Berry Magazine Spring 2015

BERRY Spring 2015

Head of the pack

Radiologist Sean Adams (03C) is doggone good!

Making his pitch Collin McHugh (09c) is major-league success

She takes the cake Lori Pitts (96C) has taste for entrepreneurship

Vol. 101, No. 2 spring 2015

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Finding his voice

Reading series honors writer Jamie Poissant (01C)

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Head of the pack

Radiologist Sean Adams (03C) is doggone good!

Carey Blankenship

Features

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Lori Pitts (96C) has taste for entrepreneurship

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Making his pitch

Collin McHugh (09c) is major-league success

Departments

John Eisele

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• Welcome Center, Valhalla stadium take shape • Dickey Field naming honors late athletic director • Third camera now on Berry’s eagles • NBC thriller features campus locales • Whitehead Scholars Program enriches legacy of opportunity

8 President’s Essay

Best of breed

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Class Notes

• Mountain Day in pictures

31 Gifts

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courtesy of the Houston Astros

Mary Claire Stewart (14C)

2 Noteworthy News

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The Campaign for Opportunity

• Animal Science Research and Teaching Center • Donor spotlight: Jimmy (60C) and Luci (60C) Bell • Donor spotlight: Cassie Jones (94C) • He’s back! Campus Carrier cartoonist T. Mack Brown (82C) on annual giving

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The interior of Frost Chapel, captured by Zane Cochran Cover photo by John Eisele, Colorado State University

noteworthy news

BERRY magazine

Published three times per year for alumni and friends of Berry College and its historic schools Editor Karilon L. Rogers Managing Editor Rick Woodall (93C) Contributing Writers Debbie Rasure Joni Kenyon Design and Production Shannon Biggers (81C) Chief Photographer Alan Storey Class Notes and Gifts Listings Justin Karch (01C, 10G), Joni Kenyon and Rose Nix Contact Information Class Notes and Change of Address: alumni@berry.edu; 706-236-2256; 800-782-0130; or Berry Alumni Office, P.O. Box 495018, Mount Berry, GA 30149.

Editorial: rwoodall@berry.edu; 706-378-2870; or Berry magazine, P.O. Box 490069, Mount Berry, GA 30149.

Berry Alumni Association President: Timothy J. Goodwin (03C) Immediate Past President: Haron W. Wise (57H) Vice Presidents: Alumni Events, Ruth Martin (65C); Berry Heritage, Dr. David Slade (97C, FS); Financial Support, T. Mack Brown (82C); Young Alumni and Student Relations, Laura Sutton (09C); Alumni Awards, Patricia T. Jackson (82C, FS) Chaplain: The Rev. Valerie Loner (91C) Parliamentarian: Patrick Ouzts (03C) Secretary: Mandy Tidwell (93C) Historian: Nathan Butzen (03C) Director of Alumni Development Jennifer Schaknowski Assistant Vice President for Public Relations and Marketing Jeanne Mathews Vice President for Advancement Bettyann O’Neill President Stephen R. Briggs

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Changing

landscape Alumni and friends visiting

Berry this spring will get their first look at two exciting additions to campus.

Berry’s new Welcome Center was largely completed by press time in late January, while Valhalla stadium – including Clark Track, Williams Field and Dickey Field – is expected to be finished later this summer. Both are being funded through LifeReady: The Berry College Campaign for Opportunity.

The Welcome Center will provide a campus entry that is both more welcoming and more secure for the Berry community and the thousands of guests who visit each year. It replaces the former 1960s gate house and is located several hundred feet closer to Martha Berry Highway.

Staffed by campus police and student greeters, the 1,100 square-foot facility will be the first stop for visitors entering campus through the Gate of Opportunity. A sophisticated security system will allow electronic pass-through for faculty, staff and student vehicles; visitors will stop and

check in under a covered portico.

For the convenience of frequent guests, including alumni, the college hopes to make available the same type of electronic decal used by members of the campus com­ munity. Those wishing to take advantage of this service will be charged a small fee to cover the cost of their decal, which will have its own power source with a battery life of one year.

Construction of the Welcome Center began in August and was fast-tracked to minimize activity during the nesting season for Berry’s famous bald eagles.

Respect for the eagles also influenced the Valhalla project, motivating college leaders to twice shift the stadium site in order to ensure an appropriate buffer.

Valhalla’s final location, on the south side of Maple Drive (the service entrance), has been teeming with activity since October, when students, faculty and staff joined project donors, board members and special guests for the official ground­ breaking. Among those on hand

was trustee and lead donor Steve Cage (74C), who hailed the project as “a collaboration of hard work, trust and leadership” among all those groups. He also praised President Steve Briggs, dedicating the new stadium in his honor, and thanked all who had made gifts to the project.

When completed later this year, the facility will provide a new on-campus home for football and men’s and women’s lacrosse while also making possible the spring 2016 resumption of full competition in men’s and women’s track and field. The stadium will seat more than 2,000 spectators.

As part of the Valhalla project, crews will widen and reconfigure Maple Drive to include automatic gates featuring the same type of electronic pass-through system as the main entrance. Those without an electronic decal will enter campus through the Gate of Opportunity. Foliage lost during an April 2011 storm also will be restored.

Maple Drive will remain closed to traffic until construc­tion is complete.

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Garland Dickey (bottom left) with members of Berry’s 1962 track and field team, winners of the Georgia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship for a second consecutive year.

Dickey Field

honors memory of late Berry athletic director, coach A family with deep Berry roots has taken a

The recognition is fitting. As Berry’s first full-time athletic director, Dickey helped lead the post-World War II rebirth of intercollegiate athletics at his alma mater, forging the school’s first conference affiliation and initiating the contest that resulted in the “Viking” nickname. He also served as head of the physical education department and at one time or another coached every men’s team on campus, including track and field. It was in that sport that Berry won its first conference championship in 1961.

Gifts to the Dickey Field Challenge can be made online at www.berry.edu/gift. Contact David Clark (85c) at dclark@berry.edu or 706-236-1708 for more information.

leadership role in spurring the development of Garland M. Dickey Field, a competition area for track-and-field throwing events across Maple Drive from the new Valhalla stadium.

Fueled by a $100,000 commitment from Dickey’s wife, Ouida (50C, FFS), and daughters Jennifer (77A, 80C, FFS) and Angela (75A, 79C), the Dickey Field Challenge will provide a dollar-for-dollar match for future gifts to the project until funds are exhausted. This effectively doubles the giving power of those choosing to honor the memory of the longtime Berry coach and athletic director.

Students earn impressive scholarships, fellowships Berry undergraduates enjoyed notable success in their pursuit of highly competitive scholarships, fellowships and research opportunities awarded in 2014.

Stephanie Tomys (14C), a political science major at Berry who is now a Dean’s Scholar at the Georgia State University College of Law, received a $5,000 Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship – one of just 51 awarded nationally – while communication major Sydney Hulebak (14C) became the third Berry student in four years to be selected for a yearlong fellowship with the Woodruff, Whitehead and Evans foundations in Atlanta. Kate Farrar (14C), a double major in political science and religion and philosophy, earned a yearlong fellowship with the Philadelphia-based John Jay Institute, while fellow political science major Matt Murphy was selected for a national honors summer fellowship with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.

Physics major Brandon Sanders was one of several Berry students earning the opportunity to participate in the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates program. He spent the summer working as a software developer for NASA. In other highlights, environmental science major Katherine Kent took part in a School for International Training studyabroad program in Nepal with help from a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, while Kendra Macomber (14C), an art major with a concentration in art history, set off for a year in Germany after being accepted into the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals.

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cameras

Berry eagles: A new view

Fans of Berry’s eagles are enjoying increased access for viewing life in the famous nest thanks to a new camera made possible by gifts to the Berry College Eagle Fund.

Installed by Georgia Power prior to the 2014-15 nesting season, the new camera is posi­ tioned above the nest, providing

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a second overhead view. A third camera located in an adjacent tree offers an ap­proach view.

Live streams from all three can be accessed around the clock at www.berry.edu/eaglecam, where you’ll also find links to the Berry Bluebird Cam and the Berry College Eagles Facebook page.

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new internship funded jointly by Berry College and the St. Catherines Island Foundation gave two Berry students the opportunity to take a hands-on role in sea turtle preservation efforts last summer, and the impression they made has paved the way for others to follow in their footsteps.

Biology majors Lauren Patterson (above) and Tom Sheehan were responsible for locating, monitoring, protecting and, if necessary, relocating sea turtle nests on St. Catherines, a privately managed barrier island off the Atlantic coast near Savannah that is accessible only by boat. Such coordinated conservation efforts are vital to the preservation of this endangered species, which is

threatened by pollution, development, rising sea levels, beach erosion, seafood harvesting, nest depredation by animals, and climate change.

The intern­ship was made possible through the efforts of Associate Professor of Biology Chris Mowry, who first traveled to St. Catherines in the 1990s to study a population of lemurs relocated from Madagascar for research and conservation purposes. Shortly thereafter, he began scheduling regular field trips to the island for students in his upper-level Behavioral Ecology course.

“Lauren and Tom were highly praised for their efforts, which only enhanced the high regard the people at SCI have for Berry College students,” Mowry stated.

“We anticipate sending a Berry College sea turtle intern to St. Catherines Island each summer.”

NBC thriller

features familiar locales No, that wasn’t déjà vu you felt watching the premiere of NBC’s new supernatural thriller Constantine. That really was an extremely foreboding Mary Hall in the opening scene of the new series standing in as Ravenscar: Psychiatric Facility for the Mentally Deranged. Alumni and friends among the 4.3 million viewers might also have recognized the Old Mill, which in the series is the entrance to an expansive underground dwelling.

In addition to Berry locales, Constantine also has featured the acting of theatre alumnus Keith Brooks (08C), who previously appeared on The Walking Dead.

Sustainablesuccess Berry hosts College Canopy Conference Landscape directors, physical plant managers and “tree-keepers” representing colleges and universities all across

Georgia got an up-close look at one of Berry’s most spectacular resources during the Georgia Urban Forest Council’s 2014 College Canopy Conference.

The beauty and diversity of Berry’s approximately 7 million trees were on full display during a “canopy tour” of the new arboretum being developed by Dana Professor of Biology Martin Cipollini in collaboration with campus arborist Chris Hughes and a committee led by Provost Kathy Richardson and Vice President for Finance Brian Erb. This arboretum – or tree-focused botanical garden – consists of all the trees on Berry’s main campus. A walking tour of “signature” trees will include plantings of longleaf pines and American chestnuts, two species Cipollini has been working to restore to Southern forests.

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“It’s an honor for Berry to host this event the same year we are awarded Tree Campus USA designation by the Arbor Day Foundation,” said Eddie Elsberry, Berry’s director of agricultural operations and sustainability. “Our commitment to the educational and environmental value of the tree canopy as well as its overall beauty is a real source of pride. It’s just one more thing that makes the Berry College campus a destination.”

Berry’s status as a “tree campus” was cemented in October as one of 10 national winners in the Arbor Day Foundation’s “Celebrate Arbor Day” online contest. A total of 51 colleges and universities submitted entries, with 20 selected as finalists for the online competition. Winning institutions received a $500 prize toward the purchase of trees or tree-related materials and various promotional items meant to help make their 2015 Arbor Day celebrations a success.

heart-stopping finishes, academic honors Historic victories, All-America honors, and the debut of NCAA postseason competition on the Berry campus punctuated a busy fall for intercollegiate athletics.

Men’s soccer made its first national tournament appearance of the NCAA era after claiming its second Southern Athletic Association tournament championship in three seasons.

More success followed in the opening round of nationals, as the Vikings rallied in the final minutes to force overtime against host Emory, then won the game on a sudden-death “golden” goal by Zak Wallingford.

Berry’s second-year football team enjoyed a similar moment of overtime exhilaration on Mountain Day, securing the program’s first varsity win on the strength of a 25-yard touchdown pass from Dale Jackson to Josh Bullock that prompted many in the crowd of 4,200 at Rome’s Barron Stadium to rush the field in celebration.

NCAA postseason compe­ tition made its campus debut Nov. 15 with the Division III South-Southeast Cross Country Regionals. More than 400 runners participated in the qualifying event for nationals, with teams from Berry posting top-10 finishes in both the men’s and women’s races.

Fall standouts for Berry included Maggie Midkiff, a thirdteam Capital One Division III Academic All-American in women’s soccer. The

Student Photographer Rhoxie Ellard

Sports highlights:

Enriching a legacy: Whitehead Scholars Program Berry’s longstanding partnership with the Lettie

environmental science major with a 3.86 GPA broke her own single-season conference record with 25 goals in leading Berry to a 16-3 overall record and the regular-season SAA champion­ ship. Joining her as an AllAmerican was Katie O’Rourke, an American Volleyball Coaches Association honorable-mention selection. In addition, eight members of the 2014 women’s softball team earned recognition as All-American Scholar Athletes from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association after helping their team post a 3.446 GPA – ranked 16th nationally in Division III – to complement a 31-11 record, a program best.

Pate Whitehead Foundation took on added dimension last fall with the launch of the Whitehead Scholars Program.

Twenty-four students were selected for the new program, receiving scholarship assistance and other types of support designed to help them succeed at Berry and beyond.

Modeled after the highly successful Bonner Scholars, WinShape College and Gate of Opportunity programs, the Whitehead Scholars Program is a pilot consisting of a fouryear course of study tailored to help students discover and develop their strengths, interests and talents through both individualized guidance and small-group learning experiences.

Peer mentoring, service, leadership opportunities and work are also part of the co-curriculum, as is assistance with goalsetting and planning for personal and professional development. Whitehead Scholars are challenged to follow in Mrs. Whitehead’s footsteps and become leaders who engage with their communities to make a difference.

Honoring the memory of its namesake, who as a young mother and widow successfully managed her late husband’s businesses, including the Coca-Cola Bottling Co., the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation provides scholarships for deserving female students with financial need at colleges throughout the Southeast. During the last six decades, more than 750 Berry women have pursued their degrees with support from the foundation. This new scholars program further enriches the legacy of support that grew out of Lettie Pate Whitehead’s friendship with Martha Berry.

Shatto Lecture to welcome Doris Kearns Goodwin Noted presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin has been tapped as the 2015 speaker in the Gloria Shatto Lecture Series.

The former assistant to President Lyndon Johnson is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, the most recent of which is The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. Steven Spielberg’s award-winning motion picture Lincoln was based in part on Kearns’ Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.

Her presentation is scheduled for March 19. Watch the Alumni Accent e-newsletter for more details.

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Berry SID wins writing award

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Berry Director of Sports Information and Promotions Bob Lowe received a citation for writing excellence from the College Sports Information Directors of America (District 3) for his feature story about Kaleigh Carpenter, a Berry student-athlete who excels at tennis despite being born missing most of her left arm.

Initially published on Berry’s athletics website, the story resulted in additional coverage

by ESPNW and the NCAA’s Champion magazine.

