January 2009 Issue 4/Volume 1 Alumni Relations Snow College 150 College Ave. Ephraim UT 84627 435.283.7062

The Snow College

In this issue:

1…… Greetings from the Alumni Office

Student Alumni Association

2…… Alumni News/Updates

In Memoriam: Fern Larsen Tew

3….... Campus News/Quick Shots

4…… Extreme Snow: Antarctica

Snow College Library

5….... Badger Stuff

6…… Upcoming Campus Events

January Calendar

Greetings from the Alumni Office

Joni Lindsay, Director of Alumni Relations

I’m still feeling a little sad about the Top of the Mountains Bowl—

tough to come so close to a national championship and go home without

that trophy. I do, however, still feel my Badger Pride. Our guys gave it

a tremendous effort, left it all on the field and showed true class in

defeat. I have high hopes for next season and feel certain we’ll be back

at Rio Tinto very soon. I’m sure Coach Coburn is thinking the same

thing—he’s not Coach of the Year for nothing. He is a man with a goal.

It’s cliché to speak of goals in a January newsletter, but frankly, we

don’t think of much else around here. We have goals to find alumni.

We have goals to hold successful activities. We have goals for

fundraising, alumni involvement, emeriti organization (please note the

information in the next column), and even student awareness here on

campus—you’d be amazed at how many students misunderstand the

concept of alumni. I had an email today from a former Badger asking to

be taken off the email list for this newsletter because, he said, he doesn’t

go here anymore. So, forgive me if I do the obvious and address goals.

As we begin this new year—and this year seems especially new with all

that is going on these days—I think about what Henry Ford once said:

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take

your eyes off your goal."

We certainly don’t get anywhere without a goal. And goals are

especially powerful when a group can work together to achieve a single

goal. I hope you will join with all those of us who love Snow and want

it to continue to be great. You’re all part of its past, present AND

future, no matter where this year takes you.

Student Alumni Association

Jeffrey Swenson, SAA President

An Affair to Remember

As the semester was coming to an end, the SAA and Alumni

Council held their first ever Christmas Dinner. The dinner

was held in the Co-op building to thank all the people who

have put their time and efforts into the success of the SAA.

The dinner had members from the student body, staff

workers, and community as the success of this organization

is a reflection of more than just several students, but rather a

combination of everyone’s work and dedication.

During the dinner there were several speeches given to

recount the events and accomplishments that have been

achieved, and how we overcame the adversities that stood in

our way this past semester. The council members each

expressed an event and the processes that went into it such

as the Department Reunion, lighting of the “S”,

Homecoming Week, SAA Dollar Days, and many other

events. Also our council and Alumni Director discussed the

future plans of the organization such as a yearbook and other

Spring Semester goals that are already underway.

With a great turnout, wonderful food, and a slideshow of the

past events, the Christmas Dinner was a great success and

will become an annual tradition. Once again, our

organization says “thank you,” with gratitude for all the

help, time, and energy that has been put into this

organization to make it succeed.

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Attention all

Snow College Emeriti All retired faculty, staff, administration and spouses are

invited to join the Snow College Emeriti Organization to:

Continue and enrich relationships with colleagues

Further the mission of Snow College

Extend faculty/staff privileges to retired members

To get involved, contact Bart Nelson:

248 North 200 East

Ephraim, UT 84627

bart.nelson@mail.manti.com

Fern Tew

Fern Amelia Larsen Tew, beloved wife,

mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and

friend, passed away peacefully at her home

in Ephraim on Saturday, November 29,

2008, surrounded by her husband and

children.

Fern was born Dec. 16, 1921, in Ephraim

to Christopher Larsen and Lillian Amelia

Bosen Larsen. She attended schools in

Ephraim and graduated from Snow High School in 1940. She

graduated from Snow College in 1942. With the approval of

the college presidency, Fern left Snow before graduation to

serve as secretary to the director of the veterans’ hospital in

Salt Lake City.

