Berry Magazine Fall 2016

BERRY Fall 2016

First Couple I ntroducing Trustee Chairman Barry Griswell (71C) and wife Michele (70C)

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Features

Happily ever after

Hester Parks (95C) is wedding planner extraordinaire

Distinguished Alumni Awards

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Inside the Gate

• A great start for the arts: Construction on new theatre set to begin • Aflac executive to give Wright Integrity in Leadership Lecture • Triple crown! Equestrian team wins third national title in five years • Berry people

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Well Done!

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President’s Essay

Liberating the mind

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Alumni Weekend and Work Week

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News from You

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Thank You

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Flashback: Mountain Day Olympics

Mary Claire Stewart (14C)

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©Al Cook Photo

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Ryan Smith (00C)

First couple

Introducing Berry Trustee Chairman Barry Griswell (71C) and wife Michele (70C)

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Alan Storey

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• Leadership in focus • Who supports Berry? Cathy Robinson Wiley (01C)

Cabin Log yearbook

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Sunrise over the Cabin in the Pines. Photo by Jessica Foley Griesbach (04C).

Cover photo by Ryan Smith (00C)

ARCHITECT’S RENDERING

INSIDE THE GATE

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

Jason Huynh (15C)

News from You and Gifts Listings Justin Karch (01C, 10G), Carrie Rigdon and Rose Nix

A GREAT START FOR

Contact Information News from You 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: Frances Richey (83A, 87C) Past President: Tim Goodwin (03C) Vice Presidents: Alumni Events, Julie Patrick Nunnelly (88C, 00G); Berry Heritage, the Rev. Valerie Loner (91C); Financial Support, Jonathan Purser (85C); Young Alumni and Student Relations, Samantha Knight Tuttle (11C); Alumni Awards, Patricia T. Jackson (82C) Chaplain: Clara Hall McRae (60C) Parliamentarian: Robert Aiken (82A) Secretary: Mandy Tidwell (93C) Historian: Dr. Jennifer Dickey (77A, 80C) Director of Alumni Development Jennifer Schaknowski Vice President for Advancement Bettyann O’Neill President Stephen R. Briggs

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LESS THAN ONE YEAR AFTER A CHALLENGE WAS ISSUED by Berry

supporter Audrey Morgan to fund a new campus theatre, construction is set to begin. At press time, final details for a 250-seat theatre with a newly-conceived black-box stage configuration were being finalized for an August start date.

Late last summer, Morgan offered $1 million in matching funds to double the gifts of other donors if funding moved rapidly enough to support a summer 2016 construction start date.

The challenge was highly successful with more than $5 million raised for the new

theatre. Supporters of the arts have emerged from nearly every segment of the Berry community, from trustees to parents and from alumni in classes ranging from the 1940s to the most recent.

The new theatre represents a 9,226 square-foot addition to the east side of Blackstone Hall. A much-anticipated opening is expected in time for the 2017-18 academic year. Fundraising continues toward the combined goal of $6.7 million for the theatre and associated updates to Blackstone.

Theatre is one of two major arts projects included in LifeReady: The Berry College Campaign for Opportunity. Also

on the drawing board is a major renovation of Ford Auditorium as a first-class recital hall for the music program. Transformation of the iconic Berry structure will include significant acoustical improvements; upgraded audience seating; improved backstage and instrumentstorage facilities; and state-ofthe-art lighting, recording and curtain systems in addition to preservation of important historic details.

If, as President Steve Briggs has stated, “Great spaces inspire great performances,” the Berry community can look forward to even more exceptional arts experiences in the future. Bravo!

DAN AMOS, A NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED LEADER IN BUSINESS ETHICS also credited

with launching the famous Aflac Duck advertising campaign, will speak at Berry on Sept. 29 through the Cecil B. Wright III Integrity in Leadership Lecture Series. Amos is the second speaker in the series, which is named for Berry trustee Buster Wright (73C).

In his role as chairman and CEO of Aflac and Aflac Inc., Amos has appeared five times on Institutional Investor magazine’s list of America’s Best CEOs and twice among Ethisphere Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics. In 2015, Amos was named to the Harvard Business Review’s list of 100 Best Performing CEOs in the World. Under his leadership, Aflac repeatedly has been named one of America’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune magazine and is the only insurance company to appear for 18 consecutive years on its list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Aflac also has appeared 10 consecutive times on Ethisphere® Institute’s annual list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies.

Amos’ presentation is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Krannert Center’s Spruill Ballroom. Admission is free and open to the public.

The Wright Lecture Series falls under the expanding programming umbrella of the Berry Center for Integrity in Leadership. See page 24 for more details.

Who said

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Aflac CEO slated for leadership lecture

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President Briggs, his colleagues and the college

trustees have built upon the accomplishments of the past and have made Berry a much stronger college than it ever was before. We’re certainly in a golden

age at Berry College, and wait – the plans underway

are for even better things to happen in the years just

Past & President

Dr. J. Scott Colley,

DR. RANDY GREEN (37H, 41C), son of late Berry President G.

— PRESIDENT EMERITUS J. SCOTT COLLEY

student photographer Sara Leimbach

ahead.

Berry president from

Leland Green, talks with current President Steve Briggs during this spring’s Green family reunion at Oak Hill. Family members – many of them educators – are working to honor their Berry legacy by raising funds to endow the Dr. G. Leland Green Chair of Education.

1998 to 2006, addressed approximately 400 Alan Storey

undergraduate degree recipients at spring commence­ ment. During his visit, he was presented with a portrait of himself that will hang in Memorial Library and a scholarship endowed in his name by three Berry vice presidents he mentored during his tenure – Debbie Heida, Bettyann O’Neill and Dr. Kathy Richardson.

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Competitive Triple crown: Equestrian team wins third national title in five years BERRY’S EQUESTRIAN TEAM HAS DONE IT AGAIN, riding to its

second consecutive national championship – and third in five years – at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association’s Western Nationals. No other IHSA western program has claimed more than one national title since 2010.

“Winning the national championship for the third time in five years is such an honor,” said Berry coach Margaret Knight. “I’m so proud of my team this year and how hard everyone worked to defend the title. We are truly blessed!”

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Carolina. Both teams finished the four-day competition with 19 points to nose ahead of Ohio State University, Black Hawk College (Illinois), the University of Findlay (Ohio), the University of NebraskaLincoln and Oregon State University, all of which finished within four points of the top spot. ©Al Cook Photo Standouts for Berry included sophomore AnnaLee Cooley, whose first-place finish in Advanced Western Horsemanship paced the team effort, and junior Elizabeth Poczobut (pictured in top photo), who shined individu­ally as the No. 5 finisher in the High Point Western Rider competition.

Howard “pitch-perfect” for Berry softball SOPHOMORE KASSIE HOWARD PITCHED HER WAY INTO THE RECORD BOOKS this spring while leading the Berry softball team to the best season in its history.

Howard earned All-America recognition from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association – a first for Berry – with her dominant 28-2 record in the pitcher’s circle. She also was one of 10 finalists for Division III National Player of the Year honors after leading her team to a program-best 39-8 record and a second consecutive sweep of the Southern Athletic Association’s regular-season and tournament championships. The Vikings returned to the NCAA Division III playoffs for the second straight year, this time as a regional host, battling into extra innings in the regional final before finishing a hard-fought second to Emory University.

Volleyball coach a national “up-and-comer” THE AMERICAN VOLLEYBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION has tapped

Berry Sports Information

Excellence Berry’s Caitlyn Jansen (14G) as one of 30 national “up-and-comers” under the age of 30 in the volleyball coaching ranks. She is one of only four NCAA Division III coaches to make this year’s list, which also includes honorees from Ohio State, Villanova, Louisville, UCLA and the University of Miami. Jansen is beginning her fifth year at Berry and her first as head coach.

During her tenure, the Vikings have made two national tournament appearances.

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McCloskey excels on golf course and in classroom GOLFER TOMMY MCCLOSKEY (16C) ended

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his Berry career as an NCAA Division III All-America Scholar and Jack Nicklaus Award semifinalist after graduating with a 3.49 GPA and posting a 74.48 stroke average as a senior. The finance major from Framingham, Mass., joined junior Ryan Elmore – a fellow Nicklaus Award semifinalist – in leading Berry to a top-10 ranking during the season, three tournament championships and a third consecutive trip to nationals.

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BERRY PEOPLE William L. “Bill” Pence (76C) is the new chair of the Berry College Board of Visitors, an executive advisory group consisting of alumni and non-alumni professionals who meet annually to lend their expertise and insight on matters of strategic importance. He’s served on the board since 2010.

A partner with the BakerHostetler law firm in Orlando, Fla., Pence specializes in environmental law. His honors Bill Pence (76C) include placement on the “Best Lawyers in America” list for 2015. He earned his Juris Doctor from the Syracuse (N.Y.) University College of Law and a Master of Laws degree from The London School of Economics and Political Science. He serves as a volunteer guardian ad litem for the Legal Aid Society of Orange County, Fla. The Board of Visitors also welcomed two new members at its spring meeting: Mike Crego (92C), managing director of Benjamin F. Edwards and Co. in Rome, and Jack Allen Morgan, a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Tax Division and special assistant U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. Morgan is the grandson of Berry benefactor and honorary alumna Audrey Morgan and her late husband, Jack.

Chick-fil-A CFO joins trustee board

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Brent Ragsdale (88C), a former member of the Berry College Board of Visitors, has been elected as the newest member of the college’s Board of Trustees.

One of the first participants in the WinShape College Program established at Berry by the late S. Truett Cathy, Ragsdale today is senior vice president and chief financial officer at Chick-fil-A. He Brent Ragsdale holds a master’s degree in business administration from Mercer University and is a 2012 graduate

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of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. He also is a certified public accountant.

Ragsdale sits on the boards of Southwest Christian Care and the Atlanta Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He also serves as an elder at Southside Church in Peachtree City. He and wife Gigi have three children.

Whitaker named president of King University For the second time in less than a year, a member of the Berry President’s Cabinet has been tapped to lead another institution.

This time, that person is also an alumnus – Whit Whitaker (81C) Chief of Staff and Secretary to the Board of Trustees Whit Whitaker (81C), now president of King University in Bristol, Tenn.

Whitaker follows in the footsteps of former Berry Provost Kathy Richardson, who recently assumed the presidency of Westminster College in Pennsylvania.

Whitaker has been associated with Berry since the age of 6, when his father joined the college’s English faculty. He returned to Berry in 2007 after a 25-year Navy legal career.

For nearly a decade, Whitaker worked closely with Berry’s governing and advisory boards; provided oversight of public relations, religious life and historic assets; and assisted with fundraising efforts, first as assistant vice president for major gifts and later as chief of staff. In recognition of his service, he recently was granted the title of Secretary to the Board Emeritus by the Berry trustees.

“When I was a student, Berry prepared me exceedingly well for a professional life beyond the Gate of Opportunity,” Whitaker said. “Now I find that Berry has prepared me well for yet another great adventure. It says something very good about Berry, and especially the marvelous leadership of Steve Briggs, that two of his cabinet members have this year been chosen for college presidencies.”

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Pence is new BOV chair

Kirsten Taylor (left) and Ginger Swann (93C)

Taylor, Swann earn Martindale acclaim A consensus builder among the faculty and a former Berry tennis player now charged with overseeing the health and safety needs of more than 400 student-athletes were honored this spring as recipients of the 2016 Martindale Awards of Distinction.

The Martindale winner for faculty, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Government and International Studies Kirsten Taylor, was lauded by colleagues for her ability to listen, challenge constructively and seek common ground on even the most controver­sial of campus topics. The staff Martindale Award honored the innovative and personal care provided by Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Medicine Ginger Swann (93C).

The Martindale Awards were endowed by Susan Byrd Martindale (73C) and her husband, Larry, to reward those in the Berry community who promote continuous improvement, implement innovative approaches to problem solving and inspire others to extraordinary achievement.