CBS showcases interception as GEICO Play of the Year Millions of Americans got their first taste of Berry football thanks to a spectacular one-handed interception in the final Day win over Washington University of St. Louis. Initially honored as D3football.com National Play of the Week, the acrobatic catch was later showcased on CBS as GEICO Play of the Year after besting four other finalists in a Facebook vote.

Above: Teammates, coaches and fans storm the field in celebration of Berry’s first varsity football win.

Below: Watch a replay of the game-saving catch at http://epress.berry.edu/alumniaccent/?p=6368.

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student photographer Lauren Neumann

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Theatre students shine The Berry College Theatre Co. will be well represented at this spring’s Southeastern Theatre Con­ference in Chattanooga.

Seven Berry students earned the right to audition for professional theatre companies at the March event thanks to their efforts at last fall’s state conference in Columbus. Two, theatre major Julia Jordan and English/theatre major Lindsey Purvis, won their respective competitions in lighting and costuming.

Beautiful Berry Best College Reviews, Thrilllist and LawnStarter have joined the growing chorus of voices declaring Berry one of America’s most breathtaking college campuses. Best College Reviews ranked Berry ninth among 100 institutions stretching from the Eastern Seaboard to Hawaii and also placed the college on its list of America’s top outdoor schools, lauding the many opportunities available on the 27,000-acre campus as well as its proximity to nearby outdoor recreation areas. Thrilllist presented its compilation of the “25 Most Beautiful College Campuses in America” alphabetically, while LawnStarter ranked Berry No. 1 on its list of the best land­scaped colleges in the South.

Conn to continue service at Harvard Gund Professor of Biology Bruce Conn has received his fourth consecutive five-year appointment as associate of invertebrate zoology at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology. Conn continues his work as a full-time member of Berry’s faculty, often engaging students in research

Kindermusik maestro Kathryn Dugger Nobles (82C), adjunct lecturer for piano, has been named a Maestro in Outstanding Achievement by Kindermusik International, the world’s leading publisher of music and movement programs for young children. The Maestro Conductor’s Circle represents the top 1 percent of Kindermusik educators worldwide.

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Berry coyote research gets cover A striking photo of a rare black coyote taken by Melanie Stepp Abney (90C) on the Berry campus graced the cover of a recent issue of Southeastern Naturalist. The journal featured research by Associate Professor of Biology Chris Mowry and Justin Edge (05C), who first began collaborating more than a decade ago when Edge was Mowry’s student assistant at Berry. Edge shared his experiences as a researcher in Yellowstone National Park in the fall 2006 issue of Berry magazine. He now has started a wildlife research project tracking carnivores as a volunteer for the Jack Creek Preserve Foundation in Montana, and Mowry has initiated a major study of urban coyotes in Metro Atlanta.

Viking Fusion tapped as finalist Viking Fusion continues to build its reputation as one of America’s best student-run multimedia websites, earning recognition as a finalist in the 2014 National Student Production Awards for the third time in five years. Students representing Viking Fusion and the communication department scored a total of five additional nominations in this contest and two others administered by Editor & Publisher and the College Media Association, claiming two awards in the CMA’s podcast categories.

Best in show Berry won acclaim for overall excellence in institutional advancement from the Georgia Education Advancement Council, a statewide organi­ zation representing higher education advancement professionals at Georgia’s public and private colleges and universities. The award honored the achievements of staff members in cultivating national and international attention for Berry’s bald eagles, as well as the impressive progress to date for LifeReady: The Berry College Campaign for Opportunity.

success Student excels as conductor of world-class drum corps Junior David Warren’s work as head conductor for the Illinois-based Phantom Regiment drum and bugle corps earned him recognition as a 2014 recipient of Drum Corps International’s Jim Jones Leadership Award. The music-education major was honored at the conclusion of DCI’s World Championship Finals in Indianapolis. Warren bested 50 other corps members in auditions to claim the baton for the Phantom Regiment’s 2014 marching season.

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and other educational activities in the Harvard labs, and now serves as a member of the lead committee for Berry’s new One Health Center. As a Jefferson Science Fellow for the U.S. State Department, he will be visiting Kansas State University this spring to explore potential research collaborations for Berry students and faculty.

Reports compiled by Carey Blankenship, philanthropic communications student assistant

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president’s essay

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erry’s animal science program is

on a roll. From the May 2014 graduating class alone, 16 students are now enrolled in 10 different schools of veterinary medicine. And that is no fluke – 65 Berry graduates have been admitted to veterinary school since May 2010, an average of 16 per year. This is an enviable record both in terms of overall numbers and percentage of success.

Comparable residential colleges may have one or two students a year pursuing veterinary school admission, but Berry places a consistently large number at a consistently impressive rate. Our highly regarded program attracts students from across the country and likewise sends students to veterinary schools nationwide. Berry’s animal science graduates have an acceptance rate approaching 90 percent, twice the national average. Those with a 3.5 GPA or better are almost certainly accepted into a top veterinary program, and students with a 3.2 to 3.5 GPA are often accepted as well.

By way of context, many observers believe

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that admission to one of the nation’s 30 veterinary schools is at least as competitive as medical school. Both have national acceptance rates of less than 45 percent.

Students take the same pre-health core curriculum, including cellular biology, microbiology, organic chemistry, biochemistry, physics and calculus. Animal science majors also complete core courses in genetics, anatomy and physiology, nutrition, and reproduction.

Of course, not all animal science students are intent on veterinary school. Over the same four-year period, Berry animal science majors went on to pursue other graduate degrees at such universities as Cornell, Colorado State, Clemson and Oregon. Still others have pursued professional degrees in the human health sciences (M.D. and P.A.) and business (MBA). Dozens work as farm, dairy and equine managers or for organizations related to the food industry and food safety, including the U.S. and Georgia departments of agriculture.

This overall record of success has no

“I firmly believe that I would not be where I am today if I had not attended Berry. I worked many jobs to gain practical expe­ rience, rode on the equestrian team and studied abroad. When I applied to vet school, I had done the rigorous coursework, learned the practical aspects of animal management, and had honed the necessary communica­ tion skills to be a wellrounded applicant. I think I appreciate my time at Berry even more after beginning vet school.“

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– Katie Doran (14C) The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine (See page 19 for more)

doubt fueled interest in the program and a recent surge of growth: The number of animal science majors has more than tripled over the last decade, making this signature Berry program our largest by a significant margin. This period of rapid growth also coincides with increased public demand for high quality and locally grown food and a national emphasis on math and science education.

Challenges create opportunities

Growth of this magnitude necessitates adjustments and change, and these challenges are serving as the means for advancing the program to a whole new level.

As we look to the decade ahead, we are focused on the reasons for the program’s success and have committed ourselves to investing in ways that will build on its strong base.

Initially, the sudden increase in animal science majors enabled us to expand the number of faculty and course offerings. Six talented faculty members have been hired

Animal science is a demanding course of study, yet Berry students rise to the challenge in distinctive ways.

A master of time management, Sara Vigue (14C) graduated at the top of her class and now is attending vet school at Auburn University.

The native of Merritt Island, Fla., complemented her academic prepara­ tion with more than 700 hours of work at Berry’s dairy and 600 hours in the Cage Center. A four-year starting outfielder on Berry’s two-time SAA conference championship softball team, Sara also earned two allconference awards and was selected as Berry’s top 2014 scholar-athlete.

Micah Studdard (14C) of Armuchee, Ga., is known as a hard worker for a reason: He took full advantage of Berry’s work program, putting in more than 4,000 hours. He devoted most of his time to beef cattle

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operations and The Berry Farms Angus Beef student enterprise but also worked at the dairy and as a mechanic in the agriculture unit.

Already, Micah is farm manager for Lyons Bridge Farm in Cave Spring, Ga., where he has established a herd of 40 cows, 15 of which were pur­ chased from Berry. He also is responsible for hay production and sales.

Some call Alan “Troy” Mulder (14C) a “throw back” because of his good manners. He’s also known for his hard work. And in the nottoo-distant future, he’ll be known as a vet. The Jacksonville, N.C., native is currently in veterinary school at Tuskegee University in Alabama. At Berry, Troy worked nearly 1,000 hours in the beef unit.

He also put in 175 hours with animal science, including work on several research projects, and assisted the Sponsored Research Office with processing faculty grants.

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since 2008, bringing teaching and research strengths that complement the expertise of long-term faculty members George Gallagher, Judith Wilson and college veterinarian Martin Goldberg. This extended faculty opens a wealth of opportunities for program enhancement given the right facilities and curriculum.

The faculty has already worked to create two different and constructive concen­ trations within the animal science major.

Approved last year, students now choose to focus on pre-veterinary/pre-professional studies or production/management. The tracks have a common set of core requirements in animal science, biology, chemistry and math but differ in terms of additional chemistry and physics classes versus courses in business and accounting.

Our next step is to provide top-notch teaching and laboratory spaces that take advantage of our exceptional campus and propel hands-on learning to a new level. The animal science program will relocate from the Westcott Building, its home for the last 28 years, into a new wing being planned for the McAllister Hall science building. This new wing, which will include office and research spaces that encourage the involvement of students, will be designed specifically for laboratory-based courses such as veterinary microbiology and reproductive physiology.

[As a related aside, this wing also will facilitate important cross-disciplinary relationships as Berry develops a distinctive emphasis on “one health.” This emerging

area of scientific research seeks to control the spread of disease in both animals and humans and involves researchers in biology, biochemistry and animal science. Berry’s expansive setting, with its mix of wildlife and domesticated livestock, provides a natural laboratory for understanding animals and for investigating the interconnectedness of health in an ecosystem.]

We know that Berry’s pre-veterinary program is special in part because it provides students with exceptional firsthand experiences involving large animals. Students and faculty are attracted to Berry because of the ideal fit between program and place.

Additional research and teaching facilities – configured for safe and sheltered interaction with dairy and beef cattle, sheep, horses, and other animals – are planned for locations near the dairy and equine centers (see page 19). These laboratories will provide unprece­ dented opportunities for firsthand learning and participation in research. In the sciences, hands-on participation in research opens doors for students, and many faculty members pick projects specifically to create opportunities for student involvement.

The growth of the animal science major also has created challenges and opportunities for Berry’s work program. The number of students working at Berry overall has increased by 50 percent (from approximately 1,200 to more than 1,900) since 2005, and the number of students interested in positions related to animal science has increased even more so. Currently, more than 140 students typically work each

semester in our animal care, management and research areas. In addition, the college has promoted “The Berry Farms” as an entity reflecting the college’s history and our emphasis on local sustainability. “The Berry Farms” encompasses a variety of enterprises operated and managed with student leadership, including several with a direct animal science connection: Angus Beef, Jersey Milk, Genetics and AgriEducation. In the years ahead, it may be possible to expand this collection of enterprises on campus while also encouraging collaborations with off-campus partners and local businesses.

Finally, Berry’s long history of success in animal science coupled with surging interest suggests an opportunity to form a rich web of connections. We envision a network that connects seasoned alumni with those who are newly minted or with students whose interests are still emerging. Such a network would allow current students to seek advice from professionals with established practices or recent graduates in the middle of their graduate studies. It would also provide a way for animal science alumni to reach out to others in geographic proximity or with similar professional interests.

In the years ahead, we hope to facilitate connections of this sort so that graduates of Berry’s animal science program can celebrate their collective successes and can inspire and assist those who are now following in their footsteps. It will be one more means by which Berry breeds success. B

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by Maxine Donnelly | portrait by Carey Blankenship philanthropic communications student assistants

Finding his voice

Rising author returns to Berry to inaugurate reading series named in his honor amie Poissant

(01C) has been assembling all the credentials of literary stardom. He has

been published in periodicals from Glimmer Train to The Atlantic, is a winner of popular and academic writing prizes, and was signed by publisher Simon & Schuster for both a short story collection and a novel.

But when he returned to his alma mater last fall as the inaugural presenter for a new reading series named in his honor, he conjured up another measurement of success, jokingly telling the audience that he knew he’d made it when he saw his presentation featured on Berry’s Stall Wall Weekly, an ever-present listing of student activities hanging in every restroom on campus.

Few in the audience for the David James Poissant Creative Prose Reading Series would have guessed that the suc­ cessful and engaging writer before them was once an uncertain college student.

“I had no idea what I wanted to do,” Poissant admitted. “But I discovered this deep love of literature at Berry and started reading voraciously. Years later, after I’d gone into teaching, I decided to try writing fiction of my own.”

Winding road

Initially a communication major and only a reluctant reader, Poissant found a special magic – and a new passion – in his assigned readings for a general education literature course taught by Dr. Sandra Meek. Encouraged by Meek and

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others who shared his new-found love of literature, he graduated with an English degree and started a career as a high school English teacher, all the while feeding an everincreasing appetite for great books.

“Saul Bellow says, ‘All writers are readers moved to imitation,’ and that was me,” Poissant said. “I tried it, couldn’t get enough of it, and then realized I was going to quit teaching to become a writer.”

This abrupt change in the trajectory of his professional life took some managing. Poissant and his wife, classmate Marla Ray Poissant (01C), left their home in suburban Atlanta so he could attend the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Arizona. After graduating and then obtaining a Ph.D. in English from the University of Cincinnati, he secured a literary agent and began a career as a short story writer, gaining an early foothold in regional journals and anthologies and a larger audience in publications such as Best New American Voices. He also caught the attention of contest panels, winning recognition from Mississippi Review, Playboy, and the National Society of Arts and Letters, among others.

Deciding to aim higher, Poissant approached his agent about a short story collection, which became The Heaven of Animals.

“The publishing houses we sent the collection to liked it,” he recounted, “but they said they couldn’t buy it because story collections don’t sell as well as novels. So my agent told me, ‘If you’re ever going to write a novel, you should do it now.’ I wrote the first 100 pages of a novel, sent it out with the collection, and we caught the attention of Senior Editor Millicent Bennett at Simon & Schuster.”

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As he continues his own rise through the literary ranks, Poissant remembers well the initially reluctant student of literature he had been and the mentors who helped him along the way – Meek, Dr. Jim Watkins, Dr. Lawrence Baines and others. He now makes his own investment in the lives of students as an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida. He anticipates publication of his novel in 2016 or 2017.

It was Meek’s idea to name the new series for her former student. His willingness to serve as the inaugural speaker helped showcase the possibilities open to students pursuing Berry’s new creative writing major.

“Naming a reading series for an alumnus acknowledges not only the stellar quality of one particular graduate, but also the vital role visiting writers play in the education of our student writers,” Meek explained.

Poissant was both humbled by the recognition and thrilled by the opportunity to return to Berry and speak to young writers who dream of following in his footsteps.

“It was and is such a huge honor, what else could I say?” Poissant asked. “I hope this reading series helps increase Berry’s national reputation for providing a great liberal arts education. For someone like me, who didn’t know what he wanted to do and was just flailing until something stuck, Berry College was the best place to flail.”

Leave it to a writer to come up with the perfect metaphor. B Editor’s Note: Gifts to the endowment supporting the David James Poissant Creative Prose Reading Series can be made online at www.berry.edu/gift or by calling 877-461-0039.

by Karilon L. Rogers photography by John Eisele/Colorado State University

Dr. Dustin “Sean” Adams (03C) isn’t your traditional boardcertified radiologist. Yes, he studied for 12 years, moving up through the ranks of student, intern and resident to reach this specialty status. Sure, he is expert at identifying even the most subtle anatomical change wrought by injury or disease.