Fern was sealed to her best friend and sweetheart Milton Henry

Tew on July 30, 1942, in the Manti Temple. After their

children were grown, she was employed as a librarian at Grant

Elementary School in Riverside, California.

Fern was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-day Saints, serving in various capacities in the Relief

Society, Sunday School, Young Women, and Primary

organizations. Fern and her husband served a leadership

mission in Davao, Philippines, and she was loved by the people

there. She and her husband also served in the Manti LDS

Temple presidency, in which she was the assistant matron and

a devoted temple worker for 12 years.

Online condolences may be expressed at:

www.rasmussenmortuary.com

Alumni News

Alumni Updates

50 Year (and beyond) Reunion

April 25, 2009

Put it on your calendar and spread the word!

We’re trying to find Badgers who attended Snow in

1959 or earlier for one fantastic gathering. If you are

one or know one, please contact the Snow College

Alumni Office (435) 283-7062 to join the Planning

Committee and help us make this event a success.

You’ll enjoy seeing your Snow College classmates,

having dinner at the Noyes Building, and listening to

Big Band classics played by Scott Wilson and the

incredible Snow College Music Department.

April 25, 2009

4:00…. Mingle

5:30…. Dinner

6:00…. Music/dance

If you have suggestions for us, or news you’d like to report or

announcements you’d like to post in the Avalanche, please

contact us at alumni@snow.edu or call us at the Alumni

Relations office (435.283.7062).

We also encourage you to go to www.snow.edu/alumni and

update your contact information. We are planning big things

and great activities for Snow College Alumni, but we cannot

invite you if we cannot find you.

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Call for Yearbooks

The Snow College Library and Alumni Relations Office are interested in digitizing the College yearbooks to make them viewable and searchable for internet users.

We would obviously like as complete a collection as possible. We are trying to locate yearbooks from the following years:

1916 - 1920, 1924.1935 and 1989.

Donated books would be wonderful, but the Library would also be willing to negotiate purchasing these items. If alumni (or their descendants) owning

these books don't want to part with them, the books could be loaned to the College for the duration of the project.

If you’re interested in helping with the cost of the Yearbook Project ($9,000), you can

send your donation to the Snow College Foundation and specify “Yearbook Project” in the memo line of your check:

Snow College Foundation 150 College Ave.

Ephraim, UT 84627

Quick Shots

Snow College Richfield

Snow College Richfield‟s Machine Tool

Technology program recently purchased a

new Summit12” Precision Engine Lathe.

“This piece of equipments gives the students

more work stations. In the past we have had 3

machines and they were constantly in use,”

stated Alan Hart, Machine Tool Technology

instructor. The lathe will create parts up to 12

inches in diameter and 60 inches long. Some

of the items that students create with the lathe

include gear shifts, cannon barrels, key

chains, and fly cutters. The lathe has inch and

metric threading, 4 way rapid traverse,

reverse feeding at the apron, single lever „joy

stick control‟, a full length splash guard, a

work light, and a coolant system.

Snow College Math Contest

33rd annual Snow College Math Contest will

be held on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. There is

a senior division for students in grades 10-

12 (2 hours, 40 questions) and a junior

division for students in grades 7-9 (1 hour,

20 questions).

The Math Contest was started in 1977 by Bart Nelson and Ted

Olson, and the Math Department has been sponsoring it ever since.

In 2006 the other departments in the Natural Science Division joined

in the effort; they now sponsor the lunch and the departmental tours.

The junior division of the test began in 2007.

For more information, the official page / link is:

http://www.snow.edu/math/contest/.

Snow College Nursing

It is always amazing to see the

generosity and spirit of giving that

comes out as the nursing students

support the Sub-for-Santa program.

Many of the students are struggling

themselves, but yet are willing to

help those in the community with

special needs. There was a large

pile of toys collected as well as several hundred dollars in cash. It

reaffirms that the individuals entering into the nursing profession

possesses an inner quality of charity, service, and sacrifice. They

will put these traits, along with newly acquired nursing skills, to work

as they embark on the clinical experience during the second

semester of the program.

