2006 News Release Archive
News releases appear in reverse chronological order.
December 2006
- Centenary Names 323 Fall 2006 Dean's List Students from 154 Cities in 26 States and 9 Countries
- Schedule for Centenary Night on the Boardwalk
- 'Centenary Night on the Boardwalk' Set for Friday, Dec. 8 Offering Music, Activities, Discounts and More
November 2006
- Centenary's Hurley Orchestra to Celebrate Christmas with Dec. 4 Concert in Anderson Auditorium
- Public Invited to Centenary's Annual Christmas Candlelight Service Dec. 1 in Brown Chapel
- Centenary College's Meadows Museum of Art Family Folk Art Weekend is Nov. 25 and 26; Free and Open to Public
- Centenary Invites Community to Messiah Sing-Along Dec. 5 in Brown Chapel; Fundraiser to Assist Camerata Singers With Trip to Carnegie Hall
- Geological Group Honors Centenary Professor, Alumnus for Creative Thinking Toward New Ideas in Exploration
- 'Centenary Night on the Boardwalk' Set for Friday, Dec. 8 Offering Music, Activities, Discounts and More
- Centenary Wind Ensemble Concert is Nov. 16; One Feature Will Be Chemistry Prof Ticich on Accordion
- Centenary Alumnus Who Is Space Engineer for NASA Mission to Speak at On Campus Nov. 9
- Louisiana Collects Folk Art Exhibits Opening Nov. 12 at Centenary's Meadows Museum of Art; Upcoming Exhibits Feature Collections of Hennessees and Wallaces of Shreveport
- Centenary College Chamber Winds Public Concert Nov. 8 to Feature Schubert, Von Weber Pieces
- Centenary’s Education Department to Seek National Accreditation; Centenary Community Invited to Exhibition Nov. 11
- Centenary College's
Marjorie Lyons Playhouse to Present The Marriage of
Bette and Boo Nov. 9-12
October 2006
- Centenary College's Marjorie Lyons Playhouse to Present The Marriage of Bette and Boo Nov. 9-12
- Snapshots of Centenary
Students, Faculty, Alumni & Staff Supporting Blitz
Build 2006
Oct. 21, 2006, Allendale area, Shreveport, La. - Celebrated Concert Pianist Returns to Shreveport for Nov. 5 Solo Concert Hosted by Centenary College's Hurley School of Music
- Centenary Camerata Singers' Benefit Concert Oct. 26 to Raise Funds for Carnegie Hall Trip
- Centenary Attaway Scholar Lauren Winner to Give Public Talks on Religious Topics Nov. 2 & 3
- Centenary Students Host "Trick or Terror" Carnival for Shreveport-Bossier Families Oct. 22
- Centenary's Career Services Center and Kaplan Offer Free Practice Exams Saturday, Oct. 21
- Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Wins Centenary’s Corrington Award; Public Convocation is Oct. 24
- Devil Music Ensemble to Perform Its Original Score to Silent Film Classic Nosferatu at Public Event Oct. 20 at Centenary College
- ABC Family Channel to Air Movie Filmed in Part at Centenary on Oct. 22
- SCRABBLE ® Tournament Oct. 21 to Benefit Literacy Volunteers at Centenary College
- Centenary Baseball: Alumni Game Nov. 5, Benefit Golf Tourney Nov. 6
- 33-Year Centenary College Choir Director Will Andress to Retire at Academic Year's End
- Centenary to Study Athletics Program
- Centenary Hosts Oct. 7 'Experience Centenary' Open House for Prospective Students and Families
- Centenary College’s Career Services Center Sponsors Career Fair and Graduate/Professional School Expo Oct. 10 for Students, Alumni and Invitees
- Centenary College Choir Celebrates its 65th Anniversary at Rhapsody in View Concerts Oct. 28 and 29
- Centenary College History Professor Edits Historical Work, New Orleans and Urban Louisiana
- Centenary Alumni, Students to Work Together to Give Back to Community at Oct. 21 Event
- Centenary Athletic
Director Taylor Moore Resigns Effective Oct. 31; Coach
Glenn Evans to Serve as Interim AD
September 2006
- Judge Carl Stewart to Speak at Centenary's Constitution Day Event Sept. 28
