Centenary College Alumni Association

This past Saturday, Kaleb Behm ‘18 and Peyton Miller ‘19 were married in Brown Chapel on campus. Pictured below are the Centenary alumni who attended the wedding!

The next 10 TAG (Thank a Giver) week locations are:

🌳 Memorial Row (trees by Jones-Rice)
📖 Magale Memorial Library
🕰️ Riggs Memorial Plaza (2009 time capsule)
🎶 Anderson Choral Building
🪦 Bagels Headstone
🎟️ Sam Peters Building
🏀 Gold Dome
🎼 Hurley School of Music
🌿 Ratcliff Gazebo
🏈 Field House

This week is TAG (Thank a Giver) week on campus! Throughout the week we’ll be highlighting 30 locations around campus that were the result of donor gifts.

Todays locations are:
🎨 Sydney R. Turner Art Center
🏋🏽‍♀️ Centenary Fitness Center
👩‍💻 Hamilton Hall
⚾️ Shehee Stadium
📚 Learning Commons
🛌 Rotary Hall
📍George Tobolownsky Sculpture
🏓 Randle T. Moore Student Union Building
⛪️ Brown Chapel
⛲️ David Howard Crumley Gardens

Registration for the Alumni Awards Banquet, Forward 5 Luncheon, and Quniq Club Brunch is now open! Register at centenary.edu/homecoming

Save the date for this year's Centenary theatre shows!

Centenary Theatre Program announces 2023-2024 season at Marjorie Lyons Playhouse Drama and classic Shakespeare will headline the Centenary Theatre Program’s 2023-2024 season.

Make a gift of $50 or more to the College by October 31st & receive a pair of limited-edition Centenary socks!!

Designed by current student, Visar Rraci ‘23.

Give here! centenary.edu/giving

Dr. Matthew Blasi’s debut novel, Sweet Muffin Ranch, is set for release on September 26. Blasi, assistant professor of English at Centenary, will give a reading from the novel during a book launch event at Centenary’s Magale Library on Friday, September 29, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The reading is free and open to the public, with a reception to follow.

Centenary College English professor publishes novel, plans public reading Dr. Matthew Blasi’s debut novel, "Sweet Muffin Ranch," is set for release on September 26.

Join us for the Fall 2023 Muses Study Series! The series, led by Dr. Jeff Hendricks '75, will focus on the short stories of Ernest Hemingway.

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) is considered one of America's greatest writers. His short fiction and novels, through their direct and natural style, and their international locales, have been extremely influential since Hemingway first started publishing as part of "The Lost Generation" in Paris in the early 1920s. In the 1930s he moved to Key West and wrote about the Spanish Civil War. In the 1940s he reported on World War II. Winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature, Hemingway has come to embody the writer as self-conscious adventurer who clearly and objectively observes the world around him.

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Fall 2023 Muses Study Series Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) is considered one of America's greatest writers. His short fiction and novels, through their direct and natural style, and their international locales, have been extremely influential since Hemingway first started publishing as part of "The Lost Generation" in Paris in t...

Centenary College recently closed a successful fiscal year in which donations to the College topped $6 million, including over $2.2 million in operational gifts and over $3.4 million in gifts dedicated to capital projects.

Centenary raises over 6 million in 2022-2023 to support students, capital needs Centenary College recently closed a successful fiscal year in which donations to the College topped $6 million.

Football vs Community Christian College this Saturday at 6 pm!

The game will be held at Evangel Christian Academy, see the comments for the address.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids & free for Centenary students.

Laura Barrow '07 released her new novel, Call the Canaries Home, in July. Get the book on Amazon here!

Call the Canaries Home: A Novel Call the Canaries Home: A Novel

The 36th Annual Centenary Book Bazaar is this Friday & Saturday in the Fitness Center - come join us for some great deals!

The Book Bazaar is presented by the Centenary Muses.

Save the date for Homecoming 2023!

October 30 - November 5, 2023

Are you interested in helping to plan a reunion for your class or group? Email [email protected].

