P re s i d e n t ’s M e s s ag e
Twenty years ago I joined the
Winthrop family as president of this
fine institution. During these two
decades, our campus has
experienced tremendous physical
change, but our core mission, values
and vision have endured.
Dear Friends:
Twenty years ago I joined the Winthrop family as president of this fine institution. During
these two decades, our campus has experienced tremendous physical change, but our core
mission, values and vision have endured.
While here, students receive a first-class, all-encompassing education that focuses on
academics, service and leadership. In this issue of the Winthrop Magazine, you will read about
the university’s outstanding graduate program, one that attracts the best and brightest students
and faculty, and our prestigious International Baccalaureate Scholarship offerings, which reward
the hard work and challenging course curriculum of some of our region’s best high schoolers.
In addition to these features, I encourage you to read more about our university’s commitment
to serving the greater good — from partnering with agencies here in Rock Hill to serving
impoverished communities across the world to preparing a better world for future generations,
our alumni, faculty, staff and students are truly making a difference. They include:
»» Student-athlete Arthur Takahashi who has perfected his serve on the tennis court while
discovering his passion for serving others in Nicaragua and Costa Rica;
»» Ann Dotherow-Lim ’57, whose years with the Agency for International Development
changed lives for the better; and Wendy Arnold ’03, a Florida firefighter who sacrifices daily
to protect fellow citizens; and
»» Elizabeth Hope Reed ’41, ’51, who pledged a generous $1.2 million gift to establish a
scholarship program that fosters learning through community service.
Thank you for your continued support in all that we do. I encourage you to spend some time
on campus soon so that you may see the exceptional work that occurs here daily.
Sincerely,
Anthony J. DiGiorgio
President
Winthrop University
Board of Trustees
Kathy Hudson Bigham ’73, Chair
Rock Hill, S.C.
Karl A. Folkens ’78, Vice Chair
Florence, S.C.
Sue Smith-Rex, Secretary
Winnsboro, S.C.
Ta ble o f C o n t e n t s
Leland Cox
Greenville, S.C.
Frances Cunningham Davenport ’59
Clinton, S.C.
Dalton Floyd Jr.
Surfside Beach, S.C.
Sam Foster Sr.
Rock Hill, S.C.
Jane Lawton LaRoche ’70
Camden, S.C.
Glenda Pittman Owens ’59
Charleston, S.C.
Janet Rice Smalley ’72
Walhalla, S.C.
Robert Thompson
Rock Hill, S.C.
Donna G. Tinsley
Columbia, S.C.
David Vipperman
Rock Hill, S.C.
0 2 V i s i o n s o f C h a ng e :
Graduate School Reshapes, Seeks to
At t r a c t S t u d e n t s N a t i o nw i d e
06 E a r n i ng H ig h M a r k s :
International Baccalaureate Scholarships
R ew a r d H ig h - Ac h i ev i ng S t u d e n t s
08 R e a d y t o S e r ve :
Te n n i s Ac e A r t h u r Ta k a h a s h i D e l i ve r s H i s B e s t
On and Off the Cour t
0 9 One for All...:
Ann Dotherow-Lim Produced Powerful Change
for Developing Countries
10 F o u r M i n u t e s t o S p a r e :
We n d y A r n o l d C o m p e t e s t o Ke e p i n S h a p e , S t ay S h a r p
11 C ampus News
13 H omecoming 2009 Photo Essay
Cheryl Fortner-Wood,
Faculty Representative
15 D evelopment/Alumni News
Tatiana Sosa,
Student Representative
17 C lass Notes
Anthony J. DiGiorgio, President
20 M ilestones
Kathryn Holten, Vice President for
University Advancement and
Enrollment Management
Brien Lewis, Vice President for
University Development and
Alumni Relations
Ellen Wilder-Byrd ’88, ’94,
Associate Vice President for
Advancement and Executive Director
of University Relations
Debbie Garrick ’87, ’89,
Executive Director of
Alumni Relations
Editorial Staff
Monica Bennett, editor
Allen F. Blackmon ’86, art director
Contributing writers:
Meredith Carter ’05
Judy Longshaw
Kristen Rinehart ’01
Amanda Stewart ’03, ’05
Jill Stuckey ’02, ’07
About the Cover
Longtime Winthrop Photographer Joel “Nick” Nichols, now retired,
captured a joyful Jennifer McGivney sharing a special moment with
English Professor John Bird following Graduate Commencement on
Dec. 18, 2008. McGivney, of Charlotte, N.C., received her M.A. in
English, one of 108 of Winthrop’s most recent graduate students to have
earned degrees. Read more about the Graduate School on p. 2.
Winthrop Magazine is published for alumni, faculty, staff, parents
and friends of Winthrop University by the Office of University
Relations. Third-class postage is paid in Charlotte, N.C.
Winthrop University offers equal opportunity in its employment,
admissions and educational activities.
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P ro g r a m P ro f i l e
Katherine Younger, a human
nutrition graduate student, created
and maintains a popular online blog
dedicated to healthy living and
food photography.
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Visions of Change
Graduate School Reshapes, Seeks to Attract Students Nationwide
By Meredith Carter
A
M.B.A. student Peter
Moroni puts his business
expertise to work in
Winthrop’s Small Business
Development Center,
where he provides advice
and insight to prospective
small business owners.
im high, and plan accordingly. For two years, these ideas have served as the
fuel powering Winthrop’s plan to reorganize, reshape and restructure its
graduate program to accommodate ever-changing student needs.
Now, that vision has become a reality. The Graduate School, recognized
officially on July 1, 2008, has a more cohesive structure, a new staff and a
fresh set of initiatives designed to make the graduate program nationally
competitive.
Yet, in a sense, the new structure simply strengthens an already-strong set
of programs, according to Yvonne Murnane, dean of the Graduate School.
“Now the vision has structure, which is necessary to have even better graduate education,” said Murnane.
A Comprehensive Institution
Central to the Graduate School’s restructured vision is the development
of a recruitment plan to attract top students nationwide. The plan, explained
Murnane, will spotlight Winthrop’s major draws, including the university’s
status as a comprehensive institution offering strong graduate and undergraduate programs, and the Graduate School’s continued commitment to
discovering and meeting student needs.
Winthrop’s strong presence as a regional institution helps attract the best
and brightest. “Students say they enrolled at Winthrop because they’ve always known it was here or because a family member, friend or graduate recommended it. We have a wonderful presence here in this broad community,”
said Murnane.
Along with an enduring regional presence, one of Winthrop’s biggest
strengths is seeking out and accommodating the academic goals of graduate
students, Murnane explained.
“One of the things Winthrop does very well is look for needs of students
in our regional community and then work to meet them. We’re not stagnant;
we’re constantly looking to the community, looking toward those needs and
trying to meet them.”
Continue reading the following stories about how the Graduate School
has attracted top students and faculty, and helped them explore their passions.
Chasing a Childhood Dream
As a child, Peter Moroni ’07 remembers watching his father, who worked
in private wealth management, go to work every day dressed in a business
suit and tie. That image stuck with him – and convinced him to pursue his
love of business.
These days the New Jersey native, who is pursuing a master of business
administration degree, spends a lot of time in a suit and tie. He works 20
hours a week as a consultant at the Winthrop Regional Small Business De-
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velopment Center, offering business advice to current and potential business owners. He also runs
the College of Business Administration’s financial
markets seminar, a yearly week-long trip to New
York City and Washington, D.C.
