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Featured Alum: Debbie Fulk Hay
Debbie Fulk Hay ('75) received the Green Owl Award from William Woods University in 2009. A graduate of the cooperative program between William Woods and Baylor Universities, she attended William Woods 1971-74 and Baylor 1974-76. She graduated from William Woods in 1975 with a degree in psychology and from Baylor in 1976 with a B.S. in nursing. She has practiced in many areas of nursing during her career, including med/surg, operating room, intensive care and the emergency department.
In 1995 she moved into management by becoming director of the emergency department. She went from that position to director of nursing at an Ambulatory Surgery Center. She is currently president of Texas Institute for Surgery, a physician-owned surgical hospital in Dallas, Texas.
Debbie was one of two nurses who co-founded the Metrocrest Family Medical Clinic, a nonprofit clinic providing low-cost medical services to the uninsured and under-insured in the North Texas area. She remains on the board of that organization and volunteers at the clinic on a regular basis. Debbie is currently serving as chairman of the Texas Physician Hospital Advocacy Center, an organization supporting the physician-owned hospitals in Texas.
While maintaining many of her friendships that began at William Woods, Debbie helped found the current Dallas William Woods alumni organization with two of her Alpha Phi sorority sisters, Janet Brown Stevenson (’74) and Ellen Dunleavy Dawson (’76). Through this local group, she has been able to form new friendships with other William Woods alumni. In 2009, Hay was honored by her alma mater with the Green Owl Award.
Debbie has been married since 1980 to Stephen Hay, who attended Westminster 1974-75 and graduated from Southern Methodist University as an electrical engineer. She is the proud mother of John, a graduate of St. Louis University as a professional pilot with a degree in aviation management, and Lynn, also a graduate of St. Louis University, who is a physician assistant.
Featured Alum: Jessica Garbrian
 Jessica Gabrian (’07) received her undergraduate degree in American Sign Language Interpreting from William Woods. Jessica recently graduated from Gallaudet University where she received her Master’s of Interpretation. She says, “By signing all the time and learning not to speak, I realize that sometimes it can be oppressive to use the voice as the only way to communicate.”
Currently Jessica is working as a freelance interpreter, but still works with Gallaudet University on a regular basis. Jessica says it is "a cognitively demanding job. The Deaf community deserves equal access to communication, and it's important that interpreter's ASL use is comprehensible and coherent."
While on campus, Jessica was an active member of Alpha Chi Omega (AXO) sorority and served as a volunteer for PeaceJam, where she met Nobel Laureate Jody Williams, in whose brand new book, Ingredients for Peace, Jessica is also featured, as she was in the PeaceJam: A Billion Simple Acts of Peace book. Now somewhat of a celebrity, Jessica was recently featured on the AXO website as part of the organization’s “Real. Strong. Women.” Campaign, along with her sorority sister, Sarah Chatham ’08.
Featured Alum: Cindy Dietrich Logan
 Cindy Dietrich Logan (’74) lives in Louisiana, Mo.. Cindy holds an undergraduate degree from WWU in art with minors in secondary education and English. She also attended Webster University in St. Louis, where she earned her MAT.
After 14 years working in public education, in 1997 Cindy began spending her time teaching private classes in her in-home studio space, running an antique paper business, and producing and showing her own artwork. For 5 years, she owned a shop in Hannibal, Mo.
Her web site highlights her long list of awards and achievements and includes numerous of her art works, some of which are for sale, including a pastel of Dulany Hall on the WWU campus.
Cindy enjoys spending time with her husband, Walter C. Logan II, and her children Benjamin, Bethany, and Blake and grandsons Jack and Logan.
 During her time at William Woods, Cindy was active in Alpha Phi International, serving as rush chair and social chair; Panhellenic; and art club. Now, Cindy is active with the Raintree Arts Council, Best of Missouri Hands, Hannibal Art Club, PEO Sisterhood, and First Presbyterian Church.
Cindy says of her William Woods experience that she had "a wonderful time, forming life-long bonds with some of my best friends," and credits the ties formed at William Woods with making her who she is today. Cindy believes "any experience is what you make of it."
Cindy currently serves on the WWU National Alumni Association Board's Advisory Committee.
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