Centenary Magazine Spring 2018

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PROUDLY CELEBRATING

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Members of the C ­ entenary C ­ ollege Choir soak in the b ­ eauty of Edinburgh, S ­ cotland, and the North Sea from ­historic Edinburgh Castle on the first day of their international tour to England, Scotland, and Wales in the summer of 2017.

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Centenary Magazine is published by Centenary College of Louisiana for alumni and friends of the College. © 2018 CENTENARY COLLEGE

SPRING 2018 CONTRIBUTORS: Tim Kershner, Associate Vice President for Marketing & Communication Chris Brown ’01, Archivist of the College and Louisiana UMC Sabrina Handal, Marketing and Communication Student Worker Sherry Heflin, Visual Identity & Publications Manager Jeremy Johnson, Director of Digital Media Matthew Lofton, Athletics Writer & Sports Information ­Coordinator Candace Metoyer ’14, Digital Media Specialist Kate Pedrotty, Director of Strategic ­Communication Patty Roberts ’82, Coordinator of Grants & Faculty ­Endowments Saige Wilhite Solomon ’05, Director of Alumni & Family Relations Curt Youngblood

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The magazine cover reflects the synthesis of Centenary’s past and present.

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Dear Centenary alumni and friends, Spring has come to Centenary and the campus is beautiful. I am reminded of the days when Connie and I were here in April of 2016 for the final round of interviews for the presidency.

The azaleas were glorious, the temperatures were in the 70s, and the sky was a brilliant blue. We were assured it was like this year-round! When we returned in July, of course, we realized things had changed, as we knew they would.

Spring epitomizes the harmonies of change and stability. We see it in our gardens. We see it in the celebrations of Easter and Passover.

There is new growth, but it echoes the past. It builds on what has come before, but branches off in different directions.

In this issue, you will read about Forward, the new strategic plan that will guide Centenary for the next five years. I am very excited about the initiatives you will encounter in this issue, but I am even more ­energized about the spirit behind them. The faculty, staff, administration, and students at Centenary share a recognition of the need to move forward—to create a vibrant college living into its third century as a center for rich intellectual inquiry in an ­ethical and supportive ­atmosphere. While the strategic plan guides us in our work for the short and medium term, we are also looking further out. I have ­recently convened “The Futures Project,” a group tasked with thinking about what we want Centenary to be in 20 years. Many of us will no longer be working then, but there are great young minds on the faculty who will be. I am looking forward to exploring with them.

I hope you find these glimpses into the past and the vision for the future of Centenary as stimulating as I do and that you will come to campus to see the wonderful present of your college.

Forward, forward, Centenary!

Dr. Christopher L. Holoman President

FEATURES

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Strategic Plan Spotlight

14-15 Imperative One: Grow Enrollment 16-17 Imperative Two: Engaging Student Experience 18-19 Imperative Three: A Great Place to Work 20-21 Imperative Four: Engage and Serve the Community COLLEGE NEWS (pages 6-12)

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Academic Partnerships Expand Opportunities

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Community Events at Hurley School of Music

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Busy Year for Theatre

22-23 Imperative Five: Be Excellent Academically

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Sports Recap

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Diary Links Past and Present

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Founders Day Celebrated New Faces and Promotions

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Homecoming 2017

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Class Notes

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Faculty Kudos

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Parker Bear ’17 and Erica Coker ’17 enjoy Homecoming 2017.

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Two new academic partnerships expand opportunities for Centenary students and graduates Two new partnerships have been added to the growing list of ­opportunities for Centenary students to continue their studies after graduation.

Programs with Baylor University and Southern M ­ ethodist ­University provide direct paths for Centenary students to e­ nroll in graduate programs at those institutions.

Centenary Provost Dr. Jenifer K. Ward says students are attracted to Centenary for the opportunity for close student-faculty partnerships, mentoring, and personal attention at the undergraduate level. Academic partnerships with other highly regarded ­colleges and universities “ensure that what we provide serves as a launching pad for other post-college educational pursuits.”

“While our students already have an excellent placement rate in graduate and professional schools, we find that customized partnerships with particular institutions make more and more sense in today’s competitive higher education landscape,” she says.

“We are able to identify specific opportunities for our students— a win for us; and we are able to guarantee a pipeline of excellently prepared students for our partners—a win for them.”

Dr. Shelley Conroy, dean of Baylor University’s Louise ­Herrington School of Nursing, says her school is excited to welcome ­Centenary graduates to its FastBACC program. Students completing required prerequisites at Centenary receive preferred admission over other non-Baylor students into the nationally recognized nursing program. Centenary’s challenging curriculum, Conroy

Left to right: Louisiana UMC Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey, Dr. C ­ hristopher L. Holoman, and Dr. Craig Hill of Perkins School of Theology

says, makes Centenary graduates attractive candidates for the program. “Our nursing school’s strong tradition of integrating faith and academic excellence in nursing education enables us to provide transformational experiences for students,” she adds.

“Since we are both faith-based institutions, this is a good match for these students to continue in that tradition.”

Centenary students also receive preferred consideration and e­ arly decision to the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. Centenary President Dr. Christopher ­Holoman joined Perkins Dean Dr. Craig Hill in making the announcement. “This match might be one of those ‘made in heaven’ because it continues a legacy that is so important to our life and work here, and to the future of the United Methodist Church and certainly to the future of God’s people everywhere in the mission field.”

Both Centenary and Perkins officials expressed hope that this agreement expands to include collaborative academic and enrichment opportunities for faculty and students at both institutions.

Left to right: Nan Ketcham, Undergraduate Program Director at Baylor; Dr. Shelley Conroy, Dean of the School of Nursing; Centenary president Dr. Christopher L. Holoman, and Centenary Provost and Dean of the College Dr. Jenifer K. Ward.

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The Baylor and Southern ­Methodist programs join with existing agreements with other schools in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean as well as educational exchange programs with several domestic and international organizations.

Hurley School of Music The Centenary College Choir opened the 2017-2018 school year at their annual “Rhapsody in View” performance during Homecoming weekend, October 21 and 22.

In November the choir embarked on its fall tour, “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness,” to South Louisiana. The choir visited St. John’s United ­Methodist Church of Baton Rouge, Hammond, ­Ponchatoula Well United ­Methodist Church, Asbury United Methodist Church and then wrapped up the tour at First United Methodist Church of DeRidder. The choir also visited several southern Louisiana high schools to give prospective students a chance to meet the choir and get a small taste of life at Centenary.

Cindy Sadler and James Eakin ’00 joined the faculty

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of Hurley School of Music as ­artists-in-residence.

Sadler teaches private voice and directs the Singers’ Workshop, while Eakin teaches theory and composition.

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Music students attended the National ­ inging Association of Teachers of S Southern Region Conference in ­Hattiesburg, Mississippi. They were able to attend master classes and concerts.

The fall wind ensemble was regenerated this past fall with student, faculty, and staff musicians. Lead by conductor Thomas Hundermer, they presented two concerts featuring the works of J.S. Bach, Gordon Jacobs, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Thelonious Monk, and others.

The first performance was a casual

outdoor performance in the Hargrove Amphitheater or “The Shell” with brisk fall weather and tacos provided by a ­local food truck! The second performance was a formal Sunday afternoon performance in Anderson Auditorium.

The Singers’ Workshop presented, “La Vie de Boheme,” a staged concert of opera, operetta, and musical theatre excerpts. Performers used a diverse musical repertoire inspired by the students’ own interests to celebrate and explore what it means to be a Bohemian – historically, literally, and figuratively.

Included were selections from Rent, Carmen, The Bohemian Girl, Romeo and Juliet, The Old Maid and the Thief, Street Scene, Fun Home, Side Show, Company, Phantom of the Opera, Songs for a New World, Die Tote Stadt, La Boheme, and more.

The Centenary Wind Ensemble performs in the Shell in November 2017.

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From student-directed ­productions to special guest directors and ­Shakespeare, the theatre department has been busy this year!

Marjorie Lyons Playhouse opened the 20172018 season with a production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The irresistible romantic comedy brings to life Illyria, a topsy-turvy place where nothing is what it seems. Viola loves Orsino, who thinks he loves Olivia.

Olivia thinks she loves Cesario, who is really Viola, dressed as a man. Malvolio thinks he is a gentleman, but he is not. The foolish and foppish Sir Andrew thinks he is a fine match for the Lady Olivia, but he is far from it. There is disguise and impersonation at every turn, and even the language is turned upside down. Nobody really knows who they are or what they want.

Directed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Logan Sledge the production featured a cast of Centenary students with special guest John Bogan.

Visiting professor of theatre Marika Becz delivered a public lecture entitled “Civic Sustainability Through Theatre: Storytelling as a Means of Preservation” at Marjorie Lyons Playhouse on February 7, 2018.

The second half of the fall semester brought a student-directed production, The Wolves, to campus. The Wolves follows a girls high school indoor soccer team as they navigate the ups and downs of adolescence.

The comical yet heart wrenching comingof-age story was directed by Centenary student Taylor Ackerman.

The theater department opened the spring semester with In the Next Room. In the Next Room is a Victorian-era drawing room comedy that probes our ageless search for intimacy, independence, and connection.

Centenary ­students perform in ­Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, directed by Logan Sledge. Left to right: Bailey White, ­Kennedy Wilcher, Tessa Anderson, Sarah Cook.

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This Tony-nominated play is a laugh-outloud examination for the very meaning of happiness - a copiously literary work that also carries a lot of emotional weight as it weaves the tale of a clash between two eras; that of the Victorian and the dawning of the machine age.

