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2-October-1996 
 
 
96391                      College News 
 
                         by Julian Shipp 
 
BILLINGS, Mont.--Rocky Mountain College, Montana's first institution of 
higher learning, has been named as one of the top 10 regional liberal arts 
college's "Best Buys in the West" and one of the top 40 "Best Buys in the 
Country" by "U.S. News & World Report" magazine. This "best buy" ranking -- 
deemed the definitive guide for college-bound students -- appeared in the 
special section on financing college in the Sept. 23 issue.  The rankings 
relate the cost of attending an institution to its quality. 
 
MONTREAT, N.C.--A $500,000 donation has boosted Montreat College's campaign 
to builds its new Center for Christian Studies. Half of the gift will go 
toward construction of the new center, which will provide a 220-seat 
chapel, multi-use classrooms and office space for the college's Bible and 
religion faculty. Construction is expected to begin in early spring. The 
remaining $250,000 donation will be used to expand laboratory facilities 
and modernize mechanical systems in Morgan Hall, the college's science 
building. This grant, the largest in the college's history, came from a 
foundation that requested anonymity. 
 
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.--Stillman College recently received a $30,000 grant to 
enhance its international studies program by strengthening its curriculum, 
faculty and programs, announced Stillman president Cordell Wynn. The grant 
was issued by the Institution for International Public Policy and The 
College Fund/UNCF. It supports the college's proposal: "Strengthening 
International Studies at Stillman: An Innovative Approach to Integrating 
Global Education and Technology."  
 
WEST POINT, Miss.-- Russell Spry Williams, who has been serving Northern 
Heights Presbyterian Church in Selma since 1991, has been appointed interim 
president of Mary Holmes College here.  Williams replaces acting president 
Sen. Bennie Turner, an MHC alumnus who took over as acting president when 
Dr. Sammie Potts vacated the position earlier this year to take the same 
position at Barber-Scotia College in North Carolina. Williams earned a B.S. 
degree in social studies and secondary education at New York University and 
a master of divinity degree at Union Theological Seminary. He taught 
sociology at Benedict College, Colgate University and Spelman College.  At 
Colgate he directed the Center for Afro-American Culture, and at Spelman he 
directed the Afro-American curriculum of Atlanta University Center. He also 
has served as director of the office of international congregations and lay 
ministry of the National Council of Churches and was pastor of  Mt. Morris 
Association Presbyterian Church in New York City. 

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