Graduation Breakfast 1998

Once again, it is Spring in Moscow, Idaho, and there is no lovelier place on the planet.  And, once again, we gather to honor the graduating seniors.  Gordon Thomas, Director of the Writing Program, and Dene Thomas, Vice-Provost of the university and faculty member in English, have once again offered their home to us.  Some have commented that we seem to come up with excuses to get together over food; well, perhaps that's so, but we certainly have a good time doing so!   Note here the relish with which our esteemed faculty member and Director of the Honors Program, Stephan Flores, leads the attack!  Amazed, Linda Adams, the spouse of our Chair Douglas Q. Adams, looks on.

Meanwhile, out on the deck, Rick Feherenbacher contemplates a summer without grading papers (oops, you forgot you're teaching summer school!).

Here, we practice the skills mastered by most English majors: talking, talking, and more talking while eating.

Back inside, Chair Adams wonders what this goofy bunch is all about; Linda looks pretty puzzled, too.

The always stylish Dr. Sheila O'Brien is playing "zen wanna be a rock star," while our ever willing-to-learn Kate practices alongside.   Kate, by the way, was instrumental in making the brunch a success, but more about that later.

Dene Thomas, our lovely host, presides at the post food "My God, we can't budge" slug fest.

Wow, Stephan can sure get intense; here he's yakking it up with Trish Thomas.  Nothing like a sugar high to stimulate conversation.

"So, Ben, like, we're outta here."   "So, like Heather, we have real jobs, we're stars, sister-woman!"

"You'd think I drank enough coffee during the week," but here I am, going stark raving crazy on the weekend, too."

Remember Kate? Well, she made this Kodak moment possible by making sure that her mother, Professor Pat Riley, got to the gig on time in order to be named Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year!  She definitely was surprised.  Kate has been blessed by the Muse of Eta Chi; she has a great teaching job in Arizona.

Whoa!  Not only a plaque but a gift certificate to Bookpeople!

Pat gives a big hug to Vice-President Melissa Cowley (Heather, our president, is out of range, being a star with Ben Colburn and contemplating the zillions she will make at Anderson Consulting.

Hot dang!  A group picture!  And happy campers all.