2010s

Benders of Twigs

The Benders of Twigs ceremony was conceived in 1951 by University of Wichita President Harry Corbin, his assistant Kathryn Griffith, and English Professor Bill Nelson. The ceremony honors faculty and staff with 25 years of service to the University. The term "Bender of Twigs" refers to the similarity between the way a young sapling bends toward the light as it grows and how faculty and staff help lead students in their search for knowledge.

Year	Honorees
2015	Joan Antes Elizabeth Behrman Linda B. Black Patricia Bunton Don Burris Danny Close Catherine Consiglio Janelle Darr Rickie Demoss Lori Evans John Gist Klaus Hoffmann Brenda Johnson Paul Lytle Victor Markovich Cathy Moore-Jansen Marsyl Nelson John Rankin Marlene Schommer-Atkins Mary Sherman James Steck Elaine Steinke Ziqi Sun
2014	Christopher Brooks Dennis Burns Patricia Campbell Jen-Chi Cheng Mark Foley Larry Franklin Renea Goforth Edward Gomez Janet Graham Glenn Gunnels Hussein Hamdeh Lop-Hing Ho Barbara Hodson Kathryn Hull Jack Janzen Jeanne Kraus Hamid Lankarani Richard Lecompte Peer Moore-Jansen Lee Patton Robert Phillips David Thomas Craig Torbenson Brian Williams Kandatege Wimalasena
2013	Vincent Altum Philip Anderson Jeffrey Bever James Brewer Edwin Catlin Thomas Delillo Nancy Deyoe Cindy Dowell Phyllis Fletcher Linda Gill Dean Headley David Hughes Victor Isakov L. Scott Miller Kristi Mohler Hari Mukerjee Dean Roush Kevin Stuewe
2012	Andrew Acker Denecia Angleton Richard Armstrong Judith Barnes Connie Basquez Francis Bias Mary Lynn Burnett Denise Burns Diana Cochran-Black Pearlie Crawford Albert Goldbarth Dorthy Harpool Linda Harris Bill Jarnagin Ward Jewell Claudia Keller Joseph Kleinsasser Joann Loquist Salvatore Mazzullo Nikki McDermed David Scott Norton Kenneth Pitetti Jill Pletcher Catherine Ramirez Kerry Rosenboom Sonja Schroeder Madeline Sparling Kenneth Tedder Thomas Wallis Michel Winters
2011	Julie Bees Phillip Black Deborah Byers Sylvia Coats John Goldsmith Stephen Gruning Wanda Holt Charlotte Howard Sarah Hunt Shelly Kellogg Willard Klunder Judith Lewis Ruth Ann Logan Larry Lyden Alexia Newhouse Nora Nickerson Sandra Ranney Richard Renollet Antonio Robertson Blane Selvage W. Randal Sessions Mercedes Shoemaker Thomas Shrank Linda Sims Jorge Talia Janice Toth Michael Wood
2010	Linda K. Ambler Deborah Buller Doris P. Burgert Willie C. Burton Trudy A. Calloway Sally A. Jones Phillip C. Ladwig Beatrix Lawrence Nancy K. Luttrell Charles L. Martin Maria Martino Denise C. Maseman Ann M. Merrett Donna M. Miller Katherine Murdock Toni L. Neff William E. Ozor Kenneth L. Pavlicek Larry A. Ramos Betty L. Sherwood Barbara S. Smith Douglas A. Weber