Though his schedule is busy, Moroni said he enjoys every minute of it.
“I love business. I love working from 7 a.m. to
7 p.m. if I have to, giving presentations in front of
hundreds of people,” said Moroni, who hopes to
work full time at the Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency after graduation. “I love the stress of
it.”
Moroni decided to study business at Winthrop,
transferring his freshman year from the University
of Rhode Island. He earned his B.S. in international business and decided to enroll in Winthrop’s
M.B.A. program. It’s a decision, he said, he’s very
glad he made.
“My experiences here have been tremendous.
Winthrop has given me the tools to walk out into
the job market prepared.”
Turning Personal Experience
into Passion
After losing 30 pounds, Katherine Younger,
a human nutrition graduate student, started a
free online blog to share her story. That decision
changed the course of her life and career.
Younger, who spent two years working in public
relations in Charlotte, N.C., used the blog to offer
healthy recipes and food photography. Later, she
started Kath Eats Real Food, www.katheats.com,
becoming a “full-fledged blogger” in September
2007. These days, she spends more than 20 hours
a week posting, taking food photographs, and reading and commenting on other health blogs. Younger
has developed a fanbase that stretches from the
U.S. to Japan, South America and England, and
her story appeared in both “Shape” and “Woman’s
World” magazines.
“I had no idea of the momentum that was to
come,” said Younger. “I want to help people through
example and be a spokesperson for healthy food.”
Younger decided to expand on that goal last
January, when she enrolled at Winthrop to become
a registered dietitian and earn her M.S. in human
nutrition. Enrolling, she said, is “the best decision
I’ve ever made.”
Though her future remains wide open, Younger
said she will continue to do what she loves: encouraging people to lead healthier lives.
“Those hoping to lose weight need to make the
decision that they really want to commit to health.
I tell people to step back and see if they’re ready to
make that commitment.”
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Younger, who was featured in “Shape” and
“Woman’s World” magazines, incorporates
exercise into her daily schedule.
Finding the Drive to Succeed
Lauren King ’06, ’08, wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with her undergraduate psychology degree.
Then she heard about Winthrop’s master of social
work program, and a career was born.
King now works at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y., as a recipient of the
center’s nationally competitive Interprofessional Fellowship Program in Palliative Care. She works with
people suffering from advanced illnesses and their
families to help them reduce symptoms and understand diagnoses and treatment options, and she
facilitates communication among physicians, staff
and families. It is here, King explained, that she has
found her calling.
“Palliative and end-of-life care is my ‘niche’ and I
am able to utilize the skills and knowledge I received
at school while still continuing to grow and learn.”
After her fellowship ends, King said she hopes to
pursue a career as part of a palliative care consult
team, or possibly work with a home hospice agency.
She also wants to return to school and earn her
Ph.D.
Whatever career path King chooses, she said her
time as a graduate student at Winthrop “prepared
me for this fellowship and a future career in the social work field.”
“One of the most important things I found within
myself as a graduate is the desire to pursue more education and more experiences. That drive … means
I am doing what I am meant to do in life.”
Graduate Students are Models
for Undergraduates
Biology Professor Janice Chism, the first recipient of the
Graduate Faculty Award for outstanding teaching, given in
2008, recalls one experience that showed her the drive of Winthrop’s graduate students.
Chism, who directs Winthrop’s biology graduate program,
accompanied a graduate student to Peru to complete an ethnobotany project. At first, she was skeptical: her area of expertise is primate behavior. But Chism agreed to the trip, and
spent time there working with shamans and learning how they
treated diseases with plant-based medicine – an eye-opening
experience.
“I learned so much on that project that now I teach a new
course on medical anthropology. That’s why it’s very gratifying
working at that higher level with graduate students, and we
have such great students in our program,” said Chism.
Chism teaches classes that include a broad range of students, from freshman courses to those involving very advanced
graduate students. The mix of seniors, advanced juniors and
graduate students in 500-level courses, she explained, creates a
classroom environment rich in learning experiences for everyone.
“By having graduate students in classes with undergraduates, it’s almost like a model for our younger students. It enhances the education
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Lauren King, who was
part of Winthrop’s first
master of social work
graduating class, landed
a nationally competitive
fellowship at James
J. Peters VA Medical
Center in the Bronx,
N.Y.
Biology graduate student
Lauren Frisoli (seated)
displays her research
that pinpoints the
locations of Peruvian
monkeys to Janice
Chism, professor
of biology, and Yoav
Littman, a biology
graduate student who
has conducted primate
research in Puerto Rico.
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S p e c i a l F e a t u re
Earning High Marks
International Baccalaureate Scholarships Reward High-Achieving Students
By Judy Longshaw
N
ote to high school students — Winthrop rewards incoming freshmen who have taken rigorous
courses, particularly those with the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.
The challenging two-year curriculum for high schoolers encourages students to learn how
to learn, gives them a strong foundation for college, teaches them to ask challenging questions and helps to develop a sense of their own identity and culture but yet appreciate other
cultures. The international program is offered in numerous high schools across the Southeast, including more than 20 in South Carolina.
Michelle Lynch Clevenger ’97, director of recruitment, said the university rewards those
students who earn an IB diploma or certificate with generous scholarships of $5,000 as long
as they post good SAT or ACT scores. Non-resident students who qualify for the IB Scholarship also are eligible for a waiver of a portion of the out-of-state fee. “We see that the IB
program and the Winthrop experience are complementary,” she said, adding that Winthrop’s
Touchstone or general education program has similar goals with the IB program.
The Advanced Placement program, which offers individual courses for high school students to earn college credit, is another popular way for prospective students to prepare for college, but it isn’t as structured. “IB is really a commitment for high school students in all subjects,” Clevenger said, adding that a major paper is required, along with community service.
Winthrop has long valued the IB program, making scholarships and college credit available
since 1992, said Debi Barber, director of admissions. The university was one of the first colleges in South Carolina to do so, she said. “Students come in with good organizational skills,
critical thinking and reasoning skills so the transition from high school to college is seamless,” Barber said.
In fall 2008, the university enrolled 20 students who earned the full IB diploma and another 49 who earned an IB certificate. There are 65 students who received credit for taking
IB courses.
Those are numbers Clevenger would like to increase. “The IB students seem to be leaders
in high school,” she said. “They jump in quickly here at Winthrop and hit the ground running.”
Ramping Up Recruitment Pays Off
To encourage more IB students to enroll, Winthrop hosts guidance counselors from IB
high schools to show them what the university has to offer. Incoming students also may gain
credit for some IB courses taken. Not all colleges give IB students as much college credit as
Winthrop does, Clevenger said.
The admissions office hopes to attract more IB students in this next year through an advertisement at a North American IB conference for guidance counselors and by heavy recruitment at IB high schools. Clevenger said once the university can attract students from a particular IB high school, that student returns home and helps recruit others.
One IB student who recommends Winthrop to others is Craig Howey, a first-year student
with sophomore standing from Deland, Fla. He learned about Winthrop at a college fair and
found its size a good fit for him.
The IB program prepared Howey for Winthrop by getting him accustomed to writing papers with high standards, forcing him to develop proper study habits and allowing him to
realize the importance of organization and time management. “Winthrop has built on my IB
experience by continuing to push me to improve my communication skills, particularly in the
form of writing but also verbally,” he said.
