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The News Bulletin for the Winthrop Uni
versity Community
Univ
October 4, 2006
Middletons establish $25,000
endowment in memory of Risher Brabham
United Way campaign
underw
ay until Oct. 16
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To celebrate a decades-long friendship,
Scott ’81 and Evelyn Middleton, along with
Agape Senior Foundation, have established
the Reverend John Risher Brabham Endowed
Scholarship to honor the late Wesley Foundation director who ministered to countless
students through Winthrop’s Methodist Campus Ministry.
The $25,000 gift will provide scholarships
for students majoring in the College of Business Administration’s health care management
program who have the intention of entering a
long-term care career.
At the age of 17, Scott Middleton met
Brabham during a two-week summer leadership camp. Middleton, who at 13 felt called to
parish ministry, sought Brabham’s advice on
college choices and ministerial direction.
Brabham encouraged Middleton to attend
Winthrop where he majored in accounting and
worked part time for the Wesley Foundation.
After attending the seminary at Emory University, where he met his wife Evelyn,
Winthrop’s United Way campaign kicked
off Oct. 2 and runs through Oct. 16. Contributions are important to the community, and
all donations stay in York County to help families, friends, neighbors, coworkers, students
and other residents.
Giving to the United Way’s “What Matters” community fund helps thousands of
local families and individuals from all backgrounds through United Way partner agencies. The American Red Cross, Salvation
Army, Hospice, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
are just a few of the York County agencies
that receive United Way funding.
Donations also help the York County Literacy Association, which assists the community through its confidential literacy program.
Adults wanting to improve their reading skills
are paired with a trained volunteer mentor who
works with readers one-on-one. The organization also works with the English as a Second Language program.
Other local agencies also greatly benefit
from donations. For example, elderly residents
are assisted through York County Adult Day
Care Centers and the York County Council
on Aging through various programs. In addition, the Consumer Credit Counseling Service also benefits from United Way funding.
The service advises individuals on budget
and money management and offers programs
on family budgeting and the wise use of
credit.
To assist these local agencies, and the
people that they serve, Winthrop’s goal is to
raise $28,000 this year for United Way.
If you have questions or need additional
information, please contact the campaign’s
co-chairs, Barbara Davis at ext. 2251 or Larry
Mitlin at ext. 2280.
Middleton led Methodist churches until he
felt called to long-term care ministry and
sought a master’s degree in health administration.
Middleton later purchased Agape Senior
which consists of five assisted living facilities and two rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities, one of which is located in Rock
Hill.
His passion for long-term care led to the
endowment’s establishment in honor of his
longtime friend. “Risher’s guidance and nurturing manner were indescribable influences
on my life. His life touched thousands, and
we’re all better for having known him,” said
Middleton. “Risher spent his life helping students, and what better way to honor him than
by creating this endowment that also will help
students explore their calling.”
In addition to financial assistance, scholarship recipients also will participate in longterm care internships, experiences Middleton
Endowment continued on p. 8
A movie crew descended on the university Sept. 18-21 to film scenes for the upcoming horror flick,
“Asylum.” Please see page 4 for more information on the recent movie filming.
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College of Business Administr
ation
Administration
partners with China’
versity
China’ss Nantong Uni
Univ
Beginning in fall 2011, Winthrop will accept between 20 and 30 business students
from Nantong University in China for their
senior year of study and for an additional
year to complete a master’s degree in accounting.
Roger Weikle, dean of
the College of Business
Administration, visited
Nantong University in
June during a universitysponsored trip to inquire
about a partnership.
Nantong officials moved
quickly and scheduled a
Roger Weikle
trip to Winthrop for three
days of negotiations in August. An agreement was signed this month. Details of the
curriculum are still in discussion and the
agreement is still subject to government approval.
Located in the coastal city of Nantong at
the estuary of the Yangtze River in the Jiangsu
province, Nantong University has a total enrollment of more than 27,000 students.
“The Chinese are very eager to improve
their banking and financial areas,” Weikle
said. “They need accountants to help sup-
port the growth in their economy.”
A new bridge planned for the Yangtze River
is expected to contribute to future growth for
the city of eight million people.
