PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION EVENTS
It is with great pride and anticipation that Marygrove College is organizing the inauguration of its eighth president, Dr. David Fike. A wide variety of cultural, artistic, educational and religious activities will take place as part of inauguration this spring. Alumni and the community are welcome to share this auspicious occasion with faculty, students and staff as well as visiting dignitaries. See the schedule of events on the next page. [More]
ACCREDITATION SELF-STUDY COMPLETED AND DELIVERED!
The College’s self-study (three years in the making) was completed last week and sent off to the five members of the North Central Association evaluation team who will be visiting the campus on March 25-28.
Now the evaluation team’s task is to read through the entire document - a weighty 412 pages - and decide what they want to see and who they want to meet with when they come to Marygrove. [More]
ATTENTION TEACHERS! ONLINE MASTERS IN THE ART OF TEACHING (MAT) UP AND RUNNING
Marygrove launched its new Online Master’s in the Art of Teaching (MAT) degree in Reading & Literacy, Grades K-6 in January. The elementary reading program has eight students in its first cohort. The next cohort for this area of study starts on March 22. Marygrove will begin offering the Online MAT in Mathematics, Grades K-5, on May 14. [More]
MARYGROVE CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Themed “The Talented Tenth,” Marygrove College has been celebrating Black History Month with a series of on-campus lectures, workshops and musical performances, including a discussion on the history of Black History Month, an examination of discrimination today, Negro spirituals and a trade fair by African-American vendors. On Tuesday, February 6, Royce Kinniebrew gave the history of black history month; the next day, there was a workshop on discrimination; on Monday, February 12, students, faculty and staff celebrated two African American traditions – spirituals and sweet potato pie – and shopped at an African American vendor fair. [More]
STANTON & FRIENDS IN CONCERT ON MARCH 16
Associate Professor and Composer-in-Residence Geoffrey Stanton bands together with friends and colleagues to present a memorable evening of eclectic music on Friday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Marygrove College’s Sacred Heart Chapel. An annual event, the program features electronics and projections and the historic chapel pipe organ performing works by Stanton, Bach, Handel, Mozart, Milhaud and Tatum. [More]
MARYGROVE COLLEGE'S UPCOMING MUSIC, DANCE AND THEATER PERFORMANCES
Marygrove College announces its winter 2007 series of music, dance and theater performances, which highlight the high quality of its Visual and Performing Arts programs.
On Sunday, February 25, the Marygrove College Theatre and the UDM Theatre Players perform the “Vagina Monologues,” at 2 p.m. in the Marygrove College Theatre, directed by Leslie Love and Courtney Burkett. This performance, including several Detroit “celebrities,” commemorates V Day, a worldwide effort to raise awareness of and stop abuse of women and young girls. Tickets: $15; $5 for students with ID. [More]
TOM HOLZER FORD
Tom Holzer Ford of Farmington Hills, MI, is a friend of Marygrove’s Athletic Department. Tom “Buzzy” Holzer said, “If you purchase or lease a car or truck with the dealership, mention that you are a supporter of Marygrove College as a alum, student, staff or simply a friend, and we’ll send a $200 donation to the College.” He made this offer at the Alumni Golf Scramble in September, and continues to stand by the promise. [More]
MUSTANG SPORTS REPORT
Marygrove’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are making the push towards March Madness. In the most recent coaches’ polls released by the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), the Mustang men were ranked fourth in Division I and the women eighth. Invitations to the USCAA national tournaments go out to the top 10 teams in each division. The men’s and women’s tournaments will once again be hosted by Rhema Bible College in Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 7-10. [More]
ALUMNI BOOK DISCUSSION: THE WOMAN WARRIOR: MEMOIRS OF A GIRLHOOD AMONG GHOSTS
Dr. Loretta Woodard, associate professor of English, will lead another intellectually engaging book discussion, this time about Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts. The event will take place on Friday, February 23, 2007, in the Faculty Lounge, which is located in the lower level of the Liberal Arts Building. It will go from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. with a light reception to follow. [More]
LEND A HAND - SANDWICHES TO GO PROGRAM
The Marygrove Alumni Association has once again volunteered to assist with the Cass Community Social Services’ “Sandwich to Go Program” on Saturday, April 21, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Scott Center (11850 Woodrow Wilson Dr.) in Detroit. This program, which provides meals for detainees, funds a significant number of Cass Community Social Services’ projects. Volunteers will prepare 1,200 sandwiches that will be distributed among 12 Detroit Police Department precincts. If you are interested in volunteering or if you need more information, please contact Monique Kelly Brown ’93 at (586) 944-3808 or mbrow247@ford.com.
HELP RECRUIT STUDENTS TO MARYGROVE AND THEY RECEIVE SPECIAL BENEFITS!
Alumni who care about the future of their alma mater can help the Marygrove
Alumni Recruiting Students (MARS) committee and the Office of Admissions
by identifying potential Marygrove students for the Winter 2007 class. If
you refer a student to Marygrove, he or she will have the $25 application
fee waived and, if admitted and enrolled, a $250 gift card for books will
be awarded to be used at the College Bookstore. [More]
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