In the Next Room brought Marika Becz to campus as a visiting theatre professor.

During her time at Centenary, Becz directed In the Next Room and worked with students during the department’s Friday lab course focused on performance technique.

This spring the Hurley School of Music and Marjorie Lyons Playhouse teamed up to bring Prince Orlovsky’s Ball to the stage.

“One of Centenary’s many great assets is its intimacy –­ but this also creates challenges when it comes to casting productions. With Prince Orlovsky’s Ball, my goal was to c­ reate a show that would highlight the talents of the young artists in the Singers’ Workshop and still give the audience a good time. I think we did that, and we also had a good time putting it together!” said Cindy Sadler, director of the Singers’ Workshop.

Centenary celebrates Founders’ Day with a history lesson

“How War, Pestilence, and Plate Tectonics Brought Centenary to Shreveport,” Atkins demonstrated how a series of seemingly unconnected events – the Civil War, a boll weevil infestation, and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake - led his ancestor to make this investment, hoping both to improve the city and to solidify his business interests during an uncertain economic time.

Centenary observed its annual Founders’ Day on Thursday, February 22, handing out service pins and awards to faculty and staff and convening for the Founders’ Day convocation in Brown Chapel.

Board of Trustees member John Atkins gave the convocation address, reflecting on Centenary’s 110th anniversary in Shreveport and his family’s role in bringing the College to the city in 1908.

Centenary was located in Jackson, Louisiana, from the mid-19th century onward, but by the early 1900s the College was searching for a new home, at the same time that some forwardthinking Shreveporters were searching

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for a college. Atkins’ great-grandfather provided the land where Centenary now sits and worked to develop the surrounding neighborhood as a point of pride for the city. In his address, entitled

New Faces on Campus Lindy Broderick Travion Davis ’17 Christopher Dorsey James Eakin ’00 Brianna Edwards Sean FitzGibbons Melissa Furlow John Hamilton Taylor Henry ’17 Thomas Jackson Brett Kessel ’15 Jeremy Klespis ’17 Cinderella Linnear Robert “Casey” McDonald Ruipu Mu James Reid Cynthia Sadler Jennifer Stokes Peter Zunick

Between January 2017 – January 2018

Chaplain and Director of Christian Leadership Center Admission Counselor Head Coach, Men’s Basketball Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Part-time Assistant Coach, Women’s Basketball Meadows Museum of Art Director Part-time Student Records Coordinator Part-time Coach, Men’s Basketball Part-time Coach, Baseball Head Coach, Men’s and Women’s Tennis Part-time Theatre Assistant Admission Counselor Part-time Assistant Coach, Women’s Basketball Head Coach, Lacrosse Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Assistant Professor of Music Artist-in-residence, Hurley School of Music Assistant Professor of Biology Assistant Professor of Psychology

“The larger lesson here is, I think, that the world is a complex place,” said Atkins.

“It’s hard to predict every twist and turn that might occur, so one needs to be able to see the big picture, think critically, and communicate clearly. These are just the types of skills that Centenary College provides to the people in our community and beyond.”

Congratulations to faculty and staff on their promotions!

Katherine Bearden Promoted to Associate Provost for Institutional Research, Registration and Records Scott Chirhart Promoted to Professor of Biology Jeanne Hamming Promoted to Professor of English Jessica Hawkins Promoted to Associate Professor of Communication Brent Leiby Promoted to Head Athletic Trainer

Welcome to Centenary!

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Grant Awards

Appointments

Dr. Michelle Wolkomir, professor of sociology, was appointed by Shreveport mayor Ollie Tyler to serve on the Greater Shreveport Human Relations Commission. The commission works to mediate cases of discrimination and to help develop policies for Shreveport that are fair and just.

Mary L. Barrett, PhD, Centenary professor emeritus of geology, is the 2018-2019 president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ Division of Environmental Geosciences.

Students and faculty attended the NATS Competition in November.

Back row: Alex Shannon, Janine Cunningham, Carlos Romeros, Drew Echols.

Front row: Gale Odom, Zipphora Hyman, Cindy Sadler, Timothy McCoy.

Conference Attendance

Cynthia Sadler, artist-in-residence, attended the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Competition in Hattiesburg, MS, in November with three of her students: Drew Echols, Timothy McCoy, and Carlos Romero. Also in attendance were three students of Dr. Gale Odom, dean of the Hurley School of Music: Janine Cunningham, Zipphora Hyman, and Alex Shannon.

Echols and Cunningham both sang in the semifinal round of the competition. In the final round, Romero placed third in Sophomore Men and McCoy secured fourth place in Senior Men. Dr. Chandra Pokhrel, assistant professor of physics, attended the American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting in January 2018 along with his student Jacob Gingles. Jacob’s poster presentation, “Electro-Optical Properties of 5CB Nematic Liquid Crystal,” was recognized by the Society of Physics Students with a certificate for notable accomplishments and presentation of research.

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Dr. Sharon Little, instructor of education, received funding to upgrade classroom technology and provide expert technical training for students in the Master of Arts in Teaching program through the Louisiana Board of Regents Departmental Enhancement Grant program.

Dr. Tom Ticich, professor of chemistry, was awarded funding through the Louisiana Board of Regents Departmental Enhancement Grant Program to upgrade a computer classroom to sustain and enhance the chemistry curriculum, particularly in organic chemistry and biochemistry courses.

Dr. Karen Soul, vice provost, has received two grants through the Louisiana Department of Education to design and launch traditional undergraduate and alternative master’s teacher education programs aligned with Louisiana’s Believe and Prepare initiatives.

Sean FitzGibbons, director of the Meadows Museum of Art, was awarded a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partial support of the exhibition A Glimpse of Shreveport from 1918, on display until late April.

Dr. Jessica Alexander, assistant professor of psychology, is one of three Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) cognitive psychologists collaborating on a project funded through the ACS Innovative Instruction grant program. The award, announced in December, will fund development of three web-based modules de­signed to help faculty incorporate the latest and most essential find­ings in cognitive science in their courses to maximize student learning.

Installations and Design

Bruce Allen ’75, professor of art, along with business/artistic partner Jim Hayes, designed and created themed decorations for five different areas of the new Shreveport Aquarium, including an educational center with three sculptures using recycled water bottles.

The goal of the sculptures was to increase awareness of sustainability in seafood production, invasive species, and human impact on the environment. Allen worked with several students during the course of the projects between January and November 2017.

Bruce Allen ’75 and Jim Hayes created the trees, bait shack, and wall murals for the stingray touch pool in the “Contact Cove” exhibit at the new Shreveport Aquarium.

Performances

Cynthia Sadler, artist-in-residence at the Hurley School of Music, has been active as a performer and director since joining the Centenary faculty in the fall, including performing the role of The Mother in Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul to critical acclaim with the Dayton Opera and directing the Singers’ Workshop fall production of “La Vie de Boheme,” an original concept for which she wrote the script. In February, she appeared as Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music with Alamo City Opera in San Antonio. She is currently directing Prince Orlovsky’s Ball, another original concept for which she wrote the script, and preparing for a faculty recital with guest tenor Nicholas Simpson and guest pianist Kristin Roach.

Presentations

Dr. Andia Augustin-Billy, assistant professor of French and francophone studies, attended the African Literature Association Conference at Yale University in June where she presented “’Entre deux mondes’: l’anticolonialisme reimagine dans Le Vieux nègre et la médaille de Ferdinand Oyono.” (“Between Two Worlds: Reimagined Anticolonialism in Ferdinand Oyono’s The Old Man and the Medal”) Dr. Lisa Nicoletti, professor of art history and visual studies, presented “Preserving the Memory of Anne Frank” on October 9 as part of Shreveport’s First

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Presbyterian Church’s “University of First Presbyterian” series, which provides short courses for adults on a variety of issues by experts in the field. Nicoletti has worked in Holocaust studies for nearly two decades and has met and traveled with Holocaust survivors.

Dr. Sam Shepherd, professor of history, presented a paper at the Southern Historical Association’s meeting as part of a Roundtable Session: “Considering Samuel S. Hill’s Southern Churches in Crisis After Fifty Years.”

Dr. Dana Kress, professor of French and chair of the department of foreign languages, presented “Neither French nor American: Three Hundred Years of littérature louisianaise” at an international

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colloquium in Paris celebrating the tricentennial of the founding of New Orleans.

Kress’s talk gave him the opportunity to highlight efforts to collect and preserve Louisiana French literature through Les Éditions Tintamarre, Centenary’s heritage language press, and share insights and examples from “Paris Noir,” the course he teaches during the annual Centenary in Paris program for first-year students.

Dr. Michelle Wolkomir, professor of sociology, has an article, “Researching Romantic Love and Multiple Partner Intimacies: Developing a Qualitative Research Design and Tools,” appearing in the 2018 SAGE Research Methods Cases.

Publications

Dr. Chris Ciocchetti, associate professor and chair of the philosophy department, was one of twenty-five national faculty members selected to participate in Teaching Interfaith Understanding, a five-day seminar that took place in June 2017 at DePaul University. The seminar was offered by the Council of Independent Colleges and Interfaith Youth Core with support from the Henry Luce Foundation.

Dr. David Havird, professor of English, had three poems published in summer and fall issues of periodicals: “Nature Morte,” Literary Matters 10:1 (Fall 2017). Online. literarymatters.org/10-1-nature-morte/ “Wedding Wind,” The Hopkins Review 10.3 (Summer 2017): 384-385.

“Les Mouches,” American Journal of Poetry 3 (July 2017).