According to the agreement, Nantong
students would finish their undergraduate
education with a degree from Winthrop. In
addition to being taught their senior year in
Rock Hill, the students also would have taken
nine courses in their first three years in
Nantong as delivered by Winthrop professors.
The comprehensive university is made up
of three former colleges: Nantong Medical
College, Nantong Institute of Technology
and Nantong Teachers College. Its curriculum fits well with Winthrop’s general education requirements, helping make the agreement much easier than expected, Weikle said.
Helping with the process was Jordan Cao,
an associate professor of computer science
and a Chinese native of the Jiangsu province. “He had taught at Nantong and still has
connections there,” Weikle said.
Weikle said Nantong University officials
are eager to extend this type of agreement to
other colleges and degree programs at
Winthrop.
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For
ce of Nature opening
orce
reception set for Oct. 13
A free opening reception for the Force of
Nature collaborative exhibit will be held Oct.
13 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Rutledge Gallery.
Force of Nature features 10 Japanese artists-in-residence who utilize locally available
natural materials like wood, soil and plant life
to explore the relationship between humans
and nature in temporary campus installations.
The two artists visiting Winthrop, Yumiko
Yamazaki and Rikuo Ueda, began their
projects in early September.
The reception will kick off the monthlong
Force of Nature exhibit that will feature the
works of Yamazaki and Ueda. The exhibit will
be on display Oct. 13-Nov. 16 in the Rutledge
and Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Galleries.
During the reception, a commissioned
piece entitled “...drift...,” composed by Ron
Parks, assistant professor of music, will be
performed by Assistant Professor Tomoko
Deguchi.
Force of Nature is a partnership among
the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at
the College of Charleston, the Van Every/
Smith Galleries at Davidson College, the College of Architecture at UNC-Charlotte,
Clemson Architecture Center, the McColl
Center for Visual Art and the Sumter Gallery
of Art.
For more information, please contact Tom
Stanley at ext. 2493 or e-mail
stanleyt@winthrop.edu.
Counter terrorism exercise
held toda
y at Coliseum
today
Japanese artist Rikuo Ueda, right, prepares green tea for Tom Stanley, director of Winthrop
Galleries, during a tea ceremony Sept. 28 in front of Bancroft Hall. The visiting artist with the Force
of Nature project presented Stanley with one of his wind art pieces at the conclusion of the ceremony.
The Winthrop Farm area, including the
Winthrop Coliseum, will be the site of a major
regional emergency services training exercise
on Oct. 4, and the area will be closed to the
public, including Winthrop faculty, staff, students and others who use the recreational
facilities.
At the request of York County Emergency
Services, Winthrop has made this area available for a large-scale terrorism-response training exercise. Winthrop’s main campus is not
involved in the exercise and all classes and
other activities on the main campus will take
place as normal.
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Class to create updated Winthrop film
Alumni returning for Alumni Reunion
Weekend love to watch old Winthrop films
found in the Louise Pettus Archives. One of
the favorites is a 1919 silent film that was
used to advertise the college across the
United States by showcasing Winthrop student activities, campus life and faculty members. Other films depict Winthrop life and
events such as the Blue Line, Field Day, commencement, May Day, dancing styles, classroom scenes, student life and sporting
events.
The films may be a source for a mini-documentary in the works by a broadcast writing
class taught by instructor Mark Nortz. Called
“Winthrop: Then and Now,” the 25-minute
video will take a quick look at Winthrop past
and present. It will include archival photos,
current video of the campus, and interviews
with people who can give insight into the
growth and development of the university.
Students will work with archives director
Gina White to make the documentary historically accurate.
When the students finish the project, Nortz
hopes to have a showing on campus. “The
idea of the project is to let students branch
out and do more long form, creative writing,”
Nortz said. “It also allows them to gather research and boil the information down to
smaller blocks of workable, more concise information.”
Benefits annual enrollment underw
ay through October
underwa
Employees interested in making changes
to health insurance and life insurance plans
may do so during the annual enrollment period in October. Eligible employees may make
changes in the following areas:
Health insurance
! Change from one health plan to another.
Choices include the SHP Savings Plan, the
SHP Standard Plan, BlueChoice HMO and
CIGNA HMO.
Optional life insurance
! Enroll in the optional life program for up
to $30,000, in $10,000 increments, without
medical evidence of insurability; or up to
the $500,000 limit with evidence of insurability.
