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Who would have ever thought higher Consider the swing represented in two quotes from education could change so dramatically the inaugural addresses of two Ivy League presidents. in such a short period of time? In 1937 Yale’s new president, Charles Symore, issued In the past, universities were grounded this challenge: in: CHARACTER–CURRICULUM– “I call on all faculty, as a thinking body, to recognize the CARING–COURAGE. tremendous validity and power of the teachings of Christ in our Today, they have become driven by: life-and-death struggle against the forces of selfish materialism.” SIZE–SPORTS–STATUS–SIZZLE. Exactly 70 years later the new president of Harvard, Drew When I was completing my Ph.D. in Gilpin Faust, presented a totally different position: higher education, I wrote a paper arguing that the governors of the “The ‘Veritas’ in Harvard’s shield was originally intended Academy were wrong, and that someday, community colleges might to invoke the absolutes of divine revelation, the unassailable verities JOIN be a respectable alternative to traditional four-year institutions. Back of Puritan religion. We understand it quite differently now. Truth is then students went to a community college only to prepare for a an aspiration, not a possession.” “real college.” With the dramatic changes in higher education, it is k then,Bac in 1979, the only for-profit schools we knew of understandable that prospective students and their families are Team Green advertised on late night TV and taught truck driving and secretarial overwhelmed and confused as they consider which school to attend. skills. And the possibility of theirs gaining respect as a genuine I would like to offer them new benchmarks for evaluating the ference! educational alternative would have been unthinkable. We all knew alternatives of higher education. Your gift makes a dif that “real colleges” were only founded out of sacrifice. If you know a prospective student, please pass along the Today, the largest institution of higher education is a for-profit following article: “College Choice – Essential Questions for school, the University of Phoenix, which enrolls over a half million Christians.” Or tear it out and tuck it away for your younger students. Among the largest ten schools in the country, four are for- children or grandchildren, because the biblical principles of profit institutions, four are community colleges, and only two are Christ-centered higher education are unchanging. comprehensive universities: Penn State and Arizona State. Those ten schools combined enroll 1.5 million students. It is not simply a demographic change that has shaken higher education. But change has rattled the very foundation upon which universities are built.

Volume 123 | No.2 THE TARTAN STAFF BOARD OF TRUSTEES Winter 2011 DESIGN AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF|Bryant Butler CHARLES CANNADA| Chairman of the Board DESIGN|Melissa White JIMMY HOOD| Vice Chairman of the Board The Belhaven Tartan is published HUGH POTTS, JR.| Secretary of the Board by Belhaven University, 1500 WRITERS| Michael Dukes, Alex Freel, Kirk McDonnell, Peachtree Street, Box 158, Roger Parrott Mike Aldrich, Lon Allison, James M. Bateman, F. Bond Jackson, Mississippi, 39202 for COPY EDITORS| Rose Mary Foncree, Suzanne Sullivan, Christie, Scott Dawson, Charles Doty, F. Earl Fyke, III, distribution to alumni, parents Danny Shaw, Ryan Brister, Beth Whitney Don Gleason, Stephen M. Edwards, Brock Hattox, of students, and friends of the PHOTOGRAPHERS| Bryant Butler, Marianne Dietrich, Wayne Husband, Edmund Johnston, Stuart Kellogg, college. Please send alumni Michael Dukes, Gretchen Haine, Ana Iverson, Jay Kyle, Michael Lindsay, Liza Looser, Verne Kennedy, updates, address corrections, Bob Smith, Melissa White Virginia Morris, Leisha Pickering, Randy Pope, III, and other news to Belhaven ALUMNI NEWS|Michael Dukes, Joseph Craven David Rich, Joseph Stroble, W. Lynn Stringer, Gaines Tartan, care of the above Beth Whitney Sturdivant, Alan H. Walters, Dolphus Weary, Thomas address. You can reach us by Calvin Wells, Mark Windham, Newt Wilson, Richard phone at 601-968-5930 or by ADMINISTRATION Wilson, Wirt A. Yerger, III, Jerry Young email at belhaven@belhaven. ROGER PARROTT| President of the University edu or by fax at 601-968-8946. DAN FREDERICKS| Senior Vice President, Provost EMERITUS Visit our web site at www. KEVIN RUSSELL| Vice President University Advancement James Baird, Wilson Benton, Jr., Lee Breeland, belhaven.edu. Periodical VIRGINIA HENDERSON| Chief Financial Officer William T. Dawson, S. A. Robinson, Jr., William F. Winter postage paid in Jackson, MS. AUDREY KELLEHER| Vice President of Adult and POSTMASTER: Send address Graduate Marketing and Development changes to Belhaven University, SCOTT LITTLE| Vice President for Student Affairs 1500 Peachtree Street, Box 158, Visit blazers.belhaven.edu or call 601-968-5956 and Athletics Jackson, MS, 39202. and join Team Green today! 16 CONTENT

features College Choice What criterion do you use for choosing a college? 02 Dr. Parrott examines essential questions Christians should know. Switchfoot From college football’s Bowl Championship Series TV 08 promo to Belhaven University, Switchfoot is on a mission. Blazing Trails in Health Belhaven, donors and Blue Cross & Blue Shield 16 of Mississippi Foundation partner together to promote healthy living that gets you moving.

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’ve been blessed with a unique vantage point from which to view Inearly every secret about university life and administration. I’m a third generation college president who has served in the corner office for twenty-two years. In fact, if you stop by my office, you’ll see the desk where I work was my grandfather’s desk when he was a president back in the 1940s. So when it comes to understanding universities, and especially how we go about persuading high school students to attend our institutions, I know the process inside-and-out. As they say, I know how the sausage is made–and sometimes it is not pretty.

2| Belhaven University TARTAN | www.belhaven.edu WINTER 2011 During his 22 years as a college president, Dr. Roger Parrott, has used the same desk his Grandfather used when he was a college president two generations earlier. From 1938 to 1948 Dr. A. L. Parrott served as president of Olivet Nazarene College and had this oversized partners desk built to his specifications. Roger’s father, Dr. Leslie Parrott, also served as president of colleges for 25 years. Among the three generations in the Parrott family, they have a combined 57 years of service as college presidents.

Essential Questions for Christians DR. ROGER PARROTT College Choice PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

During the last decade, the competition for students has A. Most families reference US News rankings, but don’t realize convinced some very smart Christians to make dumb college those scores are skewed in favor of the type of institutions decisions. They are fooled by name-brand marketing campaigns, the editors attended. as well as the glamor of campus amenities and prestige rankings. Or, too often, Christian families buy the assumption that any B. All students study the quality of academic programs, school will do, as long as you attend a good Bible study near by. but forget to examine as carefully the character of the I’m deeply concerned that smart Christian families are individual who does the teaching. being swayed to follow culture’s value of higher education– Size, Sports, Status, and Sizzle–rather than the Godly criteria C. Some parents urge students to consider enrolling where that would help students find the school that best matches they attended a quarter-century ago, but don’t realize that their needs. while the university campus may look the same on the As someone who knows the industry of higher education outside, the worldview in the classroom has dramatically from the inside, I often share with students and families a fresh shifted. perspective to consider as they work through this critical decision of college choice. D. Too many students make their decision (research tells us) I believe many families are making one of the most impor- within seven minutes after they get out of the car for a campus tant decisions of their lives based on inappropriate criteria. And tour, thus, deciding on the appearance of the campus. if for no other reason than the investment of time and money (not to mention, how it will shape nearly every other outcome E. Many students desire to attend college with high school of a graduate’s life), families need to be equipped with the right friends, not realizing that university life will be so dramatically standards to help them choose the school that fits them best. different that a whole new crop of friends are more likely The typical criteria of college selection are highly inadequate for to become their focus. making a well-informed decision: F. Often families base this decision on money. And while that is an important factor, this critical juncture of life is too important to be guided only by the prospect of saving money. At the same time, higher tuition does not assure quality.

WINTER 2011 www.belhaven.edu | Belhaven University TARTAN |3 I’d recommend that prospective students and families • The cost of college athletics has sky-rocketed and the move beyond these misleading criteria and probe the tuition hikes carry many of those additional costs. schools under consideration by asking two key questions Duke spends $20,405 for each member of the golf that will reveal the mission and ethos of any university: team (plus scholarships), and the average salary of an SEC softball coach is now over $250,000.

• Senior professors in Ivy League universities now Two Key Questions take sabbaticals every third year rather than every for College Choice seventh. Last year, 20 of Harvard’s 48 history professors were on leave.

(1) Are these people I would want to be like? • Binge drinking dominates the culture of most Education is not indoctrination, so universities don’t universities where 44% of students are classified turn out cookie-cutter students–but they do tend to as binge drinkers. Few Friday classes are offered mostly come out flavored the same. During the most because the campus party starts Thursday evening. impressionable phase of life, the many years immersed in the culture of a campus will frame the worldview of • The majority of students take six years to complete students, and will shape their path and priorities. their four-year curriculum. Great buildings and pretty flowers may be featured on the prospective student campus tour, but the • “Professors strike an implicit bargain with their meaningful evaluation of the campus comes in asking students: we will give you light workloads and the question, “Are these people I would want to be like?” inflated grades so long as you leave us alone to do For good or for bad, you will tend to become like the our research.” — The Economist people of that campus because the warp-and-woof of the educational process is the defining–and then refining–that • Only 10% of students say they are “totally engaged” occurs in the interaction between faculty and students. in the educational process, while 40% report being Reading the mission statement of a university won’t “totally disengaged.” tell you much about the place because these pronounce- ments all sound high and lofty, but understanding the At the schools you are considering, talk to the faculty, people will tell you everything. A school’s embraced staff, and students. Probe until you understand their pri- mission is not revealed in a document, but in how that orities, values, and aspirations–you’ll tend to become like mission is lived out as faculty teach students, coaches them, so use them as a mirror to see how you fit. respond under pressure, and how students are guided to set their priorities. (2) What does the university require At every university you will find some wonderful of every student? people who are worthy role models. But in American The fall semester after the 9/11 attacks, the University higher education today, they have become a minority of North Carolina implemented a significant academic while the collectively skewed values of the dominating policy–they required all freshmen to study the Quran. majority have imposed an unhealthy culture on most I believe that to understand our world, and to share the campuses. Consider these trends of deteriorating values message of Christ’s love, we must understand other across higher education as illustrated in these statistics religions, so I agree we all need a better understanding from the revealing book, “The Five Year Party” of Islam (although I feel assured required reading by Craig Brandon. of the Bible is never likely to be recommended by the UNC faculty). • In 1961 university students spent 24 hours studying As a university insider, when I saw that announcement each week. Today, studying has dropped to 8 hours my immediate question was, “How many committee weekly. meetings did it take to get that passed?” I know the process of a campus, and I assure you it required layers of meetings to make this decision. HIGHER EDUCATION ThenCharacter • Curriculum • Caring • Courage Because university students are very busy–every and Christian thought. Through this curriculum academic major, sport, club, and art has many requirements students can see how the pieces of big ideas fit –the institution, as a whole, can require only a limited together as worldviews have progressed through the number of activities of all students. So what a university centuries. requires of all students reveals what they value most. And At a practical level, in the same weeks our knowing what they require of every student–what they students study the history of the Renaissance, they value–will be the most accurate description of the school. also read the philosophers and literature of that At Belhaven we have four requirements of all period, study the art and music of the Renaissance, students–and these reveal what we value most and understand how Christian theology and the for our students. Church developed during this time. This Worldview A. We value gifts. We require a freshman course called curriculum serves as the foundation of all our academic programs, and For good or for bad, you will tend furthermore, we assure that worldview perspectives are to become like the people of that built into every academic campus because the warp-and-woof major at Belhaven. C. We value worship. We of the educational process is the require all students to attend defining – and then refining – that chapel once a week because we believe that all teaching of occurs in the interaction between truth must be built on a foun- dation of God’s Truth. The faculty and students. purpose of Chapel is to bring together the entire campus Mosaic, which is designed to help students identify in a shared spiritually enriching hour that allows us their gifts and understand how to best use their gifts collectively to be challenged to explore the depths of while studying at Belhaven and as a life-long pattern. God’s Truth and love. We believe God has uniquely gifted every student, In the same way we require students to study and our responsibility as educators is to help them the truth of physical science, the arts, and literature, discover those gifts and build on their strengths. there is no contradiction in requiring students I believe one of the problems of education is to study God’s Truth. As the study of chemistry that we spend too much energy trying to make up cannot be completed from a textbook alone, the for the weaknesses of our students rather than building study of God’s Truth also needs a “laboratory” on their strengths. God didn’t give us gifts for them for experiencing and understanding, for it is not to be minimized. So, at Belhaven we get every fresh- enough to study the Bible without having exposure men started by taking the time and resources to the worship of God and an opportunity to to help them identify and understand their gifts understand the relationship offered to us in Christ. and develop a pattern of life that will utilize their strengths. D. We value family. Belhaven is one of only two schools in America that require a course in marriage B. We value a biblical worldview. We require a and family for graduation. “Kingdom Life and one-of-a-kind general core curriculum that helps Work” is a course that examines practical biblical students understand how big ideas and trends teaching to help students balance their career with have developed through the ages and how our responsibilities at home. Christian worldview stands distinctive. Our No matter how successful our graduates may “Worldview Curriculum” is built around a two-year become in their profession, they won’t be happy history course covering the full span of civilization. without the proper balance of a happy home life. If Synched with this history course are survey courses our graduates are to be prepared for the breadth of in literature, philosophy, art/music appreciation, God’s calling in their lives as women and men of

