JULY 2009

July 29 - Shorter Hawk cheerleader Erin Arasmith goes over a dance routine with local children who participated in the Shorter College Cheer Camp. The camp, held the week of July 20, as well as July 27 through 29, took place inside the Winthrop-King Centre. On the last day of the camp, participants were able to show off new cheer skills to their parents during a special presentation.

Photo by Aimee Madden, public relations specialist

July 23 - Crews began work this week to remove the city’s water tower from the Shorter College campus. The tower, which is owned by the city, is located behind the Fitton Student Union. Originally, it provided water to the Shorter campus as well as Horseleg Creek Road. Approximately eight years ago, the city installed a new water tower on Mt. Alto to service customers on Horseleg. Within the past year, the city rerouted water to the campus from another source and stopped using the tower.

A crew from Good Earth Environmental of Atlanta is removing the 165,000-gallon tower, which is 90 feet tall from ground level.

Photo by Dr. Harold Newman, Shorter College president


  The Office of Public Relations invites you to submit great photos of the Shorter College experience for our Photo of the Week page. Photos taken on any of Shorter’s four campuses or at any Shorter College event are welcome.

July 15 - This week, Shorter College’s Student Orientation Staff will be performing a musical skit designed to educate incoming freshmen about activities and services available on campus. The skit will be performed for freshmen and their families during the college’s annual Summit sessions.

Dubbed “The Shorter Music Awards,” the skit features parodies of popular songs and celebrities. Students participating in the event included: coordinators Scott Howard and Hannah Pierson; Allison Barnett, Dominique Woods, Drew Burney, Becca Lewis, Chris Lewis, Justin Maxey, Ally Blackwell, Ansley Selman, Lasaih Hutchins, Corey Colbert, Cheryl Culp and Heather Mason.

In the above photo, students Chris Lewis, Drew Burney and Corey Colbert perform a country-western song about Shorter’s dining hall services.

Photo by Aimee Madden, public relations specialist

July 8 - The Shorter College class of 1971 recently visited St. Louis to reunite and celebrate the Fourth of July together. As part of the trip, the group took in a little sight-seeing including a tour of the famed St. Louis Arch. In the photo above, 1971 alumni and their spouses pose for a quick photo with the arch as the backdrop.

Classmates pictured left to right are (first row, behind banner): Patty Larson Bing, Vickie Bowen Henry and Bonnie Woodyard Nipper. Second row: Anne Marie Stephens Mitchell (2006 Shorter graduate and wife of Shorter College Alumni Director Chip Mitchell), Karen Reese, Joan Stogner Long, Janice Wiley Powell, Carol Jett Garren, Warren Kennedy, Loretta Porter Brown and Bill Brown. Third row: Alumni director Chip Mitchell (’02), Dorsey Reese, Al Lee, Laura Hayes Lee,  Nancy Jenkins Claxton, Charles Delorme, Sue Delorme, Don Powell,  Joe Tallon, Martha Francese Tallon, Charles Couch, Marilyn Judd Boschung and Lynne Miller Colquitt.

“The St. Louis trip was organized by the Class of ’71 once a few of the alumni realized that they would all be turning 60 this year and should have a group birthday party,” explained Mitchell.  “One of our alumni, Joan Long, lives in St. Louis and has several restaurants and a catering business and offered to host a birthday party.”  

The official activities were held on July 3 and 4, and culminated with DVD slide show of changes at Shorter as well as photo updates from the alumni of the class of 1971. The group was also treated to a Fourth of July firework display over the St. Louis Arch.

Photo courtesy of Chip Mitchell, alumni director

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.

Photo by Aimee Madden, public relations specialist

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