Remember to

(Search: “Snow College Alumni”)

Campus News

International Center Celebrates 30 Years

The Snow College International Center

is celebrating its 30th year! The first

international students came to Snow

College in 1978. Currently, the campus

hosts 120 students from 20 different

countries.

To celebrate this milestone, the International Center hosted an

Open House during International Education Week (November 17th

thru 21st). Everyone on campus was invited to stop by for free

fortune cookies and chopsticks. The International Center is now

displaying a student art exhibit showcasing international students

on campus, along with an updated look to the common area.

On Wednesday, November 19th, the International Center provided

a dinner and program for the international students. Volunteers

from the Student Life Office served the meal. The program was

made up from international students and the International Center

staff and faculty. Professor Patti Noble and Becky Adams,

Admissions Assistant, joined International Center director, Diane

Ogden, for a vocal trio. They sang “For Good” from the popular

musical “Wicked”. Jia Cao, from Beijing, and Chung Him Leung,

from Hong Kong, performed an amazing arrangement of

Pachelbel’s Cannon on the violin and piano.

Professor Sharon Kilmer spoke on the changes that have occurred

during her fifteen years with the International Center. She has

witnessed many changes and growth that have occurred. But one

thing that has not changed, she noted, was the love that the faculty

and staff have for each international student.

A trio comprised of Zhi Qiang Li from

China, Tomoko Minami from Japan and

Rebecca Anderson from the United

States sang a Japanese love song,

accompanied by Zhi Quiang on guitar.

Alex Peterson, the newest member of the

International Center faculty, entertained everyone with an original

composition on his guitar and then the student trio sang one more

song. The evening was topped off by a superb slide show created

and presented by Dennis Faatz, Director of International Student

Services and Activities. Showcasing students from the last ten

years, the slide show highlighted trips that International students

have taken to Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, the

Tetons, and the five National Parks in Utah. It was the perfect

ending to a wonderful night.

In attendance for the evening were President and Mrs. Scott Wyatt,

Dr. Sheryl James Bodrero, Dean of Humanities, joined by her

husband Jonathan Bodrereo, as well as faculty from the Foreign

Language Department. A delightful time was had by all. We look

forward to another thirty years of International Students at Snow

College. Check out the International Center’s newsletter:

http://www.snow.edu/international/newsletter.htm

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Machine Tool Technology

Instructor, Alan Hart, helps

student Kaden Murdock on

the department‟s new Summit

Precision Engine Lathe.

Campus News

Extreme Snow: Antarctica

By Cless Young

Cless Young is a professor of psychology and is currently serving as an army

chaplain stationed in Antarctica.

In the Antarctic from October through March, the sun never sets—it just

makes a big circle in the sky. For our Christmas mid-night worship

services at the Chapel of the Snows, the full sun streamed directly through

the stained glass window and onto the McMurdo Bay community members,

come to worship. This is one example of the many remarkable experiences

I have had while serving as the Protestant Chaplain assigned to the United

States Antarctic Program.

McMurdo Bay Research Community

clings precariously to a spit of volcanic

rock at the South end of Ross Island,

From my office in the chapel I look

over the frozen bay with the Southern

Antarctic Mountain Range clearly

visible about 50 miles away. For the

past week I have been watching them

move the research trailers off the two meter thick sea ice. Toward the end

of December the ice will begin to break up, allowing the USCG ice breaker

ship to clear the way for the annual delivery of fuel and food, enough to last

for the coming twelve months. Open water will also bring colonies of

Adele penguins, seals, and orcas.

To date I have only seen one

penguin. He (she) had emerged

from some early occurring crack

in the ice and was hurrying to get

somewhere. It would waddle for

about 20 yards, then get down on

it belly and push itself across the

ice for another short distance. I

watched it for about ½ hour until

it suddenly disappeared.

I have also seen three seals from a distance of about 500 yards, sunning

themselves. From where I sat they looked like black slugs.