Character • Curriculum • Caring • Courage NowSize • Sports • Status • Sizzle faith, they must value their families more than they do their paycheck. Our Purposeful Stewardship By examining what we require of all students, you can clearly understand the heart of Belhaven of Belhaven’s Mission University–we value gifts, a biblical worldview, As I’ve watched the oil leak tragedy in the Gulf unfold, worship, and family. I am convinced that the long-term negative impact of Take that same question, “What do you require this oil crisis in the Gulf is not going to be the oil that of all students,” to any institution, and you’ll under- was spilled–but it’s the chemical dilutants that have been stand what they value. And if they don’t have any re- added to our waters that could have a toxic impact far quirements for all students, that too, speaks volumes beyond the damage from the oil. about the emptiness of their institutional core. Scientists are now predicting that when an oil mess is diluted like this, it enables the most dangerous portions of the oil to get embedded in the environment for a very The Bottom Line long time. I have awarded nearly 10,000 diplomas during my years That is analogous to what has happened to many as a university president. And every one of those students universities who were founded on Christian ideals. has a story–and every story is unique. I can’t guarantee Their waters were once clear and pristine. But when how students will come they got attacked for their faith and the waters got out, because, after polluted, instead of just cleaning up the mess, they all, the real test of a started to dilute their message so that the attacks would University’s effective- be more tolerable and easier to manage. ness isn’t understood And in diluting to deal with the pollution, rather until they return for than cleaning up and protecting what they treasure, their 50-year reunion the damage from the attackers became embedded and when we see how they changed their environment forever. have stood up to the From Harvard and Yale a century ago, to a host tests of life. of modern examples, schools have slowly diluted their But I do know Christian worldview in order to counter attacks to their some research-based biblical message. Or, a handful of fundamentalist schools facts that drive home have simply created their own waters that are the immensity of the cut off from the rest of the environment, so that their decision families are making about which university to self-made lake can be kept artificially clean. attend: At Belhaven University, God has allowed us to serve in the world but not be of the world–understanding and • Of the Christian high school students who choose a reaching the culture without running from it. And we public institution, at the end of their college career, have done so only because we have been careful 52% will no longer identify themselves as born-again stewards of teaching an unchanging biblical worldview. nor will have attended any religious service in the We have a diverse student body from a variety prior twelve months. of Church backgrounds and some with no spiritual foundation at all. Our greatest strength as a university • The more conservative a student’s background, the is found in majoring in the majors of faith: larger the decline in religious commitment if the student attends a non-Christian college. • The uniqueness of Christ as the only way to the Father • Three-fourths of university students say they are • The justification by faith alone “searching for purpose/meaning in life” and an • The authority and inerrancy equal number expect their school to help them of Scripture develop emotionally and spiritually. • The transforming power of the Holy Spirit • Students almost always reflect the values of the • The reality of eternal life faculty of the school they attend.* to come.

Those are the facts. I believe Christian families need to Like the pillars beside our fountain that symbolize weigh those realities before making their decision about Belhaven University, these timeless pillars of faith are the which school to attend. immovable center of our campus.

6| Belhaven University TARTAN | www.belhaven.edu WINTER 2011 But coupled with this, we also are committed to a spirit of Christian grace that respects varying priorities The Best Question within the array of evangelical thought and worship expression. So while being deeply committed to the I’ve Ever Been Asked majors of faith, we are also committed to a culture of When prospective students are considering Belhaven grace when it comes to welcoming the breadth of God’s University, we tell them exactly who we are and where people when there are differences among us in the we stand. If other institutions were as forthcoming, minors of the Christian life. I believe we wouldn’t have so many smart Christians Like the fountain next to our pillars, we have a spirit making dumb decisions, because they would understand of grace that allows the water to move freely–within exactly what they are getting into when they select preset limits–so that students can discover the fullness a university. of the Christian life, ask the hard questions of faith, As I visit with prospective students, at the end of and learn to appreciate those who come out of different the conversation I usually say to them, “If God leads you traditions of the evangelical Church. to Belhaven University, we’d love to work with you.” In what matters most in faith, we don’t budge–in Although I’m quick to add, “But if God doesn’t want diversity of expression we are accepting. Most Christian you here, don’t you dare come here. All that matters is schools cannot do this, and Belhaven’s unique outlook that you are exactly where God wants you to be.” is a mission to be cherished. And this is a mission that I can say that confidently because we are convinced allows us to cherish every student. that God has handpicked every student attending Belhaven Because of this stewardship of an unchanging bibli- University. And because they are a gift to us from God, we cal worldview and our balance to include the breadth of are purposeful stewards of every single one of them. God’s people, Belhaven University is a treasure among Throughout the years, I’ve done scores of Q&A Christian higher education. sessions with prospective and current student groups, and have heard about every question you could • We teach our students imagine–to the point I can nearly always anticipate that God’s Truth is absolute. the questions. But last fall I hosted the group of student • We help them understand Resident Assistants for breakfast as I do every year. And that the beliefs by which after sharing some of the plans for the year, I gave them they live matter. an opportunity to ask questions about anything they • We enable students to see wanted to talk about. God’s sovereignty in every That morning I had a question I’ve never been arena of life. asked–but I think it is the most important question • We ground every aspect students are most wanting answered by the university of our curriculum and campus to which they entrust their future. The question wasn’t activity in biblical principles. the normal inquiry about buildings, programs, costs, procedures, parking, or food service–it was simply, “Do you love us?” This is Reformed Higher Yes, we really do love our students, and I see that love lived out in thousands of ways across our campus. Education at Its Finest. To genuinely love our students takes courage from the We are not a nominal Christian university with a whole- faculty and staff because loving students through the some campus lifestyle, whose only integration of faith in growth process of these years will often be a messy and the classroom or on the athletic field is to have a short jagged line of progress. But it is just the way Jesus taught prayer at the beginning of each session and then to teach that ministry should be. from the mainstream of secular thought. Often I pray for prospective students and their Instead, everything we do has a depth of biblical un- families as they are working through this difficult college derstanding and activity that prepares our students with choice decision because it is such a complex and weighty a Christ-centered worldview that will enable them to decision. To make it worse, they are too often given stand up to the tests of life, rather than flounder in their misleading information and base their decision on the faith as soon as they independently confront the culture. wrong criteria. There is no calling more important, no asset I don’t pray that all prospective students will all of this University to be more highly cherished, and come to Belhaven–we don’t have room for all of them. no greater responsibility to hold than to teach an Rather, I pray that each one will clearly understand unwavering biblical worldview and to be purposeful God’s choice for his or her life, because the cost stewards of that mission. of making the wrong choice is far too high. n ______*Christianity Today, March, 2006 pp. 80–106

WINTER 2011 www.belhaven.edu | Belhaven University TARTAN |7 “ iven my life journey, this could be the most important moment of my life, outside of coming to know Jesus Christ 53 years ago and Him calling me back to my home state in Mississippi in the midst of hardship, poverty, racism, and death.” Standing with bent frame in the middle of the stage, Dr. John Perkins, father of racial reconciliation in the United States, began another chapter of the message he has preached for decades. With all the men he has mentored and in whom he has invested in his eighty

8| Belhaven University TARTAN | www.belhaven.edu WINTER 2011 years, Dr. Perkins could have was in town on a Saturday, and During their time in leaned on any one of them as he met an older white person, California, John’s oldest son, he spoke of his life’s mission of the white’s first words would be, Spencer, began going to Sunday community development, racial ‘What place you live on, boy?’ school at a nearby church. John reconciliation, and social justice. “I had to know the answer. had experimented with various But the assistance came that Because I wasn’t anybody all by my- religious groups; but found none night from a rock band from self, or even by who my family was.” of them satisfactory. What he California: Switchfoot. It was a As long as he “stayed in his knew of Christianity was strange meeting, strange even at place,” things would go well for from the black churches in moments for a few members of him, as well as they could for a Mississippi in his childhood, the audience, some of whom had black man in rural Mississippi at and all he could see in them was never heard of John Perkins and that time. an emotionalism that had no were there to hear their favorite It was in the midst of this positive effect on daily life. band, while others were that his older brother Clyde “I’d been to religious there to support the man they came home on furlough from services as a kid, of course, but revered as leader, mentor, the war in 1946. Clyde was I never learned that I could have or father on this momentous oc- well-decorated for his efforts in the power of God in my life, a casion for him. the war and was used to fighting power that would make a The juxtaposition of this alongside whites. Now back in difference in me and in my elderly black Christian civil rights Mississippi, he and his girlfriend surroundings....In fact, I had leader from Mississippi and a stood in line for a movie one always looked at black Christians band of young white night with other blacks. A white as sort of inferior people whose rock stars known the world over deputy came by and told those religion had made them gullible was in Jackson, Miss., on the around to quiet down, and as he and submissive. Religion had stage of Belhaven University. did so, he struck Clyde with his made so many of my people What both were doing there night stick. When Clyde resisted humble down to the white- together and how they got there the deputy’s second attempted dominated system with all its requires a look back at their blow by grabbing his arm, the injustices.” beginnings. deputy stepped back and shot Despite his skepticism, John Clyde twice. Clyde died in a realized a change was taking Jackson hospital that night. place inside Spencer. During Old Hate “All that army stuff about this time he finally gave in to making the world safe for de- the invitation of his friend and New Tune mocracy. All that fighting some coworker Calvin Bourne, who John Perkins was born in 1930 place off in Europe didn’t get had been inviting him to church in New Hebron, Miss. His him killed. He had come home for years. John started going to mother died when he was an safe from the white man’s war church and rigorously studying the infant, and his father left the only to be shot down six months Bible. The life of Paul especially family. His family members were later by a white man in his own intrigued him: sharecroppers as well as gamblers hometown.” “The thing that really and bootleggers. After quitting Worried that John would try hit me about Paul was this school two different times, he to retaliate, his family sent him motivation he had. By this time finally quit for good at age 15, to California while things cooled in life, I was pretty super-motivat- when he had reached about the down. ed, but I was motivated for my fifth-grade level. In California John had suc- own economic betterment. As I From his earliest years, that cess. He had a good job, and the read and studied the life of Paul, which was impressed upon him was violent and oppressive conditions I saw that he was super-motivated, that he was black, and that meant of his home state were behind too. But his motivation was that his life held strict limits. him. At age 19 he returned to unselfish.” “Who I was in those days Mississippi for a brief visit, and After months of searching was described only in terms of fell in love with his future wife, and seeking, John became a a dependent relationship to a Vera Mae. They were married follower of Christ himself. John white man. two years later in 1951, lived in became involved in church life, “Back then, if a black child California, and had five children. in preaching and teaching and was walking along the road or children’s ministry, and he began

