Celebrating Emerging Writers - Methodist University
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Office of <strong>University</strong> Relations<br />
5400 Ramsey Street • , North Carolina 28311-1498<br />
(800) 488-7110 • (910) 630-7114 • FAX (910) 630-7253<br />
www.methodist.edu<br />
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />
January 31, 2011<br />
MARIA SIKORYAK-ROBINS<br />
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLICATIONS<br />
METHODIST UNIVERSITY LOYALTY DAY SET FOR FEBRUARY 8, 2011<br />
New Loyalty Day Event: Benefit Concert Friday, February 4 Features the Embers<br />
FAYETTEVILLE, NC—This year’s <strong>Methodist</strong> <strong>University</strong> Loyalty Day campaign<br />
has a new element added to the traditional canvassing of area businesses by 100 community<br />
volunteers to seek support for scholarships—a benefit concert will feature North Carolina’s<br />
official musical ambassadors, The Embers, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011.<br />
The concert will be held in Reeves Auditorium on the <strong>Methodist</strong> <strong>University</strong> campus,<br />
with beach music DJ King Curtiss kicking off the evening at 6:00 p.m. All proceeds from the<br />
concert will benefit the 2011 Loyalty Day scholarship campaign.<br />
An increasing percentage (over 90 percent) of <strong>Methodist</strong>’s 2,400 students receive<br />
financial assistance, and scholarship funding for deserving students is a critical need. Dr. Eric<br />
Mansfield, honorary chair of this year’s Loyalty Day campaign, knows how important<br />
scholarships are, because they enabled him to achieve his dream of becoming a physician.<br />
“I know that education is the key to advancing our community and opening<br />
opportunities for future growth and prosperity,” said Dr. Mansfield. “Donations to Loyalty<br />
Day will make a difference by empowering the next generation with the education they need<br />
to lead productive and rewarding lives.”<br />
This year’s Foundation Board members are: Barb Lahiff, president; Stephen<br />
Driggers ’76, vice president; Sharon Moyer, treasurer; George Matthews, immediate past<br />
president; Lauren Cook Wike, secretary; Richard Alligood; Germaine Bowles; Bill Bowman;<br />
Joy Kirkpatrick Crowe ’93; Kensley Edge; Louis Feraca; J. Duane Gilliam; Linda Goff;<br />
Marilyn Holstein; T. J. Jenkins; Kristin McCarthy; Ramona Moore; Sharon Moyer; Dr.<br />
Bryant Murphy; Gayle Nelson; Frank Scott; Sharon Valentine; Chris Villa; and Guyla<br />
Wilkinson ’92.
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