Volume 128, February 9, 2024 | |
Planning a Prosperous Future | |
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Photo L to R: Vice President Emerita JoEllen Wilson (RU1961), Trustee Trea Pipkin (RU2001), Trustee Randell Trammell (RU2003, 2009)
Planning a clear, strategic, and unified direction for the institution remains an important objective for Reinhardt University’s leadership. About 35 members of the Board of Trustees and the President’s Cabinet recently met for a three-day retreat and workshop.
President Mark A. Roberts, Ph.D. explained the main topics as enrollment, academic and extracurricular programming, master planning and campus infrastructure, and partnerships, affiliations, and networks. The administration presented the board various strategies and goals around those topics for clarification, investigation, and support.
“As a leadership team, the president’s administration and the board must collaborate, work together, and be on the same page about where we're going. This includes what programs we want to start, what enrollment we need to sustain, stabilize, and grow the institution, how we want to use the land and the campus for our educational mission, and who we need to partner with to accomplish all this,” explained Dr. Roberts. “When an administration and the board are in concert together it makes for a clearer, more unified direction.”
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Reinhardt’s new Director of Residence Life and Community Standards looks forward to sustaining and improving life on campus. Tyler Anderson-Majors brings experience from working as a resident director and hearing officer at the University of Illinois-Springfield and as a residence life assistant coordinator at Barton Community College in Kansas.
Anderson-Majors intends to build on the importance of community, encourage involvement, and raise occupancy of on-campus housing by learning what students want to experience, “Reinhardt has a solid historical tradition. Living on campus is such a significant part of the university experience, that it’s important for me within residence life, to take an interest in that, in students, and their living styles. Making sure the students want to live here is very important to me.” He also emphasized his desire to build on existing opportunities, including the University’s connection with the Waleska community.
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Involvement From an
Early Age to a Lasting Legacy
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From the early years of Reinhardt to today, the institution’s female leaders deserve as much credit for its successes as the men. Elizabeth Moss Bailey (1910-2008) was one of those women.
Bailey’s love for the school began while attending the Reinhardt Academy primary school program in the original administration building. By the time she attended the second grade, Fredonia Blanton, niece of founder Captain Augustus Reinhardt, served as the principal of the primary school. She often visited Captain Reinhardt and answered his questions about school.
In a 2001 interview, Bailey recalled other fond memories of her time as a student, including participating in the creation of the alma mater in 1922, a song still sung at every commencement. Her history teacher, Miss Dora Lee Wilkerson wrote the words and Bailey stayed after class to hear the lyrics and make suggestions.
Bailey says she was chosen in 1926 as a key speaker in the dedication of the Dobbs building. Because rain made the unpaved mud roads to Waleska treacherous, the celebration was held in Canton. She delivered her speech using the back of a Mack truck as a platform. Her fondness for the building was strong, as her father hauled all the stones for construction in a mule-drawn wagon from a quarry to the campus.
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Two Wins Launch Men's Volleyball Season | |
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Reinhardt’s men’s volleyball team started the season with two wins. The Eagles secured their first win of the 2024 season with a 3-1 win over Clarke University on January 26th on their home court. In Owensboro, Kentucky on February 3rd, the team swept Brescia University 3-0.
In this second season for men’s volleyball to be offered as a championship sport in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC), an AAC coaches’ poll released in January favors Reinhardt to win the 2024 division championship in April.
The team’s next match is at home tonight (February 9) at 6 p.m. against St. Andrews.
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Street Choir: Van Morrison Tribute Band
Saturday, February 10
3:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Falany Performing Arts Center
Atlanta singer Greg Hester recreates the aura of Morrison onstage with all the joy of the diminutive Irish giant at his best. You’ll thrill to the kicks, shouts, and struts, as well as the classic songs and stage presence of the Belfast Cowboy.
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Piano Recital: From Rameau to Rachmaninoff
Monday, February 12, 7:30 p.m.
Falany Performing Arts Center
Free Admission!
Join Dr. Alex Wasserman as he performs a program of French and Russian masterworks that explore the sonic depths and virtuosic heights of the piano.
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Clue
Friday, February 16, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 17, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 18, 3:00 p.m.
Friday, February 23, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 24, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 25, 3:00 p.m.
At the University Theater
A theater student performance with a plot based on the popular board game. Be amused by and intrigued by beloved suspects in this family-friendly and fun murder mystery show.
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The Rupert's Orchestra
Saturday, February 17
3:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Falany Performing Arts Center
The Southeast's top party band and voted as Atlanta's best house band, this group is comprised of some of the finest talent from around the nation. Genres include Top 40 Hits, Motown, R&B, Classic Rock, and Big band Swing. A flashy and highly interactive performance featuring eclectic repertoire, that will get people of all ages caught up in the fun!
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The University
Wind Ensemble
Sunday, February 18, 3 p.m.
Falany Performing Arts Center
Free admission!
Reinhardt's Advanced and versatile student musicians perform the finest large ensemble and chamber music literature from exceptional composers.
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The University Opera
Thursday, February 29, 7:30 p.m.
Falany Performing Arts Center
Free admission!
Enjoy a stunning performance by vocally trained students. Reinhardt's opera program prepares them for professional roles. Watch for an update with performance details.
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Career Connection Expo
Wednesday, March 27
5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Brown Athletic Center
Free admission!
Registration recommended.
This job fair is an in-person opportunity for employers to recruit top talent for their workforce, and job seekers to make connections.
Employers register HERE
Participants register HERE
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