And yes, he works at an academic teaching hospital utilizing the most advanced ultrasound, MRI, CT and PET digital scanners available in health care today. What’s different about Dr. Adams is his base of patients. Old or young, male or female, large or small, the vast majority have one thing in common – fur.

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ean Adams is a board-certified veterinary radiologist trained to know the anatomical ins and outs of cats and cows, horses and hounds, rabbits and reptiles, and any number of other species, although small animals commonly kept as pets are now his area of expertise. He practices his specialty and shares his expertise with interns, residents and senior veterinary medicine students at Colorado State University’s James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Fort Collins, one of the top such facilities in the world with sophisticated medical imaging equipment utilized in very few places for animal patients.

Adams, for example, takes his rotational turn supervising use of the only PET/CT scanner at a veterinary hospital today. (“PET” in this case stands for positron emission tomography – a form of medical imaging – and not for who or what is being scanned.) When the equipment was installed in 2010, it was just the third of its type in any human or animal hospital in the world and was decked out by the manufacturer with a custom table upon which an anesthetized animal as big as a horse, quite literally, could be hoisted for imaging.

Particularly useful in cancer diagnosis and treatment, the PET/CT scanner combines the precise anatomic images of computed tomography (CT) with the detailing of functional processes, such as blood flow to a tumor, seen via PET scan.

“It is fascinating the way we can fully stage a disease process,” Adams said. “The information we provide helps guide the oncologist and chemotherapy treatment and really makes a difference. We have one of the world’s best cancer centers for pets.”

The radiology service at the veterinary hospital also includes digital radiography (think X-rays), ultrasonography, traditional CT, nuclear medicine and MRI – all of human-use quality. Animals are normally anesthetized for imaging other than for general radiography and ultrasound, held gently in position with padded foam. Some cases require Adams to pore over complex images in a darkened room, looking for the smallest of clues that might aid in diagnosing a sick patient. Other times, the cause of the problem quickly becomes clear.

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Demand for specialty care is growing, he said, estimating that six to 12 advanced studies (CT, MRI or PET/CT) are performed daily at his hospital, even though the cost to pet owners for these tests can be high.

“People love their animals,” he said. “I grew up on a farm in South Georgia, and we wouldn’t have done a lot of things for our animals back then that people do today. But animals are now part of the family. Gus, my 9-year-old German wirehaired pointer, sleeps in our bed. While it is still a shock to my system when I see bills for MRIs and other services, I can’t say I wouldn’t do the same if Gus needed special care. When I first moved to Colorado, I was sure I was the loneliest guy on this side of the Mississippi River.

When I came home to Gus waiting for me, it meant a lot.”

“We had a dog that ate the better part of a painter’s drop cloth,” he chuckled. “When you see it, you wonder: When did he realize he’d gone too far?”

Adams sees little of his patients personally; ultrasound being the only service in which veterinary radiologist and patient meet face-to-snout. His job is to pass information to and/or collaborate with the referring veterinarian to determine a diagnosis or to monitor treatment.

A changing world

While the vast majority of veterinarians are generalists, 22 different veterinary specialty organizations are recognized by the American Veterinary Medicine Association, and these organizations represent 41 distinct specialties – from anesthesia and derma­ tology to ophthalmology, pathology and rehabilita­tion. Adams is one of about 550 specialists nation­wide certified by the American College of Veterinary Radiology, an organization formed in 1961.

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When you see it, you wonder: When did he realize he’d gone too far?

Finding his way

Adams came to Berry as an animal science major with his sights set squarely on veterinary school, and he gained relevant experience both in the college’s beef cattle operation and with the West Rome Animal Clinic. He describes his path to specializing in radiology as “a kind of process” that started during his first year of veterinary training at the University of Georgia.

“The first year of vet school is about learning ‘normal,’ including normal anatomy,” he said. “I absolutely loved it. I loved anatomy. So in my second year, I helped out teaching anatomy to the first years, and I thought I would end up teaching it as my profession. Then I became friends with some surgeons, and I thought I would become a surgeon.”

But after graduating with his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and beginning additional training in a small animal internship at Colorado State – one of the top three veterinary schools in the country – his career plans changed again.

“About four months into my internship, I realized I enjoy the diagnostic part of medicine but not the long-term case management,” he said. “For someone who loves anatomy, there are really two specialty areas in which one needs to ‘dominate anatomy’ – surgery or radiology. Surgery comes with case management; in radiology I

can look at the anatomy, interpret it and then move on to the next case. I am very fortunate to have found out what I like and don’t like and to have the opportunity to go into the part of veterinary medicine I really enjoy and am passionate about.”

Adams took a year off after his internship before starting a three-year radiology residency at Colorado State.

“I needed to get out of the rat race for a year,” he explained, describing the tensionand deadline-filled process of applying for and attending veterinary school and then applying for and serving a highly competitive internship. “During my year off, I worked three or four days a week in general practice and with an emergency clinic, played in the moun­tains with my dog and cook stove, and decided what to do. I also learned then that I’m not an emergency-medicine type of guy – I’m a laid-back kind of guy from South Georgia.”

A pattern of excellence

While he may pronounce himself laid back, his accomplishments prove otherwise.

The self-described “farm boy” from Alamo, Ga., was valedictorian of his high school and attended Berry as an animal science major with a vocal music scholarship – among many other awards recognizing character, achievement and excellence. Besides working on and off campus, Adams was a staple on the Dean’s List and performed with the Berry Singers and the Berry Concert Choir. He also spent two summers as a team leader for Campus Outreach Ministry, planning and directing a ministry training program for 120 college students and taking personal responsibility for the leadership of 35 students in character development and personal growth.

He kept up the pace while at UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine, receiving numerous scholarships and serving as president of his class, chair of the Georgia Veterinary Educators Student Services Executive Board, co-president of the Anatomy Club, and team captain of the Hurricane Katrina Pet Adoption Effort – to name just a few involvements. As a senior, he earned the Novartis/Ethicon Surgical Excellence Award and the Pfizer Small

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Animal Clinical Proficiency Award. At Colorado State, he was named Outstanding Small Animal Intern.

He’d earned a year off.

What’s next?

Adams’ “process” of career discovery continues, and he is unsure what the future holds. He’ll stay at Colorado State for the remainder of this year at minimum and hopes to continue working on the clinical side of academic veterinary medicine, enjoying his role on a high-functioning, collaborative medical team. He believes he will someday return to the Southeast.

One thing he was absolutely sure about was his decision to pursue and, in 2012, to marry wife Trisha, an Oklahoma native and folk singer/songwriter who recently released an album of original music on iTunes.

“We met through our church when I was 30 and she was 25,” he said. “I saw her once and chased her for seven months before she said yes – to a first date. We were married six months later. I knew I was going to marry

her; I was never as confident of anything as I was of marrying Trisha. I married up for sure; she is pretty incredible.”

The couple shares a love of music. He is into bluegrass and is learning to play the mandolin; she performs with a local band as well as heading up the music program for Grace Church Presbyterian and working for two nonprofits. They also enjoy spending time in the mountains, which makes the thought of leaving the Rockies behind difficult regardless of the pull he feels from the part of the country that’s “home.”

That said, the Southeast just might win out if career opportunities open up this way.

“I like good food and good beer,” he laughed. “Colorado may be the beer mecca of the U.S. with all its microbreweries, but the food is better in the South!”

Regardless of where he lands geograph­ ically, this Berry animal science alumnus and highly-trained veterinary specialist is sure to be found where he always seems to end up – at the head of the pack. B

Sean Adams on Berry College “The classes were great. The professors were great. I worked in Rollins and in an office job. I got to know animals and a lot of down-to-earth, fantastic people. They have such a caring nature and a love for what they do. And music was a fun addition to my college life.

“I also appreciated the environment of fellowship on campus – it had a real hometown feel that I needed. It was perfect for figuring out the answers to life’s questions – to who you are. At Berry, there are lots of people committed to helping you.”

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She takes the

Cake Lori Mullins Pitts (96C) wasn’t looking for inspiration the day she walked into a cupcake shop in New Orleans –

the successful accountant and CFO of an Atlanta-based CPA firm simply wanted something to satisfy her sweet tooth. She walked away with a delicious treat and a spark of entrepreneurial desire to launch a similar enterprise. The result was a whole new course for her life.

“After 20 years in accounting, I was starting to feel cooped up sitting in an office all day long,” she explained. “I always knew I wanted to be self-directed, and I was looking for something more.”

Excited by the thought of opening a business better suited to her personality, Pitts decided it was time to take a risk.

“I was about to turn 40, and I thought, ‘I’m just going to try it!’” she recalled. “Then I started running the numbers until one day I said, ‘I think I can actually make money at this.’”

Today, the owner of two successful “Smallcakes” franchises in Metro Atlanta and a third in Augusta has proven her intuition to be correct. She also has discovered that her love of baking is matched by a passion for entrepreneurship.

“I think it’s my personality,” she related.

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done.’ If I want something I just keep at it.

Even now, though the stores are successful, I’m just not satisfied. I always want to go further.”

Taking the plunge

Though Pitts was accustomed to hearing people say she didn’t “seem like an accountant,” the mother of two caught friends and family by surprise when she shared her intention to exchange the security of her accounting career for the uncertainty of running her own business.

“Everyone thought I was crazy,” she said.

“They just thought I had lost it! My mom and dad kept asking, ‘Are you sure?’ I told them that I’d done the research and that it was going to be fine.”

The idea of opening a cupcake shop was particularly appealing due to fond memories from her childhood.

“Growing up, baking was fun and something my family did together,” Pitts remembered. “I used to tell my mom and grandmother that they needed to go into the baking business. But they just enjoyed the baking and not the business side of it. I enjoy both, so I took both of my loves and mixed them together.”

Inspired by her growing taste for entrepreneurism, the licensed CPA began blending the ingredients that would make for a successful business. Her research told her that buying into an established franchise would give her a leg up in the marketplace, so she began sampling the possibilities, trying dozens of different cupcakes before finding one that satisfied both her taste buds and her business savvy. She also scouted potential locations for the new venture close to her Marietta home.

Though the risk was obvious, Pitts drew confidence from her 20 years of career success as well as the Berry education that provided the foundation for it.

“Every job that I’ve done and everything I’ve learned got me here to this place,” she said, referencing her student work position in Berry’s business office and other subsequent jobs in the accounting field that

provided vital experience in leadership, payroll management, leasing, profit-and-loss statements, employee benefits, and health insurance – all of which she now draws upon as a business owner.

Location, location, location

Pitts eventually secured the ideal spot for her first shop, an existing retail space bookended by a children’s hair salon and a play gym.

“I knew between those two I would at least get the kids to come in,” she remarked.

While location played a big role in her initial success, Pitts also displayed a knack for planning and keen business acumen, arranging “buy one, get one” offers with neighboring businesses that helped drive traffic to her shop. Luck played a part as well – when the children’s gym next door closed, a bridal shop opened in its place. The result was a whole new clientele.

“Brides would come in to look at dresses, and then they’d see my shop and decide to do cupcakes for their weddings,” Pitts said.

Success presented its own unique set of challenges, especially when it came time for the longtime numbers cruncher to face her first Valentine’s Day in the cupcake business.

“It blew me out of the water,” she admitted. “It was awful! I knew it was going to be busy, but I didn’t know it was going to be that busy.”

Like any good business owner, Pitts survived the deluge and learned from it.

“The next year we baked for 24 hours to get ready,” she related, “and it was a much better experience.”

With business booming at her first location, Pitts opened a second store in nearby Smyrna and a third in Augusta. She now divides her time among the three locations. Her responsibilities at work and at home make for a busy schedule, but she wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I’d do it again in a heartbeat,” Pitts enthused. “It’s been very successful. After the first six months my friends and family said, ‘Hey, I think you were right!’”

More than profit

One benefit of Pitts’ success is the opportunity it provides to mentor the high school students who work in her shops, a role she relishes.

“I have several who are interested in following my lead and starting their own business as well,” Pitts said.

She also enjoys giving back to her local community. Partnering with her church, Pitts donates 500 cupcakes a month to the Atlanta Homeless Shelter, taking great pride in the selection of many different flavors she’s able to provide to those who don’t usually get a lot of choice in their meal options.

In addition, cupcakes left over at the end of each business day are given to two other ministries just down the street from her original shop. She also donates to other churches in the area and supports fundraisers for schools, teachers and children’s sports teams in Augusta and Smyrna.

“Being involved in the community is so important,” she said. “It’s really fun to get to meet new people. That’s what I was missing in the office job.”

New confections

Now familiar with the risks and rewards involved in starting a business, Pitts is excited to try her hand at other endeavors.

“I still enjoy baking, and I’ll bake in the store if someone is out,” she said. “But the entrepreneur role is where I’m at home right now, and I love it. It’s so much fun.”

Pitts looks forward to exploring new opportunities “just for fun and so I don’t have all my eggs in one basket,” but she has no intention of switching off her ovens and leaving the cupcake business. That should come as good news to the customers now addicted to her tasty treats, as well as the many others who have benefitted from her sweet success. B

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Making his pitch Sixty feet, six inches – that’s the distance separating a major-league pitcher from his opposition at home plate. In 2014, few commanded that space more impressively than Collin McHugh (09c). His success as a first-year pitcher for the Houston Astros reflected a potent combination of talent and tenacity honed during his six-year journey from Berry’s Bowdoin Field to the pinnacle of his profession.

by Rick Woodall | photos courtesy of the Houston Astros “It’s Collin McHugh’s world, we’re just along for the ride.”

So declared an April 2014 tweet from Major League Baseball after McHugh – a standout pitcher for Berry originally drafted by the New York Mets in 2008 – beat the Oakland Athletics for his second win in as many starts as a “temporary” injury replacement for the Houston Astros. At the time, no one could have envisioned the breakthrough season that would follow.

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Building on his early success, the first Berry player to reach the majors tallied 11 wins in 25 starts for Houston. His strikeout total of 157 was a team high and his 2.73 earned run average – the second lowest ever by an Astros rookie – topped all first-year pitchers in the majors who threw a minimum of 150 innings. The right-handed hurler was especially dominant in the season’s latter stages, winning his last seven decisions including all four starts in September when

he was named American League Rookie of the Month.

“It’s hard to really put into words,” McHugh said of his strong finish. “You’re not really thinking about it as it’s happening. You just kind of ride it out and pinch yourself every once in a while to make sure it’s real.

As your confidence grows, you feel yourself able to do more and more, and you feel confident to try more and more.”

At season’s end, one blogger tabbed

Collin McHugh gets a celebratory shower from teammates during a postgame interview after winning his first start at Houston’s Minute Maid Park.

McHugh “the top rookie pitching prospect in baseball in 2014.” The Baseball Writers’ Association of America joined in the chorus, voting him fourth in balloting for American League Rookie of the Year.

