September 2004
Alumni News
Calling All Alums—First Ever Semi-Annual Alumni Association Meeting!
The Office of Alumni Relations is pleased to extend a personal invitation to all alumni to a special gathering on October 1 & 2, 2004 . Your Alumni Association is working hard to strengthen the Centenary Connection for the sake of its valued alumni, the current students and the faculty of the College. Alumni Association President Chat Reed, '64 had this to say, I am proud to have been asked to represent you this year. We have a dynamic board and a variety of new alumni programs to share with you. Please join me and the other members of the board for a weekend filled with Centenary pride, friendship, school spirit, fun, and progress. This is your chance to reconnect with Centenary and to participate in the adoption of our new mission statement and alumni association charter. Out-of-towners, I encourage you to come back to Centenary for the weekend. Locals, please join me in welcoming them back.
Invitations have already been sent. If you have not received yours please e-mail us at .
NEW! Alumni/Student Career Connections Speakers' Series
Do you remember what it was like having to choose your major? Do you remember the challenge of choosing your career path? Would you have benefited from talking with someone who was working or studying in the career fields you were considering? Well, you can be that someone for a current Centenary student by joining the Alumni Career Connection ! The Alumni Career Connection is designed to give students the opportunity to hear from and talk with Centenary alumni who have first-hand knowledge about various careers and fields of study. By sharing information about your academic and work experiences, you will help students as they gather the information they need to choose a major, to formulate a career plan, or to begin a job search. For more information contact .
Centenary Cheers On Alumnus Hal Sutton
Centenary alumni will join millions of viewers and golf fanatics this week to watch the Ryder Cup matches and to cheer on Centenary alumnus Hal Sutton '81 who is this year's U. S. Team Captain. Thursday marks the official start of The 35th Ryder Cup Matches being held at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan. Best wishes and congratulations go out to Hal. Here is an exert from the press announcement from The Ryder Cup website:
alumni/Sutton was unveiled at a news conference at Oakland Hills Country Club and said: "I'm overwhelmed and honored. I'm in awe of it, to be honest, but it has to be the greatest honor that can be bestowed on any golfer and I am looking forward to the challenge. I am going to do my best to bring the cup back to the USA. We are loaded with talent in the United States and we just need to let that talent shine through." Since 1987, The Ryder Cup has been decided by a total of three points or less, with three of the last five Matches decided by 14 1/2 -13 1/2 margins. Europe has won The Ryder Cup in six of the last nine competitions.
"Hal Sutton's passion for the game, his drive to become a champion and his leadership in past Ryder Cup Matches make him the ideal leader to guide the American team in the 2004 Matches," said PGA of America President Jack Connelly. "Hal was a key member of past Ryder Cup Teams and his performances have earned him the respect of his teammates as well as many around the world." A native and resident of Shreveport, Louisiana, Sutton won the 1980 US Amateur Championship and turned professional the following year. One of the most successful players of the 1980s, Sutton won the 1983 PGA Player of the Year Award.
Centenary Alumni to Gather in Nashville
The date of the next Nashville Alumni gathering is Oct. 7, 2004 from 6-8pm at The Trace. Interested folks can e-mail .
Organizers would really like e-mail response from anyone in the Nashville area so they can get details, directions, etc. out to them.
Laissez le Bon Temps Roulez
If you are a Shreveport/Bossier area alumnus and are ready to let the good times roll, then get on board for next year's Krewe of Highland Mardi Gras Parade. And, if you have a large pick-up truck and want to help we need you! Contact to volunteer your vehicle and yourself (to drive) for the day. For the first time in the history of this family-friendly, neighborhood parade, the route is being extended all the way to Centenary Blvd and will pass right by the front of campus. All alums and their families are invited, so mark your calendars for Sunday, February 6, 2005 at 2 PM! It's going to be a good ol' time!
Kiss the Blarney Stone
Centenary alumni and their friends are invited to travel to Ireland September 20-28, 2005. Contact to be added to the list to receive more information. For trip details visit http://www.ahitravel.com/ahi/tourdetail/15765 .
Our thoughts and prayers go out to
Lavail Stewart, long time Centenary employee, pastry chef, and honorary alumna as she mourns the death of her daughter Monica Fay Robertson. Cards and notes can be sent to Ms. Lavail at:
1827 Oakdale
Shreveport, LA 71108.
Dick Speairs, former professor of Chemistry, who has been diagnosed with West Nile Virus. He is in Dubuis Hospital at Christus Schumpert. You can write to Dick and Betty McKnight Speairs, professor emeritus of math and honorary alumna at:
P. O. Box 5568
Shreveport, LA 71135-5568
Campus News
2004 Shenandoah Shakespeare Express Tickets Available NOW
Touring theatre troupe, the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express (SSE), will visit Centenary College Sept. 20-26, presenting three plays: Measure for Measure and Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and She Stoops to Conquer , by Oliver Goldsmith. All performances will take place in Kilpatrick Auditorium:
- Tuesday, September 21, 7:00 PM Measure for Measure
- Wednesday, September 22, 7:00 PM She Stoops to Conquer
- Thursday, September 23, 7:00 PM Measure for Measure
- Friday, September 24, 7:00 PM Twelfth Night
- Saturday, September 25, 1:00 PM Measure for Measure
- Saturday, September 26, 7:00 PM She Stoops to Conquer
Centenary College will host this event, thanks to support from the Louisiana Division of the Arts and the Shreveport Regional Arts Council Re-grant Program. Tickets go on sale Thursday, Sept. 9. Call Centenary's ticket line: (318) 841-7289. Prices are as follows: adults, $12; students, $7.50; and seniors (65 or older), $10.
News from the Meadows Museum
Dr. Ronald Bukoff, Director of the Hurley Music Library at Centenary College of LA, will address the community on Sunday, September 19th, 2:00-3:00 PM at a lecture entitled "Pickpockets, Prostitutes, and Pimps: The Bawdy Baroque of WilliamHogarth and John Gay—-Narrative Art and Ballad Opera" in the museum galleries. Refreshments will be served.
The Honorable Eugene Johnston of North Carolina will address the community on Sunday, September 26th, 2:00-3:00 PM at a lecture entitled "Hogarth's London: An 18th Century Vanity Fair" in the museum galleries. Refreshments will be served.
For further information, contact the Meadows Museum of Art at 869-5040.
New Wright Mathematics Building
The College purchased the former Baptist Student Center on Woodlawn Street and is preparing the facility for use this Fall. The building was made possible by a bequest from Mrs. Irene K. Wright 38, who credited a Centenary mathematics professor with making her college career possible.
Centenary College Kudos
Centenary College kudos that have been in the news in recent days:
- U.S. News & World Report rankings — Number 10 Best Value in the South, Number 11 among the South's Best Colleges/Universities-Master's
- The Princeton Review — The Best 357 Colleges
- National Association of College and University Residence Halls— School of the Year
Updates
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Contact information can be updated online at http://www.centenary.edu/alumni.
Making a Gift to Centenary
Interested in establishing a scholarship? Want to support the Great Teachers and Scholars Fund? Are you looking into estate planning? Find out how by emailing or calling the Office of Development (800) 259-6447 or (318) 869-5106. We will be glad to visit with you about your support of Centenary College of LA.
