<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/issues/2024-spring/fun-times.html" dsn="news"><item_date>03/29/2024 12:00:00 AM</item_date><category_header/><title>Fun Times</title><subheader/><description>Alumnus remembers living in Crumley Hall and working as a DJ.</description><author/><photographer/><image><img src="/sites/default/files/don-rogers-1989_thumb.jpg" alt="Don Rogers"/></image><thumbnail_image><img src="/sites/default/files/don-rogers-1989_thumb.jpg" alt="Don Rogers"/></thumbnail_image><taxonomy-story-type>Letters to the editor</taxonomy-story-type><taxonomy-cultural-story-category/><taxonomy-news-sections/><taxonomy-college-department/><taxonomy-tags/><type>story</type><categories/><relationships/><main-content>
    
    
  
    
      
      
        Don Rogers ('89) (left) in 1989.      
    
    I thought my story might be good news. I graduated from UNT with a bachelor's in recreation management, with an emphasis in therapeutic recreation.
I went on to grad school at Indiana University and got my master's and Ph.D. in human performance. I retired from Indiana State University as a full professor in 2023 after 26 years. I was the director of the recreational therapy program and outdoor center.

I use a wheelchair full time and lived in Crumley Hall in one of the accessible rooms. I have so many fond memories of living on campus and the Denton community. I was also a DJ on KNTU for two years working the night shift, 8 p.m. to midnight, and then shutting down the station for the night. I had the "Crumley Singers" come in and sing Christmas carols twice on my live mic. Lots of fun.

Don Rogers ('89)
Terre Haute, Indiana
  

    
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