Berry appoints new vet Dr. Rebecca Stinson is Berry’s new college veterinarian, succeeding Dr. Martin Goldberg, who retired after nearly 30 years of exceptional service.

Stinson comes to Berry from Carolina Equine Hospital in Brown Summit, N.C., where she was one of five founding partners of a large-animal practice. She also served as an adjunct professor at both North Carolina State University and Averett University in Virginia. Her veterinary interests include equine lameness and performance medicine, ophthalmology, and complimentary medicine including acupuncture and herbal therapy.

Stinson earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science from Virginia Tech and a doctorate of veterinary medicine from the University of Georgia. She currently serves as vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Lauren Neumann (16C) J. Alex Wilson

Alumni engagement is a particular focus of Dr. Joyce T. Heames, newly appointed dean of Berry’s Campbell School of Business.

She began her tenure in July after a decade at West Virginia University, where she most recently served the College of Business and Economics as associate dean for innovation, outreach and engagement.

“It is hard to maintain incredible, rich traditions and keep an innovative and forward Joyce T. Heames focus,” said Heames, who holds a bachelor’s degree and MBA from Samford University and a doctorate from the University of Mississippi. “However, Berry does, and that is what drew me to accept this position. Outreach drawing upon alumni involvement and developing stronger corporate relations will be one of the cornerstones on which I will focus.”

Heames succeeds Dr. John Grout, who has returned full time to the faculty after serving as dean since 2007. His duties include teaching, research and an ongoing leadership role within Berry’s innovative creative technologies program.

Students, trustees honor Storey, Richardson

student photographer Sara Leimbach

Alan Storey and Dr. Randy Richardson have been beloved figures on the Berry campus for decades, Storey as a writer, photographer and administrator who distinguished himself in service to four presidents and Richardson as the college’s award-winning director of forensics. This spring, both were singled out for special recognition by students Alan Storey and the Board of Trustees.

The retiring Storey – whose many roles included Campus Carrier adviser and, later, chief photographer for Berry magazine – was honored as Staff Member of the Year by the Student Government Association and Board Secretary Emeritus by the trustees. Richardson, who left Berry at

the end of June to accompany wife Kathy to Westminster College in Pennsylvania, where she now serves as president, was named SGA Faculty Member of the Year and Senior Lecturer of Communication Emeritus. Kathy also earned trustee recognition as Professor of Communication Emeritus.

Other spring award recipients included: • Dr. Martin Goldberg, retiring senior lecturer of animal science and college veterinarian, Vulcan Teaching Excellence Award • Dr. Nancy Edwards, assistant professor of teacher education, Eleana M. Garrett Award for Meritorious Advising and Caring • Dr. Kevin Hoke, associate professor of chemistry, Mary S. and Samuel Poe Carden Award for Outstanding Teaching, Scholarship and Service • Dr. Michael Bailey, associate professor of government and international studies, Dave and Lu Garrett Award for Meritorious Teaching • Kevin Ellis, barn manager for Gunby Equine Center, John R. Bertrand Superior Student-Work Supervisor Award

Morgan, Brooks named honorary alumni Philanthropist Audrey Morgan and Athletic Director Todd Brooks are the most recent Berry friends to be named honorary alumni by the Alumni Association.

Morgan ranks among the most notable and visionary donors in the school’s history, committing more than $7.5 million to programs and facilities that benefit Berry students. She played a key role in the development of Audrey Morgan the Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Program and, most recently, fundraising for a new campus theatre. A tireless advocate of the Berry mission, she also is a member of the Board of Visitors and recipient of Berry’s honorary doctorate.

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CSOB welcomes new dean

Brooks has served two stints as athletic director (1998-2013 and 2015-present), shepherding the program during a period of Todd Brooks tremendous growth. He helped guide Berry’s transition to NCAA Division III and the Southern Athletic Association, served on the steering committee assisting in the design of the Steven J. Cage Athletic and Recreation Center, and helped navigate planning for Valhalla. In his first year back, Berry celebrated the opening of its new stadium, resumed full competition in track and field, and continued its championship tradition in intercollegiate athletics.

Alumni Association welcomes new officers Frances E. Richey (83A, 87C) recently began her second term as president of the Berry Alumni Association, succeeding Tim Goodwin (03C), who will continue service as immediate past president. She previously led the Alumni Council from 2008 to 2010.

Richey is a “double” alumna, earning both her high school and college diplomas from Berry. She later started her own company, Richey’s Contracting Inc. A resident of Sandy Springs, Ga., she is a member of the Frances E. Richey Atlanta Apartment Association (83A, 87C) and the National Kitchen and Bath Association. She also serves on the Berry College Board of Visitors and, in her role as Alumni Association president, on the Board of Trustees.

Joining Richey on the Alumni Council are three new vice presidents – Julie Patrick Nunnelly (88C, 00G), alumni events; Samantha Knight Tuttle (11C), young alumni and student relations; and the Rev. Valerie Loner (91C), Berry heritage – in addition to a new chaplain in Clara Hall McRae (60C), a new parliamen­tarian in Robert Aiken (82A) and a new historian in Dr. Jennifer Dickey (77A, 80C).

See the masthead on page 2 for the full list of officers.

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Jason Jones

courtesy of Berry College Bonner Scholars

Jason Jones

student photographer Sara Leimbach

WELL DONE!

Unraveling Berry’s appeal

Berry has a new fan in America Unraveled. The website – dedicated to discovering America’s greatest

‘Write’ on the mark

destinations – has named Berry the No. 1 up-and-

Berry College boasts two of the best young adult creative writers in the Southeast in students Courtney Wimberly and Rachel Yeates. Both earned firstplace honors at the Southern Literary Festival in competition with students from more than 20 other colleges and universities, including the University of Mississippi, Furman, Hendrix and Rhodes. Wimberly, a creative writing major, took gold for poetry, while Yeates, a double major in English and creative writing, was first in the one-act play division. – KE

coming liberal arts college and ranked it among the likes of Furman University, Texas A&M and Emory University as one of the most “sublimely beautiful” campuses in America. Going beyond Berry’s welldocumented beauty, America Unraveled noted many other attributes such as small class sizes, top-notch faculty, robust scholarships and on-campus work opportunities, concluding, “This is definitely a school that’s preparing its students for the future.” – KE

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Junior Daniel Alligood, a Presidential Scholar with a 4.0 GPA, is one of approximately 500 students recognized nationally this year by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. He earned honorable-mention status in a talented field of 1,150 mathematics, science and engineering students representing 415 colleges and universities. A biochemistry and mathematics double major, Alligood plans to pursue a doctorate in molecular biophysics. He also is a member of the Berry tennis team. – KE

We all row!

Berry’s student-run Viking Crew club rowing team beat the likes of Texas A&M, N.C. State, Clemson, Auburn and Texas in final-round competition at the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association’s spring regatta.

Competing among more than 300 entries – many boasting better equipment and multiple coaches – Berry’s four-person “shells” were first in the women’s varsity “C” finals and fifth in the women’s novice “B” finals. – KE

Scientific prowess The award-winning biomedical sciences journal PeerJ recently featured an article on Caribbean Yellow Band Disease written by Associate Professor of Biology Mike Morgan with an impressive group of student co-authors, all of whom are now making a name for themselves as graduate students – and beyond. The group includes Dr. Angela Poole (08C), a Ph.D. recipient from Oregon State University now teaching at Western Oregon University; Dr. Liz Stepp (11C), an M.D. serving her emergency medicine residency at Augusta University Medical Center; Cydney Wilbanks (14C), an aspiring physician assistant pursuing her master’s degree at South University; Dr. Christopher Stuart (11C), a newly-minted Ph.D. from Wake Forest University; Kylia Goodner-Bingham (12C), a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University; and James Ross (15C), a Ph.D. student in Emory University’s cancer biology program who plans to attend medical school and become an oncologist. – MD

Formula for success Berry students placed fourth among 27 colleges and universi­ ties in a Jeopardy-style math competition at this spring’s Southeastern Section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America. Other competing institutions included the University of South Carolina, Austin Peay University and Augusta University. – KE student photographer Kyle Rubin

When life gives you

lemons …

… you drive them 500 miles over 12 hours to claim the top prize in an endurance race intended to stretch the ingenuity and perseverance of participants to their absolute limits. That’s exactly what students and faculty in Berry’s creative technolo­gies program did last spring in a “24 Hours of LeMons” race series event in South Carolina. In a competition limited to vehicles valued at $500 or less, they piloted their space-themed “Lunar Lemon” Astro van to the “Index of Effluency” award for “accomplishing the most with the least.” For their trouble, they earned a cash prize and automatic entry in an upcoming fall LeMons race. – KE

Communicating excellence A dark comedy produced by junior communication major Ryan Warrick placed third nationally among short films in the inaugural College Media Association Film Festival.

Warrick’s film, which focuses on a young man’s violent obsession with collecting movie posters, was screened in its entirety at the CMA’s March convention in New York City.

Also this spring, students in Berry’s COM 311 Sports Journalism class placed first in the Society of Professional Journalists’ regional Mark of Excellence Awards for their online series, “The Things They Carry,” spotlighting off-the-field challenges faced by Berry student-athletes. Viking Fusion, meanwhile, was a Mark of Excellence finalist for the second consecutive year for Best Independent Online Student Publication. – KE

Talking a big game Junior Jason Hatfield and freshman Leigh Hadaway brought home top honors at this year’s Novice National Forensics Tournament, helping Berry secure a No. 3 team finish behind only Alabama and Carson-Newman University.

Hatfield earned first-place marks from all six judges in winning the public narrative category, while Hadaway was the inaugural champion in sports communication.

The team’s success further cemented the legacy of longtime forensics director Dr. Randy Richardson, the 2016 recipient of the National Forensic Association’s Larry Schoor Presidents Award for service to the forensics community. – KE

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Student earns national Goldwater recognition

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PRESIDENT’S ESSAY

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Liberating the mind W

HEN NEW STUDENTS

ARRIVE AT BERRY,

they are mostly 18. Year after year they are 18, so each year we emphasize again that the first year of college is not just grade 13.

College professors differ from most high school teachers in how Dr. Stephen R. Briggs they think about their work and what they expect from students.

Berry faculty are experts in their disciplines, not just in their depth of knowledge, but also in terms of how they define and think through problems. They are fluent in the languages of their disciplines, and these languages can be challenging to comprehend, even for faculty in other disciplines. When students choose their major field of study, they are asked to learn one of these languages – be it the language of a mathematician, musician, psychologist, economist or philosopher. And they begin the process of thinking and framing questions like a chemist, accountant or sociologist.

Beyond the major, however, we want all of our students to be educated broadly in the liberal arts and sciences during their time at Berry. The idea of the liberal arts or a liberal

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education is unfamiliar to many students at first, so part of their education is to grasp its central role and significance. Because this concept also seems irrelevant to many thoughtful people today, it deserves a moment of consideration.

When we speak of Berry as a liberal arts college, we do not mean that the college specializes in the fine arts or that it adopts a political agenda. “Liberal” in this usage does not refer to political issues or candidates. A liberal arts education does not direct a student toward a political point of view – neither Democratic nor Republican nor even Libertarian. Indeed, prominent liberal arts advocates hold both progressive and conservative political viewpoints.

Instead, we might think of liberal in the sense of releasing or freeing. Study of the liberal arts develops skills through which we liberate our thinking from any number of constraints.

What constraints? There are different ways to answer this complex question, but let me offer one approach: A liberal arts education is one that frees or liberates us from what we take for granted.

It is part of human nature to take things for granted. Often, it seems, we do not truly realize what we take for granted until it is gone. We lose a good friend through a misunderstanding or a family member

through death, and only then do we comprehend what we had. Sometimes we gain this insight from an illness or injury.

