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BSCParents:
A note from the Dean of Students
Dear ’Southern Parents, a number of ideas and initiatives. Among
them, increased communication from the
Season’s Greetings from the Hilltop! college was encouraged. This newsletter
By now, your son or daughter has serves as one step in that process.
likely returned home for the winter
break, or soon will be back under We plan to send these to you periodi-
your roof for a few weeks. Please for- cally to keep you informed about campus
give them if they seem a bit tired; after events, highlight students and parents, and
all, they do have much sleep to catch share news from the Hilltop. We hope you
up on after a busy fall term and taxing will find them valuable!
final exams. We trust after some time
at home, they’ll add lots of cheer to In the months to come, we will tell you
BSC parent your Holidays.
We are happy to send you the BSC Par-
more about our plans for parent programs
and contact. For now, I can tell you that
we are gathering a group of parents to
ent newsletter to tell you more about work more closely with us as we enhance
EDITOR
life at Birmingham-Southern this fall, current programs and develop new en-
David Eberhardt as well as inform you about some excit- deavors. We would like to have input from
Dean of Students ing activities coming up, like Mama’s as many parents as possible, including
Home Cookin’. See page 4 about how those both close to us here in the Magic
MANAGING EDITOR you can participate in this tradition of City and further away. If you are interested
warming your student’s soul (and stom- in contributing to our work, we would
Brandon Gresham
achs!) during our Interim term. You’ll love to hear from you. Please e-mail me at
Communications Specialist also find an important message from deberhar@bsc.edu, or call me at 205/226-
BSC President David Pollick that I urge 4725. If you have questions apart from
ART DIRECTOR you to read, and stories about Home- parent programs that we can help with,
Tracy Thomas coming and how our athletics teams please feel free to contact me as well.
Associate Director for have fared.
In this holiday season, we wish for you
Communications---Publications
With this edition of the newsletter, we and your family a joyous and peaceful
are also letting you know about our time. As the break from busy routines
desire to connect with you more fully provides each of you with moments to rest
as a valuable part of the BSC commu- and reflect, we hope you will enjoy times
BSC Parent is published three times nity. Earlier this fall, several offices from with family and friends and be able to re-
across campus came together to discuss call blessings from the past year. We look
a year by Birmingham-Southern
how we could strengthen our relation- forward to a wonderful 2009 at BSC, and
College, 900 Arkadelphia Road, hope the same for you as well!
ship with you as ’Southern parents. Out
Birmingham, AL 35254. of that meeting came a group of cam-
pus professionals charged with working
www.bsc.edu/parents towards that goal, which I am gladly
coordinating. As part of our work, we David Eberhardt
recently sat down to lunch with a group Dean of Students
of your parent peers, where we discussed
From the President:
The qualities of BSC students
Dear BSC Parents:
As you receive this issue of our BSC Parent newsletter, we
have come to the end of another exciting and rewarding
semester at Birmingham-Southern. I continue to be amazed
by the quality of the students we have on our campus—not
just the quality of their work in the classroom, but by their
maturity and compassion as young adults who are deter-
mined to take what they learn here and make this world a
better place for us all. That is what a Birmingham-Southern
education is about, and you should be as proud of your BSC
students as we are.
I can think of no better way to demonstrate this to you than
to share parts of an e-mail we received earlier this month
from one of your fellow parents. I do not know who the
student is in the story which follows, but I prefer to think
of him as an “every student.” Actions such as this often go
unheard and unseen, but this is reflective of the compassion,
goodness, and caring that I’ve witnessed from so many of
our students in my years at Birmingham-Southern. Enjoy
this story of charity in this season of giving, and from every-
one on the Hilltop we wish you the happiest and safest of
holiday seasons.
Dr. G. David Pollick
President
Today at lunch, I went to BSC to pick up some tables I let my driver got out of the car, and in the downpour took off
children borrow for their homecoming festivities. As I was his rain jacket and put it on the man. As he jumped back
leaving campus, I passed the auto check where one of the into his car, the man was yelling, “Thank you!!! Thank
guards was checking the oil and tire pressure on a car with you!!! I love you man!!!” The light changed and the stu-
a Tennessee license plate. There was a sole young male stu- dents drove away … too fast! I tried to catch up to them
dent in the car. And I thought how comforted I would feel to thank the driver for making my day, but I couldn’t.
if either of my kids were in college out of state and I had the
assurance of knowing that campus security was making sure After two consecutive days of heartwarming BSC encoun-
they were safe for a long drive home. ters, I will tell you again what I have said to you and
others before. My heart continues to be touched by BSC,
Yesterday I was on my way to campus to deliver a survival kit the faculty, all of its staff, and so many of its students I am
of comfort food to my daughter. I was sitting at the traffic blessed to know. Sometimes we all need to be reminded
light waiting to turn onto Arkadelphia Road. Despite the that what we do makes a difference. Your institution has
pouring rain, there was a beggar standing by the side of the indeed made a tremendous difference in my life!
