Campus News Manwarren Takes Top Honor from

State Music Association Matthew Manwarren, pianist and professor of music, was named the 2018 Teacher of the Year by the S.C. Music Teachers’ Association (SCMTA). Te SCMTA Teacher of the Year Award is presented annually to a member of SCMTA in recognition of sustained excellence and achievement in teaching, professional development, and service to colleagues and to the organization and profession. Award recipients also promote music education throughout the state.

Manwarren is in his 13th year as professor of music at Winthrop. He also serves as visiting artist professor of piano at the University of South Carolina.

Author Publishes Book on Olympian Ludy Godbold ‘22

Author Jean L.S. Patrick knew she had to tell the story of Lucile “Ludy” Godbold ’22 when she came across Godbold’s picture while researching the 1922 Women’s Olympics.

Patrick’s book, “Long-Armed Ludy and the First Women’s Olympics,” tells the story of Godbold, a Winthrop physical education graduate who made history when she won a total of six medals at the Women’s Olympics in Paris. Godbold didn’t have the money to travel to the Olympics, but her fellow students and teachers pulled funds together to send her.

Te book touches on this generous act and features Godbold’s strong connection to Winthrop.

Since its publication, “Long-Armed Ludy” was chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection. Patrick attended the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., and is frequently invited into schools to talk about Godbold’s story.

Vitner Details Economic Trends and Predictions

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Winthrop’s College of Business Administration hosted the annual Economic Forecast Breakfast featuring Senior Economist Mark Vitner. Vitner, managing director for Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, provided his yearly analysis and predictions on global, national, regional and local trends impacting the economy.

Winthrop’s Laura Ullrich, professor of economics and associate dean for undergraduate programs, also offered insight on York County’s growth.

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Pictured from left: P.N. Saksena, dean of the College of Business Administration; Lain Reavis, market president, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; Ullrich; Vitner; and Dan Mahony, president of Winthrop.

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Once-in-a-Lifetime Trip Lets Students Study Subarctic Canada

An all-female team of students traveled in August to Canada to view two disappearing species: the polar bear and the beluga whale.

Associate Professor Scott Werts led the group to what is known as the polar bear and beluga whale capital of the world as part of his Subarctic Landscape class. Tey met in the spring for lectures, then traveled to Churchill, Canada, at the height of the whale migration season.

During their stay, the students studied three distinctive subarctic environments, walked on some of the oldest rocks on the planet, explored previously glaciated terrain, dipped their feet into the Hudson Bay, watched the Northern Lights at night, spent a morning kayaking with beluga whales and observed polar bears from a distance.

Te group also compared the amount of carbon taken up in trees per year locally in the Southeast versus what happens in the subarctic.

Welcome, Class of 2022!

The freshman class gathered on the Coliseum lawn following the Aug. 20 Rock the Hill event to be part of the “WU” class photo. Fun fact: the class’ collective grade point average is 3.96!