Torchlite

October 2007
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TLU’s first Executive Professor of Business in Residence Ed Whitacre told TLU business students about the history of AT&T, how the company grew to become the largest telecommunication company in the world, and how he rose through the ranks from lineman at Southwestern Bell Telephone to become chairman and CEO of AT&T Corporation.

 

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In This Issue TLU Today Lucky's Pack Growing & Giving TLU Happenings

TLU Today

U-CAN – TLU is joining hundreds of other private institutions of higher education in a new Web-based project called U-CAN (University and College Accountability Network), a national initiative to provide comprehensive, concise, consumer-friendly information about private colleges.

Sponsored by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), the U-CAN site will provide free online access to objective, accurate, and measurable data to students, their families, and the public at large. The U-CAN site is available at www.ucan-network.org.

“Through the initiative, TLU will work with other colleges and universities to offer high school students the information they need to narrow the scope of choices and visit campuses.  For the first time, everyone will be able to compare apples to apples to find schools with a good institutional fit,” said Norm Jones, vice president for enrollment services.

2nd Annual AALC – A group of distinguished speakers will discuss leadership and reflect on what it means to be an African American today at the second annual African American Leadership Conference, Oct. 19-20. The conference kicks off with a reception Friday evening at 7:30 p.m., and starts again Saturday morning at 8 a.m.  Guest speakers include Dr. Loren Alves, Mr. Bradley Vinson, and Dr. Bonita Vinson. All are invited and encouraged to attend this free event.

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Lucky's Pack

Plan to be at Homecoming 2007 this weekend!  All alumni and friends are invited and encouraged to attend this year’s annual gathering, including the TLU Salutes Banquet on Friday evening, the Bill Miller Celebration Dinner and the All TLU Reunion party at Jackson Park on Saturday night, and special activities for the Golden Group, including this year’s honorees from the Class of 1957.

On Saturday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Reunion Lunch, those from the classes of 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, and 2007 along with band and baseball alumni will be honored.

For a complete schedule of homecoming activities, click here.

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Growing & Giving

Don’t forget to reserve your tickets for the Excellence in Leadership Dinner by clicking here. The honoree for this year’s dinner, which will be held Nov. 1 at the Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, is AT&T executive John T. Montford.  Proceeds from the dinner support TLU’s Presidential Award for Leadership and Service Endowed Scholarship Fund, which provides financial assistance to students who have demonstrated leadership abilities on campus and in their churches and communities. Individual tickets to the dinner begin at $150, and tables are also available.  For more information, contact the TLU Development office at 830-372-8030.

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TLU Happenings

Homecoming 2007 and Family Weekend
Oct. 5-7
TLU Campus

African American Leadership Conference
Oct. 19-20
Dunne Conference Center

President Ann M. Svennungsen
Tour of Texas continues
Oct. 18
Fredericksburg

NuAges Jazz Group
Final program of Hispanic Heritage Month
7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 18
Wupperman Little Theater

Krost Symposium
Oct. 25-28
TLU Campus

Vespers tickets available
Nov. 1
TLU Bookstore

Excellence in Leadership Dinner
6 p.m., Nov. 1
Westin RiverWalk Hotel

For more information on these and other TLU events, to update your contact information, or to receive e-mail notification of Torchlite, please e-mail alumni@tlu.edu, or call 830-372-8026.

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