WINTER 2011 www.belhaven.edu | Belhaven University TARTAN |9 to feel a stirring in his heart for named Etc. while their friend Chad Mississippi. He believed God played drums for the band Half was calling him to return to his Together. After the two bands broke home state and be an instrument up, the three came together to form for fixing the problems which had Chin Up. so oppressed and affected him. While Chin Up played at local He returned to Mississippi coffee houses and other venues, with his family and began active the band’s demo, recorded in the ministry there, focusing on evan- bedroom, found its way into the gelism and Bible teaching. He hands of Charlie Peacock, a and his wife were able to speak veteran of the music industry as and work in numerous places, both producer and musician. including teaching Bible classes The band was soon recording under in the local schools. After Peacock’s record label, Re:think. several years the Perkins’ work They had changed their name to had grown to encompass not Switchfoot, a surfing term used only this kind of teaching but when a surfer changes his foot also helping meet the physical position on the board and goes the and material needs of the poor opposite way: a metaphor for the black communities to which band’s music and lifestyles. they ministered. In the midst of Switchfoot experienced this the Civil Rights movement immediate success with their first began, and Perkins was on the front First published in 1976, album, “The Legend of Chin.” Let Justice Roll Down is lines in his community. As such an autobiographical account A second album appeared in 1999 an active individual in the black of John Perkins’ life and ministry. and a third in 2000, after which community in that era, he became a they gained a new band member, target for those opposing the move- night in the Brandon jail, as he keyboardist Jerome Fontamillas. ment. continued God’s work in Mississippi, Switchfoot’s success and One night he and some he published his life story and reputation grew when the movie Tougaloo students with him were mission up to that point in a book A Walk to Remember, starring pulled over in Brandon, Miss., by called Let Justice Roll Down. Mandy Moor, came out. The movie the Highway Patrol in what he later featured two songs by the band that realized was an ambush. John was Striking a chord became smash hits internationally, taken to the jail where for hours In the mid-1990s in San Diego “Meant to Live” and “Dare You he was passed from one group of three teenage surfers recorded a to Move.” The album, The Beauti- officers to the next and beaten and demo in one of their bedrooms. ful Letdown, on which these songs ridiculed by each, beaten even into Two of them, Jon and Tim Foreman, appeared, was released in 2003 and unconsciousness. were brothers. Jon was the lyricist, went double-platinum, selling over Despite the persecution guitarist, and vocalist; Tim 2 million copies. That same year he suffered and the opposition played bass; their friend Chad guitarist Drew Shirley began touring to an attempt to allow black was the drummer. They called with the band. Mississippians the ability to live free themselves Chin Up, named for a Switchfoot has resisted being and normal lives, John refused to friend, Willis Chin. labeled a “Christian band,” hate his persecutors. Jon and Tim had grown up in asserting that the band members “If we returned hate for several cities around the United are, in the words of Tim Foreman, hate, anger for anger and violence States. Jon came to know Jesus as a “Christian by faith, not genre.” for violence, we would lose what young child through his father’s However, their lyrics and their little we had already gained, along witness, and Jon led Tim to Christ lifestyles leave no doubt as to their with any hope of ever gaining when Tim was six. Their childhood devotion to the Lord. The band anything else. afforded them many opportunities, is involved with numerous charity “I couldn’t hate back. When I and during their high school years organizations and in 2005 held saw what hate had done to them, I two of their favorite things were mu- their first annual Bro-Am, a benefit couldn’t hate back. I could only pity sic and surfing. John picked up the surfing contest and music event in them. I didn’t ever want hate to do guitar as a junior high student and San Diego to raise money for local to me what it had already done to helped Tim learn to play the bass. charity organizations. those men.” Jon and Tim had played in a band A couple of years ago Jon In 1976, six years after the Foreman came across John Perkins’

10| Belhaven University TARTAN | www.belhaven.edu WINTER 2011 book Let Justice Roll Down. He was touring through the southeastern overcome by reading Perkins’ story U.S. in September and October and brought the book to the band. 2010 and, after hearing of the “Jon brought the book to the band,” Foundation’s loss, decided to do a says guitarist Drew Shirley, “and that benefit concert to raise money for started a conversation. It started a new equipment for the Perkins’ journey that I didn’t even realize was Foundation’s studio. there in my own life, but it was.” Belhaven was the perfect loca- That conversation led to a tion for the concert to take place. song. In November 2009 Switch- “And it’s right that we would be foot released the album, Hello here on Belhaven [University’s] Hurricane, featuring a song entitled campus – it’s right because my “The Sound (The John M. Perkins’ son Spencer was the first African- Blues),” a song about social justice, American to graduate from this taking up the cry and mission of school, and this school both taught John Perkins; Switchfoot quotes Dr. him and honored him and gave him Perkins in the song: “John Perkins the highest award this school can said it right/Love is the final fight.” give: They named the pulpit in the “The Sound” became the band’s chapel after him.” first Top 10 Modern Rock hit since The concert was for Dr. Perkins “Dare You to Move.” a display of what he has been fighting for in Mississippi for nearly fifty A New Song years. “This has purpose to it… In February 2010 the music this has a purpose beyond the entertainment. This entertainment Dr. Perkins continued: John Perkins highlights studio of the Perkins’ Foundation in the significance of “Jon Foreman read my book and Jackson was broken into and their here tonight is to show our fellowship this event and reminds heard me crying out like the prophet equipment stolen. Switchfoot was and our unity.” concert-goers that love Amos: ‘Let justice roll down like wa- is the only reaction ter.’ And Foreman said, ‘This book that will heal damaged race relations. was written back in 1976 – why haven’t people heard this?’ Then he said, ‘I’m gonna make a bigger sound.’ And that’s why we’re here tonight.” The concert raised more than $7,000 for the John M. Perkins Foundation. “We want this to be an ongoing celebration, and we want it to become a model of all of us joining together to reach out into these places of need.” n AF ______*Special thanks for biographical information and quotes taken from John M. Perkins’ book Let Justice Roll Down and the website Land of Broken Hearts Biographies section.

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“For example, at Northwestern University in Chicago, which n BU Named is one of the foremost music one of America’s schools in the country, there are two groups that are meeting 100 Best College week in and week out to study Buys for 12th Year the StoneWorks DVD series on the arts and faith, Stone by Stone, and then reaching out further to their non-Christian friends and colleagues,” Harbinson said.

Belhaven students wait for their chance to meet Elizabeth Spencer and to ask for an autograph for their personal libraries.

Creative Writing Host Alumni, StoneWorks’ SALT- Author Elizabeth Spencer Leadership Training Belhaven alumna and world-renown author returned home to the to Belhaven Joe Martin Joins Belhaven stage for a visit to Belhaven University’s Creative Writing For the third year in a row, Legacy Faculty Program students. The Creative Writing Department hosted Spencer Belhaven University hosted the Dr. Joseph Martin became the for an intimate and informal dialogue about her writing and her StoneWorks Arts Leadership 45th faculty member to enter creative writing process. Training, or SALT, Conference. the Belhaven Legacy of Learning. “Elizabeth Spencer is the grande dame of Southern letters and SALT is a joint effort of This prestigious group is one of Belhaven’s most accomplished graduates,” said Dr. Randy Smith, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship comprised of dedicated indi- chair of the Creative Writing Department. “It is a great honor and and StoneWorks Global Arts viduals who have given twenty opportunity for us to have this esteemed writer and teacher back Initiative. StoneWorks is a years or more of teaching service on campus.” catalyst for raising up leaders in to Belhaven. Dr. Martin, In anticipation of this event Dr. Donald Hubele, chair of the the arts who will be transformers Professor of Christian Ministries English Department, gave a presentation on Spencer and her work and creators of culture, speaking and chair of the Biblical Studies on Thursday, November 11. “There are two almost perfect American and ministering to their Department, continues to teach novels,” said Dr. Hubele. “One is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; communities through art. the Bible to his students and to the other is Ms. Spencer’s The Voice at the Back Door, in which she wrote Dr. Colin Harbinson, who guide them in understanding about social issues, injustices, and crimes that had occurred in her was the Dean of the Arts at Christian ministry, as he has for hometown. For her to have written this novel at that time in American Belhaven from 2000 to 2007, two decades at Belhaven. history at the time in American history that she did—and only two years is the international director of It does not take much after graduating from Belhaven—is just amazing.” StoneWorks. “The SALTs seek to interaction with Dr. Martin Spencer graduated from Belhaven in 1942 and attended Vanderbilt identify up-and-coming leaders to discover his great passion for a graduate degree in English. Since 1948, Spencer has published in the arts and to bring them for Brazil, where he and his nine novels, seven short story collections (including the 2001 Modern into an environment for a week wife Helen, an adjunct Bible Library collection, The Southern Woman), and a memoir (Landscapes where they can grow in their instructor at Belhaven, served of the Heart). She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and understanding of the arts and in as missionaries for twenty-four Letters and of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Spencer has won connection with God’s purposes years. Of course, his time there many awards for her writing, including five O. Henry Awards, a and also to deal with some of the allowed him to become fluent Guggenheim Fellowship, and awards from the National Endowment issues that cause many artists to in the Portuguese language, so for the Arts. A musical version of her novella, The Light in the Piazza, fall,” says Harbinson. it seems fitting that we offer won six Tony Awards in 2006. “We’ve seen some tremen- thanks to him for his service Annually, Belhaven honors an outstanding Creative Writing student dous things happen as a result of with words just for him…“Muito with an award named after Spencer—the Elizabeth Spencer Creative the conference,” he said. Obrigado!” Writing Award.

12| Belhaven University TARTAN | www.belhaven.edu WINTER 2011 2009–2010 AcAdemic YeAr in review And PArtners in stewArdshiP Once again God worked in incredible ways throughout the previous academic • It was a banner year for Belhaven Blazer Athletics! Three programs year at Belhaven! Though we did not have the full depth of insight as students, advanced into their respective National Tournament competitions faculty, and staff to see all that would unfold, there was an unyielding trust and within the NAIA. dependence upon the Lord’s providence. One of the most significant ways we see His faithfulness to Belhaven is through the generosity of our Partners in Stewardship. Your 1. The Men’s Basketball program enjoyed an historic season. wonderful gifts are a primary reason we are able to further the mission and vision of The Blazers broke the school record for most wins in a season Belhaven in the lives of students from around the world. THANK YOU! with 24 (24–10 record) and headed to Kansas City to participate in the Buffalo Funds NAIA National Tournament for the first OVERVIEW OF THE PAST YEAR time since 1972. As has been the case most times in the past, our verse of the year served 2. Blazer Baseball capped off their greatest season in school his- as an appropriate precursor for 2009–10. Psalm 18:19 says, “He led me to tory (44–17 record) with the program’s first trip to the 2010 a place of safety; He rescued me because He delights in me.” The events Avista NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho. The team of the year were a reminder of exactly how much the Lord guided and knocked off defending national champion Lubbock Christian protected us, individually and collectively. Reflecting upon all that took University for their first win in the World Series, and finished place, we see clearly that it was Him who established us to good works the season as the 14th ranked team in the NAIA. at Belhaven and saw them through to completion…all for His glory! 3. The Belhaven Softball team won a program best 54 games Here are some of the highlights of the year: (54–10 record) in 2010 and broke 47 national or school records along the way. The team advanced to the Elite Eight of • Who would have ever imagined we would begin our 127th year the NAIA National Tournament, while completing the season as Belhaven College and spend the last six months of the year as as the 6th ranked team in the NAIA. Belhaven University! As we have expanded, both in academic offerings and international partnerships, the need for the Belhaven ALWAYS THANKFUL name to match our growth became more apparent. The change We continually thank the Lord for the men and women He chooses to to University does not change who we are or shift our focus, but place on our campuses each year. It is a joy to hear and see the impact describes more accurately who we have become. Belhaven has in families, churches, communities, and the marketplace • Belhaven enjoyed its largest enrollment to date in 2009–10 with across the globe. Our prayer is to continue the model of servant leadership 2,923 students. This number included 1,021 Traditional students set forth by Jesus Christ himself, who called us to our mission to “serve, (18–22 years old), 1,773 Adult and Graduate students across four not be served.” campuses (Houston, Jackson, Memphis, Orlando), and 129 students Alumni in our Online program. Organizations 13% • In a gracious spirit of building God’s work, Covenant College, and Corp. a sister Presbyterian school, transferred their accelerated adult 18.5% studies program called Quest and its 200 students to Belhaven. Thus, Belhaven’s reach has expanded into the Chattanooga and Atlanta metropolitan areas. • Belhaven once again served as “International Village” for the International Ballet Competition, held in Jackson during the month of June. The University provided housing and food, as well Friends as facilities for rehearsal and performance, for all IBC competitors. 16.5% • For the tenth consecutive year, Belhaven was recognized as one of America’s Best College Buys, according to the Annual National College Survey. • Blazer Football made big offseason news when two members of the Foundations Churches 2009 team were signed to NFL contracts following the 2010 NFL and Trusts 9% Draft. Tramaine Brock (Safety) inked a two-year deal with the San 37% Francisco 49ers, while Jacob Phillips (Offensive Line) agreed to a Faculty Trustees and Staff three-year contract with the Seattle Seahawks. 4.5% 1.5% • Belhaven had the strongest showing of any participating institution Alumni $242,515 in the 2010 Southern Literary Festival Competition. With placement Friends $321,511 in all four writing categories (fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and Churches $174,088 one-act plays), Belhaven students won first place in two, second place Trustees $88,038 in two, and third place in one. Additionally, the Brogue won first Faculty And Staff $28,143 place in the literary journal category. 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Gaither, IV Mrs. Margaret “Jodie” E. Guthrie Mr. and Mrs. Lyle F. Hood Mrs. Susan L. Kinton Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gandy Mr. and Mrs. Noel Guthrie Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William L. Hooker Mr. and Mrs. Crane D. Kipp Mrs. Kaysha L. Garber Mrs. Wendy M. Hammond Mr. Frank C. Horton Mr. John A. Kirkwood Mrs. Betty M. Garraway Mrs. Marjorie Hancock Dr. and Mrs. David A. Howard Dr. and Mrs. William L. Kline, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Z. Gaston Mrs. Jody M. Hankins Dr. D. Wayne Howard Ms. Eadie S. Kolbo Ms. Mary W. Gatewood Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hardison, Jr. Mrs. Georgia S. Hubbard Mrs. Lurlene R. Koonce Ms. Lyndsey A. Gavulic Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Hardy Rev. and Mrs. Jules V. Hudson, Jr. Mr. and Dr. Bert R. Kuyrkendall, Jr. Mrs. Shoba Gaymes Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hardy Mr. and Mrs. James A. Huff, Jr. Mr. Roger Kuyrkendall Ms. Jane Giddens-Jones Mrs. Susan S. Hargrove Mrs. Joyce Burton Hull Mr. Stephen F. Kyle Mrs. Ann C. Gifford Mrs. Elizabeth C. Harper Dr. and Mrs. George R. Hunsberger PhD Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Lackey Ms. Linda S. Gilmore Mr. and Mrs. J. Greg Harper Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Husband Mr. Thembi K. Lake Ms. Anita F. Gipson Mrs. Gayle P. Harrell Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hutcheson Mr. and Mrs. Jaime S. Lamar Mr. John E. Givens Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Harrell Mr. Mike W. Hyder Mrs. Patricia Lamb Mrs. Rosalyn B. Glascoe Mr. and Mrs. Ty W. Harrell Mr. and Dr. Lewis P. Hynum, III Mrs. Lillian N. Landrum

