MARCH 2007

Wednesday, March 28 -- On Sunday, April 1, Shorter alumna Jamie Barton will compete in the finals of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a program designed to discover promising young opera singers. Jamie and the other finalists will be featured live from the Met in the competition that will be aired on many NPR stations nationwide. A Rome native, Jamie earned her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Shorter in 2004; she is currently in graduate school at Indiana University. To date, four Shorter College music graduates have won this national competition.

Photo by Indiana University
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Wednesday, March 21 - Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee from Sudan’s civil war, spoke to students and faculty on Monday, March 19, in Shorter College’s Brookes Chapel.

Separated from his family as a child, Deng became a refugee in war-ravaged southern Sudan; he then endured 13 years of difficulty in Ethiopian and Kenyan refugee camps. Dave Eggers’ latest novel, What is the What, is a novelized autobiography of Deng, from his pre-war life in Marial Bai, to his resettlement in the United States.

Photo by Grant Kersey ('06), Shorter's sports information coordinator.

Wednesday, March 14 - Twenty-five Shorter College students traveled with Campus Minister David Roland to New Orleans during Spring Break to volunteer in rebuilding areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The team worked on two houses during the week.

Pictured here are (left to right) sophomore Cory Hansard; the Rev. David Roland; senior Christian ministries major Traci Davis; and the Rev. Cliff Tappan, college minister at West Rome Baptist Church, which partnered with Shorter College for the spring break mission trip.

Photo by sophomore Sarah Iserman

Wednesday, March 7 - Senior Terri Lynn Ricks of Villa Rica, Ga., takes a turn at bat during the softball team's practice session. The Lady Hawks have an impressive 11-game winning streak, having lost only one game this season.

Photo by Grant Kersey ('06), Shorter's sports information coordinator.

Friday, Feb. 23 – Emily Holbrooks, graduate assistant soccer coach,
snapped this early morning sunrise on the Hill.

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