August/September 2005
Hurricane Katrina Update:
Hurricane Katrina impacted many alumni.
We appreciate alumni opening their homes to fellow alumni, offering to host the families of Centenary students from the Gulf Coastal area and also the Dillard University students and staff who were evacuated. All needs that we know of have been met. Your generosity and concern is appreciated. There are several news releases and updates on the Centenary website.
If you are an alum in need of assistance please be in touch. We may be able to help. Some alumni are looking for jobs. If you can help them, please let me know. We will post this information on the website.
We also want to hear your stories. If you evacuated or volunteered and feel like sharing your experience, please send your story to us. If you have photos please send these. We will post them on our website and perhaps use them in an upcoming Centenary Today.
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On the alumni page we have posted news from people we have heard from and also questions from alumni about their friends. If you want to post something on this site please send this to:
Some local news about donation of items as of Friday, September 9
- The YMCA can no longer accept clothing donations.
- Summer Grove (@ South Park Mall) is also full. Grace Community Methodist Church took the extra clothing from the YMCA, but cannot accept further clothing donations.
- Non clothing items such as: shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, feminine products, baby food, formula, diapers, baby wipes, non-perishable food items can be delivered to several locations including: The Highland Center, Grace United Methodist Church and/or The Salvation Army located at the former Sam's location on Jewella Ave.
Book Bazaar
The 19th annual Centenary Book Bazaar — with thousands of used books, records, CDs and tapes — will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday (Sept. 9) and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 10).
Alumni Website
The Centenary Alumni website is undergoing a makeover and will be changing for the better in the coming weeks. Navigation is being made easier, and we will be adding more news, stories and pictures. We are STILL working with the bookstore on an on-line store.
As a new academic year begins view the "Welcome Back To Campus" newsletter by clicking on: http://www.centenary.edu/news/2005/August/0003.html
Alumni Association Meeting
The Semi Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association is Sept. 23 and 24, 2005. Call Carla E. Alsandor if you have questions are plan to come and have not mailed your registration. 318-869-5008.
Alumni Awards
The Centenary Alumni Board is soliciting nominations for various awards to be given during Homecoming:
- Alumni Hall of Fame
- Honorary Alumni
- Athletic Hall of Fame (to be awarded at a banquet later in the year)
Visit http://www.centenary.edu/alumni/association/awards.html for more information about the awards, criteria, forms and a list of past honorees. Deadline for nominations is Friday, September 30, 2005.
The Centenary Tailgate party that was to be held in conjunction with the LSU game on Saturday, September 10 has been cancelled.
Alumni Help New Students Move-in
Several alumni helped Centenary's newest students move in to the residence halls on Wednesday, August 17. National Alumni Board president Charles Grubb joined Centenary's other president Ken Schwab in all the fun helping tote boxes and 'stuff.'
New this year was a gift from the Centenary College Alumni Association. Each new student received an insulated mug from alumni volunteers helping with the check in process. Some of the comments from our volunteers:
"It was worthwhile just for the impact it had on parents. I talked to a father from Ohio who was moving his daughter in. He kept saying how impressed he was by the help, especially that the President of the College and the President of the National Alumni Board were out there (he met both Dr. Schwab and Charles Grubb). He said that you would never see that at
Ohio State, his alma mater." — Mimi
"Parents as well as the new and old students were very impressed that the alumni were visibly present during move-in (and the cool travel mugs made a nice impression).
I have no reason to doubt that more alumni participation on campus will encourage the current students to become active alumni after raduation!" — Jennifer
Centenary Alumni Travel Program is hosting a trip to Russia
Sept. 13 - 25, 2006
Cruise the Passage of Peter the Great
September 13 - 25, 2006
from approximately $2,195, per person, plus air, based on double occupancy.
V.A.T. is an additional $125 per person, subject to change. Price will be set in the coming weeks. But $500 deposits are being accepted for this trip now.
Send your check for $500 payable to AHI International Corporate or call David Henington 318-869-5151 to charge this to your MasterCard or Visa.
Mail your check to:
David Henington
Centenary College Alumni Travel
2911 Centenary Blvd.
Shreveport, LA 71104
Rendezvous in Russia! Trace the steps of Peter the Great as you explore St.
Petersburg, encountering his famed replica The Bronze Horseman. You'll be
amazed by this city, bursting with Russian art and culture! Board the
luxurious M/S Repin and take pleasure in the folk music and wooden dachas of
Mandrogi; stand in awe at Kizhi Island and Goritsy; and appreciate the
delicate beauty of the Florence of Russia, Yaroslavl. Sail the Volga River
to Uglich and arrive in Moscow. Revel in the State Tretyakov Gallery; and
adorn yourself in grandeur as you admire the regality of the Russian
aristocracy housed in the Kremlin's Armory Museum. Allow your imagination to
take flight at Star City as you experience the Russian space program's
launch pad, Gagariin Cosmonaut Training Center.
This trip will fill up, deposit early.
The Centenary Alumni Travel Program is also looking at Sport and Adventure
Travel opportunities. Options range from a sport fishing trip to Costa Rica
to dove hunting in Mexico with Jimmy Moore '98. If you are interested or
have suggestions please contact Jimmy at:
Scott Durbin '92 and the Imagination Movers
Scott Durbin '92 and the Imagination Movers, an award-winning music group for kids and parents to enjoy, are coming to Shreveport.
The Movers recently joined forces with LBP (Louisiana Public Broadcasting) to air video interstitials between children's programming statewide, and consequently, are coming to Shreveport to perform at the Strand Theatre. On November 2nd, the Imagination Movers will play two shows (10 and 12) at the Strand.
The Movers have been pretty busy, having received deal memos from Disney, Razor & Tie and Cookie Jar. Their debut DVD has been selected a 'Parenting Pick' by Parenting Magazine and a 'Teacher's Pick' and 'One of the Year's Best Videos' by Scholastic Parent & Child. Add an appearance at this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival and the Dallas Pepsi KidAround and you've got the makings of a sleeper hit.
Even so, the Movers have remained loyal to their grass roots beginnings and with their videos soon to expand into Arkansas and Alabama via PBS stations (Georgia and Mississippi are also on the horizon) one can only guess where the Imagination Movers just might be in six months.
Other Alumni News
Former art professor, Willard Cooper and his wife Phyllis have moved. Contact info:
Willard and Phyllis Cooper
1014 River Road
Bowdoinham, ME 04008
207-737-4621
Hold the Date!
- Little Rock alumni will get together after work on Tuesday, October 11 at Loca Luna. More details will follow.
- Shreveport Bossier alumni are invited to a reception at the home of Marianne and Stafford '82 Comegys on Tuesday, November 1, 2005, 5:30 - 7:30 PM Special guest will be Dr. Donald Webb, president emeritus of Centenary College.
- The Centenary College Choir presents Rhapsody In View, Saturday and Sunday, November 5 and 6 at the Civic Theater.
- The Candlelight Service in Brown Chapel, Friday, December 2
- The Houston Holiday Reception, Sunday, December 4
- The Baton Rouge Holiday Reception, Thursday, December 8
- The Dallas Holiday Reception, Sunday, December 18
Visit the alumni site often: http://www.centenary.edu/alumni
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