No Rehearsal: A Memoir Brenda Sims Bartella Peterson ‘70
From timid little girl to confident minister, speaker and writer, I couldn’t have predicted the roles I’d take on in life: nerd, missionary, glamour girl, wife five times, mother twice. I didn’t know it would play out with more than my share of tragedy and threads of comedy and joy. Raising my siblings and making my own decisions was research for the demands of parenting, widowhood, the loss of one son and my older son’s attempt to take his own life. With tenacity, friendships and accountability as my guides, I struggled to figure out what matters, who matters and whether I matter.
Grounded Angela Crouch Correll ‘88
Flight attendant Annie Taylor is grounded, putting a halt to her jet-setting lifestyle. When her boyfriend’s true nature is revealed and she loses her apartment, Annie leaves for the long-avoided family farm in Kentucky. She finds a shotgun-wielding grandmother, a farm in disrepair, and a suspicious stranger renting the old stone house. Yet in the midst of her crashing life, Annie sees a glimmer of hope for a second chance. Jake Wilder is contemplating jumping off the corporate ladder. He’s about to propose to Camille, a girl who wants more, not less. As the summer heats up, so do Annie’s unexpected feelings for Jake and her interest in the land. When a phone call comes from New York, Annie is forced to choose between coming to terms with her past or leaving it all behind.
Photo by Paul Atkinson
Winter Commencement Celebrates Achievement
ABOVE: President Greene outlined the evening program for speaker Wilhoit and alumni board president Jesse Hodgson ’04, center, who formally inducted graduates into the alumni association.
Commencement is a milestone one of life’s landmark occasions. It’s a time when graduates, family members, and friends gather to celebrate past and future.
Amid cheers and applause as their names were called, Bachelor’s and Master’s graduates received their degrees during Georgetown College’s combined Winter Commencement on December 19 in John L. Hill Chapel. In his welcoming remarks, President Dr. M. Dwaine Greene congratulated graduates on their accomplishments and thanked those who supported them along the way. Commencement speaker was alumnus Dr. Gene Wilhoit ’67. A former commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Education, Wilhoit is director of the Center for Innovation in Education at the University of Kentucky and a partner with Student Achievement Partners. Dr. Wilhoit spoke of how advances in science and technology, globalization and demographic shifts are changing our world and suggested how new graduates can adjust to changes and implement their knowledge. Acknowledging the educational achievement of graduates and the unmistakable advantage of having a degree, he stressed the importance of life-long learning for continued success in what is becoming a more knowledge-based society. There must be continued personalized learning, he said, enhanced by the use of technology. But, he admonished, above all, individuals must remain true to themselves and maintain the highest level of integrity. Candidates for undergraduate degrees were formally presented by Dr. Rosemary Allen, Provost and Academic Dean; Dr. Joy BowersCampbell, Dean of Education, presented the candidates for graduate degrees. Six Bachelor of Arts, 14 Bachelor of Science, and 70 Master of Arts in Education degrees were conferred. This was the second year for a winter commencement. The next undergraduate commencement is scheduled for May 2015.
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