! Increase optional life coverage if currently enrolled up to an additional $30,000,
in $10,000 increments, without medical evidence of insurability; or more than $30,000
up to the $500,000 limit with evidence of insurability.
! Decrease or cancel optional life coverage.
Dependent life insurance
! Enroll or increase dependent life coverage for a spouse, without medical evidence
of insurability, by $10,000 or $20,000; or more
than $20,000 with evidence of insurability.
Coverage of a spouse cannot exceed 50 percent of the employee’s coverage, or $100,000,
whichever is less. (Exception: an employee
who is enrolled for $10,000, $20,000 or $30,000
may enroll his spouse for $10,000 or $20,000.)
MoneyPlu$
! Enroll or re-enroll in the medical and dependent care spending accounts for 2007. You
MUST re-enroll each year to participate in
the program. New for the 2007 calendar
year: during annual enrollment (Oct. 2-31)
current account holders may re-enroll online
at www.myFBMC.com.
Call ext. 2273 to make an appointment with
a benefits administrator if you would like to
make any of the above allowable changes.
In brief
! The volleyball team continued its winning streak as it downed Georgia State University
and UNC-Wilmington to capture the McAlister’s Invitational title. This was the team’s
fourth-straight tournament title this season. Senior Taryn Surbaugh was named the tournament MVP.
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Student chemistry research
reaches new heights
On Oct. 7, seven chemistry students will
present posters at the statewide S.C. Chemistry Colloquium held at the University of
South Carolina. The posters detail the results
of research the students have conducted
over the last year in Winthrop labs working
alongside faculty mentors.
Two of those students, Samantha
Reynolds and Sarah Wengryniuk, had the
opportunity to present posters at the national
conference for the American Chemical Society in San Francisco, Calif., in September. In
addition to presenting the findings of their
organic chemistry research, the national conference allowed the students to attend lectures by Nobel laureates and interact with
leading scientists. The two students were
mentored during their research by Aaron
Hartel, assistant professor of chemistry, who
accompanied them to the conference.
“We are truly reaching a critical mass of
both faculty and students engaged both day
and night in learning science at a caliber of
excellence that is competitive on the national
level,” said Pat Owens, chair of the chemistry department.
Already this fall, chemistry faculty members have applied for two student-centered
research grants with a third proposal in
progress. Each proposal includes multi-year
research and collaboration between students
and faculty.
Williams’ “Summer and
Smoke” debuts tonight
The Department of Theatre and Dance will
present the play “Summer and Smoke,” by
Tennessee Williams, Oct. 4-7 at 8 p.m. and
Oct. 8 at 2 p.m. in Johnson Theatre.
Directed by Russell Luke, instructor of
theatre and dance, the play is a simple love
story of a puritanical Southern girl in love
since childhood with the highly unpuritanical
boy next door. The play becomes a conflict of
opposites as the two, because of different
attitudes about life, are driven further apart.
Tickets are $8 with a Winthrop I.D. or $10
general admission. For information, contact
Georgia Haygood at ext. 2287 or e-mail
haygoodg@winthrop.edu.
Charlie McDonald
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Filming turns campus into fictional Richard Miller University
Faculty, staff and students did a double-take
Sept. 18 at the university’s main entrance.
Winthrop’s signature sign had changed to read
“Richard Miller University.”
For four days in September, the campus
was turned into a set for a Hollywood horror
flick, “Asylum.” A crew of nearly 90 descended on the campus to help with scenes
inside and outside of Tillman Hall, inside
McBryde Hall and in front of Byrnes Auditorium. About a fourth of the movie was
filmed at Winthrop.
With assistance from campus police and
facilities management, the movie crew turned
Winthrop into the fictional Richard Miller
University, whose students discovered their
dormitory once was a mental institution.
The crew carefully removed any mention
of Winthrop, its buildings or people. Tillman
Hall wore a banner labeling it as Tagert Hall.
Helping coordinate the logistics and
schedules of dozens of actors was among
the responsibilities for Karen Collins ’81, ’84,
one of two assistant directors for the movie.
She helped manage the crew during the 12hour days so director David R. Ellis, from
“Snakes on a Plane,” could concentrate on
filming.
