November 2009
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November 10
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November 12
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November 15, 2009
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November 19, 2009
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Millsaps Celebrates Homecoming 2009
Beautiful weather, old friends, and a victorious football game were the ingredients for a great Homecoming Weekend on the Millsaps College campus Oct. 23-25. The weekend saw Millsaps alumni and friends reflect on the institution’s past, while celebrating its future with the rededication of John Stone Hall.
Alumni were greeted on Friday, Oct. 23 with a welcome reception in Olin Hall. That evening, the chemistry department honored three long-time faculty members, Dr. Al Berry, Dr. Allen Bishop and Dr. Eugene Cain with a fundraising dinner for the Olin Hall Heritage Project.
To kickoff Saturday’s activities, 30 people participated in the annual 5K run/walk. Congrats to winners Millsaps senior Lloyd Gray, who placed first in the male division, and Rachel Harris, daughter of geology professor Dr. Jamie Harris, who placed first in the female division.
At a brunch on Saturday morning, Michele Biegel (B.B.A. ’98), Nathan Guice (B.B.A. ’96), Wes Ingram (B.B.A. ’99), and MeMe Soho Leonard (B.A. ’90) were inducted in the Millsaps College Sports Hall. Long-time Millsaps employee, Hourman “Cowboy” Skinner, was honored as the Dr. Sam Knox Distinguished Service Award Winner.
Festivities continued throughout the day on Saturday with family activities in the Plaza, live music, the Pi Kappa Alpha Barbecue Benefit for the Fortenberry Endowed Scholarship and Award, and a pep rally.
The Millsaps Majors ended Centre College’s 10-game winning streak with a 24-0 win. At halftime, Millsaps senior Kasey Thibodeaux was named the 2009 Homecoming Queen. Other senior maids were: Amanda Andrus, Julia Jesuit, Kate Royals, Mirel Brackin and Natalie Boudreaux.
Reunions for the classes of 1959, 1969, 1979, 1989, and 1999 ended the day. The classes of 1999-2009 celebrated with a Young Alumni Party at the Auditorium Restaurant in Fondren.
Office of Alumni Relations Update
In a recent restructuring at the College, Alumni Relations has moved back under the umbrella of Institutional Advancement. Maribeth Kitchings Wann, formerly in the president’s office, has moved to the Office of Institutional Advancement to assume the duties of Director of Constituent Relations. In this role, Maribeth will work with Brooks Brower and Becky Russell in the Office of Alumni Relations to maximize the College’s efforts in outreach to our alumni.
We are extremely excited about the plans that our new alumni association president, Maud DeLes Gober Lancaster (’84), has to increase the involvement of the alumni association in specific areas of need at the College, including admissions, career networking, faculty support, gifting and communications. And, we are grateful for the wonderful work that David Loper (’86), immediate past president of the association, did to energize our efforts over the last two years to bring alumni together for events in cities across the US.
I encourage you to get involved in the work of the alumni association and the College at this important time in Millsaps’ history. I look forward to working with you as we build on the heritage of learning and service that is the legacy of this great institution.
Dr. Charles R. Lewis
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Millsaps Anthropology Professor Captures Teaching Award
The Archaeological Institute of America has awarded Millsaps anthropology professor Michael Galaty its 2010 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. He will be presented with the award at the AIA annual meeting in January.
“Michael is a true teacher-scholar, his scholarship strengthens his teaching and his teaching strengths his scholarship,” said George Bey, anthropology professor and associate dean of international education at Millsaps College.
Galaty joined the faculty at Millsaps College in 1999 and has since taught 23 different courses. He is known for his creative, dynamic teaching style seen especially in his “Anthropological Films and Filmmaking” class where students studied and then produced ethnographic films as a way to record and understand human behavior.
The AIA award is given to one individual each year who has demonstrated excellence in the teaching of archaeology, developed innovative teaching methods or interdisciplinary curricula and has at least five years of teaching experience.
Else School Named One of Top Business Schools in the Nation
The Else School of Management at Millsaps College is one of the best business schools in the country, according to The Princeton Review’s 2010 edition of The Best 301 Business Schools.
“To be named to the ‘Best’ list affirms the Else School’s mission of offering a topnotch academic experience that prepares our graduates to be ethical business leaders,” said Howard L. McMillan, acting president at Millsaps.
The Princeton Review compiled the book using surveys of 19,000 students attending the 301 business schools in the books and school-reported data. The ranking lists are now posted at www.princetonreview.com where users can access information on how they are compiled.
In its two-page profile about the Else School, The Princeton Review said the school offers “the academic strength of a graduate business program while maintaining 'the intimate learning environment’ typical to a small liberal arts school. With the ideal mix of ‘small class size and excellent professors,' the academic experience is personalized and rewarding. Classes are all small and discussion-based, and professors ‘instruct students as individuals rather than as merely a class.’”
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