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Fourth annual Super Hawks Night set for August 15

July 2 - The Shorter College Athletic Department announced today that it will host the fourth annual Shorter Football Super Hawks Night on August 15, 2009 at 6 p.m. at the Winthrop-King Centre. Read more>
   
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Shorter College and Floyd Medical Center Announce Partnership for Nursing Education
 
July 1 - Shorter College and Floyd Medical Center today announced a partnership that will help provide a unique nursing education opportunity in this part of Northwest Georgia. Read more>
   
Jenica Reed
Shorter College Student Jenica Reed Wins Scholarship, Places in Top 10 in Miss Georgia Pageant

July 1 - Jenica Reed, crowned Miss Shorter College in March 2009, was awarded the Florida Harrell Scholarship for Performing Arts and placed in the top 10 during the recent Miss Georgia Pageant. Read more>
   
Delta Sigma Phi crest
Delta Sigma Phi at Shorter receives prestigious nomination

June 30 - The national headquarters of the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity announced Monday that the Theta Psi chapter at Shorter College is a nominee for the 2009 Pyramid of Excellence Award – the highest honor bestowed upon chapters of the Fraternity. Read more>
   
Whitni Tucker

Whitni Tucker named NAIA's Emil S. Liston Award Winner

June 26 - Shorter College junior basketball standout Whitni Tucker has been named the female recipient of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' (NAIA) prestigious Emil S. Liston Award as selected by the association's awards committee. Read more>

   
Paul Pitts

Pitts tabbed to lead Shorter JV Football Program

June 22 - Director of Athletics Bill Peterson and head football coach Phil Jones announced today that Shorter College will field a junior varsity football team in 2009. Read more>

   
Hannah Freeman singing
NATS intern program culminates with student recital

June 19 - A public recital featuring vocal performances from Shorter College student participants in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) intern program was held yesterday inside Brookes Chapel on the college’s campus. Read more>
   
Dr. Andrea Strauss
Shorter College welcomes Andrea Strauss as new director of marching band
 
June 15 - Andrea Strauss, a veteran director of bands at Georgia Tech, has now found a home at Shorter College. Dr. Strauss was recently tapped to serve as Shorter College’s director of marching band and assistant director of instrumental activities. Read more>
   
Kyle Segebart

Segebart named to PDL Team of the Week

June 10 - Shorter College defender Kyle Segebart has been named to the Premier Development League's (PDL) Team of the Week as announced by the United Soccer Leagues this afternoon. Read more>

   
Gate to Shorter College
Shorter College selling old campus mailboxes

June 10 - Shorter College alumni and members of the local community have a chance to own a small piece of the college’s history. Starting July 1, Shorter’s Office of Institutional Advancement will be selling old student mailboxes that were left behind with the recent renovation of the college post office. Read more>
   
laptop computer
Shorter College Adds Online Courses in Sport Management
 
June 8 - Shorter College today announced the addition of online learning to its mix of educational tools for students interested in sport management. Registration is now open for fall courses that are scheduled to begin Aug. 24. Read more>
   
Coosa Medical Group neurologists Dr. Carl Billian (far right) and Dr. William Naguszewski pose for a photo with Shorter College School of Nursing Dean Dr. Vanice Roberts (center) and administrative assistant April Allen.
Shorter College School of Nursing receives exam tables from Coosa Medical Group

June 3 - The Shorter College School of Nursing recently received a donation of four medical examination tables courtesy of Coosa Medical Group. Read more>
   
Hawks captain Mark Beattie

Soccer standouts preparing for 2009 in semi-pro leagues

June 2 - On the heels of helping the Hawks claim the program’s first SSAC regular season title last fall, four Hawks – Mark Beattie, John Calderwood, Kyle Segebart and Sebastian Stihler – are spending their time away from Rome playing for semi-professional clubs across the country. Read more>

   
Female nurse with patient
Shorter College School of Nursing forms advisory committee; receives praise for first progress report

May 27 - The Shorter College School of Nursing continues to stay busy this summer as local business and community leaders take part in making sure the new program gets off to the best start possible. Read more>
   
Student running

Men's and Women's Track Post Top Ten Finishes at NAIA National Championships

May 24 - The Hawks and Lady Hawks made big charges on the third and final day of the 2009 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships to place fifth and seventh, respectively, in the season’s final meet held at Ralph Korte Stadium in Edwardsville, Ill. Read more>

   
Becca Thomas with Melanie Carter

Josh Severns, Becca Thomas Garner Top Awards at SSAC Meetings

May 20 - Head men's and women's soccer coach Josh Severns earned SSAC Men's Sports Coach of the Year honors and senior softball standout Becca Thomas garnered the league's most prestigious award, 2009 SSAC Female Honor Student Athlete of the Year. Read more>

   
NATS interns
Shorter College welcomes master voice teachers, NATS interns to campus

May 20 - Four of the nation’s top voice teachers will find a home at Shorter this June, as the college will host the 2009 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Intern Program. Read more>
   
Scott Byrd
Scott Byrd Honored as Mid-South Coach of the Year

May 18 - The fourth-year coach has been named the 2009 Mid-South Conference Coach of the Year for both men's and women's track and field as announced by the conference on Monday afternoon. Read more>
   
Matt Green
Matt Green named Sports Information Director

May 15 - The Shorter College athletic department announced today the hiring of Matt Green as Sports Information Director. Green comes to Shorter from Hampden-Sydney College in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia where he served one year as Sports Information Director after one year as Assistant Sports Information Director. Read more>

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