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Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lavallee Mr. and Mrs. Paul McMullan Mr. David Murray Mrs. Barbara Porter Mr. and Mrs. Franklin F. Laws Mrs. Mary Kaye H. McPhail Mrs. Connie S. Musselman Mr. and Mrs. Hugh S. Potts Mr. and Mrs. Jack Laws Mr. and Mrs. Tom McRee Mr. Ron Nall Ms. Mary Virginia Potts Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lazarre Mrs. Anne B. Mead Mr. Jere B. Nash, III Mrs. Beth Powell Mrs. Linda D. Ledbetter Mr. Robert Meaher Ms. Carol S. Neal Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Powers Dr. Jeffrey K. LeDuff Mr. and Mrs. Don Meiners Mr. and Mrs. James Needham Ms. Lauren J. Pratt Dr. and Mrs. Dane Lee Mrs. Pat Melrose Mrs. Candace D. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Edmund E. Prestridge Mr. and Mrs. Mike Leech Mr. William M. Merritt, IV Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Nester Mrs. Ruth D. Priester Rev. and Mrs. Timothy M. Leslie Mr. and Mrs. Richard Messer Mrs. Sharon C. Nettles Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Primos Mr. Donnell Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Miceli Mrs. Mary Helen D. Nettleton Mr. Charles P. Quarterman Mr. and Mrs. John Liddell Mrs. Jean H. Miesse Mrs. Becky Newman Mr. and Mrs. Nathan T. Quarterman Dr. and Mrs. D. Michael Lindsay Mrs. Dorothy D. Miley Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Newman Ms. Allison K. Quigley Ms. Susan R. Lindsay Mr. Bo Miller Mr. and Mrs. James A. Newquist Ms. Bettye Quinn Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lipking Mr. Danny L. Miller Dr. and Mrs. Howard H. Nichols Mrs. Emily E. Quinn Mr. Scott Little Mr. and Mrs. Martin Miller, III Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Nichols, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lance Ragsdale Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Livingston Mrs. Peggy B. Miller Ms. Charlotte K. Nicholson Mr. and Mrs. Bobby J. Raines Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Long Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Miller Mr. Michael A. Norcom Ms. Patricia L. Raines Dr. and Mrs. William A. Long, Jr. Mr. Frederick A. Mills Mr. Fredrick M. Norman Mrs. Pauline C. Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. James D. Longmire, Jr. Rev. and Mrs. Larry C. Mills Mrs. Susan L. O’Bryan Mr. and Mrs. Richard Randolph Mrs. Liza Looser Mrs. Sylvia J. Mills Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. O’Connell Dr. Sandra L. Rasberry Mr. Jose Lopez Mr. and Mrs. J. Longstreet Minor, III Mr. Robert H. O’Gwynn Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Rasmussen Mr. Leslie B. Lord Mr. and Mrs. Lance L. Minor, III Ms. Cathleen A. Oliver Mr. and Mrs. Don Ray Mr. and Mrs. Rob Love, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David L. Misner Ms. Deitrice D. O’Neal Mrs. Kandi Ready Mr. and Mrs. Johnny E. Lynch Mr. Alexander S. Mitchell, Jr. Ms. Diane D. O’Reilly Dr. Joe Redmond Mr. Monty L. Magee Mrs. Anna M. Mitchell Mrs. Adeline H. Ostwalt Dr. and Mrs. Terry D. Rees Rev. and Mrs. Donald Malin Mr. and Mrs. John S. Mixon Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Owen Mrs. Marcia W. Reese Mrs. Betty T. Malone Ms. Janet L. Mobley Mr. Jack M. Owens Dr. and Mrs. Paul F. Reese, Jr. Rev. and Mrs. James O. Maner Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Mojica Mrs. Cynthia M. Pace Miss Rachel A. Reese Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mangum, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Molpus Mrs. Dona Packer Rev. and Mrs. John K. Reeves Mrs. Regina Manning Mr. Willie Moncure Dr. and Mrs. James W. Park Mrs. Augusta W. Reibsamen Ms. Jacqueline B. Martin Dr. and Mrs. Paul H. Moore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Amos P. Parker Mr. and Mrs. Clyde W. Reves Dr. and Mrs. Joe Martin Mrs. Annie Marie S. Moore Mrs. Dian Parkinson Ms. Jane D. Reynolds Mrs. Sara N. Martin Mr. and Mrs. James L. Moore Drs. Roger and MaryLou Parrott Mrs. Shelly L. Reynolds Dr. and Mrs. Chip Mason Dr. and Mrs. Spencer Mooney Rev. and Mrs. Thomas R. Patete Rev. and Mrs. David A. Rich Dr. and Mrs. John L. Mason, Jr. Mrs. William W. Moore Dr. Burton H. Patterson Ms. Sarah Richardson CPT and Mrs. Ralph A. Mason Mr. John E. Moran Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Patterson Mr. Julius M. Ridgway Mr. and Mrs. De Witt O. Massey Ms. Nancy T. Moreira Ms. Suzanne Paul Ms. Ellnora Riecken Dr. Warren T. Matthews Mrs. Bettye Jim Morgan Dr. and Mrs. Joel G. Payne, Jr. Mr. Ernest Riley Mr. Andrew Mattiace Mrs. Beryl M. Morris Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Pearce, M.D. Mr. Wayne Rinehart Mrs. Sandra L. Maxa Mr. George S. Morris III Mr. Charles L. Penn Mrs. Judy W. Ritter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Maynor Mr. Joseph L. Morris Dr. and Mrs. William Penn Mr. William D. Roberson Mrs. Lee Mayo Mrs. Linda W. Morris Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Penny Mr. Robin L. Roberts Dr. and Mrs. Edwin J. McAllister Mr. Prentiss K. Morris Ms. Carol A. Pepper Mr. Dexter J. Robinson Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm D. McAuley Dr. and Mrs. Michael Morris Mr. Brian Perry Dr. and Mrs. William C. Rodgers Mrs. Nancy R. McCain Mr. and Mrs. Woodward Morriss Mrs. Ruby C. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Nat S. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. McCann Mrs. Jennifer J. Morrow Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pettis Mrs. Michelle S. Roll Mr. and Mrs. Michael McCann Mrs. Georgie S. Moseley Ms. Brenda F. Phares Mr. and Mrs. Dwane K. Rorie MD Mr. and Mrs. Evans McCaul Ms. Rubye M. Moss Mrs. Mildred G. Phares Ms. Mary Ellen Rosenblatt Mr. and Mrs. Charley McCool Mr. and Dr. David Moulder Mr. Keith B. Philley Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Rosenblatt Rev. Franklin M. McCraven Ms. Marion Mounger Mr. J. Mark Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Roseveare Ms. Mary Katharine McCravey Mr. and Mrs. William D. Mounger Mr. and Mrs. William T. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Roy Mr. Stephen McDill Mrs. Eugenia H. Muckelrath Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pickle, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Rugg Ms. Lou E. McElmurry Rev. and Mrs. Henry J. Mueller Mr. William J. Pierce Ms. Megan Russ Ms. Frances E. McEwen Dr. and Mrs. Morton E. Muir Mrs. Patricia C. Pino Dr. and Mrs. Randy Russ Mrs. Carrie Session McFarland Mr. Eric M. Munden Mr. Gregory Pogue Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Russell Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. McLeod Ms. Annie Murchison Mr. and Mrs. Rudy W. Polk Mr. and Mrs. David Sabatini Mrs. Kathy McMahan Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Murphy Mr. and Moran M. Pope, III Dr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Sachs

