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ON THE COVER
Gracing the cover of the fall 2007 The Shocker alumni magazine are Wichita State students at Convocation, which was held Aug. 28 at Charles Koch Arena. More than 3,000 WSU students, coaches, faculty and staff members attended the event.
For more Convo photos, as well as additional information about the university's eighth annual convocation celebration, please check out WANDERINGS FALL 2007. Cover photo and the other convocation photos posted in this online issue of The Shocker are by Gavin Peters.
MEMORIES OF DUNBAR
Dear Editor:
I want to express my appreciation to The Shocker (spring 2007) for publishing the article ("Back to the Old Neighborhood") about Wichita's Dunbar Elementary School reunion organized by Gerald Norwood.
Mr. Norwood deserves to be named WSU Alumnus of the Year for his conception and organizing of this important event.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar (a former principal and the namesake of Dunbar Elementary) was at the nerve center of Wichita’s black community. Gerald has made known the importance of this institution. He brought out the pride vested in the history of Dunbar as an institution.
As one who lived across the street from the school, my memories of Dunbar are at the center of my childhood. Many of the people whom I remember from back then I saw at the reunion. The reunion was an event of a kind that is seldom experienced, or could be expected to be experienced, in a lifetime.
Again, thanks to The Shocker for its recognition of Gerald Norwood and Dunbar Elementary School.
Robert G. Newby, Dunbar 1940-46, WSU ’61, Stanford ’74
professor of sociology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant
Editor's Note: Dunbar Reunion organizer Gerald Norwood '74 is pictured above right outside the historic Wichita elementary school. In June, Norwood and 300 other Dunbar alumni returned to the McAdams neighborhood for a tour of the school as well as a banquet, dance and church service.
LEGACY THANKS
Dear WSU Alumni Association:
It is again with great pride and pleasure that I send my alumni dues. I thank you for awarding my granddaughter, Monica Bretches, a Legacy Endowed Scholarship (“42,000 in 2007-08 Association Scholarships Awarded to 18 Recipients,” 2007 summer The Shocker). I am delighted to hear about her positive learning experiences at Wichita State.
I was back to Wichita in June and drove around the campus. My, how things have changed! The expansion of the campus is exciting.
Joed E. (Johnston) Steinberg ’69
Twin Falls, Idaho
