March 2010

Don’t miss out on all the excitement – save the date! We want you to be a part of the excitement on June 1, 2010, as Shorter College will officially become Shorter University. To celebrate such an enormous milestone in the institution’s history, Shorter’s administration and staff have put together a day to celebrate our heritage and excellence as well as the promise of this exciting new chapter. Please make plans now to join us on June 1 and be a part of history in the making. A full schedule of events will be finalized in the coming weeks. Check out our Web site, www.shorter.edu, for the latest and stay tuned for next month’s Virtually Shorter Newsletter.

Come ‘Celebrate Shorter’ with us

We’re rolling out the welcome mat for alumni and friends on April 7, as we highlight the academic accomplishment of current Shorter students. From science presentations to business presentations and from award-winning poetry readings to theatre showcases, the morning and afternoon student symposia span the spectrum of academic disciplines.

Parents, guests and community members are welcome to attend. Celebrate Shorter will be a significant event for the entire campus.

Check out photos from last year’s event

MORE NEWS

 Shorter planning to offer additional online programs this fall

Shorter College has requested approval to begin offering programs that will add to its growing number of online courses. 

Pending approval, Shorter will offer an associate’s degree in science, a bachelor’s degree in business administration, and a master’s degree in accounting in the fall of 2010. All three degree offerings will be fully online, and classes will last eight weeks each.

Read more about Shorter’s online offerings

Shorter’s School of Nursing will benefit from $125,000 grant

The Georgia Baptist Health Care Ministry Foundation recently presented Shorter College President Dr. Harold E. Newman with a $125,000 grant to purchase equipment for the simulation lab at the School of Nursing. Among the simulators to be purchased with the GBHCF award is a virtual venipuncture simulator, an interactive simulation of the intravenous system that will provide instant feedback. The system is so realistic that the virtual patients will respond with bleeding, bruising, swelling and other reactions. Also to be purchased with this grant is a childbearing manikin for instruction in caring for a woman during labor.

“The application of patient care technology and simulation is one of the most important trends in nursing education today,” said Dr. Vanice Roberts, dean of the School of Nursing. “A technologically enhanced learning environment and Patient Simulation Laboratory will provide Shorter College nursing students the opportunity to practice their classroom learning in a safe simulated environment prior to direct patient contact.”

Find out more about Shorter’s School of Nursing

Shorter students find success at Kennedy Center theatre festival

Shorter College musical theatre and theatre students had an impressive showing during the recent Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Four Shorter students traveled to the Kennedy Center festival and competed thanks to an Irene Ryan nomination. Senior Jonathan Altman won the Southeastern Theatre Conference Musical Theatre Award during the festival. Read more about Shorter and the Kennedy Center festival

Voice students bring home awards, sweeps NATS auditions

Nineteen Shorter College students took home awards during the annual Georgia National Association of Teachers of Singing Auditions recently. Out of the 47 Shorter students entered in the competition, 23 students placed in the top three of the category divisions in which they competed. In this competition, Shorter was well represented as Shorter students were entered into 15 of the 26 categories. Additionally, Shorter had first-, second- and third-place winners in each of the 15 categories entered.

Read more about the winners

Second annual Hopkins Institute for Business Ethics featured GSU Ethics Center director

Shorter College hosted the college’s second annual Hopkins Institute for Business Ethics on March 25. Andrew I. Cohen, associate professor of philosophy and director of the Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics at Georgia State University, spoke to Shorter business classrooms throughout the day and presented a formal lecture to students, faculty and staff inside Brookes Chapel. Dr. Cohen also presented a lecture on ethics that evening at a Shorter-hosted dinner. Local business leaders from the Rome community were in attendance at the dinner. This annual lectureship is funded by the Hopkins Institute for Business Ethics. The Hopkins Institute was established in the fall of 2008 thanks to a generous gift from Shorter College Trustee Col. Harvard Hopkins and his wife. Read more about Cohen and the Hopkins Institute

Heritage on the Hill welcomes Class of 1960

Shorter College will welcome the Class of 1960 back to the Hill on May 8 as they celebrate their 50 th class reunion. The Class of 1960 will take part in the 10 a.m. graduation ceremony. A luncheon for the Class of 1960, along with other reunion classes of 50-plus years, will be held after the ceremony. Eunomian and Polynomian teas will also be held later in the afternoon.