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CHURCHES Second Presbyterian Church—Memphis, TN Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Bay Street Presbyterian Church—Hattiesburg Shiloh United Methodist Church—Pelahatchie Highlands Pilot Club Bay Street Presbyterian Church WIC—Hattiesburg St. Andrew Presbytery—Oxford Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Bethsaida Baptist Church, Inc.—French Camp St. Andrews Cathedral—Jackson IBM International Foundation Briarwood Presbyterian Church—Jackson Summit Woods Baptist Church—Lees Summit, MO Intelliscan, Inc. Briarwood United Methodist Church—Jackson Suwon Central Baptist Church—Seoul, South Korea International Paper Company Foundation Brown Mississippi Baptist Church—Southaven Trinity Presbyterian Church—Jackson InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA Christ United Methodist Church—Jackson United Methodist Church—Green, OH Jr. Auxiliary Of Rankin County, MS Covenant Presbyterian Church—Jackson United Presbyterian Church—Sandersville, MS Kaneta Foundation Crossgates Baptist Church—Brandon Wells Church United Methodist—Jackson Kappa Delta Epsilon Eclectic United Methodist Church—Eclectic, AL Westminister Presbyterian Church—Vicksburg King’s Academy Faith Bible Church—Robins, IA Westminster Presbyterian Church—Gulfport Kiwi Mechanical Faith Presbyterian Church—Brookhaven Westminster Presbyterian Church—Hattiesburg Lewisville High School Band Boosters Faith Presbyterian Church—Irmo, SC Westminster Presbyterian Church—Natchez Lockheed Martin Corporation First Baptist Church—Gulf Breeze, FL Westminster Presbyterian Church—Rock Hill Mary Fairfax & Annie Myra Hazard Memorial Fund First Presbyterian Church—Belzoni Women in the Church Presbyterian PCA Miss San Bernadino County Scholarhship Program First Presbyterian Church—Canton Woodbury Lutheran Church—Woodbury, MN Mississippi Junior Miss Pageant, Inc. First Presbyterian Church—Danville MMI Dining Systems First Presbyterian Church—Jackson ORGANIZATIONS Motvation Murphy Oil Corporation First Presbyterian Church—Kosciusko AND First Presbyterian Church—Lexington National Merit Scholarship Corporation First Presbyterian Church—Louisville CORPORATIONS Newsouth Neurospine, LLC First Presbyterian Church—Natchez 100 Black Men of Canton Oak Cliff Lions Club First Presbyterian Church—Pascagoula American United Life Insurance Company Operation Mobilization, Inc. First Presbyterian Church—Port Gibson Aregood Technologies Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. First Presbyterian Church—Water Valley Association of Texas Professional Educators—Lewisville Pike Road Baptist Church First Presbyterian Church—Hattiesburg AT&T, Inc.—Higher Education/Cultural Matching Proctor & Gamble Fund Matching Gift Program First United Methodist Church—Trussville, AL Gift Program Pump It Up Of Metro Jackson French Camp Presbyterian Church—French Camp Bella Luna Productions LLC DBA Quality Hospice Care, Inc. Gethsemane Seventh Day Adventist Church—Daphne, AL Bellsouth Corporation Quality Printing, Inc. Global Mission Church—Seoul, South Korea Bert W. Salas, Inc. Ramey Agency, LLC Grace Chapel Presbyterian—Enfield, CT Better Business Bureau Robert L. Burg Insurance Agency Gwinnett Community Church Inc.—Lawrenceville, GA Boise Wood Products Ross & Yerger Insurance, Inc. Heidelberg Presbyterian Church—Heidelberg Bomgar Corporation Rotary Club of Millani Sunrise Highlands Presbyterian Church—Ridgeland Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee Rusk County Electric Cooperative, Inc. Holy Trinity Anglican Church—Ridgeland California-Hawaii Elks Association Scarlet Magnolia Red Hat Club Hopewell Baptist Church—Andalusia, AL Canton Public School District Scholarship America Horizon Presbyterian Church—Phoenix Charley Wootan Grant Program Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Lakeside Presbyterian Church—Brandon Chevron Corporation Matching Gifts Program State of Oregon Lawndale Presbyterian Church—Tupelo Chick-Fil-A, Inc. Strike Merchants Bowling Club Liberty Baptist Church—Waynesboro Christian Medical Fellowship SunnyBrook Estates Life Foursquare Church—Angleton, TX Christie Cut Stone Company, Inc. Tenaska Gateway Partners, L.P. Marks Presbyterian Church—Marks Cline Tours The American Legion Mt. Olive Presbyterian Church—Mt. Olive Crown Hardware of MS LLC The Cirlot Agency Inc. New Covenant Presbyterian Church Darby’s Village Pharmacy The Mississippi United Methodist Foundation, Inc. of Pike County—McComb Entergy of Mississippi The Research Club New Hope Baptist Church—Jackson Ergon Foundation, Inc. The Way Community Church North Park Presbyterian Church—Jackson Exchange Club N Jackson Tuition Services, Inc. Open Door Christian Church—Novato, CA Far East Broadcasting Co.—Korea Tyler Unior College Peace Lutheran Church of Waterford—Waterford, MI Feild Co-operative Association, Inc. UNCF Pear Orchard Presbyterian Church—Ridgeland Fine Arts Institute of Mississippi Union Church Presbyterian Church Pinelake Baptist Church—Brandon Foundation For The Carolinas United Negro College Fund Pear Orchard Presbyterian, Reflectors’ Class—Ridgeland Fowler Buick Pontiac GMC . Universal Lawn Care Service, Inc. Presbyterian Church USA—Louisville, KY French Camp Academy Universal Services, LLC Presbyterian Women of Green Hill—Enterprise, AL Greenwood Junior Auxiliary USAFE Chaplain Service Presbyterian Women Of The Church—Ocean Springs Griffin Industries VH Dance, Inc. Providence Presbyterian Church—Clinton Guardian Industries Scholarship Program W. G. Yates & Sons Redeemer Church, PCA—Jackson Henderson Independent School District White Dove Fellowship

BELHAVEN UNIVERSITY vi| Belhaven University TARTAN | www.belhaven.edu WINTER 2011 Partners In Stewardship FOUNDATIONS Mrs. Rosalie Casano Ms. Mary Virginia Potts Mr. and Mrs. F. Bond Christie Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Powers AND TRUSTS Mrs. Betty H. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Edmund E. Prestridge Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Cooper, Jr. Ms. Bettye Quinn America’s Junior Miss Scholarship Foundation Mrs. Elizabeth Copeland Mr. and Mrs. Bobby J. Raines Beacon of Hope Scholarship Foundation Mrs. Shelley E. Darby Rev. and Mrs. David A. Rich Etowah Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Dukes Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Russell ExxonMobil Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Andy Sauerwein Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation Mr. Michael Felsher Mr. and Mrs. Neil Scrimpshire Gaines—Jones Education Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jay Fenton Mr. J.T. and Mrs. Betty Simmons Graeber Foundation Mr. Jerry Fenton Rev. and Mrs. Charles L. Skinner Hazard/Fairfax Memorial Fund Dr. and Mrs. F. Earl Fyke, III Mr. James Spears Honeywell Intl Foundation Mrs. Rachel Faye Gordin Mr. and Mrs. John H. Stone James W. Hood Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Maxie L. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Ernest K. Strahan, Jr. Kosciusko Foundation for Excellence in Education Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Grantham Jr. Dr. and Mrs. W. Lynn Stringer Leo Seal Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Jason M. Guillot MD Mr. and Mrs. J. Joseph Stroble Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hardy Mr. William Sumrall, III MS Baptist Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Harris, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Max R. Taylor Nucor Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Haydel Mrs. Daisy S. Thoms Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Archie Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomsen Presbyterian Foundation Mr. Andrew N. Hey Mr. Don Triplett Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation Mr. J. Herman Hines Mr. and Mrs. William L. Turberville Sam E. and Burnice C. Wittel Foundation Mrs. Cathy M. Hodges Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Ulerich School of the Arts Foundation, Inc. Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Alan H. Walters The Carl and Virginia Johnson Day Trust Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Husband Dr. Robert Waltzer The Elizabeth M. Irby Foundation Mr. Rick Ifland Drs. Luke and Ivy Webb The Harvey G. & Betty B. Cook Living Trust Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Irby Mr. and Mrs. T. Calvin Wells The R.A. Bowen Trust Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Jackson Mr. William P. Wells The Salt & Light Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Jakab Dr. and Mrs. Luder Whitlock The Wesley A. Caldwell Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jusufu Jinkiri Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Whitlock The Williamson, Martin & Brook Family Foundation Mrs. Dorothy D. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. John Mark Whitney TREA Memorial Foundation Judge and Mrs. E. Grady Jolly Mr. Wilmer H. Whittle Wal-Mart Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kelleher Mr. and Mrs. Liles B. Williams Windgate Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Kellogg Mr. and Mrs. James C. Williamson Dr. and Mrs. Verne R. Kennedy Ms. Joyce W. Williford The Founder’s Society recognizes annual gifts to Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lazarre Dr. and Mrs. I. Newton Wilson, Jr. Belhaven University of $1,000 or more, and is Mr. Donnell Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Wilson, Jr. the backbone of our annual support for students. Dr. and Mrs. D. Michael Lindsay Mrs. Susan R. Wilson Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Long Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Windham Members of this key leadership group help create a Mrs. Liza Looser Mr. and Mrs. Rick Wolf base of support that will allow us to reach an even Mr. and Mrs. Rob Love, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wirt A. Yerger, III broader scope of students. Dr. and Mrs. John L. Mason Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wirt A. Yerger, Jr. CPT and Mrs. Ralph A. Mason Rev. and Mrs. Jerry Young FOUNDER’S SOCIETY Dr. Warren T. Matthews Mr. and Mrs. David Ho Yuhan Mr. Andrew Mattiace INDIVIDUALS Ms. Mary Katharine McCravey FOUNDER’S SOCIETY Anonymous (3) Rev. and Mrs. Larry C. Mills Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Aldrich Mr. Alexander S. Mitchell, Jr. CHURCHES Mr. Ben E. Ardahl Mr. and Mrs. John S. Mixon Briarwood Presbyterian Church—Jackson Dr. and Mrs. James M. Baird, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Molpus Briarwood United Methodist Church—Jackson Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Bakarich Dr. and Mrs. Paul H. Moore, Jr. Covenant Presbyterian Church—Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barber, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Michael Morris Faith Presbyterian Church—Brookhaven Mrs. Joyce Barfield Ms. Rubye M. Moss First Presbyterian Church—Belzoni Mr. Ross Barnett, Jr. Mr. and Dr. David Moulder First Presbyterian Church—Danville Mr. and Mrs. James M. Bateman Mr. and Mrs. William D. Mounger First Presbyterian Church—Hattiesburg Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bennett Dr. and Mrs. Morton E. Muir First Presbyterian Church—Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Joel Bomgaars Mrs. Cynthia M. Pace First Presbyterian Church—Kosciusko Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Breeland Drs. Roger and MaryLou Parrott First Presbyterian Church—Louisville Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Breland Dr. Burton H. Patterson First Presbyterian Church—Pascagoula Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brooking Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Penny First Presbyterian Church—Port Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Brown Mr. Brian Perry Global Mission Church—Seoul, South Korea Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Cannada Mr. and Mrs. William T. Phillips Heidelberg Presbyterian Church—Heidelberg Ms. Peggy Cannada Mr. and Mrs. Hugh S. Potts Highlands Presbyterian Church—Ridgeland Mrs. Joyce L. Carney Hopewell Baptist Church—Andalusia, AL

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Horizon Presbyterian Church—Phoenix Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Lakeside Presbyterian Church—Brandon State of Oregon Lawndale Presbyterian Church—Tupelo Strike Merchants Bowling Club Marks Presbyterian Church—Marks The American Legion New Covenant Presbyterian Church The Cirlot Agency Inc. of Pike County—McComb Tuition Services, Inc. New Hope Baptist Church—Jackson United Negro College Fund North Park Presbyterian Church—Jackson Universal Lawn Care Service, Inc. Pear Orchard Presbyterian Church—Ridgeland Universal Services, LLC Providence Presbyterian Church—Clinton The “100 Campaign” seeks to identify at least Redeemer Church, PCA—Jackson FOUNDER’S SOCIETY 100 friends to help establish a lasting legacy for Second Presbyterian Church—Memphis, TN future generations through the creation of 100 Suwon Central Baptist Church—Seoul, South Korea FOUNDATIONS planned gifts that name Belhaven as beneficiary. Trinity Presbyterian Church—Jackson AND TRUSTS Westminster Presbyterian Church—Hattiesburg Woodbury Lutheran Church—Woodbury, MN HERITAGE SOCIETY Anonymous (2) Anonymous (3) America’s Junior Miss Scholarship Foundation Mr. Virgil Baggett FOUNDER’S SOCIETY Beacon of Hope Scholarship Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bennett ORGANIZATIONS AND Etowah Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Joel Bomgaars ExxonMobil Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George L. Brock CORPORATIONS Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation Mrs. Virginia Campbell Gaines—Jones Education Foundation Mrs. Marimae C. Coleman Bella Luna Productions LLC DBA Graeber Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William G. Cook, III Bomgar Corporation Hazard/Fairfax Memorial Fund Mrs. Betty H. Cooper Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee James W. Hood Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Edgar Brandon High School Leo Seal Foundation Mr. Tom Harris Canton Public School District Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haslam Charleston Southern University Lewisville ISD Education Foundation Rev. and Mrs. E. Langston Haygood Charley Wootan Grant Program Miss Mahogany Scholarship Foundation & Pageant Mr. Andrew N. Hey Chick-Fil-A, Inc. Incorporated Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Hoffman Christie Cut Stone Company, Inc. Nucor Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hood Cline Tours Presbyterian Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Jackson Ergon Foundation, Inc. Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Verne R. Kennedy Exchange Club N Jackson Sam E. and Burnice C. Wittel Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lanier Far East Broadcasting Co.—Korea Sam’s Club Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Long Feild Co-operative Association, Inc. Sturgis Foundation Mrs. Mary E. Long Fine Arts Institute of Mississippi The Carl and Virginia Johnson Day Trust Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Maynor Foundation For The Carolinas The Elizabeth M. Irby Foundation Ms. Emma McCain French Camp Academy The R.A. Bowen Trust Mrs. Beth R. McCullen Greenwood Junior Auxiliary The Salt & Light Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Ronald W. McKinney Griffin Industries The Wesley A. Caldwell Foundation Mr. David C. McNair Guardian Industries Scholarship Program TREA Memorial Foundation Rev. and Mrs. Larry C. Mills Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Wal-Mart Foundation Ms. Jenny Mixon InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA Windgate Charitable Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Michael Morris Junior Auxiliary Of Rankin County Drs. Roger and MaryLou Parrott Kaneta Foundation Miss Mary Virginia Potts Lewisville High School Band Boosters Miss Bettye Quinn Lockheed Martin Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Russell Mary Fairfax & Annie Myra Hazard Memorial Fund Dr. and Mrs. Morton H. Smith Motvation Ms. Evelyn Tackett National Merit Scholarship Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Alan H. Walters Operation Mobilization, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Luder Whitlock Proctor & Gamble Fund Matching Gift Program Mrs. Mary Lou Whitlock Quality Printing, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Whitlock Ross & Yerger Insurance, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. I. Newton Wilson, Jr. Rotary Club of Millani Sunrise Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Wilson, Jr. Scholarship America

