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The Morningsider Fall/Winter 2009

Cover of The Morningsider

The Morningsider is the official magazine for the alumni and friends of Morningside College and is published twice a year, usually in Nov./Dec. and May/June. It is distributed free-of-charge nationwide to more than 15,000 alumni and friends.

The deadline to submit class notes for the spring/summer issue is March 15. Click here to submit your class notes. To receive a copy of the magazine, please send your mailing address to the alumni office.

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On the cover: Ben Stein and Morningside students Eileen Sorenson (left), Josh Rensink and Erin Keitges have a little fun spoofing the famous classroom scene from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Stein visited Morningside College in October to present the 2009 Waitt Lecture. Photo by Doug Burg, Burg Studios.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FROM THE PRESIDENT

LETTERS FROM READERS

  • Praised The Morningsider.
  • Fell in love with the college.
  • Enjoyed the summer fine arts series.

ON CAMPUS

  • Nursing department receives national accreditation.
  • Spanish Club helps Guatemalan seniors.
  • Morningside named one of country's Great Colleges to Work For.
  • Morningside renews century-old ties to Chinese women's college.
  • The Princeton Review names Morningside to "Best in the Midwest" list.
  • Alpha Lambda Delta chapter is honored.
  • Morningside earns "Best College" and "Top Up-and-Coming School" rankings from U.S. News & World Report.
  • Literary magazine wins a Gold Medal.
  • Award-winning playwright visits Morningside.
  • College reports record total enrollment.
  • Board elects new members and officers.
  • Morningside hosts Character Counts in Iowa summit.
  • Ben Stein delivers 2009 Waitt Lecture.

REACTIONS TO BEN STEIN'S LECTURE

  • Anyone? Anyone?

MUSTANG MINUTES

  • Fall brings plenty of thrills for Mustangs.
  • M-Club Hall of Fame inductees.

M-CLUB MESSENGER

FACULTY AND STAFF NOTES

  • Faculty and staff news.
  • Announcing newcomers.

CLASS NOTES

  • Catching Up With
    • Carol (Pencook) Werner 1969
    • Dr. Gene Knudsen 1971
    • Dr. Debra (Anderson) Knudsen 1973
    • Dr. Cory Roberts 1990

Feature Articles

WRITING PAPERS THROUGH THE YEARS

  • Some things have changed.
  • Some things have remained the same.

 

MORNINGSIDE IS GOING GREEN

  • Building a foundation.
  • Making it last.

 

SNAP

  • Student life at Morningside College.

 

HOMECOMING/FAMILY WEEKEND 2009

  • Welcome home.

 

OUR MONTH IN CHINA

  • Dr. Greg Guelcher, associate professor of history and political science; his family; and three Morningside students spent a month teaching in China.
  • Here are excerpts from the Internet blog that Guelcher updated regularly while on the trip.
  • Read the full Internet blog.

 

SEEING THE WORLD

  • May Term 2009: Students travel with faculty to Ecuador, Israel, Mexico and Spain.

NIGERIA: THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME

  • Katie McGuire 2009 reflects on a medical mission trip to Nigeria.

 

ALUMNI PARENTS/STEPPARENTS

  • A list of new alumni parents/stepparents and their students.

 

BACK COVER: CHRISTMAS AT MORNINGSIDE

 

We hope you enjoy this issue!

 

   

 

 

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