No minor feat

McHugh’s amazing 2014 season capped a long climb up the baseball ladder that included stops at each level of the sport’s extensive minor-league system. He’s donned the caps of 15 different teams in his pro career dating back to his 2008 assignment with the Mets’ rookie-league affiliate in Kingsport, Tenn.

“I’ve seen basically every major or minor city in the entire country at this point,” McHugh said. “It’s an experience or group of experiences that not everybody gets. I definitely don’t take it for granted.”

The Illinois native reared in Atlanta’s suburbs got his first taste of the major leagues in August 2012 when he joined the Mets to fill in for an injured pitcher. McHugh was relaxing with wife Ashley at the couple’s temporary home in Buffalo, N.Y., when Wally Bachman – then his minor-league manager – called at 11:30 p.m. to deliver the news.

“It was a little bit surreal,” McHugh recalled. “I went back to the field, shook his hand and said thank you. He was always really encouraging. It wouldn’t have happened without people like him in my corner.”

Though he admits to being “freaked out” in the clubhouse beforehand, McHugh’s major-league debut at New York’s Citi Field was a thing of beauty. Taking the mound with his family in the stands on a glorious summer afternoon, he was nothing short of spectacular, striking out nine and allowing just two hits in seven scoreless innings of an eventual 1-0 loss to the Colorado Rockies.

That turned out to be the first of eight appearances he would make for the Mets in 2012, including a Sept. 30 game at Atlanta’s Turner Field that fulfilled a childhood dream.

“I was a huge Braves fan growing up just because I lived in Atlanta,” McHugh said. “I always wanted to be John Smoltz or Greg Maddux or Tom Glavine because they were just the best.”

What followed in 2013 was a prolonged

“lesson in understanding and managing expectations” as McHugh bounced between two major-league organizations and six affiliated teams while living in four U.S. time zone plus Venezuela. He pitched in just seven games at the major-league level – three with the Mets and four with the Colorado Rockies – and finished the year with zero wins and eight losses to show for his majorleague career to date.

“If you’re in the big leagues you’re super competitive,” McHugh related. “You want to win. You want to do well. When you’re not doing well, you start to think, ‘Is this really it?’”

Despite his frustrations, McHugh resolved to “just keep plugging away,” drawing strength from the improvements he perceived in his pitching that weren’t necessarily reflected in the nightly box scores.

“I knew that I was getting better every time out even if the results didn’t match up,” he said.

The breakthrough finally came in Houston, his third major-league organization in two seasons. Signed during the offseason, McHugh started 2014 with Oklahoma City – then the Astros’ top minor-league affiliate – but opportunity knocked when he was again called up to replace an injured pitcher. He hopped a plane to Seattle on a Monday night and started against the Mariners the next day. His performance made national headlines: 12 strikeouts, three hits and no runs allowed, good enough to secure his first major-league win.

“To know, at the end of it, that you can mark that one off and start fresh from here was really nice,” he said.

Firm foundation

One of McHugh’s biggest fans is David Beasley, Berry’s longtime head baseball coach. Beasley watched McHugh hone his craft for three seasons with the Vikings as he posted a 13-9 record with five saves. When the Mets drafted him at the conclusion of his junior season, the Berry coach knew they had a keeper.

“I told Mets scout Marlin McPhail that if any of our players make it to the big leagues that it would be Collin,” Beasley recalled.

“The reason is that Collin has such a strong faith and that his self-worth has nothing to

do with how well he does in baseball.”

McHugh greatly appreciates the opportunity that Berry provided and values the personal growth he enjoyed playing for Beasley and former assistant coach Josh Hopper (99C), saying those were “some of the most formative years of my life.” At the same time, he acknowledges that he didn’t always appreciate the methods of the winningest baseball coach in Berry history.

“He’s not afraid to teach a 17 year old like a grown man,” McHugh said of Beasley. “It’s intimidating, but after a while you really,

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by the numbers Notable statistics from Collin McHugh’s first season with the Houston Astros.

11-9 * ERA: 2.73* * Strikeouts: 157 Record:

really start to gain an appreciation for the responsibility you’ve been given.”

The finance major * Strikeouts per 9 innings: * and international studies minor offered * * Opponents’ batting average: similar praise for Professor of * Top 10 among American League pitchers Accounting Tommy who threw at least 150 innings.

Carnes and other faculty members who proud of all the coaches who have coached didn’t allow his status as a student-athlete to for us at Berry who help these young men influence their expectations of him. achieve their goals,” he said. “I’m proud for “I was a normal student in the eyes of all Collin, but there are a lot of players who are my teachers,” McHugh said. “At times I was living through him. They watch him succeed frustrated by it, but looking back, in the long and know they can follow his path through run I’m way more appreciative of how hard Berry and succeed, too.” we had to work and how much time

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management we had to develop. Those are transferable skills. We’re all better for it now.”

Beasley can’t help but be pleased by all that McHugh has accomplished.

“When I watch him play, it makes me

The road ahead

McHugh is committed to giving his all on the diamond, yet he recognizes there is life beyond it. He and Ashley have put down roots by purchasing a home in Atlanta – their

Batter up!

While Collin McHugh was getting his first taste of sustained of a professional career by signing a free-agent contract with the Atlanta Braves.

He is the 32nd Berry baseball player to play professionally.

“This is a dream come true,” Gaylor said at his signing. “I’m really happy to get to play pro ball. I grew up a Braves fan, so to sign with them is extra special.”

The star centerfielder, who finished as Berry’s all-time leader in stolen bases, reported immediately to the Braves’ Gulf Coast League affiliate in Florida, where he posted a .325 batting average in nine games.

Veteran Vikings coach David Beasley was pleased to see another Berry player follow his dream.

“There are two things that we want our players to be committed to while they are at Berry,” he explained. “The first is getting your degree, and the second is becoming the best player you can be. I have been very fortunate in having the best assistant coaches in the country during my 17 years as Berry’s head coach. We have also been blessed by a great administration that cares about the experience the students have during their time at Berry. They allow us to do things the right way – ‘The Berry Way.’” The full list of Berry baseball players who have competed professionally since the 1960s is available at www.berryvikings.com.

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major-league success in 2014, Stephen Gaylor (14C) began his own pursuit

19th residence in five years of marriage – and he spent considerable time during the offseason reconnecting with family and friends.

And while he no longer has to wonder if he’s good enough to succeed at baseball’s highest level, he won’t rest on his laurels. He is determined to make his investment count.

“If I’m going to go out and spend seven months away from friends and family, I want to be good,” he emphasized. “I want to make it worth it, to try my best and give it everything I have. Coach Beasley used to say, ‘You can’t take anything with you when you’re done. Whatever you have to do to leave it all out there on the field, do it.’” B Editor’s Note: Follow McHugh on Twitter at @Collin_McHugh or through his blog, www.adayolderadaywiser.com.

Creating places and spaces that spur student achievement

Animal Science Research and Teaching Center at Rollins Berry’s animal science program is on the move (see President’s Essay on page 8), becoming Berry’s largest major while demonstrating impressive results. And now through the LifeReady Campaign, this signature Berry program will get even better.

We plan a three-part approach that will expand our capacity for providing firsthand learning. The animal science program will relocate from the crowded 60-year-old Lamar Westcott Building into an addition being planned for the McAllister Hall science center. We also will build two dedicated research and teaching facilities – one at the Rollins complex and another at the Gunby Equine Center.

You’ll find details about the McAllister addition and equine research center in future issues of Berry. In this issue, we focus on the initial No. 1 priority for animal science – the research and teaching facility at the Rollins complex. n n n While small as building projects go with a cost of $500,000, Berry College’s first priority for animal science will help put the program into a class of its own.

“The Animal Science Research and Teaching Center near the Rollins complex has huge ramifications for Berry students and faculty,” said Dr. George Gallagher, department chair. “It will take our capabilities for research to a whole new level, provide space for handson teaching labs, and make it possible for more students to work in research. For students going into the sciences, research simply outweighs all other forms of student work.”

A practical facility, the planned 4,000 square-foot center will include: n A large holding area with stanchions and other equipment for safely working with up to 10 head of cattle. n A flexible, open space that can be configured for use with a variety of animals, most notably sheep, goats and poultry. n A research laboratory with chemical-fume hoods for faculty and students to prepare samples, such as blood and tissue, for later study in the laboratories of McAllister Hall. n A large storage room for holding the portable pens and panels and other materials needed for specific studies. n A secure medicine storage room for the college veterinarian.

Naming opportunities are available for each of these areas, as well as for the overall facility. And there are many ways to make a gift, including use of the envelope in this magazine or online at www.berry.edu/gift. For more information, please call 877-461-0039 or visit www.berry.edu/LifeReady.

Future equine veterinarian Katie Doran’s (14C) path through Berry’s animal science program and into The Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine was one of opportunity seized.

She worked in the dairy and at the equine center, as well as serving as an aid to Assistant Professor of Animal Science Dr. Kyle Caires, helping him set up labs for the reproductive physiology course. She also tutored other students for that course, learning how to explain “complex processes in a non-complicated way” – communication skills she said will be “invaluable to me when I explain disease processes and treatment protocols to clients.”

Doran rode on the equestrian team and worked with an Irish equine practitioner when she studied abroad. She also earned a research internship at the University of Missouri and then won the 2014 Undergraduate Research Presentation Contest of the American Society of Animal Science Southern Section.

Creating places and spaces that spur student achievement is a major component of Berry’s $100 million LifeReady Campaign.

Our goal: To prepare students with real-life skills so they are ready for what comes next – ready to hit the ground running to improve their communities, workplaces and world. Please join us!

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donor spotlight

Jimmy and Luci Bell Jimmy (60C) and Luci Hill (60C) Bell learned one of life’s most important lessons from their fathers: You can achieve anything if you’re willing to work hard enough.

Now, through giving to Berry’s Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Program, the couple is sharing that lesson with generations of others. Here’s their story.

Jimmy and Luci Hill Bell grew up in homes where education was valued.

Although neither of their fathers pressured them to go to college, both influenced them to do so – each in his own way.

Jimmy’s father, W.L. Bell, led by example, returning to Mercer University in Macon, Ga., in mid-life to finish his degree and then going on to earn a master’s, all while continuing to operate a 140-acre farm, work as an elementary school principal, and help his wife raise their children. The senior Bell’s drive, hard work and ultimate achievement inspired all five of his children to graduate from college – Berry College to be exact.

For Luci, encouragement was the key. At a time when women were not expected to attend college much less pursue a career in the sciences, Luci’s father, B.B. Hill Jr., taught her that she could do anything. With her parents’ blessing, Luci came to Berry to fulfill her dream of becoming a scientist.

Irresistible chemistry

Jimmy and Luci were among a small group of students in the late 1950s majoring in chemistry at Berry. The two met in class, became friends and often studied together.

At the beginning of their senior year, both were hired to work as chemistry lab assistants, and soon their friendship blossomed into romance.

By the time the pair had finished their senior year, they regretted committing to different graduate schools. Still, when fall came, Jimmy enrolled at the University of Mississippi, and Luci went to the University of Florida. That arrangement lasted one semester.

Unable to bear being apart, the couple

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married in January 1961. Luci joined Jimmy at Ole Miss, where he held an assistantship while working on his doctorate. A year into his program, he was asked to join the teaching staff as an instructor. Jimmy credits his experience in the lab at Berry with preparing him for these roles.

Illustrious careers

Immediately after earning his doctorate, Jimmy was hired as a postdoctoral scholar at the Oak Ridge (Tenn.) National Laboratory.

Six months later, he was offered a permanent position and, over the next 31 years, became one of the foremost authorities on nuclear energy. While most of his work focused on the nuclear fuel cycle, he also helped clean up post-Cold War nuclear sites throughout the United States and was among the few U.S. experts sent to survey and evaluate foreign nuclear programs.

After retiring from the ORNL in 1995 as head of the Chemical Development Section, Jimmy went on to found Bell Consultants, a private company working with national and international clients on projects related to the nuclear fuel cycle and waste management technologies. He received Berry’s 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award for his contributions to nuclear safety and was recognized by his scientific peers with the 2012 Glenn T. Seaborg Actinide Separations Award. Today he maintains some involve­ ment in the nuclear field while spending much of his time working on his farm.

Luci, who holds a master’s degree from the University of Tennessee, worked as a hospital medical technologist and high school chemistry teacher before also joining the ORNL. There, she served as a technical

editor for two divisions, associate editor of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Review and assistant to the director of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s research projects.

Before retiring in 1994, she worked as a medical waste specialist with the Environmental Compliance Division, helping to establish a chemical exchange website that saved several million dollars in its first year.

The Bells have two children, Steve Bell and Carol Bell Willborn, and three grandchildren.

A gate to the future

Both Jimmy and Luci feel blessed in the life they’ve had and credit their fathers with helping them get started on the path to higher education. That’s why, when they learned about the Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Program, they knew it was the perfect way to pay tribute to them.

The program offers students the opportunity to work their way to graduating debt free. It was the requirement for students to work in support of their education that resonated with the Bells.

“I have always felt that Berry’s Gate of Opportunity was our admission into the future,” Jimmy said. “We wanted to honor our fathers and give someone else the same kind of opportunity that we had.”

The result is the W.L. Bell and B.B. Hill Jr. Gate of Opportunity Scholarship, which was awarded for the first time in 2013 to a young man willing to work hard enough to achieve his goals. What better way for the Bells to carry their fathers’ legacies into the future? B

by debbie Rasure

donor spotlight

Cassie Heine Jones

by Karilon L. Rogers

Making a difference at Berry – in the world – is sometimes as simple as “doing what you can.” Cassie Heine Jones (94C) has done just that as a Berry donor every year since graduation.

Here’s her story and why she gives.

Paul O’Mara

A fun-filled field trip to the College Football Hall of Fame leaves many Atlantaarea school children chock full of fascinating information they might not have expected.

After all, who knew stadiums could be environmentally sustainable or that football involves concepts of both science and math?

Despite their delight in the day, however, it is unlikely that any of these youngsters will trace the interactive learning they enjoyed back to lesson plans and activity guides Cassie Heine Jones created for their teachers.

It’s just not something they think about.

Jones, on the other hand, thinks a lot about learning. The co-founder of a firm specializing in creative and comprehensive education resources traces some of her own most effective experiences back to her college alma mater – and chooses to support Berry every year because of it.

“Berry is part of my history,” she explained. “It shaped my career path.

Everything I experienced along the way there contributed to who I am today.”

And that is someone very special. Jones is

a wife, mother, and vice president of Turnkey Education Inc., a firm founded in 2011 with partner Cheryl Muré that provides ready-touse educational materials for teachers taking student groups to museums, exhibitions and other field-trip destinations. She holds a master’s degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and is coauthor of a children’s book. She also is a school volunteer and Family Advisory Council co-chair for an Atlanta children’s hospital neonatal intensive care unit.

Jones and Muré, both former teachers, met while developing educational materials for Premier Exhibitions, an Atlanta-based traveling-exhibitions giant that also is parent company of RMS Titanic Inc. Jones developed award-winning curriculum for Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition and won national and internation­al awards for Dialog in the Dark teacher guides.