- Centenary College Choir Celebrates its 65th Anniversary at Rhapsody in View Concerts Oct. 28 and 29
- Oct. 7 Public Seminar at Centenary to Address “The Craft and Business of Songwriting”
- Opening Oct. 2: 2006-07 Centenary College Hurley Orchestra Four-Concert Season Featuring Fourth Annual Faculty Soloists’ Series
- Centenary English Professor George Newtown Wins 1st Place Dallas Morning News Nonfiction Prize for Literary Excellence
- September Issue of Centenary e-Extra! Newsletter
- "The Gift of Melody" Cello Duets Concert to be Held at Centenary Sept. 24
- Centenary's Meadows Museum to Host Guest Lecturer and Throw Art Gala
- Centenary Camerata Invited to Sing at Carnegie Hall
August 2006
- Regents Complete Funding for Three $100,000 Endowed Chairs at Centenary in Memory of George D. Nelson Sr. and A.C. "Cheesy" Voran
- Memorial Service for Edwin Frost Whited is Set for Aug. 30 at Centenary College
- Snapshots from Orientation
Community Service Projects by First-Year Students at Centenary
College of Louisiana
Aug. 19, 2006, Shreveport, La. - Centenary’s Marjorie Lyons Playhouse Announces 2006-07 Season, Adopts Innovative Changes for Theatre
- Centenary’s Director of Counseling Elected to Vice-Chair of State Board of Social Work Examiners
- Centenary's Hurley School of Music Announces Concert Schedule for Fall 2006
- Princeton Review's Annual College Guide, The Best 361 Colleges, Features Centenary College of Louisiana in 2007 Edition
- New Centenary students to spend their first Saturday in town helping the community
- Snapshots from Orientation at Centenary College, August 17, 2006
- Hurley Orchestra Contest at Centenary College Invites High School Students Nationwide to Submit Original Compositions for Orchestra
- Former GOLF Magazine Managing Editor, Golf Consultant & Centenary Alumnus Lorin Anderson to Speak at President’s Convocation Tuesday at Centenary College
- U.S.News & World Report Once Again Selects Centenary Among Best and Best-value Master's Universities in the South
- Centenary Sweeps SB Magazine Theatrical Awards 2006
- Centenary's Wolkomir Earns Distinguished Book Award from American Sociological Association
- Centenary's Meadows Museum of Art to Open 3 Exhibitions on Aug. 20
- Regents to Complete Funding for 3 New Endowed Professorships at Centenary College
- Monday is Final Assisted Book Donation Day for September's 20th Anniversary Book Bazaar
July 2006
- Book from Centenary College's Heritage Language Series is Named an Official Book of 2007 by American Association of Teachers of French
- Dr. Samuel P. Peters Jr., Longtime Centenary Trustee, Benefactor, Dies at 87
- 20th Anniversary Book Bazaar Expected to Draw Thousands to Centenary Gold Dome Sept. 8-9
- Volunteers Will Be on Hand July 10 to Assist Book Donors for Upcoming Centenary Book Bazaar
June 2006
- Free Economics Workshop for Secondary Educators to be Offered at Centenary; Registration Deadline is July 14
- Shreveport and Santa Fe Philanthropist Edwin Frost Whited Dies at 86
- Centenary Leading Ladies Danceline Announces Tryouts via Video Submission June 26-30
- Vintage Playbill Collection Gives a Glimpse of Shreveport's Cultural Past; Reception June 14 to Celebrate Donations to Centenary, Symphony, Woman's Department Club and LSUS
- Photos from the Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, June 2006
- June Issue of Centenary e-Extra! newsletter
- Assisted Book Donation Day is June 12 for Centenary Book Bazaar
- Summer Band Concerts Set for June 13, 15, 20 & 27; Free and Open to Public
May 2006
- Summer Band Concerts Set for June 13, 15, 20 & 27; Free and Open to Public
- Professor Emerita of Mathematics Betty Speairs Marches in 59th Commencement at Centenary College of Louisiana
- Two Softball Players are Mid-Con All-Tournament Honorees