Collins worked with the Department of
Theatre and Dance to secure jobs for approximately 20 students to work on location,
During “Asylum” filming, Winthrop’s signature main entrance sign was transformed to read
“Richard Miller University.” The movie crew staged scenes on the Byrnes Auditorium lawn, Tillman
Hall and McBryde Hall during the four days of filming.
in a downtown Rock Hill office, in production
and as extras. Two students served as Collins’
interns to learn the trade.
“The campus is one of the stars in ‘Asylum,’” Collins said, bragging about her alma
mater. “I consider it as central as any of the characters. The look of the campus really sold it.”
The movie was one of at least three shot
in the Piedmont this fall, thanks to new film
incentives provided by the state that allow
motion picture production companies to use
state-owned facilities at no charge when filming at the location for seven or fewer days.
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While the filmmakers for “Asylum” recently were on campus creating their ghost
story, three Winthrop employees were
asked by the film’s director to share on camera their own ghostly experiences. Debbie
Garrick, executive director of alumni relations; Amanda Stewart, coordinator of donor relations; and Teleia White, director of
annual giving, recalled their encounters
with the ghosts of Tillman Hall that possibly will be included in the movie’s DVD extras section. Their stories follow.
Upon leaving her office one evening, Garrick
explained that she had
“grabbed the knob and
opened the door to the
sound of a young woman
gasping as though I had
startled her.” Thinking
that she had scared an exploring student, Garrick
Debbie Garrick
quickly looked into the
hallway only to find no one there. “As I
turned back around to put my key in the door,
I was surprised to see the deadbolt sticking all
the way out and the turn bolt in the locked
position.” Garrick explained that the office door
of alumni relations requires a key for the turn
bolt to lock at all. “It was almost as if the ‘ghost’
I had startled was trying to get rid of me.”
While working late, Stewart was sitting at
her desk, alone in the office. “I suddenly felt uncomfortable for no reason,
and I looked to the doorway of my office. Keep in
mind I was locked in the
office and alone. A figure –
more of a shadow really –
passed by the doorway.”
Shaken, Stewart immedi- Amanda Stewart
ately left. Even though this
was not her first experience with the ghosts of
Tillman, it was the first time Stewart was ever
uncomfortable. “Even when I hear the odd
whispers or footsteps, I just take it as par for
the course, working in a historic, old build-
ing.”
Last February, White was helping move
paperwork from a
coworker’s office into a
storage room. When she
returned to the office to
grab another stack, White
noticed a white card on
the floor. “Neither of us
dropped the card – it just
appeared. There was a
picture of Tillman on the
Teleia White
other side.” When her
coworker opened the card, they realized it
was a Christmas card from David Bancroft
Johnson, Winthrop’s founding president.
“The Office of Development, 126 Tillman, is
the old campus post office,” White explained,
“However, to my knowledge, we have no
original pieces of furniture or artifacts in our
office from that time period.” The card, perhaps delivered by a ghostly hand, was turned
over to the alumni relations office.
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Winthrop in the news
Events Calendar
Compiled by University Relations staff, this listing chronicles Winthrop faculty and staff
comments in the newspaper, radio and television during September:
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Among four guys playing golf this summer was Tim Daugherty, associate professor of psychology, who participated in the
Special Olympics Unified golf outings, according to the Sept. 25 Herald.
History Professor Jason Silverman wrote
a column for the Sept. 24 Herald on how
American history repeats itself in regards to
fighting terrorism.
Karen Kedrowski, chair of the Department of Political Science, spoke Sept. 22 on
WRHI’s “Straight Talk” about the upcoming
fall elections.
Tommy Moore, the Democratic challenger
for governor, made a strategic decision not
to address the NAACP, which was meeting
in nearby Georgia, according to Scott
Huffmon, associate professor of political science in the Sept. 20 edition of The State. He
told the Spartanburg Herald-Journal for its
Sept. 20 paper that due to its dominance in
the state, the Republican Party has seen minor controversies erupt recently into major
divisions.
A Sept. 17 article in the Neighbors section
of the Charlotte Observer focused on a tour
of Tillman Hall by Debbie Garrick, executive
director of alumni relations, including the
prison stocks found in the Tillman basement.
