February 2010

February 24 - Friday, February 19th marked the first annual invitation only Black History Month Scholars Luncheon where African American students with a GPA of 3.0 and above were honored. Shorter administration, faculty and staff gathered in the Austin Moses Room to celebrate the students' success.

Photo by Whitney Mosley, coordinator of student life

February 18 - After several hours of snowfall, this is how the front of Sheffield-Thompson looked on Friday, February 12.  A great day of chilly outdoor fun for those students who remained on campus after the school's early closing at the start of the winter holiday.

Photograph by Thomas Hobson Williams

February 11 - Saturday, February 27, 2010 will mark the first annual “Striking Out Breast Cancer” game, when Shorter Hawk’s Baseball, Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority and Softball players team up with the Breast Center at Floyd Medical in a not-for-profit fundraiser to support breast cancer awareness and breast cancer victims. 

The Shorter Hawks will take on Auburn-Montgomery on this day for a 12:00pm double header at the Robert H. Ledbetter Baseball Complex.  Come watch the Hawks and show your support as they take the field on this memorable day with all donations and proceeds going towards further breast cancer awareness and treatment.  “Striking Out Breast Cancer” T-shirts and pink Shorter Baseball Hats will be on sale during the game or can be ordered by contacting Coach Matt Larry at mlarry@shorter.edu. 

Photo by Matt Green, sports information director

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February 4  - President Harold E. Newman, left, presents a resolution officially naming Shorter’s business programs the Robert H. Ledbetter College of Business. Longtime Rome businessman Robert H. Ledbetter Sr. is funding $1.5 million that will allow Shorter to locate its School of Business in the MidTown Crossing Shopping Center in the facility that formerly housed the Goody’s department store.

A longtime friend of Shorter College, Mr. Ledbetter is chairman and CEO of R.H. Ledbetter Properties, Inc. He is a supporter of the college’s athletic program and has served as both a trustee and a member of the Board of Visitors. Shorter’s national award-winning baseball complex also bears his name.

When renovation work is complete, the Ledbetter College of Business will occupy 30,250 square feet of space in the shopping center. The facility will be home to undergraduate programs in business, business programs in Professional Studies, and Rome-based support staff for Professional Studies. Current plans are to move into the facility before the beginning of the fall 2010 semester.

Photo by Aimee Madden, public relations specialist

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