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Craig Howey
Another student, Kim Rathod, a biology
major from Charlotte, N.C., also felt prepared for Winthrop through the IB program
and challenged in her college experience.
She loves the small classes where students
get to know their professors and have a very
intensive learning experience and research
opportunities.
“Winthrop continues to challenge my
thinking and expand my knowledge and
skills, especially in the sciences,” said
Rathod, whose mother, Sherry Ballard
Rathod ’79, ’83, earned undergraduate
and graduate degrees from Winthrop. “I
am constantly exposed to research environments, lab techniques and a vast array of complex information, all of which
push me outside my comfort zone.”
Varner Now Recruits
at College Fairs
For Meredith Varner ’02, who graduated with a psychology degree and
earned the Tillman Award, the university’s highest academic honor, the IB
Kim Rathod
program and Winthrop’s generous scholarship support helped propel her
to her current position as assistant director for assignments and marketing at the University of Central Florida.
While attending Independence High School in Charlotte, Varner was
drawn to Winthrop because of its IB Scholarship. “I visited during Open
House and really fell in love with the school,” Varner said. “The scholarship was a big deciding factor, and I earned college credit for three high
school classes.”
She found the IB program prepared her to write papers and think
critically in different subjects. Varner earned a master’s degree in educational leadership at the University
of Central Florida and stayed there
Meredith Varner
to work.
Winthrop helped Varner find
her place in the world. She now
gives back by representing Winthrop at college fairs in Central
Florida and can tell IB high school
students about the many benefits
of her alma mater and the scholarship she received.
For more information on the IB
Scholarship or other scholarship
opportunities, contact the Office
of Admissions at 803/323-2191 or
toll free at 800/WINTHROP
(946-8476).
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St u d e n t P ro f i l e
Ready to Serve
Tennis Ace Arthur Takahashi Delivers His Best On and Off the Court
By Kristen Rinehart
Dedication. Discipline. Endurance. A sure formula for success, these
qualities have served as a catalyst for senior Arthur Takahashi’s victories on
the tennis court and in the classroom.
A native of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, Takahashi came to the United States
to pursue both of his passions: tennis and academics. “If I had stayed in
Brazil, I would have had to choose between tennis and school. Winthrop
has allowed me to continue to play the game I love while also remaining
dedicated to my studies,” he said.
College students face numerous challenges such as leaving home, making new friends and performing well academically. These challenges often
are compounded for international students as they also must adapt to a
new culture and often a new language. Takahashi, whose native tongue is
Portuguese, faced his greatest obstacle during his second semester at Winthrop when he enrolled in media writing, an intensive course designed for
journalism majors. “I wondered how I would be able to major in journalism.
I always remembered what my dad told me, ‘Just give your best and the results will come’ and that’s what I did,” said the 2008 Big South Conference
Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
He began working at The Johnsonian, the student newspaper, to improve
his English skills. Takahashi came up with the idea of creating an international news page designed to expose students to various cultures. He
became the international news editor in his second year with the paper. He
now serves as managing editor and recently secured the top job of editor in
chief for 2009-10.
His success at The Johnsonian led to a summer internship with The
(Rock Hill) Herald newspaper. “It was good to be exposed to the professional work environment, and my experience at The Johnsonian, plus what
I learned from my journalism classes, prepared me for the job,” Takahashi
commented.
A peace studies minor, Takahashi also discovered a love for service. Last
May, he traveled to Matiguas, Nicaragua, on a service-learning trip. Students taught dental hygiene and nutrition, participated in an archaeological
dig, and helped build and dedicate a one-room school for a poor community. Takahashi wrote a column for The Herald about his experience.
The trip inspired Takahashi to combine his love for journalism and his
desire to serve impoverished communities: “Words are powerful, and I realized that I could help people through my writing by raising awareness of
poverty and hunger. I now want to earn a master’s of social work so that I
can travel and report on impoverished communities.”
His service continues in May when he travels to Costa Rica, where he
will stay in a community and compile its history. He will interview the
elderly, take photos and film video, all of which will be edited into a document to be used by the community to apply for international aid.
Takahashi redefines what it means to be a student-athlete. He has mastered his studies and his tennis game, all while learning the value of another kind of service — the one that makes the world a better place. 8
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One for All...
Ann Dotherow-Lim Produced Powerful Change for Developing Countries
By Monica Bennett
Evacuating families from
the Saigon embassy during the
height of the Vietnam War. Facing men armed with bows and
arrows in Zaire. Sneaking up on
Kenyan wildlife. Even sharing
a news segment with Leonard
Nimoy of “Star Trek” fame. The
career of Ann Dotherow-Lim
’57 has been anything but ordinary. Her resume reads like a
Travel Channel show script, detailing years spent on nearly every continent. Her distinguished
career with the Agency for International Development led her
to countries around the world,
where her management expertise helped build the economic
foundations and infrastructure
for developing countries.
The famous quotation delivered by former President John F.
Kennedy — “And so, my fellow
Americans: ask not what your
country can do for you - ask
what you can do for your country” — launched her mission to
serve the greater good.
In a whirlwind decision, Dotherow-Lim
attended an Agency for International Development information session, passed the
required tests, traveled to Washington, D.C.,
and signed up for her first assignment, a oneyear stint in India where she worked in the
mission’s education department. “The agency
had contracts with several American universities whose professors were teaching in local
schools, so we all worked together on various
projects,” said Dotherow-Lim.
From there it was three years in Thailand
working in the mission’s financial office, then
back home to the states to recruit. “I traveled
to major U.S. cities recruiting nurses and secretaries to serve in Vietnam. Having been to
Vietnam made me the agency’s poster child,”
said Dotherow-Lim. Her Vietnam
experience also landed her an
interview on a television show
where she shared the spotlight
with Nimoy.
While stationed in Washington, D.C., as a recruiter, she met
someone who shared her love of
service — her husband, Jim, also
an agency recruiter.
Adding years of experience to
her resume, Dotherow-Lim saw
her career blossom, and after
holding various management
positions in numerous countries,
she retired in 1985 as the agency’s director of overseas management.
She thought retirement would
mean relaxation and time spent
on the golf course, her favorite
pastime, but after six months the
agency coaxed her out of Myrtle
Beach, S.C., and to Kenya. “I
said we’d stay two years, but
we ended up staying five,” said
Dotherow-Lim, who managed the
mission’s personnel administration, training and communications, housing and transportation branches. Dotherow-Lim returned
to the nation’s capital in 1991 to again become director of all overseas
management as the development programs opened in Eastern Europe
and Russia. After three years, she officially retired in 1994.
“Every moment of my career was special. I would absolutely do it
all over again,” said Winthrop’s 2007 Mary Mildred Sullivan Alumni
Award winner. “People overseas were so thankful that we were there
and that America was doing good things. We provided jobs to many locals who worked as interpreters, drivers and in other key areas.”
Her career made her thankful for a Winthrop education, and given
that a family provided her with a scholarship, she, in turn, decided to
do the same. In 1981, she and Jim established the Dotherow-Lim International Scholarship that is available for an international student. “The
first recipient was from China, and I received a handwritten note from
her. I still get a holiday card each year. It’s nice to know that you’ve
made an impact on someone’s life — that’s the best way to sum up my
career.”