Online. theamericanjournalofpoetry.com/v3-havird.html Michael Laffey, lecturer in English, contributed an article published in the fall issue of Shreveport Magazine. In “Michael Futreal: Artist of Spaces and Places,” Laffey examines the accomplishments and motivations of musical performer, composer, and instrument maker Michael Futreal.

Chris Brown ’01, archivist of the college and Louisiana UMC, contributed to the recently released “At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight,” a 20 CD historical box set celebrating the music and history of the Louisiana Hayride show, produced locally on radio station KWKH. Brown’s contributions appear mainly in the accompanying book that covers KWKH’s origins and details the songs and artists featured on the recordings.

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Dr. Sam Shepherd, professor of history, had an article, “South and North: The Exceptional Seminary Education of Walter Russell Bowie” published in Anglican and Episcopal History, March 2018.

Residencies, Seminars, and Workshops

Dr. David Havird, professor of English, and his wife, writer Ashley Mace Havird, presented writing workshops in July at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. As poet-in-residence, Dr. Havird delivered a poetry reading; a lecture entitled “Life amid the Ruins: Greece through Poets’ Eyes;” and conducted a week-long workshop, “The Wonder of Travel.”

Dr. Michelle Glaros, professor of art, led a workshop at the 71st Annual University Film and Video Conference at California State University Los Angeles in August, “UFVA Mentoring Program: Strategies for Hiring, Promotion, and Program Development.”

The University Film Association Mentorship Program provides association members with a network of experienced colleagues ready to assist and guide one another throughout their academic careers.

FORWARD:

A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR CENTENARY COLLEGE

This special section highlights the five strategic imperatives, or pillars, of our new strategic plan. The plan is the product of a year of conversations, listening, and studying. We are trying to answer the question: “How do we retain what has made ­Centenary special for almost two centuries while fulfilling our central task of ­preparing students to be successful, engaged, and responsible citizens of a global ­society?” In other words, how do we grow from our deep roots into a college that meets the new needs of our students and our world? __________________

– Dr. Christopher L. Holoman

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Imperative: Grow Enrollment “Beautiful forty-acre campus.

Commodious steam-heated dormitory. Good board at moderate price. Location healthful. Students under careful supervision. Moral and religious training with nonsectarian requirements.”

It was July 1918, and Centenary College of Louisiana was recruiting new students with an advertisement in the Shreveport Times (rather late in “the cycle,” current college admission professionals might note). While many of the methods and materials used in the student recruitment process have changed drastically in the ensuing century, the current Centenary admission team would surely agree with the suggestion that students should “investigate local advantages before patronizing schools at a distance.” Meeting the new strategic plan’s

challenge to “grow enrollment” requires a complex interaction of cutting-edge digital tools and the tried and true technology of face time – the actual, non-Apple version – to reach prospective students and families with compelling and distinctive messages about the advantages present at Centenary.

This is not an easy task in an American higher education landscape that is vastly more competitive than it was in 1918. High school students in 2018 are bombarded with a dizzying array of choices as they contemplate the next step in their educational journeys, and their overflowing mailboxes and inboxes bear witness to an ever-escalating marketing arms race as colleges and universities

Registration day, mid-1920s. The administration building (now Meadows Museum) is in the background.

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strive to separate themselves from the pack. Sophisticated databases and software systems developed specifically for college admission teams make it possible to customize communications to an individual student throughout his or her college search, delivering targeted information about academic interests, activities and organizations, and even future career options. Email communications, social media posts, and more traditional print pieces such as brochures and viewbooks all route students to Centenary’s recently redesigned website, a powerful recruiting tool that serves as the College’s virtual “front door.”

Centenary’s admission team was also an early adopter of a program that allows counselors to communicate with large numbers of students via text message, ensuring that reminders about open houses, application deadlines, and scholarship opportunities can literally be placed into a prospective student’s hands.

It is an amusing exercise to imagine how astounding this 21st century admission recruitment operation would appear to whomever placed that 1918 ad in the name of President R.H. Wynn, or to the students who picked up a telephone and patiently waited while an operator connected them to 1646 to learn more about the little college at the end of the Highland Car Line.

It is a mistake, though, to assume that no threads connect Centenary’s approach to recruiting in 1918 to its practices today.

Calhoun Allen, the College’s vice president for enrollment and marketing, is acutely aware that in-person experiences and personal relationships – not responsive websites and mass text messages – are the tools that help Centenary rise above the noise and stand out to students who will thrive at the College. His current admission recruiting team is composed almost entirely of Centenary graduates who can connect with prospective students and their families in a uniquely authentic way, sharing their own experiences and perspectives on the benefits of a Centenary education. Their comprehensive recruitment plan creates multiple oppor­tu­nities for face-to-face interaction with students, faculty, and staff, including open houses, personal campus tours, college fairs, high school visits, and other College events such as holiday parties, alumni gatherings, athletic competitions, music and theater

“Parents and students continue to mention the personal attention they have been shown. That is something that remains as true today as it was 100 years ago.”

Calhoun Allen performances, and art exhibits. Every chance for prospective students to meet, talk to, and observe different members of the Centenary community is another chance for them to imagine themselves as Centenary students and later as alumni. The power of that experience, which has yet to be replicated by any kind of virtual reality, has stood the test of time.

away from campus spreading the Centenary story to students who demand much more from their college experience than the promise of commodious steam heat. The team has a compelling message, beginning with the opportunity to start college in Paris and ending with sustained, documented excellence in career fields as diverse as medicine, music, business, and theater.

The ultra-competitive nature of today’s higher education marketplace means that this relationship-building, whether it happens entirely in person or aided by the latest digital tools, is an exhausting process. Admission counselors are true “road warriors,” sometimes spending weeks

This message, and the messengers who deliver it, give Centenary an edge. “Parents and students continue to mention the personal attention they have been shown,” says Allen. “That is something that remains as true today as it was 100 years ago.” n

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Imperative: Engaging Student Experience The Centenary College campus in Shreveport encompasses about 65 acres, 31 buildings, and thousands of square feet of academic, student life, residential, and administrative space. As the College begins implementing its new Strategic Plan, how will those acres, buildings, and interior spaces support the new initiatives?

“A campus master plan shows confidence for the College’s future,” says Philip Enderle.

Enderle is a principal with The Collaborative Group, a firm hired to assist Centenary in evaluating current facilities and grounds. The final plan will be more than an inventory of buildings; it will be a blueprint for how Centenary College will support its strategic plan and grow into its future.

Enderle and his Collaborative Group colleague Michael DiNardo visited campus in February to meet with the Core Planning Team comprised of faculty, staff, and students, and hold listening sessions with other campus groups. “We start,” DiNardo explains, “by asking the basic questions of ‘Who are you? What is the existing campus like both

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“Often when we meet with groups, there are a lot of passionate voices,” DiNardo explains. “While each person or each group may have a focus, they are also able to look much more broadly at what will make campus better, not just their building or area.”

Endelre observed that “every institution is unique. If there is a way to express that uniqueness somehow in the landscape, in the vibe that you feel when you come onto campus, you know it. ” The campus master planning process involves meetings – on campus and through video and teleconference – over the course of several months, primarily with the Core Planning Team and often including others on campus. Back at the Collaborative Group office, Enderle and Dinardo then work with their colleagues on shaping the plan. “We’ll sit down with campus layouts and the information we’ve gathered and start to look at the important issues and how they impact a final plan,” Enderle says. “When we come back [to meet with the Core Team] we’ll review things we’ve heard from campus and

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physically and culturally? Where do we want to be? And how do we get there?’ ” In these sessions, the two learned how current buildings and campus layout support academics and student life.

They also heard a variety of opinions on what works well on campus and what needs improvement. Common themes emerged, such as parking, “curb appeal,” and “identity issues” such as age and condition of buildings or how buildings “fit” together on campus.

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“It’s about supporting the majors, the students, faculty and staff, community activities, and intercollegiate athletics.

It’s about how to support the Centenary future.”

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ideas for how to address those issues, and present options for each one.” The process repeats as a plan begins to take shape.

Similar to the strategic plan’s role in mapping Centenary’s future, the campus master plan provides “a road map as Centenary grows,” Dinardo said, helping College leadership better identify priorities to support academic and student programs, as well as other outreach initiatives. The campus master plan is also a budgeting document helping

the College plan necessary financing and fundraising to grow or implement programs and the facilities needed to support those programs.

“You have spent a good bit of time on a strategic plan, saying ‘Here are the things that are important to us; these are our priorities.’ Unless we find something that does not make sense, our job is help balance the campus facilities and grounds with the strategic plan. The plans inform one another.”

The resulting campus master plan, DiNardo adds is “not about what buildings to replace, it’s about supporting the majors, the students, faculty and staff, community activities, and intercollegiate athletics. It’s about how to support the Centenary future.”

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Imperative: A Great Place to Work The Centenary College archives note that W. Diego Morphy was the first person hired by the College Board of Trustees.

His 1825 appointment as Professor of Languages was followed by an additional instructor and then J.C. Chamberlain as first president of our predecessor institution, the College of Louisiana. That core group welcomed the first students to the Jackson, Louisiana, campus. A similar story played out at Centenary College in Mississippi, and later as the institutions combined in Jackson and eventually moved to Shreveport.

Currently, Centenary College of Louisiana employs 82 faculty and 128 staff, with additional staff employed by food services and facilities contractors.