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Author Neil White Shares Experience Neil White—former newspaper editor, magazine publisher, advertising executive—and federal prisoner read at Belhaven University on October 28th. White, who was convicted of bank fraud and check kiting in 1993, read from his memoir, Theatre Chair Pennebaker In the Sanctuary of Outcasts, in Joseph Frost Receives Miss. the Student Center Theater. The Published Humanities Council author’s memoirs is centered on the years he spent in prison in Joseph Frost, Chair of the The- Teacher Award atre Department, was published Carville, LA—a prison that also Bob Pennebaker, chair of the Lifting the Veil this fall in Matter Anthology, an served as the last leper colony in Visual Arts Department, is the Belhaven presented Lifting the anthology of works and presen- the continental United States. recipient of the 2010 winner Veil, a play by Paul D. Patton. tations from the Matter ’09 con- of the Miss. Humanities Based on the true story of the ference. Frost’s play, The Urns: A Council Teacher Award. The runaway marriage of evangelists Pantomime, is one of three works award is given annually to one Katherine Kuhlman and he presented at the conference humanities faculty member at Burroughs Waltrip, this play tells in September. “The plays are each higher education institution the story of their wedding night, almost like parables, really,” in the state. of the bride’s doubts about says Frost, “stories out of which In response to this award, having deserted her ministry multiple meanings can come.” Pennebaker gave a presentation and of the groom’s attempts to entitled “Perception and get her to stay. Business School Visual Art.” “I address various The play was directed by n issues,” says Pennebaker, senior Theatre major Jonathan finished first out “related to optical perception Dixon and cast sophomore of 155 teams and an understanding of how Anna Rebmann as Kuhlman, competing in the general public can better sophomore Matt Hester as appreciate and relate to the visual Waltrip, and freshman Zak the nationwide arts.” Pennebaker discussed the Blatche as the hotel owner. This CAPSIM business inadequacy of typical approaches production was a part of Theatre to artistic understanding and 151, the Theatre Department’s simulation. gave suggestions for more series of performances for the informed responses. exploration of challenging topics and the discovery of inspiring and innovative material.

n Belhaven presented the 78th Singing Christmas Tree, named a “Top 20 Events” BRING ON THE BAND: Dr. Paxton TOPS IN BUSINESS: The first place team from Belhaven’s School Girtmon proudly displays the by the Southeast of Business as listed from left to right: Michael Pickering, Kenisha Taylor, proto-type for the band uniform Tourism Society. Walter Primas, Sabrena Bartley, Joycette Nichols, Dean Chip Mason. for the Belhaven Marching Band.

WINTER 2011 www.belhaven.edu | Belhaven University TARTAN |13 “I am so proud of the boys and all that they accomplished,” said Coach DeCou. “We have talked for the four years that I’ve been here at Belhaven Stefan Fernandez, senior forward from that our goal was to Melbourne, FL get to the national tournament and put the program back on the national map. We accomplished that goal, and now our next goal is to win a Men’s Soccer championship.” BACK ON THE NATIONAL STAGE

The Belhaven men’s soccer team had a season to remember in 2010 as • Guilherme Brandao, a freshman forward from Brasillia, the Blazers put themselves back on the national stage with a trip to the Brazil, made an immediate impact for Belhaven in 2010 and was NAIA National Championship Tournament for the first time since 1994. recognized with a spot on the SSAC All Conference, All-West The Belhaven soccer program has a storied history with this being their Division team, All-Tournament team, and was named to the SSAC seventh overall appearance in the national tournament. The Blazers All-Academic Team. finished 2010 with an overall record of 16–2–3, posted a 3–0–2 mark in the Southern States Athletic Conference West Division, and went 1–1 in • Gautier Troch, a senior goalkeeper from Paris, France, was named to the national tournament. Belhaven’s all-time national tournament record the SSAC All-West Division team due to his outstanding numbers in is 9–7–3, including an NAIA National Championship in 1992. the net this year. In order to have a great season as a team, there have to be some outstanding individual accomplishments and that was certainly the case • Troch is ranked first in goals per game in the SSAC at .72 and is with the 2010 team. fourth in total saves. Troch was named SSAC Defensive Player of the Week five times and was recognized at the national level with an • Belhaven had nine different players recognized for their efforts both NAIA Defensive Player of the Week award. on the field and in the classroom when the Southern States Athletic Conference recently announced the All-Conference, All-Division, • Tom Cosgrave, a sophomore defender who hails from All-Tournament, and All-Academic Teams. Manchester, England, was selected for a spot on the 2010 SSAC All-Tournament team. • Stefan Fernandez, a senior forward from Melbourne, Fla., was named to the SSAC All-Conference team, All-West Division team, and the • Coach DeCou was also recognized All-Academic team. Fernandez was named to the 2010 CoSIDA/ at the conference level by being ESPN Academic All-American 2nd Team when it was announced by named SSAC Coach of the Year. the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Committee. DeCou, who just finished his fourth season as the Blazers head • Fernandez led Belhaven in game winning–goals with five and was tied coach, guided the team to the for first in the SSAC in that category. 16–2–3 season that put the program back on the national • Alex Rodriguez, a junior defender from Lufkin, Tex., joined Fer- stage. DeCou holds an overall nandez on the All-Conference and All-West Division team as well as coaching record of 105–87–15, and being named the SSAC Newcomer of the year. Following the season, his record at Belhaven, including he was also named as a second team NAIA All-American. games this season, is 50–18–7.

14| Belhaven University TARTAN | www.belhaven.edu WINTER 2011 Auction. A four-year letter winner as a student-athlete at Lander University, Stathas has also been an active coach at the club level with Club South BRITAIN ELEMENTARY IN IRVING, TEXAS. Volleyball for the past nine years. A native of Fort Myers, Fla., Stathas is a graduate of Lander University with bachelor Belhaven Adopts Football Highlights of science degrees in physical a Class with No It was an up and down season education and exercise science. for the Belhaven football team During his tenure at Excuse University in 2010 as the year was filled Clinton, each of Griffin’s teams No Excuse University is a with both highs and lows. The Volleyball, Softball finished with top 5 state rankings network of elementary, middle, Blazers finished the year with a Hire New Head and earned state tournament and junior high schools across 4–7 record. the United States that actively Coach berths, while eleven of his Clinton student-athletes signed promotes a comprehensive • Eleven players earned Mid- Belhaven Athletic Department scholarships to play softball model of college readiness to South Conference West is pleased to announce that collegiately. With additional all students. As the class’s Division Honors a new Head Volleyball and a coaching stops at Ridgeland High sponsor, Belhaven will be new Head Softball Coach have • Seven players were selected School, Central Hinds Academy promoted among the students been hired. Ashley Stathas, for the All-Conference team and Porters Chapel Academy, and guided by their teacher, Head Volleyball Coach, comes while four Blazers were named he has also been an active coach John Bowman, who will help to Belhaven after spending Honorable Mention. on the summer softball circuit. them to set goals of pursuing three seasons as the Assistant Griffin is a graduate of Bellevue a university education. “Any- • Ricky Wadlington was chosen Volleyball Coach at the University (NE) with a bachelor thing we can do to help these as the MSC West Division University of South Carolina of arts degree in leadership young students make a college Defensive Player of the Year. Upstate, an NCAA Division administration. education one of their life’s I member in Spartanburg, goals is an effort that will have • Said Head Coach Joe Thrasher, South Carolina. Head Softball lasting impact. We look forward “We grew a lot and due to the Coach, Kevin Griffin, comes to corresponding with the kids injuries, a lot of young players to Belhaven after spending the throughout the year,” says Kevin saw extended playing time last three seasons as the Head Russell, Vice President for and gained a lot of experience Softball Coach at Clinton High University Advancement. which will hopefully be a School, a 6A school located in positive for us down the road.” Clinton, Miss. Scott Little, Vice President for Student Affairs and Athletics commented, “Our commitment to student-athletes centers around creating an Cross Country 5 on environment where they can compete for championships and All-AcademicTeam mature as men and women, and •e Fiv runners were named on I’m confident that Ashley and the SSAC All-Academic team: Kevin will successfully lead their Seraphine Lin, Hannah Reese, programs in that promise.” Peter Davis, Andrew Sinclair, During her four years Luke Lennon at USCU, Stathas served as the Spartans’ assistant coach, • Davis was also named a 2010 recruiting coordinator, travel Daktronics NAIA Scholar coordinator and was an advisor Athlete for the USCU Athletics Benefit

WINTER 2011 www.belhaven.edu | Belhaven University TARTAN |15 hree years ago, Belhaven launched a comprehensive Thealthy campus initiative geared to encourage better Blazing Trails living habits among faculty, staff, and students. Today, the initial seeds have blossomed into a full-grown health bonanza! In the 2007–08 school year, Belhaven started with several simple, yet deliberate, steps towards its healthy in Health campus goal: healthier food selections offered in the Bailey Dining Commons; nutritional labeling for all entrees Promoting a healthy lifestyle with the posted; mounting aggressive flu vaccination efforts; offering help of Blue Cross & Blue Shield smoking cessation programs to those interested in kick- ing the habit as the BU campus became smoke-free; and of Mississippi Foundation launching educational programs to help employees better manage their health care options and assure that their health dollars went further. While all of these steps and other initiatives were widely embraced, two key elements On your mobile phone, download a QR Code Reader of your choice and watch this overview video were missing: a complete exercise center and expanded of the new BU Exercise Center. walking trails. All were well aware that until the University could add facilities to allow for regular exercise patterns, the efforts would be incomplete.

16| Belhaven University TARTAN | www.belhaven.edu WINTER 2011 The gift from the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation serves as the capstone to the healthy initiatives we began three years ago. —President Roger Parrott

