36-year basketball scoring record finally falls
Cameron shattered the record Feb. 17 as he scored a team-high 24 points in a comeback win against Faulker University. He is pictured at right scoring the history-making basket. In the week that followed, Cameron was named Southern States Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the second time in a month and then was honored as the NAIA's National Player of the Week. For more information, go to http://www.berry.edu/athletics/
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Not a lot of records hold up for 36 long years. Doug Price's (69C) did.
It was 1969 when Doug (pictured at left) finished racking up a record-setting 1,923 career points as a Berry hoopster. Now, senior Cameron Fitch of Acworth, Ga., has broken that record – and the season isn't over yet.
Harold D. "Hal" Kilpatrick Sr. (60c) has been elected to Berry's Board of Trustees. He is a former member of the Board of Visitors and the 1995 winner of Berry's Outstanding Alumni Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit. Hal and his wife, Suzi Golden Kilpatrick (60c), live in Boynton Beach, Fla. He is chairman of the board of Kilpatrick Company Inc., a wholesale distributor of turf and irrigation equipment. Suzi serves the corporation as treasurer. The planned pedestrian plaza that will tie the Steven J. Cage Athletic and Recreation Center to Krannert has been named in their honor. The Kilpatricks have three sons: Harold II, Tim (84c) and Jon (91c). Tim is a member of Berry's Board of Visitors.
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Board gains new alumnus member
Dr. Larry McRae (60C), who joined Berry's faculty in 1974, will become professor emeritus of chemistry upon his retirement in May 2005. Dr. McRae's career at Berry has been as exceptional as it has been long. In 2003-04, for example, he was presented the David and Lu Garrett Award for Meritorious Teaching, and in 1992 he received the Vulcan Materials Co.'s Teaching Excellence Award.
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Larry McRae to become professor emeritus Scholarship night brings together donors and recipients
Donors who have established scholarships were united with the current students benefitting from One special guest at the event was Dr. Gary Fountain, rector of Chatham Hall, an all-girl preparatory school in Virginia, who shared his own scholarship story and the important lessons he learned about giving. Special thanks go out to Ed Laird (64C) and his wife, Cecil, for helping arrange Dr. Fountain's visit.
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The were lots of smiles ... and some tears. More than anything, however, there were good feelings all around at Berry's fourth annual Scholarship Night. 
them. If these donors ever wondered about the "return" on their scholarship "investment," they probably now wish the stock market could give them the same level of value!
Thanks also go out to Sharon Brookshire, parent of the late Katie Brookshire, who died while a student at Berry. Ms. Brookshire gave a 
beautiful account of the scholarship established in Katie's memory. Its current recipient, Victoria Aiella (07c), then spoke of the legacy at Berry that the scholarship and Katie have left. Alumni invited to conference: The Future of American Education and Politics
The day's events begin at 11 a.m. with an alumni luncheon featuring Joycelyn Jones Evans, author of Women, The conference is sponsored by Oglethorpe University, the University of West Georgia, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, The Arthur N. Rupe Foundation and Berry. For the conference schedule and more information on the debaters, go to http://www.berry.edu/academics/humanities/government/SpringConference.asp. To register, contact Dr. Lawler at plawler@berry.edu. Reservations for the lunch are required by March 10.
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Democrat? Republican? Independent? Whatever your political persuasion, you're invited to attend the Eighth Annual Conference on Politics, Religion, Culture and Community to be held March 31 at Berry. Dr. Peter Lawler, Dana professor and chair, government and international studies, has extended a special invitation to all Berry alumni. 
Partisanship, and the Congress. Following a full afternoon, the conference will culminate with the evening debate: "Should America Have a Democratic or Republican Future?" featuring Bill Galston (top left) and Harvey Mansfield (bottom left).
For the 14th time in the last 17 years, the Campus Carrier has won the title of best student newspaper in Georgia among colleges and universities with enrollments less than 8,000. The latest General Excellence Award was earned in the 2004 Georgia College Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. In addition, seven Berry students, some of whom are now graduates, won individual awards in competition with students from four-year schools of all enrollments. They include John Coleman (04C) and Amy Smith (04C). For details go to http://www.berry.edu/pr/news/pressdetail.asp?ID=202.