Those first trustees recognized that rigorous academic and campus programs are possible only with motivated educators, and that sustaining faculty and staff is a critical first step in educating students. The third pillar of the new Centenary College strategic plan states that the College will “be a great place to work.” Faculty and staff participating in developing this plan strongly supported initiatives that enhance teaching, learning, professional development, and campus

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resources. The Steering Committee and the current board of trustees agreed.

Throughout the plan, various initiatives address facilities, technology, and campus culture aimed at supporting faculty and staff as they engage in their work with students, alumni, and the community.

Faculty and staff are attracted to Centenary for many of the same reasons that draw students – a culture of rigorous academics and small class sizes encouraging student connections. Many faculty members, such as Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies Dr. Andia Augustin-Billy, attended large universities and understand the value of size and connections. “I get to be close to my students,” she says. “I have an opportunity every day to make an impact on students.”

Dr. A-B, as she is known by her students, noted that students not only thrive in this environment; they expect close interaction

first-hand. A Centenary graduate, she joined the faculty a few years ago and says the bonds she made as a student with faculty members made the transition to the front of the classroom – and laboratory – much easier. At the same time, she admits, “It’s a little weird that half the department were my professors.”

The strategic plan calls for programs to promote this professional culture, suggesting that culture is enhanced when faculty and staff have the resources they need to support academic and student programs, where they are empowered to grow professionally, and where they are inspired to collaborate.

Part of that empowerment is the ability to reach across disciplines for creative course offerings. Dr. A-B mentions courses associated with Centenary in Paris as examples. This year, students in Paris could participate in a science class co-taught “I get to be close to my by a geology professor students, I have an and a math professor, explore the themes of the opportunity every day movie “Moulin Rouge” to make an impact on through the disciplines of theater design and students.” psychology, or even Dr. A-B discuss the experiences of African American with their teachers. She makes sure ex-pats in Paris with two French prospective faculty members understand professors. Her own May Modules this. “Faculty must expect to be engaged. travel to Haiti where consideration of If they are not, the students call you out.” economic and cultural sustainability is as important as lessons in French language.

Dr. Rebecca Murphy, professor of biology, “These are models of how collaboration knows the value of these connections should work.”

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Students Kaity Mussio and Marina Perez meet with Dr. A-B in her Jackson Hall office.

Engagement and connections rely on resources. While some plan initiatives call for faculty and staff to create new ways of using existing resources such as classroom space and equipment, professional development programs, and student outreach activities, other initiatives seek to identify new resources that can enhance opportunities to move the Centenary mission forward.

Centenary’s size poses some challenges.

One area, says Kathe Newsome, is in technology. Newsome, Centenary’s database administrator, began working at Centenary in 1996, when the AS400 Mainframe computer ruled campus data

and “dumb” terminals dominated offices and student computer labs.

Today’s challenges include maintaining various types of faculty and student software and hardware for classroom purposes. In addition to the academic side there is also the need to support the College’s administrative software that enables staff to process, report, and maintain increasing amounts of student, employee and institutional data. To move forward with changing technology requires ongoing training for staff and faculty.

Vice President for Finance and Administration Robert Blue says Centenary

is limited in taking advantage of the economies of scale often available to larger institutions, including key financial resources of salaries and expenses. With enrollment rising, he believes that will change, though the strategic plan only calls for moderate enrollment growth in order to maintain the advantages that come from being what President Holoman often refers to as a “small-ish” college, retaining the benefits that size can bring to students.

“Our nature is not to be big,” says Blue, “but to be the right size.” He notes that he would rewrite the pillar to add that Centenary will be “a great-er place to work.” n

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Imperative: Engage and Serve the Community MLK Service Day, January 2018

Centenary is a locus for educational and cultural engagement and exchange in the local community, offering a wide variety of ­opportunities that enrich and serve its diverse public. Here, we share just a few highlights of life at Shreveport-Bossier’s College.

Shreveport Reconciliation Dinner, February 2018

Above: Christmas Candlelight Service, December 2017 Left: Sustainable crafts workshop series at the Meadows Museum, spring 2018

Center for Family-Owned Business Breakfast, February 2018

Far left: High School Choral Festival, February 2018

Left: MLK Service Day, January 2018

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Above: Marjorie Lyons Playhouse performance of “The Wolves,” November 2017

Above: Christian ­Leadership Center Dinner with Rev. Matt Rawle, March 2018

Left: Meadows Museum field trip, March 2018

Right: Big Event 11 March 2018

Left: “Faith at Work” lecture with Gen. Robin Rand, February 2018

Right: “Lost Stories, Found Images” exhibit at the Meadows Museum, spring 2018

Below: Centenary Youth Orchestra concert, March 2018

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Imperative: Be Excellent Academically

Be honest – following your first semester at Centenary, could you clearly articulate what it means to “get a liberal arts education?” Did you really understand it? Were you ready to live it?

Today’s Centenary students have a powerful tool to cultivate precisely this level of awareness and understanding in their academic careers thanks to a recently reimagined first-year course sequence that also serves as the introduction to Trek, a central component of Centenary’s liberal arts curriculum. The first-year course redesign represents an early achievement supporting the strategic plan’s imperative to “Be Excellent Academically,” and faculty who taught the inaugural sequence of the new Trek 115 and 116 courses are already seeing positive results.

Dr. Jeanne Hamming, professor of English, became director of the Trek program in 2016 and spearheaded a process to restructure Centenary’s previous first-year experience courses (commonly known as FYE), ultimately recommending the transition to a two semester sequence linked to Trek. Trek was initiated in 2009 to help students explore the larger concepts of community, career, and culture through experience-based coursework and activities that link liberal arts skills to career and graduate school preparation, intercultural engagement, and civic involvement, but Trek course offerings generally weren’t available to students until their sophomore year.

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already emphasized in the previous first-year program that typically included English 101 paired with one of several FYE courses. But according to Dr. David Havird, the content of the new Credo course (Trek 115) is “much more relevant and relatable for students than anything we’ve done in the past.” Dr. Steve Shelburne, who also taught Trek 115 in fall 2017, explains that this increased relevance occurred by design. “The Trek 115 course is really about the student who is being ‘liberally educated,’” says Shelburne. “The students approached Credo as a chance to learn about their own education and its meaning.”

The Trek 115 courses were broken into units, one of which specifically helped students understand the principles of a liberal arts education through readings and assignments designed to reveal both the breadth and the depth that characterizes this

type of learning. Havird happily found a unifying theme for his students in President Christopher Holoman’s address at the annual President’s Convocation to open the academic year – the concept of “vocation,” and how the liberal arts can assist students in identifying, cultivating, and bringing their individual vocations to fruition. “Some of the texts we studied included The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Old Man and the Sea, which both explore the concept of vocation,” explains Havird. As the semester progressed and instructor Michael Laffey observed some of his Trek 115 students organically making connections between their humanities courses and their biology courses, he felt that an important objective had been achieved. “Making these kinds of connections is what enables students to discover what’s really of value,” says Laffey.

“And the most valuable part of the course was the chance for students to reflect on the liberal arts education they’re undertaking.”

Another unit, “Creating Culture,” was designed to involve students in the cocurricular life of the College and to promote civic engagement. Assignments included writing about the experience of visiting the exhibit Unraveled at Centenary’s Meadows Museum of Art and reflecting on either playing in or being a spectator at a campus athletic event. The Meadows Museum “field trip” proved to be a highlight for Dr. George Newtown’s class, and Havird shared that the written reflections produced for that assignment were some of the best work he has seen from first-year students in a very long time. For many students, those words represent hard-won praise. “I think students were perhaps surprised at the amount of work in Trek 115,” shares Newtown with a

smile. Program director Jeanne Hamming agrees, but also reports that students have “appreciated the rigor and the struggle of the course, and some have even been aware enough to recognize that and thank us for it!”

The new first-year Trek sequence continued into the spring 2018 semester, giving students a choice of 11 “Challenge” seminars (Trek 116) offering in-depth, research-driven investigations into some of the most pressing concerns of the 21st century. Geology professor Dr. David Bieler offered “Water: The Neglected Resource” as a Trek 116 course, challenging students

“The most valuable part of the course was the chance for students to reflect on the liberal arts education they’re undertaking.”

PROF. MICHAEL LAFFEY to explore the natural water system and consider the impact that humans have had on it, paying particular attention to water resources in Louisiana and East Texas.

Students in his course used the Dobie Map Collection, created and donated to Centenary’s Magale Library by alumnus C. Walter Dobie ’54, to mount an exhibit tracing the mapping of the Gulf Coast from the 1500s to the present. “The map exhibit project was an important exercise in communicating information to a general public,” says Bieler. “The students had to rely on a variety of different communication

skills and use a variety of media, so it really fit in well with the overall goals of the course and the first-year Trek series.”

Reflecting on the nearly complete cycle of the first-year of the new program, David Havird loves the set of shared student experiences represented by the academic arc of Centenary in Paris and Trek 115-116.

“Paris is the new, foreign experience where students are seeing, hearing, touching, and tasting the unfamiliar,” says Havird. “115 allows them to dive deeply into thoughtprovoking ideas and consider their ‘calling,’ while 116 narrows their focus. Students are really introduced to ‘intellectual play’ in this course – the back and forth of ideas and

discoveries with the instructor and with themselves.”

The strategic initiative that Centenary should “be excellent academically” calls on the College to deliver “a liberal education that engages and connects the mind, body, and spirit” and “prepares students to contribute meaningfully to a 21st century world.” The revision of the first-year program and its integration into the Trek curriculum is an important step toward accomplishing one of the strategic plan’s long-term goals, but Jeanne Hamming has also witnessed an immediate impact.

