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Wednesday Memo
February 8, 2012
UM’s College Night and Homecoming are this week
AAUW announces Hallie Farmer Legacy scholarship
UM’s College Night and Homecoming are this week
The 94th annual College Night productions at the University of Montevallo begin Wednesday, Feb. 8, and continue nightly through Saturday, Feb. 11. Cheering will begin at 7 each evening, and curtain time will be at 7:30. All performances will be held in Palmer Auditorium.
The final College Night athletic competition, the men’s basketball game, is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 11, at 2 p.m., in Myrick Gymnasium, and the competition promises to be fierce. The Purples have a slight lead in athletics competition points going into Saturday’s game, having won both the women’s basketball and men’s soccer games. The Golds, with a win in women’s volleyball, will be looking for victory in men’s basketball to even out the athletics scoring going into the final night of the musical productions.
Tickets for College Night will be available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis Wednesday through Saturday, from 6-7:30 each evening, in Palmer Hall. Cash, and checks with local addresses, will be accepted. Checks should be made payable to “UM-CN,” and should include a local phone number.
All tickets for the Wednesday evening dress rehearsal will be $5 each. On Thursday, Feb. 9, tickets will be $5 for balcony seats and $10 for floor seats. On Friday and Saturday evenings, tickets will be $10 for balcony seats and $15 for floor seats.
Many activities are planned for Homecoming, including a host of class reunions and the annual presentation of the Distinguished Alumnus Award and the Nathalie Molton Gibbons Alumni Achievement Awards.
Suzanne Durham ’68 is the recipient of the 2012 Distinguished Alumna Award. The 2012 Nathalie Molton Gibbons Young Achiever’s Award will be presented to Lesley Ross ’01, and the Nathalie Molton Gibbons Alumni Achievement Award for 2012 will be awarded to Pamela Meitl ’74.
For more information about College Night, visit www.montevallo.edu/collegenight/ .
For a complete schedule of Homecoming events, visit www.montevallo.edu/alumni/Homecoming/HCschedule.pdf .
AAUW announces Hallie Farmer Legacy scholarship
The Montevallo Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) has initiated a new AAUW Hallie Farmer Legacy Scholarship at the University of Montevallo. The scholarship was established to help promote the vision and principles of AAUW and to celebrate the legacy of Hallie Farmer. It was made possible through a generous gift from founding donor Ethel E. Rasmusson, a retired history professor, an AAUW member and a friend and colleague of Farmer. Beginning in 2013, the scholarship will be awarded annually. Clark Hultquist of UM’s Behavioral and Social Sciences Department will chair the selection committee. It is hoped that the fund will eventually grow to the $50,000 level so that two awards might be offered each year. |
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For more than 130 years, AAUW has advanced equity for women and girls through advocacy, lifelong education, philanthropy, research and positive societal change. AAUW is now a nationwide network of more than 100,000 members and donors, with 1,000 branches. The University of Montevallo is among the 500 college/university institution partners of AAUW.
Donations for the scholarship may be sent to the AAUW Hallie Farmer Legacy Scholarship, University of Montevallo Advancement, c/o Jeremy Ward, director of annual and special giving, UM Station 6215, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL 35115.
For more information about AAUW, as well as membership information, contact Sandra Lott at 205-665-2127 or via e-mail at jlott285@charter.net, or Mary Jo Buff at 205-665-6268 or via e-mail at buffmj@montevallo.edu.
The schedule has been released by PBS for “Slavery by Another Name,” a documentary based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by the same name, authored by Wall Street Journal senior writer Douglas A. Blackmon.
The book has ties to Shelby County. In addition, Barbara Belisle, library assistant in the University of Montevallo’s Carmichael Library, and Vanessa Cottingham, technical assistant in UM’s Human Resources Department, are descendants of some of the slaves discussed. Belisle was interviewed and appears in the documentary.
The 90-minute documentary will air on PBS at the following times:
• Monday, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 16, at 3 a.m.
• Monday, Feb. 20, at 1 a.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 23, at 1 a.m.
A Sundance Film Festival selection for 2012, this documentary explores the little-known story of the post-Emancipation era and the labor practices and laws that effectively created a new form of slavery in the South, which persisted well into the 20th century. The film is narrated by award-winning actor Laurence Fishburne.