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12 - The Elk City News Community April 29, 2023 eventually decided to pursue a is helping students learn and egies and techniques evolve in Dr. Jerry Dunn: versity in Manhattan, Kansas. they've struggled. He espe- his third SWOSU president, doctorate at Kansas State Uni- succeed, particularly when education,” Dunn said. and still loves it. “I've cher- Dunn and his wife live just ished every year that I’ve been cially enjoys witnessing “the SWOSU Agricultural in Ag Economics. Dunn said dents suddenly understand a side of Elk City on farmland K-State offered a Ph.D. in northeast of Love's on the east Economics with an emphasis here,” Dunn said. light bulb moment” when stu- that’s been in the family more The 45-minute commute that the program fit his mind- than 100 years. He farms with concept. Scholar from Elk City to Weatherford set, and Manhattan was a lot The most challenging part his parents, Wendell and Shel- to teach is a small price to pay of his career was early as he like Stillwater, also a good fit. for realizing the goal that Jerry lean Dunn. He hadn't considered work- transitioned from researcher “I'm very fortunate to have ing in a classroom, though, un- to educator. “[ had a steep that opportunity,” Dunn said. Dunn had as a Canute High til he got the chance to teach learning curve when first step- A veteran educator, he’s School graduate of returning an Ag Finance class while he ping into the classroom, and been on campus more than home and working in agricul- was at K-State. “That opened the learning continues as strat- two decades, is serving under ture. my eyes to the possibility of being an educator,” Dunn said. As he finished his doctoral dissertation—a book Ph.D. students write to com- that Registrations Open for SWOSU plete their degree—in the fall of 2001, he began looking for Summer Music Camps 2023 a job. Dunn had interviewed at some small agricultural col- The Department of Music at Southwestern Okla- until his retirement from SWOSU in 1986. Dr. Terry leges and universities, more Segress directed and expanded the music camp offer- homa State University (SWOSU) would like to invite interested in teaching than re- middle and high school musicians to register for ings during his tenure as Camp Director from 1987- searching the 68th summer of SWOSU Music Camps, hosted 2007. Dr. Keith Talley took over camp administra- GOIN’ HOME on the Weatherford campus. 2023 SWOSU Music tion from 2008-2016, followed by Marc Mueller from ‘Then, he took a shot in the Camp offerings include Choral Camp on June 11-15; 2017-2021. dark. Cantiamo Solo Voice Camp on June 15-16; Marimba Dr. Shelley Martinson currently oversees camp ad- “On a whim, I emailed my Camp on June 18-21; String Camp on June 20-23; resume to the SWOSU College ministration in collaboration with individual faculty By Landry Brewer Canute had about 25. Middle School Band Camp on June 25-28; and Band of Business concerning a Man- Camp on July 9-14. camp directors, Office Manager Chrissy Hagood and FAMILY MATTERS agement position that was ad- Financial Manager Kathleen Jung. How Jerry Dunn wound up He benefitted by having SWOSU Music Camps bring a special energy and ex- About SWOSU Department of Music vertised,” Dunn said. teaching at SWOSU in Weath- family nearby. “My cousins citement to campus each year. These programs give SWOSU is home to one of Oklahoma's largest music He didn’t hear back as the erford is a good story. Cory and Christie Spieker were students the opportunity to work with top-notch weeks passed, so he continued schools—one of established excellence. The excellent The 1992 Canute High finishing up college at OSU, the job search. Then, one day conductors and teachers, participate in ensembles, quality of training offered at SWOSU is demonstrat- School graduate thought that and I moved a trailer house he got a call from Dr. Ralph and hone musical skills while making lasting friend- ed daily by the hundreds of graduates now working in after college he'd eventually re- into the trailer park down the May, Dean of the SWOSU Col- ships and memories. Approximately 1,000 students Oklahoma and throughout the United States. turn to western Oklahoma to street from them,” he said, The lege of Business. and faculty travel from around the region to attend ‘The SWOSU Department of Music offers the follow- live and work on the farm near