Emmett (Rusty) Andrews:
CLASS OF 1972
South High SchoolClass of 1972
Wichita, KS
Manhattan Christian CollegeClass of 1981
Manhattan, KS
Manhattan Christian CollegeClass of 1976
Manhattan, KS
Truesdell Junior High SchoolClass of 1969
Wichita, KS
Stanley Elementary SchoolClass of 1966
Wichita, KS
Emmett (Rusty)'s Story
Life
After South High I spent four years getting my college degree at Manhattan Christian College in Manhattan, KS. Halfway through I married Jenne Foster (South Class of 1973). After college we moved back to Wichita where I worked at KARD-TV and FM (now KSNW) for two years, then moved back to Manhattan where I worked for my alma mater. Three years later I started a communications business (lasted eighteen months) then went to work for the Kansas State University Foundation.
In 1992 I went back to school at Kansas State, got my masters and PhD, and now have a private practice in marriage and family therapy and human systems consulting in Manhattan. The practice web site is andrewsinc.net. I also do presentations on a variety of personal and business topics. I teach one class each semester at Manhattan Christian College (a counseling class in the spring and a human sexuality class in the fall) and have taught for the graduate programs in marriage and family therapy at Kansas State University and Friends University. I got the chance to be the interim director of the K-State MFT grad programs while they were looking for a permanent new faculty member in 2006-2007, which was a lot of fun. Occasionally I'll have a student in a class at MCC that is the son or daughter of a classmate from college. That makes me think!
Following up on my senior year at South High, I've directed choirs at two churches for a total of about 20 years, finishing the last stint a few years ago. This year and next...Expand for more
I am serving as the president of the Kansas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and for over twenty years I have been the president of Heartland Christian Association, which raises money for our local Christian radio station (KHCA-FM). Every year in early October I go on the air for two days for our radiothon. So, I get to talk more on the radio over 36 hours than I did when radio-TV was my livelihood!
Jenne and I have three kids, ages 33, 32, and 26 (as of September, 2013). Our oldest daughter is married with one son and lives in Wichita. She was graduated from Manhattan Christian College and works in banking. Our son is a manager with Sherwin-Williams. He is married and he and his wife are in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he is the commercial sales manager for S-W. He is a Kansas State University grad. They have one son. Our youngest was graduated from Kansas State University in 2009 in Business Administration and was married May 19, 2012. She and her husband live in Manhattan where she is a Project Development Specialist at Kansas State University and her husband is getting a masters degree in agronomy at K-State. He has been hired by SImplot to work in Boise, Idaho, starting in May, 2014, so they will be moving (and we'll be scheduling trips to the northwest!).
My memories of every school I attended and almost every place I've worked are great and nearly all positive! I'd love to hear from classmates and colleagues. Send me a Classmates email and we'll keep in touch!
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