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The Magazine of Tennessee Wesleyan College<br />
<strong>ARCHES</strong><br />
Volume 12 | No. 2 | <strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
ON THE COVER:<br />
<strong>TWC</strong>’s men’s baseball team celebrated a record-setting<br />
season this year when they won the championship game of<br />
the NAIA World Series with a 10-6 victory over Oklahoma’s<br />
Rogers State University. The Bulldogs finished the season<br />
53-12, earning their first NAIA title in their third straight<br />
World Series appearance. Continue reading on page 10.<br />
18ALUMNI:<br />
<strong>TWC</strong> Alumni Mark Lefler and Bob<br />
Ketchersid are enjoying a successful radio career with<br />
local radio station WYXI, working together to provide a<br />
valuable service to the Athens community.<br />
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4 INAUGURATION<br />
This past April Dr. Harley Knowles was officially inaugurated as<br />
<strong>TWC</strong>’s 21st president. Community members, visiting colleagues<br />
and <strong>TWC</strong> faculty, staff, students and alumni gathered together<br />
in Townsend Memorial Hall for the inauguration investiture to<br />
celebrate his past nine months of work at the college.<br />
15 WOMACK<br />
GEORGE R. JOHNSON<br />
Through May and June, any gift contributed to Tennessee<br />
Wesleyan College’s general scholarship fund was doubled<br />
thanks to a matching challenge grant the George R. Johnson<br />
Family Foundation generously contributed to the college,<br />
matching up to a total of $50,000 and doubling the charitable<br />
impact of donations to the general scholarship fund.<br />
Maj. Gen. Fred Womack and his wife Teresa donated<br />
a Tennessee Wesleyan scholarship for veterans and<br />
their dependents.<br />
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NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan is now offering its first online degree,<br />
an RN to BSN, as well its first graduate degree, a Master’s of<br />
Science in Curriculum Leadership.<br />
21 RETIREMENT<br />
With 57 years of dedicated service and leadership between<br />
them, recent Tennessee Wesleyan College retirees Sam<br />
Roberts and Joyce Baker have left behind a legacy at the<br />
college they each spent nearly 30 years teaching at.<br />
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Tennessee Wesleyan College adheres to the principles of equal education, employment<br />
opportunity and participation in collegiate activities without regard to race, color, religion,<br />
national origin, sex, age, marital or family status, disability or sexual orientation. This policy<br />
extends to all programs and activities supported by the college.<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College is a four-year, private liberal arts institution<br />
affiliated with the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church.<br />
FACULTY PERSPECTIVE<br />
Dr. Eric Love shares his thoughts on Tennessee Wesleyan’s<br />
theatre program and its talented student participants.<br />
PAMELA CLARK DONATION<br />
May 2013 one Sweetwater High School student will receive<br />
scholarship funding for Tennessee Wesleyan College thanks<br />
to the generous donation of Pamela Clark of State Farm<br />
Insurance Agency in Sweetwater, Tenn.<br />
Postmaster<br />
Send address changes to:<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College<br />
Office of Alumni Relations<br />
204 East College Street<br />
Athens, Tennessee 37303
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