Alumni News Winthrop College Swag Makes Comeback

Alumni, you asked and Winthrop listened! Proud graduates of Winthrop College, Winthrop’s official name before attaining university status in 1992, have long expressed their wish for apparel bearing the Winthrop College name. Winthrop is pleased to offer a limited edition Winthrop College vintage collection that will be available for purchase this November in conjunction with Homecoming & Reunion Weekend. Te throwback gear will be available for purchase at the Winthrop Bookstore for only a limited time as a way to pay homage to Winthrop’s past. Be on the lookout in the weeks leading up to Homecoming for information on when the sale will begin and show your pride in Winthrop College style!

New Legacy Program Launches

Christmas Tree Lighting Set for Friday, Nov. 30

Class Notes Let Us Hear from You!

Do you have a new job, marriage, baby or other life-changing event that you would like to share with the Winthrop family? If so, please send in your information to be included in a future Winthrop Magazine issue. Please e-mail alumni@winthrop.edu, visit www.winthrop.edu/alumni or call 803/323-2145 or 800/578-6545 to submit your news.

1945 Mars Hill, North Carolina, resident Virginia Hart received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine from the Governor of North Carolina.

1963 Orangeburg native Barbara Thompson Creel has been inducted into the William Plumer Jacobs Society at Presbyterian College.

Usher in the holiday spirit at Winthrop! Te 83rd annual Christmas Tree Lighting — a popular campus tradition — will be held on Friday, Nov. 30, at 6 p.m. at the historic magnolia tree on the Winthrop front lawn. Hot cocoa and cookies will be provided, and the Winthrop RockHettes dance troupe will perform. Tis event is part of ChristmasVille, a four-day festival with art, food, music, events and local crafts. Te tree lighting is free and open to the public. Contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@winthrop.edu or 803/323-2145 for more information.

Tis summer, the Winthrop Alumni Association launched a Legacy pro- gram which recognizes Winthrop alumni and their family members who attended Winthrop. A Legacy student is a child, grandchild or sibling of a Winthrop graduate who is seeking an undergraduate degree at Winthrop. As a family member of a Winthrop graduate, these students are continu- ing the Winthrop legacy.

In this year’s freshman class, there are 145 legacy students!

Te Alumni Association will offer special events for Legacy students and families. Visit www.winthrop.edu/alumni to learn more. Tank you for continuing the Winthrop legacy in your family!

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1964 The Solti Foundation U.S. has named its opera residency program after Elizabeth (Bettie) Bankhead Buccheri of Evanston, Illinois.

1973 Washington, D.C., resident Steven Dillingham is the nominee for director of the U.S. Census Bureau.

1974

Beth Collins Springer of Lexington published a novel, “My Life with Jesus and Butterflies.”

1977 Joy Ayers Couch of Spartanburg is the Spartanburg Day School athletic director.

1988 Castle Heights Middle School in Rock Hill named Cynthia Robinson as principal.

1991 Thoyd Warren is president and chief executive officer of the Babcock Center in Columbia.

1994 Jeff Deason of Rock Hill was named chief financial officer of York County Natural Gas Authority and chief financial officer for Patriots Energy Group.

1996

Sharone Harris is principal of Selwyn Elementary School in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Midlothian, Virginia, resident Trevor Lampman opened an Abrakadoodle art franchise in Henrico, Virginia.

1997 Experience Columbia named Charlene Slaughter of Saint Matthews its director of communications.

1998

Rusty Fleming of Cumming, Georgia, has been selected as a Fellow in the American College of Mortgage Attorneys.

Greer resident Detra German earned a doctorate in business administration from the University of Phoenix.

Rock Hill School District named John Kirell of Rock Hill the principal of Ebenezer Elementary School.

1999 Edgemoor resident Shannon Simpson is the administrative coordinator for the executive vice president of academic and student services at York Technical College.

2000 Cramerton, North Carolina, resident Julie Stortz Busha has been elected to the Specialty Food Association’s Board of Directors.

Ned (Tyson) Waterman of Newark, Delaware, was named Wichita State University’s assistant basketball coach.

2001 Indianapolis, Indiana, resident Paul Cook has been inducted into the inaugural Indiana University Kokomo Student Success Academy at the Indiana University Kokomo.

Jennifer Hinote of Clarksville, Tennessee, was named interim head of school for Clarksville Academy.

2003 Charleston native LeMetrios President-Street joined the Carolina One Reality Agency in Summerville.

2004 The S.C. Association of School Librarians named Ayanna Austin Mayes of Irmo the 2018-19 School Librarian of the Year.

Charleston resident Veronica Vereen is the director of annual giving at the Medical University of South Carolina.

2006 The N.C. School Counseling Association selected Ashley Powell Ligon of Concord, North Carolina, as an emerging leader for the 2018-19 Board of Directors.

2007 The University of Mary Washington presented Caitlin (Caitie) Cihak Finlayson of Fredericksburg, Virginia, with the UMW Alumni Association Outstanding Young Faculty Member Award.

Gabr’l Stackhouse is the principal for Kannapolis Charter Academy in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

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