A generous gift by an anonymous donor in November excited that this project will not only benefit the University but of 2008 allowed for the remodeling of the “loft” area in the will greatly enhance the neighborhood as a whole.” northern portion of Heidelberg Gymnasium. The renovation of As the trails were being constructed, the University was busy over 1800 square feet for the future campus exercise center was reviewing bids to complete the BU Exercise Center. Long-cited as completed in the spring of 2009. The stage was now set but still one of the most-desired additions to campus, the news that a new missing the exercise equipment. Enter the Blue Cross & Blue exercise center would soon be a reality was a huge boost to campus Shield of Mississippi Foundation. morale. “We have all agreed for some time with current and With a corporate focus of improving the overall health prospective students that a Fitness Center was a key missing piece and wellness of all residents on our campus,” commented of the state of Mississippi and Belhaven President Roger Parrott. a longtime affiliation with “The gift from the Blue Cross Belhaven University, Belhaven & Blue Shield of Mississippi leaders pitched the idea for the Foundation serves as the Foundation to not only fund capstone to the healthy initiatives the exercise equipment but to we began three years ago.” also provide for new campus Complete with 30 pieces walking trails, community health of equipment, the Fitness programs, and the injection of Center is self-accessed by a “health and wellness” element card key and has a view of into Belhaven’s numerous summer the lake and practice fields. programs. The Foundation’s Equipped with multiple weight board liked the idea and agreed machines, treadmills, and to provide $350,000 to fund the crowning and final phase of bikes, Belhaven has made instructional “how to use” videos BU’s three-year initiative. “The Blue Cross & Blue Shield of for every machine available on the Fitness Center page of the Mississippi Foundation is focused on providing resources and university website as well as on Belhaven YouTube page. “The funding to continue our commitment to a healthier response to the Fitness Center from both students and staff has Mississippi,” noted Sheila Grogan, Executive Director of the been awesome,” exclaimed Jo Beth Petty, Director of Student Foundation, “We are excited about the health and wellness Leadership. “Everyone has been waiting for this opportunity for initiatives being implemented at Belhaven University that some time, and we are excited, not only to see it finally here, will foster a healthy environment for the university and but to see the quality of the equipment and the Fitness Center surrounding community.” as a whole.” With the support of the Foundation, Belhaven has Already in 2011, more than 200 faculty, staff, and students installed two walking trails. The larger Campus Gold trail is have registered for the “BU Healthy Challenge.” a mile in length and follows the campus perimeter. The trail The Healthy Challenge will award those who see the largest runs along Peachtree Street, turning onto Pinehurst, heads improvement in their body mass index or “BMI” over a three- through the plaza in front of the Student Center, then cuts month period. “The new healthy spirit found on campus has across campus by the tennis courts and flows along the lake, the been refreshing,” said Administrative Assistant Becky Sims. “At practice fields, and behind the Bitsy Irby Visual Art and Dance lunch and after work you will find many people exercising that Center. The second trail, the Academic Green, a half mile in had never considered it before.…It’s really great.” length, beginning in front of the McCravey-Triplett Student The final portion of the grant dollars will fund health and Center, circling around the new campus fountain, the Hood wellness seminars that are open to the public. Already a hit Library, Preston, Fitzhugh; and following the Campus Gold with the entire community, the monthly seminars are being trail along part of Peachtree and Pinehurst. spearheaded by Exercise Science and Sports Medicine The trails offer students, staff, and the entire Belhaven Professors Dr. Don Berryhill and Dr. Benjamin Carr. neighborhood a marked and lighted course for daily exercise Vice President for University Advancement Kevin Russell while enjoying the beauty of the Belhaven campus. Belhaven noted, “Our partnership with the Blue Cross & Blue Shield Neighborhood Foundation Director, Virgi Lindsay, welcomed Foundation of Mississippi has helped us integrate health and the trails. “The addition of these trails is wonderful news wellness into the fiber of our community. We want to foster for the residents of Belhaven and will only add to the vibrant life-changing health choices not just short-term resolutions.” n community activities found in the neighborhood. We are

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2010 Homecoming & Parents Weekend

(Clockwise) • Reunion • Sports Hall of Fame • Homecoming King and Queen • Mini Basketball Camp • Football Game • Alumni Awards • 50 Year Club • Pops Concert • Homecoming Dance • 5K Run/Walk

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ALUMNI AWARDS RECIPIENTS: (left to right) Ms. Corinne Fox, ’63 (Community Service Award); Joe Martin, Legacy of Learning; Mrs. Heather Logan Ivery, ’00 (Young Alumna of the Year); Dr. Gregory Jordan, ’73 (Alumnus of the Year); Mr. Wayne Husband, ’72 (Jim Park Business Award); Dr. Lynn Gillespie Beck, ’74 (Bettye Quinn Education Award); and Mrs. Florence Richardson Scott, ’60 (Church Service Award).

18| Belhaven University TARTAN | www.belhaven.edu WINTER 2011 Belhaven’s traditional fall event was held a bit earlier than usual coming this year but proved to be successful and enjoyed greatly by all who attended. Back to Belhaven—Homecoming 2010 saw the return of more than 300 alumni, friends, and parents to campus for a weekend back to of festivity and events. The Office of Admission initiated the weekend’s activity by hosting prospective Belhaven students and their families for “Discover Day.” These special visitors were treated to a taste of Bel- haven at its busiest and best! As has become tradition over the past few years, alumni were welcomed back to campus during the Alumni Reunion Reception in the McCravey-Triplett Student Center com- mons. This event provided the initial opportunity for classmates to BELHAVEN connect with one another and check out the latest changes around campus. From the general reception, individuals from the classes of 1960 and 1980 branched off for special gatherings at various locations. Dr. Al Chestnut and the Belhaven Biology Department welcomed home- back graduates to share about their professional experiences during the Biology Alumni Panel event held in Barber Auditorium. The panelists discussed how their time at Belhaven prepared them for careers in their field of study. coming Four Belhaven athletic alumni were honored during the 18th Annual Belhaven Sports Hall of Fame Banquet as the concluding event on Friday evening. Held in the H.C. Bailey Dining Commons, more than 100 people were in attendance to celebrate the induction of Miss Tamekia Foley, ’05 (Women’s Basketball); Mr. Keith Brown, ’81 (Men’s Basketball); Mr. Hill Denson (Baseball); and Mr. Jeff ’10 Moser, ’90 (Men’s Soccer). The 5th Annual Belhaven Homecoming 5k Run/Walk began the day’s activities on Saturday Mrs. Florence Richardson Scott, ’60 (Church Service Award); Ms. morning, October 2. Corinne Fox, ’63 (Community Service Award); Dr. Lynn Gillespie Approximately fifty Beck, ’74 (Bettye Quinn Education Award); and Mr. Wayne Husband, participants took to the ’72 (Jim Park Business Award). Additionally, those attending from the streets of Belhaven’s historic Class of 1960 were inducted as the newest members into the Belhaven neighborhood for the 3.2 Fifty Year Club, and Dr. Joseph Martin was officially recognized as the mile course. The beautiful newest Legacy of Learning faculty member. weather seemed to Football fans were treated to exhilarate all the runners, a great homecoming match-up as the winning times for the between the Blazers and the Bethel male and female champions Alumnus of the Year University Wildcats. Unfortunately, were an inspiring 17:38 and Dr. Gregory Jordan the home team could not pull off 19:09, respectively. the victory, falling by a score of More than twenty 43–28. At halftime of the game, children got to hang out with members of the Blazer Basketball Mr. Jonathan Kalehoff and teams and sharpen their hard-court skills during the Basketball Miss Celeste Scott were crowned Mini-Camp event held in the Heidelberg Gymnasium. Just the 2010 Homecoming King outside, on the soccer bowl, Head Men’s Soccer Coach Steve and Queen. DeCou conducted a “friendly” match between Belhaven Soccer The Belhaven Music Department alumni who returned for the weekend’s festivities. Young Alumnus offered a panorama of popular A crowd of nearly 125 people filled the dining commons of the Year movie themes, jazz, Broadway, for the Alumni Awards Luncheon on Saturday morning as and light classics during Saturday Mrs. Heather Logan Ivery outstanding Belhaven alumni were recognized and honored for evening’s Pops Concert in the accomplishments in their careers, churches, and communities. Concert Hall of the Center for This year’s recipients were: Dr. Gregory Jordan, ’73 (Alumnus of the the Arts. The weekend’s concluding event was the traditional Year); Mrs. Heather Logan Ivery, ’00 (Young Alumna of the Year); Homecoming Dance, held at The Auditorium in nearby Fondren. n MD

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Doctor of Divinity degree from John Sumrall ’64 had his mother Betty’s graduation Knox Theological Seminary. He book Classic Magnolia Rock – from Belhaven. and his wife, Bertha Littleton History of Original Mississippi ’59 now split their time between Rock and Roll Music 1953–1970 Charlotte Cocker Brown ’69 Delray Beach, Florida, and Black added to the Belhaven Library. and her husband, William H. Mountain, North Carolina. “Billy” Brown, celebrated their David B. Clark ’66 and Pam 60th wedding anniversary on Tom Maynor ’61 serves as Keen Clark ’76 are proud to an- August 20, 2010 with their the Community Relations nounce the graduation of their large family and close friends. Representative at the Tom C. son, Brian, from the University Charlotte and Billy are now Maynor Rehabilitation Center of Mississippi Law School. Brian both fully retired from every- at Anderson Hospital’s south and his father David, a former thing except the Presbyterian campus in Meridian, Mississippi. District Attorney in Madison Church where they both sing County, have set up a law prac- in the choir. Charlotte teaches Mary Helon Child Robert ’39 with Bibby Swaze ’58 were excited Glenda Walker Bates ’61 tice in Florence, Mississippi. Sunday school, and is active in to attend the alumni luncheon welcomed the birth of her 4th David and Pam are also excited the DAR, UDC Delta Kappa as guest of Florence Scott ’60. great grandchild in 2010. Over for their daughter, Shelley, who Gamma, and the 20th Century Mary Helon loves visiting with her the years, she has gone from a is a senior at Ole Miss and will Club. They reside on Billy’s Belhaven friends and has always been a proud Belhaven graduate. business career to service as a be graduating in May. David family farm north of Canton, She resides at The Orchard in Minister of Music for ten years. and Pam have lived in Florence Mississippi. Ridgeland, Miss. She still serves as a church for over 30 years, nearly their pianist and a children’s choir entire married lives, where Pam ’60s|Ronald Siegenthaler ’61 director. She fondly recalls many serves on the board of Aldermen. ’70s|Barbara McGhan served for thirteen years as the good memories from her years Porter ’70 taught the first Executive Minister of Coral at Belhaven as a “day student,” Betty Hollis Cooper ’66 and grade for 29 years in Miami, Ridge Presbyterian Church in riding the city bus from West her husband, Gerald, announce Hattiesburg, and Jackson. She Fort Lauderdale, Florida, before Jackson to and from school the marriage of their daughter, now works in the Children’s being honorably retired by the and working at the old Baptist Elizabeth Hollis Cooper, to Tim Ministry at First Presbyterian Presbytery of South Florida in Hospital in the afternoons. She Kirby on December 19, 2010. Church of Jackson, Mississippi. 2010, completing 46 years of is also very proud of Belhaven Elizabeth earned her masters of Her husband, Harry Porter, has ordained ministry in the PCUS for its recent University status. education in 2006, on the 40th served as the director of the and PCA. He received his anniversary of her Criminal Justice Program at FREEShop Online SHIPPING! for BU T-SHIRTS, knit Shirts, sweat shirts, umbrellas, BLANKETS, hats and much more to make you or your Belhaven Blazer Fan wear it out! Wear it outside, inside, in the sun and in the rain. For ANY OCCASION where you can have Blazer pride, the Belhaven BOOKSTORE HAS IT. Water bottles, MUGS, and countless other items that support the green and gold.

