Greetings from Bryan College.

     Even though the spring semester is only a month old, it has been an exciting time. The college family stepped out into the surrounding community for our third annual Martin Luther King Community Service Day in January, touching hundreds of lives through various acts of service.

     Our lives have been touched by chapel speakers who have addressed topics ranging from dealing with pain to the need for Christian university professors in state universities throughout the world.

     Beyond our dreams and plans for additions and improvement to our physical facilities, we have just had a wonderful Presidential Scholars competition, getting an introduction to some of the outstanding students who will join us next fall. Shortly, we will have Dean’s Scholar candidates on campus. Truly God is blessing as we seek to “educate students to become servants of Christ to make a difference in today’s world.”

     Thank you for your interest in Bryan College. We hope to see you on campus soon!

 

 

Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. - Music Department Concert Series presents the
Jericho Brass in concert.

Feb. 15 - FAFSA Priority Deadline. Students who meet the FAFSA filing priority deadline will be given maximum consideration for aid.

Day of Prayer. Classes will be cancelled for a special prayer service and group prayer meetings throughout the day.

Feb. 16, 6 p.m. - Valentine's Banquet, with a theme “For the Love of Chocolate.”

Feb. 17 - Senior night. Between the women’s (5:30 p.m.) and men’s (7:30 p.m.) basketball games with King, the teams will honor their seniors.

Feb. 22 -23 - Dean's Scholarship Competition, by invitation only for incoming freshmen who have met specific academic criteria.

MARCH

March 2 - Spring break begins after the last class.

February 9, 2007

     College got a little closer for about 80 high school seniors February 2 and 3 as they and their families gathered at Bryan for the Presidential Scholarship competition weekend.

     Admissions Director Michael Sapienza said response to the weekend was “extremely positive,” as the guests were treated to a dinner, musical program and a coffee house social on Friday before their interviews on Saturday.

     One new event was a “meet the president” session Saturday morning. For several hours Dr. Stephen D. Livesay hosted a drop-in reception in the board room to meet scholarship candidates and their families.

     This year, qualifications for the Presidential Scholarship were raised to require a score of at least 28 on the ACT, and the scholarship award was increased as well. Each of the students attending the competition was declared a Presidential Scholar, and each selection committee selected one recipient to be named a Presidential Merit Scholar.

     Mr. Sapienza said along with the change in Presidential Scholarships, the college has revamped the Dean’s Scholarship, with that interview process scheduled for Feb. 22 and 23.

     Bryan College’s Music Department will present Chattanooga’s Jericho Brass, a British-style brass band, in concert tonight.

     Since forming in the spring of 1998, Jericho Brass has performed programs throughout the South, and has toured England, Wales and Scotland. In April 2004, the band won first place in its division at the North American Brass Band Association competition in Charleston, W. Va.

     The band’s repertoire includes selections from Salvation Army music, transcriptions of orchestral pieces, music written for Civil War brass bands and pieces by members of the ensemble.

     Dan Hanson, publicity chairman for the band, said the Bryan concert will include marches, overtures, novelty selections and hymns under the direction of music director Daniel Bowles and associate conductor Frank Hale.

     The concert will be presented in Rudd Auditorium beginning at 7:30 p.m. There is no admission charge.

     Bryan’s PolyClinic opened Jan. 16, and both the doctor in charge and his patients are pleased.

     “It’s going really well,” Dr. David Jenkinson said this week. “We’re seeing 45 to 55 patients per week, and that’s gratifying. I was a little surprised by how many faculty and staff showed up.”

     He said he and his staff has seen “a lot of coughs and colds” and, recently, patients with stomach symptoms.

     A visit to the clinic’s waiting room may find students with “what’s going around,” athletes like Kurt Hays who was having his injured ankle checked, or even residents from the Dayton community who have discovered the service. “Community response is good,” the doctor said.

     Student Haley Kaye said she visited the clinic earlier this semester instead of going off-campus to have a sinus infection treated. “Dr. Jenkinson was very pleasant and I felt at home in the office,” she said. “I think of them as my angels since they helped me recover from feeling so miserable—and what could be better than being right here on campus too?”

     Bryan College will celebrate Heritage Week by formally naming its newest residence hall in memory of the first chairman of the board of trustees and by recreating a Chautauqua program.

     On March 19, William Jennings Bryan’s birthday, the college will dedicate what has been called North Hall to the memory of F.E. Robinson who helped organize the group that raised money to start Bryan College, served as chairman of the board of trustees and was a generous benefactor of the college.

     Mr. Robinson’s descendants will be invited to take part in the program, which will include an overview of his service to the college and community, and unveiling of a plaque beside the front door of the building.

     Two days later students will reenact a Chautauqua meeting, recognizing Mr. Bryan was a fixture on the Chautauqua circuit for 25 years. Plans call for the college’s Chautauqua event to feature songs, recitations from Bryan’s orations and poems written about The Great Commoner.

     We’re excited to announce that The Booksmith Group will publish an illustrated coffee table book about Bryan College. This stunning, limited-edition book will detail the stories, spaces, traditions and faces that have made Bryan a cherished institution of education.

     Not only will this book provide a way for our alumni to share the spirit and history of Bryan College with friends and family—every book purchase will help support scholarships and other programs that benefit the future of our school.

     We are asking you to give us information about your experience at Bryan College. We need detailed, first-hand stories (preferably 300 words or less) to help us along in this process. Do you have an interesting story or amusing anecdote to share about your time at Bryan? Well, we want to hear it! Please email it to alumni@bryan.edu or write History Book, c/o Bryan College, P.O. Box 7000, Dayton, TN 37321. If you have questions, please call Tom Davis, director of public information, at 423-775-7206. You never know; your words may make their way into the colorful pages of the book!