2019 Bender of Twigs Honorees

“To all persons to whom these presents may come greeting, be it known to all wielders of the rod, leaners on the lectern, pupilmongers and pedagogues, as well as pencil pushers, mainframe methodologists, memo maniacs, procedure pathologies, office ontologists, and computer compulsives, and also the tidiers, tillers, toilers and Cushman cowboys that, having completed twenty-five years of faithful service for the honorary order of Bender of Twigs, has accordingly been admitted to that order with all rights, privileges and immunities thereunto pertaining in witness whereof we have caused this diploma to be signed by the President of the University and our corporate seal to be hereto affixed in the City of Wichita...” - Citation of the Bender of Twigs Certificate written by Bill Nelson, professor emeritus of English 1951.