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Mississippi College since 1984. through their school years. She eight children: Maggie, Trey, Gaylia Townsley Nichols ’87 Belhaven honored Barbara with received her PhD in Christian Jonathan, Jimmy, Adam, Paul, and Tommy Nichols, Jr. ’90 the Bettye Quinn Education Studies from New Orleans Libby, and Denzel, as well as are now in their 7th year living Award at the 2005 Alumni Baptist Theological Seminary grandchildren, Alice and Kaiser. in Virginia. Tommy is the pastor Awards Banquet, a small thank in 2007. She has served on Gail is in her tenth year as Di- at Beulah Presbyterian Church, you for her many years of service staff at Hillcrest Baptist Church rector of Youth and Children’s while Gaylia continues to work in the field of education. in Byram, Mississippi, for the Ministry at Pinelands Presbyte- for New Hanover PC in women’s past eleven years as Minister rian Church in Miami, Florida. discipleship ministries. Sam Mason ’75 and Susan of Education. Clark Mason ’76 live in Deanna Kuiper Noyes ’83 Betty Sellars Brown Parker ’89 Clinton, Mississippi. Their William Micheo ’78 is a took seven brave students to has retired from teaching at children both graduated from Physical Medicine and Bangladesh in the fall semester of Pearl Lower Elementary teaching Jackson Prep. Their son, Rehabilitation Specialist, 2010 as part of a senior research Kindergarten, which she loved. Bryan Mason, graduated from and Professor and chair of the course at Dallas Baptist University. She and her husband have six Mississippi State, then worked Department of Physical Dr. Abraham and Amie Sarker, grandchildren and four great- in New York City for three years Rehabilitation and Sports professors at DBU and founders grandchildren. They love to before moving to Los Angeles Medicine at the University of Gospel for Muslims, created travel and stay active in their with his wife, Teresa. He is cur- of Puerto Rico School of this opportunity for biology church. She is thankful for how rently employed by Live Nation. Medicine. This past year, he students as well as others who her years at Belhaven prepared served as Past President of the were going as a mission group. her for a great career and now Kathy Griffin Stewart ’75 and American Academy of Physical The group of twelve worked with retirement. They now live in husband Jim are blessed to Medicine and Rehabilitation three villages in the Maniganj Pearl, where Betty still does celebrate new employment, a and as a director of the American district of Bangladesh, testing the some volunteer work tutoring new house, and the opportunity Board of Physical Medicine and soil and rice plants to determine children. to welcome a new grandson Rehabilitation. how to maximize their crop yield. into the world. Their son and They also used this as a ministry daughter in law live in Ulsan, Jeff Lowman ’79 celebrated 20 time, sharing the Gospel and ’90s|Charlotte Reddix South Korea; daughter, son years of ministry with Evangel seeing 72 people accept the Lord Williams ’93 received her M.A. in law, and grandchildren are Church, PCA, in Alabaster, as their Savior. Plans are already in Sociology from Jackson State, located just an exit away; and their Alabama this October. He being laid to return in January and her M.S. in Human Re- youngest daughter will graduate received his doctor of ministry of 2012. source Management from Troy from Georgia Tech in May. degree from Highlands University. She is the Deputy Theological Institute in Jane Everly ’85 is currently in Bureau Director for the Missis- Lisa Stockdale-Klaus ’75 Edinborough, Scotland in 2005. her 26th year of employment sippi Department of Health. earned her MA and Ph.D. from He has also served as Professor with the Jackson Public School Vanderbilt University after of Systematic Theology and District. Since graduation, Nathan Tircuit ’97 has been the graduating from Belhaven. She Hermeneutics at Birmingham she has earned her Ph.D. in pastor at St. Andrews Presbyterian taught for several years at the Theological Seminary for 15 years. educational leadership and has Church in Cordova, Tenn., since University of Richmond and served as the principal of Davis January 2009. He and his wife, Mary Baldwin College, both in Magnet School, an international Jennifer, have four children: Virginia. Since the mid 90’s, ’80s|Wanda Holloam Baccalaureate World School Kennedy (6), William (4), however, she has been a stay-at- Butler Neal ’80 welcomed her in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis Caroline (2), and they welcomed home mom in Murfreesboro, first grandchild, Brooke Ann was also named a Blue Ribbon Emma Grace on August 15, 2010. Tennessee. Her husband, Jim Burris, on May 8, 2010. Brooke School by the U.S. Department Klaus, teaches gifted high school is also the granddaughter of of Education. Joel Bezaire ’98 and his wife students in the Rutherford the late Josh D. Butler Jr. (’78). Jennifer had their first baby, County Schools and volunteers Proud parents are Lori Jo Butler Christopher Reny ’86 is Liam Erik Bezaire on extensively with the Boy Scouts. Burris and husband Ricky thankful to God for the birth October 24, 2010. Burris of Wiggins, Mississippi. of Noah Christopher Reny on Jamie Duncan Holden ’78 March 10, 2010, and also to be Joshua Dear ’98 moved to went back to school after Gail Sertell Smith ’82 was cancer free since July 21, 2010. Muskegon, Michigan in April to homeschooling her two children married to Barry M. Smith on marry his sweetheart, Karen, and September 4, 2010. They have they are already expecting their www.belhaven.edu/bookstore WINTER 2011 www.belhaven.edu | Belhaven University TARTAN |21 AlumniNews

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first child, due in June, 2011. Paul Gundy ’02 and Annie various benefits, concerts, and Education in Physical Education He is now the Assistant Pastor Roberts Gundy ’03 moved to children’s programs. Pedagogy. at Lakeside Baptist Church, and Beaufort, South Carolina, this continues to serve as an online summer to finish Paul’s last tour Scott M. Smith ’04 was recently Sheralei Clayborne ’06 has been Bible teacher for Belhaven. He with the U.S. Navy, where he selected as CEO of Central named by the National College helped write the manuscript for is a dentist. They are expecting Mississippi Medical Center in of Business and Technology as the new book by Dolphus Weary, their third child, a boy, in Jackson. A veteran hospital ad- Bartlett campus director. entitled I Can’t Never Leave, late April. ministrator, Scott now oversees which is scheduled to be in print a 420-bed state of the art hos- Jerrid Harris ’06 has been before the end of the year. Jennifer Muirhead Wallace ’02 pital facility which is affiliated promoted to Athletic Director at married Landon Wallace on with more than 300 physicians. Rockdale County High School Brad Franklin ’99 and his wife September 18, 2010. in Conyers, Georgia, where he Courtney are expecting a little Shelley Grace Miller Clem also teaches AP US History. girl in March of 2011. Their son, Thomas Dent ’03 and ’05 and her husband, Daniel, Hunter (3), is very excited about Christina Bomgaars Dent ’05 would like to announce the Gabrielle Pickle ’06 becoming a big brother. Brad’s welcomed Tyson Luke Dent birth of their first child, Naomi graduated from Southwestern practice, Dental Care of Flora, on August 16, 2010. He joins Ellen Clem, on Thanksgiving Baptist Theological Seminary in just moved into a new building older brother Cole (22 months). Day, November 25, 2010. She May 2010 with a Master of on Hwy. 49 in Flora, Miss. after Thomas continues to work for weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces, Divinity in Women’s Studies. 3 years of planning and prayers. Dent Air Conditioning, and and was 22 inches long. She works as the Director of Christina recently quit her The family continues to Communications at Sisters Stuart Mills ’99 and his wife, job at Bomgar Corporation to reside in Tulsa, Oklahoma. in Service, a faith-based Meg, continue serving as mis- become a stay-at-home mom. nonprofit organization address- sionaries with Peru Mission in Paige Davis Haven ’05 and her ing international abuse and Trujillo, Peru. Working with the Thomas Gardner ’03 continues husband Rick were blessed with exploitation of women. locals at Parish Woodshop, their to work with his wife, Mollie, Kailyn Emery Haven on June first aim is always discipleship as a missionary educator 23, 2010. Paige is still running Larkin Braxton ’07 and Ashley and are currently helping with in Vienna, Austria at the her event planning business, Morgan Braxton ’07 live in economic development, International Christian School Compliments of You, which Leesville, La., where Larkin administrative support, quality of Vienna. They will welcome specializes in weddings and works as a Financial Planner control, and marketing for the their third child this Christmas. private parties. They live in with First Command Financial woodshop’s products. Brandon, Miss., and attend Planning, which works with Erin Parrish Fielding ’04 Broadmoor Baptist Church. military families in the area. Cebra Rutland Roland ’99 and her husband Wesley were Ashley moved into the Labor welcomed her new son, Bobby blessed with their first child, Emily Seuell Seymour ’05 and and Delivery Ward Assistant Bryant Roland, on September 9, Lucy Frances Fielding, on March her husband, Scott, celebrated the position at the Army hospital in 2010. Her oldest son, Bruce, is 27, 2010. Erin also graduated birth of their first child, Austin Leesville. They purchased their now 7 years old. from Mississippi College in Thomas Seymour, on October 10, first airplane in May. May with her M.S. in Higher 2010. Emily and Scott currently Education Administration. live in Vancouver, Washington, Baskin Jones ’07 has passed the ’00s|Cheri Gossman Orr and are in graduate school. Bar and set up a full-service legal ’00 and Kristopher Orr ’01 Aimee Long ’04 graduated practice in Jackson. along with brothers Ethan (5), from the University of North Rebekah Bradford Smalls ’05 Noah & Isaiah (3), welcomed Carolina with her M.A. in Dance was blessed to marry Jermaine Sarah Sachs ’08 will finish her Aubrey Renee on July 13, 2010. Education in ’08. She lives in Smalls on November 1, 2008, Masters Degree in Piano Kristopher continues to enjoy Virginia Beach and teaches at and gave birth to a daughter, Performance and Pedagogy at his work as Art Director for Norfolk Academy and at Denise Melody Lorene Smalls, on the University of Southern Waterbrook Multnomah Wall’s Dance Studio. She is a December 4, 2009. Mississippi in April and is Publishing Group in Colorado guest instructor/choreographer engaged to be married in May. Springs, Colo., and Cheri enjoys for Savannah Arts Academy in Colleen Christie ’06 moved Sarah works full-time as the pouring life and joy into the kids Georgia. She still dances and to Moscow, Idaho, in August Director of Worship Ministries during the week and teaching performs several times a year for 2010 to pursue her Master’s in at Lakeside Presbyterian Church Pilates on the weekends. in Brandon, Miss.

22| Belhaven University TARTAN | www.belhaven.edu WINTER 2011 WHAT IS THIS? DOWNLOAD A QR CODE READER APP. THE CODE WILL TAKE YOU TO THE ALUMNI BLOG. WHAT WE SUGGEST FOR IPHONE, ANDROID, AND BLACKBERRY—AT&T’S SCANNER OR BEETAGG; FOR WINDOWS BEETAGG Mary Virginia Potts (’37) While heaven gained another angel, Priscilla Rogers Morgan ’07 Elinor Woods Herrington ’41 was named the Assistant passed away on October 1, 2010 Belhaven lost one of its biggest fans. Volleyball Coach at Southeastern at her home in Olive Branch, Miss Mary Virginia Potts died on Wednesday, Louisiana University in Mississippi. Hammond, La. in March. October 27, 2010. She was 95. Those who Mary Virginia Bell Chilcutt ’44 knew Mary Virginia will forever remember Andrew Carcich ’09 played passed away on September 18, indoor football with the Alaska 2010 at her home in Kosciusko, her love of life and love for her Savior. Mary Virginia’s passion Wild in Anchorage, AK before Mississippi. was teaching. She loved to teach children the Bible and how being traded to the Tri-Cities Fever in Kennewick, Wash. In Sara Louise Butts MusKelley ’45, to read. As a longtime elementary school teacher she impacted 2010–2011 season, he will be who resided in the Germantown, many, many young lives...and as the Lord granted her a long playing with the Reading Tennessee passed away Dec. 31, Express in Reading, Penn. 2010. life, one of her favorite things was hearing what her former students became as they grew up and had families. As a member Ashleigh Dolan ’09 moved to Ada Elizabeth (Betty) Wardlaw Georgetown, Tex., where she Jordan ’48 passed away on of First Presbyterian Church in Kosciusko, Miss. teaches 4th grade at Grace February 28, 2010 in Raleigh, she will be greatly missed by her town, her church, and her Academy, a classical, Christian North Carolina. school. many friends. Anyone wishing to honor the memory of Mary Kathleen Willis Grafton ’50 Sydney Cunningham ’10 is passed away on September 5, Virginia may do so by making a gift to the Mary Virginia Potts back at Belhaven, working 2010 in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Endowed Scholarship. in the Graduate and Online Programs Office as Data Mary Elizabeth (Bettie) McGee Coordinator. She is living in Wolverton ’54 passed away, downtown Jackson and serving after a four year battle with lung with WeWillGo Ministries as an cancer, on August 18, 2010 in Intern-Missionary. Ridgeland, Mississippi. Jarrett Morgan ’10 has worked Lucy Grantham Wilde ’58 since graduation as a Surgical passed away at her Chesapeake Coordinator and Technician home Dec. 28, 2010. in a local ophthalmology clinic in Jackson. He has also been Charles L. Skinner ’61 passed accepted into the University away on December 26, 2010 in UPDATE: 42 Legacies of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi. and Growing School of Medicine, where he Belhaven has now recorded 42 planned will start in August of 2011. Robert “Peanut” Horton ’72 passed away November 13, 2010 gifts since the campaign launched in 2009. With a goal of “100 Legacy” gifts for Belhaven, the IN MEMORIAM David H. Singley ’69 passed Sophia Margaret Seward Hedrix away on September 23, 2010 at ongoing efforts have raised the awareness of how Belhaven ’27 passed away on August 4, his home in LaGrange, Georgia. alumni and friends can develop a comprehensive estate plan 2010 in Jackson, Mississippi. Leigh Ann Ward ’00 died that will jointly provide for their family and expand the Jane Furr Roseberry ’33 passed August 17, 2010, at University mission of Belhaven. away on May 27, 2010 in Marks, Hospital from injuries received Mississippi. in a motor vehicle accident. Assistant to the President Larry Mills ’61 is the staff contact for Eva Grace Barnes ’37 passed Frances Clark Graeber passed this exciting project and would gladly visit and advise as to how away on December 4, 2010 in away on August 5, 2010 in a planned gift would work for you. Contact Larry at Ridgeland, Mississippi. Marks, Mississippi. 601-968-8889 or by e-mail at [email protected]. PartingWordPartingPhoto

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