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Campus Carrier gets 14th general excellence win Cage Center "show" to hit the road
Road show guests will have the opportunity to tour the future facility with Victor the Viking and will get a chance to win a naming opportunity in the building. The Dalton show will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Creative Arts Guild. Check the "Upcoming alumni events" section below for the cities scheduled through mid-summer. You also can call or e-mail Jennifer Edgerly at jedgerly@berry.edu or 1-800-782-0130. More information on the Cage Center is available at http://www.berry.edu/campaign.
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Dalton is the site and April 28 is the date for the first Berry Cage Center Road Show, a yearlong informational extravaganza on the Steven J. Cage Athletic and Recreation Center! Next up are three road shows in Atlanta – Northwest on May 5, Northeast on May 12 and South on May 26.
There was nothing fishy about the performance of two Berry students at the recent meeting of the Georgia division of the American Fisheries Society. Seniors Anna Rahn of Milwaukee, Wis., and Laura Dobbins of Knoxville, Tenn., competed against graduate students from such institutions as UGA and Auburn when they presented their research at the conference. Anna brought home a second-place award and Laura placed fourth.
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Students reel in research prizes
"Stinky" Pearson to hold book signing
His book, Stinky's Tales, is a humorous recollection of his years growing up in a small New York village in the 1940s and 1950s. It also reflects on some of the things that have disappeared from our lives in this fast-paced world. "Stinky" will be signing copies of his book 2-4 p.m. March 5 in the Barnes and Noble in Rome.
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Not every college professor would admit to the nickname "Stinky." Dr. Bob Pearson, professor, chair and lecturer of health and physical education, not only admits it, but he also has written about it!
Since 1967, the Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference has become one of the most important annual conferences for mathematicians working in the fields of topology and dynamical systems. This year's conference will be held March 17-19 at Berry and will feature approximately 100 speakers from more than six different countries. The National Science Foundation has supported the conference, in part, with a $40,000 grant. If you'd like to know more, go to http://www.berry.edu/academics/
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Mathematics elite to meet at Berry
As the golf season opens, Berry's men's golf team is ranked No. 8 nationally while the women's team is 10th. Both start play Feb. 28.
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Golf teams start season in national top 10
All of this year's reunions are being held during Alumni Weekend. Don't miss out!
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Berry offers help in navigating the college admissions maze
The program is not Berry-specific. You will learn what makes a college application successful or unsuccessful and how students can identify colleges that best meet their interests and abilities. A mock admissions committee will help you understand how admissions decisions are made. For more information, visit: http://www.berry.edu/alumni/admissions
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A College Admissions Workshop for Berry alumni will be held June 10-11. If you have a child, grandchild or other relative or friend who soon will be navigating the maze of the college admissions process, here's where to find help! Happy trails to you ....
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If you'd like to hit the trail with some fellow Berry alumni, you've got lots of options through the Berry Alumni Travel Program. You can visit French Canada and Niagara Falls in August, travel by rail through the Canadian Rockies in October, yodel in Austria and Germany in December or experience the South Pacific wonders of Australia in March 2006. All of these trips currently are being planned through the Berry Alumni Travel Program.
For additional information on any of the alumni events below, contact Jennifer Edgerly at 1-800-782-0130, 706-290-2164 or jedgerly@berry.edu. Northwest Atlanta Chapter Lunch and Meeting East Tennessee Chapter Lunch Southeast Georgia Chapter Dinner and Meeting Carpet Capital Dinner and Meeting Polk/Haralson Chapter Reception and Play Dalton-Area Cage Center Road Show South Atlanta Chapter Annual Business Meeting Northwest Atlanta Cage Center Road Show Northeast Atlanta Cage Center Road Show East Tennessee Chapter Picnic South Atlanta Cage Center Road Show Athens Cage Center Road Show Polk-Haralson and Rome Chapters "Berry's Day at the Ball Game" Jacksonville (Fla.) Cage Center Road Show Savannah Cage Center Road Show Southeast Georgia Cage Center Road Show |
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