, at Tusculum College. “Life is Change: Comedy and Content with Judson Laipply” will begin at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building on campus. The event is the first in Tusculum College Arts Outreach’s Acts, Arts, Academia 2007-08 performance and lecture series and is being presented in partnership with the college’s Office of Student Affairs.

Laipply’s “The Evolution of Dance” video clip is the most viewed all-time video on YouTube.com with more than 55 million views. It is also the top rated video and the third most discussed video on the popular video Web site. But, what many may not realize is that “The Evolution of Dance” is part of the way Laipply delivers his inspirational and motivational messages. His performances have been described as “down to earth and highly motivational, creative and appealing, humorous and thought provoking, and lively and enriching.”

The creation of “the dance” came as Laipply was developing his own speaking style and creative content. “I had already begun to explore the understanding that life is change,” Laipply says on his Web site. “I felt that this was a first step to creating the life you want by understanding the simple idea that life is change. So I wanted to do something to make sure that message stuck in the minds of my audience. I milled this over in my head for about six-nine months when I was hit with the idea of how much dancing had changed. I began to think how funny it would be to visually see all of the dances and thus the idea was born. I quickly wrote down the first several that came to mind, 12 to be exact – and listed them out.”

The dance has evolved and changed since its beginning, and Laipply says he is working on another that will be ready in a few months. The video has resulted in appearances by Laipply on “Good Morning America” and the “Today Show,” and features on CNN and in the Rolling Stone and USA Today.

Laipply describes himself as an “inspirational comedian.” “It is the thought that someone can be so funny that you might catch them on Comedy Central, Letterman, or the Tonight Show, but also wise enough to give you pause for thought and open you eyes to the world around you,” he says.

For inspiration for his programs, Laipply draws on his vast array of experiences that include working on a cruise ship, working at a camp in Colorado, being a certified aerobics instructors, teaching college courses, and being a published poet, part-time auctioneer and weekly columnist as well as on lessons learned from observing others.
Admission is $12 for adults; $10 for senior citizens (age 60 and above) and $5 for children 12 and under. Tickets may be reserved by calling the Arts Outreach Office at (423) 798-1620 from 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. All unpaid, unclaimed reserved tickets will be released for general sale if needed. The box office will open at 6 p.m. for ticket sales on the 28th.For more information, please contact Arts Outreach or visit www.tusculum.edu

Acts, Arts, Academia is supported by Dr. Miller in memory of Mary Agnes Ault Miller, Tusculum College Arts Outreach, the Society of Cicero, Hearts for the Arts, The Tennessee Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts.