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The Morningsider Spring/Summer 2008

The Morningsider is the official magazine for the alumni and friends of Morningside College and is published twice a year, usually in Nov./Dec. and May/June. The magazine is distributed free-of-charge nationwide to more than 15,000 alumni and friends.

The deadline for class notes for the fall/winter 2008 issue is August 15, 2008. Click here to submit your class notes. To receive the magazine, please send your mailing address to the magazine's editor, Jenny Welp.

Please scroll down for links to this issue's articles. In order to read the files, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Please be patient; some of the larger files may take a few minutes to download.

On the cover: Jennifer Bechtel (left), Matt Ford, Whitney Gries and Josh Benson have fun trying out the new Buhler Outdoor Performance Center. Photo by Doug Burg, Burg Studios.

Departments

TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE

FROM THE PRESIDENT

LETTERS FROM READERS

  • Loving the Last Issue
  • Remembering Frank Terry

ON CAMPUS

  • Alpha Lambda Delta wins national award
  • Morningside celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • College participates in recycling competition
  • Roger Harry Martin gives Wright Lecture
  • Rangira Béa Gallimore visits college for women's studies lecture and faculty development series
  • Students volunteer to work on hurricane relief
  • Rachel Zohar Dulin presents Goldstein Lecture
  • Peter von Allmen is keynote speaker for Palmer Student Research Symposium
  • Randy Campbell, Susanne Lubbers, Kirk Johnson are recognized at ODK Honors Assembly
  • Morningside's Graduate Education Program celebrates 40th anniversary
  • Linda Purl performs at campus mall dedication
  • College presents three honorary degrees at commencement ceremony
  • Heather Reid receives 2008 Wert Award

MUSTANG MINUTES

  • What a Basketball Season!

M-CLUB MESSENGER

FACULTY AND STAFF NOTES

  • Announcing the 2007 Thompson Award Recipients
  • Deanna Daniels retires after 17 years

CLASS NOTES

  • Catching Up with Bob Jackson 1943
  • Catching Up with Linda (Hanson) Madison 1966
  • Catching Up with Jessica Taff 1998

 

Feature Articles

MORNINGSIDE AND BEIJING OLYMPICS HAVE INTERESTING CONNECTION

  • Heather Reid is a leader in the Olympic Movement

MORNINGSIDE OPENS NEW HILKER CAMPUS MALL

  • The outdoor green space is bustling with activity

PROFESSOR AND FORMER STUDENT TEAM UP TO MAKE ART

  • John Bowitz and Shannon Sargent 2000    conduct a visual dialogue

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRIDAY IS WRITING DAY

  • 20th birthday of the Morningside College program

JAN HODGE AUTHORS NEW BOOK OF POETRY

  • Professor emeritus of English is keeping busy

COLLEGE PRESENTS SHARON WALKER FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARDS

  • Sam Clovis Jr., Bruce Forbes 1970, Leslie Werden are honored

MORNINGSIDE WILL HELP YOUNG ALUMNI APPLY FOR FULBRIGHT GRANT

  • Kory Mitchell 1998 reflects on his          Fulbright experience

COLLEGE RECOGNIZES ALUMNI FOR EXCELLENCE IN THEIR FIELDS

  • Patrick J. Murphy 1997, Lynn (Acker) Pelton 1980, Carrie (Prenger) Rice 1998 are honored

COME SEE COLLEGE REPRESENTED AT

DES MOINES ARTS FESTIVAL

  • Grant Wittstruck is a photographer whose family shares a lot of history with Morningside

BACK COVER: HOMECOMING 2008

 

We hope you

enjoy this issue!

 

 

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