{"id":1324,"date":"2014-10-02T19:01:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T23:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2014-10-02T19:01:35","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T23:01:35","slug":"tony-serves-you-a-smile-on-a-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/2014\/10\/02\/tony-serves-you-a-smile-on-a-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony serves you a smile on a plate"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ADAM FALLUJI –\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>STAFF WRITER<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Being friendly on Centre\u2019s campus is second-nature, not just among students and faculty, but also between students and the college\u2019s staff, including one of the most recognizable faces on campus, Tony Gause.<\/p>\n

Most students know Gause from Cowan\u2019s Fire and Ice line where he has become famous for his made-to-order omelets. Known across campus as the perfect start to a busy day, Gause\u2019s omelets attracted my attention, so I met with him to discuss what lies behind their fluffy perfection.<\/p>\n

To my surprise, it was not witchcraft that yielded the delicious creations, but hard work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve messed up quite a few omelets, let me tell you,\u201d Gause said. \u201cBut I guess it\u2019s like any other thing in life, with practice you improve.\u201d<\/p>\n

After I asked him about his omelets however, it was Gause\u2019s turn to be surprised. He was touched by the fact that he could do something\u00a0so minor to change a student\u2019s day for the better, as selflessness is a key principle by which he lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it\u2019s early in the morning and you\u2019re stressed-out and don\u2019t want to get up, if I can do something to turn that around it means a lot to me,\u201d Gause said. \u201cMy thing is you never know what little thing you might say [that] is going to have an impact on someone, so I talk to everyone I can in Cowan and that has a huge impact on me, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gause is known by students for his kindness and willingness to get to know them personally. He makes a constant effort to learn the names of new students and to ask them how their day is going. With that kind of an attitude, Centre College was a clear fit for him, but Gause did not always work for Sodexo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came here from Charlotte, North Carolina where I worked at an O\u2019Charley\u2019s,\u201d Gause said. \u201cMy mother-in-law needed help keeping her farm so I moved here, and I ended up liking Kentucky so I stayed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Living on a farm in Kentucky, however, proved to be a wildly different experience from living in Charlotte.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an amazing culture shock for me. I\u2019d never seen a horse up-close before and I woke up to the sound of chickens,\u201d Gause said.<\/p>\n

Yet Kentucky\u2019s rural pastures and livestock weren\u2019t the only factor in Gause\u2019s choice to stay in Danville.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the atmosphere here. It\u2019s a small town and everyone is friendly and close. It\u2019s not like they\u2019re just trying to put it on or force it, that\u2019s just how they really are,\u201d Gause said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is nice, humble, sincere, and they talk to you. Not just the students, but even the President and his wife. At other universities you don\u2019t get that unless you\u2019re someone special or you\u2019ve been introduced, but when I came here President Roush and his wife introduced themselves to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Gause became a part of the Centre community, his role has expanded in becoming an Assistant Coach for Centre\u2019s football team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt started in 2011 when the senior class nominated me as an honorary coach. It was an amazing moment for me and I felt really honored,\u201d Gause said. \u201cFrom there, I asked Coach Frye if I could get more involved and he was very welcoming, which is something that not a lot of coaches would do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since he began working with the team, Gause has become a close friend\u00a0among all the players and his fellow coaches.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe great thing is that the football team has that same atmosphere that Centre has as a whole,\u201d Gause said. \u201cI immediately saw something special in the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

While there are a number of people for which Gause is grateful to have in his life, there are two whom he cites as his dearest inspirations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thankful to God for my two kids,\u201d Gause said. \u201cThey\u2019re a gift, and they inspire me and keep me going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether you see him serving up his famous omelets in the morning or instructing on the field as a coach in the evening, Gause admits that he will always be doing so with others in mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I do, it\u2019s never about me,\u201d Gause said. \u201cIt\u2019s about the players and my co-workers. God has given me that\u2014to put others before myself\u2014and they\u2019re all great and [have] accepted me despite not being an alum or a faculty member. So it will always be for them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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