Cool Things Centenary Folks Are Doing

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Students, faculty, staff and alumni at Centenary learn, teach and serve with inventive spirit. Together, we draw upon our distinctive experiences in order to nurture incoming students as they too discover, create, and transform selves and community.

Read here what some of our folks are up to now; look back through these pages to see where enterprising folks have led us recently.

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Professor Receives Fellowship From Local Arts Council

Dr. David Havird

Centenary College was represented Thursday, Nov. 6 when the 2008 Shreveport Regional Arts Council Fellowship Recipients were announced. Professor of English, Dr. David Havird and Chandler Teague, Lecturer in Music, were among six recipients who received $2,500 for arts programs and for individual artists when the awards were announced at ArtSpace in Shreveport. Fellowship Recipients included:

  • Visual Art - Thomas Little, sculptor, painter and pres of the West Edge Artists' Co-op.
  • Dance - Anthony Neumann, ballet and classical dancer.
  • Multi-discipline - Robert Trudeau, video, photography, blog and sketch producer.
  • Music - Chandler Teague, percussionist with the Shreveport Symphony and jazz drummer.
  • Theater - Hugh "Poetic Justice" Hamilton, a performance poet.
  • Literary - David Havird, professor at Centenary College and widely-published poet.

Student Shines in Miss Louisiana Pageant Preliminaries

Hannah Moore, Miss Shreveport and a junior at Centenary College, won the the swimwear and physical fitness competition on the first night of preliminaries in the Miss Louisiana pageant June 20 at the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe.

Read more on the full story about Hannah and the Miss Louisiana pageant.

Holi Paint Event at Jones-Rice Field

On Wednesday, April 23, 2008, the International Society for Cultural Awareness helped Centenary students release some pent up stress by throwing paint at each other to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of color. View the slideshow below:

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