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9-December-1997 
97458 
 
    College News 
 
    by Julian Shipp 
 
KERRVILLE, Texas--Schreiner College has broken ground for its new Floyd and 
Kathleen Cailloux Campus Activity Center. The ceremony honored the Cailloux 
family, who donated $6.4 million for the center's planning and 
construction. The family's gift was given in memory of the late Floyd 
Cailloux, a Houston business leader, philanthropist, and Schreiner trustee, 
and as a tribute to his wife, Kathleen. The center will be a 
state-of-the-art hub that will serve students as well as the community, 
according to college officials. A Schreiner College committee that includes 
students, faculty, and administrators will be conducting an assessment of 
specific needs that the activity center must meet. 
 
CLARKSVILLE, Ark.--Rick D. Niece was inaugurated recently as 24th president 
of the University of the Ozarks in a ceremony that highlighted numerous 
campus activities. Niece, who was selected to lead the 164-year-old 
institution in April, began his duties June 26. A graduate of Ohio State 
University, from which he received a bachelor of science degree with majors 
in English and speech, Niece obtained his master's degree and Ph.D. from 
Kent State University, also in Ohio. He and his wife, Sheree, moved to 
Clarksville from North Canton, Ohio, where Niece served as interim 
president of Walsh University. 
 
STAUNTON, Va.--Former U.S. poet laureate Rita Dove has designated an award 
of $50,000 to be donated to Mary Baldwin College's program for gifted 
girls. Dove was one of four women to receive this year's Frontrunner Award 
from the Sara Lee Foundation. The foundation donated $50,000 to each woman, 
who in turn donated the money to a nonprofit organization of her choice. 
Dove, who served as poet laureate of the United States from 1993 to 1995, 
is the Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia. Her 
daughter, Aviva, is a first-year student in Mary Baldwin's Program for the 
Exceptionally Gifted (PEG). Dove provided the $50,000 to increase the 
number of minority children in the PEG program. 

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