road with a black plastic bag wrapped around his head. He
wore no jacket; just jeans and a T-shirt. The car directly in So again, thank you.
front of me, a BSC decal on the back window, clearly had
several students in it. I saw the driver roll down the window I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday
and they all began yelling at the beggar. Cynically, I initially season.
assumed they were jeering, taunting him. Then the young
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BSC Homecoming 2008:
Living for the Weekend
Birmingham-Southern welcomed thousands of alumni and friends to
campus earlier this semester for its annual Homecoming/Reunion festivi-
ties.
This was an extra special year for BSC, as the college welcomed back
football to campus for the first time in nearly 70 years. The BSC Panther
football team defeated Sewanee 49-0 in the game.
The week was full of activities for students and alumni to enjoy. From a
Sewanee Tiger piñata bash to a pep rally and bonfire the night before the
game, students showed their support and excitement for BSC throughout
the festivities.
Bringing football back to campus also brought numerous tailgaters to the
Hilltop prior to the big game. Students and alumni were treated to BBQ
before kickoff, with many of the campus organizations setting up their
own tailgate tents.
During halftime of the Homecoming football game, Meagan Langford
of Hueytown and William Moore of Clanton were crowned the 2008
Birmingham-Southern College Homecoming Queen and King.
Langford, a senior music major, is the daughter of Lloyd and Rene
Langford. Moore, a senior biology major, is the son of Richard and Sally
Moore. The pair was selected in a campus-wide vote of the student body.
Following the victory over Sewanee, the BSC community headed to the
front lawn of the Admission Welcome Center for a Shrimp Boil and
Homecoming concert with country music band Whiskey Falls, including
BSC alumnus Buck Johnson ’88.
To see more images from the BSC Homecoming/Reunion 2008 celebra-
tion, go online to:
www.bsc.edu/alumni/reunion2008/homecoming_2008/index.html.
Winter 2008 / 3
Mama’s Home Cookin’
Good eats for Birmingham-Southern Interim students
Students taking part in Birmingham-Southern In-
terim term will get to enjoy a little of “Mama’s Home
Cookin’” again this year.
The event, which will take place on Monday, January
26, encourages local moms and dads of BSC students
to bring their favorite homemade dishes to campus for
Interim students to enjoy in a potluck style dinner.
“Last year’s dinner was an overwhelming success
thanks to the support of parents from Birmingham
and surrounding areas,” BSC Director of Residence
Life Dana Bekurs said.
The seventh-annual Mama’s Home Cookin’ will be
held at 6 p.m. in Bruno Great Hall on the third floor
of the Norton Campus Center. Parents are asked to
bring there dishes at 5 p.m., which will allow time
for setup. You are also encouraged to stay and enjoy
dinner with the Interim students. Campus police
will direct you to the building and parking once you
arrive on campus.
For more information about “Mama’s Home
Cookin,’” and to register your dish, please contact
Cheryl Waters at 205/226-4726 or cwaters@bsc.edu
by January 21, 2009.
BSC Residence Life:
Dates to Remember
INTERIM TERM 2009
Sunday, January 4........………………………………...................... Residence Halls Open for Interim Term at Noon
Monday, January 19.......…………………………………………...... Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (No Classes)
Saturday, January 31 – Monday, February 2…....………………..... Winter Break
SPRING TERM 2009
Saturday, March 21 – Sunday, March 29...……………………….... Spring Break
Residence Halls Close Friday, March 21, at 10:00 a.m.
Residence Halls Open Sunday, March 29, at Noon
Monday, May 18.…………………………………………………...... Residence Halls Close at 2:00 p.m.
SUMMER TERM 2009
Full-Term Courses
Monday, June 8……………………………………………………..... Residence Halls Open at 10:00 a.m.
Friday, July 3…………………………………………………………... Independence Day Holiday (No Classes)
Saturday, August 1………………………………………………….... Residence Halls Close at 10:00 a.m.
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If you’re reading this edition of BSC Parent, you’re already familiar with Birmingham-
Southern’s new parents Web site. Thanks for visiting!
Please make sure we have your e-mail address. We’d love to have an e-mail address for
each parent in every BSC family so that everyone can receive our latest issue. To send us
your address, just click on “E-mail Info” at www.bsc.edu/parents.
And please feel free to pass along BSC Parent to anyone you think might be interested.
Do you have any comments, suggestions, or article ideas? Please send them on to David
Eberhardt, Dean of Students, at deberhar@bsc.edu.
