On Sunday, May 9, Hampden-Sydney College will hold commencement exercises marking the end of the College’s 235th academic year.  Two hundred and fifty-nine seniors will graduate at 10:00 AM on the lawn of Venable Hall. 
Bob McDonald, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Procter & Gamble, will give the Commencement address.  With nearly 30 years of brand-building, market development, global business unit and global operations leadership experience across the company and throughout the world, he is the most broadly experienced CEO in P&G history.
Bob serves on the …

Hampden-Sydney, VA – On Saturday, May 1, Barbara N. Howard, First Lady of Hampden-Sydney College, will be the guest speaker at the Freedom Fund banquet in Cumberland County.   The theme of the event is “Remember History: Celebrate Freedom.”  Music will be provided by Minister Winfred Jones of Buckingham County.
Barbara Noble Howard was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew up during the time of Apartheid.  Despite strong resistance, she became the first black to be admitted to an all-white nursing school in South Africa.  After practicing nursing …

On Tuesday, April 20, the 2010 edition of the Hampden-Sydney literary magazine, the Garnet, was released by editor Robert Bodendorf ‘10. The journal seeks to record student literary and artistic work, spanning the genres of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, photography and artwork. 
Begun in 1859 as a joint operation of the Union and Philanthropic societies, then the only student organizations on campus, and dubbed The Hampden-Sydney Magazine, the journal came to represent not only “the lasting word of the students” but also the important events and spirit of the times, serving as …

Circle K International, other organizations set up donation bins for books, encourage donating other items
On a warm Sunday evening, I make my way to Morton Hall where Osric Forrest—president of Circle K International—had agreed to meet with me for a quick talk on a certain campus wide service project his club has been taking part in. Apparently, a coalition of service organizations—namely Good Men Good Citizens, Circle K International, and the Rotary Club—have been putting together a project to finish the year strong. Walking into the writing center where Osric …

Wilson Center hosts symposium on 65th anniversary of war’s end
The Wilson Center for Leadership held its annual symposium last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, April 15th through April 17th. This year’s symposium commemorated the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. Over the course of the symposium, scholars, faculty, staff, and friends of the College combined their efforts to provide Hampden-Sydney with six interesting and informative sessions. The first session featured Dr. Gerhard L. Weinberg, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Dr. Weinberg is one …

Alumnus John Axsom visits Future Educators Club, describes teaching in troubled Norfolk school district
On Wednesday, April 7th, the Future Educators Club was pleased to host a talk by John Axsom ’05. Mr. Axsom is entering his fourth year of teaching Social Studies classes at a middle school in Newport News. The section of Newport News in which Mr. Axsom teaches suffers from high rates of poverty, crime, and gang violence. Accordingly, Mr. Axsom takes a pragmatic approach to teaching, an approach based partially on his time here at Hampden-Sydney.
Above all …

 
 
On the afternoon of Friday, April 2, 2010, the campus of Hampden-Sydney College was quiet—a number of students had departed to their homes either to observe the Easter or just to spend the weekend with their families. The hall of Crawley Forum, however, was lit up with impressive exhibitions and cultural performances given by international students from this campus and others. The event that was taking place was the H-SC International Club’s 3rd annual International Festival. 
Dubbed as “Celebrate the World,” the yearly festival lived up to its expectations. From the …

On Sunday, March 21st, many Wilson Center students participated in “LeadOut”—a two hour organizational simulation conducted by Dr. Gail Funke. Dr. Funke serves as Senior Faculty and Dean for Program and Faculty Development at the Federal Executive Institute (FEI), a Charlottesville-based training center for federal executives. Dr. Funke describes “LeadOut” as “an exciting, upbeat, fast-moving simulation that involves teamwork, team strategy, and leadership behavior.” 
Student participants found that as the simulation progressed, it lived up to Dr. Funke’s description. Divided into two competing teams, students were tasked with running an imaginary …

Out of all the private colleges in Virginia—as of recently—Hampden Sydney College is one of the most active users of new media in communicating with students. Jared Christian Harris ‘12 was kind enough to discuss his role in the new developments with the Tiger.
In August, the school started using Facebook when Jarred Christian Harris approached Dean Mladen Cvijanovic about an idea. Harris saw that there was an available Facebook group page for the incoming freshman class of 2013. He thought that it would be wise for the school to use …

 
On Wednesday, March 24th, the Wilson Center sponsored a lecture by Julious “Joey” P. Smith, Jr. ’65, entitled “Building and Maintaining a Successful Law Firm.” As the title of the talk suggests, Mr. Smith spoke about his experiences in the field of law. For over forty years, he has worked at Williams Mullen, a Richmond-based law firm. During that time, Mr. Smith has helped turn Williams Mullen into third largest law firm in Richmond and in Virginia. He stepped aside as the CEO of the firm at the end of …