At age 30, my life was abruptly turned upside down by a disorder that interrupted the signals between my muscles and motor neurons. The condition made me gravely weak. I had to be cautious stepping over curbs, walking up the stairs, taking milk from the refrigerator, and even chewing and swal­ lowing. I couldn’t run or touch the top of my head. In short order, and for more than a year, I lost all confidence in my strength and agility, in move­ments that should have been easy and normal – things I had always taken for granted.

What is more, we take for granted our very ability to be aware of things. Here is an idea you can try to bend your mind around: We even take for granted our ability to take things for granted. Although it is, perhaps, the most defining attribute of humans, our ability to be self-reflective and analytical about the world around us emerges slowly over time. It develops from infancy and childhood, on through adolescence, and into at least the first 20 years of life.

All of us are born into a particular time and place, and we inherit a native language, relational patterns, customs, a sense of right and wrong, and a story about how things work and why the world is the way it is. We

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acquire all of this before our teenage years, before we really have the capacity to evaluate and scrutinize indepen­dently that which we have absorbed.

In college, the academic disciplines provide students with a way of gaining perspective on the world they live in – to think analytically and with detachment about what seems and feels natural. The various disciplines offer diverse viewpoints, different questions and distinct tools of inquiry.

The social sciences study the economic, political and legal systems we take for granted. How do we organize and regulate ourselves? How do we exchange goods and services? How do we coexist with one another? Cultural anthropologists study the social rules by which we manage daily relationships.

The sciences study the natural and physical systems that define our planet, including the ecosystems that sustain life and the biochemical foundation upon which life is built. They also help us understand how our own bodies and brains function in all of

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their wondrous complexity – the flesh-andblood systems as well as their molecular substrate.

Literature and the arts help us understand how we make meaning as we construct stories and symbols that both shape and critique human culture. History, philosophy and religion examine how humans understand and interpret human nature and the human condition. They probe enduring questions about what is just and fair and our purpose as self-reflective beings.

The sum of these various parts and perspectives is what is meant by the liberal arts. In this understanding, the study of the liberal arts refreshes our vision and makes us more piercingly mindful of the world we inhabit. This approach frees us to choose to live life well, and that makes this approach profoundly relevant and purposeful. At its best, a liberal arts education fills us with wonder. At the same time, new insights can rattle us to the bone as human beings.

In fact, many of the best learning moments, the most powerful ones, are the ones that disrupt and dislocate us. One of my

... the study of the liberal arts refreshes our vision and makes us more piercingly mindful of the world we inhabit.

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daughters visited Kenya the summer after her junior year in high school. She spent seven weeks assisting a team working in Kibera, one of the world’s most wretched slums with an estimated quarter of a million people living in a place not much larger than the inhabited parts of Berry’s campus. She spent time relating to people who lived in desperate circumstances. When she returned, several weeks passed before she could really talk about the experience. She said simply, “You had to be there to understand.”

Kibera fractured her understanding of what is normal and why things are the way they are – in Africa but also at home. It upended her assumptions about what is fair and just. It reordered her priorities and the trajectory of her life, her path in college, and her sense of purpose. It pushed her to explore new perspectives, peoples and places.

At Berry, we urge students to seek out perspectives that are unfamiliar and unsettling, to walk alongside people who see the world differently. We challenge students to study abroad, and we encourage friendships that span social boundaries.

When we say that the first year of college is not simply grade 13, it is because we want students to approach their studies differently.

The goal of our liberal arts education is not just that our students learn more. Our aim is also that they become aware of their assumptions and preconceptions and thus are liberated to think more incisively and act more wisely. That is the quality of mind they will need as adults if they are to become the ones who improve the communities where they live, work and serve. B

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first couple NEW BERRY TRUSTEE CHAIR J. BARRY GRISWELL (71C) ONCE SAID: “We must all

find the most meaningful measure of success for ourselves and then set out to exceed our own expectations.” By any conceivable measure, he and wife Michele Irwin Griswell (70C) have done just that.

Barry retired as CEO and chair of one of the largest and most respected financial services corporations in the world and has been recognized time and again on the local, regional and national level for his business acumen, leadership, philanthropy, service and meteoric rise over personal adversity.

Michele has spent the better part of a lifetime advocating for children and families, first as a teacher and then as a dedicated and decorated volunteer as renowned for her willingness to work hard as for having a heart of gold.

Together, they have reveled in a love-filled 46-year

marriage, raised two healthy and successful sons, and now enjoy doting on two granddaughters.

The Griswells are grateful for their lives and consider themselves blessed to have had the good health and financial ability to champion the causes they found most meaningful in making a difference for others. The world – and Berry College – have been blessed that they also have had the heart to do so and to lead the way for others to do the same.

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader,” Michele once quoted John Quincy Adams to a room full of potential philanthropists, adding, “Act as if what you do makes a difference. Because it does! Being willing to use our networks and spheres of influence to meet the needs of others is so powerful!”

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hen Michele Irwin and Barry Griswell first met in high school, they could not have been more different from each other or more destined for each other.

Barry came from a broken home headed by a single mother who first wed at 16 and then endured two very difficult marriages marred by alcohol and domestic abuse.

Although she often worked two jobs at once to keep the family afloat, Barry and his brother were constantly uprooted as they hopscotched from apartment to apartment

portrait by RYAN SMITH (00C)

when she fell behind on the rent.

Frequently left to his own pursuits, Barry found himself all too often on the wrong side of what’s right and what’s legal and was saved from eventual ruinous choices by two things: an innate inability to lie to his mother and the Joseph B. Whitehead Boys Club of Atlanta.

His mother had more than earned his respect through her work ethic and refusal to let bad luck and bad choices define her, while the Boys Club offered him structure and introduced him to sports, supportive mentors and a more stable group of friends.

“It allowed me to realize that I could

accomplish something meaningful,” he remembered. “It built confidence. Being so tall at a young age was not always easy, so finding basketball was a life-changer for me.”

Although the odds were against him – few in his family had finished high school – by the time Barry became more than just acquainted with his future bride at Atlanta’s Walter F. George High School, he was well on his way to becoming a reasonably accomplished student and a talented 6-foot, 9-inch basketball player – if not yet a model citizen. He also had learned to work hard for the things he wanted by delivering news­ BERRY MAGAZINE • FALL 2016

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The Griswells as honeymooners and gregarious grandparents and posed with sons Michael (left) and John, daughter-inlaw Abigail, and granddaughters Amelia (standing) and Logan.

papers, bagging groceries and loading trucks.

Michele, on the other hand, was the daughter of a Florida-born, college-educated mechanical engineer whose World War II experiences affected him so deeply that he walked away from a lucrative career with Gulf Power to serve God and his fellow man as a minister. He and his wife eventually settled in Atlanta, where the warmth of the home they created drew many who were in trouble or in need.

“I’ve known about social problems since I was 6 years old,” Michele emphasized. “I knew whose husband was abusing them and who needed financial help or counseling because if someone was in trouble, they came to our house.”

It was in Barry and Michele’s junior year, as they sat across the aisle in French class, that a spark ignited between them and they began to forge what would develop into a lifetime partnership.

She was pretty and petite, a cheerleader who found Barry the basketball star to be kind and entertaining as well as tall and handsome.

“He made me laugh,” she explained when asked why a “good girl” was attracted to the slightly sketchy character Barry still was at the time. “Barry seemed more interesting than other boys I knew. And being big isn’t easy; everyone wants to beat up the big kid.”

When Barry started coming to her house, he made all the right moves to win over her mother quickly, according to Michele. But Barry wasn’t so sure.

“I think I grew on them,” he mused about her parents. “I think at first they hoped that it wouldn’t work out, although her parents were as non-judgmental as two people could ever be.”

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THE PATH TO SUCCESS

Barry credits Michele’s father with providing the advice and guidance he was missing from his own father – advice that helped lead both Barry and Michele to Berry College. Recruited by multiple schools for basketball, Barry fell in love with the Berry campus and was impressed by coaches Larry Taylor and Jerry Shelton (58C), as well as a full scholarship. Michele was delighted because she had set her personal sights on Berry. Finances were an issue for Michele’s family, so the Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship, among others, helped enormously.

Hoping at first for a career in pro basketball and then planning to be a coach, Barry chose a major in physical education.

Michele was focused on social science with a minor in business.

“She told me that I really needed to broaden myself and my education and take more than PE classes,” Barry recalled. “She challenged me to take a business course with her, and it was Sam Spector’s economics class. It was like a light bulb went on in my head. This was interesting stuff! I was a sophomore and changed my major from PE to business administration.”

The couple married their senior year.

Michele graduated early – in December 1970 – while Barry finished with their class in the spring of 1971. Although she had never wanted to be a teacher, Michele took a job as a substitute social studies teacher and loved it; she eventually earned a teaching certificate as a graduate student at Georgia State.

With guidance once again from Michele’s father and from Spector, who had become a mentor, Barry went on to earn his MBA at Florida’s Stetson University before beginning

a career with MetLife. His job took the couple first back to Atlanta and then to New York City, Florida, Tennessee and Alabama before Barry was named CEO for MetLife Marketing and they relocated to the New York City area again. During this time, Michele worked both in business and as a teacher before their two sons were born – first John Jr. and then Michael – and she opted for full-time motherhood. In 1988, Barry took a significant chance, leaving his longtime career with MetLife to become a vice president with Principal Financial Group® in Des Moines, Iowa.

HITTING IT BIG

Barry’s career gamble paid off, and 10 years later he was named president of PFG. After becoming CEO in 2000, he led the company’s 2001 demutualization and conver­ sion to a publicly-traded company, having the honor of ringing the bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for the first major IPO after the horrific events of Sept.11.

At the close of trading three days later, PFG had a total market capitalization of $7.7 billion. Barry was named chair in 2002 and over the course of the next decade helped shape the strategy that took PFG into the international markets that now account for nearly one quarter of the company’s earnings.

Although he claims to have only “added to the good things already there,” PFG grew on his watch into one of the largest corporations in the world while also being hailed as one of the “Most Ethical Companies” by Ethisphere Magazine, one of America’s “Most Admired Companies” by Fortune, one of the “100 Best Companies” by Working Mother magazine, and one of America’s “Best Big Companies to Work For”

by Forbes. PFG also received the United Way

Service has taken the Griswells all the way to the White House and an America’s Promise Alliance event aimed at extending the American dream to all youth.

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of America’s Spirit of America Award for corporate community involvement and was noted many times as one of the “Top 30 Companies for Executive Women” by the National Association of Female Executives and one of the “Best Employers for Workers Over 50” by AARP. A UNITED WAY

Barry volunteered with Big Brothers while in New York, but it was in Des Moines, when both sons were in school, that the couple’s commitment to serving others flourished.

United Way became an early involvement for both, although it was not quite on a united front that they first participated. As was often the norm, most in Des Moines gave to United Way at work, with executive participation in giving at a certain level often encouraged by employers. Such was the case with Barry, which was all well and good until that business model clashed with Michele’s experience.

“I had learned about a lot of issues while working with a church-sponsored afterschool group for middle-school kids in a rough section of the city,” she explained.

“Early on, I realized that things were going on in some of these kids’ homes that were unimaginable to me. Once I was stunned by what I heard and felt totally unequipped to deal with the situation. I asked the kids during our group time where they go for help when bad things happen to them. They told me, ‘the building on the corner.’”

The children didn’t know the name of their source of help but gave Michele directions. She found Children and Families of Iowa – a United Way agency – and went in.

“I told them, ‘I am going to volunteer for

you, but you need to educate me,’” she said.

It wasn’t long before she and a friend began planning a fundraising and education event for the organization and ran smack into a timing conflict with United Way workplace fundraising.

