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Vol. 3, Issue 4
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April 2014
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The next Alumni Association meeting is Monday,
May 12 @ 5:30 pm in the Coleman College of Business.
All alumni are welcome and encouraged to attend.
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Buzzelli Named Dean
Ky. College of Optometry  President Hurley has announced the appointment of Andrew Buzzelli O.D., M.S., as the founding dean of the Kentucky College of Optometry. Buzzelli, who currently serves as dean and professor of the Rosenberg School of Optometry at University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, will assume the leadership position in July. | More
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Athletics Weekend Golf Outing
Support UPIKE Student-Athletes
Sign up today for the Athletics Weekend Golf Outing at Raven Rock Golf Course on Friday, May 2. Registration and breakfast begin at 8 am with a shotgun start at 9 am. Register online or call (606) 218-5296. |
Medical Mission Team
Fundraising Dinner | Friday, May 9
The KYCOM Medical Mission Team is planning its next trip to the Dominican Republic for this summer, but they need your help. Join us Friday, May 9, 7 pm, at the Hilton Garden Inn to raise awareness and support for the children and people of Batey Nueve. Call (606) 218-5276 or email [email protected] for more information. |
Women's Bowling Competes
For 4th National Title
The women's bowling team is in Reno, Nev. competing in the 2014 USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships and its fourth national title. Visit http://www.bowl.com/itc/ for more info.
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Alumni Board Officer Elections
Open Nominations Through May 12 
The Alumni Association is currently accepting nominations for all officers of the Alumni Association's Board of Directors. Nominations close Monday, May 12. Elections will be held that evening at the May board meeting. Those nominated must be present to be eligible for election. Officers include: President, 1st VP, 2nd VP, 3rd VP, Secretary, & Treasurer.
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The Education Advocate
Katheryn "Kaye" Baird '66
 From the traditional classroom to her Sunday school class, Katheryn "Kaye" Roberts Baird embodies the spirit of teacher and servant leader. A native of Prestonsburg, Baird received bachelor's degrees from Pikeville and Union College. | More |
UPIKE ConnectDr. Howard V. Roberts, Dean of CCOB
UPIKE Connect is an extension of the UPIKE Alumni Association's monthly Board of Directors' meetings. It is designed to showcase key individuals and to both inform and connect with our alumni community. March's speaker was Dr. Howard Roberts, dean of the Coleman College of Business and class of 1978. | More
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New to SEK Exec. Committee
Rick Newsom '76
 Rick began his banking career as a teller at the Virgie Branch with Pikeville National Bank immediately after graduating from Pikeville in 1976 with a degree in business. Since then, he has held several positions with the bank, now known as Community Trust Bank, Inc. during his 35 year tenure with the company. | More |
 Alexis VescovoI heard about how amazing their bowling team was and decided to come visit and bowl in the recruitment tournament. When I got here, I saw how beautiful the town was and how nice the people were here and I knew I would fit in. After that, I couldn't imagine going anywhere else. | More
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$5,000 in Prize Money
CCOB Hosts Startup Challenge
Business plan competitions are a great way for students to get experience working on their idea and win resources to help develop it. The UPIKE Coleman College of Business has a focus on entrepreneurship. With events such as this, student teams may implement their plans and start successful business enterprises. | More |
Leader with a Servant's Heart
Kay Hammond '68
 Kay Hammond has worked tirelessly to help women in need and she enthusiastically shares her zest for God and life with everyone she comes in contact with. She is the director of the Appalachian Pregnancy Care Center (APCC) in Pikeville, where she helps young women who face a pregnancy-related crisis. | More |
Alumni Cruise Photos
Cruise to the Eastern Caribbean
We missed you on the cruise... but now we miss the warm sun and white sand of those Caribbean beaches. Hopefully you can cruise with us next time. | Photos |
Honors Day Convocation
Recognizing Academic Achievement
The celebration honors students who stand out in their respective fields of study, including education, humanities, math and science, nursing, social science and business. Students who hold membership in honor societies and have been named to the Dean's List are also recognized for their academic achievements. | MoreApril 22 | 7 p.m. | Booth Auditorium
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KYCOM Cares
A Call to Service
On a mission to open their hearts and help, more than 125 medical students from KYCOM hosted a citywide community service day volunteering at 10 locations throughout Pikeville. | More
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Students Receive Awards
Undergraduate Research Conference
 "Attending the conference was a great experience for the students because it gives them the opportunity to observe student presentations and posters allowing them to see what we, as instructors, are expecting from them," said Epling. "In addition, the undergraduate research course is a great experience for students to help prepare them for graduate school." | More |
Phi Beta Lambda
Ky. Spring Leadership Conference
UPIKE-CCOB Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) members recently attended the Ky. Spring Leadership Conference and competed against other business students from across the state of Ky. They earned 11 individual awards, 1 team award, and 2 chapter awards. Nine Pikeville students will advance to the PBL National Leadership Conference in June at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. | More
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Alumni Mystery Pictures
Help Identify Your Classmates
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UPIKE Want Ads
Xbox Kinect Sensor
View the Want Ads section of our web site which includes items like lab equipment, medical supplies for mission trips, and equipment to help maintain our facilities. |
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Welcome to UPIKENEWS, the official newsletter of the University of Pikeville Alumni Association.