“I think the new first-year Trek sequence engages students right away in key conversations about their aspirations, their strengths, and their struggles while also helping them feel like they belong to a dynamic intellectual community.” n

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sportsRECAP LADIES SOCCER With playing host to the 2017 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament on the horizon, the Ladies made sure they would provide the home crowd a lot to cheer about in 2017 under first year head coach Greg Cathell.

Centenary lost more than one-third of its scoring output from 2016 to the 2017 season, but the Ladies used home field advantage to get off to a fast start in SCAC play. After falling in their first two games of the season, the Ladies rallied from a halftime deficit to knock off Austin College in their SCAC opener. With a scoreless tie against Texas Lutheran a week later, the Maroon and White finished the weekend with an overtime win against Southwestern – its first victory over the Pirates in program history.

For their play in the first two weeks of SCAC action, sophomore Betza Bravo (week one) and Maggie Pitcher (week two) received Conference Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week recognition.

The Ladies celebrated senior night in a big way with a 4-0 win against Dallas. With a scoreless draw against

Austin College to end the regular season, the Ladies clinched the fourth seed for the SCAC Tournament and their best SCAC finish in program history.

Centenary drew Southwestern in the quarterfinals of the SCAC Tournament. Although Centenary dominated Southwestern 23-4 in shots, 14-2 in shots on goal, and 10-2 on corner kicks, the two teams remained tied after two overtime periods.

Although officially a draw, the two teams participated in penalty kicks to decide who would advance.

Centenary freshman Maggie Pitcher grabbed a save on Southwestern’s first attempt. The Ladies made their first two tries and led 2-0 after two attempts for each team. The Ladies missed their third and fourth attempts, but freshman Pamela Fonseca’s kick found the back on of the net on Centenary’s fifth try to advance the Ladies to the SCAC Semifinals for the first time in program history.

Centenary’s season came to a close with a 5-0 loss in the semifinals to eventual SCAC Tournament ­Champion Trinity.

The announcement of the AllConference awards f­ ollowing the season continued a year of firsts for Centenary. While it was the ­second straight season three players made the

All-conference team, sophomore Kyra Montes became Ladies soccer’s first player to be named to the SCAC First Team since Madison Alexander in the 2012 season. Montes led the Maroon and White in goals (three), points (eight), game-winning goals (two), shots (34) and shots on target (18).

Senior Riley Spudic received ­Second Team recognition for the second time in three seasons, while Bravo grabbed Honorable Mention ­accolades.

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Frey capped her senior season as a Second Team All-SCAC honoree, becoming the first NCAA Division III All-Conference honoree and only the second non-freshman team AllConference recognition for Ladies volleyball.

Desiree Frey

Academically, 5 of 12 volleyball ­student-athletes were honored with the SCAC ­Scholar’s List recognition (a 3.25 or better GPA in the fall 2017 semester). V ­ olleyball juniors Micheala ­Brantley and Amanda Farr received this honor for the third straight season, sophomore Kristian ­Loving made her second straight appearance, and ­senior ­Allison ­Lazewski and freshman Lauren Pilcher ­received this accolade for the first time.

GENTS SOCCER Nearly half of the team (10 of 21) appeared on the SCAC Scholar’s List for the 2017 season. To receive this honor, a student-athlete needed to record a minimum of a 3.25 GPA during the semester of their playing season. Senior Emily Duet was recognized for the third time, while senior Connor Harwood, s­ ophomore Serena Gallegos, and Spudic were honored for the ­second time.

VOLLEYBALL Coming into the season predicted to finish last in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, the Ladies entered 2017 with a chip on their shoulder. All they preceded to do was finish with the second-most overall wins and the most conference victories in program history.

Senior Desiree Frey recorded her 1,000th dig in the middle of the third set against Louisiana College October 19.

She finished her career as the only Centenary player to break the 1,000 mark in both kills and digs, entering the record book second in both categories with 1,156 kills and 1,159 digs.

In the win against Schreiner, a sweep on Saturday, ­October 21, the Ladies clinched a spot in the SCAC Tournament for the first time since 2013 –also the first time Centenary made the SCAC Tournament in a year where not every team automatically qualified. Junior Hailey Lawson also broke the 18-year old school record for career aces in her first serve of the match.

The 2017 soccer season was an up-and-down ­affair for the Gents and second-year head coach Kyle ­Symczak. Symczak, who served as the interim coach in 2016, had the interim tag removed shortly before the season.

Centenary began 2017 with a 1-1 tie against Belhaven in a game that proved to be prophetic for the season.

After dropping the next two games, the Gents fought to a hard-earned tie against Southwestern on a blistering hot Sunday afternoon in Shreveport.

The following Sunday, Centenary gave Colorado ­College all it could handle in Colorado Springs in a 1-0 loss. The Gents proved to be a thorn in the ­Tigers’ side in both meetings in 2017, rallying from a 3-1 ­deficit in Shreveport. However, Centenary lost the thriller in overtime thanks to a Colorado College goal in the 98th minute.

After a 4-1 loss to fourth-ranked Trinity to close out September, Centenary began the month of October with a pair of wins. After knocking off Schreiner, 2-0, for their first win of the season, the Gents beat ­regional rival LeTourneau in an overtime thriller.

In the final home game of the season, junior Nick Hammond recorded a hat trick in a 4-4 overtime game against Hendrix. The Shreveport native led the team in both goals (six) and points (17) for the

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s­ eason, while sophomore Gabe Rodriguez led the team and finished sixth in the conference with six assists.

Senior Kaleb Behm led the Gents and finished second in the SCAC with 105 saves in goal.

He also recorded three shutouts between the pipes.

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Four Gents soccer players were named to the SCAC Scholar’s List following the season. Sophomore Scott Halper made the list for the second straight season while juniors Chase Clark and Seth Fountain with freshman Ali Ibrahim made their first appearance.

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GENTS BASKETBALL The 2017-18 season turned out to be a year of transition. Centenary named a new coach for the first time in seven seasons when Chris Dorsey was announced as the 22nd Gents basketball coach in June 2017.

The Maroon and White finished the year second in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season standings and qualified for the SCAC Tournament Finals for the first time since the 2014-15 season.

Centenary finished the year 15-11 and 8-6 in SCAC play, a three-win improvement overall with two more conference victories than the previous season.

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Senior Travion ­Kirkendoll graduated as one of the most prolific ­scorers in school history. He led the conference for the second time Travion Kirkendoll in three seasons in scoring (22.2 points per game, 27th in the nation) and finished top-5 in scoring all four seasons.

In the Championship Game of the SCAC Tournament, he also broke the 13-year-old conference scoring record. Finishing his career with 1,919 points, Kirkendoll ranks first in the NCAA Division III era and fourth overall in the Gents basketball record book.

Sophomore Cedric Harris finished fourth in the conference with 17.3

ranked Trinity before falling 64-55 January 26. The Ladies rebounded with a 64-52 win against Schreiner to start a winning streak that featured four straight double-digit wins in less than a week.

In the win against the Mountaineers January 28, junior guard Savanah Doty tied the school record for blocks in a game with seven. She finished the season 80th in the country with 1.8 rejections per game, including third in the nation among guards…and the two that ranked ahead of Doty both have three inches on her!

points per game to complete one of the highest scoring duos in the country. Kirkendoll (First Team) and Harris (Second Team) represented the Gents on the All-Conference team.

In the SCAC Tournament semifinals, the Gents built a 14-point lead before claiming a 76-70 win over Texas Lutheran to advance to the tournament finals. Against ­Schreiner, the Gents led 35-31 at halftime but fell just short, 77-73.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Second-year head coach David Foley faced a monumental task in 2017-18 as half of the 16-team roster were freshmen. What transpired was a four-game ­winning streak during the middle of the season. Ladies basketball also qualified for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament on its own for the first time in program history.

Jasmine Morris

After a non-conference win against Dallas Christian, 77-60, the Ladies closed out the final home weekend with a pair of victories. With a 78-64 win against D ­ allas (February 2) and a 67-55 triumph against Colorado College (February 3), Centenary finished above .500 at home in conference play (4-3) for the first time in program history.

Besides Doty, Morris (Third Team) and freshman Bre Frierson (Honorable Mention) were named to the All-Conference squad. For the season, Morris led the team and finished 11th in the SCAC with 10.9 points per game, leading the conference with 4.1 free throws made per contest. She scored a season-best 18 points in a 78-63 win against Millsaps on December 16, 2017, also finishing with 10 rebounds for her only doubledouble of the season.

Frierson finished with 7.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game while leading the team with a 49.6 field goal percentage in 2017-18. She finished with a pair of double-doubles on the season, including 15 points and

At Schreiner on January 20, junior Jasmine Morris ­became just the s­eventh member of the 1,000-point club for Ladies B ­ asketball. Her driving layup gave her the milestone in only her 68th career game, besting Alexis Pettaway’s mark by 14 contests. The Ladies held on for the 70-68 win, their first win at ­Schreiner.

The win kickstarted a streak of five wins in six contests, including a four-game winning streak. After the win at Schreiner, the Ladies hung tough with nationally-

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13 rebounds against Austin College (December 30, 2017) and 13 points and 13 boards at Trinity (January 26, 2018).

SWIMMING The Centenary swimming teams completed the 2017-18 ­season at the Southern Collegiate ­Athletic Conference Swimming ­Championships with the Gents ­finishing fourth and the Ladies ­finishing fifth.

It was the final ­collegiate com­ petition for a decorated ­senior class for the Gents.