I have just returned from an overnight stay at the South Pole Research

Station, seven hundred miles, and a three hour flight aboard a U.S. Air

Force C-130, outfitted with skis. The new station, named after the

Norwegian Amundson (the first to reach the Pole) and British explored

Scott, was built at a cost of over $30 million. It sits atop three kilometers

of ice at an elevation of 9300 ft. Altitude sickness is a real problem for the

newcomers. There is a community of 200 researchers and station workers.

A team of 25 winters over.

It was a brilliant, clear day when we landed. I stepped off the plane to -25

degree temperatures with a wicked wind that took the temperatures to -48,

and this is the middle of the summer!

I held an evening and morning worship service, and was given a tour of the

facility. Along with the scientific areas, there are very small individual

quarters, a library, green house, small gym, cafeteria, tiny store, and sauna.

While I was there, a group of European tourists arrived from Southern

Chile for a five hour visit to the Pole. They each paid $40,000 for the

experience.

By international treaty Antarctica

belongs to no one country. That

treaty bans exploitation of its

considerable natural resources, any

military activity and “for profit”

development. It is the Earth’s final

frontier. The environment is as

pristine as it is severe.

Snow College Library

President Wyatt reports, “Our new library project is still on course, and by the time students return to school in January a contractor will be hired (then we will set a day for ground breaking).”

The library will be the primary informal learning space on campus. The building will accommodate different types of student learning styles and noise levels. Besides providing space for traditional library materials such as books and microforms, the new library will provide continued access to subscription internet content in the ever-expanding web. Much of the library's content is online. To support this, a critical element of the new facility will be appropriate technology infrastructure; wireless access throughout, and hardwired network connections including lots of power outlets. Ideas to incorporate in the new building included:

● Lots of tables, wide spaces, plenty of light ● Wide, open carrels with power connections ● Heavy duty, moveable, comfortable chairs ● Flexible space ● Lots of Study rooms, extended hour study spaces ● Locally created art – creative space(s) ● Café/food services ● Automated check-out systems

The new, three-story Snow College Library has been designed to help ground the historic quadrant at the west end of the Ephraim City campus. To be constructed in the image of a historic building dating from the founding of the institution, the interior architecture will represent the present while providing all of the modern amenities of an academic library.

Built of brick with local limestone stone cladding and stone detailing, the building will be placed on axis with the historic Noyes Building, the administration and classroom building dedicated in 1908, to form two sides of a new academic quad.

The building features a Learning Commons on Level One, a contemporary social space dedicated to student’s access to digital resources, research, and collaborative action. Bound on the west by

library instruction classrooms, the Learning Commons looks to the south onto a below grade plaza which steps up to Center Street. Window wells to the north bring natural light in and through glassy group study rooms that flank the grand stair.

The future plaza will be developed between the library and the Noyes Building that will support

campus wide activities and feature a sculpture of the schools founding fathers, Lorenzo Snow and Erastus Snow.

To read Elaine Burnham’s complete Arts Council article, go to:

http://arts.utah.gov/funding/competitions/public_art_commissions/RFQ.htm

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Badger Stuff

Show your Badger Pride!

Order your Badger Stuff and get a free pom pom with purchase!

Hooded zip-up jackets.….50.00

Embroidered with either ALUMNI or BADGERS

School seal embroidered on right shoulder

S-XXXL

Hoodies……………………… 25.00

Sweatshirts…………………. 20.00

Adult Long Sleeve Tees….. 15.00

Choose either ALUMNI or BADGERS

Choose BADGERS on left sleeve

Youth sizes XS-S-M-L

Adult sizes S-XXXL

For Future Badgers:

Onesies (white only).…. 10.00

6 months/12-18 months

Short sleeve T-shirt (navy only)..10.00

XS-S-M-L

Long sleeve T-shirt (navy only)...15.00

S-M-L

Hats….......15.00

Beanies…10.00

Embroidered

on both sides

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Stop by or call the Alumni Office

to get your Badger Stuff today!

Rm. 322 Noyes Bldg.

