October 2004
Alumni News
Save the Date—CENTENARYpalooza 2005! Annual Homecoming in February
Mark your calendar now for CENTENARYpalooza 2005! and make plans to return to your alma mater for a great line-up of alumni activities. The dates are February 18-20, 2005. The weekend will be kicked off with the Annual Alumni Awards Dinner on Thursday evening. The rest of the weekend will be filled with exciting activities, B-ball, and many opportunities to visit with classmates and faculty on campus. Check out the tentative schedule of events .
Shreveport's “Last Thursday” Happy Hour to present special guests, Dr. Will Andress and members of the Centenary College Choir
Thursday, October 28, 2004 is the date for Shreveport/Bossier's next alumni happy hour from 5:30 to 8:30 at Semolina on Line Avenue. All area alumni are invited to meet fellow alumni, faculty, and staff of Centenary. Guests this month will be Dr. Will Andress, Director of the Centenary College Choir, and an ensemble of CHOR singers!
Dr. Andress will speak and lead a few songs that are sure to arouse some memories!
Pass the word to fellow alumni and join in this awesome get together, complete with drink specials and complimentary appetizers. Feel free to bring a spouse or significant other.
Rhapsody in View returns to the Shreveport Civic Theater in November
Tickets are on sale now for this year's Rhapsody in View performances. The dates are Saturday and Sunday, November 13 th (7:30 PM) and 14 th (2:30 PM). For tickets and more information call 318-429-6887. All alumni who purchase tickets for the opening night performance are invited to a wine and cheese reception in the lobby beginning at 6 PM. Alumni and their guests are encouraged to stop by before the performance.
Get an insiderss view of the National Economy
Dallas Alumni and their friends are invited to hear Harvey Rosenblum, Senior Vice President and Director of Research of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, who will be speaking about the National Economy. The date is Friday, December 3 at NOON at Cantina Laredo in Inwood Village. The fee of $15 includes lunch, tea or soft drink and tax and tip. Lunch choices are: Soup and Salad, Inwood Enchilada, and Chicken Fajita Salad.
Reservations must be made by Nov. 18 th. To RSVP, E-mail your name, class year, and choice of entrée to Catherine Harper. Cash or checks made payable to Centenary College will be collected at the door. Friends and co-workers are invited to attend. Special guests from Centenary include faculty members of the Frost School of Business and some of their students.
Presenting the new Greek Alumni Affinity Chapter and Greek E-newsletter…
What is an alumni affinity chapter? It is a group of interested alumni who share a common bond from their days at Centenary, such as a fraternity or sorority, the Centenary Choir, or ROTC. The newest affinity chapter is the Greek Alumni group. To learn more, check out the first edition of the Greek Alumni E-Newsletter HERE.
Baton Rouge and New Orleans to Kick Off New Alumni Chapters
What are Alumni Chapters? Geographic Chapters are formed when a group of alumni who live and work in the same city or region choose to organize themselves into a formal group. An Executive Committee with a slate of officers including president, vice-president, and secretary governs each chapter. The purpose of Alumni Chapters is to provide opportunities for alumni to stay connected to their classmates and to their alma mater in ways that are mutually beneficial. Members get together regularly for social occasions, networking, and continuing education forums. Members also participate in activities that support Centenary College in the areas of student recruitment, career networking, mentoring, and fundraising.
All Baton Rouge and New Orleans area alumni will soon receive an invitation to special kick-off receptions being planned in each city for next month!
If you are interested in taking an active role in your new alumni chapter please contact the chapter president: In Baton Rouge, e-mail Beth Bonner ‘99. In New Orleans, e-mail: Lauren McKnight '01.
Holiday Receptions set for Houston, Shreveport, Dallas, and Washington, D.C.
These chapters have recently announced dates for their holiday receptions. Mark your calendars now:
- Houston: Sunday, December 5, 3-5 PM at the home of Mike ‘63 and Carolyn ‘65 Mann
- Shreveport: Friday, December 10, 8-10 PM at the home of Chat ‘64 and Wendy Reed
(Immediately following the 6 PM Centenary Candlelight Service at Brown Chapel) - Dallas: Sunday, December 12, 3-5 PM at the home of Jim and Debbie Francis
(Co-hosted by Jimmy '98 and Kathryn Francis) - Washington, D.C: Saturday, December 18, Noon-2:30 PM at Hilton Garden Inn, 815 14 th Street NW between H & I Streets. Centenary President Ken Schwab is hosting this reception. Members of the Centenary College Choir, in town to sing at a private reception at the White House, will also be there.
Class Notes Online
Read the latest class notes, marriages, births, and in memoriam listings here . They are updated monthly. Here's an example of a recent alumni update:
Effective October 18, Vince Isner ‘76 of Fairfax, Virginia, became the first full-time director of FaithfulAmerica.org, the online advocacy service sponsored by the National Council of Churches USA. FaithfulAmerica.org began in May and already has more than 120,000 members who have helped advance several important initiatives dealing with a faith response to public issues, including genocide in Sudan's Darfur region, the Abu Graib Prison torture scandal and persistent poverty in the United States. The site also includes resources for voters in this election year. Isner, a veteran of more than 20 years' experience in electronic media production, design, marketing, print and web communication, has served as Communications Director of the United Methodist Board of Church and Society in Washington, DC. He has also worked as an independent producer, most recently responsible for developing two DVD/web-based study projects for Wesley Ministry Network, a program of Wesley Theological Seminary, also in Washington. Vince can be reached at .
Congratulations to Vince from the Office of Alumni Relations!
Campus News
“Trick-or-Terror” returns to campus this month
This event will be held in Centenary's Fitness Center from 6-8 PM on Tuesday, October 26 th . Several campus organizations will be involved in making it a success by providing booths with entertainment, a costume contest, and plenty of Halloween treats for area children. You and your families are invited to come to this “Safe Zone for Fun” and to extend the invitation to others families and children that you know. Free admission and free parking at the Gold Dome.
Athletics rolls out new website
The Centenary athletic department has teamed with AmericanEagle.com to create www.GoCentenary.com. The new website provides more in-depth information about the 16 Centenary athletic teams and serves as a recruiting tool to better promote Centenary College and its athletic department. New features of the GoCentenary.com website include on-line recruiting forms and media guides, more detailed rosters with pictures and player bios, fan polls and much more. The new site also includes information such as the story of how the Gents and Ladies nicknames came to be, the complete listing of the Centenary Athletic Hall of Fame members, and descriptions of the athletic facilities.
Also new with the GoCentenary.com webpage are feature articles such as player spotlights conducted by senior soccer player Kylie Garrett. Garrett also contributes regular entries through her on-line diary entitled Kylie's Diary: Inside An Athlete's Life , which chronicles what athletes go through on a regular basis in order to be successful both on the field and in the classroom. Finally, GoCentenary.com offers Ladies and Gents fans a way to be more involved in the everyday happenings of their favorite athletic teams. Fans can join an email list from the front page of the new website which will allow them to receive only the news from the sports they wish to follow. Participants also have the opportunity to receive all releases from the Centenary sports information department.
NOTE: If you were on the Athletic News Release Service, you need to sign up again through GoCentenary.com.
Centenary College Choir 2004-05 Concert Schedule Available Online
This group continues to travel and to impress groups in far-reaching places with their beautiful performances. They get around so much that you may find them soon in a church or concert hall near you. Check out the Centenary Choir concert schedule on their web page at http://www.centenary.edu/choir/.
By-the-way, a special congratulation goes out to Dr. Andress and the members of the choir for being invited back to the White House this year! The group will be performing there on December 18 th .
Updates
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