Spiekers being close helped camps each year. An Economics professor Both residential and commuter options are available. ing undergraduate degrees in music: Bachelor of Mu- his tight-knit family. He was Dunn adjust to living away was retiring, and May thought sic Education (Instrumental/General), Bachelor of right, though not in the way from home. Additional information, audition music, and online that as a Canute native, Dunn Music Education (Vocal/General), Bachelor of Music he'd planned. More help came from more would be a good fit among registration can be found at www.SWOSUCamps. (Performance or Music Business), and Bachelor of LEARNING HOW TO family. Dunn was roommates SWOSU's students, many of com. Any questions can be directed to the SWOSU Music (Music Therapy). Graduate degree options in- LEARN with cousins Wes and Quenton whom come from small west- Music Camp Office at 580-774-3296. clude the following: Master of Music in Performance, Dunn became a college stu- Elliott, which also helped im- ern Oklahoma schools. History of SWOSU Music Camps ‘The SWOSU legacy of summer music camps began in the Master of Music in Music Therapy, and the Mas- dent at Oklahoma State Uni- mensely. He interviewed, was offered ter of Music in Music Education. versity in Stillwater in 1993. By the time he'd left Still- the job, and began teaching un- 1956 when the 1st Annual Band Camp was started He spent the year before, how- water, Dunn had earned bach- dergraduate and graduate Eco- by the SWOSU Director of Bands, Dr. Richard V. Coy; SWOSU's Department of Music works with students to achieve their personal best. Students study with ever, acclimating to higher ed- elor’s and master's degrees in nomics and Statistics courses the Thomas band Director, Melvin “Buster” Westmo- superb musicians committed to their academic and ucation by commuting about Agricultural Economics. at Weatherford in August 2002 reland; and the Director of Bands at Hollis, Robert musical advancement. With individual training cus- 25 miles west. He graduated from high and has ever since. Moses. “To ease that transition, I school intending to get a de- Then, in 2019, SWOSU Dr. Coy served as Camp Director from 1956-1961 tomized to meet the needs of each student, SWOSU's spent my first year of college at gree in Farm and Ranch Man- implemented a Business in and 1964-1967. Dr. Russ Coleman was the interim Department of Music gives students the educational SWOSU in Sayre, then trans- agement from OSU, then go Agriculture degree program, Director of Bands and Camp Director in 1962 and and performance opportunities to put them on the ferred to OSU,” Dunn said. home to work on the family and Dunn has been intimately 1963 while Dr. Coy worked on his doctoral degree path to musical success. ‘The hardest part of adjust- farm. But as he advanced in involved. “Given my back- at UCLA. After Dr. Coy became Director of Bands at SWOSU offers a full range of scholarships and finan- ing to college was learning the that program, he considered ground, I have been extremely Pasadena City College in California, he was followed cial aid to university students. For information about study skills that he hadn’t de- other options. excited and very active in its by Harlon Lamkin, who served as Camp Director at scholarships, contact Dr. Shelley Martinson, Chair of veloped in high school. “I began to realize just how development,” he said. SWOSU from 1968-1970. Dr. James Jurrens became the Department of Music, at 580-774-3708 or shel- ‘The hardest part of adjust- difficult farming life can be and He teaches two courses in the Camp Director in 1971 and held that position ley:martinsoneswosu.edu. ing to OSU was its size and the started looking for other av- the program, advises most of DR. DONALD WEESE, size of his classes. “Some of enues,” Dunn said. the majors, and is a co-sponsor them were massive, with more BECOMING DR. DUNN of the SWOSU Collegiate Okla- Dunn said. That's why he went into homa Farm Bureau chapter. His entire graduating class at the OSU master’s program and ‘The best part of Dunn’s job Long-term care residents have same rights as everyone By Cherrie Nutley, SWODA Om- + Dignity, Respect and Courtesy budsman Supervisor, 580-562- + Privacy + Prompt Response to requests + Secure Storage and use of Per- UROLOGY Dr. Weese practices general adult and pediatric urology. 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