435-283-7062

$8.00 processing/shipping charge

Upcoming Campus Events

TBSI Workshops

Theatre Arts Department

Eccles Performing Arts Center

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Book, Music & Lyrics by Clark Gesner Directed by Dr. Kim Christison

February 19, 20, 21, and 26, 27, 28 8:00 pm Curtain Eccles Performing Arts Center

Adults: $7.50 Seniors/High School & Younger: $7.00 Snow College Students: $2.00 w/Activity Card

Call: 435.283.7478

Jan 15-17 Furniture Refinishing

Jan 22-24 Wood Windows/Millwork

Feb 5-7 Wood Furniture II

(Must have Wood Furniture I or approval of instructor) Feb 12-17 Wood Furniture II

(Must have Wood Furniture I or approval of instructor) Feb 26-28 Masonry Preservation

Workshops are open to anyone (including alumni) to take.

Workshops are $300.00, but ask for an alumni discount ($50.00).

Go to www.snow.edu/tbsi for more information.

January Calendar

Date Time Location Event

2 1:00 pm Sevier Valley Center, Richfield-Arena 2A Wrestling Invitational

5:30 pm Riverton, Wyoming Women’s Basketball: Snow College @ Central Wyoming

7:00 pm Riverton, Wyoming Men’s Basketball: Snow College @ Central Wyoming

3 9:00 am Sevier Valley Center, Richfield-Arena 2A Wrestling Invitational

3:00 pm Rock Springs, Wyoming Women’s Basketball: Snow @ Western Wyoming

7:30 pm Rock Springs, Wyoming Men’s Basketball: Snow College @ Western Wyoming

Spring Semester Classes Begin

8-10:30 pm LDS Institute Opening Stomp

9 7:00 pm Sevier Valley Center, Richfield-Arena Drill Team Invitational

10 9:00 am Sevier Valley Center, Richfield-Arena Drill Team Invitational

3:00 pm Salt Lake City, Utah Women’s Basketball: Snow College @ Salt Lake Community College

5:00 pm Salt Lake City, Utah Men’s Basketball: Snow College @ Salt Lake Community College

11 6:00 pm LDS Institute CES Fireside: President Thomas S. Monson

14 6:00 pm LDS Institute Dinner @ the Tute

16 5:30 pm Snow College AC Women’s Basketball: Colorado Northwestern @ Snow College

7:30 pm Snow College AC Men’s Basketball: Colorado Northwestern @ Snow College

17 2:00 pm Sevier Valley Center, Richfield-Theater BYU Young Ambassadors

3:00 pm Snow College AC Women’s Basketball: Eastern Utah @ Snow College

5:00 pm Snow College AC Men’s Basketball: Eastern Utah @ Snow College

7:00 pm Sevier Valley Center, Richfield-Arena Xtreme Combat Fighting

19 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday: No Classes

21 5:15 pm Sevier Valley Center, Richfield-Arena Regional Drill Team

22 5:30 pm Twin Falls, Idaho Women’s Basketball: Snow College @ College of Southern Idaho

7:00 pm LDS Institute Night @ the Tute

7:30 pm Twin Falls, Idaho Men’s Basketball: Snow College @ College of Southern Idaho

23-24 Pending Sevier Valley Center, Richfield-Arena Beehive Brawl

24 3:00 pm Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Women’s Basketball: Snow College @ North Idaho College

5:00 pm Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Men’s Basketball: Snow College @ North Idaho College

26 7:30 pm Eccles Center for the Performing Arts Faculty Concert: Faculty members perform on their major instruments

30 5:30 pm Salt Lake City, Utah Women’s Basketball: Snow College @ Salt Lake Community College

7:30 pm Salt Lake City, Utah Men’s Basketball: Snow College @ Salt Lake Community College

30-31 Pending Sevier Valley Center, Richfield-Arena 1A-3A Jr. High State Wrestling

31 3:00 pm Salt Lake City, Utah Women’s Basketball: Snow College @ Salt Lake Community College

5:00 pm Salt Lake City, Utah Men’s Basketball: Snow College @ Salt Lake Community College

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