As we close in on the last month of the spring semester, the campus is busy with activity. Athletics Weekend is only weeks away and the women's bowling team is in the hunt for its 4th national championship in Reno, Nevada! Alumni profiles, UPIKE Connect videos of Chancellor Paul Patton and Dean Howard Roberts, the new dean of the College of Optometry, and the Kentucky Innovation Network announcement are just a few of this month's highlights.
As valued alumni, we want to hear about you and include your stories in upcoming issues of the newsletter. Please send us your stories and pictures and help us celebrate our UPIKE alumni. Did you buy one too many new Xbox Kinect Sensors? If so, then please view the Want Ads section of our website and consider donating this equipment. If you have been away from campus for too long, check out the Save the Date section for your class reunion and the schedule of AlumNites coming to a city near you.
On behalf of the Alumni Association and the University of Pikeville community, Go Bears!
Dr. Eric A. Becher
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Kentucky Innovation Network
Partners with University of Pikeville 
Gov. Steve Beshear announced a vital resource for entrepreneurs and small businesses in Eastern Kentucky. The Ky. Cabinet for Economic Development is establishing a Ky. Innovation Network office in Pikeville. The office, on the UPIKE campus, will provide much-needed assistance to startup companies in the Appalachian region. | More |
Join us at Biltmore Estate on April 26 for Biltmore in Bloom. You'll enjoy the beauty of spring with 96,000 tulips, clusters of bright daffodils, forsythia, & roses, and acres of azaleas. The event includes admission and an audio tour at a special alumni rate of $55. Transportation is available from Pikeville. Space is limited - RSVP today.
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Alumni Spotlight
Little and Thornsbury Family
Some things are family traditions, wrapped in good old-fashioned care and glee. Coming together for dinner once a week, celebrating one another's accomplishments with joyous affection, those vacations you may have rolled your eyes at as a child but wistfully remember as an adult; all are time-honored examples. But have you ever seen a family whose tradition was attending college? | More
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Alumnus Wins Silver Telly Award Neil Kesterson '96 & Dynamix Productions
Since the mid-1980s, Kesterson, who studied music at Pikeville College and the University of Kentucky, has been a producer and sound designer for film, video, television, theater, radio, audio books and multimedia. He wrote, directed, produced and edited the film and Margo Buchanan narrated the program. | More |
Alumni at Keeneland
Opening Day of Keeneland's Spring Meet
It was another great day at the races as our alumni enjoyed premium seating for opening day of Keeneland's spring meet. Plans are underway to host another day during the fall meet. | Photos
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Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Part of the Athletics Banquet  Join us Sunday, May 4 for the induction of the UPIKE Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2014. This year's induction ceremony takes place as part of the third annual Athletics Banquet, which honors this season's achievements of UPIKE's 610 student-athletes. RSVP today.
Among those being honored include the 2008 national championship women's bowling team; Kayla Bandy, bowling; Justin Lamb, football; Randy McCoy, basketball.
