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BERRY magazine
Published three times per year for alumni and friends of Berry College
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
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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.
JULIA COTTAGE NEARLY
Past President: Barbara Pickle McCollum (79C)
TREES is one of the most lasting
Chaplain: The Rev. Scott McClure (89C) Parliamentarian: Giles M. Chapman Jr. (66C) Secretary: Nelda P. Ragsdale (64C) Historian: Dr. David F. Slade (97C, FS) Director of Alumni Relations Chris Watters (89C) 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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BERRY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION President: Haron W. Wise (57H)
Vice Presidents: Alumni Events, Ruth K. Martin (65C); Berry Heritage, Kimberly A. Terrell (04C, 06G, FS); Financial Support, Tim Goodwin (03C); Young Alumni and Student Relations, Laura A. Sutton (09C); Alumni Awards, Rebecca Christopher (61C)
BERRY MAGAZINE • FALL 2012
student photographer Blake Childers
Julia Cottage welcomes student residents
Alan Storey
Editor Karilon L. Rogers
CLEAVED IN TWO BY FALLEN
images of the April 2011 storm that swept across the Berry campus. This fall, a newly renovated Julia has been reborn as student housing. Throughout late spring and summer, workers swarmed over the structure that previously served as faculty/staff housing, rebuilding it from the ground up in time to welcome its new student residents for fall semester. Using the existing rock foundation and 2x4 stud framing, crews replaced the walls and roof and installed new doors and windows. Closets and restrooms also were added. Now designated as female housing, Julia is home to two groups of students – transfers previously housed in Dorothy
Cottage (destroyed in the storm) and 16 students selected for a new service living/ learning program. Julia is one of four former faculty/staff residences (also including Hope Cottage, Louise Cottage and Poland Hall) converted into student housing this summer that – along with Sunshine Cottage – are making it possible for an additional 68 students to benefit from Berry’s residential experience. Sunshine was previously part of the Child Development Center; an addition has been made to Faith Cottage to make up for the CDC’s loss of space. “Learning is intensified and enriched when you live on campus,” explained Dean of Students Debbie Heida. “Our efforts over the past five years have resulted in increasing our on-campus residency to about 88 percent. In converting buildings in the log cabin area, it’s exciting to return students to a historic part of our campus. One of the
many things I love about Berry is that we celebrate our history and find new ways to be good stewards of our legacy buildings. In particular, the service living/learning program in Julia is a wonderful opportunity to encourage students to live out our motto as part of their residential experience.” Other upgrades this summer included carpet and paint for Memorial Library and Evans Hall; a new “learning lab” classroom in Evans featuring four-wall projection accessible to students with laptops; a “smart classroom” in the science building boasting four-wall projection and approximately 30 computer work stations; and improvements at Martha Berry’s gravesite to make it more visible and accessible to visitors during special observances. Of particu lar note are the installation of English boxwoods fulfilling Miss Berry’s desires for the site and stone work done by Berry’s student masonry crew.