THE LAMP SPRING 2007
The
LAMP
The Magazine of Brewton-Parker College
SPRING 2007 Vol. XIX No. 2
BPC Administration
INDIVIDUALS Dr. Franklin Ross Jones Mr. Ray Tapley
Dr. David R. Smith
President
Mrs. Hilda Beaufort Brackett Dr. Ray L. McKinney Mr. & Mrs. Ryle Tatum
Mr. Rodney R. Brooks Mrs. Jean Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Don Thigpen
Mr. Tom Moore
Mrs. Sherra Durden Mr. & Mrs. Doyle NeSmith Sr. Mrs. Mary Julia Whaley
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Roger N. Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Parker
Dr. T. Ronald Melton Ms. Linda D. Fountain Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy E. Parker ORGANIZATIONS
Provost
Dr. James W. Franklin Mr. & Mrs. Tom Peterson
Brown Implement, Co.
Dr. Cindy L. Skaruppa
Rev. Tom Gullat Major & Mrs. Paul D. Price
LandAmerica Foundation
Vice President for Enrollment Services Mr. Carl Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. George Roebuck
Thiele Kaolin Company
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Harley Dr. & Mrs. David R. Smith
Dr. Charles D. Strickland
Ellis Wood Contracting, Inc.
Executive Assistant to the President for
Mr. John R. Johnson Mrs. Jean Snooks
Church Relations
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Brewton-Parker College of
Brewton-Parker College is accredited by the
academic excellence, grounded in the liberal arts tradition, and informed by the
fers an undergraduate education that is committed to
Commission on Colleges of the Southern
Christian faith.
Association of Colleges and Schools (1866
concern for individuals that motivates our community to nuture and develop the
The college’s heritage as a Georgia Baptist Institution produces a
Southern Lane, Decatur
whole student in a caring, Christian environment.
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, Georgia 30033-4097.
associate’
elephone number 404-679-4501) to award
s and bachelor’s degrees.
Faculty members serve as teacher-scholars promoting intellectual inquiry that
develops the mind and spirit. Students study the traditional liberal arts and
sciences, and selected professional and pre-professional programs, at the
and outside the classroom af
campus in Mount Vernon and designated external locations.
physical, and spiritual growth that prepare them for meaningful services to their
ford students opportunities for intellectual, emotional,
Activities both inside
local, regional, and global communities.
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