The Dalton Downtown Arts Initiative, a
partnership with Winthrop, Clinton Junior
College and downtown galleries, is a way to
connect the creative dots, said Galleries Director Tom Stanley in the Sept. 14 Herald.
Successful women-only basketball workshop returns
Oct. 4
Blood Drive Donor Sign Up
Thomson Dining Center, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Play: “Summer and Smoke”
Joel McCartney
Crome
Johnson Theatre, 8-10 p.m.James
Winthrop I.D. $5, public $10, Wed-Th;
Winthrop I.D. $8, public $15, Fri-Sun
Oct. 5
Blood Drive Donor Sign Up
Thomson Dining Center, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Girlstories Gallery Talk with Kathy
Yancey, Tonya Gregg, Barbara Schreiber
and Paula Smith
Center for the Arts, downtown Rock Hill,
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Oct. 5-8
Play: “Summer and Smoke”
Johnson Theatre, 8-10 p.m.
Winthrop I.D. $5, public $10, Wed-Th;
Winthrop I.D. $8, public $15, Fri-Sun
Oct. 9
Faculty series: Sarita Maxwell, tuba
Frances May Barnes Recital Hall, 8-9 p.m.
Oct. 10
Blood Drive
Student Activity Center Gym, 11 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Concert: American Chamber Players
Frances May Barnes Recital Hall, 8-9:30 p.m.
Students $5; adults $10
Oct. 11
International Center Study Abroad Fair
McBryde Hall, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Basketball 101: For Women Only is back after last year’s successful debut. Last year, Women’s
Basketball Head Coach Bud Childers (pictured above) explained the ins and outs of Winthrop
basketball to workshop participants. This year, women will again learn more about Winthrop athletics
and basketball during the second annual benefit at Winthrop Coliseum on Oct. 9 from 6-9 p.m. The
event will be hosted by Judy Childers and Lynn Marshall, wives of Winthrop’s head basketball
coaches, and proceeds will benefit the Winthrop Eagle Club and breast cancer awareness. Participants will learn the rules of basketball and experience a typical day in the life of a college basketball
player in addition to enjoying a great meal on the Eagles’ home court. Individual tickets are $20 or
tables for 10 may be reserved for $150. To reserve tickets or for more information, call Nate Brinkley
at 323-2129 ext. 6230 or e-mail brinkleyn@winthrop.edu.
Blood Drive
Student Activity Center Gym, 11 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 16
Friends of Dacus Fall Meeting
401 Withers/W.T.S. Building, 3-5 p.m.
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Whitehead’
y keeps her flying abo
ve the clouds
Whitehead’ss hobb
hobby
abov
Business, vacation and visiting friends or
family are just some of the reasons why thousands of people board a plane everyday to
travel hundreds of miles.
Admissions Counselor Rebecca Whitehead ’04,’06, looks at flying a little differently
than most who relish the chance for a nap or
dread the long lines. For Whitehead, flying
is more than just a mode of transportation; it
also is her hobby.
While learning about the industry from
her stepfather, a private pilot, and after working at the Rock Hill-York County Airport,
Whitehead said getting her pilot’s license
“seemed like a good idea.” She began working on her pilot’s license in June 2004 and
was taking off from the runway, with her
instructor’s assistance, on her first day of
class. A few lessons later she was landing
the plane. She explained that while it only
took six months to obtain her license, it was a
lot of work, and she was in the plane one to
four times per week as often as she could. In
addition to the required flight time, Whitehead also completed lots of ground work and
reading. She learned about the weather’s affects on flying as well as the more mechanical side of aircraft functioning.
In the air, Whitehead learned intricate maneuvers including steep turns and how to
recover from stalling out, as well as learning
instrument functions. She described one of
her more unfavorable lessons entitled “Recovery from Unusual Attitudes.” The lesson
begins when the student closes his or her
eyes and the instructor takes over the plane.
The instructor then disorients the student
by turning the plane up, down and all around.
“My instructor actually flipped the plane
over to disorient me,” recalled Whitehead,
“The hardest part was sitting there with my
eyes closed while I was being tossed
around.” Once the student is disoriented, the
instructor ends the maneuvers with the plane
in an attitude (position) and the student has
to open his or her eyes and correct the plane’s
position.