“Of course, few, if any, of the women involved were aware of the work done by United Way because we weren’t involved,” she said. “United Way worked almost exclusively through the workplace at the time. When Barry explained that we couldn’t compete with United Way’s fundraising during their annual campaign, I told him, ‘We are a community, not just a workforce!’

It was probably our most ‘energetic’ conversation about the business model versus how human beings work!”

Michele and friends eventually launched KidsFest, a weekend of fun activities for children “who would never go to Disneyland,” which continues today.

“It revolutionized our community in terms of what we can and should do for disadvantaged children,” she said. “It is not just that we can give boxes at Christmas! It is so much more.”

Despite the rough start, both Barry and Michele’s involvement with United Way deepened over the years. He has served as a member of United Way of America’s national board of trustees and as chair of the organization’s National Tocqueville Council.

She helped found United Way Women’s Leadership Connection in Des Moines, an organization that in its first 10 years raised more than $10 million to improve central Iowa’s network of learning centers for young children.

In 2005, Barry and Michele launched the Griswell Family Challenge to match new and increased contributions to WLC, and she

was later selected to United Way Worldwide’s first National Women’s Leadership Council.

The couple played a significant role in the launch of Born Learning, a national awareness campaign on the power of parents to be their children’s first and best teachers, and worked together to extend United Way’s model of community service into India and England.

COMMUNITY SERVICE … AND THEN SOME

The couple’s list of philanthropic and service involvements – beyond those at Berry College – is long and includes five years of pro-bono service by Barry as president of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines following his retirement from PFG. They have supported the arts through the Des Moines Art Center and Barry’s national roles on the board of Americans for the Arts and as chair of the Business Committee for the Arts. They also have supported the Boys and Girls Clubs of America on the local and national levels, and Barry is a trustee emeritus of Central College in Pella, Iowa.

Very close to their hearts is a unique effort on behalf of South Dakota’s Crow Creek Indian reservation, one of the poorest communities in the nation. Shocked by the incredible poverty and horrible living conditions they witnessed on a tour, the Griswells became determined to help fund an effort to get to the root of the problem – lack of a working economy on the reservation. The results of a complicated effort led by two eager young attorneys experienced in rural development and supported by the Griswells include the Harvest Initiative and Hunkpati Investments, two community-based entities that have begun to stir real economic development.

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Crow Creek, and more than one-fifth of the population has tapped into the educational, financial and other training services provided.

WELL-RECOGNIZED

Fittingly, Barry and Michele have been well-recognized for their service. Among her most cherished awards are the Champion of Children Award from Children and Families of Iowa, the Des Moines Area Religious Council Service Award, and the Tocqueville Society Award, the highest honor of the United Way of Central Iowa.

“Thanks to Michele, many thousands of children have grown, learned and flourished in safe, positive and enriching environments,” said United Way President Mary Sellers when the award was announced. “She’s given children opportunity where they had none; she’s helped families care for their children in ways they otherwise could not.”

In addition to the 2003 Horatio Alger Distinguished American Award for achievements accomplished through honesty, hard work, self-reliance and perseverance over adversity, Barry’s numerous honors include the Americanism Medal of Honor Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations.

“Mr. Griswell is not only an outstanding businessman, but someone who has dedicated his life to helping others,” said the NECO chairman. “He exemplifies all that is great about America.”

Still, some of Barry’s proudest moments reflect his roots, including his induction into the Boys and Girls Clubs Alumni Hall of Fame and winning the Berry Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Award. And he was gratified by the bestselling success of his 2009 book about achieving uncommon success in business, The Adversity Paradox, co-written with friend and colleague Bob Jennings.

DESTINY FULFILLED

The Griswells now split their time geographically – summers in Des Moines, winters in Amelia Island, Fla. If Barry has

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slowed down in retirement, it is hard to tell.

In addition to very active involvement with Berry, he is on the national boards of Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Scholarship America and serves on three corporate boards. The Griswells remain involved in church, and Michele teaches Sunday school during summers in Des Moines. And they both enjoy golf and tennis – with and against each other – and time with their family, including Michael and John; John’s wife, Abigail; and granddaughters Amelia and Logan.

After all these years, Barry describes his life with Michele as a romantic, fulfilling, joyful, purposeful and hard-working adventure and her personally as passionate, enthusiastic, positive, caring, loving and understanding. She uses one word to describe her life with Barry: “exhilarating.”

“We are not boring or bored!” she emphasized, calling Barry “steadfast, entertaining and capable” as well as an excellent father and someone who has always had her back.

Both feel extreme gratitude for the opportunity they have been given and for the partnership that has carried them through life and brought them full circle. The son of a broken home was not broken. Empowered by opportunity, hard work and the love of a very special woman, he rose above his humble beginnings to first help himself and then to extend opportunity to others. And the daughter of a minister who always wanted to follow in the footsteps of her parents has done so for a lifetime by choosing not to look away from the problems of others but right at them. And then doing something, anything to help. B

Barry on Berry

AS THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF BERRY’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Barry Griswell’s first tenet is: Do no harm.

“Berry is on a very strong trajectory as an institution,” he explained. “Enormous strides have been made over the last 10 years, and I don’t want to divert energies from that progress. What I want to do, what every board chair has wanted to do, is advance the mission of the institution – our education of the head, heart and hands – so that Berry can reach its true potential and stand out distinctly in the national sea of liberal arts colleges. I want to be able to look back in three years and say, ‘Yes, Berry is better than it was in 2016.’”

Both Griswells have already served Berry College well – she as a past member of the Board of Visitors and he as a trustee since 2003 who has chaired the advancement and investment committees as well as cochairing LifeReady: The Berry College Campaign for Opportunity. They have been generous to Berry students, supporting scholarships, Valhalla, the Cage Center and the new theatre at leadership levels, to name only a few projects.

Barry’s own experience explains his eagerness to provide first-class Berry opportunity to today’s students.

“There is no question that I left Berry a much different person – with a passion for learning and a better sense of personal integrity, hard work and perseverance,” he said. “I have accomplished things I never would have dreamed possible, and I believe if I had attended a larger institution or one less focused on helping individual students, there would have been very different results.”

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hen a modern Atlanta bride is preparing to walk down the aisle, her best friend isn’t her maid of honor or soon-to-be spouse. It is Hester Parks (95C), an elite wedding planner with a

reputation for leaving absolutely nothing to chance. From bobby pins to breath mints,

Parks thinks of it all so her clients don’t have to.

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budgets, and Parks finesses both in a way that sets her apart from her competitors.

COURTING A CAREER

Founder of Park Avenue Events, Parks has organized nuptials for an impressive list of clients ranging from a Chicago Cubs outfielder to the son of a Georgia Supreme Court chief justice. Her luxury weddings have been featured in bridal publications, and she is called upon often to give interviews or offer tips to help brides create the wedding of their dreams.

A former senior financial analyst, Parks has found success by combining a sophisticated sense of style and a keen eye for detail with project-management skills and financial expertise honed over 19 years in the offices of Home Depot, Turner Broadcasting, Delta Airlines and The Weather Channel. Wedding planning is, after all, mostly about logistics and managing

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Parks’ love affair with weddings began shortly after she graduated from Berry when an engaged friend asked for planning assistance. More weddings followed, and for a time, Parks considered opening an event facility. Ultimately, however, she realized that her joy came from seeing the smiles of brides and grooms as they walked down the aisle after saying “I do.”

“I love seeing people happy,” Parks said.

“Seeing them on their wedding day and knowing I’ve been a part of one of the best days of their lives – there’s no other feeling like it.”

As the number of weddings on her calendar grew, Parks realized she needed to learn more about the industry. She completed a wedding planning course at Georgia Perimeter College and, to bolster her

entrepreneurial skills, enrolled in Kennesaw State University’s MBA program, earning her degree in 2000. Meanwhile, she continued climbing the corporate ladder during the day while planning and coordinating weddings in the evenings and on weekends. It was a grueling schedule.

“I was in denial,” Parks said of her career at that time. “It had gotten to the point where I was not enjoying the corporate world, but I enjoyed planning weddings. I finally realized that I wouldn’t be able to take my wedding-planning business to the highest level unless I devoted myself to it full time.”

PUTTING A RING ON IT

By the time Parks formally launched Park Avenue Events in 2012, she had been planning weddings for nearly 10 years. And although she since has added services for events ranging from book launches to baby showers and everything in between,

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A BRIDE’S BEST FRIEND

“Customer service is what sets my business apart,” Parks said. “I don’t say ‘No’ to my brides. A lot of people in the industry

provide only a certain number of hours of service on the day of the wedding, but all of my packages include unlimited time on the wedding day.”

It is not unusual for Parks to work 12 hours straight on a bride’s big day, while her multiple assistants log nine hours or more.

One thing she’s learned over the years is the value of a comfortable pair of wedge pumps!

She accepts only one wedding per weekend and can handle everything from pre-wedding rehearsal details to after-event must-dos, such as the return of tuxedos and filing the marriage license.

Reviewers on WeddingWire.com laud Parks time and again for her expertise, ArtPhotoSoul Photographers

weddings remain her forte. For Parks, having the courage to transform a hobby into a successful business was simply a matter of finally recognizing what she was good at.

“I’m a numbers girl at heart,” she said.

“And with the time-management skills I learned at Berry as well as my coursework and then being a success in the financial arena – I knew I could run a business.”

And it is those skills that make her so good at what she does.

While many wedding planners are focused more on frills than on finances, Parks helps her brides achieve their dreams within their budgets – and to enjoy the planning process as well as the big day itself.

After determining each bride’s style and delving into her wedding dreams, Parks creates a detailed event plan. She finds inspiration everywhere – from bridal magazines and her own world travels to Pinterest, the online visual bookmarking tool that allows users to discover and save creative ideas. Many brides come well-armed with their own ideas.

“Brides are more visual these days, more straight-forward and focused,” Parks observed. “Pinterest has benefitted wedding planners because it enables brides to have a clearer vision of what they want, but it has hurt us, too. Brides see things they like, but they don’t know the cost. Sometimes we have to work through a lot to get to a plan that creates the dream while staying within the budget.”

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warmth and focus. Still, as anyone who has been involved with a wedding knows, something always goes wrong. Parks has a plan for that as well.

“I know that nothing is ever going to be perfect,” she said. “So I just roll with the punches. I try to keep calm, because if my bride senses something’s wrong, she’s going to get upset and it’s not going to be a perfect day for her.”

Thankfully, Parks has had only a few truly nerve-wracking wedding mishaps, such as the time the icing on the cake began to melt before the reception and when a ceremony was delayed nearly an hour because the officiant got stuck in traffic.

GETTING PERSONAL

Parks’ passion for planning extends to organizing galas benefitting Childspring International, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that provides life-changing surgeries for children from developing countries.

Parks became involved with the charity a few years ago when she was asked to volunteer with its fundraising event. Since then, she’s arranged several galas for the organization and now serves on its board.

That involvement sparked an interest in working with more nonprofits as a way to give back to her community. In the future, she also intends to increase the number of corporate events she designs.

But there is one event Parks insists she won’t plan – her own wedding.

“My dream wedding will take place on a beach somewhere,” she proclaimed, laughing.

“I love traveling, so I’m going to focus my efforts on planning the honeymoon.” B

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Distinguished Achievement

Distinguished Service

Roger W. Lusby III (79C)

Joy Bernice Ogle Whaley (53H)

IF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAS RIGHT that death and taxes are

the only sure things in this world, Roger W. Lusby III (79C) is one of the best people to know.

An expert in tax accounting and estate planning with 35 years of experience, Lusby is head of the Alpharetta, Ga., office of Frazier & Deeter, the 56th largest Certified Public Accounting firm in the United States. He has been honored seven times as a “Five Star Wealth Manager” by Atlanta Magazine and was recognized as a “Top 10 CPA in Georgia for 2015” by the National Academy of Public Accounting Professionals.

