SPRING/SUMMER 2011
HORNHAPPENINGS
THE PERIODIC NEWSLETTER OF HORN FIELD CAMPUS
HORN FIELD CAMPUS CAMPFIRE CIRCLE
A NOTE FROM MINDY
Let us be grateful to
people who make us
happy; they are the
charming gardeners
who make our
blossoms bloom.
-Marcel Proust
The mission of Horn
Field Campus is to offer
an outdoor educational
environment that is
committed to extending
Western Illinois
University's mission of
academic excellence,
educational opportunity,
personal growth,
and social responsibility.
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Greetings Friends of Horn Field Campus!
Spring is such a phenomenal time, especially at HFC. I
can recall a student stopping by Horn during finals week
in awe of how green everything became so suddenly. Yes,
it seems like we wait for spring, then one day, it’s here in
full force! I continue to plant perennials that have been
donated by friends, it is a time of fun and surprises to
see if what we planted
last year survived its first
winter. An area will soon
be named “Friends of
Horn Garden” and will
grace your arrival into the
field campus.
The traditions set at
Horn more than 45 years
ago remain in terms of
environmentalism and
have set Horn aside as the
mecca of sustainability at
An annual spring event
WIU. With little funding,
that began at Horn
lots of bartering, plenty
Field Campus by Karen
of volunteering combined
Peitzmeier and Anne Hyla
with promotion and
is the WIU Environmental
sustenance of sustainable
Summit. Over an eightJulian Keniry, Environmental Summit Keynote Speaker poses with Mindy
practices, Horn Field
year period, it has grown
Campus continues to grow and develop every decade.
into a two-campus event. The planning committee has
Thanks to you for being a part of the evolution! I hope
grown into a dedicated membership of 15 faculty, staff and
this newsletter finds you in good health and spirits and
students who work year-round to offer to the surrounding
outside! And don’t forget, “the sun is shining, the birds
communities the “latest” in the world of environmental
are singing, it’s a great day to be alive!”
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upcoming programs at
HFC, refer to our website:
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or call (309) 833-5798
sustainability. Pictured with me is the 2011 keynote
speaker, Ms. Julian Keniry, senior director of campus and
community leadership at the National Wildlife Federation.
For more than two decades, Julian has worked to advance
leadership for sustainability in U.S. higher education
and beyond. It was a unique pleasure to have her with
us on both WIU campuses and again tops the bar for
outstanding collaboration and networking opportunities
provided through the
Summit.
ROARK FAMILY
Ed Condon (Bridgid Roark's husband)
cooks up fresh lamb chops for their
Easter Celebration. Ed graduated
from WIU in 1972 and worked at the
Coke factory for Pappy Horn!
"We are so thankful for Horn Lodge; and as you know, have
enjoyed MANY wonderful holidays there. It's become woven
into the fabric of our family.
Nothing could be better. It's like
we are the characters in a Norman
Rockwell painting. Great thanks to
all that contribute to it being so nice. L to R: Martha Roark, Maureen Condon,
Denny Roark. All 3 ladies are WIU alumnae!
-Bridgid Roark
SATURDAY JULY 23, 2011 - 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. - SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE & GARDEN TOUR
Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455-1390
PROGRAM UPDATE
Horn Field Campus hosted its first ever Human Foosball tournament last
semester. As a project for her recreation programming principles class,
RPTA major Hayley Westart coordinated this fun and innovative project
which was held on a very cool day in April.
HFC hosted another class outing this semester as Dr. Marcia Carter
brought the RPTA Perspectives in Outdoor Recreation class from the
Quad Cities campus for a day in April. The HFC staff and H.E.L.P.
members shared as much as information as possible about outdoor
recreation at Horn Field Campus within a five-hour timeslot. Topics
covered were natural resource management, including forestry issues
and urban forestry, and an overview of facility management of the field
campus. Kate Nelson of H.E.L.P., shown in the picture below offered her
skills by demonstrating outdoor cooking techniques for the group. To
end the day, the QC students treated to a lesson in adventure recreation
by experiencing the high ropes course. We received very positive feedback
from this group and hope to continue showcasing our profession to many
more classes to come.
Programming is all about evaluating what currently is in place and this
year, H.E.L.P., along with the new RPTA student organization, Student
Outdoor Adventure Recreation Society or SOARS, banded together to
bring the annual spring Outdoor Skills Seminar (OSS) back to the winter
time. Alumnus Lon Alderman returned to share that the OSS had been
held in the winter in the distant past, so it was decided that it will be
moved from April to February this coming year. Topics at OSS included
fire starting, outdoor cooking, orienteering, dump school, and shelter
building. The students made a “shelter” out of snow, which looked like an
igloo, and slept in it overnight. Our true blue outdoor enthusiasts made
HELP Advisory Board
Top Row, L to R: Jennifer Longshore,
Katy Doolan, Monica Gummow
Bottom Row, L to R: Nicki Smith,
Brett Devlin
A view of the newly renovated lodge porch
the best of the snow storm that closed the University
this year!
FACILITIES UPDATE
Last semester gave way to a huge, overdue project taken on by H.E.L.P.
members enthusiastically and with much perseverance. Visualize the
lodge. Do you remember the very short inside door on the west side
wall of the lodge to the left of the fireplace? Can you recall the string
of fine chains that hung on the ceiling right inside of this mysterious
door? Some of you might even remember the west side of the lodge that
we called “lower storage”. Believe it or not, it has been resurrected into
a porch once again. Yes, complete with screens replacing the boarded
up windows, tables and chairs for gatherings, and a newly planted flower
garden outside of it.
The area was filled with items of which we discovered were unusable,
unsalvageable or in disrepair. Thus the clean up began, which is where the
perseverance came about as we tried to recycle, reuse, return, find a home
for, or sell for scrap, each and every item in this “shed.” This new space has
created a wonderful wildlife viewing area and has expanded our indoor
programming space as well. We are able to open it up for use in time
for the annual RPTA Professional Development Conference's Friday
night cookout at Horn. It was a grand surprise to those seasoned faculty,
staff, students and alumni. We extend our gratitude and appreciation
to Monica Gummow and Brett Devlin, along with the other H.E.L.P.
members who pulled off this feat. Next time you are in the area, stop by,
take a look and sit quietly in the “new” porch. We’ll get you a glass of tea
to enjoy while you are here too!
Kate Nelson offers her skills by
demonstrating outdoor cooking techniques
to Dr. Marcia Carter's RPTA Perspecitives
in Outdoor Recreation class.
Human Foosball at Horn Field Campus