Here’s your chance to send a little Shorter holiday cheer

Send a little Shorter along with your Christmas wishes this year! Not only will your cards be original designs created by Shorter art students, but you will also help students in need. The Christmas cards will benefit the Parents Fund, which provides temporary financial aid for students in emergency circumstances. There are four different cards displaying original paintings by Shorter art students Elisabeth Watts and Brittani Dekle. The cost of the cards is $15 for a set of 12 cards (3 of each scene) and envelopes.

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Around the World by way of Shorter College

Dozens of first-and second-graders from the Floyd County School System were taken on a field trip to Ghana in October by way of Shorter College. Thanks to a special partnership between Shorter and Floyd County Schools designed to broaden cultural understanding among elementary school students, the college hosted “Ghana Day” on Oct. 20 for Floyd’s gifted elementary resource classes.

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Shorter students sweep voice competition

Shorter College students Emily Tweedy and Laura Collins swept the recent Georgia Music Teachers’ Association Young Artist Voice Competition by winning first and second place, respectively. Because of her first-place win, Emily will now advance to the Southern Division of the Music Teachers National Association Competition in January. That event will be held in Birmingham, Ala.

Two students earn highest scholarship from international music fraternity

Two Shorter College seniors each received a $1,000 scholarship from the Atlanta Alumni Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon. Students Justin Maxey, an organ performance major from Winder, and Thomas Williams, a piano performance major from Temple, were both awarded with the maximum amount of scholarship money offered by the Mu Phi Epsilon chapter.

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Sophomore Justyna Mudy earned her second consecutive Southern States Athletic Conference Runner of the Year award, and Lady Hawk head coach Jay Stephenson was named the SSAC Coach of the Year. They headline Shorter's four representatives on the 2009 SSAC All-Conference Team, which include Mudy, Sarah Massey, Kaitlin Shaw and Amy Worthy.

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Shorter College junior defenseman Sebastian Stihler earned Southern States Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors. The Mannheim, Germany native scored a career-high, 10 goals - fifth-best in the SSAC - and handed out three assists on his way to 23 points, the second-highest point total on the team. Shorter’s SSAC representatives include Stihler, John Calderwood, Kyle Timberlake, Mark Beattie, Anthony O’Garro, Elliott Livesey, and Johnny Paletar.

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The Shorter College volleyball team recently placed five players on the All-Southern States Athletic Conference teams. Highlighting the group was freshman Jordan Corder , who in addition to being named one of three Lady Hawks to the All-SSAC first team was named the SSAC Setter of the Year. All-SSAC team members include Corder, Kasi Runyon, Ashley Walton, Katie Van Hofwegen and Loren Olive.

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With the eye-catching numbers he has amassed over his career, it's safe to say that Shorter College senior fullback A.J. Cooley is arguably the best player to ever put on a pair of shoulder pads and helmet for the Hawks. Cooley, the Hawks' all-time leading rusher and holder of every conceivable rushing record at Shorter, was named the NAIA Football National Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 9.

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Shorter College President Dr. Harold E. Newman and Director of Athletics Bill Peterson announced this month plans to begin an intercollegiate wrestling program. The team will begin competition in the Fall of 2010.

The Shorter athletic department, which is also poised to add men and women's lacrosse for the next academic year, will usher in wrestling as its 21st varsity sport. Shorter’s program will be the only four-year varsity wrestling program in the state of Georgia.

Dec. 1
Senior Showcase
Charlie Wright, 7:30 p.m., Callaway Theatre

Dec. 5
The Shorter Chorale and Chorus in Concert with the Rome Symphony Orchestra performing Handel's Messiah
7:30 p.m., Rome City Auditorium

Dec. 8
R.O.M.E., Northwest Georgia Winds, mass choir and soloists present Christmas Candlelight Concert and Procession
7 p.m., The Forum in Rome

Jan. 19 – Feb. 5
Guest Artist Exhibition - Margaret Ingram “Visual Voices”
Arnold Gallery, Reception and Artist Lecture: Jan. 19 at 4 p.m.

Jan. 22 -2
Winter Opera - The Merry Widow, an operetta by Franz Lehar with R.O.M.E. and the Chamber Players of the South
7:30 p.m., Rome City Auditorium
$12 general admission, $8 for seniors and students.
To order, call 706-233-7288

Jan. 25
Faculty Recital - Kirsten Kunkle, soprano, assisted by Jerico Vasquez, piano
7:30 p.m., Brookes Chapel

Feb. 1
Guest Recital - Terry Lowry (’95), piano
7:30 p.m., Brookes Chapel

Feb. 6
Friends of the Theatre Fundraiser

Feb. 8 – March 4
Guest Artist Exibition - Micah Cain, “Strange Fruit”
Arnold Gallery, Reception and Artist Lecture, March 4, 4 p.m.

Feb. 25-28
Spring Play - Romeo and Juliet
7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday matinee
Callaway Theatre, $12 general admission, $8 for seniors and students. To order, call 706-233-7288