The Class of 1954 enjoyed a gala reception and dinner in McBryde Hall on April 23 during Alumni Reunion Celebration. Pictured left to right are Mary Jean Faris Martin, Martha Anne Stewart McFadden, Virginia Archer Foster and Fran Bailey Kendrick.

About 560 undergraduates participated in Winthrop’s May 8 commencement ceremony. The graduating seniors came from far and wide to receive a Winthrop education. Students represented states on the West and East Coasts and even countries as far as Norway, Brazil, Scotland and Kenya. The commencement speaker was Elaine Jones, the former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

The President’s Garden was the setting for the alumni awards ceremony on April 24 during Alumni Reunion Celebration activities. Jolene Stepp Setiff ’86, alumni association president (left), and President Anthony DiGiorgio (right) presented the awards to Dolly Crouch Mitchell ’62, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award; Ernestine Player ’55, recipient of the Professional Achievement Award; Frances Salley Schumpert ’32, recipient of the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award; and Jay L. Karen ’96, recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award.

On April 25, President Anthony DiGiorgio presented graduating seniors with the official Winthrop ring at a ceremony in Frances May Barnes Recital Hall. For more information on how you can purchase Winthrop’s official ring, visit www.winthropalumni.com or contact alumni relations, 803/323-2145.

Winthrop sophomore Elizabeth Van Dolah and fellow environmentalists planted 114 trees on the Winthrop campus April 17. The event, “The Winthrop Tree Jubilee: An ‘Earth Day’ Consumption Awareness Event,” focused on the unnecessarily high rate of consumption of fossil fuels and other natural resources in the United States. Van Dolah, a Charleston resident who is double majoring in environmental studies and art, got the idea for the event after attending the National Wildlife Federation’s Women for Sustainable Development Initiative leadership conference in January.

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