Centenary College Alumni Association

Homecoming week is here! Click through to view the schedule of events for alumni. We hope to see you this week!

Centenary’s Camerata ushers in the College’s Homecoming week with its annual fall concert on Monday, October 30, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. Featuring Corgliano’s Fern Hill and J.S. Bach’s Cantata No. 140, “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme,” accompanied by a chamber orchestra, the evening program in Anderson Auditorium at Centenary’s Hurley School of Music is free and open to the public.

Centenary College Camerata explores classic and modern chamber music in October 30 concert Centenary’s Camerata ushers in the College’s Homecoming week with its annual fall concert on Monday, October 30, 2023, at 7:30 p.m.

Join us for Homecoming 2023! View the schedule and register for the Alumni Awards banquet, Forward 5 luncheon, or the Quinq Club Brunch at the link below!

View schedule and register here: centenary.edu/homecoming

Pictured below are photos from these three events last year!

Join the Centenary College community for the annual Boo at the Bandshell!

October 26, 2023
4:30-7:00 PM

Parking is available behind the Meadows Museum, across from Admission, or by Hardin Hall.

• Trunk-or-treating hosted by Faculty, Staff, and Students
• Monster Mash Karaoke in the Shell hosted by CAB
• Petrifying Painting by Health Services
• Bounce house
• Beignets by Boz
• and more!

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Less than two weeks to get your pair of limited-edition Centenary socks!

Make a gift of $50 or more by October 31st and receive your pair of socks. Go to https://www.centenary.edu/giving/give-now/ to grab your pair today!

Centenary is continuing a partnership launched in 2021 with the Career Leadership Collective, a higher education solutions group, to conduct a national online survey to collect career pathway data from alumni. The College’s third cycle of the National Alumni Career Mobility Survey (NACM) will be open from October 19, 2023, through December 15, 2023, seeking career satisfaction and insights from college and university alumni who completed their degree in calendar years 2013 and 2018.

The data collected by this survey will be used to help Centenary better understand graduates’ professional pathways and prepare future alumni for continued and improved career success.

Centenary continues national career mobility survey for alumni Centenary is continuing a partnership launched in 2021 with the Career Leadership Collective, a higher education solutions group, to conduct a national online survey to collect career pathway data from alumni.

The start time for the Centenary football game tonight, October 18 at Mayo Field against the TWA College BattleCats has been pushed back to an estimated kickoff time of 7:45 p.m.

The original start time was 6 p.m. but travel delays for TWA necessitated a later start time.

Start Time for Wednesday Football Game Pushed Back: https://ow.ly/3xLp50PYm5y

Join us TONIGHT on campus for the last home game of the season!

Be sure to come out to Mayo tomorrow night for Centenary Football's last home game of the season!

Update your information with the alumni office to ensure you get invited to events in your area like our upcoming alumni holiday receptions!

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Join us for Homecoming 2023, October 30-November 5! For a full schedule of events, visit centenary.edu/homecoming 👑

Join us for the 2023 Corrington Award presented to Aimee Nezhukumatathil!

Monday, October 23
Anderson Auditorium • 6:30pm - 8:00pm

The Centenary College Choir presents its annual “Rhapsody in View” performance on Saturday, November 4, at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, November 5, at 3:00 p.m., at First Baptist Church in Shreveport. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Rhapsody concert.

Centenary College Choir’s annual “Rhapsody in View” is November 4 and 5 The Centenary College Choir presents its annual “Rhapsody in View” performance on Saturday, November 4, at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, November 5, at 3:00 p.m.

Dr. James Eakin '00, associate professor of music composition and theory at Centenary’s Hurley School of Music, has composed a new piece inspired by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which launched on December 25, 2021. Eakin composed both the music and the lyrics for the piece, “Calling from Afar,” which has been recorded by the Tallgrass Chamber Choir based in Kansas.