Winter 2008 / 5
BSC ATHLETICS
Fall Sports Wrap-Up
Birmingham-Southern’s fall sports season was another success,
with Panther players earning accolades both on and off the field.
The volleyball team put together an impressive 27-8 record with
seven wins over Top 25 opponents. The squad won the Emory
National Challenge and recorded a 15-match win streak during the
season. Sophomore setter/defensive specialist Christine Denning
earned College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)
Academic All-District post-season honors, and junior libero Alex
Norten was named to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
(SCAC) All-Sportsmanship Team.
The women’s soccer team went 11-6-2, led by freshman Alicia
Plotky with 11 goals and junior Serena Murphy with seven assists.
Junior Lydia Rice was also named to the SCAC All-Sportsmanship
x Team. On the men’s side, with a roster heavy on freshmen and
sophomores, the soccer team went 4-16, and senior Nick Pihakis
earned SCAC All-Sportsmanship honors. Additionally, both soccer
x teams were honored by the National Soccer Coaches Association of
America (NSCAA), earning the Team Academic Award, presented
to teams with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
The women’s team posted a combined 3.57, while the men’s team
had a 3.28. The women’s GPA tied them for the fifth-highest team
GPA in the country for all NCAA divisions and NAIA programs.
They also posted the highest GPA of any school in the SCAC.
The Panther football program, in its second year since the
school dropped the sport in 1939, was 3-7 with wins over Divi-
sion I non-scholarship Campbell and SCAC foes Colorado Col-
lege and Sewanee. The team played its first game in the brand-
new on-campus Panther Stadium for Homecoming on Nov. 8,
handily defeating Sewanee 49-0. Ten players received All-SCAC
honors, including First-Team accolades for sophomores Walter
Arrington and Jeremy Jones. Senior Drew Jackson, sophomore
David Kelley, sophomore David Langston, and sophomore Joe
Thigpen all earned Second-Team honors; freshman Luke Chap-
man, junior Bobby Gray, sophomore Jonathan Jones, sopho-
more Brad Stockdale, and junior Tay Walker also were named
Honorable Mention All-Conference. Stockdale also earned
SCAC All-Sportsmanship honors.
The men’s and women’s cross country teams also had suc-
cessful seasons. On the women’s side, the Panthers had four
top-five finishes, with a season-high fourth-place finish at the
Great American Cross Country Festival in Hoover, Ala. The
men posted two top-five finishes with a season-high third-
place finish at the Coach “O” Invitational in Troy, Ala. Two
runners – Mary Elaine Williamson for the women and Forrest
Boughner for the men – had two top-10 finishes apiece.
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“What are you going
to do with that? ”
From career assessment to résumé writing,
from interview prep to job referrals,
we help answer the eternal question.
BSC Career Services
Send us your student.
Lauren Tilden
Interim Career Counselor
205/226-4719
ltilden@bsc.edu
BSC Giving:Parents Fund
The Parents Fund Bridges the Gap
The Birmingham-Southern Parents Fund provides a
steady stream of income each year to help bridge the gap
between your costs and those of the college.
Parents Fund donations support all areas of BSC life,
from student scholarships and faculty salaries to athletics
and books in the library. This year, the goal for the Parents
Fund is $100,000. Reaching this goal will mean that the
Parents Fund will have raised the most money ever for four
years straight.
Keep in mind that every gift counts—No gift is too small
and your participation is so important!
For more information, contact:
Susan Smith Ellard
Director of Annual Giving
205/226-4977
sellard@bsc.edu
www.bsc.edu/parents/fund.htm
Winter 2008 / 7
Late-night
feast
In the spirit of the
holidays—
BSC Chaplain John
Richardson (far left),
Bunting Center Assistant
Director Sara Doughton,
and Student Develop-
ment Coordinator Kyle Lo
Porto serve BSC students
in the cafeteria (“Caf”) for
the first Late-Night Exam
Breakfast during final exam
week. The breakfast was
sponsored by the Student
Government Association
and the Office of Student
Affairs.
calendar of events
December 18 March 23-27
Fall grades posted online at TheSIS Spring Break
January 4 March 29
Residence halls open at noon for Interim Residence halls re-open at noon
January 5 April 10
First day of Interim classes Good Friday, no classes
January 30 April 23
Last day of Interim classes Honors Day
January 31 - February 2 May 6
Winter Break Last day of Spring term classes
February 3 May 16-17
First day of Spring term classes Capping Ceremony, Baccalaureate,
Commencement, and President’s Reception
February 11
Interim grades posted online at TheSIS May 18
Residence halls close at 10 a.m.
March 20
Midterm assessments posted online at TheSIS June 4
Spring term grades posted online at TheSIS
March 21
Residence halls close at 10 a.m. for Spring Break
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