Zachary ­Harrison claimed All-­ Zachary Harrison Conference honors in the 500 freestyle. He fi ­ nished third with a time of 4:43.72, the

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fastest NCAA ­Division III time for ­Centenary in that event (and the sixth-fastest overall) in program history. He also teamed up with classmates R ­ oberto Roig-Perez and Anthony McDonald, as well as freshman Nick Braby, to finish AllConference in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:34.69.

In the women’s championship, sophomore Jessi Jordan improved upon her personal bests in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes. She finished fourth in the 200 with the fourthfastest time in school history, touching the wall in 2:30.44. In the 100, her mark of 1:08.96 in the prelims ranks fifth on the all-time best times list. She finished sixth in the finals.

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Norton finished sixth.

Other highlights from the ­season include the Gents ­winning the ­Hendrix Invitational on ­December 1-2, 2017. Centenary also bested conference rival Austin College on Senior Day, winning six individual and two relay titles in the 103-86 win.

Individually, for his six event and relay wins in the three meets of the season, Harrison was named the initial SCAC Male Swimmer of the Week of the season on October 17.

Harrison repeated as Swimmer of the Week ­October 24 after three event wins at Southwestern and Trinity ­October 20-21. n

SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2018 4:30 –7:00 PM Jones Rice Field • Centenary College of Louisiana

Tickets: $25 in advance • $40 at the door centenary.edu/beastfeast

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Diary links Centenary’s past and present “When this you see, remember me,” wrote twentyfour-year-old Rev. John Andrew Miller in 1856. Over one ­hundred and sixty years later...

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Rev. Lindy Broderick, chaplain at Centenary College of Louisiana, donated her greatgreat-grandfather Rev. John Andrew Miller’s diary to the College’s Archives and Special Collections. Miller’s diary documents his personal and professional life as a pastor in the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South from 1856 to 1859. The Archives recently cataloged and digitized the diary, thereby making an electronic copy of it available online. Now, Centenary student Mickaela Clark is using it for a research project in her class, Religion and the South, taught by Dr. David Otto.

While reviewing her class syllabus, Clark noticed one research option involved studying a nineteenth century circuit rider - a pastor assigned to supervise multiple churches within a geographic area. “I knew I could not pass up the opportunity,” she says. “I thought following an individual and seeing what they see and their perspective on their work could provide interesting insight into religion, society, and culture at the time.

I hope that by the end of this project I will be able to not only understand the diary, but also compare it to the larger social forces at work to see where John Miller fit in the context of his time.”

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p­ redecessors of today’s Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. From 1856 to 1859, he served congregations on the New Orleans Circuit (Laurel Street, Carrollton, Gretna, and Algiers), the Mound Bayou and Bayou Vidal Circuit in Tensas Parish, the Richmond and Madison Circuit and Colored Mission in Madison Parish, and ­Patterson in Saint Mary Parish. Miller regularly wrote about working with congregations, traveling to visit church members, preparing sermons, interacting with other Methodist ministers, and corresponding with family and friends in Mississippi.

Miller’s diary highlights the life of the churches he served. It contains details about styles of worship and provides insight into Miller’s own preferences. On March 29, 1857, he describes one congregation acquiring a new musical instrument: “The people here at Ebenezer Church on Bayou Vidal have purchased a melodeon and put in the church. It was done without my consent or even my knowledge. And I do not now ­approve of it, but of two evils I prefer choosing the least and let it remain for to oppose it would only cause them to become angry, fall out with me and quit coming to church.

And as they are all sinners, perhaps it will insure them to come regular and by that means be greatly benefitted.”

“There is something transcendent about this diary written by my Methodist minister great-great-grandfather who was appointed, served, and preached in the ­Louisiana Conference,” says Rev. Lindy Broderick. “And, now, I am a Methodist minister ­appointed and also serving the Louisiana Conference as chaplain at Centenary. ­Donating this diary to the Archives at Centenary completes the circle. I think my great-great-grandfather would be pleased.”

Dr. David Otto, Professor of Religious ­Studies, teaches upper-level classes that study primary sources in Centenary’s Archives and Special Collections. “Few students on the undergraduate level have the opportunity to conduct archival research,” explains Otto. “This project gives students a skill set that sets them apart when looking at graduate schools.”

Collecting, preserving, and making available material about Louisiana United Methodism is the mission of the Archives and Special Collections at Centenary. Miller was a pastor in the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, one of the

To view the diary’s cataloging record, which links to the digital facsimile, visit: centenary.edu/archive_diary. For more information about the project, contact ­Centenary archivist Chris Brown at 318.869.5462 or archives@centenary.edu. n

Mickaela Clark and Rev. Lindy Broderick pose with the Miller diary.

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Homecoming 2017 Highlights Right: Brothers Denis ’94 and Davor ’95 Poljak, 2017 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees

Left: Katie McKay Simpson ’04, 2017 Bentley Sloane Award R ­ ecipient

Left: Centenary Police Chief ­Eddie Walker, 2017 Honorary Athletic Letter Recipient

Left: Charles Grubb ’68, 2017 Alumni Loyalty Award ­Recipient

Right: C ­ ourtney Patterson Stephens ’01, 2017 Young Alumni L ­ eadership Award ­Recipient

Members of the Class of 1967 celebrate their 50th reunion and enjoy the annual Quinq Club Brunch. Front row (left to right): Beth Gibbs Russell, Patty Burnap Harvey, Janie Wroten Deterly. Back row (left to right): John Davidson, Edwin Cabra, Les Hammond, Jeff Victory, Bill Baker.

Centenary Golf Coach Emlyn Aubrey addresses a crowd at the ribbon cutting for Centenary’s new Hal Sutton Golf Performance Center located on the second floor of the Haynes Fitness Center.

Dr. Harold Christensen poses with one of Centenary’s first MBA graduates Earline Jackson ’88 at the MBA Alumni Reception.

Save the Date for Homecoming 2018 – November 2-11!

Featuring a NEW week-long celebration of all things Centenary! Cheer on the Ladies and Gents in basketball, hear the Centenary College Choir’s annual Rhapsody in View, celebrate our Alumni Award Recipients and the 40th Anniversary of Women’s Athletics at Centenary, enjoy special convocations with guest alumni, and worship with us on Centenary Sunday. More details to come!

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2017 Homecoming Princess Sabrina Handal

Above: 2017 Homecoming Court Amir Kaskas, Bailey McDonald, LeRoy McCray, Ashley White, AJ Thomas, Cami Chopin, Ian Naron, Halen Sumner, Alex Shannon, and Sabrina Handal.

Not pictured: Queen ­Rebecca Dunn, Harrison Folse, Connor . ­Harwood, and Paul A ­ hluwalia 2017 Homecoming King AJ Thomas

Centenary admission counselors ­Kellie Slater ’16 and Max Beilke ’16 enjoy the 2017 Homecoming tailgate.

Centenary President Dr. ­Christopher ­Holoman preaches during the ­Centenary Sunday Service at Noel ­Memorial United Methodist Church.

Below: TKE Alumni (and spouses) from the 70s gathered for a 45th Reunion weekend during Homecoming 2017

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Class Notes The following class notes were submitted by alumni between August 30, 2017 - March 1, 2018.

Class notes are subject to content editing by the Offices of Alumni and Family Relations and Marketing & Communication.

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1965 Carole Cotton-Winn, Slidell, LA, has recently published a book based on her father’s letters written during World War II. It features artifacts, newspaper clippings, and his reflections on the Army Transportation Corp during their months of preparation for D-Day. “My Darling, A World War II Scrapbook” is available from Carole for shipping.

1967 Leonard Critcher, Whitney, TX, and Mary Tullie Critcher ’68 are pleased to announce the release of their second co-authored book, Welcome To The Metroplex!. The complete guide to everything DFW directs new arrivals to the Metroplex through the seemingly endless maze of what the area

Shreveport-Bossier Holiday Reception (11/28/17): Alumni Calvin Head ’74, Megan Conway ’75, and Jeff Hendricks ’75.

offers. Even seasoned residents will find venues they never knew existed.

1971 Stephen Pitters, Spokane, WA, recently helped with an event at the Spokane Spark Central, the We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) ­Storytime.

The storytime – ­arranged for young children – called ­attention to the WNDB organization, whose mission is to “put more books ­featuring diverse characters into the hands of all children.”

1973 Jeffrey Daiell, Houston, TX, had a short story, “To Hell And Back”, published in e-format by The Robles Group; the same company published his novel, From Roundheel To Revolutionary, also in e-format. Both are available on Amazon.com. The firm has also accepted for e-publication another novel, Eight Minutes, Twenty Seconds.

with USAID, & Eric is an attorney working remotely with Ft. Worth law firm, Decker Jones.

1979 Elaine McArdle, Portland, OR, The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery, which she co-authored with neuro­ scientist Barbara K. Lipska about Elaine’s journey through mental illness due to metastatic brain cancer, came out April 3 from Houghton Mifflin ­Harcourt. Each year, one in five people worldwide experiences a mental illness. Elaine and Barbara hope to help de-stigmatize mental illness and encourage more compassion for those who have it. Elaine and Barbara will be on campus to speak about their book during Home­coming Week 2018.