During her training, Whitehead completed
a solo flight that required her to land and
return home. “This task was the scariest and
most memorable experience for me,” said
Whitehead. The day she chose for her trip
turned out to be extremely windy, and she
was assigned a plane that she had never
Rebecca Whitehead, a licensed private pilot, enjoys flying the friendly skies in her free time.
flown. In addition, the plane had no GPS navigation system so she had to use a map to
mark points along the way as landmarks so
she would know where she was going. Once
on her way, Whitehead could not see any of
her landmarks due to the high winds. Not
knowing her location, she was about to fly
over a water tower to try and see what city
she was in when she recognized Highway 151
and followed it safely home.
After nearly 60 hours in the air, and countless hours of groundwork, Whitehead sat for
the extensive license exam which included an
oral test that lasted for one hour in which she
was asked questions about anything aviation related. There also was an hourlong flight
test that took her through many maneuvers
and scenarios, and required her to land in different situations such as on a short runway
or grass runway. In addition, Whitehead had
to create a full flight plan and pass a written
test to finally obtain her pilot’s license. But
all of the hard work was worth the time and
sacrifice. “It’s exciting to fly because you get
a bird’s eye view of everything,” Whitehead
explained.
Now a licensed pilot, Whitehead is continuing her learning experience by working
towards several additions to her license qualifications. She obtained her complex rating
which allows her to fly aircraft that have a
constant speed propeller and she is working
on her high performance rating which will al-
low her to fly aircraft with more than 200
horsepower in each engine. Also, Whitehead
is working on her instrument rating which will
qualify her to fly by instrument only. “It’s like
flying in the clouds because you can’t see
anything,” Whitehead said, describing the
process that requires 40 hours of instrument
work.
Currently, Whitehead pilots a Piper Archer
airplane, works at the Rock Hill-York County
Airport on weekends and gets as much air
time as she can.
Rebecca Whitehead
Position: Admissions counselor
Education: B.A., English education, Winthrop
University; M.A., English, Winthrop University
Family: Husband Brian is an economic services specialist for the York County Department of Social Services; two-year-old Bengal
cat, Kona
Interests/Hobbies: flying, cooking, traveling
and reading
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Obituaries
Melvin Barber died
Sept. 26 and funeral services were held Sept. 30
at Pineville AME Zion
Church. Burial was held
at Rock Hill Memorial
Gardens.
Affectionately
known
as “Stump” to
Melvin Barber
most of the Winthrop
community, Barber worked in facilities
management’s structural department for the
past 28 years.
A native of York County, Barber graduated in 1975 from Northwestern High School,
where he was a member of the Junior Reserves Officer Training Corps. He then attended Voorhees College and transferred to
Friendship Junior College, where he earned
an associate’s degree and studied toward a
bachelor’s degree.
Barber is survived by his mother, Ola Garrison Barber; three brothers, McAuthur
Cook, Preston Barber and George Garrison;
and three sisters, Gloria Walker, Cheryl Barber and Daisy Foxx.
Willie Berry passed away Sept. 27. Funeral services were held Sept. 30 at New Hope
United Methodist Church with burial at
Grandview Memorial Park.
Berry worked in facilities management for
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Welcome to Winthrop
44 years until his 1999 retirement when he began
working part time with
Winthrop’s greenhouse.
A native of York
County, Berry attended
York County schools and
Clemson University. He
was a member of New
Willie Berry
Hope United Methodist
Church, where he served as the superintendent of Sunday schools, lay leader, lay
speaker, a trustee and an adult Sunday school
teacher.
He is survived by his wife, Doretha Berry;
a son, Horace Berry; two daughters, Phyllis
Brevard and LaToya George; and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice &
Community Care, P.O. Box 993, Rock Hill, SC
29731.
Anne Frye Neil died Sept. 22 at Piedmont
Medical Center. Funeral services were held
Sept. 25 at the chapel of Bass-Cauthen Funeral Home in Rock Hill. She was a supervisor of Winthrop’s textbook department from
1963-80.
Neil is survived by her daughter, three
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Cornerstone
United Methodist Church, 2697 Heckle Blvd.,
Rock Hill, SC 29732.
Professional activities
Keith Benson, management and marketing, recently was elected to a three-year term on
the first Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte Board of Directors. Benson also was appointed by the board of directors of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration to serve a three-year term on the undergraduate program committee.
