http://blogs.belhaven.edu/alumni-magazine Alumni Magazine Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:26:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can hardly believe I’m in my 15th academic year as president of Belhaven College—the second longest serving president of any of the four-year schools in Mississippi. It seems like just yesterday that I held the first press conference in Girault Auditorium (which we’ve since torn down), made the first major ... http://blogs.belhaven.edu/alumni-magazine/2010/02/12/15-years-and-not-counting/ [caption id="attachment_799" align="alignnone" width="432" caption="DANCE FACULTY: (Left to Right) Krista Bower, Cynthia Newland, Emily Wright, Britta Wynne, Caleb Mitchell, Stephen Wynne, Amanda Parsons Browning, Laura Morton, Erin Scheiwe Rockwell, Ravenna Tucker"][/caption] By the time a dance major graduates from Belhaven College, he or she has averaged 3,000 hours of dancing, ... http://blogs.belhaven.edu/alumni-magazine/2010/02/12/belhaven-colleges-bold-moves-in-the-world-of-dance/ HAPPY 103rd BIRTHDAY, MRS. HARMON! Ever think “what was the greatest thing before sliced bread?” Mrs. Mary Harmon could tell you.Belhaven’s legendary retired home economics professor just celebrated her 103rd birthday. This means Mrs. Harmon was growing up in Goodman, Miss. long before sliced bread was even invented (1928) or the ... http://blogs.belhaven.edu/alumni-magazine/2010/02/12/keep-on-keeping-on/ back to ’09 Belhaven Spectacular weather, meaningful events, and wonderful interactions between Belhaven alumni were the highlights of Back to Belhaven - Homecoming 2009!  When the curtains closed on the final event of the weekend, more than 350 individuals participated in the festivities across campus. “I enjoyed myself greatly during the weekend,” expressed ... http://blogs.belhaven.edu/alumni-magazine/2010/02/12/back-to-belhaven-09/ [caption id="attachment_868" align="alignnone" width="432" caption="Dr. Phillip Kelly and Dr. Al Chestnut"][/caption] For three decades Dr. Phillip Kelly and Dr. Al Chestnut have been staples in the Belhaven College Science Department. Over that course of time, many students have had the privilege of sitting under their teaching, being guided and educated through ... http://blogs.belhaven.edu/alumni-magazine/2010/02/12/30-years-of-excellence/ [caption id="attachment_858" align="alignnone" width="432" caption="LEADING THE WAY: Dr. Verne and Martie Kennedy and Dr. Newton and Becky Wilson are ready to launch the 100 campaign!"][/caption] Leg-a-cy (leg’ e-se) n. pl. 1. A bequest 2. Something handed down from an ancestor or predecessor, or from the past. Belhaven College graduates have long been known ... http://blogs.belhaven.edu/alumni-magazine/2010/02/12/legacy-100/ A decade ago, concern for students to grasp a biblical, holistic view of the world prompted Belhaven to create its own core curriculum. This August, Belhaven celebrates the 10th birthday of the innovative Worldview Curriculum (WVC), a core curriculum that focuses on the grand narrative of history, with the humanities ... http://blogs.belhaven.edu/alumni-magazine/2009/06/29/christ-centered-worldview-belhaven/ Ten Radically Counter-Cultural Things that You Can Learn at Belhaven that You Won’t Learn at Other Colleges. Dr. J. Ligon Duncan, III, Senior Minister of First Presbyterian Church in Jackson and member of Belhaven’s Board of Reference, spoke at the Fall Academic Convocation. He contrasted Belhaven’s emphasis on the biblical worldview ... http://blogs.belhaven.edu/alumni-magazine/2009/06/28/ligon-duncan-ten-counter-cultural-things/ The Blazer baseball and softball teams have experienced their most successful seasons to date, breaking school and national records, receiving NAIA recognition, and watching senior Craig Westcott win Mississippi’s most sought after college baseball award—the Ferriss Trophy. Before their season even began, the teams were building a strong foundation of ... http://blogs.belhaven.edu/alumni-magazine/2009/06/25/breaking-ground-and-breaking-records/ For 35 years, Barber Auditorium has been a gathering place for lectures, performances, concerts, meetings, and campus ministries. It was built in honor of Mr. Harold Barber, Board of Trustees member, and his wife Annie Ford Barber, class of 1925 and one of five sisters who attended Belhaven. In 2007, ... http://blogs.belhaven.edu/alumni-magazine/2009/06/25/barber-auditorium-renovation/