Although Jones never considered herself an entrepreneur, she and Muré exhibit all the classic symptoms.

“We’d seen how desperate museums were for quality education materials,” Jones said.

“We thought, ‘We could do this!’ It was a leap of faith.”

Their extensive client list now includes the Center for Civil and Human Rights and World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta and the Science of Rock ‘n’ Roll and SPY: The Secret World of Espionage traveling exhibitions.

Jones and Muré were equally entrepreneurial about authoring a children’s book about the Titanic, although they first demurred when approached by a publisher.

Ahoy! Titanic was published in 2012 on the ship’s 100th anniversary, is popular with schools, and has its own Facebook page

where young fans can see the two main characters, Willa and Sam, appear around the globe.

The character of Willa is named for Jones’ and husband Nate’s first daughter, who was born 26 weeks prematurely and passed away in 2007. A year later, daughter Ruby’s birth was equally premature, but she is now a thriving kindergartner. Daughter Cora was adopted at birth – three months before Ruby’s early arrival. Willa and Ruby are the reasons for Jones’ active involvement with the children’s hospital.

Berry pride

When Jones looks back on her Berry experience, a few things stand out equally: “The lifelong friends I made, being able to walk out the door and go for a hike or bike ride, small class sizes, and the research skills and teaching techniques I learned from Dr. Marc Meyer in the history department – I learned more from being his assistant than I ever could have just in the classroom.”

A Presidential Scholar who feels she was able to attend Berry because people who came before her gave back, Jones is one of the important, dedicated alumni making a difference – and a strong statement of belief in Berry – through a gift of any amount every year.

“I give what I can because I love Berry and I want the students of today and tomorrow to have the same opportunities I did,” she explained.

And she’s proud.

“I love telling people I went to Berry,” she said, “It’s such a beautiful place and nurturing environment. I go back when I can, but not as often as I’d like.” B

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Janna Johnson (third from right) with family members.

student photographer Lauren Neumann

Johnson honored with Gate Scholarship Dr. Janna Johnson (81C, FS), lecturer in mathematics and computer science, has devoted the last 30 years to helping Berry students reach their full potential. Last spring her family surprised her by endowing a Gate of Opportunity Scholarship in her name, ensuring that her legacy at Berry continues forever.

“I was totally shocked and overwhelmed,” said Johnson, who learned of the honor when she walked into what she thought was a meeting and instead found a room full of family and friends. “It took a couple of days for me to process the enormity of what they had done. Berry is such a special place to me. To know that there will be something in my name that will exist beyond my time here is amazing.

I appreciate my family’s support and generosity. This gift means so much to me.”

Gate Scholarships offer students who otherwise might not be able to afford a college education the chance to work their way through Berry and graduate debt free. To the Johnson family, it was the perfect honor.

“Janna is passionate about Berry students,” said brother Jimmie Johnson (85C), who led the effort with wife Jennifer Smith Johnson (85C). “She has had such an impact on students. Knowing that her scholarship will exist forever at Berry is the best feeling of all.”

Johnson joined Berry’s faculty in 1983. In addition to teaching, she is also Berry’s faculty athletic representative and advisor for Athletes Bettering the Community. B

by debbie Rasure

Helping students become LifeReady The following generous alumni and friends made LifeReady Campaign gifts, pledges, bequests and estate commitments of $10,000 or more from May 18 through Oct. 31, 2014. We thank them sincerely just as we thank everyone who gives Berry a vote of confidence each year through a gift of any amount.

Anonymous, $100,000 to create the Betty Anne Rouse Bell Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Anonymous, $75,000 for the Berry Enterprises Venture Fund Anonymous, $20,000 for the general fund M. Bobbie Bailey, $200,000 to purchase two Steinway pianos for the Berry College Chapel and Ford Auditorium Randy and Nancy Berry, $10,000 for the general fund Carol Winfrey Burnette (64C), $10,000, with $5,000 going to the Class of 1964C Campus Carrier Editor-in-Chief Work Endowment and $5,000 to the David R. Burnette Agriculture Leadership Scholarship The Callaway Foundation, $38,093 to fund the F.E. Callaway Professorship James E. (65C) and Donna “Susie” Cook (65C) Campbell, $10,000 to increase the Class of 1965C Gate of Opportunity Scholarship

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Cannon Foundation Inc., $10,000 for the general fund Alton H. (61c) and Rebecca Browning (61C) Christopher, $10,000 for the Selma Hall Browning Memorial Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Ouida W. Dickey (50C), Angela R. Dickey (75A, 79C) and Jennifer W. Dickey (77A, 80C), $100,000 to develop Garland M. Dickey Field at Valhalla John Duggan Eadie (83C) and Elizabeth Webb Eadie (84C), $46,000 for Valhalla Georgia Independent College Association, $23,405 for the general fund Georgia Power Foundation Inc., $30,000 for the STEM Summer Camp, tutoring initiative and teacher scholarships Joy Johnson (73C), $25,000 life insurance policy to ultimately support a student work position in Viking Creations John C. Kemp (64C) and Linda Kelso, $344,000 in-kind gift of property to support the student work program Lee Jones Lance (53C), $42,076 charitable gift annuity that ultimately will support the Emmett and Lee Jones Lance Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Roger W. (79C) and Candy Caudill (82c) Lusby, $10,000 addition to the Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Lusby III Scholarship R.F. Knox Company Inc., $13,500 for the R.F. Knox Company Scholarship

Mary F. Niedrach (75A, 97G), $12,000 to support the Mary Finley Niedrach Endowed Scholarship Kathy and Randy Richardson, $25,000 for Blackstone Hall Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation, $100,000 for the Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Endowed Scholarship William B. Stokely Jr. Foundation, $10,000 for the William B. Stokely Jr. Scholarship Michelle and Steve Tart, $100,000 to Valhalla Mandy Tidwell (93C), $10,000 addition to The Trey Tidwell Experience: A Scholarship for Musical Discovery Virgil P. Warren Foundation, $31,500 for the Gunby Equine Center Daniel L. White (66C), $25,000 life insurance policy to ultimately support the college’s greatest need Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, $10,000 for nursing’s human patient simulation lab Bequests Anonymous, $70,000 for the Georgia Dogwood Endowed Scholarship The estate of Julia Q. Dodd, $165,586 to support the Julia Quigg Dodd Endowed Scholarship for Bonner Scholars The estate of Dorothy B. DuBose (52C), $85,500 unrestricted The estate of Charles F. Gilstrap, $254,168 unrestricted

Annual Fund gifts make possible:

a cool place to learn that means using the mobile whiteboards to create a semi-private nook where they can discuss ideas. They also might gather around a whiteboard to work on complex math problems, sketch out project plans or record ideas from a brainstorming session. All the while, professors are watching and listening, ready to offer guidance.

Grout’s ultimate goal for the space is to empower students to discover new ways of approaching business problems and to learn to think on their feet as they make presentations, lead discussions and offer feedback to their peers – all skills necessary for professional success.

Alan Storey

Students taking classes in Green Hall have an exciting new place in which to learn, thanks to Annual Fund gifts designated to the Campbell School of Business.

Dr. John Grout, Campbell School dean, creatively used $15,000 to transform a trio of rooms once used as offices and a storage area into Think Space, a 600 square-foot flexible classroom. Outfitted with stackable chairs, nesting tables, mobile whiteboards and whiteboards mounted end-to-end on every wall, Think Space enables faculty to turn the traditional classroom teaching model upside down by tailoring the environment to fit the needs of each project and lesson.

Instead of sitting in a classroom listening to lectures, students come to Think Space having already read assignments, prepared to work with classmates on projects. Sometimes

“Think Space gives students a sense of what it feels like to work in a business environment, as a member of a team,” Grout said. “There’s no way I could have created this room with my department budget. I wish more Annual Fund donors knew how careful we are about how we spend their money. We don’t spend it on copy paper and pens. They need to know that we do cool things with it.”

Now they do. B

Last year, one donor gave $350 million to Harvard. Can you IMAGINE?!

That one donor could have blown the top off of the DONATIONS side of our LifeReady Campaign all by himself!

But what he COULDN’T have done is budge our ALUMNI PARTICIPA­ TION rate one iota. Only we alumni can do that.

You see, we’re ALL in this participation column – either “In the Blue” or in the white.

The more of us who are “In the Blue,” the taller Berry stands in the eyes of many who can make big donations – and in annual college

rankings. That’s why being “In the Blue” every year matters. It’s a universal vote of confidence.

And here’s the COOL part! When it comes to being “In the Blue,” a $1 gift counts as much as $350 million!

That’s right! A $1 gift elevates Berry’s alumni participation rate just as much as a HUGE gift!

If you’re like me, you’re proud of Berry. So show your pride! It’s easy at Berry.edu/Gift. And don’t forget!

Small gifts add up BIG for Berry students.

THANK YOU for being “In the Blue!”

by T. Mack Brown (82C) Campus Carrier cartoonist, 1979-1982 Vice President, Financial Support, Berry Alumni Association

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Photo by student Connor Huges

Mountain Day: still going strong!

Firsts

The Mountain Day centennial lived up to expectations and then some, with thousands of students, alumni, faculty/staff, parents and friends commemorating Martha Berry’s birthday in ways both old and new.

Highlights included the revival of Mountain Day football (this time of the intercollegiate variety), a new reunionclass brunch held at the Ford Reflecting Pools, and convocation remarks by Board of Visitors member Billy Blanchard (93C). The football game proved especially memorable, ending with many in the crowd at Rome’s Barron Stadium rushing the field to celebrate Berry’s first varsity win. A rousing rendition of the Alma Mater followed before the stadium lights dimmed and fireworks exploded overhead.

Big crowds also turned out for traditional favorites such as the Grand March – featuring a new Mountain Day March composed by longtime faculty member Dr. Stan Pethel – and the 10th annual Marthapalooza carnival.

A spirit of giving was evident throughout thanks to the studentinitiated 1914 Challenge, which met its goal and then some by encouraging 2,014 new gifts to Berry. Thanks to all who took part!

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Traditions

Smiles

Celebrations

reunions photos by Alan Storey, Paul O’mara, and student photographers Lauren Neumann, Blake Childers and Sara Leimbach

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Where? are they now 1960s

Anthony Terrell “Terry” Rolan (64A, 68C) received the 2014 Outstanding Service Award of the American Water Works Association, an international organization with approximately 50,000 members.

Retired as director of the Durham, N.C., Department of Water Management, he visited both India and China while serving as AWWA president in 2006-07, exploring opportunities to assist the world’s two most populous nations with delivery of safe drinking water.

He is the winner of numerous honors and distinctions, including a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He and wife Linda currently reside in rural Robeson County, N.C., near Pembroke. They have four children and nine grandchildren.

1970s Becky Veal Lacoste (74C) earned a master’s degree in teaching special education from Liberty University in 2012. She is a second-year teacher in the Lexington school district in West Columbia, S.C. William L. Pence (76C) has been named to the 2015 Best Lawyers in America list for his work in environmental law and litigation. He also was named Orlando’s Lawyer of the Year for environmental litigation.

Jack Gregory (78C) is director for mission support for NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. He served 35 years with the United States Air Force, including 29 years on active duty as a fighter pilot, retiring in the rank of colonel.

He served six years as the civilian chief of staff for the Air Force Test Center. He and wife Ada Long Gregory (77C) reside in Palmdale, Calif.

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1980s

Whit Whitaker (81C), Berry College chief of staff, has been appointed to the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commis­ sion by Gov. Nathan Deal. During his three-year appointment, he is charged with helping to ensure that colleges and schools are financially stable and educationally sound and that students graduate with appropriate job skills.

Gregory Hanthorn (82C) has been elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and is also listed in the 2014-15 Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation. This year Greg will complete his second term as co-chair of the Federal Practice Task Force for the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. He is a lawyer in the business and tort litigation practice for the Atlanta office of Jones Day. Melanie Smith Darby (87C) is education manager for Spivey Hall at Clayton State University in Morrow, Ga. Jeffrey Horn (87C) is deputy chief economist for the Standards Evaluations and Analysis Division at the United States Coast Guard in the Department of Homeland Security.

He previously served as a senior regulatory economist at the Federal Railroad Administration in the U.S. Department of Transportation.

1990s Bob Leek (92C) is deputy chief information officer for Multnomah County, Ore. Lori Mathis Deal (93C) is northwest operations manager for Briotix Inc. She holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in physical therapy from Pacific University. She married Tod Deal at Barnwell Chapel in 2002. The couple resides with son Jacob in Oregon City, Ore. Matthew Kling (93C) is a financial center manager at Fifth Third Bank’s Georgia affiliate in Kennesaw, where he handles acquisition and retention of consumer, retail and small business households. He also volunteers with Habitat for Humanity and various

Class years are followed by an uppercase or lowercase letter

that indicates the following status: C College graduate G Graduate school alumna/us A Academy graduate H High school graduate c, g Anticipated year of graduation from Berry College a Anticipated year of graduation from academy h Anticipated year of graduation from high school FFS Former faculty and staff FS Current faculty and staff

[Legend]

Alumni Class Notes

Send all class notes to: alumni@berry.edu or Alumni Office,

P.O. Box 495018, Mount Berry, GA 30149 All class notes are subject to editing due to space limitations. Class notes and death notices in this issue include those received May 1, 2014 – Oct. 31, 2014.

church organizations.

Jennifer Gundlach White (93C) and husband Thomas announce the birth of daughter Ariela Joy. She joined siblings Jeremiah David, Elisha Thomas and Selah Rain at the family home in Holland, Mich.

Stacy Perdue (94C) and Belinda Boney Gindlesperger (73C) visited Russia on a 10-day mission trip with the Jubalheirs, a praise and proclamation ministry of the Georgia Baptist Convention.

David Kenemer Jr. (95C) and Mary Ellen Downs Kenemer (97C) adopted baby girl Grace Noel in June 2014.

Donna Thompson Braden (96C) received the 2014 President’s Award from the Georgia Society for Healthcare Marketing and Public Relations.

Brian Tuten (97C) and Jodi Hawkins Tuten (98C) announce the July 28, 2012, birth of Hosanna Patience and the Feb. 26, 2014, birth of Mercy Selah. They joined Kendall Alexis (11), Chloe Anne (9), Sydney Jane (7), Elijah David (5) and Tirzah Joy (4).

Clifford A. Lipscomb (98C) and Amelia Munro Lipscomb announce the July 5, 2014, birth of daughter Araminta Jessenia. She joined brothers Thoreau (5) and Garrison (1) and sister Hadassah (4). The

family resides in Cartersville, Ga. Angela Jeffcoat Thurman (98C) and husband Michael announce the July 18, 2014, birth of twins Alexander James and William Michael. They joined sister Addison at the family home in Augusta, Ga. Miranda Jones-Bailey (99C) and husband Mike announce the May 31, 2014, birth of daughter Camryn Bailey.

2000s Vanessa Mosley Greenlee (00C) and husband John announce the June 7, 2014, birth of son Roan Thomas Askel Greenlee. Roan joined brother Finian (3) at the family home in Ithaca, N.Y. Vanessa is director of executive affairs for the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research.

