February 2007 - Austin College

AROUNDCAMPUSMcTEER WILL ADDRESS 2007 GRADUATESGraduation 2007 will include a full weekend of activities, May 11-13, highlighted by the Commencement exercises May 13 at 9 a.m.on the newly-completed Clyde L. Hall Graduation Court, north ofCaruth Administration Building. Three hundred twenty-threegraduates are expected to cross the stage, including 28 in the Masterof Arts in Teaching program. The Commencement address will begiven by Robert McTeer, former president of the Federal ReserveBank in Dallas.McTeer gained a reputation as an independent voice during his36-year career with the Federal Reserve System. Nowa Distinguished Fellow at the National Center forPolicy Analysis (NCPA), he served 14 years aspresident of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.Before joining the NCPA this year, McTeer waschancellor of the Texas A&M University System. Heis a frequent guest on CNBC and has written andspoken extensively.The baccalaureate service, May 12 at 7 p.m. inSid Richardson Center of the Robert T. MasonAthletic-Recreation Complex, will include a sermon by Rick Ufford-Chase, executive director of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship and areservist representing Christian Peacemaker Teams on theArizona/Mexico border. He has lived and worked on the U.S./Mexicoborder for 20 years, focusing his work on providing direct assistanceto migrants and undocumented persons in the borderlands, and onhelping North American people of faith to better understand thecomplex dynamics of border, immigration, and trade policy. Ufford-Chase served as the moderator of the General Assembly PresbyterianRobert McTeerCOURTESY PHOTOChurch (USA) from June 2004 through June 2006.The weekend events also will include activitiesfor the Class of 1957, celebrating its 50-yeargraduation anniversary. The alumni will receiveanniversary medallions during a dinner on campusFriday, May 11. Other Golden ’Roos, all alumni of50 or more years, are invited to join the 50-yeargraduates for the reunion weekend and welcomethem into the Golden ’Roo Society.Landscaping Projects Nearing CompletitionMajor campus landscaping continues with the construction of the this summer. The Williams Founders Plaza, with lights, fountains,Clyde L. Hall Graduation Court and the Sandra J. Williamsand brickwork, will create an entrance to campus from the north endFounders Plaza. The projects, underway on the north side of Caruth of Grand Avenue.Administration Building, were announced at a reception during the Former students have made gifts to honor Clyde Hall ’46,November 2006 Board of Trustees meeting.professor emeritus of business administration, and Todd Williams ’82The Clyde L. Hall Graduation Court will be dedicated during and his wife, Abby, made contributions to name the Founders Plazagraduation weekend, with the Sandra J. Williams Founders Plaza, in honor of his mother.constructed on the former site of Luckett Hall, to be completed laterPHOTOS BY VICKIE S. KIRBYClyde and Ginny Hall, left, share a boyhood photo of Clyde at Austin Collegewith friends Ginny and Steve Jones at the Clyde L. Hall Graduation Courtannouncement celebration in November.Sandra Williams and Oscar C. Page shared the podium at the announcement of theSandra J. Williams Founders Court during the November Board of Trustees meeting.6 FEBRUARY 2007