Brenda Miller Donner, Seattle, WA, served the maximum 2 terms (2015-2017) as National President of Concerns of Police Survivors (nationalcops.org). This is a support organization, formed in 1984, to provide services to the survivors of a law enforcement line of duty death. Since her dad died in the line of duty when Brenda was 8, she automatically became a member of the ‘club’ no one wanted to join. As National President of C.O.P.S., Brenda was able to attend law enforcement conferences and trade shows, meet lawmakers, and advocate on behalf of the nation’s law enforcement survivors. This included speaking at the National Law Enforcement Memorial Candlelight vigil on May 13th both years of her terms! Brenda notes, “Although I certainly would not have had my dad die in the line of duty, it happened. And I’m blessed that I had the opportunity, as the first adult child National President of C.O.P.S., to speak to the particular traumas

1977 Shreveport-Bossier Holiday Reception (11/28/17): ­Development staff members Jena McKinzie (left) and ­Meredith Armuth (right) visit with alumnae Pearla Despot ’49 and Emilie Anne Ostendorff ’44.

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Kay Grammer Camp, Shreveport, LA, recently returned from Accra, Ghana where she spent a magical Christmas with her grandsons, 3-year-old Nicholas & 16-month-old Cameron, her daughter-in-law, Karla, and son, Eric Camp ’04. Karla is an attorney

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Little Rock New Year Reception (1/11/18): Jack Mulkey ’61 and Mary Mulkey.

until 2016. After working with an editor, he published the book in August 2017 and was then fortunate enough to have been invited to attend one of the Oscar’s gifting suites, where he gave the book to actors/actresses, producers, screenwriters.

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Dallas-Fort Worth Holiday Reception (12/3/17): From left to right – Lara Moffat ’95, Randall Wooley ’95, development staff member David Henington ’82, and reception host Jim Francis ’98.

experienced by children when their law enforcement parent dies in the line of duty.”

1982 Kathryn Packard, Houston, TX, was awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal on June 15, 2017, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. She also celebrated 25 years of Federal service on February 19, 2018. She received her BS in Biology from Centenary in 1982 and her MS in Environmental Science from University of Houston in 1996.

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Lorin Anderson, Lake Mary, FL, was recently named vice president of instruction for the Golf Channel.

He develops and manages the Golf Channel’s instruction-related properties at the company’s Orlando world headquarters.

Marijane Buck Nguyen, Long Beach, CA, is a social worker and currently works in foster care and adoption in Orange County, CA. Her first book was recently published, Beyond Two Worlds: A Taiwanese-American Adoptee’s Memoir & Search for Identity. It’s the story of how adoption impacted Marijane’s life, the losses adoptees experience, and ultimately, the reunion with her birth family in Taipei, Taiwan. She authors a blog called Beyond Two Worlds where you can read more about the book, www.beyondtwoworlds.com. Additionally, Marijane hosts a podcast on international and transracial adoption called Global Adoptee Talk. The podcast is about the experiences of international and transracial adoptees. She interviews other adoptees and shares their stories. They discuss topics such as loss, identity, and blood ties. You can listen to episodes on iTunes, Stitcher, SoundCloud, Google Play and iHeartRadio.

Austin Holiday Reception (12/8/17): Lee Parker ’01, Katie White Parker ’02, and Andrew Barkley ’05.

1989 Nancy Berger-Schneider, ­Shreveport, LA, after moving away after graduation, Nancy has finally moved back to the Shreveport area.

Nancy joined the staff at the Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office in June 2017, where she is employed as an Assistant District Attorney in the Special Victims Unit.

1994 Denis Poljak, Shreveport, LA, was named to Morgan Stanley’s prestigious Century Club, an elite group composed of the firm’s top Financial Advisors, in February 2018. The appointment recognizes Denis’s consistent creativity and excellence in providing a wide range of investment products and wealth management services to his clients.

Matthew Imes, Madisonville, LA, co-founded Adva-Net (www. adva-net.com), a national pain management, post-acute care and addiction recovery network focusTamika Sims, Brooklyn, NY, is ing on workers’ compensation in currently working part time teach2012. Adva-Net currently has over ing gymnastics at Brooklyn Arts 55,000 providers across the country.

Exchange.

In August 2017, INC 5000 ranked AdvaNet as the 13th fastest growing company in the ­United States, and the #1 fastest growing company in the healthcare sector. In December 2017, AdvaNet was selected as one of MSM Money’s World’s 25 Fastest Growing Companies.

Also in 2012, Matthew wrote a novel, “What If?”. Because of the business venture described above, he Dallas-Fort Worth Holiday Reception (12/3/17): Alumni, parents, prospective families, and friends of Centenary set the book aside gather to listen to remarks from Centenary President Dr. Holoman. Photo courtesy of Martin Camp ’76.

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Austin Holiday ­Reception (12/8/17): Zoe McSwain Jackson ’14 and Greg ­Jackson ‘13.

Kenny Morrow, Shreveport, LA, was recently named chief operating officer of Metro Aviation in ­Shreveport.

2000 Cregg Hardwick (MBA), Houston, TX, is now a successful author, writing as C. Stuart Hardwick. He won the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest in 2014 and has been a finalist for the Jim Baen Memorial Award four times. His work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, and he’s a regular in Analog Science Fiction & Fact.

2001 Houston Holiday Reception (12/10/17): Dr. Holoman and alumni show off their Centenary pride with their Centenary socks! You can still get a pair with your donation of $50 or more (www.centenary.edu/give)

Jon Veen, Seattle, WA, was elected president of Chapter 215 of the ­National Treasury Employees Union in October 2017. The union represents employees in several agencies that are part of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Food and Drug Administration, ­Administration for Children and Families, and Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals located in five states. In January 2018, Jon graduated from George Washington University with a ­masters degree in Political and Campaign Management.

Jason Wingert, Dallas, TX, was inducted into the Kappa Alpha Order Mikell Province Court of Honor on Saturday, February 24, 2018. The purpose of the Court of Honor is to recognize alumni for their continuing interest, support, and participation in the Order, its active chapters, or its alumni chapters.

2003 Chip LeDuff, Durham, NC, published an article in 2017 titled “Transitional Objects to Faciliate Grieving Following Perinatal Loss” in the Advances in Neonatal Care journal. Currently, Chip is completing his Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at Duke University School of Nursing. In June 2018, he, along with wife Christy ’03 and son Ben, will be moving to a new military duty station in Iwakuni, Japan.

Houston H ­ oliday Reception (12/10/17): Lesley Jarboe, Michael Jarboe ’10, Chuck Simmons ’71, and Carol ­Simmons.

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Valerie ’03 and Joe ’04 R ­ obideaux have moved to ­Anchorage, ­Alaska.

Joe is the teaching pastor of ­leadership and vision at Faith Christian ­Community Church in Anchorage and Val is working with undergraduate students again(!) at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Val notes, “We are enjoying a white winter and are ready for spring! Miss my Centenary community!”

2004 Katie Simpson, Lake Charles, LA, was published in a book r­eleased in March 2018, The Marks of Hope: Where the Spirit is Moving in a Wounded Church. Her co-authors are also United Methodist pastors in the Shreveport-Bossier area.

Traci Clift, Abilene, TX, has worked for Bioventus, an o ­ rthobiologics company, for 11+ years, and in ­February, she won her 5th award trip in a row by being one of the top 4 sales reps in the company of 250+ reps with sales totaling over $2M worth of products. The current trip will allow her to go to Lake Como, Italy, for the second year in a row.

Traci notes that she “loves her job and being able to help people who are hurting each day get back to their normal daily activities. It has truly been a blessing to me to help people while providing for my family at the same time. It is a privilege to work for such a wonderful company with such impactful products.”

John Lee, Shreveport, LA, is a corporal with the Shreveport Police Department, serving in the K-9 Division. He is a nine-year veteran of the force. Additionally, John serves as the head women’s soccer coach for Caddo Magnet High School. He was recently featured on the local news

in a hometown spotlight entitled Salute The Badge: Corporal and Coach Lee. Maria Moores Watts, Chicago, IL, was recently promoted to managing director and head of retail investment banking at Baird. She is the youngest managing director promoted in the history of global investment banking and one of only four female managing directors out of nearly 300 investment bankers. Baird is a global, middle-market investment bank focused on mergers and acquisitions and equity offerings for companies between $50 mm and $1 bn in transaction value.

2005 Zachary Ingrim, Dallas, TX, ­celebrated one year in February 2018 as an registered respiratory therapist at the VA Hospital Dallas, working in the ER, ICU, and on the recovery floors.

Fox’s Bones and Showtime’s Twin Peaks.

2011 Kristin DiGioia Bumgardner, ­Baton Rouge, LA, was recently named ­Teacher of the Year for East Baton Rouge Parish.

2013 Houston Holiday Reception (12/10/17): ­Houston Holiday Reception hosts Mike ’63 and Carolyn ’65 Mann.

2008 Brittany Barbee, Hernando, MS, will graduate from the University of Mississippi School of Law in May 2018. She will then begin a two-year legal fellowship in September 2018 with the Children’s Rights Division of the Southern Poverty Law Center at its headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama.

Josh Coco, Miami Beach, FL, is the executive director of advancement, communications, public relations, and outreach at the University of Miami.

New Orleans Holiday Reception (12/13/17): Reception host Jim Mounger ’65 with Centenary First Lady Connie Holoman and President Chris Holoman.

Kelsey Bellamy Johnson, ­Houston, TX, is in the MFA Communication ­Design program at Texas State University in San Marcos. One of her projects was selected for Showcase 2018 and is on display in the Texas State Galleries. She created a têtebêche book called Type on Textile comparing German typographer ­Rudolf Koch’s writing rugs (1924) and American artist Gina Adams’ Broken Treaty Quilts (2015). Both Koch and Adams integrated type into large ­textiles to convey their messages.