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Four Minutes to Spare
Wendy Arnold Competes to Keep in Shape, Stay Sharp
By Jill Stuckey
Given four minutes, the average person might scramble
some eggs for breakfast, pump a tank of gas or read an article or two in this magazine. In those same 240 seconds,
Wendy Arnold ’03 will run up a five-story tower while carrying a 42-pound pack, drop the pack, lean over the side
and hoist a 42-pound hose roll up the tower, run back down
the stairs, use a nine-pound mallet to hit a 160-pound steel
beam five feet forward, drag a charged fire hose 75 feet, pick
up a 175-pound dummy and pull it 100 feet to safety, all
with a few seconds to spare.
These tasks comprise the Firefighter Combat Challenge
course, in which Arnold has competed since 2007. Since
joining the team representing her Clearwater, Fla., fire
and rescue department, Arnold has qualified for the world
championship competition twice and clocked a personal best
course-run time of three minutes and 45 seconds.
Even with the extreme physical demands, Arnold enjoys
the challenge because of the competition, the heavy training
and the camaraderie that comes with being part of a team.
“It’s kind of a love-hate relationship, because it really
hurts a lot, but I love the challenge,” Arnold said.
After brief stints working as a personal trainer and for
Reebok, Arnold attended emergency medical technician and
fire school, becoming a firefighter in 2006. Since then she
has relished her career, enjoying the physical demands and
the real-life challenges that are part of the job.
“I love that it’s different every day,” Arnold said. “When
we are working, we’re helping people, and we’re usually doing something really cool like putting a fire out or cutting up
a car.”
It seems firefighting is the perfect career for Arnold because it combines her passion for fitness with the chance
to help others. It does not hurt that the job also gets her
adrenaline pumping.
“When you get on the scene, you don’t have time to stop
and think. You don’t have time to get your emotions involved. You just think, ‘What’s the problem, what’s the solution?’ You don’t have time to be stressed out, because then
you don’t have time to get the job done,” Arnold said.
While firefighting remains a career field dominated by men, Arnold hasn’t
had any trouble holding her own at the fire station or out on the job.
“It helps because I’m athletic, and I’ve always been that way,” Arnold, who
ran cross country at Winthrop, said. But bottom line, “I’m here to be a good
firefighter. Black, white, male, or female, it doesn’t matter as long as everyone wants to be a good firefighter. I think that gets the most respect from
everybody.”
Of course, completing the intense firefighter challenge course in less than
four minutes garners a lot of respect, too.
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C a m p u s N ews
Winthrop Earns Federal Recognition for Service
Learning and Civic Engagement
For the third straight year, the Corporation for National and Community
Service honored Winthrop with a
place on the President’s Higher
Education Community Service
Honor Roll for exemplary
service efforts and service to
America’s communities.
Launched in 2006, the
Community Service Honor
Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve
for its commitment to service
learning and civic engagement.
Honorees were chosen based on
a series of selection factors including
scope and innovation of service projects,
percentage of student participation in ser-
vice activities, incentives for service and the
extent to which the school offers academic
service-learning courses.
At Winthrop, the university offered several programs that aided the community.
Among them were a wellness program to increase physical activity for local elementary
students; a Model United Nations program
to teach high school students about the
international organization; a walk to raise
money to fight poverty around the world; a
trip for education majors to work with Nicaraguan students; and fraternity and sorority
mentoring programs for at-risk students.
For more information on service learning
and civic engagement at Winthrop, please
call the Center for Career and Civic Engagement at 803/323-2141.
Show Off Your Garnet and Gold!
Carnegie Foundation
Awards Winthrop’s
Community Engagement
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching selected Winthrop for the foundation’s
prestigious community engagement classification.
The community engagement classification recognizes colleges and universities that share resources
to benefit local communities and provide collaborations that advance economic development.
The university’s Center for Career and Civic
Engagement prepared the application and provided
numerous examples of faculty, staff and student
participation in community service and engagement.
“This designation among a select number nationally shows once again how we fulfill another facet
of the Winthrop experience — Live. Learn. Lead.
Students who come here get much more than a degree; they get the opportunity to build a meaningful and rewarding future life based upon habits of
intellect and habits of heart,” said Frank Ardaiolo,
vice president for student life.
Winthrop was among 68 public and 51 private
institutions nationally that received the Carnegie
designation.
Left to right: Stefanie Logan ’04, Jill Stuckey ’02, ’07, and
Jen Kosa ’02 displayed their Winthrop pride on the white
sand beaches of Castaway Cay, an island in the Bahamas visited exclusively by guests aboard the Disney Cruise Line.
Have you displayed your Winthrop apparel in an amazing
or unique place? If so, send a photo of you in your Winthrop
gear, along with a brief description, to wualumni@winthrop.
edu. To be considered, photos must be in focus. The best
photos will be published in upcoming Winthrop Magazine
editions.
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C a m p u s N ews
Winthrop by the
Numbers
6,111
tons of magazines; office paper; cardboard; aluminum; composted food
and grass clippings; and construction/
demolition debris recycled from July 1,
2007, to June 30, 2008.
Athletics Hall of Fame Welcomes
Sixth Class of Honorees
Four former student-athletes along with Winthrop’s first sports information
director were honored during a Feb. 27 ceremony for their induction into the
Athletics Hall of Fame.
Honorees included: Joao Leite ’00, ’02 (men’s tennis); Angela Lanier ’00
(track); Steve Kirby ’83 (baseball); the late Cristi Curtis ’00 (volleyball) and
Andy Solomon ’83 (sports information). Pictured seated left to right are Jacki
Deason, who accepted for Joao Leite; Angela Lanier; and Cheri Curtis, mother
of Cristi Curtis. Standing left to right are Andy Solomon; Steve Kirby; Chris
Curtis, father of Cristi Curtis; and Athletics Director Tom Hickman.
350
windows refurbished in historic Tillman Hall.
13,979
alumni and friends receive the “ENews: The Online Publication of the
Winthrop University Community” that
arrives via e-mail nine times a year. To
be added to the distribution list,
e-mail [email protected].
2,466
community service hours
completed by faculty,
staff and students for
“Make a Difference Day”
in October 2008.
2,809
Subway sandwiches
sold during February in Dinkins Student Center.
100
international flags,
representing the
countries of Winthrop graduates,
line Alumni Drive.
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Go Eagles!
Congratulations
to the men’s soccer
team on winning the
Big South Conference
championship. Led
by 2008 conference
Coach of the Year Rich
Posipanko and conference Player of the
Year Daniel Revivo, the
team secured its second NCAA tournament appearance in the last three seasons with a win over Coastal Carolina.
The Eagles fell to William & Mary in the
NCAA tournament’s opening round.
Not only did the team excel on the
field, it did an exceptional job in the
classroom as well.
The team’s academic achievement
was recognized by
the National Soccer
Coaches’ Association
of America for the
second straight year.
A team must have a
cumulative GPA of
3.0 or higher to qualify and the Eagles
compiled a 3.05.
In postseason action, Henry Kalungi
was picked in the Major League Soccer
SuperDraft. He was chosen by the Colorado Rapids in the fourth round as the
53rd overall pick.
