It has been almost 25 years since I traveled with two other members of the magazine staff for a New York City themed issue in fall 1997. We featured three alumni working at Jumbo Pictures Inc. on the front cover along with cutouts of “Brand Spanking New Doug” and his best nonhuman friend, Porkchop. Three other stories of alumni making their mark in the Big
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By David Reed I still remember the day in June 2017 when I begrudgingly stepped foot on the campus of Harding University for Honors Symposium. In all honesty, I had no desire to spend two weeks of my life in Searcy, Arkansas, baking in the summer heat with 49 other people I did not know. What could Harding really offer that was better than the
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David Crouch | 1948-2022 From 1987 to 2016, David Crouch directed Public Relations, now known as University Communications and Marketing. As this magazine considered how to pay tribute to the humble man who served the University for 46 years, it seemed fitting to share thoughts from social media by some of those who knew him best. David Crouch was a connection point between Harding and
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Mike James | 1946-2021 By Lou Butterfield, retired professor of communication Proverbs 18:24 says, “There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” Mike was such a friend. I called him Mikey; he called me Loubie. There was a man who made everyone he met feel like a best friend. Mike was such a man. There was a man who was rarely seen without
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Edwina Gae Ransom Cox (’46), 96, of Little Rock, Arkansas, died Oct. 23, 2021. For 22 years, she taught eighth-grade English at Cloverdale Junior High. She was a member of Windsong Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Ray Cox Sr. She is survived by two children, Ray and Pamela Womack; a sister, Georgie Cathey; a granddaughter; and
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The year 2022 brings several new building projects to campus. The planned Holland-Waller Center will replace the Ganus Building, which was built in 1951 in honor of then Chairman of the Board C.L. Ganus Sr. At the time, it was a student center and bookstore, but it now houses the departments of history & political science and foreign languages & international studies. Both departments will
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Compiled by Katie Clement Dr. Mike Williams was announced as the sixth president of Harding University Oct. 27, 2021, and begins his presidency June 1. Williams earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University in 1985 and later returned to earn his Master of Business Administration. He earned his Doctor of Education from the University of Pennsylvania. He began serving on Harding’s admissions staff
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By Luke Humphrey Photography by Meleri York, Madison Meyer, Jaxon Nash and Mallory Gowen On Jan. 1, more than 100 Harding students and professors — seven groups spanning multiple programs, departments and colleges — arrived in New York City for the educational experience of a lifetime. Every year, students take this trip for class credit by completing assignments before, during and after. Over the course
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1968 Max Edrington retired from his optometric practice of 49 years. He and his wife, Diane, and their three sons have lived in Long Beach, Mississippi, since 1972 after his graduation from optometry school. 1974 Gail Welker Miller was named professor emeritus at York College. She retired after 36 years as an associate professor of biology. She is married to Lester Ray Miller II (’73).
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By Luke Humphrey A self-professed hometown girl — born and raised in Searcy — Dr. Alice-Anne Murray Light (’07) credits her roots at Harding for her ongoing love of performing. She is currently an assistant professor of voice at Texas Tech University, but her talents have taken her around the world. Her mezzo-soprano voice has been lauded within the competitive world of vocal performance, earning
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