Read more below

Centenary music professor releases new NASA-inspired work Dr. James Eakin has composed a new piece inspired by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Join us for Homecoming 2023! Register for the Alumni Awards banquet, Forward 5 luncheon, or the Quinq Club Brunch here!

centenary.edu/homecoming

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Shreveport-Bossier alumni gathering last Thursday!

Make sure to check out our event schedule at centenary.edu/alumni!

Centenary football will be playing in Houston!

Centenary College Gents vs North American University Stallions
Monday, October 9, 7:00 pm
Stafford Municipal School District Stadium

The second annual Forward 5 luncheon will take place on Friday, November 3, at 11:00 a.m. in the Whited Room. This award recognizes five young alumni, across a variety of fields, for having made a significant impact in business, research, leadership, public service and/or philanthropic endeavors. The Forward 5 recipients include:

Dr. Rebecca Murphy ‘06
Dr. Kathrine Weeks ‘06
Josh Johnson ‘12
Kirk Reedstrom ‘16
Dr. Tierra Range ‘16

Read more here: https://www.centenary.edu/news-media/story/centenary-announces-alumni-awards-homecoming-plans/

The 2023 Alumni Awards Dinner will be held on Thursday, November 2, at 6:00 p.m. in the Whited Room in Bynum Commons. The Awards Dinner honors alumni who have brought distinction to the College, and this year’s awards include:

Alumni Hall of Fame – Herb Lang ‘98
Alumni Loyalty Award – David Henington ‘82
Young Alumni Leadership Award – Matthew Wallace ‘10
Honorary Alumna – Mary Sue Rix
Bentley Sloane/CLC Award – Adam Philley ‘09

Centenary announces alumni awards; Homecoming plans Centenary College will welcome alumni to campus for a week of Homecoming events beginning Monday, October 30.

Essayist and poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil will receive the 2023 John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence, presented annually by the Centenary College English Department, in a ceremony on October 23. The 2023 Corrington Award celebration begins at 6:30 p.m. in Anderson Auditorium at Centenary’s Hurley School of Music. Nezhukumatathil will give a reading during the event, which is free and open to the public. A live stream of the Corrington Award ceremony will also be available on Centenary’s page at facebook.com/CentenaryCollegeLa.

Annual Corrington Award for Literary Excellence to be presented at Centenary October 23 Essayist and poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil will receive the 2023 John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence in a ceremony on October 23.

Join us for the Fall 2023 Muses Study Series this October! The series, led by Dr. Jeff Hendricks '75, will focus on the short stories of Ernest Hemingway.

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) is considered one of America's greatest writers. His short fiction and novels, through their direct and natural style, and their international locales, have been extremely influential since Hemingway first started publishing as part of "The Lost Generation" in Paris in the early 1920s. In the 1930s he moved to Key West and wrote about the Spanish Civil War. In the 1940s he reported on World War II. Winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature, Hemingway has come to embody the writer as self-conscious adventurer who clearly and objectively observes the world around him.

Register here:

Fall 2023 Muses Study Series Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) is considered one of America's greatest writers. His short fiction and novels, through their direct and natural style, and their international locales, have been extremely influential since Hemingway first started publishing as part of "The Lost Generation" in Paris in t...

Save the date for Homecoming 2023 - October 30 - November 5, 2023! For questions or to plan a reunion, email [email protected].

Register for Homecoming events and view the schedule here:

Alumna, Kaity Mussio '18, stopped by campus today to promote the new Ringling Bros. circus which will premiere in Bossier City this Friday. Kaity, who was a gymnast while at Centenary, is an aerialist in the show. She has previously worked in Las Vegas and Dubai as a performer.

To find a show near you visit https://www.ringling.com

Thanks for following along with us during TAG (Thank a Giver) week!

