Friday, October 24, 1997
Musical highlights homecoming activities
The musical "How To Succeed in Business Without Really
Trying" is one of the many highlights of homecoming this
weekend at Abilene Christian University.
The musical will be presented at 8 tonight and Saturday, and
at 2 p.m. Sunday. All performances are at the Abilene Civic Center.
The Sunday matinee has the most tickets still available at the
door.
Other highlights today include a chapel service at 11 a.m.
in Moody Coliseum where the Homecoming Queen nominees will be
introduced and the Friends of ACU Library reception at 3:30 p.m.
in the library atrium. Bob and Shirley Hunter of Abilene will
be honored as Library Friends of the Year.
A 10-year reunion reception will be held at 6 p.m. in the Mabee
Business Building atrium. A 20-year reunion will be held from
7 to 9 p.m. in the Hilton Room. The 11th annual Chemistry Circus
will be held at 7 p.m. in Walling Lecture Hall.
A homecoming parade at 9:30 a.m. around the campus will get
Saturday's events under way. At 10:30 a.m., the Industrial Technology
Department will host an open house in the industrial technology
building north of Moody Coliseum.
The Open House will have a Make a Difference Day twist featuring
renewable energy and high-tech, hands-on learning.
A chapel service begins at 10:45 a.m. and the Young Alumnus
of the Year will be introduced.
A football game with Tarleton State Unviversity begins at 2
p.m. at Shotwell Stadium. The Homecoming Queen will be crowned
at halftime. An Aggie Club barbecue begins at 4:30 p.m. at Hillcrest
Church of Christ. Agriculture alumni awards and scholarships will
be announced.
Class reunion dinners begin at 5:30 p.m. An alumni baseball
game begin at 7 p.m. at Scott Field and the musical starts at
8.
The 2 p.m. musical on Sunday concludes homecoming activities.
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A U.S. Department of State museum specialist who created his
own dream job will be honored as Abilene Christian University's
Young Alumnus of the Year during homecoming activities Saturday.
On Thursday, five alumni of the ACU Department of Journalism
and Mass Communication were honored at a banquet.
Honorees are:
Young Alumnus of the Year -- Cohn Drennan, 1980
Journalism graduates -- Brent D. Magers of Cleburne, 1980;
Cecilia H. Morgan of Dallas, 1974; Robert L. Nutt of Abilene,
1980; Susan Tunnell Rovegno of Phoenix, 1975; and Mark L. Shifflet
of Cranbury, N.J., 1983.
Drennan, who earned a bachelor's degree in industrial design
at ACU, will receive his award during homecoming chapel, starting
at 10:45 a.m. Saturday in Moody Coliseum. A reception in his honor
will begin at 11:45 a.m. in the Hall of Servants in the Biblical
Studies Building.
Drennan has worked as the acting director/museum specialist
for the Department of State's Art in Embassies Program in Washington.,
D.C, since 1989. His duties include supervising the management
of an $85 million collection of works of art on loan to U.S. embassies
and missions all over the world.
Drennan said the job is "pretty specific and there aren't
really any others like it," which is the reason he has had
to write the job description as he has gone along.
The journalism honorees include Magers, who is administrator
and chief executive officer of Walls Regional Hospital in Cleburne;
Morgan, a member of JAMS/ENDISPUTE's national panel of employment
dispute resolutions; Nutt, vice president and creative director
of Zachry Associates; Rovegno, regional marketing manager for
USA Today; and Mark L. Shifflet, senior research associate at
the Journalism Research Institute of Rutgers University.
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