Lusby continues to have a national impact on his field while also providing significant leadership in Atlanta and Georgia. He served on the editorial staff of The Tax Adviser and has been published in several national magazines. His presentations across the nation have included appearances on CNN and CNBC. A former member of the Estate Tax Technical Resource Panel for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Lusby has led virtually every tax organization in Atlanta, including the Tax Forum, Georgia Federal Tax Conference, Atlanta Estate Planning Council and Georgia Society of CPAs. He also has served on boards for a number of professional and civic organizations, including Encore Park for the Arts/Verizon Amphitheatre and Berry College. In addition to service as a Berry trustee, he is chair of the college Planned Giving Council and the Audit Committee.

Lusby holds a Master of Taxation degree from Georgia State University and is a CPA, Certified Management Accountant, Accredited Estate Planner and Chartered Global Management Accountant. His wife is Candy Caudill Lusby (82c).

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Distinguished Alumni AN APPLE A DAY MAY KEEP THE DOCTOR AWAY, but Joy Bernice

Ogle Whaley (53H) will be the first to tell you that immuni­ zations are important as well.

Recently, the CDC Foundation and the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases honored her as the 2016 Centers for Disease Control Childhood Immunization Champion for Georgia in recognition of her efforts to encourage parents to keep their children’s shots up to date. It’s a fitting honor for Whaley, who has dedicated more than 50 years to public health.

For 41 years, she distinguished herself as a lead public health nurse, women’s health nurse practitioner and nurse manager at the Whitfield County (Ga.) Health Department, where she continues to volunteer. In 2001, her service was recognized by Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, and in 2004, the Whitfield County Health Center was renamed the Whaley Health Center in honor of her contributions and those of her husband, Lenard, a former Whitfield County administrator.

Whaley was inspired to become a nurse as a high school student at the Martha Berry School for Girls. She earned her nursing diploma from the Georgia Baptist School of Nursing, which in 2006 presented her with its Distinguished Service Award. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Southern College (Tenn.) and a Master of Science degree in nursing administration and adult health from Andrews University (Mich.).

In addition to her work in public health, she has volunteered her time to numerous organizations, including Berry’s Carpet Capital Alumni Chapter.

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Entrepreneurial Spirit

Outstanding Young Alumni

Tricia Steele (09C)

Christopher R. Hayes (04C)

WHEN TRICIA STEELE (09C) WAS HANDED LEMONS, she made

lemonade.

The non-traditional student was putting herself through Berry when her full-time job was eliminated due to a struggling economy. Her response was to “make” her own firm, SAI Digital in Rome.

She’s never looked back.

SAI Digital since has grown to include software engineers in addition to Web-design and marketing professionals, evolving into a boutique technology firm providing Web application development services for enterprise, with special focus on health care, manufacturing and financial services.

Steele is also heavily involved in the technology-based “maker culture,” speaking on the growing phenomenon to groups nationwide. She’s a founding member of 7hills Makerspace in Rome and founder of Makervillage, an initiative dedicated to nurturing creative and artisan businesses. In Makervillage’s first year alone, seven such businesses generated $2.7 million in revenue for the local economy and created 17 new jobs.

In 2015, Steele was awarded one of only 20 national Small Business Administration Accelerator Grants of $50,000, which she used to incorporate Makervillage as a nonprofit, hire staff, establish a nine-week accelerator CO.STARTERS program, and broker a printed accessory deal between local fifth-graders and the world’s largest flooring company, with Berry creative technologies students serving as mentors.

She’s currently overseeing renovations on a 10,000 square-foot warehouse in downtown Rome that will serve as SAI Digital headquarters and as a co-workspace for creatives and startups. She also helped establish the NWGA Code School, which provides opportunities for junior programmers to learn how to tackle industry challenges.

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Award Winners

CHRISTOPHER R. HAYES (04C) IS ANSWERING A CALLING, and

Georgia children and families are the beneficiaries.

As Bethany Christian Services’ regional director for Northwest Georgia, Hayes is dedicated to providing loving, Christian homes for adoptive and foster children. In this role, he has personally facilitated the adoption of dozens of children in need of “forever families.” At the same time, he has changed the way his state approaches foster care and adoption through the development of manuals, policies and procedures meant to aid foster families, foster children, and adoptive and biological families of foster children.

He also coordinates with state legislators and Family and Children Services directors at all levels to encourage community-based approaches to care.

Among his many responsibilities, Hayes recruits and trains foster and adoptive families and provides training for staff at churches, schools and care agencies. He also organizes events to raise money and supplies to help biological parents who have lost their children turn their lives around so that their families can be restored. Other duties include recruiting volunteers – Berry students among them – who perform a variety of services for families in need. He even served as a babysitter himself when no volunteers were available.

Hayes holds a Master of Arts degree in Christian ministry leadership from Liberty University Baptist Theological Seminary (Va.) and also is a worship leader, musician and disc jockey. His wife is Brittany Houser Hayes (07C, 09G).

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Visit www.berry.edu/alumni/awards to nominate a deserving classmate for the 2017 Distinguished Alumni Awards.

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Lauren Neumann (16C)

Congratulations to the Reunion Cup winners!

Class of 1966C • Reunion Cup (attendance percentage) • Viking Cup (giving percentage) • Heritage Cup (increase in Berry Heritage Society membership) Class of 1961C • Ford Cup (total amount given) Reunion giving to Berry totaled $1.4 million! Thank you, reunion classes!

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Campaign Priorities Expand opportunities for students to invest in their own success Develop leaders and entrepreneurs with character and compassion Create places and spaces that spur student achievement Meet current needs and fund future opportunities

Leadership in focus FOR RACHEL LEROY (15C), now a graduate student pursing a master’s degree in human computer interaction at Georgia Tech, focusing intentionally on leadership while at Berry was like seeing clearly for the first time.

“Those who remember their first pair of glasses will understand the giddy feeling of recognizing each blade of grass,” she said.

“The same is true for my experience in the Carper Mentoring Program. I realized that leadership isn’t always obvious, but that it’s both vital and fulfilling to wield it with grace and empathy.”

LeRoy (pictured below at Georgia Tech) is one of a growing number of Berry graduates who gained something special thanks to opportunities offered through the Berry Center for Integrity in Leadership. It’s not just that these alumni left college with a strong sense of personal responsibility and experience leading others regardless of their

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field of study – that’s nothing new at Berry.

Several BCIL programs are underway Ethical leadership has been part of the already. The Cecil B. Wright III Integrity in campus culture since Martha Berry first Leadership Lecture Series welcomed its opened the Gate of Opportunity, and Berry inaugural speaker in February, and Aflac graduates tend to be known for their strong CEO Dan Amos is scheduled to speak this work ethic, character and readiness for the fall. The Carper Mentoring Program is challenges of life. entering its fourth year of matching Berry But what if we could take it a step students with mentors from the business, further? What if we could proactively give nonprofit and volunteer-service communities. students guided opportunities to learn, In that time, the program has grown to understand and practice the skills needed for include some 20 mentors and 85 to 100 assuming the mantle of leadership with the students. This April, six Berry students grace and empathy described by LeRoy – and received Berry’s new leadership certificate to share those skills with others? As for completing the Carper Mentoring leadership guru Program, taking at least John C. Maxwell two courses with an Integrity in Leadership said, “A leader is emphasis in ethics, and initiatives on the drawing one who knows the completing two writing board include: way, goes the way and research assign­ and shows the ments associated with a n Director for the BCIL way.” significant leadership n Executives/Ethicists-in-Residence experience. And in n Faculty and Staff Leadership May, two faculty Academy (supported by the Kathy course-development Brittain Richardson Faculty and Staff grants were offered for Leadership Fund) the first time, with n Student funds for off-campus funding from the Ted leadership opportunities Owens Faculty n Additional funds supporting faculty Development Fund. efforts to develop new courses on Other opportunities ethical leadership or to integrate to emphasize ethical ethics into existing courses leadership (see box) await funding in order to be realized. For more information or to help lead the way, go to www.berry.edu/integrity or contact Scott Breithaupt (91C, 96G), assistant vice president for campaign and leadership giving, at sbreithaupt@berry.edu or 706-238-5897.

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BCIL students are talking about ...

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Rick (Gilbert) has encouraged us to develop our own personal decision-making framework. This allows us to make decisions that align ethically with who we are regardless of the situation. Personally, I think that I have been able to take a deeper look into myself and the person that I am/desire to be.

— CHASE SWAYZE, senior Career goal: Country music artist manager Mentor: Rick Gilbert (77c), entrepreneurial investor

When we have BCIL meetings, we do role-playing scenarios where we have to make decisions based on the factors given. These situations have really challenged me to think deeply about my understanding of ethics and values and how I apply them. Several of the scenarios are situations I have had to deal with at Berry, and others are ones that will prepare me for common situations in the workplace.

— RHOXIE ELLARD (16C) Graduate student, international business University of South Carolina Mentor: Buster Wright (73C), retired senior managing director, Southern regional president, Wells Fargo Advisors

While I have been lucky to be part of several leadership programs, I have never been a part of one that focuses so much on situations that I may really face once I leave college. Going through case studies on women in the workplace with Beverly (Smith) has been a great experience for me, which has led me to challenge my ethical leadership beliefs in order to ensure that I can effectively be ready for whatever situation I face early in my career – especially as a woman.

— JESSICA GROSS, senior Career goal: Investment analyst or product management manager for an asset management firm Mentor: Beverly Smith, CPA, partner at Whittington, Jones & Rudert LLC

Their mentors My mentors were Anne Kaiser and Buster Wright. … Anne opened me up to a world of creativity and design and pushed me to think about the larger picture of business ethics. Buster encouraged me to look inside and do a thorough soul search, helping me to understand who I am and why, as well as what that means for my life moving forward and how I can use this identity as a catalyst for change and leadership. One helped me understand the larger landscape, the other helped me figure out where I fit within that picture.”

— RACHEL LEROY (15C) Graduate student, Georgia Tech Mentors: Buster Wright and Anne Kaiser, vice president of community and economic development, Georgia Power

Both of my mentors (Dr. Brad Bushnell and Dr. Missy Dilmon) have been phenomenal. With Dr. Dilmon, I learned more of the emotional side of medicine and how to deal with ethical issues that way. We also learned why it is important to have a strong ethical and moral basis when practicing medicine so that when you are faced with hard implications at work, you have a strong foundation to work from. With Dr. Bushnell, I learned more of the business side and the issues that go along with that. … Dr. Bushnell pushed me outside of my comfort zone, and that has really grown me as a leader.

— AMANDA PRETEROTI (16C) Career goal: Physician assistant Mentors: Dr. Brad Bushnell, orthopedic surgeon, and Dr. Melissa Dilmon, hematologist and oncologist, both of the Harbin Clinic, Rome

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Lauren Neumann (16C)

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Great strides

photos by Ryan Smith (00C)

BERRY CELEBRATED THE RETURN OF TRACK AND FIELD as an inter­

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collegiate sport with an April 9 “ribbon-breaking” for Clark Track and Dickey Field. The dedication was held in the midst of Berry Field Day, an invitational meet featuring more than 700 student-athletes representing 16 different colleges and universities. This was the second meet hosted at the new facilities in their inaugural year.

The first featured teams from 12 colleges and universities and nearly 600 total participants.

Among those in attendance at

the April 9 event were many of the donors and friends who helped make the new track facilities and Valhalla stadium possible. Taking part in the ceremonial “ribbon-breaking” were (pictured from left) Cathy Clark, Julia Clark, Trustee Bert Clark (82C), Jean Etherton Clark (70C, 74G), Angela Dickey (75A, 79C), Dr. Ouida Dickey (50C), Dr. Jennifer Dickey (77A, 80C), Bob Williams (62H), SGA President Ree Palmer (16C), Barb Skinner, Trustee Steve Cage (74C) and President Steve Briggs.

