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Enthusiasm Springs
Eternal at Alumni Reunion Celebration
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JoAnn Deason Federspiel `56 of
Nashville, Tenn., leads the golden girls into McBryde Hall during the Alumni Reunion
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Alumni Reunion Celebration
activities brought together hundreds of alumni who braved rainy
weather during the April 21-23 weekend.
Members
of classes from 1931 through 1976 gathered on campus, in the
homes of local alumni and at local restaurants and clubs to
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Commencement Is
Crowning Moment for Seniors
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Ruth
Shaw, group executive of public policy and president of Duke
Nuclear for Duke Energy, advised Winthrop University graduates
to “Be. Know. Do.” as they undertake the next
phase of their lives. |
| Ruth Shaw,
undergraduate
Commencement speaker |
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Recent
Winthrop Events Photos
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The annual ring ceremony April 23 was a chance for students and their family members to celebrate a popular Winthrop tradition.
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Save the Date!
June 30
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Deadline to mail in 2005-06
Loyalty Fund pledges/gifts
July 4 — Independence Day, campus closed
August 21 — Convocation
August 22 — First
day of classes
On the Web – The
Winthrop men’s basketball team will travel to New Zealand and
Australia on May 17-30 to play six teams. Look for assistant
athletic director Jack Frost’s journal at
www.winthropeagles.com.
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Alumni Association Elects
Two New Trustees
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Two
new representatives from the Alumni Association were elected
this spring to soon begin service as members of the Winthrop
University Board of Trustees.
Frances Cunningham Davenport `59 of Clinton, S.C., and Jane Lawton
LaRoche `69 of Camden, S.C., will represent the association. The two
take the place of Mary Jean Martin `54 and Polly Ford `48, who will
be rotating off the board in June. Davenport will serve a six-year
term, while LaRoche will join the board for a four-year term.
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Recent Graduate Pushes
Pea-nutty Idea
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Brainstorming for ideas with fellow
S.C. Student Legislature leaders from Winthrop, Tom Stanford `05
turned from serious issues to something fun.The Winthrop club members were trying to
come up with ideas to propose for state
lawmakers to
adopt as bills — maybe the abolition of blue laws or
higher gas taxes.
Stanford
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| Tom Stanford '05. Photo
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push for boiled peanuts as
the palmetto state’s official snack food. |
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Shlain Lectures for Inaugural Hornsby MLA Series
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Renowned author and speaker Leonard Shlain gave three
lectures at Winthrop April 17-19 as part of the inaugural Hornsby
Master of Liberal Arts Lecture Series.
Chosen for the series of lectures because of his worldwide
reputation, Shlain |
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Leonard Shlain, renowned author and speaker |
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a public scholar who knows no discipline boundaries. He is the author of three critically acclaimed, highly interdisciplinary books: “Art and Physics,” “The Alphabet vs. the
Goddess,” and “Sex, Time and Power.” |
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New Belk Track Opens with Fanfare in March
A total of 21 track and field teams and their 800 college
student-athletes converged on Winthrop's new Irwin Belk Track March
31-April 1 for the 2006 Asics/Winthrop Track and Field Invitational.
Winthrop officials relished the university’s first meet on its new
track as a dream come true. Dedicated on Oct. 13, Winthrop’s outdoor
track has eight-lanes on the 400-meter oval which encircles a soccer
practice area, as well as event areas for the discus, hammer, dual
runways for the long jump, triple jump, high jump and pole vault.
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