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2011–2012
NOTABLES A new event was added to Homecoming, a 5K/Fun Run that raised money for the Wounded Warrior Project and the MU Alumni Endowed Scholarship Fund. In November, the Rev. William Walker was named vice president for Student Development and Services (SDS). Walker was senior associate dean of students before serving as interim vice president for SDS. He first came to Methodist 15 years ago as director of housing. Methodist University joined the annual Kinwood-By-The-Lights holiday display Dec. 17, inviting guests to tour the decorated campus as well as the nearby Kinwood community. Noted Islamic author and scholar Dr. Louay Safi spoke on Jan. 23, giving two lectures as the featured speaker for the Annual Womack Lecture in Religion. Dr. Ben E. Hancock Jr. was sworn in as the fourth president of Methodist University March 23. The Resort Management Club was accepted as a chapter organization of the Club Managers Association of America and officially recognized for reaching Student Club Chapter status. Davis UWC scholar at Methodist University, Maida Elezovic, was accepted and participated at the Davis UWC fellowship in Global Trade & Development of the Monterey. During the summer of 2011, four MU students, Dzenana Dzanic, Amna Causevic, Samra Mrkovic, and Emina Hodzic, completed their UWC Davis Project for Peace project, “Collecting Smiles in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina,” providing livestock, agricultural tools and furniture to 14 families, all returnees of a wardevastated town. Smithsonian astronomer and Harvard University professor Dr. Owen Gingerich gave the annual Bullard-Templeton Lecture.
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