Helping students become LifeReady These generous alumni and friends made LifeReady Campaign gifts, pledges, bequests and estate commitments of $10,000 or more from Feb. 1 to May 15, 2016. We thank them sincerely, just as we thank everyone who makes a gift to Berry, regardless of amount. It is our pleasure to recognize all donors annually in the online Berry College Honor Roll of Donors (www.berry.edu/honorroll).

Anonymous, $25,000 to support the Kathy Brittain Richardson Faculty and Staff Leadership Fund John D. Beck (71C), $10,000 for the new theatre and Blackstone Hall Randy and Nancy Berry, $46,000, with $36,000 going to the Berry Family Gate of Opportunity Scholarship and $10,000 to the Berry Information Technology Students (BITS) program T. Mack Brown (82C), $20,000 for the new theatre and Blackstone Hall Callaway Foundation, $15,337 to support the F.E. Callaway Professorship

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Alton H. (61c) and Rebecca Browning (61C) Christopher, $10,000 to support the Selma Hall Browning Memorial Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Jean Etherton Clark (70C, 74G), $25,000 life insurance policy that ultimately will support Berry’s greatest need John (04C) and Jackie Feit (05c) Coleman, $10,000 to support the Randy Richardson Forensics Union Endowed Fund Dianne Durante and Kirsten Hagman Thornante (01C), $10,000 for the new theatre and Blackstone Hall William H. Ellsworth Foundation, $30,000 to support the new theatre and Blackstone Hall John and Mary Franklin Foundation, $20,000 for the new theatre and Blackstone Hall Rick (77c) and Debra Bourne (76C) Gilbert, $50,000 for the new theatre and Blackstone Hall

Bradford C. and Mary Gooch, $135,000 for the new soccer press box Greg Hanthorn Sr. (82C) and Judy Cash Hanthorn (85C), $100,000 for the new theatre and Blackstone Hall Lou Brown Jewell, $200,000 to support the new theatre and Blackstone Hall Dale A. Jones (71C), $14,000, with $12,000 going to support the Dale Jones Gate of Opportunity Scholarship and $2,000 to the Dale Jones Scholarship Hubert Judd Charitable Trust, $25,200 to support the general fund Nichols Trust, $10,000 to fund the Rudge Nichols Professorship Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, $520,000, with $260,000 supporting the Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship and $260,000 for the Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholars Fund

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supports Berry?

Who

Cathy Robinson Wiley (01C) Arlington, Va.

WHO SHE IS:

“W

hat you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

– PERICLES

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For information on including Berry in your estate plans, contact Helen Lansing at hlansing@berry.edu or 877-461-0039.

Robert H. (62H) and Katherine C. Williams, $50,000 to support the new theatre and Blackstone Hall C.B. Wright III (73C) and Janice Bracken Wright, $100,000 for the new theatre and Blackstone Hall BEQUESTS

The estate of Margaret G. Kincaid, $180,000 unrestricted The estate of Elizabeth Nesbitt Krupa (44c), $11,851 for the Michael and Elizabeth Nesbitt Krupa Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship The estate of Chester A. Roush Jr., $118,630 unrestricted The estate of Keith Albert Slayton, $50,785 unrestricted

• Married to Cmdr. Will Wiley, a U.S. Navy submarine officer; the high school sweethearts were married her senior year at Berry and have been stationed up and down both U.S. coasts over the last 16 years • Mother of Grace (11) and Claire (9) • Berry broad-field socialscience major who taught high school social studies before becoming a stay-at-home mom • Active volunteer in her community of military families, particularly in support of college scholarships for the children of current and past submariners through the Dolphin Scholarship Foundation and aid to service members/families facing crisis or hardship through the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society WHAT SHE SUPPORTS:

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• Annual giving WHY SHE GIVES:

I want all the kids at Berry to enjoy their experience to the fullest the way I did. Surely there was an alum donating to Berry while I was there, contributing his or her small part to ensure that I was having the best possible experience. It is a matter of paying it forward. I am motivated to give when I think of the good times I had at Berry and the good memories students are making there now. I also feel excited about all the ways I’ve seen Berry grow and change through the years. I am happy to do my small part in order to see the school continue to reach new heights.

ON BERRY:

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I think the best thing I got from Berry was a safe place to learn and grow up. I learned in my classes, and I learned about life. I didn’t always get it right, and sometimes I look back and laugh at myself, but I was given the opportunity to try new things and learn who I wanted to be when I grew up at a school where I was cared for by faculty, staff and students.

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News from you CLASS NOTES – THE ORIGINAL SOCIAL MEDIA

1950s Doris Mormon Shaw (52C) is a retired elementary school teacher who worked in the Heard County (Ga.) School District.

Today, she enjoys remembering her Doris Mormon days at Berry Shaw (52C) College and receiving Berry magazine.

Melinda Larson Byrne (98C, 00G) and husband Dan announce the birth of daughter Katherine Thomas. Katherine joined sisters Elizabeth and Lucy at the family home in Norcross, Ga. Melinda finished her Doctor of Education degree this year and was a Teacherof-the-Year finalist at Norcross High School.

Charles Hunt (66C)

1990s David Mast (97C) is the news operations manager at WSB-TV in Atlanta.

Jason McMillan (98C) has been appointed to a five-year term as a trustee on The Georgia Southern Foundation Board.

Based in Savannah, Ga., Jason is a senior vice president/ regional corporate banker for BB&T Corp., managing a diversified corporate Jason McMillan (98C) loan portfolio of companies in Georgia, coastal South Carolina and north Florida. He lives on Wilmington Island with wife Renee Spurlock McMillan (97C) and daughter Gillian Anne, who majors in oboe at the Savannah Arts Academy.

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C,c College G,g Graduate school A,a Academy H,h High school SEND YOUR PERSONAL NEWS, which is subject to editing, to: alumni@berry.edu. Photos of sufficient quality will be used at the discretion of the magazine staff. News in this issue was received Feb. 1 – May 15, 2016.

1960s Charles Hunt (66C) visited Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Royal Palace and the Great Wall of China during a spring mission trip to east Asia. He also has traveled to Poland (pictured) for mission trips in each of the last two years. Charles lives in Tucker, Ga., and is a member of Perimeter Church in Johns Creek.

CLASS YEARS are followed by a letter that indicates Berry status. Uppercase letters denote graduates; lowercase letters denote attended/attending and anticipated year of graduation.

Melinda Larson Byrne (98C, 00G)

2000s Matt Schneider (02C) received his fourth kidney transplant in February. The Alpharetta, Ga., resident has a website that encourages organ donation, www.green4giving.com.

Tiffany Abbott Fuller (03C, 07G) and Blake Fuller (03C) announce the March 3, 2016, birth of son August William.

Libby Allen Rosonet (05C) and husband Mike announce the Feb. 26, 2016, birth of daughter Tegan Jane.

Melissa Kowalchuk Steinka (05C) and husband Travis announce the March 2, 2016, birth of son Finnlee. Melissa works as a registered nurse; Travis serves with AmeriCorps in the Teach for America program. The family resides in Las Vegas.

Jeff Jahn (07C) is CEO of DynamiX Web Design, a website development firm in Kennesaw, Ga., that recently earned the title of “Best Agency” and a record 80 trophies in the Horizon Interactive Awards.

This is the second consecutive year DynamiX has finished as the mostawarded website developer in the worldwide competition. Also this spring, Jahn’s company was recognized as one of the Cobb (County) Chamber’s Top 25 Small Businesses of the Year.

don't forget to send your photos Claire Zimmerman (09C) and Monique Masutier Santana (13C)

Melissa Kowalchuk Steinka (05C)

2010s James Story (10C) earned his master’s degree in higher education from the University of Houston in May. Adam Townsell (10C) recently earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in recording arts and technologies from Middle Tennessee State University. He and wife Kelsey Petrowski Townsell Adam Townsell (10C) (11C) reside in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Jason Self (12G) is vice principal at West End Elementary School in Rome.

Claire Zimmerman (09C) and Monique Masutier Santana (13C) were honored as Teacher of the Year and Educational Support Specialist of the Year, respectively, at Dunwoody (Ga.) High School.

The next time you’re typing a status update or tweet, be sure to share with us as well. Send your news (and digital photos!) to alumni@ berry.edu for inclusion in News from You. Be sure to include your class year.

If you’d rather put pen to paper, simply mail to the Berry College Alumni Office, P.O. Box 495018, Mount Berry, Ga., 30149.

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Full circle

Happy 100th Birthday!

WHEN FAYE JUNKINS GIBBONS (61C) ARRIVED AT

TALTON “TAD” JONES (41C) AND MAURICE THOMPSON (40C)

The Standard Laconic, Greene County, N.C

HAVE MANY IMPORTANT THINGS IN COMMON, not the least

of which was turning 100 this year. Jones was feted on his Jan. 9 centennial birthday in his hometown of Snow Hill, N.C., while the “younger” Thompson was regaled by family and friends June 5 in Cumming, Ga. Both men fell in love while at Berry. Thompson courted late wife Grace Lipscomb Thompson (39C) as a student, while Jones met first wife Eloise Stevens Jones (40C) on campus.

Jones spent 37 years with Eloise before she died; he then was married to second wife Annie Ruth Thomas Hardison for 34 years before her passing.

Jones and Thompson both worked in the dairy as students, and both have multiple family members and/or in-laws who also attended Berry.

And if all of that wasn’t enough, after both men served in World War II, they spent the entirety of their professional careers in education. Jones served as principal at several schools before landing in Snow Hill, where he retired in 1979 as principal of Snow Hill Junior High.

Thompson was a school principal for 13 years before joining the Georgia Department of Education, retiring in 1978.

Thompson said he stays young by Maurice Thompson (40C) exercising daily with a short walk (at age 92 he walked the 5K in Berry’s annual halfmarathon), visiting with neighbors, chatting with friends by phone, keeping up with current events, and going out to dinner. Jones credits his longevity to “living a good Christian life.” Both men attend church regularly and are dedicated Berry supporters.

Jones has so many great memories of Berry that he couldn’t settle on one as best, so he expressed general appreciation for the student body, which he called “almost like family.”

Thompson mentioned the beauty of the campus and good professors, but his handsTalton “Tad” Jones down best Berry memories are Saturday night (41C) dances with Grace. Both men are grateful for their Berry experience, feeling as if, as Jones expressed it, “I owe it all to the opportunity at Berry.”

Editor’s Note: Thompson and Jones remember each other from their Berry days and look forward to connecting. At press time, Thompson’s daughter Malinda Pennington and Jones’ brother-in-law Ray Stevens were working to make that happen.

THE GATE OF OPPORTUNITY IN 1957,

she brought only

three dresses and a passion for storytelling. Today she’s a successful author whose latest work, Halley, earned the Frank Yerby Award at the 2016 Augusta (Ga.) Literary Festival, among other distinctions.

The novel tells the story of fictional heroine Halley, who grows up in difficult circumstances before finding hope – and a future – at Berry. Woven into the tale are elements of Gibbons’ own life growing up in Northwest Georgia as a young girl who didn’t learn to read until she was 9. Although she didn’t initially plan to include Berry in her novel, Gibbons eventually realized that there was no more appropriate ending.

“Berry was the answer for Halley,” she stated, “just as it had been the answer for me.”

by KATHERINE EDMONDS, philanthropic communications student writer

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

Herring Blake (02C), Suffer Love, Houghton

Mifflin Harcourt, May 2016.

If you have a newly published book (2015-2016) 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.”

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Condolences

BERRY COLLEGE EXTENDS SINCERE CONDOLENCES to family and friends of the following alumni and former faculty/staff. This list includes

notices received Feb. 1 – May 15, 2016

1940s

Dorothy Moore Roberts (42C) of Marietta, Ga., March 6, 2016.

Elbridge Gerry Kell (44H) of Clearwater, Fla., Jan. 14, 2016.

