A Georgia Baptist Institution
NOVEMBER 2008
From left to right: Albert Huntley, Preston Watson and Pauline Van Der Henst
November 19 - BlazeSports America and Shorter’s sports management courses teamed up to bring students a different perspective on some of the nation’s most popular sports.
Dozens of Shorter students participated in the college’s Disability Sports Awareness Day held Thursday at the Winthrop-King Centre. “This is a great way to see and participate in a few of the many disability sports offered to people with physical disabilities all over the world,” said Assistant Professor of Sport Management Jennifer Ruddell.
BlazeSports, born out of the 1996 Paralympic Games held in Atlanta, is a national program funded through corporate sponsorships, grants and individual donations. The program visits schools, colleges and local recreation departments to highlight the wide variety of sports offered to people with disabilities.
Shorter students were able to participate in games of wheelchair volleyball,
sit volleyball, wheelchair tennis and goalball.
Photo by Aimee Harmison, public relations specialist
November 12 - Shorter students and members of the local community gathered in the Austin Moses Room on Nov. 3 for an evening of thoughtful listening during the "We're Going to Graceland" Learning Community Concert and Discussion.
Dr. Matt Waters, professor of biology, performed several self-written songs during the concert. An emphasis was placed on open dialogue during the session, as students and others discussed the meaning of Biblical references in contemporary music.
Dr. Waters has recorded four albums of original music with his band, Chord of Three. He writes songs focusing on the collision of human sinfulness with the grace of Christ.
Shorter students pictured in the photo are, left to right: Eric Graise, Claire Sparks,
Chris Sumner and Allison Barnett.
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