- Centenary College Names 309 Spring 2006 Dean's List Students from 148 Cities in 19 States and 8 Countries
- More Snapshots from Commencement 2006
- Softball Player Micah Rhodes Featured in Sports Illustrated
- 2006 Summer Camps, Conferences, Meetings & Tournaments at Centenary
- Scenes from Centenary's Commencement 2006
- Snapshots from Centenary
College Senior Party
Friday, May 5, 2006
SciPort Discovery Center - Snapshots from Centenary
College Senior Celebration Event
Thursday, May 4
University Club - Snapshots of Church Careers Endorsement Service
- Centenary Awards 203 Diplomas during 2006 Commencement May 6 in Gold Dome
- Centenary College of
Louisiana Class of 2006 Photo
May 4, 2006, Gold Dome - Xavier University and LRA Chairman Dr. Norman C. Francis to Speak May 6 at Centenary Commencement Exercises
April 2006
- Producers of Television Movie Remake, "The Initiation of Sarah" to Film on Centenary College Campus
- Centenary's Camerata, Chorale and Cantare Groups Combine to Give Concert April 25
- Photos from Kollege Kapers 2006
- Centenary Sociology Professor Authors New Book, Be Not Deceived
- Photos from the 'Swept Off our Feet to the Kennedy Center' Benefit Dance Performance
- Centenary College Partners with Lingnan University in Hong Kong; Forges Exchange Program for Students
- Celebration of the Life of Centenary Trustee Charles T. Beaird Set for 2 p.m. Saturday in Brown Chapel
- Centenary College Recognizes Outstanding Students During its 2005-06 Honors Convocation April 20
- 15th Annual Student Research Forum is Friday, April 21, at Centenary College
- MTV's Landon Lueck to Speak on Centenary Campus April 21
- Mayor Declares Sunday, April 23 as 'Centenary College Kennedy Center Dancers Day' in Shreveport
- Centenary College Announces Summer Band Concert Series June 13–27; Free and Open to Public
- Centenary's Attaway Fellows Explore Issues of Genocide and Intolerance April 17–21
- Chamber Winds to Present Concert April 19 at Centenary College
- 2005's First Assisted Drive-up Book Donation Day is April 11 for Centenary Book Bazaar
- Centenary College Choir to Present Festival Encore Concert April 23 at First Methodist Shreveport; Free and Open to Public
- Centenary Charters Black Fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha
- Centenary's Spanish Department Sponsors Cultural Program with Focus on Argentina April 7
- Centenary College's Hurley Orchestra to Present Concert April 10 Featuring High School Composition Contest Winner from Michigan
- Cantare and Chorale Concert April 4 Moved to Centenary College's Brown Chapel
- Disciplines of Science, Music and History Fuse for April 4 Convocation on Stradivarius Violins at Centenary
March 2006
- New Book in Heritage Language Press Series Completed by Centenary Senior
- Cantare and Chorale Concert April 4 Moved to Centenary College's Brown Chapel
- Centenary's Marjorie Lyons Playouse Presents 'Boy Gets Girl' Beginning March 30
- Princeton Review Includes Centenary College in its America's Best Value Colleges: 2007
- Disciplines of Science, Music and History Fuse for April 4 Convocation on Stradivarius Violins at Centenary
- Snapshots of Gender Studies Conference
- Centenary College to Dedicate New Entrance to W. Peyton Shehee, Jr. Baseball Stadium on March 25
- Centenary Kappa Alphas Earn National, Province Awards for Scholastic Performance, Chapter Improvement
- Centenary College Religious Studies Department to Hold Religions of the World Fair April 6
- Centenary College Dancers Selected for College Dance Programs' Highest Honor —Performance at the Kennedy Center
- Author of Capitalism's Achilles Heel to Speak, Kick Off Pate Scholarship March 27
- Centenary's Camerata Singers to Offer Sampling of Sacred Music over the Centuries at Concert March 26