The last 10 locations featured are:
🌿 The Ed Leuck Arboretum
📍 “Grace” statue
🔬 Mickle Hall
🖼️ Meadows Museum of Art
🎭 Marjorie Lyons Playhouse
🎼 Hurley Drive
📍 La Fuerza sculpture
🍽️ Bynum Commons
🎸 Hargrove Shell
⚽️ Mayo Field

This past Saturday, Kaleb Behm ‘18 and Peyton Miller ‘19 were married in Brown Chapel on campus. Pictured below are the Centenary alumni who attended the wedding!

The next 10 TAG (Thank a Giver) week locations are:

🌳 Memorial Row (trees by Jones-Rice)
📖 Magale Memorial Library
🕰️ Riggs Memorial Plaza (2009 time capsule)
🎶 Anderson Choral Building
🪦 Bagels Headstone
🎟️ Sam Peters Building
🏀 Gold Dome
🎼 Hurley School of Music
🌿 Ratcliff Gazebo
🏈 Field House

This week is TAG (Thank a Giver) week on campus! Throughout the week we’ll be highlighting 30 locations around campus that were the result of donor gifts.

Todays locations are:
🎨 Sydney R. Turner Art Center
🏋🏽‍♀️ Centenary Fitness Center
👩‍💻 Hamilton Hall
⚾️ Shehee Stadium
📚 Learning Commons
🛌 Rotary Hall
📍George Tobolownsky Sculpture
🏓 Randle T. Moore Student Union Building
⛪️ Brown Chapel
⛲️ David Howard Crumley Gardens

Registration for the Alumni Awards Banquet, Forward 5 Luncheon, and Quniq Club Brunch is now open! Register at centenary.edu/homecoming

Save the date for this year's Centenary theatre shows!

Centenary Theatre Program announces 2023-2024 season at Marjorie Lyons Playhouse Drama and classic Shakespeare will headline the Centenary Theatre Program’s 2023-2024 season.

Make a gift of $50 or more to the College by October 31st & receive a pair of limited-edition Centenary socks!!

Designed by current student, Visar Rraci ‘23.

Give here! centenary.edu/giving

Dr. Matthew Blasi’s debut novel, Sweet Muffin Ranch, is set for release on September 26. Blasi, assistant professor of English at Centenary, will give a reading from the novel during a book launch event at Centenary’s Magale Library on Friday, September 29, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The reading is free and open to the public, with a reception to follow.

Centenary College English professor publishes novel, plans public reading Dr. Matthew Blasi’s debut novel, "Sweet Muffin Ranch," is set for release on September 26.

Join us for the Fall 2023 Muses Study Series! The series, led by Dr. Jeff Hendricks '75, will focus on the short stories of Ernest Hemingway.

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) is considered one of America's greatest writers. His short fiction and novels, through their direct and natural style, and their international locales, have been extremely influential since Hemingway first started publishing as part of "The Lost Generation" in Paris in the early 1920s. In the 1930s he moved to Key West and wrote about the Spanish Civil War. In the 1940s he reported on World War II. Winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature, Hemingway has come to embody the writer as self-conscious adventurer who clearly and objectively observes the world around him.

Register here:

Fall 2023 Muses Study Series Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) is considered one of America's greatest writers. His short fiction and novels, through their direct and natural style, and their international locales, have been extremely influential since Hemingway first started publishing as part of "The Lost Generation" in Paris in t...

Centenary College recently closed a successful fiscal year in which donations to the College topped $6 million, including over $2.2 million in operational gifts and over $3.4 million in gifts dedicated to capital projects.

Centenary raises over 6 million in 2022-2023 to support students, capital needs Centenary College recently closed a successful fiscal year in which donations to the College topped $6 million.

Football vs Community Christian College this Saturday at 6 pm!

The game will be held at Evangel Christian Academy, see the comments for the address.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids & free for Centenary students.

Laura Barrow '07 released her new novel, Call the Canaries Home, in July. Get the book on Amazon here!

Call the Canaries Home: A Novel Call the Canaries Home: A Novel

The 36th Annual Centenary Book Bazaar is this Friday & Saturday in the Fitness Center - come join us for some great deals!

The Book Bazaar is presented by the Centenary Muses.