Deborah McCorvey Cornett (01C) and John Cornett (01C, 03G) announce the April 29, 2014, birth of Oliver Dixon, weighing 8 pounds, 7 ounces and measuring 20 inches long. He joined older brother Orson Jack at the family residence in Boone, N.C. Jeremy Jones (01C) and Melanie Rogers Jones (02C) announce the March 29, 2014, birth of son Joshua Richard. He joined brothers Henry Pharis (5) and Abram Keith (3).

Robbie Batchelor (02C, 07G) and Tracy Morgan Batchelor (05C)

announce the Feb. 22, 2013, birth of Robert “Bert” Nolan Batchelor IV, weighing 8 pounds, 12 ounces and measuring 21 inches long. Robbie received his specialist degree in middle grades education from Georgia Southern University in May 2014. He teaches eighth grade and is chair of language arts at Summerville (Ga.) Middle School.

Julie Brown Labbe (02C) and husband Matt announce the Feb. 27, 2014, birth of son Alexander, weighing 8 pounds, 2 ounces and measuring 21.5 inches long.

Bo Wright (02C) and Sarah Gowder Wright (04C) announce the June 10, 2014, birth of twins Jonathan David and Hope Danielle. They joined big sister Grace at the family home in Blairsville, Ga. Cara Hatcher Blair (03C) and Ed Blair (03C) announce the April 17, 2014, birth of twin sons Henry and Jack. They joined sisters Madelyn (6) and Lily (4) at the family home in Woodstock, Ga. Aitana Vargas (03C) won first prize at the 56th annual Southern California Journalism Awards hosted by the Los Angeles Press Club and was nominated for a Livingston Award for journalists under age 35. She also won Argentina’s Ana Maria Aguero Melnyczuk Award for best investigative journalism work and was nominated for a National Arts and Entertainment Award.

Aitana lives in California where she works as a freelance journalist.

Mark Floyd, M.D. (04C) works in the orthopedic department at the Harbin Clinic in Rome and also helps provide sports medicine and team coverage for Berry studentathletes. Wife Kristen Lillie Floyd (03C) obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing through the Berry-Emory dual-degree program in 2005 and works as a nurse. The couple has two children, Jakob (3) and Caroline (1).

Christie Leigh Welch (04C) and Tracy Tom Carroll were married May 3, 2014, in Rockmart, Ga. The wedding party included Lacey Weaver Soares (05C) and Summar Heavin (05C). The couple resides in Woodstock, Ga. Casey Roberson (05C) reports that he was diagnosed in 2011 with end-stage renal disease and has been

on dialysis. He is on the waiting list for a kidney transplant and is also looking for a living donor. He welcomes contacts at caseyroberson@hotmail.com.

(Editor’s note: Everyone at Berry College wishes Casey all the best for future good health.)

Ashley Palasz Shoemaker (07C) and Doug Shoemaker were married Oct. 26, 2013, at Frost Chapel. The couple resides in Newnan, Ga. Chris Harney (08C) and Diane Lechleiter were married Oct.18, 2014, at The Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. Rhett Smith (07C) and Walt Wiley (07C) were members of the wedding party. The couple resides in Atlanta.

Leigh Harris Stanford (09C) earned her Master of Science degree in nursing from Georgia Regents University in December 2013. She currently works in the intensive care unit at Aiken (S.C.) Regional Medical Center. Leigh married Jonathan Stanford on May 31, 2014.

The couple resides in North Augusta, S.C. Christin Thompson (09C) and Zach Rosser were married Nov. 23, 2013. The wedding party included Katherine Roberts (09C), C.C. Camboia (10C), Joey Palmer (10C) and Jazz Kirk (FS). The couple resides in Trion, Ga., where Christin is office manager at Calhoun Advance Rehabilitation and Zach is a technician for The Pool Store.

2010s Kimberly Boyle (10C) earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Mercer University College of Pharmacy in May 2014. She will complete a pharmacy practice residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston in June.

Ashton Singletary Burtt (10C) and husband Nathaniel announce the Sept. 1, 2014, birth of daughter Payton Claire. She joined sister Madison (18 months) in Daegu, South Korea, where the family is stationed with the United States Army.

Jacquelyn Smith Clarke (10C) and Thomas Clarke (10C, 13G) were married Oct. 18, 2014, in Calhoun, Ga. Megan Amanda Lovell (11C) earned a Bachelor of Science degree

in nursing from Emory University and is employed by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, where she is a registered nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit at Egleston.

John Benjamin Hixson (11C)

completed a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling in December at Mercer University.

Joanna Howard (14C) works at Goodwin Investment Advisory in Woodstock, Ga.

Advancing opportunity Dr. Susan Shaw (81C) is the principal investigator on a $3.5

million ADVANCE grant from the National Science Foundation meant to improve opportunities for women in the “STEM” disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

With support from the Skye Fitzgerald

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five-year grant, she and her Oregon State University colleagues hope to “transform the institutional climate” for women, who are traditionally underrepresented in those areas.

An OSU faculty member since 1996, Shaw currently serves as professor of women, gender and sexuality studies and as director of the institution’s School of Language, Culture and Society.

The Rome native has charted a diverse career path since graduating from Berry with a degree in English, teaching religious studies at both California Baptist College and George Fox College before changing disciplines with her move to OSU. She is a published author and award-winning faculty member who also serves on the Ms.

Magazine Committee of Scholars. Her most recent book, Reflective Faith: A Theological

Toolbox for Women, was published in fall 2014.

by Carey Blankenship, philanthropic communications student assistant

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So we’ve heard

Alan Storey

Derryberry Public Relations in Chattanooga, Tenn., announced that Callie Starnes (07C) joined the firm as relationship manager.

Starnes previously had spent six years at NBC affiliate WRCB in Chattanooga where she served as a reporter and later an anchor.

According to reports, Starnes is a multi-year winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence.

Julia Kolodziej (14C) started medical school last August at Washington University in St. Louis, an accomplishment heralded in her hometown newspaper. The 2010 White County (Ga.) High School salutatorian and summa cum laude graduate of Berry was accepted by four medical schools, according to reports, but chose Washington University because of its prestigious standing. She is pictured at the school’s tradi­ tional white coat ceremony.

Mark Banta (82C) made news when he accepted the post of president and CEO for the Piedmont Park Conservancy in Atlanta. He had previously served the organization as chief operating officer after a stint as president of Klyde Warren Park in Dallas, Texas, and 16 years as general manager of Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta.

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Joe Murphy/Memphis Athletics Communications

Entrepreneur extraordinaire Jeff Jahn (07C) made news last fall when work by the website development company he started while a sophomore at Berry, DynamiX, won seven 2014 Davey Awards. The international awards program recognizes creative work by the best small firms worldwide and received more than 4,000 entries. In addition to DynamiX, Jahn has co-founded several funded startups including Home Elephant, Dwellio and Think App Studio.

He is one Berry alumnus you are sure to be hearing much more about in the future.

Jeff Brown/Georgia Highlands College

From the editors of Berry magazine: Highlights about Berry alumni sometimes come to our attention via the news media – especially when a Berry affiliation is mentioned. When we can, we want to share what we’ve heard with you. See any names you know?

Dr. Laura Gilstrap Musselwhite (89C) has joined the University of New Mexico – Valencia Campus as chief academic officer and dean of instruction. She had served at Georgia Highlands College since 1991, most recently as interim vice president of academic affairs. Her husband, Harry, is senior lecturer of music at Berry. He plans to join her in New Mexico after his retirement this summer.

The Marietta Daily Journal reported the promotion of Candace April Jackson (07C) to senior manager in the business assurance practice of the Marietta-based accounting firm Moore Colson. Jackson joined the firm in 2007 after completing a summer internship there and previously served as a manager.

She is a past recipient of the firm’s Peak Award for exceptional contributions at work.

Paul McClain’s (02C) portrayal of mystery writer Edgar Allan Poe in Georgia Public Broadcasting’s October airing of the original drama Edgar Allan Poe’s Mystery Theater was announced by multiple media outlets. McClain, who holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatrical performance from the University of Florida, is theater program director at Northview High School in Johns Creek, Ga. According to reports, the show’s director found McClain perfect for the part of Poe, save for the blonde hair that McClain quickly agreed to dye.

Growing Georgia and other agriculture media shared the news that Josh White (95C) had accepted the role of executive director of producer education with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. White had served the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association as executive vice president since 2009 and previously was a Henry County Farm Bureau director. He and wife Erin Burke White (97C) both previously served on the Georgia Farm Bureau Young Farmer Committee.

Blake Smart (04C, 06G) was named head coach of men’s golf at the University of Memphis, and his appointment made news in his home state of Georgia as well as on golfweek.com. Smart (wearing cap) went to Memphis from the University of Oklahoma, where he served as assistant coach. Earlier in his career, he worked as head coach at Kennesaw State University and assistant men’s and women’s coach at Berry. Memphis Director of Athletics Tom Bowen described Smart as “one of the finest young golf coaches that I have had the pleasure to meet.”

AlumniAuthors Berry magazine has been notified about the following new alumni-authored books since our last listing. Congratulations!

student graphic designer Haley Sawyer

Eagle watcher

n Jerry Bass (70C), Katrina and the Need for Revival in the American Church, WestBow Press, May 2014.

Daphine Lummus Rooks (38H, 42C)

was among 60

n Nell

Bobo (49c), From Rainbow to Rainbow, Brentwood Christian Press, August 2014, and The Prodigal Son … Full Circle, Brentwood Christian Press, October 2013.

eagle enthusiasts dubbed the “B3 Buddies” Alan Storey

(honoring Berry’s 2014 eagle fledgling) who flocked to campus last fall to see the famous nest up close. She was accom­ panied by son Leland, who is named for former Berry President Leland Green, and daughter-in-law Sheila.

The 94-year-old alumna recalled pinning violets on Henry Ford’s wife, Clara, during a visit to Berry by the famous couple while Rooks was a student. She also shared her later experiences as an alumna living on campus while her late husband, Herman (43C), was

Dabney (49C), Mountain Spirits: A Chronicle of Corn Whiskey and The Southern Appalachian Moonshine Tradition, and More Mountain Spirits: A Continuing Chronicle of Southern Appalachian Corn Whiskey, Wines, Ciders and Beers, The History Press, new editions, August 2014. n Benjamin

B. DeVan (99C), contributor, The Oxford

Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, Oxford University Press, October 2013. n Faye

Gibbons (61C), Halley, NewSouth Books, May

2014. n Debbie

teaching at Berry.

Herbert (79C), Siren’s Treasure, Harlequin,

November 2014.

Photo book highlights Berry’s beauty Berry magazine readers are intimately familiar with the work of Zane Cochran,

n Joseph

the brilliant photographer responsible for the breathtaking images so

n Sue Hunter (55C) and Grace Smith (47C), Crabapple Blossoms and New Beginnings, XLIBRIS, May 2014. n Charles

Luna (93C), The Ultimate Challenge, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, June 2014. n Justin

Patrick McBrayer (98C), with co-editor Trent

Dougherty, Skeptical Theism: New Essays, Oxford University Press, September 2014.

often showcased on the inside cover of this publication. Cochran has spent several years roaming Berry’s

If you have a newly published book (2014-2015) you’d like us to include, please send your name and class year, book title, publisher, publication date, and a Web address for a synopsis and/or order information to jkenyon@berry.edu with the subject line “Berry Alumni Authors.”

27,000-acre campus in search of captivating visuals, and hundreds of those images are now on display in

The Beauty of Berry College. A softback version of the book is available for $25 through the Oak Hill Gift Shop.

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Condolences

Deaths

Berry College extends sincere condolences to family and friends of the following alumni and former faculty/staff members. This list includes notices received May 1, 2014 – Oct. 31, 2014.

1940s Elizabeth Reese Johnson (40c) of Menesa, Ga., Sept. 17, 2014.

Hoyt J. Cragg (41C) of Canton, Ga., Aug. 17, 2014.

Wylma Griffith Eliseo (42C) of Mobile, Ala., July 10, 2014.

Jean Roberts Johnson (42C) of Albany, Ga., May 17, 2014.

Joseph H. Clark (43C) of Chattanooga, Tenn., July 15, 2014.

Geraldine Evans Davis (44C) of Payson, Ariz., Jan. 12, 2014.

Alma Yarbrough Carroll (45C) of Newnan, Ga., March 21, 2013.

Burton E. Winfrey (45c) of Tobaccoville, N.C., July 24, 2014.

Grady Brisendine (46H) of Fort Payne, Ala., May 6, 2014.

Mary Evelyn Strickland Crawford (47C) of Baldwin, Ga., Oct. 12, 2014.

John Vincent Mull (47H, 51C) of Marietta, Ga., May 15, 2014.

Robert H. Webb (47H) of Williamson, Ga., May 25, 2014.

Kathryn Smith White (48c) of Macon, Ga., Oct. 5, 2014.

Clarence P. Hucks (49C) of Columbia, S.C., July 18, 2014.

James Dumah “Dixie” Walker (49C) of Carrollton, Ga., July 24, 2014.

1950s Irene Gay DuBose (50C) of Manning, S.C., April 8, 2014.

Everett T. Giroir (50H) of New Iberia, La., June 18, 2014.

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Lillian Allen Newell (50C) of Columbia, S.C., July 17, 2014.

H. Steed Griffin (51C) of Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 10, 2014.

Elizabeth Williams Selman (51C, 75G) of Rome, May 22, 2014.

Charles W. Jones (52C) of Howell, Mich., Jan. 14, 2014.

Dean Hadden Lucas (52C) of Cumming, Ga., May 13, 2014.

C. Warren Mallard (52c) of Brooklet, Ga., Oct. 3, 2014.

Oline Miller Reynolds (52C) of Bainbridge, Ga., April 20, 2014.

Ruth Bowers Sauls (52C) of Carrollton, Ga., Feb. 25, 2013.

Hugh P. Warren (52C) of Washington, Ga., July 14, 2014.

Ruth Dickson Coleman (53C) of Port Saint Lucie, Fla., March 12, 2014.

Ralph F. Daugherty (53H) of Penn Valley, Calif., July 4, 2014.

Maxine Fordham Morton (55c) of Dublin, Ga., Jan. 23, 2013.

Shirley Clower Bass (57C) of Kosciusko, Miss., May 10, 2014.

Warren N. Cleveland (57c) of Blakely, Ga., Aug. 27, 2014.

John L. Ballard (58C) of Hollywood, S.C., May 31, 2014.

1980s Sandra Brownlow Pace (84C) of Rome, May 5, 2014.

Mitchell Mignon Price (85c) of Rome, June 16, 2014.

1960s Thomas Victor “Dickie” Stone (62H) of Ringgold, Ga., Aug. 18, 2014.

W. Nolan Bishop (65A, 69C) of Smiths Station, Ala., July 17, 2014.

William Jerry Gatlin (65C) of Rome, May 1, 2014.

Donald Ray Jenkins (65C) of Loudon, Tenn., Aug. 4, 2014.