Era Dickey (47C) of Fayetteville, Tenn., Oct. 25, 2015.

Wynelle Allen Deloney (49c) of Huntsville, Texas, Dec. 9, 2015.

Helen Brooks Wren (49C) of Augusta, Ga., April 18, 2016.

1950s Sanford K. McDonald (50C) of Blackstock, S.C., March 6, 2016.

A.E. “Art” Pugh (52H, 56c) of Knoxville, Tenn., April 26, 2016.

Alvin Mark Payne (53C) of Braselton, Ga., Feb. 1, 2016.

I. Scott Welch (56H, 60c) of Flintstone, Ga., Dec. 15, 2015.

J. Lee Waller (58C) of Mount Pleasant, S.C., March 31, 2016.

Ronald B. Stark (63H, 70C) of Mableton, Ga., April 10, 2016.

Fred Melton Browning (64C) of Lehigh Acres, Fla., Feb. 7, 2016.

Ronald E. Sparks (64C) of Easley, S.C., Jan. 17, 2016.

Robert Marshall Weakley (64H) of West Palm Beach, Fla., March 26, 2016.

Leon D. Arnold (65C) of Tunnel Hill, Ga., April 29, 2016.

Margaret Shigley Crowe (65C) of Rome, April 6, 2016.

Sharon McDonald Newby (65C) of Marietta, Ga., March 10, 2016.

Judith Arnold McCloud (67c) of Kingsport, Tenn., Jan. 19, 2015.

L. Marlin Rhodes (67C) of Vidalia, Ga., Feb. 10, 2016.

Charles Gilbert Black Jr. (69C) of Calhoun, Ga., Feb. 1, 2016.

Bebe Chesser Whitehead (71C) of Defuniak Springs, Fla., Feb. 2, 2016.

Thomas Michael Prewett (74C) of Douglas, Ga., Nov. 9, 2015.

Margaret Kirstein Roberts (76G) of Fairview, N.C., April 16, 2016.

Susan Owings Spector (79C) of Stillwater, Okla., March 25, 2016.

1980s Walter Vann Angel (83C) of Cave Spring, Ga., March 15, 2016.

Thomas H.C. “Tucker” Hall (83C) of LaGrange, Ga., Feb. 16, 2016.

1990s Shannon Gregory Burgess (96C) of Birmingham, Ala., May 15, 2016.

In memoriam

The Berry community mourns the June 12 passing of William B. Johnson, chairman emeritus of the Berry College Board of Trustees.

Johnson, best known as the visionary developer of The RitzCarlton Hotel chain, served Berry as a trustee from 1985 to 2008.

He also was a director of SunTrust Banks of Atlanta and UnumProvident, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Chattanooga, as well as a board member for Insight for Living and the Foundation of the Holy Apostles.

He served on the vestry of The Church of the Apostles and was instrumental in building its wellknown sanctuary, which is visible from I-75 near West Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta. An avid sports­man and Walking Horse breeder, Johnson was a generous philanthro­pist especially interested in helping children to excel. He is survived by wife Sandra Thome Johnson.

Thank y ou 1960s

Pearl Kell Vonderhaar (61C) of Conyers, Ga., Feb. 15, 2016.

Henry Aaron “Tank” Hutcheson (62C) of Pickens, S.C., Feb. 16, 2016.

1970s

Gerald R. Toles (70C) of Rome, March 30, 2016.

Daniel W. Geraldson (71A) of Bismark, Ark., Feb. 28, 2016.

Former Faculty/Staff

Lee Clendenning of Rome, March 23, 2016.

Carol M. Fairchild of Ossipee, N.H., March 22, 2016.

Robert E. Lee of Asheville, N.C., March 7, 2016.

William Harden Robison III of Armuchee, Ga., March 2, 2016.

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 Feb. 1 – May 15, 2016.

MEMORY GIFTS

Mr. A. Madison Alexander Jr. Stewart Fuqua (80A) Charles and Virginia Greene (52H) Mosby Mrs. Rheba Woody Benoy Alan (64A) and Leanne Killin (69c) Woody Ms. Frances Berry Bonnyman Anne Bonnyman Mr. Gerald “Jerry” Dan Bowen Charles Downey (64A)

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Mr. Mark Carrier Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Priest Ms. Kate Leigh Chapman Jack Jones (57C) and Katherine Young Armitage (58c) Betty Connell Waller (58C) Mr. Joseph E. Dabney Leon (49C) and Gilda Thompson (51C) Morris Mr. J. Herschel Davis Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Boyd Michael Brannon (80C) Ron (65C) and Evonne Dyer (65C) Dayhoff

Mr. and Mrs. Victor C. Grettum Mary Beth Lloyd Everett (61H, 65C) and Donna Solomons Mrs. Mattie Lee Dilbeck Vera Lowery Pennington (48H) Mrs. Mildred Morton Durden Vera Lowery Pennington (48H) Mr. Stanley Mark Ellard Charlotte Ellard Mrs. Joyce Paradise Fortson Doris Gentry Collum (59C) Mr. Daniel W. Geraldson Charles Downey (64A)

Mr. Ellis Hand Charles Downey (64A) Mr. Henry Aaron Hutcheson JoAnn Busha Brucke (64c) Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Busha Mr. and Mrs. Todd Butler Cathie Hutcheson Kermit (52c) and Gwen Norris (50C) Hutcheson Doris Marie Phillips Kenna Adams Pitts Mary Jo Hutcheson Stephens Mr. and Mrs. Joel R. Thrift Betty B. Watkins

THANK YOU

Mrs. Mary Hedden Hyink Jean Miller Hedden (52C) Jim Miller (53C) Darwin Samples (50C) Reg (51C) and Maxine Strickland Duane Price Kline Special Needs Trust Dr. H.G. “Gwen” Jones Jack Jones (57C) and Katherine Young Armitage (58c) Mr. Walter O. Maine Doris Gentry Collum (59C) Mr. Alvin Mark Payne Jack Jones (57C) and Katherine Young Armitage (58c) Mr. Thomas Michael Prewett George Donigian (74C) Mr. A.E. “Art” Pugh Mr. and Mrs. Dwight C. Carden Mary E. Colotta Charles Downey (64A) Mr. and Mrs. Karl S. Frederick Gayle Graviett Gmyrek (67C) Maureen Munro Kurowsky (72C) Jim Miller (53C) Mary Outlaw Reg (51C) and Maxine Strickland Roger (53H) and Neomia Sundy Mrs. Susan Owings Spector Karen Moss Harold Storey Ms. Courtney Megan Urquhart Randy Urquhart Mr. Greg Vannice Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Priest Mr. J. Lee Waller Mary Alice Ivey Blanton (58C) Mr. and Mrs. David Brearley John (62C) and Geraldine Johnson (62C) Bridges Morris (58C) and Lecy Garner (59c) Brunson Dr. and Mrs. Themy Chakeris Harlan (58C) and Doris Reynolds (57C) Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Coffey James (57C) and Bonnie Pope (58C) Ellison Russ Evans (56C) Jay Fowler (63C) Mr. and Mrs. G. Robert George Mr. and Mrs. John J. Golder Col. and Mrs. James L. Green Louise M. Guy Jack Jones (57C) and Katherine Young Armitage (58c) Mr. and Mrs. William Kabakjian Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Mahon Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace C. Owen Douglas Stubbs (60c) Brenda Temple Bill (57C) and Mary Charles Lambert (58C) Traynham Mr. Robert Marshall Weakley Charles Downey (64A) Bill Harrison (64A) Mr. Maurice B. Webb Doris Gentry Collum (59C) Mr. I. Scott Welch Jean Gallaway Welch (59c) Mr. Paul Renee Willis Deborah Willis Rogers (73C) Mr. Robin Paul Wilson Al Alvarez Linda Hartzell Sheila Radcliff Stockhausen (76C)

Jeff Wingo Valerie Loner (91C) Mrs. Marie Faircloth Witt Charles and Virginia Greene (52H) Mosby

MEMORY GIFTS TO NAMED SCHOLARSHIPS

A. Milton and Jo Ann Chambers Endowed Scholarship Allyson Chambers (80C, 84G) Ebbert (49C) and Kathleen Shivers (49C) Evans Jorge A. and Ondina S. Gonzalez Family Endowed Scholarship Georgette deFriesse Susan Lee Hauser (81C) Coca-Cola Co. Larry A. Green Memorial Scholarship Susan Lee Hauser (81C) Janna Johnson (81C) Melanie Green Jones Coca-Cola Co. Jonathan Randall Hardin Endowed Scholarship Fund Lt. Col. and Mrs. John C. Cannafax Randy and Nita Hardin Lewis A. Hopkins Endowed Scholarship IBM Frank Miller Memorial Scholarship Bill (65C) and Betty Rozar (65C) Banks Baxter and Beverly Burke Gail Miller Hudon and Rebecca Miller Jeff (75A) and Tara Miller (79A) Smith Tammy Miller Stine (77A) Alexander Whyte Whitaker III Endowed Scholarship Whit (81C) and Maria Crego (85c) Whitaker Jeff Wingo Memorial Scholarship Janna Johnson (81C) Kay Wingo Craig Allyn Wofford Scholarship Ron Dean Equifax Inc.

HONOR GIFTS

Athletic Training Staff Eddie Elsberry Mr. Wayne Baughn Daniel Jones (79C) Berry Football Team Bart Cox (92C) Mrs. Lyndsay Ricketson Brown Whitney Crouch (09C) Dr. John C. Countryman Dianne Durante Kirsten Hagman Thornante (01C) Mr. Vincent Stewart Fuqua Jason (98C) and Renee Spurlock (97C) McMillan Mrs. Jean Miller Hedden Reg (51C) and Maxine Strickland Mrs. Julia Scott Holcombe Jackie Bradley Scott (83C) Mrs. Wanda Riggs Mack Barbizon Lighting Co. Mrs. Valerie Scott McFry Jackie Bradley Scott (83C) Mr. Fred H. Mercer Jr. Patricia B. Webb Mr. Spencer Kolbe Miller Laura Barbarito Miller (81C)

Mrs. Martha Sheats Perkins Tom (66C) and Debby Ross (67C) Sheats Dr. Stanley R. Pethel Tom and Betty Carver Dr. Kathy Brittain Richardson Tom and Betty Carver Debbie E. Heida Jim (90C) and Sandi Thomas (90C) Moody Jennifer Edwards (00C) Dr. Robert R. Richardson Dan Alban (00C) Amy Birath (98C) Brian and Hisayo Carroll Basil and Paula Englis Paula Rawlins (07C) Nathan Shepley (03C) Seth Turner (06C) Mrs. Karilon L. Rogers Shannon Walburn Biggers (81C) Cheryl Bretz Scott Breithaupt (91C, 96G) David Clark (85c) Kathy Clements Jean Druckenmiller Chris (14C) and Kimberly Bagnell (14C) Human Brenda Jenkins (97C) Cameron and Carla Gay (95c) Jordan Joni Kenyon Chris Kozelle Helen Lansing Jacqueline McDowell Chad Nash (13C) Rose Nix Bettyann O’Neill Jeff Palmer (09C, 11G) Debbie Rasure Kathy Ray (79C) Jenn Schaknowski Alan and Evelyn Geraldson (74C, 97G) Storey DeeAnn Stuart Sharman Turner Gary (80C, 89G) and Bambi Estill (79c) Waters Rick Woodall (93C) Brenda Woods (99G) Coxe Curry and Associates Inc. Dr. and Mrs. David F. Slade Doug and Maureen Brigham Draut Mr. A. Whyte Whitaker IV Tom and Betty Carver

