OA - Summer 2024

ONYX Anneau SPRING/SUMMER 2024

Vol. 98

No. 3

Catherine Mickey Saunders ’98 Editor in Chief Vice President for Advancement BJ Riley ’16, ‘23G, ‘24G Editorial Director Associate Vice President for Strategic Marketing and Community Relations Elizabeth “Izzy” Reel ’21 Managing Editor Content Marketing Manager Kristy Fry Creative Director Director of Creative Services

Ph.D. COHORT PARTICIPATES IN RING DAY The first cohort of the Ph.D. in Global Leadership Program participated in Ring Day on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Pictured L to R, First Row: Jennie Mitchell, Ph.D., emerita professor; Second Row: Janet Clark, Ph.D., provost and executive vice president for academic affairs; Kim LaComba, Ph.D., director of the Ph.D. in Global Leadership Program; Meredith Williams, ring recipient; Annie Kolb ‘18G, ring recipient; Christina Pearison ‘19, ‘20G, ring recipient; Kourtney Barrett, ring recipient; Third Row: Karen Dyer, ring recipient; Emilee Roberts ‘17G, ring recipient; Shelby Kuhlman ‘13, ring recipient; Rusty Tryon, DMin, director of the library and associate professor; Fourth Row: Doug Sperry, Ph.D., professor of psychology; Lisa Thatcher ‘17G, ring recipient; Ashley Hemrich, ring recipient; Fifth Row: Eric Hubbard, Ph.D., director of master’s programs in Business and Leadership; Trent Deckard, ring recipient.

CONTRIBUTORS Katie Wendorf ’24 Carol Schumacher Bicknell ’24G

CONTENTS

Kylie Pelfrey, an Equine ON THE COVER

2024 RING DAY 2

Interim President Brennan J. Randolph, MBA

Science major with a minor in Equine Breeding

Management from Greencastle, Indiana, kneels down to be face to-face with her new foal, “Hottie.” Pelfrey brought her horse, Rue, to campus for the breeding program. INSIDE EVERY ISSUE Woods Today..............................................1 Nota Bene.................................................21

EQUINE DEPARTMENT WELCOMES GROWTH 6

Please send correspondence to: Office of Advancement PO Box 70 Saint Mary of the Woods, IN 47876-0070 Phone: 812-535-5270 E-mail: alumni@smwc.edu © 2024 by Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Printed in the U.S.A. All rights reserved. Every effort has been made to ensure that all information contained in this magazine is accurate.

REUNION 2024 16

CLASS NOTES NOW DIGITAL WITH UNLIMITED WORD COUNT CLICK HERE TO READ