Southwestern College Collegian

Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: Features

Photo by April McCormick Collegian photographer Phil Jarvis has worked at Southwestern for 12 years. He is retiring as director of information services June 29. Jarvis has been mayor of Winfield for four years and made drastic changes to the community. [Click to enlarge]

In the three jobs he's had in his life, it's never taken him more than five minutes to get to work.

He's been in Winfield his entire life, working for his dad at Jarvis Auto Supply from 1963-1973, then working at Rubbermaid from 1973-1995.

Phil Jarvis, director of information

services, is retiring in June after working at Southwestern for the past 12 years. He plans to travel with his wife, Mary, and spend more time with his seven grandchildren in Kansas,

Oklahoma, and Colorado.

"I'm very glad that Southwestern is the last job that I'll have before I retire. I've had a good experience here," said Jarvis.

Phil and Mary enjoy theatre and often go to Wichita and Southwestern

productions. They enjoy all types of music and Irish-set dance once a month with a group of about 15 community

members.

"It's not the river-dance type where you have a lot of leg movement.

It's kind of like square dancing,"

said Jarvis.

His wife will work until 2008. After

that they plan to travel. They've already been to Italy, Amsterdam, and Africa, but plan to return to Italy.

Jarvis spent three years at the University

of Kansas. He married in between his junior and senior year. When his father was ill, the couple moved back to Winfield to finish college. Phil finished his Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration

in 1964 at Southwestern.

Jarvis said he'll miss seeing students

on a day-to-day basis. He said his favorite memories are handing out laptops to new students.

"Summertime is fairly mundane around here because the students are gone. It's nice to see the students come back," Jarvis said. "I think the students are excited about getting their laptops. It's always fun to see students interact with them."

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