CONTENTS


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Champions for Justice: Brenda Smith and Binny Miller


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Celebrating 125 Years of Transformative Education


Inside this issue


2 / FROM THE DEAN’S DESK 4 / NEWS 30 / FACULTY NEWS 39 / CHAMPION STORIES


44 / CLASS NOTES 47 / IN MEMORIAM 49 / ALUMNI CORNER


25 Years of the Marshall- Brennan Project


EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Keith Pierce, APR


MANAGING EDITOR Nicole Ward Beckley


CONTRIBUTORS Jack Frederick Erika Hastings Brice Helms David Jaffe ’93 Hasini Jayawardena Kelly McCarthy Liz Newton Keith Pierce Deborah Taylor Steve Wermiel ’82


DESIGN Verdesca Creative


PHOTOGRAPHY Amy Hart Brice Helms Keith Pierce Hilary Schwab


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