Births and Adoptions Joe ’04 and Shelby ’06 Greemore announced the birth of their son, Greyson Lee, on July 14, 2012. Cade and Amanda Rensink ’04 announced the birth of Colyer Brion on February 23, 2012. Jeff and Heather (Hawkins) Jones ’05 announced the birth of their son, Matthew Drennon, on October 5, 2012. Marriages Marney Davis ’04 married Nathan Hetrick on July 21, 2012. They now live in Portales, New Mexico, where Nathan is stationed with the U.S. Air Force. In Memoria

Ottawa University is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Amy Browne Hogan as the new Dean of the School of Education. She has served as the Interim Dean of the School since last spring, following the departure of Dr. David Barnes. Hogan has extensive experience as a K-12 trained teacher, college professor and academic administrator. She originally came to Ottawa University in 2003 as an adjunct instructor while she was teaching in the Shawnee Mission Public School system. She worked in

Ottawa University campuses spread a lot of good cheer over the holiday season. For two weeks in November, the Arizona Phoenix campus gathered food for the St. Mary’s Thanksgiving Food Bank. Six large boxes of food were collected. “We were so excited by the amazing response of our employees to this great cause,” said Assessment Projects Coordinator Daniel Eckstrom. OU-Indiana repeated their Toys for Tots drive, collecting 141 toys by December 14. In addition to toys, hats, mittens, gl

From Moscow to the mesas of Arizona, there are few things Ottawa University graduate Marilyn Murray ’83 AZ hasn’t experienced. Businesswoman, art gallery owner, student, teacher, counselor, columnist, author, she’s done much in her 76 years, and the word retirement is not in her lexicon. Murray thrived in many careers before she landed as a 44-yearold student at the Ottawa University-Arizona campus in 1981. With her husband, she owned a Western store where they raised two small children