HONOR GIFTS TO NAMED SCHOLARSHIPS

Julie Ann Bumpus Endowed Scholarship Kevin and Jenny Kleine Marcia Rary McConnell (83C) Laura Phillips Katherine Powell Mika Robinson Carol Story Dr. Robert L. Frank Legacy Scholarship Caitlyn Barron (11C) Donna Thompson Braden (96C) Steven Hames Marcie Hinton Randee Walters Paraskevopoulos (92C) Robert M. Skelton WinShape Scholarship Melissa Fairrel (90C) Todd (88C) and Amber Pruitt (89C) Grubbs Stacy Doster Wilson (92C)

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 Tasha Toy Agriculture Alumni Endowed Scholarship Pamela Wheat Schoenster (83C) Leo W. Anglin Memorial Scholarship Wade and Sara Carpenter Jacqueline McDowell Atlanta Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Barbara Ballanger Hughes (71C) Frank Barron Study Abroad Award Frank Barron Berry Family Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Randy and Nancy Berry Berry High Schools and Academy Work Scholarship Charles Downey (64A) Bill Harrison (64A) George McLean (64A) John R. and Annabel Hodges Bertrand Endowed Scholarship Dr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Rivara Dan Biggers Distinguished Actor Award Doug Baird (75C) Shannon Walburn Biggers (81C) W.S. Black Conservation Scholarship Alan (64A) and Leanne Killin (69c) Woody Horace Brown Chemistry Scholarship Horace Brown (39C) Louise Paul Brown Work Scholarship Horace Brown (39C) Selma Hall Browning Memorial Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Alton (61c) and Becky Browning (61C) Christopher Cannestra Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Kenneth and Dianne Cannestra Carpet Capital Chapter Scholarship Harlan (58C) and Doris Reynolds (57C) Chapman Celeste Creswell (93C) Sue Killcreas (78C) Pamela Millwood Pettyjohn (81C, 85G) Marlene Schneider (49H) Bernice Ogle Whaley (53H) Carpet Capital Chapter Alumni Tom and Betty Carver Endowed Scholarship Tom and Betty Carver Dr. Harlan L. Chapman Scholarship funded by the Class of 1958C Harlan (58C) and Doris Reynolds (57C) Chapman Ray Fewell (58C) Joyce Taylor Liggin (58C) Bill (58C) and Joan Stokes (58C) Priester Cathy and Bert Clark Endowed Study Abroad Scholarship Bert (82C) and Cathy Clark James F. Clark Internship Scholarship Jim (55C) and Ann Shivers (55C) Clark

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THANK YOU Class of 1951C Memorial Endowed Scholarship Billy Blocker (52C) Linnie Lane Gibson (51C) Mike (51C) and Betty Graham (51C) Mizell Tom (48H, 52C) and Ollie Hodge (51C) Poe Sybil Pyle Still (51C) Reg (51C) and Maxine Strickland Class of 1953C Scholarship William (53C) and Bonnie Pierce (54c) Bell Class of 1954C Endowed Scholarship William (53C) and Bonnie Pierce (54c) Bell Dewitt (54c) and Jean Mitchell (54C) Sheffield Class of 1955C Scholarship Johnnie Smith Curry (52H, 55C) Janice Parker Padgett (55c) Ed Parkerson (55C) Class of 1956C Endowed Scholarship Jean Adcock Curran (56C) Russ Evans (56C) Bobby Walker Fulmer (56C) The late Art Pugh (52H, 56c) and Betty Hawkins Pugh (55c) Kenneth (56C) and LaDonna Smitherman (56C) Strickland Class of 1957C Scholarship C.L. (57C) and Doris Little (57C) Tate Class of 1960C Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Lewis Copeland (60C) W.C. (60C) and Sylvia Davis (60C) Rowland J.B. (60C) and Helen Rice (60C) Stanley Jerry (56H, 60c) and Louise Conaway (57C) Winton AGL Resources Inc. Class of 1961C Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Naomi Douglas (61C) Class of 1963C Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Wesley (63C) and Ruth King (65C) Martin Midge Johnson Raiford (63C) Class of 1964C Campus Carrier Editor-inChief Work Endowment Gerald (62C) and Martha Romaine (64C) Allen Class of 1965C Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Willard (65C) and Zelda Ferguson Jacque Terrill Harbison (65C) Faye Lovinggood Hood (65C) Wesley (63C) and Ruth King (65C) Martin Class of 1966C Assistant Gardener Endowed Work Position Frederick (66C) and Nancy Simmons (67C) Anderson Raiford Cantrell (66C) Giles (66C) and Iva Madden (69C) Chapman Sandra Guyton Ferguson (66C) Lois McAllister Hatler (66C) Bill (67C) and Diane Harris (66c) Holden Larry (58H, 64C) and Pat Waits (66c) Johnston Mary Aycock Lancaster (66C) Charles (64C) and Diane Gill (66c) Lee Frances Johnson Oleson (66C) Oberia Owen Porter (66C) John Provine (66C) Tom Raulerson (66C)

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Class of 1967C Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Theodora Nichols Bowen (67C) James Buchanan (67C) Butch Carter (67C) Randall (67C) and Margaret Cochran (68c) Clark Janett Cofer Fauley (67C) Pamela Suchy Forrester (67C) Carl Franklin (67C) Irene Gunter Hawley (67C) Norris Johnson (67C) Don Leachman (63H, 67C) Terry (68C) and Charlene Head (67C) Lingerfelt Eileen Wages Newman (67C) Marti Sheats Perkins (67C) Allan (67C) and Ellen Thomas (67C) Richardson Peggy Dalton Smith (67C) Ann Saywell Spears (67C) Koji (65C) and Reba Nichols (67C) Yoda Class of 1969C Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Joan Yother Bohannon (69C, 85G) Ray Tucker (69C) Class of 1994C Scholarship Alison Lounsbury Ritter (94C) Hetty McEwen Coleman Scholarship Warren Coleman Fund Dr. J. Scott Colley Endowed Scholarship Debbie Heida Karen Holley Horrell (74C) Bettyann M. O’Neill Kathy Richardson Lillian Dorton Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Yondi Linker Hall (80C) Jessiruth Smith Doss Scholarship Calvin Doss (49C) Ebbert (49C) and Kathleen Shivers (49C) Evans Carolyn Denise Edwards Scholarship Ron Edwards (56H) and Robbie Barber (56H) Adams Dr. J. Paul Ferguson Endowed Scholarship Paul Ferguson Ruby and Clifton Fite Endowed Scholarship Don (51H) and Mary Fite Jimmy R. Fletcher Memorial Endowed Scholarship Alan (64A) and Leanne Killin (69c) Woody Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Mary Reid (79C) Georgia DAR Student Teaching Award DAR – Georgia State Society Gail Howard Gibson Endowed Scholarship Gail Howard Gibson (82C) Ed and Gayle Graviett Gmyrek Scholarship Gayle Graviett Gmyrek (67C) Kathleen Granrose Memorial Endowed Scholarship Sarah Egerer (05G) Lyn Gresham Endowed Scholarship Roberta Thrasher Gresham (64C) Larry Webb (63C) Hamilton/Smith Scholarship Evelyn Hamilton (68C) Hamrick Family/Aunt Martha Freeman Scholarship Karen Kurz Jonathan Randall Hardin Endowed Scholarship Fund Bobby and Robbie (94C) Abrams Jonathan Baggett Dan (94C) and Christel Harris Boyd Daniel Carpenter Lee Carter (76c)

Donna Childres Amanda Cromer (12C, 16G) Penny Evans-Plants (90C) Cindy Gillespie Marvin Howlett (72C) and Annette Axley James Pruitt Jeff Smith James Terrell Monica Willingham Edna F. Hetsko Scholarship Russ (02C) and Dana Migliore (01C, 07G) Hunt Anna Carlisle Hoomes Honorary Scholarship Anna Carlisle Hoomes (03C) Tim and Odetta Howard Endowed Scholarship Tim Howard (82C) Barbara Ballanger Hughes Scholarship Barbara Ballanger Hughes (71C) Stacey Spillers Dale Jones Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Dale Jones (71C) Dale Jones Scholarship Dale Jones (71C) H.I. “Ish” Jones Endowed Agriculture Scholarship Ebbert (49C) and Kathleen Shivers (49C) Evans Jane Jones (86C) Kappa Delta Pi Endowed Award Mary Clement Michael and Elizabeth Nesbitt Krupa Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship The estate of Elizabeth Nesbitt Krupa (44c) Fred H. and Mary Loveday Endowed Scholarship Bob Dykes (51H) Tom (48H, 52C) and Ollie Hodge (51C) Poe Cecil Spooner (49H) Earl Tillman (52H) Alfred Wallace (51H) AGL Resources Inc. James N. Luton Endowed Scholarship Tom (48H, 52C) and Ollie Hodge (51C) Poe Ross Magoulas Endowed Scholarship Ashley Dekle (69C) Susan Lee Hauser (81C) Cecily Nall (77C) The estate of Wiley Owen Coca-Cola Co. Martha! Centennial Scholarship Reg (51C) and Maxine Strickland Catherine and Milton McDonald Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Mackey McDonald Amos Montgomery Scholarship Juanita Scurry (97C) Beverly Philpot Smith (69C) Lee-Anda Hutchens Uter (92C) Emily Moothart Scholarship Emily Hoppman Moothart (89C) Mary and Al Nadassy English Scholarship Tina Bucher Mark Taylor Jim Watkins Lara Whelan Mary Finley Niedrach Endowed Scholarship Mary Finley Niedrach (75A, 97G) NSDAR Scholarship DAR – Anna Maria Fitzhugh Chapter DAR – Indiana State Society NSDAR Bobby Patrick Endowed Scholarship Mary Camp Patrick (69C)

Dr. Bob Pearson Scholarship Georgia Power Foundation Inc. Kelley Bennett Poydence Endowed Scholarship Raytheon Co. Amber T. Prince Memorial Scholarship Janna Johnson (81C) Jamie (97C) and Elisha Wright (98C, 04G) Lindner Vesta Salmon Service Scholarship Paul Daniel Hoagland Allen and Maki Tokiwa Reynolds Angie Reynolds Robert and Gloria Shatto Scholarship Lois A. Miller Silver & Blue Save a Student Scholarship A total of 295 current students and recent graduates contributed to this scholarship through Berry’s Silver & Blue student philanthropy program.

Visit www.berry.edu/silverandblue/ donors to see their names.

Ranjit and Anjani Singh Endowed Award for Christian Ministry Chaitram Singh Dr. Sam Spector Endowed Scholarship Allan Nelson (74G) Maxine Strickland Endowed Nursing Scholarship Deborah Hill Reg (51C) and Maxine Strickland Student Government Association Secretary Work Endowment Roy Palmer Jr. and Holly Palmer Barbara Robertson (79C) IBM Student Scholarships Emily Bagwell (07C) Reed and Leslie Barker Tayler Boswell (15C) Debby Allen Brackett (78C) Nettie Brown (52C) Terrylynn Burns Kristen Diliberto-Macaluso Dora Ditchfield (90C) Caleb and Erin Shannon (04C) Garrison Jonathan and Kristi Hall Toby and Emily Kay Sidney and Lisa Montgomery Alison Moy (85c) Matt Ragan (98C) and Shelly DriskellRagan (96C) David (81C) and Dawn Jordan (81C) Roberson Ronald and Lori Rockwell Margie Watson Follett Higher Education Group Grady and Dorothy Everett Sundy Scholarship Dorothy Everett Sundy (59C) The Trey Tidwell Experience: A Scholarship for Musical Discovery Mandy Tidwell (93C) Microsoft Corp.

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 Michael C. Waters WinShape Scholarship Jessica Hughes Goodman (03c) Work Week Endowed Service Award The late Art Pugh (52H, 56c) and Betty Hawkins Pugh (55c)

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Home ice Students and faculty with ice axes and crampons strike their best Viking poses atop Iceland’s largest glacier during a summer study-abroad experience led by associate professors Tamie Jovanelly (geology) and Julie Johnson-Pynn (psychology). student photographer Russell Maddrey