Homecoming 2009
A steady rain could not dampen the
Homecoming spirit of alumni who gathered
for a Roaring Twenties-themed party, reunions,
tailgating and catching up with friends. During the
Feb. 23-28 Homecoming week, groups gathered
for good times and to celebrate their Winthrop
pride.
01. Mario Washington ’02 (standing), the program director
for Our Three Sons Broadcasting and speaker at the mass
communication alumni brunch, chatted with (clockwise)
Ashlei Stevens ’04; Haney Howell, associate professor;
Alexis Gordon ’02; Leigh Cheatham ’01; Tashyra Harris ’01;
and Trent Faris ’02.
01
02. Lori ’02 and Bo Latham ’01, along with daughter Kylie,
braved the rain to watch the men’s basketball team beat
Coastal Carolina University 70-50.
03. Left to right: Debbie Garrick ’87, ’89, executive director
of alumni relations, welcomed Amy Young ’95 and Amy Britz
’95 as they checked in for Homecoming events.
04. During the Feb. 28 mass communication alumni brunch,
Nathelia O’Banner ’08 (left) and Sharonda Vennings ’08
(right) congratulated Bill Fisher (middle), a professor in
the mass communication department since 1984, on his
retirement. Fisher served as Vennings’ adviser during her
time at Winthrop.
05. Alison Rauch ’07 and Marc Metzger browsed the Eagle
paraphernalia looking for the perfect souvenir.
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03
05
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Homecoming 2009
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06. Students displayed their
enthusiasm as they cheered on
the men’s basketball team during
the season’s last home conference
game.
07. The Homecoming King and
Queen were crowned during
halftime of the men’s basketball
game. Sarah MacDonald, a
sophomore integrated marketing
communication major from Goose
Creek, S.C., was named queen
while Dominic Beamer, a senior
economics major from Columbia,
S.C., won the title of king.
08. Left to right: Marian Broadway
Taylor ’85, Judy Hooks Comer ’84
and Lawrie Tisdale Stamatiades ’85
enjoyed the Homecoming party that
featured live music by the Voltage
Brothers.
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Save the Date!
Nov. 14, 2009
Fall Homecoming
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09. Dressed for the era in a
flapper dress and beads, Diane
Mullis Mahaffee ’96, ’00, a lecturer
in Winthrop’s Department of Fine
Arts, perfected her moves during
free dance lessons offered before
the Feb. 27 “Let the Good Times
Roll” Homecoming party.
10. Kappa Sigma fraternity alumni
enjoyed tailgating before the men’s
basketball game.
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D eve l o p m e n t /A l u m n i N ews
Introducing the
Winthrop Fund
Reed’s $1.2 Million Gift to Build
Upon Commitments to Academic
Excellence, Community and Service
Winthrop plans to establish a scholarship program named for an
Asheville, N.C., alumna who has donated a $1.2 million charitable gift annuity and other testamentary gifts.
The Elizabeth Hope Reed Fellows Program will aid students who demonstrate financial need, who are in good academic standing, and who commit
to volunteering eight hours a week to area agencies. Reed, a former home
economics teacher in the North Carolina public schools, wants to foster
learning through community service experience.
President Anthony DiGiorgio noted that, “This generous gift both affirms
and advances a core value that is part of what makes Winthrop special — a
lifelong commitment to service beyond self that is passed from generation to
generation as part of the Winthrop experience.”
Scholarships will be renewable and will be available to both undergraduate and graduate students. Reed earned a bachelor of science degree in home economics from Winthrop in 1941 and returned to earn her master of arts degree in home economics in 1951. Reed taught home economics in the North Carolina public
school system for more than 38 years and was among the first to teach coeducational classes in family life education. She also began pilot programs
in child care and the dual role of women as wage earner and homemaker to
keep pace with a changing society. Honored for her 50 years of membership in the American Home Economics Association, Reed earned the Quality of Life Award from the N.C.
chapter of the American Cancer Society for her volunteer work.
Gift annuities provide income for the remainder of a donor’s life or a
specified period of time while entrusting the remainder of the gift to Winthrop following the lifetime of the donor. To learn more about this and other
unique ways to make a legacy gift to support the Winthrop experience, contact Laurie Nortz in the Winthrop Office of Development at 803/323-4748,
toll free at 888/219-1791 or e-mail [email protected].
Change is good! Winthrop’s annual
giving initiative, formerly the Loyalty
Fund, is now the Winthrop Fund. While
the name and graphic identity have
changed, the fund’s mission has not – to
support student scholarships, the Winthrop University Alumni Association,
faculty awards and other key university
priorities. Because this unrestricted fund
is a way for alumni and friends to support Winthrop’s immediate needs, this
new name more appropriately communicates everything that the university’s
loyal donors do for Winthrop in making
annual gifts. As always, Winthrop appreciates the support.
WINTHROP
FUND
Happy New Year!
Although New Year’s festivities
wrapped up months ago, the Winthrop
Office of Development is still in the celebratory mood as it announces moving
its fiscal fundraising year to a calendar
year. This change is designed to make
the tax deductibility component of your
annual giving a little easier. In the past,
the budgeting and fundraising year ran
from July 1-June 30. Questions may be
directed to Amanda Stewart, director of
communications and donor relations, at
803/323-4493, toll free at 888/219-1791
or e-mail [email protected].
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Brick Campaign to Pave Lasting Legacy Alumni Association
Alumni, friends, faculty and staff have the opportunity to
Makes Lead
display their lifelong commitment to Winthrop by purchasing an engraved brick to line Scholars Walk, the
Gift for Student
new pedestrian walkway in the heart of campus.
Emergency Fund
Bricks also may be purchased in honor or
in memory of a classmate, professor or
friend. All proceeds will be used to
support the Winthrop Fund.
To purchase a brick, or to receive
more information, please contact the
Office of Development at 803/3232150 or toll free at 888/219-1791.
Save the Date!
May 15-16, 2009
Alumni Reunion Celebration
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In these trying economic times,
Winthrop is aware that many students
and families are facing unexpected
financial challenges.
Last fall, the Winthrop Alumni Association and its executive board made
a $20,000 gift to a special Student
Emergency Assistance Fund to aid
students who have a true emergency
that places their educational progress
in jeopardy. Along with individual
contributions from Winthrop University Board of Trustees and members of
various other boards and associations,
the fund now also counts among its
contributors numerous faculty and
staff, as well as an array of businesses
and individuals from around the region.
The fund has provided financial
assistance — up to a maximum of
$500 — to approximately 40 students
to date.
President Anthony DiGiorgio expressed his appreciation to donors:
“Many thanks to the members and
leadership of the Alumni Association,
for this and many other exemplary
expressions of support for their alma
mater and its students; our trustees,
whose personal stewardship commitment to both Winthrop and its
students is demonstrated yet again
through this initiative; to the Winthrop Foundation Board, for its continuing dedication and creativity; and
to all others who have contributed to
this special fund as well. This unified spirit of sensitive and proactive
leadership is a wonderful example for
students to consider as they develop
their own lifetime habits of civic engagement and service to others.”
Class Notes
Let Us Hear From You!
Do you have a new job, marriage, baby
or other life-changing event that you
would like to share with the Winthrop
family? If so, please send in your information to be included in a future
Winthrop Magazine issue. Since several
methods that we utilized to obtain
alumni information are no longer
available, we need you to let us know
of your latest accomplishments. Please
e-mail [email protected] or call
803/323-2145 or 800/578-6545 to submit your news.
