May 2020 Pawprint

MAY 2020

Issue 82

Thank You Medical Staff

Thank you to all the medical staff working through this time.

Did you know that we have over 700 Nursing graduates? We are so thankful that we get to partner with Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences to offer Nursing degrees to our students.

Jordan Hahn `19 ΑΤΩ is a registered nurse in the COVID Unit at Blessing Hospital.

Honoring the Class of 2020

Listen to an important announcement by President Thompson regarding the Senior Class of 2020.

May:

5/12: Honors Day at 11:30 a.m.

5/16: Honoring of Graduates

October:

10/23-25: Homecoming 2020

10/24: Trustee Dinner with the Senior Class of 2020 at 5 p.m.

10/25: 2020 Graduation at 11 a.m. in the Charles Field House

Blessing-Reiman College of Nursing and Health Sciences held a virtual graduation on May 8.

President Thompson BRCN Commencement Address

President Kelly M. Thompson was the keynote speaker.

Blair Genenbacher

Health Science major and Psychology minor. Blair is a member of Tri Sigma, the Sustainability club, was head of Wildcat Wellness for CPC and a member of the Honors Program. She played volleyball as a middle blocker and also worked at the J.E. & L.E. Mabee Recreation and Wellness Center. She is graduating a year early as a junior.

KT Seth

Biological Chemistry major. KT is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and is a retired football and track athlete. A fun fact is that he didn’t join Lambda Chi Alpha until his junior year on “the Hill.”

Katheryn Schmits-Nokes

Biological Chemistry major. Katheryn is involved in CRU and loves playing the flute in band. A cool memory she has of C-SC is back when she was a freshman in her FYE class. “We took a field trip to a round house in Canton. An elderly gal owned it and she was so sweet to all of us. She even baked brownies for my class. She told us about the house’s history and how her dad built it. It was really cool.”

Mark Your Calendar

C-SC Reads

Virtual Book Club

Virtual Wednesday

Facebook Live @ 5:30 p.m.

See the Schedule

Virtual 5K

Run for the Hill

More Details Coming Soon

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Roaring 20s

We are making plans for a fun and exciting homecoming.

Grab your friends, make your plans and head to Canton, MO.

October 23-25, 2020

We have tons of fun things planned. Check out a condensed schedule for homecoming 2020, there's more to come!

Featuring Alumni Reunions:

10th Anniversary of all the Belize-Guatemala expeditions
Football Reunion
Tri-Sigma 15th Anniversary
Theater Reunion
Black and Minority BBQ
All Greek Reunion

Class Years: ’60, ’70, ’80, ’90, ’95, ’00 and ’10

100th Anniversary of the Wildcat

Homecoming 2020 Schedule

Mabee Challenge

The J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Okla., has issued a challenge grant to assist with building a Student Experience Center.

The center will provide resources on experiential teaching and learning for faculty and students and provide a showplace for experiential learning achievements.

Read about Evan Leake's Student Experience

The $1.25 million project is 85% funded to date. Please consider making a gift today to meet this challenge grant.

Make a Gift

Career Corner

Teaching During COVID-19

Dr. Angel Knoverek `93 talking to her class while she’s working from the kitchen of her home in Quincy

How has Culver-Stockton College faculty adapted to educating students during the COVID-19 pandemic? To discover that answer, one should start with the college’s mission statement.

“The mission of Culver-Stockton College is to prepare students of promise for a dynamic world through our distinctive experiential curriculum within a supportive learning community founded upon the best values of faith and the human spirit.”

Has there ever been a more dynamic time than what has happened in our world since March? Read More

Things can certainly change without much warning, can't they? Our graduates suddenly find themselves seeking job placement in an economy that has few jobs available, and students seeking internships must get creative in finding real-world experience before graduation. If you have creative ideas or opportunities within your organization to place a fellow Wildcat,

please reach out to Robin Jarvis in Career Services at

rjarvis@culver.edu or 573-288-653 6.

MBA Spotlight

Eric Atwell `19

I finished my undergraduate degree in May of 2018 and quickly began the MBA program at C-SC that fall. The decision to choose Culver was easy for me.. Read More

What does “legacy” mean to you?

Ever asked yourself how you want to be remembered? Sometimes it’s difficult to imagine your legacy when your current budget is tight, and the future is uncertain. After all, your family comes first.