New heights: head, Berry athletes prove athletic prowess A NATIONAL EQUESTRIAN
In addition, Jenny Miller earned a spot in the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Associa tion Division III North-South Senior All-Star Game after finishing the Jenny Miller season as one of the nation’s leading scorers.
Tasty SOUP:
Student awarded $40,000 grant for work with nonprofit BRIN ENTERKIN (12C) ENDED HER CAREER AT BERRY JUST AS SHE BEGAN,
earning well-deserved praise for her
service to others. Enterkin – who was lauded as a high school student for successfully spearheading a fundraising drive to build a school in Cambodia – is
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CHAMPIONSHIP in hunter seat
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competition for Kristin Brennan and Ryan James’ victory in Nashville’s Country Music Marathon were spring highlights for Berry’s student-athletes. Brennan took first in the Novice Equitation on the Flat event at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association finals in Raleigh, N.C. Berry’s western riders also enjoyed a strong showing, tying for fifth in the team com petition. James’ win in Nashville came in Kristin Brennan his firstever marathon (pictured on back cover). Covering the 26.2-mile distance in 2 hours, 32 minutes and 50 seconds, the 19-year-old Gate of Opportunity Scholar became the youngest marathon champion in the history of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series.
Campaign trail
SENIOR ELLIOTT ECHOLS, chair emeritus of the Georgia Associ ation of College Republicans, is taking a break from his studies this fall to serve as political director for the College Republican National Committee. He is coordinating efforts to encourage participation among young voters and train workers in the field. After the November election, the economics major will return to Berry to complete his degree requirements so that he can graduate with his classmates in the spring.
the 2012 recipient of the Intercollegiate Studies Noble Purpose Grant in recognition of her work with The African SOUP (Sponsorship of Orphans in Uganda Project), a nonprofit she founded while at Berry. True to form, she donated her unrestricted cash grant to The SOUP, which continues under the direction of two other Berry students. Visit www.theafricansoup.org for more information. Enterkin is now serving a prestigious one-year fellowship with the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation after spending part of her summer in Costa Rica on assignment with the Sullivan Foundation. 8
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Prestigious Goldwater Scholar
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AT BERRY helped junior physics and math major Aaron Ostrander emerge from a pool of 1,123 nominees to claim a Goldwater Scholarship for 2012-13. Established by Congress to honor longtime U.S. Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, the scholarship is regarded as the premier undergraduate award in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. student photographer Mary Claire Stewart
Institute’s $40,000 William E. Simon Fellowship for