View photos and video from Centenary in Paris 2023 here!

The Class of 2027 used Paris as their classroom from August 3rd through August 11th. Over 200 new students were broken into small classes led by Centenary faculty. Students study abroad and earn their first college credit before most other students around the country even get to campus!

https://centenary.exposure.co/cip23?fbclid=IwAR15dcTGIUAem--VWWcv_XPdtUbZV4cpawwspju4ZNzzk2lpdAklTxFt6Zg

Centenary in Paris 2023 by Centenary College of Louisiana Centenary in Paris 2023

The men's soccer team has put together an online fundraising shop with apparel. Make sure to check it out and support the team! The shop closes September 7

CENTENARY COLLEGE - Centenary Men's Soccer Fundraiser Hurry, shop closes 09/07/2023!

Thank you to Priscilla Borrego at KSLA for this great feature on the Centenary College Book Bazaar. Make sure to join us September 8 & 9 in the Centenary Fitness Center!

https://www.ksla.com/2023/08/30/36th-centenary-book-bazaar-is-right-around-corner-heres-what-you-can-expect/?fbclid=IwAR2lKjOaIAsD0qS08u3a2Rkr6knMWVq6l0OWJF2qqtiHdZwXGL5TbKWFjcU

36th Centenary book bazaar is right around the corner; here’s what you can expect The 36th Centenary Book Bazaar will be held Sept. 8 and Sept. 9

Yesterday we celebrated alumna, Emilie Anne Ostendorff’s 100th birthday! Emilie is class of 1944. Comment to wish Emilie happy birthday! 🎂🎉

Football is back!

Thanks to everyone who joined us last Thursday to celebrate the return of football to Centenary's campus. Centenary played ETBU in a controlled scrimmage on campus.

This was the only game that will be played on campus this year as the facilities are updated in preparation of NCAA football beginning fall 2024. To stay up to date on all things football, make sure to check out gocentenary.com.

Photos are courtesy of Centenary College Police Department

Shoutout to all the alums who came out last night to cheer on Centenary Football!

We’re very thankful to see support from our alumni and the community as we kick off this new chapter at the College.

Sharon Tallach Vogelpohl '96 has been recognized as a Top Agency Leader in PR Daily’s 2023 Top Women in Marketing list. Sharon is president and CEO of MHP/Team SI and president of the MHP/Team SI Family of Companies.

These are PR Daily's 2023 Top Women in Marketing - PR Daily Check out the inaugural class of women raising the bar in marketing. PR Daily’s Top Women in Marketing recognizes the trailblazing achievements of the women who have raised the bar for the rest of the marketing world, developing high-performance, relentlessly creative work across advertising and m...

Centenary College’s Alumni Association and Office of Admission have collaborated to create a new vehicle for alumni to support current students. Beginning with the class entering in Fall 2024, alumni will be able to refer prospective Centenary students for a $1,000 annual scholarship.

Centenary to offer new Alumni Referral Scholarship for students entering Fall 2024 Centenary College’s Alumni Association and Office of Admission have collaborated to create a new vehicle for alumni to support current students.

Gretchen Benner ‘48 and Wallace Robertson ‘83, son of Mimori Urakami Robertson ‘58 and Dale Robertson ‘64, visited with Centenary and Aoyama Gakuin University students last week. Gretchen Benner, a former Methodist educational missionary to Japan and teacher at Kwassui Women's College in Nagasaki and Aoyama Gakuin University, helped Wallace’s mother Mimori Urakami attend Centenary in the 1950s.

❗️ Join us to celebrate the new football program at Centenary ❗️

Centenary Football Controlled Scrimmage vs. ETBU is one week away!

Alumni from the Classes of 2013-2023 - join us between 5 & 6:30 at El Compadre for a Young Alumni Gathering.

Students from our sister school, Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan, visited us this August term! The class was composed of students from Centenary and AGU. Students spent the last few weeks learning about cultures and customs from both countries.

