May 2015
Photography Ties Together My May Nine days in May were devoted to BCS Track & Field photography. The season ended with our annual banquet were my photos, photo awards and decorations, and Nancy's videos, provided the entertainment as the athletes were honored. The month began with U.S. Ambassador Kirk Wagar visiting the business school and I was there as the photographer. The school honors event was not only my project, but again, I got the picture. And speaking of honors, I prepared our application to start a chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national Political Science honor society. I had deemed it bad form to have an honor society for just the business and accounting students (Beta Gamma Sigma) and not one for our other majors. I handed off the application to Dr. Caleb Henry to submit, since he will be the Chapter Advisor, and now we are the Alpha Kappa Xi chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the 800th chapter in the nation. Later in the summer I'll help Dr. Doug Downing submit an application for a chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon for the Economics students. |
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Integrating Political Science into SBGE Being the business school's jack-of-all-trades seems to suit me. I ordered computer monitors for Drs. Stewart and Williams, ordered additional classroom furniture for the Collaboration Lab outside my office, created a new Alumni t-shirt design, and greatly impressed the Political Science faculty with the elegant award certificates I whipped up for them. These five faculty members never before had easy access to staff that could make their lives easier.
As school photographer, I captured U.S.
Ambassador to Singapore Kirk Wagar with SBGE faculty
and later with the faculty and students pictured here. To get the
earlier faculty group to smile, I told the one joke I always use. Beta Gamma Sigma Honors Event Goes Smoothly With Dr. Schlee on sabbatical, Dr. Karns was elivated to Chapter President and I was moved into his role as Chapter Secretary. Which, of course, meant I did the work of inviting the new class of honors students, and worked with the national office, while he conducted the induction cerimony. Next year it will be much the same as he goes on sabbatical and Dr. Schee returns to her position as Chapter President. But I did get to wear a nice medallion!
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Early in the season, I would not have predicted success for the BCS
Vikings I've followed now for a 10th season. But due to the
large number of athletes on the team, "we" had good success.
While other schools might capture 1st or 2nd in some events, we had
depth and might place two or three in the top eight in many events.
We won a number of the regular season meets, and then handily won
our
Nisqually League Championships
(5 school), both boys and girls. The West Central District III Championships (9 schools) were also won by both our boys and girls, with the boys edging out Port Townsend by just half a point! With both boys relays qualifying for the State meet, we took 17 athletes to State. Yet, once again, only our hurdle star, junior Courtney Porter, (above right) came home with any medals, with third place finishes in her two hurdle events and 5th place in the pole vault. Once again I represented The Bellevue Reporter newspaper at State. One special moment was when the team and families gave me the only standing ovation at the awards banquet. They recognize this labor of love. Bits and Pieces ♦ Since the Track & Field banquet was on June 1st, this Journal was delayed. I was so busy at school and with sports photography that I could not get this done. I gave my last BUS 1700 final exam on June 1st, so that is also a load off my schedule. ♦ I was so busy at school and with sports photography that I couldn't prepare my Bible lesson for the Emerald Heights Retirement Community until the 2nd. Nancy attended the first of the ten sessons on June 4th and judged my lesson on Matthew 24:1-44 a good one. ♦ Saturday morning Bible study ends on June 20 and we will probably finish the Psalms, a real accomplishment. My friend George Scott has said he can no longer attend due to the frailty of age, but I continue to see him and Bob Wright and Larry Turnbull when I am at Emerald Heights. My Quote from May A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover, as the love of the giver.He esteems the affection above the gift, and values every gift far below the Beloved. from
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis,
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