1929
Raleigh, N.C., resident Grace Furman
celebrated her 101st birthday. Furman
enjoyed her 100th milestone birthday
with more than 200 friends and family.
Elizabeth Rose Herbert of Charlotte,
N.C., celebrated her 101st birthday on
Jan. 26.
1936
One week after celebrating her 93rd
birthday with family, Minnie Hodges
Copeland of Darlington, S.C., took her
second ride on a jet ski.
194 0
Best of the Best: Margaret Barber Provides
Leadership for State’s Juvenile Justice System
As chief of staff for the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice, Margaret Howle
Barber ’68 oversees the agency’s day-to-day operations and its 1,400 employees.
The department provides care for approximately 400 incarcerated juveniles and
7,000 youngsters who are in the process
of arbitration, diversion and alternative
placement programs. “This position
has taken me to the pinnacle of my
career in county and state government,
and it has afforded me the opportunity
to share many years of juvenile justice
knowledge with present staff,” she
commented.
In 2005, Barber was recognized as
one of the “Best in the Business” by
“Corrections Today Magazine” for her
exemplary service to the state, and she
also was selected as Employee of the
Year by the department. “My time and
studies at Winthrop gave me a solid
foundation in dealing with the issues
facing children, youth and families,” she
said.
196 4
Mary Ussery Cicotello of Kershaw,
S.C., retired from Lockheed Martin
Aeronautics Company.
1970
“Childhood Memories, Growing Up
in Liberty Hill, South Carolina” is the
second book published by Mary Ellen
Cunningham of Camden, S.C.
Recently awarded the Shanxi Government’s Foreign Experts Friendship Award
for her 20 years of volunteer service in
China was Maryville, Tenn., resident
Ann Reynolds Wilson.
1951
1971
Goose Creek, S.C., resident Doris
Johnston Brockington recently assisted
former classmate Ruth Bundy Hallman
with ancestry research.
Betty Kate Jones Ruth and husband
Jack enjoy life to the fullest in a Davidson, N.C., retirement community.
1963
Martha Callahan Grigsby has been appointed to a three-year term on the board
of directors for the Brooks Center for the
Performing Arts at Clemson University.
After a successful 2008 edition, with
$75,000 in profit benefiting the New
Orleans Firefighters Foundation, the
Rotary Club of New Orleans again supported the effort with a 2009 calendar
that features firefighters at notable sites
around the city.
Susan Mullenix Mitchell of Anderson,
S.C., has spent her 30-year career as a
surgical technologist and nurse specializing in orthopedic surgery.
Linda Harrison Fisher of Bethesda,
Md., is the office manager and registrar
at the Green River Preserve located in
the Blue Ridge Mountains of North
Carolina.
Gaye Bennett Pappas, a special
education teacher at Paul Knox Middle
School in North Augusta, S.C., was recently chosen the 2008-09 Aiken County
Teacher of the Year.
1972
Retired after 34 years in education,
Linda Fanning Poag is now a realtor
working with her son, Ryan, at The Ryan
Poag Group, RE/MAX Realty Associates
in Spartanburg, S.C.
Charleston, S.C., resident Myrna
Caldwell is the principal of Murray Hill
Academy.
Gayle Dellinger of Metairie, La., had
the idea of producing a calendar to raise
money for New Orleans firefighters.
1973
The Winthrop University Board of Trust-
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Class Notes
ees elected Rock Hill resident Kathy
Hudson Bigham to a one-year term as
board chair.
1974
Glenda Page Bigby of Duncan, S.C., has
been appointed principal of River Ridge
Elementary School in Moore, S.C., for
the 2008-09 school year.
1976
Mount Pleasant, S.C., resident Katherine All Clark is the performing arts
coordinator for Berkeley County Schools.
After 16 years of teaching, Bonnie
Andrews Hellams retired from the
Charleston County Schools and moved
to Salisbury, N.C., where she teaches
family and consumer science classes at
North Rowan High School.
1978
Debora Lindsay of Summerville, S.C.,
is the library/media specialist at Reeves
Elementary School.
1979
Lt. Col. David Yarborough of Rock
Hill completed his second tour in Iraq
and retired from the Army Reserves in
March.
19 82
Columbia, S.C., resident Coretta Bedsole joined Palmetto Public Affairs, Inc.,
a full service lobbying and advocacy consulting firm, as a principal.
19 8 3
Weight Watchers International, Inc. appointed Steven McCormick of Acworth,
Ga., to serve as the company’s president,
North America.
19 8 4
A former student of Martha Knapp
Cushman, who now teaches French part
time at Charlotte Catholic High School,
was designated a presidential scholar and
named Cushman as her most inspiring
teacher. Cushman and husband Bob
enjoyed a weekend in Washington, D.C.,
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Picture This: Author Rob McDonald Publishes Latest
Photography Volumes That Capture Sense of Place
Rob McDonald ’86 has a sharp eye for detail, and his camera captures his
unique subjects in pristine black and white images: “Most of my photography
focuses on the Southern landscape and birdhouses. My world view is colored by
an obsession with place. It dominates my sense of everything. I am always trying to
locate a person, an object, a structure — to connect it to its source,” he said.
His photography books “Birdhouses” and “Southern Places” examined his
personal exploration of the relationship between place and identity. “Birth
Place,” his newest book,
is a photographic study
of the origins of author
Erskine Caldwell. Currently
he is working on a larger
project which will feature
the birthplaces and homes
of writers William Faulkner,
Flannery O’Connor and
Tennessee Williams.
After publishing a series
of academic books on
Caldwell, Southern literature
and teaching composition,
McDonald, associate dean for
academic affairs at the Virginia
Military Institute, is now
focusing on his newest passion,
photography.
View McDonald’s
photography at www.
robmcdonaldphotography.com.
where the scholars and teachers were
honored.
Ruth Haselton of Moncks Corner, S.C.,
retired from her job as a laboratory technician.
Charlotte, N.C., resident Jan King Ivey,
the director of marketing and sponsor
relations for the Wachovia Championship
golf tournament, delivered Winthrop’s
fall 2008 M.B.A. lecture.
19 8 5
Recently honored as the S.C. Dietetic
Association’s 2008 Outstanding Dietitian
of the Year was Dillon, S.C., resident
Sandra Daws McMillan, a renal medical nutrition therapist with Fresenius
Medical Care.
19 8 6
Robin Rawl of Columbia, S.C., has been
promoted to vice president of sales for
ClubCorp USA, Inc., where she oversees
membership and sales efforts for the
company’s East region.
19 89
A native of France and Winthrop’s director of technology services, Patrice Bruneau of Rock Hill became an American
citizen after residing in the U.S. for more
than 20 years.
Susan Russell Hollister of Greenwood,
S.C., teaches a K3 class at Cambridge
Academy.
Rock Hill resident Melissa Walker-Price
joined Automated Shredding as sales
manager.
Class Notes
199 0
Amy Plexico Wartham, the director of
corporate training for UNC-Charlotte,
received the “Charlotte Business Leader
Magazine’s” Movers and Shakers Award
for outstanding business performance.
1992
Melanie Moss Weaver of Bessemer
City, N.C., received national board certification in the area of English language
arts/adolescence and young adulthood.