Alumna, Hillary Frazier '13, recently showcased an art exhibit at Big Sun Studios.
Read more here: https://www.ksla.com/2023/08/05/exhibition-highlights-artists-traditional-illustrations-vibrant-feminine-figures/?fbclid=IwAR2voKsBZMdnCBpvGeVE4mJYqZE6q4Q5wuMeqywBzn7H65NE93V45JLGFNI

Exhibition highlights artist’s traditional illustrations, vibrant feminine figures Don’t miss the chance to see original works and purchase exclusive one-of-a-kind prints.

Centenary students continue their work to diversify lab spaces by donating an anatomical model to Huntington High School in Shreveport, which will be used in their biology classes. The school's slogan, "We can, we will" was incorporated into the model donated to Huntington.

Chris Zapata '18 has been named Assistant Baseball Coach!

Chris Zapata Named Assistant Baseball Coach: https://ow.ly/PjMk50Px5TQ

Fall athletic schedules have been released. Stay up to date on all athletics news at gocentenary.com!

GoCentenary.com Official Site of Centenary College Athletics GoCentenary.com Official Site of Centenary College Athletics

Mark your calendars for upcoming alumni events! View all scheduled events here and check back frequently for updates: https://www.centenary.edu/alumni/alumni-association/alumni-events/

If you are not receiving invitations to alumni events, make sure to update your information with the alumni office: https://www.centenary.edu/alumni/alumni-association/update-us/

Bonjour! Check out these pictures from Paris featuring the Class of 2027 🇫🇷🥖

Comment below your favorite memory from Centenary in Paris!

Congratulations, Dr. Pamela McPherson '82!

Congratulations to Dr. Pamela McPherson, Vice Chair and Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director, for receiving the 2023 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Psychodynamic Faculty Initiative Mentorship Award!
This goal’s of the award are to bring recognition and a faculty development opportunity to AACAP members who are teaching psychodynamic theory and therapy in child and adolescent psychiatry fellowships. Dr. McPherson will collaborate with an assigned mentor to create a project designed to enhance the psychodynamic training experience at LSU Health Shreveport.

“Our main exhibitions this semester center around Louisiana and France - our larger historical and cultural connections as well as more specific ties with Shreveport,” said Alissa Klaus, director of the Meadows Museum.

“The semester will begin with a juxtaposition of documentary photography in Louisiana and pictures taken by first-year students on this year's Centenary in Paris trip. In October, we will exhibit artworks by the Shreveport Art Club as well as a student-curated exhibition of works by Jean Despujols, a French painter who eventually settled in Shreveport and whose works founded the Meadows Museum. And, as always, our Project Space Gallery will offer a variety of mediums and topics including Jude Williams’s multidisciplinary work, Edgar Cano’s brightly colored ‘deformed canvases,’ and Jessica Hawkins’s silkscreen prints.”

Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College announces fall 2023 exhibition schedule The Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College will host seven exhibitions during the fall of 2023. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Take a peek at this year's May Modules!

Faculty-led culture programs, or "modules," are short term study abroad programs that allow Centenary students to immerse themselves in another culture. This year students traveled to Northern Ireland, Finland, France, Italy, New Zealand, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Other students stayed close to home and explored Centenary’s roots by visiting Jackson, LA, and the surrounding areas.

Centenary Module 2023 by Centenary College of Louisiana Faculty Led Culture Programs, or "modules," are short term study abroad programs that allow Centenary students to immerse themselves in another culture. This year students traveled to Northern Ireland, Finland, France, Italy, New Zealand, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Some students stayed close to home...

Are you interested in joining the 2024 Alumni & Friends in Paris trip? Sign up here to receive more information and be on the lookout for registration details in September!
https://www.centenary.edu/alumni/alumni-association/alumni-travel/

‼️ Last Chance ‼️

Donate $25 or more to the College by the end of this week and receive a Comfort Colors CCLA shirt.

https://www.centenary.edu/giving/give-now/