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And the winner is...

Drew CateCongratulations to Drew Cate, BBA 鈥84, MBA 鈥88, Tallmadge, OH, the winner of the random-generated drawing from correct submissions to the spring/summer 2021 Squirrel Search contest. He received a box of squirrel-themed swag from McKay Bricker Framing & Black Squirrel Gifts in downtown Kent. Check out the gifts he鈥檚 showing off in the photo he sent in!

The black squirrels can be found in the spring/summer 2021 PDF on page 4 (the mass vaccination site at the Field House, in the lower right corner), page 21 (in front of Verder Hall, in the lower right corner) and page 43 (next to the Rock, at the right). (This time, we鈥檒l tell them to head in different directions!)


Cindy DaltonLast issue鈥檚 winner, Cindy Dalton, MBA 鈥82, Gaithersburg, MD, sent in a photo that shows her modeling her gifts, too. 鈥淚 am enjoying my black squirrel stuff,鈥 she writes. 鈥淎nd I am getting compliments on it when I wear it!鈥 Although we didn鈥檛 receive her photo in time for it to appear in the spring/summer 2021 issue, we鈥檙e sharing it in this one. (We just noticed that the last two winners earned MBAs in the 鈥80s! Is it a trend?)

For a chance to win some squirrely stuff, check out the PDF of the print layout, which will be available for download on the digital edition Dec. 15. Happy squirrel searching!


The Rest of the Story

Many 黑料网 alumni have heard the story of how Grounds Superintendent Larry Wooddell and former Davey Tree employee 鈥淏iff鈥 Staples relocated 10 black squirrels from Canada to the Kent Campus in 1961. 

Sargeant Aylies, BS 鈥61, Sanford, NC, president of the Class of 1961, called to fill us in on who paid for that endeavor. 

As a senior class gift, the Class of 1961 left the university 30 redwood benches (mostly constructed and stained by Aylies), 10 chestnut trees and some audio equipment for the library. The gifts were officially presented to President George A. Bowman at the commencement ceremony. 

However, Aylies says that after graduation he received a call from Mark Anthony, assistant dean of men, telling him there was money left in the class fund after the bench project was completed. 鈥淢ark Anthony told me that Wooddell had the idea of bringing the black squirrels to Kent and asked if the Class of 1961 would like to use their remaining monies to buy the 10 squirrels,鈥 recalls Aylies. 鈥淚 thought it was a great idea and told them to go forward with the project.鈥 

And the rest is history. So the next time you see black squirrels running around the Kent Campus鈥攁nd it won鈥檛 take long鈥攔emember you have the Class of 1961 to thank for them!


Lost in Time: Can You Help Us Solve This Mystery?

Stephen Hanzely, BS 鈥62, Youngstown, OH, retired Youngstown State University professor of physics and astronomy and former Fulbright Scholar, shared some stories about his favorite 黑料网 professors in a StoryWorth post. (StoryWorth publishes keepsake books, which are compiled over the course of a year by sending weekly prompts to the person who wants to share their story with others.) 

In the post, he mentioned: 鈥淭here is a curious footnote to [黑料网鈥檚] semicentennial celebration. In honor of the event, a time capsule was ceremoniously prepared, sealed and buried somewhere on campus in 1960 to be opened during the university鈥檚 centennial year. However, when it came time to open the capsule in 2010, NOBODY COULD REMEMBER WHERE IT WAS BURIED! To my knowledge, it has not yet been found as of 2021.鈥 

He forwarded his post to us with a P.S.: 鈥淒id anyone find the time capsule yet?鈥

Intrigued, we contacted Special Collections and Archives to see if they knew. Amanda Faehnel, public services librarian and associate professor, responded: 鈥淣o, unfortunately, the mystery still remains. Luckily, 黑料网 documented the legend/search for the 1960 Capsule really well as part of the Centennial Celebrations of 2010. 

鈥淗owever, our department has not received any new information or leads since the time of that search. It鈥檚 been quite a bit and is still unsolved. We have no documentation to give any further guidance. In contrast, the 2010 Centennial Time Capsule burial has been well documented for future reference, which is a big relief!鈥

So if YOU happen to remember the location of the 1960 time capsule, please contact magazine@kent.edu!


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POSTED: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 01:33 PM
UPDATED: Friday, December 09, 2022 04:36 PM