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UPIKE Connect
Gov. Paul E. Patton, Chancellor of UPIKE
UPIKE Connect is an extension of the UPIKE Alumni Association's monthly Board of Directors' meetings. It is designed to showcase key individuals and to both inform and connect with our alumni community. April's speaker is Gov. Paul E. Patton, chancellor of the University of Pikeville. | More
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Business Teams Tie for Second
EKU Business Concept Competition
University of Pikeville students had an impressive showing during the 11th Annual Excellence in Entrepreneurship Collegiate Business Concept Challenge. Fifteen student teams representing UPIKE, Eastern Kentucky University, Alice Lloyd College, Berea College, Kentucky Christian College, and Asbury University participated in the competition held in London, Ky. | More
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 Maleena Little
Little has found solace in the notion that God will lead her down the right path, so long as she allows Him to, and is receptive to His call. Little advises others in life that sometimes you just have to listen and be willing to do whatever God asks you to do. Little was baptized in June of 2005, but admits that her focus on her faith became more prevalent in 2009. | More
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Sam Paul Combs
Voice of McDowell County Passes
For two decades, Combs was the morning announcer on WBRM (AM 1250). Starting in 1980, his warm baritone voice would be heard on the local radio station early every weekday morning inviting local listeners to have a second cup of coffee with him and start their day while he gave the news and weather reports. | More 1 | More 2 |
Student Spotlight
James Marshall Williams
Finding his life as a student redefined, Williams quickly took a liking to the self-responsible lifestyle that comes with entering college. After getting settled in to his new surrounding Williams said, "At UPIKE I have the freedom to be who I want and pursue the kind of future I want." | More |
Spiritual Life
Mexico Bears on a Mission
In relationships, lives are changed, and through relationships God is known in deeper ways. Missions are fueled by relationships. Junior Sierra Kiser summarizes it the best as she states, "the best part of any trip is the relationships you make along the way. I will never forget the impact of the precious little moments I had when I see these smiling faces. I thank God for another day on His mission field." | More
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Mockumentary to Documentary
Do Stereotypes Still Exist?
 The 2002 film, "Der Ewige Hillbilly," a mockumentary pushing the extremes of Appalachian stereotypes, was originally presented at Appalachian Studies Conference in Helen, Ga. The new documentary examines how those involved have changed over the years and answers the question, "Do these stereotypes still exist?" Nearly everyone involved with the original film returned to detail their life experiences in the 2014 documentary. | More |
Community Trust Listed by Forbes
50 Most Trustworthy Financial Companies
 Jean Hale class of '68 and Chairman, President, & CEO of Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. announced today that Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. has been recognized by Forbes magazine as one of "America's 50 Most Trustworthy Financial Companies." Community Trust was ranked first in the "Small Cap" category ($250 million to $1 billion). | More | Full List
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Now Accepting Nominations
Annual UPIKE Alumni Awards
 The Alumni Association is now accepting nominations for its four annual alumni awards. To learn more about the awards or to make a nomination, visit www.upike.edu/alumni/awards. | More |
UPIKE Decades Reunions
Come Back to Pikeville This Summer 
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April 24-26
| Hillbilly Days
| May 17
| Commencement Ceremonies
| April 26
| Biltmore in Bloom - Tour
| June 7
| Cincinnati Reds vs Phillies
| May 1
| Athletics Weekend - Spring Football
| June 9
| Alumni Board Meeting
| May 2
| Athletics Weekend - Golf Outing
| June 12-14
| Kentucky Bourbon Trail Tour
| May 3
| Athletics Weekend - Alumni Volleyball
| June 20-22
| Decades Reunion - 1969 and earlier
| May 4
| Athletics Weekend - Athletics Banquet
| July 4
| Main Street Live! & Fireworks
| May 12
| Alumni Board Meeting
| July 18-20
| Decades Reunion - 1990's & 2000's
| May 15
| Nurses Pinning Ceremony
| July 25
| Football Golf Outing
| May 16
| ROTC Commissioning Ceremony
| August 1-3
| Decades Reunion - 1970's & 1980's
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Have a story to share? Contact the Office of Alumni Relations at
Alumni Relations | University of Pikeville | 147 Sycamore Street | Pikeville, Ky. 41501
The University of Pikeville is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate, baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia, 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of the University of Pikeville. (2012)
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