Lawrence Frank Rodgers (65C) of Stone Mountain, Ga., June 1, 2014.

Ronald A. Bussler (66C) of Cave Spring, Ga., May 31, 2014.

Thomas Lawson Thompson (68A) of Lexington, Ky., May 23, 2013.

1970s Pauline Fitzpatrick Bowman (70C) of LaFayette, Ga., March 15, 2011.

JoAnn Sexton Nixon Hall (86G) of Jefferson, Ga., June 12, 2014.

Sally Willis-Mayer (88C) of Gainesville, Ga., Nov. 25, 2011.

2000s

Brooke Blansit Potts (04C) of Cartersville, Ga., May 20, 2014.

2010s

Rochelle Lynn Myers (10G) of Taylorsville, Ga., Oct. 13, 2014.

Jason Lawrence Brown (13c) of Kennesaw, Ga., July 11, 2014.

Former Faculty/Staff Ralph Ellis Cook of Rome, Sept.

3, 2014.

Marva R. Moshier of Villa Rica, Ga., Oct. 15, 2011.

Owen L. Riley Sr. of Jefferson, Ga., Aug. 16, 2014.

Anthony F. Spezio of Rome, Oct. 15, 2014.

In Memoriam

Alan Storey

1930s

Mary Lou Jones Claughton (33H, 37c) of Mobile, Ala., March 29, 2013.

Mary Lou Selman Shahan (37c) of Rome, Jan. 30, 2013.

John Colquitt Studstill Jr. (37C) of Abbeville, Ga., June 9, 2014.

Lester E. Farr Sr. (38C) of Cadwell, Ga., April 16, 2014.

Ruth Thomas Hale (38H) of Cleveland, Tenn., June 19, 2014.

Edna Huff Davis (39H) of Glenn Springs, S.C., Sept. 8, 2014.

Vernon J. Conner (70C) of Winter Springs, Fla., May 21, 2014.

Margaret Wallace Gaines (70C) of Cave Spring, Ga., June 10, 2014.

Michael Meier (71C) of Logan, Utah, July 21, 2014.

Frances E. Hapstak (74C) of Richmond, Va., July 19, 2014.

Ralph H. Olinger (74C) of LaGrange, Ga., Aug. 13, 2014.

Robert F. Pierce Jr. (76C) of Villa Rica, Ga., Sept. 1, 2014.

Edgar A. Poe Jr. (76G) of Rome, Oct. 4, 2014.

Jessica DuBose Phaturos (78C) of Montgomery, Ala., May 4, 2013.

Jane Overfield (78G) of Trion, Ga., May 22, 2014.

The Berry community mourns the loss of great friend and benefactor S. Truett Cathy, who died Sept. 8, 2014, at the age of 93.

Founder and chairman of Chick-fil-A Inc., he was both an honorary alumnus of the college and recipient of a Berry honorary doctorate.

It was Cathy’s vision and generosity that made possible the WinShape Foundation and the partnership between Berry and WinShape. Hundreds of Berry students, past and present, have been able to attend Berry because of WinShape scholarships, and Berry’s mountain campus has been preserved and kept vibrant because of the stewardship of the foundation he began.

We will remember him for the many ways he made better the lives of the young people on our campus and extend sincere sympathies to his family. Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Jeannette McNeil Cathy; sons Dan T. and Don “Bubba” Cathy; daughter Trudy Cathy White; 19 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Dan Cathy is a Berry trustee.

“

If you wish to enrich days, plant flowers; if you wish to enrich years, plant trees; if you wish to enrich Eternity, plant ideals in the lives of others.

– S. Truett Cathy

Special thanks for: Memory and Honor Gifts and Gifts to Named Scholarships and Work Endowments. The following gifts were made in memory or honor of an individual and/or to named scholarships or work endowments between May 1, 2014 – Oct. 31, 2014.

Memory Gifts

1969C Classmates Dottie Clark Gregg (69C) Mr. Ray Abernathy Martha Bently Abernathy (52c) Mr. Russell S. Ashton Doris Ashton Mrs. Grace Gordy Bearden Jean Adcock Curran (56C) Terry (72C, 75G) and Betty Gordy (69c) Williamson Mr. David Beck Diane Lewis Dr. and Mrs. John R. Bertrand Luegina Carter Mounfield (77C) Dr. John R. Bertrand Leann Yoda (91C) Mr. Dan U. Biggers George Donigian (74C) Jill Jackson Harris (76C) Mrs. Charlene Roper Brown Jean Adcock Curran (56C) Mrs. Louise Paul Brown Horace Brown (39C) Mr. Ronald A. Bussler Linda Bussler (65C) Shane (93C) and Amy Barna (94C) Bussler Mrs. Frances Black Cain Darlene Black Cartwright (89C) Dr. N. Gordon Carper Bart Cox (92C) Charles Freeman (92C) Brenda Thompson (88C) Mr. S. Truett Cathy Joseph Harrell Karen Holley Horrell (74C) Mrs. Elsie Chapman Melvin Rozar (57C) Mrs. Eva McFalls Collins Morris (58C) and Lecy Garner (59c) Brunson Mrs. Mary Evelyn Crawford Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Janie Dove Thornton (47C) Mr. Ralph F. Daugherty Raymond (50C) and Lacora Adams (54C) Douglas Mrs. Mary Holland Duke Jim Miller (53C) Mrs. Wylma G. Eliseo Frances Griffith Thornton (45C) Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. Robert E. Fleming Kaye Fleming Mrs. Sandra Gresham Frost Leon Frost (63C) Dr. Thomas W. Gandy Theda Nettles Gandy (43C) Mrs. Ruth Bowden Gardner Steve Bartholomew Kathleen Burk Bob Henning Carol Jelfo Audrey Troy

Mr. Thomas C. Glover Jeanette Justice Fleming (72C) Mr. Jorge Luis Gonzalez Carlos Gonzalez (79A) Mrs. Ruth Thomas Hale Larry Davis Miriam Machida Virginia Miller Ann Pope Tony Schlaeger Mr. Jack Helms Valli Helms Robinson (95C) Rear Adm. Lewis Hopkins Aaron and Amy Britt Mr. Jonathan C. Howard William Lin (07C, 09G) Ms. Lydia Jean Howard Sylvia Howard Mrs. Lillian M. Jost Paul Ransom Mr. Fred H. Loveday Tom A. Phipps (50H) Ronald Stark (63H, 70C) Mr. Wayne McClamma Jim Miller (53C) Dr. and Mrs. Milton S. McDonald Charles Walker (48c) Mr. Ed W. Morris Jr. Carol Ann McKinnon Morrison (58C) Mr. Graden Mullis Emily Anthony Mullis (53C) Mr. John Vincent Mull Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Ellie Nash Cameron Kapperman (13C) Mrs. Nan Lipscomb Nelms Alice Brock Nancy Davis Paul Di Vito Peggy Hardin Jim Hatcher Kirk McAlpin Frank Nelms Stephen Nelms William Nelms Charles Slick Janie Dove Thornton (47C) Aecha Yi Integra Realty Partners LLC Mr. Thomas Randall Peck Elaine Foster Mr. Billy Alvin Phillips Tom A. Phipps (50H) The Rev. Robert F. Pierce Jr. Charlie (77C) and Ann Lingo (76C) O’Mahoney Johnny Pierce (78C) Charles (76C) and Terri Albright (77c) Wilkie Mrs. Mitchell M. Price Barbara Ballanger Hughes (71C) Mr. Luther Palmer Pugh East Tennessee Berry Alumni Chapter Mr. Owen L. Riley Sr. Luann Craighton Kenneth Davison

Beverly Hendricks Mark Keating Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland James I. Alfriend Consulting Foresters LLC Mrs. Eleanor Hale Robison Sheilah Robison Shealy (80C, 84G) Dr. R. Allen Scott Wendy Dahlgren (03C) Mrs. Elizabeth W. Selman Jane Howard Chip Limbrick Beverly Lubben Mary Outlaw Frank Riden Sheilah Robison Shealy (80C, 84G) Charlie (57C) and Keitha Davis (58C) Weatherford Ed Young NABC Joy Club New Armuchee Baptist Church Mrs. Laura Sexton Elaine Foster Mr. Allen M. Slatky Carlita Hyde Slatky (81C) Mr. Anthony F. Spezio Dwight and Jackie Desaulniers Kinzer Mr. Paul J. Tancraitor Sr. Anita Tancraitor (86C) Mrs. Elbia K. Tutterow Roger Tutterow (84C) Mr. Richard Sweatt Webb John Webb Mrs. Katherine Camp West Betty White (47H, 51C) Mrs. Kay Bell Wheeler Richard Wheeler (68C) Mr. Paul Renee Willis Jack Allen (72C) Mr. Jeffrey Alex Wingo Maggie Suarez Heimermann (94C) Valerie Loner (91C) Mr. Bill Wright Ron Dean

Memory Gifts to Named Scholarships

Gene B. and Jean E. Clark Endowed Scholarship David Clark (85c) Jorge A. and Ondina S. Gonzalez Family Endowed Scholarship Georgette deFriesse Carlos Gonzalez (79A) Ondina Santos Gonzalez Pfizer Inc. Larry A. Green Memorial Scholarship Gayla Green Janna Johnson (81C) Melanie Green Jones Debbie Richardson Teal (85C)

[Gifts]

Thank y ou

Jonathan Randall Hardin Endowed Scholarship Fund Bobby and Robbie (94C) Abrams Jonathan Baggett Dan (94C) and Christel Harris Boyd Lori Brasile (04C) Dale Canada Daniel Carpenter Lee Carter (76c) Laurie Hattaway Chandler (95C) Ferrell and Donna Childres Amanda Cromer (12C) Kenny (88C) and Jill Diebold (89C) Crump Penny Evans-Plants (90C) Tim Garner Cindy Gillespie Daniel (04C) and Jessica Thompson (02C) Greear Randy and Nita Hardin Marvin Howlett (72C) and Annette Axley Andy (06C) and Jessica Rabun (04C) Johns Sylvia McPherson Kim Terrell Melton (04C, 06G) Laura Phillips James Pruitt Kathy Robinson Ray (79C) Kelli Sharpe Jeff Smith Monica Willingham Fred H. and Mary Loveday Endowed Scholarship Richard Barley (49H) Bill Segrest (48H, 51c) Lee Shackelford (52H) Earl Tillman (52H) Dr. R. Melvin and Sarah E. Rozar Endowed Scholarship Melvin Rozar (57C) Grady and Dorothy Everett Sundy Scholarship David (91C) and Kathleen Hightower (94C, 98G) Sundy Alexander Whyte Whitaker III Endowed Scholarship Whit (81C) and Maria Crego (85c) Whitaker Jeff Wingo Memorial Scholarship Brandi Calhoun Diamond (93C) Janna Johnson (81C) Kay Wingo Craig Allyn Wofford Scholarship Ron Dean Equifax Inc.

Honor Gifts

1976 Women’s Basketball Deborah Rice Parker (78C) Mr. David L. Beasley Nathan Freeman (07c)

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Dr. Rayford H. Boyett Jack Jones (57C) and Katherine Young Armitage (58c) Dr. Thomas W. Carver Bud Hall (79C) Mr. and Mrs. A. Milton Chambers Sammy (77C) and Holly Wood (73C) Freeman Mr. Alton H. Christopher Dennis (74A, 78C) and Donna Word (78C) DaSilva Class of 1954C Wayne Wagnon (54C) Mr. W. Glenn Cornell Charlie Hudson (62C) Mr. Jacob Addison Crowe Walter Crowe Dr. Jennifer W. Dickey Angela Dickey (75A, 79C) Dr. Ouida W. Dickey Kathy Rogers Gann (91C) Dr. E. Kay Davis Dunn Jack Jones (57C) and Katherine Young Armitage (58c) Mr. Danny Farrar Reed (77A, 82C) and Shannon Walburn (81C) Biggers Mr. Jonathan W.T. Fisher Celia Fisher Mr. Arden Grant Foster Betty Meadows Mrs. Ruth A. Glover Jeanette Justice Fleming (72C) Dr. Vincent M.L. Gregoire Gabriela Elias Broome (04C) Mr. J. Barry Griswell Randy and Nancy Berry Mr. Doug Heath Raymond and Denise Heath Mr. Peter N. Henriksen Jack Jones (57C) and Katherine Young Armitage (58c) Mr. Walter Buford Jennings Jack Jones (57C) and Katherine Young Armitage (58c) Dr. Janna S. Johnson Melanie Green Jones Dr. Donald C. Jones Rusty Bradley (71C) Mrs. Melanie Moore Jones Gayla Green Ms. Katarina A. Jones Kenny and Maria Jones Dr. Peter A. Lawler Jeff Horn (87C) Ms. Virginia Lingelbach DAR – Indiana Chapter Miss Chandler B. Maddox Brandon and Dana Maddox Mr. and Mrs. Wesley A. Martin Melanie Green Jones Mrs. Mary Anne Massey Rufus Massey (75C) Miss Catherine McNutt Leann Yoda (91C) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Partridge Rani Partridge Woodrow (88C) Mrs. Sherry C. Patterson Susan Anderson Hancock (75C) Mr. Daniel A. Poydence Martha Hartley Mr. Trevor J. Price Kevin and Marcia Price Mrs. Kathleen Ray Leigh Moore DuPre (86C) Dr. Kathy Brittain Richardson Aaron (01C) and Molly Prahst (01C) Brittain Allen London (91C) Mr. Eero V. Sarkki FP Pigments Mrs. Janis Stancil Tina Stancil DeNicole (85C) Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Taylor Jean Gould

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Mrs. Deborah R. Teal Melanie Green Jones Ms. Sara Claudia Tillman Frederick and Sally Tillman Mr. Robert Dennis Wademan Barbara Soule Mr. Alexander Waits Lowell and Vickie Mathis Mr. Holden A. Wilbanks Kip and Candy Wilbanks Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Williams Melanie Green Jones Carl and Barbara Woodall Rick Woodall (93C) Work Week Participants Bill and Faye Fron (92c) Mrs. Janice Bracken Wright Will Enloe Mrs. Jennifer Yates Herbert Yates

Honor Gifts to Named Scholarships

Jerry Shelton Endowed Scholarship funded by the Class of 1958C Roy Miller (58C) Joyce Mae Stover Rowell (58C)

Other Gifts to Named Scholarships and Work Endowments

Dr. Frank and Kathryn Adams Endowed Scholarship Frank (54H, 58C) and Kathy Adams Tina Bucher Jim Watkins African American Alumni Chapter Scholarship Brandon Lay (07C) Pat Alderman Scholarship Pat Alderman Leo W. Anglin Memorial Scholarship Wade and Sara Carpenter Karen Kurz Atlanta Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Johnnie Smith Curry (52H, 55C) Barbara Ballanger Hughes (71C) Casey Smith (00C) Bank of America GICA Scholarship Georgia Independent College Association Berry Family Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Bonny Stanley Berry High Schools and Academy Scholarship Anonymous Rodney Anderson (61H) Milton (57H) and Irene Beazley Emory Brooks (46H) Bob Brown (64A) Jerry Bullock (66A) Betsy Russell Cummings (44H, 48c) Bob Gudger (51H) John Hawkins (52H) Marvin Holeyfield (61H) Doyle Ingram (48H, 52C) James Kinney (51H) Bob Lott (46H) Greg (78A, 82C) and Becky Songer (78A) Price Cleo Leonard Ray (44H) Flossie Duke Reddin (44H) Terry Rolan (64A, 68C) Paul Rowe (52H) Duncan Stoddard (64A) Gary Sweatt (64A) Harold Williams (46H) Pait Willis (57H) State Farm Companies Foundation