- Centenary to Host Louisiana Film Festival for K–12 Students March 31 & April 1; Award-winning Filmmaker to Lead Workshop
- Centenary e-Extra! newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 3
- Centenary Health Services Fair Planned for March 23 in SUB
- Revived Kollege Kapers to Feature Live Jazz Music and Dance April 21 & 22 at Centenary
- Photographs from Centenary Hurricane Relief trip to South Louisiana
- Centenary Students, Staff Give Up Mardi Gras Break to Help with Hurricane Relief
- Creator of 'Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes' Discrimination Experiment, Jane Elliott, to Present Public Lecture March 13 at Centenary College
- Centenary to Host ACS Women's & Gender Studies Conference March 24 & 25
- The Forum to Consider 'Marriage in the 21st Century' at Public Events March 14 & 21 at Centenary College
February 2006
- Two Centenary Publications Earn Awards at Annual Shreveport-Bossier Advertising Federation Competition
- "KatrinaRita Gras" -- Centenary's Artist-in-Residence William Joyce Illustrates, Writes about This Year's New Orleans, Mardi Gras, Tears
- Centenary's Diya Surie Earns Southern Sociological Society's 'Best Undergraduate Paper' Award
- Centenary Biology Major Josh Broussard Earns Texas Award for Best Undergraduate Research Presentation
- Violist Gabriel, Pianist DeRousse to Present Public Recital March 6 at Centenary College
- Student-led Forum on Stereotypes and Race Relations to be Held Feb. 15 at Centenary
- Centenary Student Contributes to New Book in Heritage Language Press Series
- Businessman Ron Fry to Discuss Internships in Corporate America Feb. 14
- Centenary Prepares for Highland Mardi Gras Parade Feb. 26
- Hurley Orchestra's Feb. 13 Concert to Offer Potpourri of Musical Selections
- Centenary College Selects Ciocchetti for Outstanding Teaching Award; Nicoletti, Roberts Receive Research and Excellence Awards
- Meadows Museum Hosts the Northwest Louisiana Artists’ Triennial Competition
- Snapshots of Gents Homecoming Basketball Game
- Snapshots of Centenary's Homecoming Parade
- Snapshots of President-Student Swap Day
- Snapshots of Student vs. Faculty/Staff Kickball Tournament
- Science Writer Mark Fischetti Returns to Centenary as Attaway Fellow
January 2006
- President-Student
Swap Day is Feb. 1 at Centenary College
Will "President" Surie Cave to Demands? Will "Student" Schwab Cut Class, Get Ticketed? - Centenary's Marjorie Lyons Playhouse Presents The Tailor of East Kings Highway Feb. 9-12, 16-18
- Contemporary Landscapes and 3-D Art on Display at Centenary's Turner Art Center
- Centenary Film Society Opens Spring Season
- Centenary College Sets Jan. 28 'Experience Centenary' Open House
- Centenary Professors Gruettner and Bareikis Publish Bilingual Book
- Centenary's KSCL 91.3 FM Third Annual Battle of the Bands to Be Held Feb. 3
- SNL's Mr. Bill Creator Visits Centenary for Film Screening, Convocation Jan. 18 & 19
- Snapshots from MLK Convocation Jan. 16
- Centenary's MLK Day Convocation Set for Jan. 16
- Meg Harders: Landscapes and American Standard: Works by Contemporary North Carolina Artists Open at the Meadows Museum of Art Jan. 22
- Centenary to Award its Highest Alumni Honor to Hal Sutton, Recognize Rosemary Seidler, Brad McPherson, and Gene and Charlotte Bryson at Feb. 2 Banquet
- Homecoming at Centenary Begins with Tribute to 40th Anniversary of A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature on Feb. 2
- Centenary to Host ACS Women's and Gender Studies Conference; Submissions Deadline Jan. 20
- Centenary's Schwab Among Select Group to Hear President Bush Speak Thursday (Jan. 5) on Issues Related to International Education, Foreign Languages Training
- Centenary's Hurley School of Music Announces Concert Schedule for Spring 2006