1993
Edgemoor, S.C., resident Cecelia Sutton
joined Morgan Stanley as president of
the company’s newly created retail bank.
1994
Lisa A. Shanklin of Little Rock, Ark.,
received her doctorate in psychology with
emphasis on behavioral health from International University for Graduate Studies in St. Kitts, West Indies. Shanklin
now works with developmentally delayed
adults who have co-occuring mental
health issues.
1996
Austell, Ga., resident Thedrick Pigford
is a senior financial analyst with Solvay
Advanced Polymers LLC.
1997
Julie Goolsby of Philadelphia, Pa.,
completed her master of arts in women’s
studies.
199 8
Simpsonville, S.C., resident Shane Duncan joined Insource Contract Services of
Charlotte, N.C., as director of business
development for South Carolina.
2000
Sumter, S.C., resident Margaret Griffin
joined Winthrop’s Department of Theatre and Dance as a dance instructor.
2 0 01
Longs, S.C., resident Herbert Johnson
teaches school and serves as public relations chairman for the S.C. Music Edu-
No Horsing Around: Nicki Wise is Serious
About Providing Quality Equine Care
Nicki Wise ’02 does not let a patient’s size intimidate her. Currently in the
second year of her equine internal medicine residency at Washington State
University, Wise works with board certified internists to provide care for ill
horses. In addition to biomedical research, she instructs fourth-year veterinary
students in equine care. Wise, a soon-to-be board certified internist, anticipates
working at either a
private referral hospital
or a veterinary teaching
hospital.
According to Wise,
“My job now allows
me to be a doctor,
a researcher and a
teacher. My experience
at Winthrop definitely
prepared me for
the latter two. My
professors taught me
the fundamentals of
solid research which
I still use today. They
constantly challenged
me and prepared me
for the difficult and
demanding career that I
have chosen.”
cators Association executive board and
president of the executive board for the
Palmetto Voices of South Carolina.
Melanie Brown Powley of Rock Hill
joined Winthrop’s Richard W. Riley College of Education as an instructor.
2 0 02
Scotia Burrell, a N.C. child welfare
scholar, is currently pursuing a master of
social work degree from East Carolina
University.
2005
Rock Hill resident Meredith Carter
joined Winthrop’s Office of University
Relations as news services coordinator.
Catherine Luepkes, a graduate student
at the University of Michigan, is working
on a dual doctorate in political science
and public health.
The assistant director of Winthrop’s
Office of Alumni Relations is Rock Hill
resident Ryan Sheehan.
2 0 07
York, S.C., resident Meredith Craver
opened Sassy Expressions, a boutique
and gift shop.
Rebecca Shackleford, a seventh-grade
teacher at Castle Heights Middle School
in Rock Hill, received the S.C. Middle
School Magic Award.
2008
Recently hired as Perkins Loan accountant at Winthrop was Clover, S.C.,
resident Jessica Williams.
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Milestones
B ir t h s
Angela Proctor Irizarry ’92, a son,
Wyatt Irizarry,
April 23, 2008
Tiffany Roshell Spann-Wilder ’95,
a daughter,
Lauren Sarah Wilder,
July 21, 2008
Isaiah Reginald Venning ’95 and
Krystal Davis Venning ’96, a son,
Isaiah Venning Jr.,
June 2, 2008
Claudia Sullivan Brockman ’96, a daughter,
Lailana Marie Brockman,
May 26, 2008
Anne Dovell Lundgren ’96, a son,
Benjamin M. Lundgren,
Aug. 31, 2008
Megan Lewis Stahl ’96, a daughter,
Ainsley Kate Stahl,
July 15, 2008
Frances Elvington Winburn ’96, a son,
Garnett Bryce Winburn,
Sept. 9, 2008
Angela Richardson Goebel ’97, a daughter,
Loralei Goebel,
June 5, 2008
Glynnis Fellers Abraham ’98, a daughter,
Sophia Lucretia Abraham,
June 5, 2008
Shane Neil Duncan ’98 and
Brandy Ray Duncan ’01, a son,
Bryson Shane Duncan,
Feb. 8, 2008
Dawn French Hutchinson ’98, a son,
Brandon Joseph Daniels,
Nov. 27, 2008
Stuart Michael Moore ’98, a daughter,
Anna Kathryn Moore,
Aug. 14, 2008
Amy Benck Quinn ’99, a son,
Richard Melvin Quinn III,
June 7, 2008
Mary Brown Haigler ’00, a son,
Austin Hayne Haigler,
June 11, 2008
Robert Austin Harrelson ’00 and
Erin Lail Harrelson ’01, a daughter,
Sara Elisabeth Harrelson,
Aug. 28, 2008
Benjamin Arthur Hough ’00 and
Sharon Page Hough ’01, a daughter,
Grace Margaret Hough,
Sept. 6, 2008
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Selah Cox Pike ’00, a daughter,
Evelyn Claire Pike,
Sept. 11, 2008
Chalica Cutler Pack ’06, a son,
Jackson Robert Pack,
April 11, 2008
Jessica Dana Strasler ’00, a son,
Landon Medford,
July 16, 2008
Jenna Henderson Deaver ’07, a daughter,
Aubree Ann Deaver,
Sept. 15, 2008
Millie Sanders Thomasson ’00, a daughter,
Caroline Abigail Thomasson,
May 28, 2008
Heidi Gremillion Oates ’07, a daughter,
Brooklyn Elaine Oates,
May 12, 2008
Carly Lester Hall ’01 and
David Sasser Hall ’03, a daughter,
Piper Katherine Hall,
June 16, 2008
Tilwanna James Witherspoon ’01, a son,
Michael Witherspoon II,
Sept. 14, 2008
Cameron Swacecy Collier ’02 and
Angela Logan Collier ’03, a daughter,
Logan Collier,
Sept. 26, 2008
Mary King Driggers ’02, a daughter,
Lilly Margaret Driggers,
July 8, 2008
Kaaren Wells Hampton ’02 and
Gerrick James Hampton ’02, a daughter,
Kennedy Gianna Hampton,
Sept. 30, 2008
Alexis Jones O’Neal ’02, a son,
Maddux Trent O’Neal,
Sept. 10, 2008
Harry John Polis Jr. ’02, a daughter,
Madison Victoria Polis,
Aug. 19, 2008
Megan Freer Hall ’03, a daughter,
Meredith Marie Hall,
Aug. 22, 2008
Lynn Flowers Hollohan ’03 and
Patrick Shane Hollohan ’03, a son,
Joseph Patrick Hollohan,
Oct. 23, 2008
Michelle Batson Curd ’04, a daughter,
Karsyn Elise Curd,
July 19, 2008
Anna Taylorson Marks ’04, a son,
Buxton Thomas Marks,
Aug. 4, 2008
Rebecca Elaine Mestas ’04, a son,
Alexander Elvis Mestas,
Sept. 2, 2008
Cecilia Wolff McMillen ’06, a daughter,
Isobel Rose McMillen,
June 15, 2008
Mary Haines Okey ’06, a daughter,
Amelia Susanne Okey,
May 4, 2008
Marr i age s
19 8 0 s
Robert Garrett ’84 to
Renee` Broussard
19 9 0 s
Joseph Clark Ross Jr. ’92 to
Rhonda Annette Sailors
Marisa Joy Merchant ’98 to
Thomas Brooks
Stacey Elena Koutsoukos ’99 to
David Mark Hester
Laura Susanne Turkett ’99 to
Patrick Mitchell Sizemore
2000s
Benjamin Stroud Muller ’00 to
Erin Suzanne Meadwell
Lauren Leslie Murray ’00 to
Matthew Tyler Starnes
Megan Lynn Rekow ’00 to
Ethan Gibney
Wendy Shanee` Simmons ’00 to
Kevin Lamar Armstrong
Susan Elaine Campbell ’01 to
James Russell Jennings
Holly Danielle Elrod ’01 to
Christopher Todd Hair
Scott Christian Williams ’02 to
Cameron Neely Harvey
David Marshall Cox ’03 to
Meredith Paige Sullivan
Brooke Ellen Mitchell ’03 to
Daniel Lauer
Amy Rebecca Williams ’03 to
James David Rollings ’03
Jason Edward Allen ’04 to
Mary Virginia Roueche
Beatrix Latrell Trapp ’04 to
James Hawthorne
Jennifer Marie Brennison ’05 to
Brian Munday
Victoria Lee Gray ’05 to
Daniel Healy
Christine Marie Jones ’05 to
Joshua Lane Durbin ’05
Milestones
Vernon Tippler Kline ’05 to
Aimee Trantham
John Howard Sawyer Jr. ’05 to
Lauren Rebecca Eaves
Ellen Marie Anderson ’06 to
Justin R. Marini
Jaime Marie Conklin ’06 to
Thomas Joseph Patterson ’07
Amber Nicole Creech ’06 to
Bryan Blackmon
James Derek Hawkins ’06 to
Jodi Denise Neal ’07
Kenyetta Michelle Kennedy ’06
to Abram Ham Sanders Jr.