D. Randolph Berry and Thomas Berry Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Randy and Nancy Berry Joe and Marti Walstad Dan Biggers Distinguished Actor Award Shannon Walburn Biggers (81C) Board of Visitors Endowed Internship Scholarship Alan Bridges (79C) Peter and Nancy Capponi Beatrice Lockerman Bollam (39C) Memorial Endowed Scholarship Richard Bollam Steve and Brenda Briggs Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Steve and Brenda Briggs Horace Brown Chemistry Scholarship Merck Company Foundation Louise Paul Brown Work Scholarship Merck Company Foundation Selma Hall Browning Memorial Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Alton (61c) and Becky Browning (61C) Christopher Juanita Rodgers Bryant Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Ava Rodgers (53C) Wanda Lou Bumpus Endowed Scholarship Julie Bumpus Dr. David R. Burnette Endowed Agriculture Leadership Scholarship Sandi Beck Allen (63C) N. Gordon Carper Award Jimmy (69C) and Margaret Wright (69C) Davis N. Gordon Carper Endowed History Scholarship Jimmy (69C) and Margaret Wright (69C) Davis Pat Barna Holland (69C) Colin (93C) and Jenny Marston (92C) William Carpet Capital Chapter Scholarship Bernice Arnold Holcomb (56H) Pamela Millwood Pettyjohn (81C, 85G) Rethia Camp Spence (68C) Bernice Ogle Whaley (53H) Carpet Capital Chapter Alumni Dr. Harlan L. Chapman Endowed Scholarship funded by the Class of 1958C Harlan (58C) and Doris Reynolds (57C) Chapman Roy Miller (58C) Bill (58C) and Joan Stokes (58C) Priester Class of 1953H in Memory of StaleyLoveday Reeves Dabney (55H) Nadine Parsons Hilderbrand (53H) James Stamey (53H) Roger (53H) and Neomia Sundy Peter Walker (53H) Bernice Ogle Whaley (53H) Class of 1954C Endowed Scholarship Dorothy Walraven Craig (54C) Johnny (53C) and Frances Harris (54C) Eubanks Charles Houston (54C) Maxie Poole (54C) Don (54C) and Grace Mitchell (54C) Stinson Mel Tarpley (54C) Class of 1956C Endowed Scholarship Sue Hegwood Howel (56C) Wallace McDowell (56C) Tillie Marlowe Parker (56C) Emmett (56C) and Opal Poss (56C) Sims Joyce Jarvis Vickery (56C)

Class of 1957C Scholarship Kay Davis Dunn (57C) Patricia Hoffman Iles (57C) Tom Mullis (57C) Melvin Rozar (57C) Sharlene Kinser Stephens (57C) C.L. (57C) and Doris Little (57C) Tate Class of 1960C Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Lewis Copeland (60C) Eleen Rowell Mitchell (60C) Ann Nichols Pope (60C) Earnest Rodgers (60C) W.C. (60C) and Sylvia Davis (60C) Rowland J.B. (60C) and Helen Rice (60C) Stanley Wayne Stevenson (60C) Class of 1961C Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Aaron Ellis (61C) Mildred Campbell Tietjen (61C) Class of 1962C Dairy Milk Quality Manager Endowed Work Position John (62C) and Geraldine Johnson (62C) Bridges Malcolm (62C) and Jean Vaughn (63C) McDonald Class of 1963C Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Hazl Paige Brumby (63C) Don (65c) and Hiawatha Banks (63C) Henry Midge Johnson Raiford (63C) Del Richards (59H, 63C) Mary Crawford Wynn (63C) Class of 1964C Campus Carrier Editor-inChief Work Endowment Carolyn Burns Bowse (64C) Carol Anderson Caldwell (64C) Rheba Wellborn Fronebarger (64C) Merle (64C) and Diane Smith (70C) Gay Larry (58H, 64C) and Pat Waits (66c) Johnston Jesse Presley (60H, 64c) Lem (63C) and Gayle Miller (64C) Sumner Al (63C) and Harriet Keckley (64C) Terry Penny Vaughn (64C) Omnova Solutions Class of 1965C Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship James (65C) and Susie Cook (65C) Campbell Willard Ferguson (65C) Jacque Terrill Harbison (65C) Don (65c) and Hiawatha Banks (63C) Henry Gene (65C) and Sandra Dickerson (66C) McNease Dallas (65C) and Judi Reynolds William Solomons (61H, 65C) Billy (62H, 66C) and Marvalee Lord (65C) Townsend John (62C) and Martha Lewis (65C) Weatherman Koji (65C) and Reba Nichols (67C) Yoda Class of 1967C Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Marti Sheats Perkins (67C) Class of 1969C Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Diane Poole Blair (69C) Becky Vincent Brock (69C) William (69C) and Sally Schwartz (69C) Epps Ron (69C) and Yvonne Housch (70C) Flowers June Griffin Lewis (69C) Van Malone (69C) Larry Maxey (69C)

Janet Collins Rogers (69C) Steve Salmon (69C) Raiden Sherman (69C) Roark Summerford (65A, 69C) Ray Tucker (69C) Class of 1979C Internship Scholarship Alan L. Bridges (79C) Angela Dickey (75A, 79C) Kitty Griffin Martin (79C) Frank A. Nuckolls (79C) Randy Tibbals (79C) and John Zellars Jr. Class of 1994C Scholarship Tara Ernst (94C) John (94C) and Elizabeth Fisher (94C) Paterson Alison Lounsbury Ritter (94C) Karen Turner Sherman (94C) Axis US Services Bank of America Foundation Class of 1997C Scholarship Allie Madea Salevski (97C) Hetty McEwen Coleman Scholarship Warren Coleman Fund Howard M. and Elaine S. Crawford Endowed Scholarship The estate of Howard Crawford (39C) Angela R. Dickey Endowed Scholarship Ouida Word Dickey (50C) Jennifer W. Dickey Endowed Scholarship Ouida Word Dickey (50C) Julia Quigg Dodd Scholarship The estate of Julia Quigg Dodd Edwards Endowed Scholarship Randy Edwards (66C) First Baptist Church of Rome Scholarship First Baptist Church of Rome Firsthand4You Save A Student Scholarship A total of 449 students gave to this scholarship through Berry’s student philanthropy program. Their names are listed at www.berry.edu/ firsthand4you/donors.

Jimmy R. Fletcher Memorial Endowed Scholarship Patsy Grindle Bryan (68C) Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Billy Blocker (52C) Kermit (52c) and Gwen Norris (50C) Hutcheson Martin (54C) and Barbara Camp (55C) McElyea Charles and Virginia Greene (52H) Mosby Kay Salmon Shahan (67C) Georgia Dogwood Endowed Scholarship Anonymous GICA/UPS Scholarship Georgia Independent College Association Ed and Gayle Graviett Gmyrek Scholarship Gayle Graviett Gmyrek (67C) Edward Gray and Doris Cook Dickey Endowed Scholarship Anne Cook Neal (52C) Lyn Gresham Endowed Scholarship Sandi Beck Allen (63C) Matt and Kelly Grisham Scholarship Fund Matt (02C) and Kelly Daly (03C) Grisham Hugh Hagen Student Leadership Scholarship Fund Nick and Marybeth Sorrow Hamilton/Smith Scholarship Anonymous Louvonia Johnson Boone (77C) Gary (77C) and Hermanett Pruitt (73C) Ford Vince Griffith (81C) Evelyn Hamilton (68C) Hugh Kinney

Minnie Willis Marsh (72C, 77G) Juanita Scurry (97C) Beverly Philpot Smith (69C) Main High School Class of 1964 Hamrick Family/Aunt Martha Freeman Scholarship Mary Bryan Jim Hamrick (59H, 63c) Karen Kurz Heneisen Service Award Laurie Hattaway Chandler (95C) Cathleen Ann Henriksen Memorial Scholarship Dee Robinson Turner (55H, 58C) LeBron and Kay Holden Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship LeBron (60C) and Kay Davis (60C) Holden GE Foundation Ruby Hopkins Outstanding Student Teacher Award IBM Becky Musser Hosea Scholarship Paul and Margaret N. Musser Tim and Odetta Howard Scholarship Tim Howard (82C) Barbara Ballanger Hughes Scholarship Barbara Ballanger Hughes (71C) Mendel D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Joan Fulghum Dale Jones Scholarship Dale Jones (71C) H.I. “Ish” Jones Endowed Agriculture Scholarship Harold Jones (81C) Ish (49C) and Frances Jones Kappa Delta Pi Endowed Award Mary Clement R.F. Knox Company Scholarship R.F. Knox Company Inc. Michael and Elizabeth Nesbitt Krupa Scholarship The Estate of Elizabeth Nesbitt Krupa (44c) Lois and Lucy Lampkin Foundation Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Lois and Lucy Lampkin Foundation Dr. Peter A. Lawler Endowed Scholarship David (95C) and Mary Ellen (97C) Kenemer Peter Lawler Justin Neal (02C) Laky (84C, 87G) and Kay Hurst (85C) Spas Darrell Sutton (00C) Ray M. and Mary Elizabeth Lee Scholarship The Ray M. and Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Lusby III Endowed Scholarship Roger (79C) and Candy Caudill (82c) Lusby Frazier & Deeter Foundation Ross Magoulas Endowed Scholarship Betsy Leadbetter Craig (71c) Susan Lee Hauser (81C) Cecily Nall (77C) Len (70C) and Marty Willingham Martha! Centennial Scholarship Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Frank Miller Memorial Scholarship Melanie Prater Miller (91C, 99G) Roy Miller Endowed Entrepreneurship Scholarship Roy Miller (58C) Minority Pathway Scholarship Alwyn and Patricia Ivers Amos Montgomery Scholarship Kevin Allen (96C)

Graden Mullis Scholarship Vicki Holder Lester (77C) Tom Mullis (57C) Mary and Al Nadassy English Scholarship Tina Bucher Mark Taylor Jim Watkins Mary Finley Niedrach Endowed Scholarship Mary Finley Niedrach (75A, 97G) NSDAR Gate of Opportunity Scholarship NSDAR NSDAR Juniors Gate of Opportunity Scholarship NSDAR NSDAR Scholarship DAR – Amanda Barker Devin Chapter DAR – El Palo Alto Chapter DAR – Franklin County Chapter DAR – Ohio Society NSDAR Nunnelly Scholarship Julie Patrick Nunnelly (88C, 00G) Bobby Patrick Endowed Scholarship Mary Camp Patrick (69C) Accucard Inc. Dr. Bob Pearson Scholarship Scott and Fay Neal Kelley Bennett Poydence Endowed Scholarship Dan and Kelley Poydence Amber Prince Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Bob Prince Amber T. Prince Education Graduate Student Award Karen Kurz Amber T. Prince Memorial Scholarship Steven Bell Janna Johnson (81C) Jamie (97C) and Elisha Wright (98C, 04G) Lindner Bernard and Doris Rowland Scholarship Doris Rowland Ann Russell Memorial Scholarship Kathy Robinson Ray (79C) William A. and Elizabeth M. Sadowski Endowed Scholarship Bettyann O’Neill Vesta Salmon Service Scholarship Mary Outlaw Angie Reynolds Gordon and Mattie Schneider Endowed Scholarship Marlene Schneider (49H) Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Endowed Scholarship Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation Alfred and Martha Shorter Endowed Scholarship Suzanne Scott Ken Sicchitano/Bettyann O’Neill Gate of Opportunity Scholarship MetLife Chad Simmons Scholarship SunTrust Banks Inc. – Atlanta Robert M. Skelton WinShape Scholarship Melissa Fairrel (90C) Jack Kennington (88C) David (91C) and Kathleen Hightower (94C, 98G) Sundy Ann Saywell Spears Scholarship Ann Saywell Spears (67C) Robert Earl Stafford Scholarship Myra Stafford Pryor Charitable Trust Sara E. Stafford Scholarship Myra Stafford Pryor Charitable Trust William B. Stokely Jr. Scholarship The William B. Stokely Jr. Foundation

William B. Stokely Jr. Foundation Scholarship in Memory of Pamela Collins The William B. Stokely Jr. Foundation Reginald E. Strickland Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Student Government Association Secretary Work Endowment Barbara Robertson (79C) IBM Student Scholarships Rebecca Buglio (13C) Eloise Harrison Burk (51c) Tom (84C) and Chris Graf (86c) Byelick Joe (88C) and Leanne Hand (87C) Cook Pansy Moore Corvin (62C) Casey Dexter Kristen Diliberto-Macaluso Jerry Entrekin (54C) Jennifer Harris George (93C) Laura Thompson Hall (99C) Jackie Cox Inman (53C) Tina Hayes Jennings (79C) Nana Linge (13C) Matt Ragan (98C) and Shelly DriskellRagan (96C) Jim and Nancy Rhoades Nicole Martin Robertson (93C) Justin Slaughter (99C) Anne Smith Snyder (74C) Deleen Buffington Stevens (47C) Alice Wheeler (73C) Verizon Wireless Fred J. Tharpe Endowed Scholarship Fred Tharpe (68A) Rex Thompson/Rufus Baird Scholarship Quincey Baird (52C) The Trey Tidwell Experience: A Scholarship for Musical Discovery Mandy Tidwell (93C) Troy/Gardner Endowed Art History Award Virginia Troy James Van Meerten Study Abroad Scholarship Jim Van Meerten (70C) James E. and Dorris Waters Endowed Scholarship Gary (80C, 89G) and Bambi Estill (79c) Waters Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Haron and Virginia Wise Firsthand4You Senior Co-Chair Endowed Work Position Harry (57H) and Virginia Wise Richard Wood Scholarship Sammy (77C) and Holly Wood (73C) Freeman Tim (71C) and Joan Kisselburg (73C) Warrick Coca-Cola Co. Billy Yeomans Endowed Land Management Scholarship Roy Miller (58C) Robert Reaser Hatcher Family Investments LP Billy Yeomans Expendable Land Management Scholarship Brad Bushnell Young Alumni Save a Student Scholarship Kasey Haessler (13C) Joe James (08C) Dnika Joseph (09C) Nana Linge (13C)

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World without limits ‌ but with one Great Wall!

Hannah Gunnin (12C) displays her school spirit atop the Great Wall of China as she nears the end of the World Race, a yearlong program sponsored by Adventures in Missions that made it possible for her to serve in 11 countries and visit six more. Now a youth minister, she is the daughter of Bill (86C) and Michelle Hunter (85C) Gunnin. Find a unique way to show your Berry pride and email the photo to rwoodall@berry.edu.

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