WINTHROP MAGAZINE Fall 2015 2 12 FEATURES 2 A Proven Leader

8 Students Explore World of Wonders through Research

10 Creating a New Expectation

12 Winthrop Traditions Meld Past, Future

14 Ten Seconds for the Record Book

16 Economics Faculty Member Reinvents Herself

DEPARTMENTS

18 Campus News 20 Development News 21 Alumni News 22 Class Notes 24 Milestones

8 14 10 16 EDITORIAL STAFF

Monica Bennett, editor Allen Blackmon ’86, art director

Contributing writers and photographers: Meredith Carter ’05 Shawn Cetrone Nicole Chisari ’09 Judy Longshaw

NOTES

About the Cover Images from the undergraduate research project of art major Anna Brenner ’15 depicts her journey of replicating the same image—an egg—100 times through various mediums, a concept based on Andy Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Cans.” Read more about undergraduate research on pages 8-9.

Winthrop Magazine is published for alumni, faculty, staff, parents and friends of Winthrop University by the Office of Communications and Marketing.

Winthrop University offers equal opportunity in its employ- ment, admissions and educational activities.

All cities referenced in editorial content are located in South Carolina unless otherwise indicated.

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