Samuel Wyatt (MBA), Geismar, LA, graduated from Centenary in May 2008 with a Master of Business Administration from the Frost School of Business. At the time, he was a ­sergeant with the Bossier City Police Department. In February ­ ammy accepted a position 2013, S with Louisiana State University as the d ­ irector of investigative audit services in the Office of Internal Audit. During his time with LSU, he pursued a Doctorate of ­Philosophy in Human Resource Education and graduated with his Ph.D. in ­December 2017. He is looking forward to pursuing a professorship at the collegiate level.

2009 Mindy McKoin Ma, Los Angeles, CA, is a DGA assistant director working on Season 5 of Silicon Valley with HBO. Before that, she worked on TNT’s The Last Ship Season 4&5,

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Dr. Quyen D. Chu (MBA), ­Shreveport, LA, has been selected as one of the 59 scholars chosen for the Presidential Leadership S ­ cholars (PLS) program’s fourth annual class. PLS serves as a catalyst for a diverse network of leaders brought together to collaborate and make a difference in the world as they learn about leadership through the lens of the presidential experiences of George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Dr. Chu’s class was selected after a rigorous application and review ­process. Scholars were chosen based on their leadership growth potential and the strength of their personal leadership projects aimed at improving the civic or social good by addressing a problem or need in a community, profession, or ­organization.

Little Rock New Year Reception (1/11/18): Lauren Frost McElroy ’06 and Dave McElroy ’08.

2014 Lea Hair, Lafayette, LA, earned her white coat from the University of Houston College of Optometry in January 2018. If all goes according to plan, Lea will graduate with a dual OD/MS in May 2020.

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Ashley Oliver, Bossier City, LA, was promoted to manager of the ­Mental Health Department at Caddo ­Correctional Center in December of 2017. Ashley notes, “I am so grateful for my Centenary education. I would not be where I am today had it not been for this amazing institution!”

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New Orleans Holiday Reception (12/13/17): Alumni, staff, friends of the College and prospective families enjoy visiting among host Jim Mounger’s art collection.

Baton Rouge Holiday Reception (12/14/17): President Chris Holoman, Matt DeVille, Beth Bonner DeVille ’99, Lee ­McKinzie ’77, and David Henington ’82.

Ryan O’Donnell, Shreveport, LA, earned a Master of Science in ­Operations Research from UT ­Austin in May 2017 and started a new job as a solutions architect at PROS Inc shortly after.

Kirk Reedstrom, Shreveport, LA, recently signed with Paul R ­ odeen, a literary agent who represents children’s book authors and i­llustrators. ­ ouston, Texas, Kirk Originally from H spent most of his childhood drawing and reading Calvin & Hobbes.

While studying at Centenary, he interned with William Joyce and fell in love with children’s literature b ­ efore becoming a bookseller at Blue Willow Bookshop. Kirk is an active member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and ­Illustrators, a member of the Louisiana Reading Association, and an advisory board member of the Noel Community Arts Program. Kirk spends the rest of his time doodling in S ­ hreveport, Louisiana, with his wife, Sarah Duet ’11, and their cat, Nash. Read more about Kirk and his work at kirkreedstrom.com.

Miles Robinson, Friendswood, TX, will be graduating from law school in May, and is headed to work for the Texas Supreme Court as a law clerk.

2016 Robin Chailland, Shreveport, LA, is engaged to marry Blake Bourgoyne ’15 on April 28, 2018.

Baton Rouge Holiday Reception (12/14/17): Guests enjoy a reception at the Baton Rouge Country Club hosted by C­entenary trustee Fred Loy.

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Dellanee Wade, Ruston, LA, won three ADDY Awards (Silver, Gold, and Student Best of Show) in the American Advertising Federation Competition of Shreveport-Bossier in February 2018. The designs were projects created at Louisiana Tech University (Ruston, LA) where she is currently enrolled in her second year of graduate school earning a Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design.

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Charlie Williams, Coppell, TX, ­recently began a new job as an audiovisual technician for a company known as PSAV. He is the lead technician who sets/strikes for corporate AV shows at large venues. He notes, “The best part is operating broadcast ready cameras, running programs as a technical director, troubleshooting lights, and operating audio mixers for major clients!”

2017 Kendall Demouchet, Shreveport, LA, joined Vintage Realty (Shreveport) in April 2017 as a licensed commercial real estate agent.

2018 Bailey McDonald, Nacogdoches, TX, has been named the assistant director of program and m ­ inistry at Lakeview Summer Camp in Palestine, TX. McDonald will a ­ ssist with year-round programming that focuses on developing, planning, and evaluating the summer camp ­program. The new position will also help recruit, hire, and train ­Lakeview’s seasonal program staff members.

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MARRIAGES Jessica Jones Brown ’10, S ­ hreveport, LA, married Alan Brown ’06 on ­November 4, 2017.

Mindy McKoin Ma ’09, Los Angeles, CA, got married on December 28, 2016, at Kualoa Ranch in Kaneohe, HI (her husband is from Oahu).

Mark Messinger ’79, Fort ­Lauderdale, FL, married B. Scott Schwab with a big church wedding in Ft. ­Lauderdale, FL on October 21, 2017. ­Fellow ­Centenary alumni Mark St. John Couhig (his wife Linda) and Sue ­Ellen Cole Gerdes were among the 135 guests in attendance.

Tamika Sims ’98, Brooklyn, NY, ­married her wife, Wislene CharlesSims, May 25, 2014.

Jennifer Watson ’04, Fort C ­ ollins, CO, married Thomas Bielecki on January 5, 2018, in Fort Collins, ­Colorado.

Liz Tomsula ’08, Arvada, CO, married Benjamin Cross on March 24, 2018, in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

BIRTHS Tamika Sims ’98, Brooklyn, NY, gave birth to a baby girl on May 28, 2017.

She weighed 6 lbs. exactly and was 19 inches long.

Victoria Kintner-Duffy ’04, Memphis, TN, her husband, ­William Duffy, and her oldest daughter, Fiona Duffy, welcomed little one, Sloane Katherine Duffy, to their ­family in August 2017.

Jennifer Taylor Smith ’99, Dallas, TX, had a baby boy, Jackson Taylor Smith, on August 30, 2017.

Mindy McKoin Ma ’09, Los Angeles, CA, and her husband welcomed their first child Zuri Jean Ma on ­August 31, 2017.

Adrian Long Gilfoil ’08, Baton Rouge, LA, welcomed son Robert Van Gilfoil on October 28, 2017.

In Memoriam In RECEIVED BETWEEN AUGUST 30, 2017 - MARCH 1, 2018

Chrystine Moore Reeves ’40 1/1/2018

Willam Semple ’53 7/12/2011

Martha Martin Talbot ’65 9/14/2017

Lee Alice Clay Finnell ’41 8/24/2017

Harvey Allen ’55 9/3/2017

Tommie Miller Swain ’66 12/30/2017

Bess Browder Black ’45 1/20/2018

John Brown ’55 10/26/2017

Eleanor Spohn ’67 11/18/2017

Vada McGoldrick ’46 1/12/2018

George Mamoulides ’55 1/23/2018

Dellis Germann ’68 12/19/2017

Peppino Vlannes ’48 12/18/2017

Georgia Cox Allen ’57 1/15/2010

Mike Strausser ’69 11/25/2017

Billie Barton Henderson ’49 9/25/2007

Grover Britt ’57 8/31/2017

Cole Flournoy ’70 10/19/2017

Mary Grainger Wells ’49 2/1/2018

Johnnie Hayes Schulman ’57 10/19/2017

David Hoskins ’70 9/28/2017

Bettye McCullough Kappen ’50 2/2/2018

Genevieve Palmer Stephens ’57 11/10/2017

Polly Schaumburg Ebarb ’73 1/2/2018

Perry Smith ’50 8/14/2017

John Willis ’57 12/5/2017

Mazie Williams Gleason ’73 9/20/2017

Attie Plummer Sullivan ’50 10/20/2017

Sharon Victory McGowan ’59 11/11/2017

Robert Layton ’73 1/26/2018

Vincent Taglavore ’50 4/25/2017

Jere Joiner ’60 10/2/2017

Bob Owens ’75 8/3/2017

Ann Dozier Thomas ’50 9/24/2017

James Love ’60 9/2/2017

Betty McKnight Speairs H’78 2/11/2018

Douglas White ’50 1/21/2014

Roy McCoy ’60 1/15/2018

Brenda Cunningham Malone ’80 11/1/2017

James Boone ’51 8/20/2016

Michael Eiser ’61 1/12/2018

Susan Armstrong ’89 1/29/2018

Denny Gamble ’51 9/25/2017

Robert Griffith ’61 8/31/2017

Mattie Hollingsworth Brown ’91 10/26/2017

Donna Lofton Gipson ’51 9/20/2017

Arnold McHone ’61 12/12/2017

James Maziarz ’93 1/6/2018

Donald Hall ’51 12/5/2017

Noni Miller Gay ’62 11/16/2017

Bobbi Enderle Beeson ’96 2/5/2018

Thomas Wood ’51 1/16/2018

Jennie Nutt Ferrenberg ’65 11/15/2014

Mark Horzelski ’03 1/30/2015

Betty Beene Smith ’52 11/29/2017

LaJuana Butler Goldsby ’65 9/20/2017

Bobby Potter ’53 9/4/2017

David Kingsley ’65 11/4/2016

Walter Ratcliff ’53 10/1/2017

Carolyn Moore Rogers ’65 8/22/2017

We celebrate the lives and legacies of these members of the Centenary family.

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