For more information, contact Suzanne Scott at sscott@shorter.edu.

ATHLETICS NEWS

Men’s lacrosse inks program’s first four recruits

The Shorter Hawks recently welcomed its first four signees to the new lacrosse program, beginning the foundation of what is expected to be an excellent start to another successful Shorter endeavor.

Read more about the new lacrosse team members

Farrer named SSAC Freshman of the Year, Lady Hawks garner All-SSAC honors

Shorter College post Shelby Farrer was named Southern States Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year highlighting a quartet of Lady Hawks that earned All-Conference honors at the SSAC Awards Banquet held recently. Lady Hawks' senior post Holly Bawden and sophomore guard Kelly Ellison were named to the SSAC's All-Conference squad while wing Ashley Harris joined Farrer on the league's All-Freshman team as announced during the pre-tournament festivities. Read more about this story

Wright named SSAC Newcomer of the Year, makes NAIA All-American team Shorter College junior forward Marqise Wright was recently named the Southern States Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year and was also selected as a member of the NAIA All-American team. Wright is a native of Gainseville, Ga. Collectively; the Hawks placed an SSAC-best seven athletes on the conference's All-Academic team. Those making the team included Wright, Jerrenda Wheeler, Darius Steger, Jacob Chandler, Justin Gentry, Mantas Leonavicius and Brodrick Walker. Read more about Marqise Wright’s honors by clicking here and here.

Hawks Baseball event raises more than $5,000 for breast cancer

Shorter hosted its second annual Striking Out Breast Cancer event on Feb. 27 during a home double-header with Southern States Athletic Conference opponent Auburn University-Montgomery. The event, which was organized by Shorter head baseball coach Matt Larry , raised more than $5,000 for breast cancer research. The funds will be distributed between The Breast Center at Floyd Medical Center as well as the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation.

Read more about this fundraiser

Lady Hawks claim Berry Invitational Title The Shorter College women's golf team fired a tournament-low 316 in the Berry College Invitational final round to surge ahead of the field and capture a first-place win at the annual event. The Lady Hawks return to the course April 4-6 when they travel to Savannah, Ga., for the Spring Invitational. Read more about the Lady Hawks

Hawks tennis rockets to 11 th in latest NAIA Top 25 poll

The Shorter College men's tennis team claimed the No. 11 ranking in the latest NAIA Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Hawks (12-3) were the biggest movers in the bi-weekly ratings, jumping 13 spots after being ranked No. 24 in the last ranking.

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Men’s golf touts success in recent tournaments

The Shorter College men’s golf team has enjoyed a month’s worth of good showings at regional tournaments during March. The men’s golf team clinched a second-place win at the Rome News-Tribune Invitational earlier this month. That win was followed just a few days later with Shorter College junior Arvid Bengtsson’s third-place finish and the team’s overall 10 th-place finish at the annual Eagle Invitational in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Read more about Shorter’s golf team

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS

	March 29 William and Mary Ann Knight Scholarship Competition Finals 7:30 p.m., Brookes Chapel at Shorter College; Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for senior adults and students. To order, call the Shorter College Box Office at (706) 233-7288.
	April 17 Shorter Chorus Spring Concert Brookes Chapel at Shorter College; Saturday, April 17, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for senior adults and students. To order, call the Shorter College Box Office at (706) 233-7288.
	April 20-25 Shorter College Spring Musical - Godspell Callaway Theatre; April 20-24, 7:30 p.m. and April 25, 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for senior adults and students. To order, call the Shorter College Box Office at (706) 233-7288.
	April 24 Shorter Chorale Spring Concert First Baptist, Rome. Featuring the Requiem of Maurice Duruflé; Saturday, April 24, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for senior adults and students. To order, call the Shorter College Box Office at (706) 233-7288.
	April 27 Somethin’ Else in Concert Brookes Chapel at Shorter College. Tuesday, April 27, 9 p.m. Free admission.
	May 8 Spring Commencement
	June 1 Shorter College becomes Shorter University

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