Carrie Anne Selmer ’06 to
Sid Murthy
Sarah Nichole Graham ’07 to
Robert Lee Fischer ’07
Heidi Elaine Gremillion ’07 to
William Matthew Oates
Emily Marie Heckl ’07 to
Christopher Rocco Carrara ’07
Stephanie Nichole Myers ’07 to
Paul Stephen Koska
Rachel Ruth Roman ’07 to
Ben Pochardt
Caroline Elizabeth Boyd ’08 to
David Andrew Hodges ’08
Jenilyn Nicole Coats ’08 to
Matthew Mulkey
Deaths
192 0 s
Frances Martin Barron ’29
Agnes Browne Culp ’29
1930 s
Kitty McCravy Aull ’30
Elizabeth Watts Durst ’30
Sarah Harrison Pickard ’31
Helen Cleveland Rogers ’31
Margaret Brice Eskew ’32
Mary Drennan Beaty ’33
Elizabeth Baxley Bradshaw ’33
Mabel Mercer Hamilton ’33
Mary Miller Stallings ’33
Mildred Cooper Higgins ’34
Mary Ella Myers Mitchell ’34
Angie Oliver Weidman ’34
Louise Libbert Bess ’36
Marjorie Sims Jordan ’36
Carolyn Estes Barnwell ’37
Mary Parker Hendrix ’37
Elisabeth Pickelsimer Taylor ’37
Lois Aull Bowers ’38
Katrina Pardue Hammond ’38
Marjorie Leysath Rinehart ’38
Eliza Ross Good ’39
Dorothy Hair Sherman ’39
194 0 s
Margaret Cockrell Amick ’40
Margaret Hendrix Fortner ’40
Nancy David Ingles ’40
Edna Campbell Richardson ’40
Elizabeth Brown Talbert ’40
Edith Childers West ’40
Mary Sadler Neely Carter ’41
Emma Long Dudis ’41
Mary Adell McLeod Grier ’41
Sabra Evans Griffin ’41
Anne Elizabeth McMichael ’41
Anna Beth Lupo Sturgis ’41
Mary Juanita Wilburn ’41
Beth Gillespie Blackman ’42
Veneta Adams Geedy ’42
Margaret Ivey Johnson ’42
Thelma Ballentine Lee ’42
Anne Kendrick Montgomery ’42
Margaret Flanagan Newton ’42
Dorothy Clary Amick ’43
Wilma Haselden Auten ’43
Lynda Bethea Borden ’43
Hazel Richardson Harrelson ’43
Miriam Cook McCrae ’43
Mittie Bryan Parr ’43
Ainslie Maxwell Taylor ’43
Nancy Austin Beskid ’44
Katherine Konduros Camp ’44
Alice Bonner Greene ’44
Elizabeth Gettys Jolley ’44
Sarah Mobley Moody ’44
Kerby Hayes Hobbs ’45
Mary Bruorton Powell ’45
Clarabel Rawls Roddey ’45
Mae Culclasure Lafferty ’46
Mary Kearse Morris ’46
Mary Grainger Smith ’46
Margery Romanstine Talbert ’46
Annie Psillos Wood ’47
Frances Henderson Alston ’48
Mary Hendrix Beckham ’48
Marjorie Gentry Hood ’48
Carolyn Lee Orders ’48
Lucille Lachicotte Spearman ’48
Mildred Jackson Williams ’49
195 0 s
Sue Pyatt Peeler ’50
Cornelia Harris Senn ’50
Marilyn McLauchlin Whitley ’50
Margaret Maultsby Winn ’50
Marilee Meares Armstrong ’51
Louise Darwin Kennedy ’52
Frances Sease Shannon ’53
Caroline Bennett Gill ’54
Peggy White Biggers ’55
Patricia Revell Lemmons ’55
Mary Sue McMillan McGrew ’55
Sara Hughes Harvey ’56
Joyce Taylor Rubier ’57
Mary Sue Timmons-Coovert ’57
Carolyn Williams Anderson ’59
Emily Bonds Fallaw ’59
Ila Sue Johnson Reese ’59
Sara Parker Thaxton ’59
196 0 s
Sandra Blanchard Riddle ’62
Helen Oates Dickson ’63
Ruth Ijames Walker ’63
Evelyn Kelly Abernethy ’65
Verna Westbury Cribb ’65
Myra Jordan Martin ’65
Ann Branham Faulkenberry ’67
Jane Shillinglaw Boykin ’68
Jeanette Fewell Bowers ’69
Pamela Mabry Jackson ’69
Luanne Harmon Mayer ’69
Teresa Schrimpf Skinner Nehme ’69
Donna Watkins Wilkerson ’69
Janet Riggle Wilson ’69
1970 s
Ethel Heatherly Hall ’70
Lucille Mumford Wilson ’71
Lynne Howle Byrd ’72
Vicki Brackett Bolin ’73
Amanda Siebenhausen Fink ’73
Denise Arms Henson ’73
Lenora Yarborough Alsbrook ’74
Ethel Troublefield Sanders ’74
19 8 0 s
Leroy Thorn Jr. ’80
Michael Snowber-Marini ’82
June Wade Taylor ’83
Richard Barry Floyd ’84
June Kay White ’84
Preston Blackmon ’85
Tracy Lynn Logan ’89
19 9 0 s
William Girard Lindsay ’90
Dianne Wickert Hyrne ’92
Maryanne Snipes Lucas ’96
Jon Joseph Pokryfka ’98
2000s
Stanley Lyles Hulon ’01
Bryan Carter Murray ’06
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