Vol. 1 Issue 5 Fresh news every day at www.rocky.edu September 2007

Rocky Now: Keeping our friends and supporters informed aboutwhat’s new and exciting at Rocky Mountain College

R O C K Y N O W

All the years, all for students

This year marks the20th anniversary of theCollege’s premierscholarship benefit,Black Tie Blue Jeans,and to celebrate thatbirthday some of thehistory and heritage isbeing revived.

The original eventrelied heavily on anRMC Roundup.Ranchers branded a calfwith the official Rockybrand which was auc-tioned off at the event.Later, the livestock wassold at public auctionwith the proceeds goingto RMC. This year, withMontana LivestockExecutive SecretaryChristian Mackay,whose grandfather wasan RMC board member,and RMC BoardMember Barb Skeltonserving as honorarychairs, the donate-a-calfprogram has been resur-rected. Calves won’t bebranded, but Christian

and Barb are confidentthey can find rancherswilling to help outRMC students bydonating proceeds ofthe sale of an RMC-

designated calf. BTBJ will honor this

year’s honorary chairs,Judith C. and Sam E.McDonald, Jr., with theRMC lifetimeAchievement Award.

The MidlifeChryslers, with RMCart professor MarkMoak on drums, willperform. The gourmetmeal will again feature“What's for Dinner”Montana Beef, and thesilent and live auctionitems will be even big-ger and better. Amongitems this year will beproperty at CathedralMountain near Nye.

For details on all theauction items visitwww.blacktieblue-jeans.com. For tickets,call 657-1173.

“This really is theyear you won't want tomiss,” said RMCDirector ofDevelopment ShariVanDelinder.

Montana LivestockExecutive SecretaryChristian Mackay andRMC Board Member BarbSkleton are co-chairingthe revival of the RockyMountain Roundup.

The annual scholarship benefitis celebrating its 20th birthday

This really is the year you won’t want tomiss.

-- RMC Director of Development Shari VanDelinder“ ”

It’s allaboutour studentsHow does aRocky studentdiffer fromother collegestudents?They arechampions.

R a c h e lWarren hasarmloads ofawards fromher golfingcareer. Shewas a three-time state champion when sheplayed for Billings Central. She was select-ed to the NAIA All-America First Team,two years in a row at RMC. Warren, an all-Frontier Conference golfer, helped theLady Bears to a fifth-place finish at theNAIA national championships in SanMarcos, Calif. in May. She finished in a tiefor 21st place individually after placingthird at nationals in South Bend, Ind., in2006. And now, the 21-year-old mathmajor, who will be a senior this fall atRocky Mountain College, is the MontanaWomen's Amateur Champion. She cameclose twice before, but this year she pre-vailed.

PHOTO/DAVE SHUMWAYThe third time' is the charm:Rachel Warren persevered towin the state women's ama-teur championship.

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“The spirit of Rocky MountainCollege is not a cheerleader or afootball player, but a century-oldwoman who lives in an assisted-liv-ing facility off Parkhill Drive,”wrote reporter Cynthia Reynaud forThe Billings Gazette. The womanshe was describing is Clara Klindtwhose 100th birthday included avisit from RMC staff and friendswho marked her birthday by dedi-cating a memorial at Rocky in hername. Klindt’s Corner, located inthe Fortin Center, honors Clara andher late husband, former coachHerb Klindt, for more than 75 yearsof service to Rocky.

“They (Herb and Clara) didn’t

have any family, so Rocky wastheir family,” said Helen Mathew,the wife of another Rocky coach,Frank Mathew, and one of Clara’sclose friends.

“Clara is a very humble and gen-erous woman,” said Rocky AthleticDirector Terry Corey. The Klindtscholarship program has providedathletes with thousands of dollarsto attend Rocky. In 1997, Rockyhonored Clara with an outstandingalumni award. In 1998, she wasinducted into the Hall of Fame.

“This is a happy day. I hope thereare many more,” Clara said.

That wish is shared by all of us atRocky.

Rocky’s biggest fanKlindt Corner honors couple’s devotion to RMC

Photo courtesy of James Woodcock/GazetteClara Klindt blows out candles on her birthday cake.

Huge Homecoming

It’s not just a football game any more.Homecomings for many years have added more andmore events to entice alumni and friends back to theiralma mater.

This year - Oct. 19-20 -- is no exception with sport-ing events, including the traditional Saturday footballgame, but also soccer and volleyball games on Friday;campus tours; wine tasting; tailgate barbeque; a golftourney at Hilands Country Club; a concert by theMontana Logging and Ballet Company; and the annu-al meetings of the RMC National Advisory Council.Of course, the homecoming game always celebratesnew members’ induction into the RMC Clara KlindtAthletic Hall of Fame. Three people will be inductedinto the RMC Hall of Fame this year: Jeff Lewis, whodirected Battlin’ Bears to back-to-back FrontierConference championships, will join Leo Fink andDusty Rhodes, who were all-conference football play-ers and members of two conference title teams..

There will also be two other important events. Tohonor two of RMC’s past presidents, there will be theofficial unveiling of the statue of Dr. Arthur DeRosier,Jr., and the dedication of the Dr. Lawrence SmallArchives. Both have recently published books andthere will be author book signings of Dr. DeRosier’sbiography of Willam Dunbar, and Dr. Small’s secondvolume of the history of the college, “CourageousJourney.”

This year there are special events for the classes ofthe 1970s, following up on last year’s special eventsfor the classes of the 1960s.

Whew!For details, contact the RMC Alumni Office, 657-

1007, or visit www.rocky.edu and click on alumni.

Not just a football game anymore,it’s music, golf and food galore

Rocky unveils its new look The Rocky Mountain College seal will never change and is the historic collegiate

symbol of the college. The official seal is used on all official documents, from diplo-mas to the president’s stationary. Every now and then, however, the college adopts adifferent look for use in advertising, from campus apparel to the web site. This year,Rocky’s newest look shows Granite Peak in the Beartooth Mountains, strongly show-ing our connection to our location, and reflects how we accept challenges, from climb-ing Rocky Mountain peaks to scaling the higher academic heights. While we can onlydisplay it here in black and white, the color version dramatically uses variations of theRMC gold and green.