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8 departments 2 CMU Today Celebrate with Special Olympics and its 40 years of Summer Games on CMU's campus; see an alumnus' painting that became a piece of Michigan State Capitol history; and more. 5 Up Close With … National Public Radio political correspondent Don Gonyea 28 Sports Root for a CMU baseball standout in the Majors; find out who's inducted into the 2011 Hall of Fame; and more. 31 Giving Learn why Jeff Meyers, M.S.A. '91, is among the top donors to University Libraries, even though he's never set foot inside Park Library. 2 18 34 Connections 36 Alumni News 39 In Memory 40 I Am Central Executive Editor and Executive Director of Alumni Relations Marcie Otteman, '87 Photographers Robert Barclay Peggy Brisbane Graphic Designer Amy Gouin Writers Sarah Chuby, '03 M.A. '11 Dan Digmann Don Helinski, '96 Scott Rex Jennifer Sula Communications committee Jeffrey L. Benjamin, '86 Kevin Campbell, '74 M.A. '76 Kevin H. Richman, '93 Vice President of Development and External Relations Kathleen M. Wilbur Associate Vice President for University Communications Renée Walker, '00 For advertising information Call Cindy Jacobs, '93 800-358-6903 stay connected Send change of address information to: Alumni Relations Carlin Alumni House Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 Phone: 800-358-6903 Fax: 989-774-7159 Email: alumni@cmich.edu Web: cmualum.com 30% post-cosumer waste Centralight is published four times each year by the Central Michigan University Office of Alumni Relations. It is printed by Quad/Graphics, Midland, Mich., and entered at the Midland Post Office under nonprofit mailing. CMU (an AA/EO institution) strongly and actively strives to increase diversity within its community (see www.cmich.edu/aaeo). CMU provides individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the activities, programs and services announced in this publication. Individuals with disabilities requiring an accommodation to participate in a program should call the event sponsor. UComm 8568–25,757 (9/11) centralight fall '11 1