The S.C. Arts Commission named Jim Connell, art and design, an alternate in the crafts
category for the agency’s 2006-07 individual artist fellowship award.
Michael Williams, music, has been nominated for a Just Plain Folks Music Award in the
category of Best African Album 2006 for his CD recording, “BataMbira,” produced in collaboration with percussionist Michael Spiro. Known as the “Grassroots Grammys,” the awards
show will be held Nov. 4 in Santa Ana, Calif. Just Plain Folks is a more than 40,000-member
grassroots organization for artists, songwriters and industry professionals focused on networking, education and support of community peers.
Kelly Costner, Richard W. Riley College of
Education, has been
hired as the director of
student academic services. Costner obtained
a B.A. in mathematics
and French from UNCGreensboro, an M.A. in
Kelly Costner
French, M.A. in mathematics education and Ph.D. in mathematics
education from Ohio State University.
David Meeting, business administration, joined
the Winthrop community
as a professor. Meeting received a B.S.B.A. from
Franklin University, an
M.B.A. from the University of Dayton and a
D.B.A. from Kent State
University. He enjoys fish- David Meeting
ing in his free time.
Jason Weil, student
affairs, recently was hired
as a volunteer and community service program
coordinator. He obtained
a B.A. in psychology
from Loyola University
and a law degree from
Tulane University. Weil
Jason Weil
enjoys in-line skating,
disc golf, camping, boating and saltwater fishing.
Classified
Nanny needed: Seeking mature
Winthrop student or other responsible
adult to provide care for two children—a
three-year-old and a six-month-old—in
my home near campus. Hours would be
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-late afternoon. Job
begins in January, and pay is negotiable.
Please contact Leslie at ext. 4564.
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York County CROP Walk to be held Oct. 22
believes are invaluable.
“In the field of health care management,
internships are critical and vital,” said Keith
Benson, associate professor of health care
management. “This generous endowment will
provide financial assistance to students participating in these often non-paid internships,
and will ensure that students continue receiving real-world experience in the health care
field.”
To make a contribution to the Reverend
John Risher Brabham Endowed Scholarship,
please call J. Terrell May, director of special
gifts, at ext. 2150.You also may visit
www.winthrop.edu/development to make a
secure online gift or send a check made payable to the Winthrop University Foundation
with attention to Risher Brabham Scholarship.
This year’s 29th annual York County CROP Walk on Sunday, Oct. 22, will be dedicated to
Risher Brabham, the walk’s founder who passed away in August.
Hundreds of children, youth and adults are expected to participate in what is South
Carolina’s oldest CROP Walk to raise money to feed the hungry.
York County’s CROP Walk has raised more than $400,000 in its 28 years, with more than
$100,000 remaining with local agencies.
On Oct. 22, registration and entertainment will start at 2 p.m. at the Dinkins Student Center.
The walk begins at 3 p.m. Participants can select between a 10-kilometer walk or a one-mile
mini-walk, both of which start and end at Dinkins. Admission to the walk is a canned food
item.
For the past four years, the York County CROP Walk also has sponsored a walk in York for
those living near York, Hickory Grove and Sharon. The York walk will be on Sunday, Oct. 15,
with registration starting at 2 p.m. and the walk at 3 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church
on East Liberty Street.
For more information, contact the Wesley Foundation at 327-5640 or e-mail Narcie Jeter at
winthropwesley@gmail.com
Papers and presentations
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David Franklin, professor emeritus of music, had several articles on Dizzy Gillespie, the
Jenkins Orphanage Bands and Jazz in South Carolina appear in the newly published “The
South Carolina Encyclopedia.” The book was a project of the S.C. Humanities Council and
was published by the University of South Carolina Press.
Ian Pearson, music, recently published an article entitled “Paisiello’s ‘Nel cor più non mi
sento’ in Theme and Variations of the Nineteenth Century” in volume 21 of the Music Research Forum journal.
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Next Issue: Oct. 18, 2006
Deadline: Oct. 6, 2006
Three new water fountains were added to the Winthrop Lake three weeks ago to serve a dual purpose
—to provide an aesthetic appeal as well as to increase the lake’s oxygen levels.