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campus news<br />
Guild President Anne Roper, Debbie Taylor Williams<br />
and President Sloan<br />
During the annual Christmas<br />
Luncheon featuring Debbie Taylor<br />
Williams on Dec. 2, 2011, Guild<br />
President Anne Roper presented<br />
HBU President Robert Sloan with<br />
a check for $25,000 to increase the<br />
endowment for The Guild Institute<br />
in Christian Family Studies. The<br />
Guild Institute, which sponsors<br />
projects that support the Christian<br />
understanding regarding the<br />
traditional family, hosted Gary<br />
Thomas, the best-selling author and<br />
writer-in-residence at <strong>Houston</strong>’s<br />
Second <strong>Baptist</strong> Church, on campus<br />
in October 2011 for a Convocation<br />
presentation on marriage and an<br />
evening lecture inspired by his latest<br />
book, Pure Pleasure.<br />
Since it was established in 1974,<br />
The Guild – a group of civic-minded,<br />
dedicated Christian women of many<br />
denominations working to fulfill a<br />
unique role in the future growth and<br />
development of HBU – has made gifts<br />
totaling more than $1.4 million to<br />
help fund projects – such as the Guild<br />
Institute and graduate scholarships<br />
in education and theology – that are<br />
central to the <strong>University</strong>’s mission.<br />
AMERICAN MUSEUM<br />
SOCIETY<br />
The American Museum Society (AMS) continues its support<br />
of HBU’s Museum of American Architecture and Decorative<br />
Arts through a series of events and activities to promote the<br />
museum to the community. Along with monthly meetings<br />
featuring historical presentations relevant to the museum’s<br />
offerings, the AMS held its annual Museum Day Luncheon in<br />
February <strong>2012</strong> featuring Rachel Norris, a fifth-generation Texan<br />
and potter who shared her inspiring story while spinning the<br />
potter’s wheel. In addition, the AMS will be “Going South with<br />
Sylvia,” on a spring trip to historic Galveston led by historian<br />
and guide Sylvia Thompson. This year, the AMS is also undertaking<br />
two projects to benefit the <strong>University</strong>, the production of<br />
a second mannekin for the museum and the publication of a<br />
museum guide book.<br />
Museum Day Luncheon Chair Pat Goettsche, Rachel Norris,<br />
President Sloan and AMS President Marsha Eckermann '68<br />
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HBU News | <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
hbu.edu/Guild
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